A.S. candidates' campaign platforms Ryan-Trippi slate: Candidate promises 'greenback dollars' housing increase By Corinne Asturias and distasteful" that student money Barger what student interest is in," before By Gary If presidential write-in can- is "laundered" through student Student making any concrete proposals for a The members of the didate Michael Dutton of the government by the university slate housing program. Independent Party executive Greenback Party gets elected, he bureaucracy. housing believe increasing student The program would have to be says he will probably get arrested Dutton, divorced and raising students to move to and encouraging self-supporting and would probably when he tries to fulfill his campaign three children, shares the Green- community should be the the SJSU be "a co-op program run by the promises. back slate with Vice-presidential student govern- main priorities of students involved," she said. Dutton, 33, thinks students candidate Eric Norris, 25, and Linda ment next year. shouldn't have to pay $10 per Lee Mason, 40, who is running for Trippi said one idea being semester in required student treasurer. Maryanne Ryan, presidential considered is "A.S. possibly buying associated fees to support groups The Greenback party got its candidate; Joe Trippi, vice houses in the area and renting them that the A.S. Council thinks deserve name from the late 19th century presidential candidate; and Nancy to students at low cost." the money. populist faction of the Democratic McFadden, candidate for treasurer, If elected, he has promised to party which favored "letting the agree that establishing some type of Ryan said she doesn't think Michael Dutton Maryanne Ryan alternative housing program will be students are aware of the services their primary goal. offered by A.S. Candidate's platforms "Something has to be done to "The services reach a lot of promote students moving back into students on this campus," she said. --see page 2 this area," according to Ryan, a "I can't help but wonder if a lot of political science senior who has students aren't aware of the scope of distribute $10 refund checks to every people take charge of their own served as A.S. treasurer for the last activities A.S. is involved in." student who paid the fee so they can affairs." two years. give it directly to the groups of their "We're not trying to abolish Her plan to increase student choice. student government," Dutton said. "We hope to be able to pull housing is a good example of how the "Probably one of the first things "We're just saying it shouldn't be together some kind of alternative student government tries to be that will happen is that I'll get spending the students' money I housing program during the next responsive to all the student's needs, arrested for trying to give money guess to I AS. Treasurer) Maryanne year," she said. Ryan said. back to the students," he said. Ryan that would seem like "Bureaucracy is such a predictable abolishing government." Trippi, an aeronautics junior Ryan is "confident of winning" animal." He paused and smiled, "But I and A.S. councilman, echoed Ryan's the election and said her ad- Dutton said he doesn't mind a don't want to insult Maryanne I sentiments. ministration, if elected, "intends to legal hassle if it keeps him from want to get her vote." represent all the students." being sucked into "the university According to Dutton, who also Getting students to move to the bureaucracy." ran as a write-in candidate for "It's pretty damn hard to go out "The money is confiscated from president last election, various SJSU area will ease the parking and solicit 27,000 opinions," she said, problem and improve students by the university ad- organizations now receiving A.S. relationships "but we're going to make ourselves between the university and the ministration and then distributed by funding will have to go directly to available to anyone who disagrees community, he said. a student government that was the students for money by setting up with what we're dong or wants to elected by less than 10 percent of the booths in the Student Union "ad- voice an opinion." Ryan said she will wait "until students," Dutton said. vertising what they have to offer." Joe Trippi we find out what's available and (Continued on back page) Eric Norris He said he finds it "dishonest (Continued on Page 5) Spartan Daily Volume 70, NumbecAt Serving the San Jose State Community Since 1934 Tuesday, April 19, 1978 Academic Senate okays Silverware thefts may cause faculty review, layoff, S.U. move to plastic utensils copyright guidelines By Robert Clark washing, sterilizing and handling the 12,000 daily customers of the Policies on faculty review by establish eventual norms for in- silverware. cafeteria. students, procedures for handling tructors. But it is a bad one if it's S.U. Cafeteria customers may About $100 a day is needed to faculty layoffs and copyright only a means of policing faculty," soon be eating from paper plates and Zant said it costs $165 a week to pick up, wash, sterilize and return guidelines were approved by the Ross said. using plastic utensils, according to supply enough plasticware to serve the silverware to its trays, he said. Academic Senate Monday. The unanimous approval of the Food Services Manager Lorraine faculty lay-off policy marked the David. It took two hours of debate end of a three-year battle for before the senate approved a plan to Senator George Sicular. David said she is "seriously implement the review of all faculty considering" the switch to New stairway to lead plasticware because $4,242 worth of by students. The policy is an effort to plan trays and stainless steel Under this policy, a board will ahead for times when faculty lay- plastic knives, forks and spoons have been be appointed to create a means by offs are eminent and to ensure that "deliberately stolen" or which students will evaluate their as few faculty lose their job as either thrown away since up to Business Tower instructors. possible. carelessly September. Once a year, students who took Alternatives to lay-offs included Stairs are now being con- Shortly after that, some four asked David said she thinks most of an instructor's course will be are to transfer qualified faculty to structed on the dirt bank north of the years ago, he tried to get the stairs This the missing silverware was taken by to rate his/her performance. other departments, develop new Business Tower to make access to built. laboratory, students who were "trying to supply includes lecture classes, curricula that would create new the tower easier from the parking lot seminars. their apartments. supervised field work and jobs, encourage faculty to teach adjacent to the building. "Ever since the faculty moved in part-time at part-time pay and to Others are just careless," she this building the Business current students and Both apply for sabbaticals. said. "When they empty their trays Dick Emigh, chief of structural Tower). they have taken that route will be encouraged to graduates into the garbage, they let the trades, said the School of Business because it's easiest," Halverson in the evaluations. participate The lay-off policy also deals with silverware just slide off the trays has been requesting the stairs for said. procedures to determine who will "many years," but they were ap- with the rest of it." "Human beings Responses will be sent to the lose their jobs if lay-offs are proved only this year. being what they department chair- are take the shortest distance bet- instructor, the unavoidable. David said $2,550 worth of trays, instructor's ween two points," Halverson said. person, and put in the $756 in spoons, $396 in knives and George Halverson, dean of the personnel file, "This entire set of procedures $540 worth of forks were lost in the School of Business, said the school Emigh said, "People need that write responses to Faculty may does not go into affect unless there is last seven months. first requested the stairs when it access to the lower level of the tower the evaluations in their file. a demonstratable threat of lay- became obvious that the bank north from the parking lot because so offs," Sicular said. "Some of them are just taking of the Business Tower had become a many seminars take place in Senator Helmer Nielson ob- the the trays and silverware beyond the trafficway to the parking lot. lower level." jected to the plan. He said, "The The senate also approved a perimeter of the S.U. and not feeling with evaluations is that policy which established guidelines Emigh said the cost of the returning them," she said. Halverson said a path had been unless you've found something to defining which materials created by worn through the ground cover on construction of the stairs is criticize, you feel you aren't doing faculty, staff or students are their "But it can't go on; we can't the bank. estimated as $10,544. your job properly." property or belong to SJSU. afford the cost anymore." He felt the reviews would point The policy stressed that where David said in an etfort to out only bad characteristics and not the work is a result of individually "How do you discourage silverware thefts during good ones. initiated efforts and not specific the first month of each semester, she Rape suspect's counsel Academic Vice President SJSU assignments, the copyright provides plasticware so "everybody Hobert Burns didn't see that as a belongs to the author.