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Vol. 48, No.6
Serving San Jose City College
Thursday, April 28, 1994
$7 a unit fee hike proposed
Three R's can save the planet earth POPULATION IS THE WORLD'S
I Schiavo's message: reduce, reuse and recycle y Vince Washington Staff Writer
Preservation of the environment is "a process of learning," Frank Schiavo, a professor of environmental studies at San Jose State University told of San Jose City College students. "It means learning to do more with less, and learning to do better without." Schiavo recently gained publ lic attention in a battle with the city of San Jose against mandatory garbage removal fees. His argument is a simple one. Since no garbage is produced at hls home, why should he pay a mandatory fee? Th roug h composting, Schiavo turns his garbage into what he calls "800 pounds of beautiful soil." Schiavo addressed about 75 students and visitors Friday, April 22,incelebrationofEARTHDAY '94, sponsored by the Ecology Club and the ASC. The College Union Quad was filled with tables and signs about environmental is-
sues. People filled the seats and grass area to hear Schiavo and to partake in other Earth Day activities, which included food, music and on protecting the environment. "We want people to get serious, but also to have fun and participate," said Ian Stone, a member of the Ecology Club. Schiavo stressed what he called his three R's, "reduce, reuse and recycle:" reducing the amount of harmful products we buy, reusing the products we do buy and recycling often. With the population expected to reach 10 billion in 10 years, Schiavo sees zero population growth as the best solution to the problem. "Couples having two children or less may ease the scarcity of food and shelter for people of our world," be said. Although cars today are emitting only half the toxic fumes of cars a decade ago, there are twice as many cars on the road which limi.ts the effectiveness, according to Schiavo. Schiavo practices what be preaches. Ten years and $23,000 have made his bouse environmentally safe. He uses an eight-footdeep, 37-foot-longsunroom which
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by Margaret Bethel Opinion Editor
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Marie Sanchez can remember when she only paid $5 per unit to attend San Jose City College. Now that those days are over and students are facing a proposed $7 increase, making current enrollment fees $20 per unit, Sanchez is not looking forward to the day that her children are ready for college. "People go to community college to get an affordable education, but now the fees are comparable to state tuitions," Sanchez said.
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, Frank Schiavo addressed an Earth Day audience of 75 people. Hugo Jimenez/ The Times
be uses to beat water. His roof is profitable. The highest energy made of beat reflective material bill Schiavo has ever received is $25.70 and when the temperature which keeps his home cooL The combination of these two devices is not only practical but See Earth Day, page 8.
"I have not felt that Gov. Wilson is pro-education." Rosalie Eskew Registrar
City College Registrar, Rosalie Eskew, isn' tsure when the fee bike will be implemented, ifit is passed. She will be attending a three-day "legislature update" conference on May 2, 3 and 4, where she expects "The outlook for the newspaper · to learn details of the proposal. "I hope somebody makes up industry is getting better," Runyon their mind soon," Eskew said, ansaid. "You're using new technolticipating another bout with retroogy to cut costs ... and target your · active fees. customers, both readers and ad"There's a lot of students that vertisers, to boost profits." have to support themselves and In 1993, new paper advertising it's bard to pay all that money dollars were up 4.1 percent, and a when they have other responsi6 percent growth on top of that is bilities," said City College student expected in 1994. Nearly 130 milMelissa Collier. lion adults turn to American newsCity College's administrators papers each weekend Runyon said,and Sunday readership is up. are well aware of the probable enRunyon said postal revenue is rollment decrease, if the S20 per unit proposal passes. up and that its structural organiza"I'm worried that the more we tion has changed."We've ... put raise the fees, the more people will off the expected rate increase ... until 1995. When it goes into ef- stay away, then we can't serve our fect, it'll be half what had been diversecommunity ... and that's not what community college is all predicted ... we'll save postal customers $14 billion through 1996." about," Eskew said. Chris Gandara, a City College He painted an optimistic picstudent thinks the fee increase is ture of the Postal Service's changunnecessary, "It's ridiculous ... the ing role in the new information funds should come from someage. where else other than the students "Maybe the (Postal Service) will
Child ren of the corn Newspapers here to stay • Postmaster General looks at future of communication by Julie A. Galvan Editor-in-Chief
The guys over in the maintenence department didn't want just any ol' scarecrow for their nurse_ry. They decided to give this head from a cosmetology class 1ts first modeling job. Hugo Jimenez/The 1imes
SAN FRANCISCO-Newspapers and the U.S. Postal Service will continue to be the cornerstone of communications for years to come, Postmaster General Marvin Runyon told a convention of newspaper publishers Tuesday. He challenged the notion that the superhighway information age would make paper a thing of the pasL "For some ... hard copy communications, whether it's America's newspapers or the U.S. Mail, is old fashioned, slow and out-of-touch," Runyon said. ''The mail and newspapers are 'out' all right ... they're out on the street ... bringing in new revenue and helping businesse do bu iness coast to See Runyon , page 8. coast" Runyon stressed the increa ing importance of the two industries whileaddressingabout450editors and publishers during the Newspaper Association of America confere!)ce at the Fairmont Hotel.
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