ByRaven TysonAssistant City Editor

What began as an idea for a campus-wide yearbook has spiraled intoaccusations of fraud and possible sexual harassment allegationsagainst a San Diego State student.

Noah Gallego, who said he is currently enrolled in the College ofExtended Studies, has been trying to work with Associated Students toresurrect the campus yearbook, Del Oeste.

Last semester, he visited several student groups and the A.S.Council to garner support, but A.S. Executive Director DanCornthwaite said he lied to the organizations about his status as anSDSU student.

Even though Gallego is enrolled in the university this semester,Cornthwaite said Gallego hadn’t attended classes in the past severalyears. When Gallego approached him with his idea for the yearbook,Gallego told Cornthwaite it was part of an entrepreneurial projectfor one of his classes.

“When I asked him what class and what instructor, he gave me acourse number and an instructor that turned out not to be true,”Cornthwaite said.

In December, Cornthwaite sent out an e-mail ordering Gallego notto approach organizations saying he was a student.

Gallego maintains that he is a student and has been attending SDSUpart-time since Spring 1980. He had been in the military and was onleave during several semesters.

Gallego said he re-enrolled in main-campus classes for Spring1999, but never showed because of injuries sustained in a caraccident. Since then, he said has been attending school through theCollege of Extended Studies.

University officials told Cornthwaite that Gallego had onlyapplied in Spring 1999, but there is no record of him ever being onmilitary leave, Cornthwaite said.

“There is certainly no adversarial situation going on,” he said.”I think it’s more of a matter of clarifying what his status is, andthat if he is operating as an off-campus entity or person, then heneeds to represent himself that way.”

University officials said they are unable to release specificinformation about Gallego’s status as a student because of universityprivacy laws.

Gallego was also facing a potential restraining order from astudent who said Gallego made unwanted advances toward her whileworking on the yearbook project.

Because A.S. was under the impression Gallego was a student, hewas permitted to use Aztec Center meeting rooms and advising support,Cornthwaite said.

Gallego joined Circle K, a campus community service organization,where he started working closely with a female club member tobrainstorm ideas for the yearbook.

The student, who wishes to remain anonymous, said she receivedseveral e-mails from Gallego, many of them sexual. The student saidGallego “was obsessed” with her and suggested the two have sex.

“He also told me how beautiful and smart I was, but then hestarted inviting me to ‘jacuzzi brain-storming sessions,’ offering methings, holding a new Pathfinder over my head and talking aboutwanting to get re-married,” she said.

She said at one point she was going to file a temporaryrestraining order against him, but it was too expensive.

Gallego would only say the student is still an employee of hisorganization, YESTeam, which is trying to develop the yearbook. Hedid not comment on the sexual harassment charges.

Circle K president John Crawford said, in the beginning, Gallegowas welcome to the club and was given access to their entire officein Aztec Center, including the combination to the lock on the door.Since then, members said they’ve changed the club’s passwords andlock combinations.

The entire Circle K board also signed a letter saying they nolonger wanted to be a part of the yearbook project and that Gallegocould not be a member because of the questions surrounding his statusas a student.

Gallego said he feels his rights of privacy were violated whenuniversity officials looked at his student records and is planning tosue the university. He said his records were accessed by officialsthat had no right to see his personal information.

Gallego said he is also filing a lawsuit against Circle K’streasurer, who handed him back his $25 membership dues.

Right now investigators are researching if there were anyviolations.

Cornthwaite said he hasn’t heard from Gallego for two or threeweeks and has not been contacted in regard to any lawsuit against theuniversity or any organization on campus.