SJSU to battle NCBA champ Fresno, page 5 aPA.L.7 DIU Volume 82, No. 63 Serving the San Jose State University Community Since 1934 Wednesday, May 9, 1984 Manager wins for Boycott seen retaliation as By Pat Sangimino man at Northern Illinois University Mike Swaine has already qualified wretched writing U.S. Olympic judo team mem- and was planning on trying out for for the team, while Brewster with his barbarian tribe ber and SJSU student Bob Berland the Olympic team. However, Presi- Thompson was selected as an alter- By Net ha Thacker dent Jimmy Carter, protesting the now stacking wood at her sees the Soviet decision to boycott nate. The third annual Bulwer-Lyt- the Los Soviet Union's intervention in Af- nubile feet, when the Angeles Olympics as a way Gymnast Roy Palassou is com- ton Fiction Contest, claimed by its ghanistan, ordered the United strong clear voice of the of getting back at the United States peting in an Olympic qualifying creator as the official writing con- for the States to sit out the Moscow Olympic poetic and heroic Hand- Americans' 1980 boycott in tourney in Chicago this weekend. test of the 1984 Olympics, culmi- Games. somas roared, "Flick your Moscow. Track athletes Felix Bohni and nated yesterday with the an- "My initial response is one of "I don't think politics should be Bic, crisp that chick, and Kjell Bystedt will most likely be in nouncement of this year's shock. I couldn't see them ( the Rus- in sports," Berland said. "Countries you'll feel my steel through the Olympics, but for different coun- champions of painful prose. sians) pulling out simply because shouldn't use sports as leverage be- your last meal." tries. Bohni, a pole vaulter, will But one SJSU official denied we did it in 1980," Berland said. "I cause they don't realize that they compete But government is not the only for Switzerland, while Bys- any connection between the an- think that it was a blatant, all out, are playing with peoples' lives. field represented in this contest tedt is a hammer thrower from nouncements and the withdrawal 'two wrongs make a right' move and When you sit back and think about that celebrates bad writing. Terry Sweeden. of the Russian Olympic team. I think that it was in poor taste." all of the hours these athletes took O'Neal of Morgan Hill, third run- The loss of the Soviets is an es- The grand prize winner is Among the preparing for the Olympics and then ner-up, was an English major at reasons given by So- pecially big one for Bystedt because Steve Garman, city manager of not getting to go, they're playing graduating with high hon- viet officials was a concern about Bob Berland one of the Soviet Union's better Pensacola, Fla., whose assistant SJSU, with peoples' lives." ors in 1967. She taught English at the security of the Russian athletes .Shocked by track and field events is the ham- city manager also won dishonora- Berland still tried out for the Newark High School for several while in Los Angeles. Soviet boycott mer throw. ble mention awards both this year "It could be a bluff, but I don't squad in 1980, but said all the luster years. "It's kind of sad because the and last. think so," Berland added. "They've was taken out of the trials after the With most of Berland's stiffer Olympics are losing something," made a stand and it would be uncha- boycott was enforced. competition coming from the Soviet Bystedt said. "There are three Rus- The dual dishonors suggest "This is sort of embarrass- racteristic of them to back down. "I was pretty disappointed Union and East Germany, an Olym- sians that are really good in the people who do a lot of gover- ing," O'Neal said, "because how "that The only way that they could save going into the trials because every- pic gold medal might lose some of hammer throw and it's kind of sad or bureaucratic writ- can I tell my students that I'm a ment writing face is to not back down and not give thing was so relaxed," he said. its shine, but Berland doesn't look at that they won't get to compete." an unfair advantage" in world-class bad writer?" ing have in to the United States." "There was really no incentive." it that way. Bystedt, the Swedish record contest, said Scott Rice, SJSU O'Neal did say, however, that this Berland heard of the Soviet With the Soviet Union indicating "An Olympic gold medal is an holder in the hammer throw, said in whr originated she had found it as hard to write a English lecturer Union's proposed boycott on Tues- that it will pull out of the Los An- Olympic gold medal no matter who the last international meet, the bad sentence as to write a good So- the contest. day morning when a reporter from geles Olympic Games, Berland you are competing against," Ber- viet Union finished in the For other winners in the top three Garman's proposed opening sentence. the San Jose Mercury News woke showed concern about some of the land said. "The world is a big place spots in that event. worst of all possi- contest, which asks writers to sentence to the him up to interview him. other Eastern bloc countries also and just because Russia and some of "The Russian boycott is stu- compose the opening sentence to ble novels read: "At first I thought that it was a choosing to boycott. the Eastern bloc countries aren't pid," he added. "This is not the The lovely woman- the worst possible novel, the task bad joke and now I still can't believe "Russia boycotting could mean there doesn't mean that it won't be a whole idea behind the Olympics and child Kaa was mercilessly was easier. it because it comes off looking likes countries like East Germany and tough tournament.'' it looks like the Russians are just chained to the cruel post of "I wish it had been more diffi way of getting back at the United Hungary will back down too. Those Berland isn't the only SJSU ath- trying to get some revenge on the the warrior-chief Beastx, continued on back page States." are the countries under the thumb of lete who could be affected by the So- United States because of the 1980 In 1980 Bob Berland was a fresh- Mother Russia," he said. viet Union boycott. Judo teammate boycott." Fraternity Ant art ready for new house next term By Nick Gillis SJSU's Pi Kappa Alpha frater- nity appears ready to close a deal that would relocate its chapter into Gamma Phi Beta's sorority house, which will be vacant on June 1. According to House President Tim Carrasco, negotiations have been finalized. Although the deal is not complete, the Pikes may begin moving into the house on August I, and would be situated by the fall se- mester The new house, at Ninth and San Fernando streets, would provide more space for the fraternity, and should help alleviate its troubled history. Pi Kappa Alpha had received community pressure in previous se- mesters because of disturbance problems. After a petition and seve- ral letters were sent to the univer- sity asking for action, the Inter Fra- ternity Council's Judiciary Committee held a meeting in March to decide the fraternity's future. Because of the fraternity's im- proved behavior and new house it was ruled it could Michael McGuire management stay at its current location, 499 S. 5th While this ant (above) played hide-and-seek in the tween the Business Tower and the Student Union Street, providing it stayed out of 80 degree summer-like heat, the other insects yesterday as part of an art exhibit by Pat Schem- trouble. (right) busily worked to help their dangling friend. mer. Schernmers bulb-shaped art pieces were However, the new house will The ant sculptures were displayed on the lawn be- made of clay and wire. provide an opportunity for the fra- ternity to continue its expansion, and should take some pressure off its situation. With more than 70 members, it had all but outgrown its old location. "(The new house) is double the size of ours," Carrasco said. "In square footage, it's probably triple Third AVP candidate addresses university the size." The house features a large un- derground basement area where so- Gruber predicts changes in the 1980 s that educational institutions will have to face cial functions would be held, accord- ing to Carrasco. Tim Goodman Gruber also said there would be "interests by getting a "flexible budget" and also by ics, but devoted much of his time to faculty By Gamma Phi Beta chose to leave Stating that higher education institutions and trends" universities should cater to, but seeking autonomy, he said. problems. the house in order to "get out of the "need to be messengers of change", academic warned that it would necessitate finding more Recently the California State University He called for increased faculty support neighborhood," according to mem- vice presidential candidate John Gruber said money. He said there will have to be "changes system sought independence by way of an and related his experiences at Portland State ber Karen Becker. universities must prepare themselves for that in resources" and encouraged the use of out- amendment to the California constitution. The in forming a beneficial retirement package for change and the concommitant fiscal responsi- side business to aid in funding.