Tapia seeks students for assistance instate lobby bySteveManseau fellow interns,and serve as a liason between Richard Tapia would be the first to tellyou thecapitolandthecampus. that representing the interests of UC Irvine Tapia also said that the lobby provides studentsinSacramentois notaoneman job. housing forinterns inSacramento,andthese But, since hetook over thedirectorship of students can earn college credit for working UCI's Student LobbyAnnexlast fall, hefeels on such legislative issues as housing, finan- he has done just that. And now, with a new cial aid, affirmative action, collective year oflegislative actionunderway,heis ac- bargaining, the semester/quarter system tively recruiting students to assist him, both debate,andfundsforhandicapped students. oncampusandinSacramento. Heemphasizes thatexperience inpoliticsis "I'dlike tofindpeople whoareinterestedin not a prerequisite for the internship, but that becoming involved," Tapia said. "Thelobby genuineinterestis. needs students to research andassist in the uThe lobby wants assistance from people advocation of a wide range of legislative who are interested in replacing apathy with measures which would have a direct impact action,"hesaid. onthiscampus." Oneneednot travelto Sacramento to assist Tapia'snumber onepriority is tofinda stu- the lobby,Tapia isquick to pointout."Weap- dent to represent UC Irvine as a member of preciate all kinds of input from all students — the UC Student Lobby's Intern Program in and organizationsoncampus," hesaid. "The STUDENTLOBBY Richard Tapia,UCI's student lobbyist, Sacramento. AccordingtoTapia,thisstudent more studentswho are represented,themore is actively recruiting students to assist himboth on campus andinSacramento. photobyGORDON CHANG would work with the lobby'smain office, and continued onpage3 New University 2(o UNIVERSITY OFCALIFORNIA,IRVINE VOL9/NO.SffUESOAY, JANUARYS,1977 Engineeringmerger plan appearsindoubt Parker calls probability "lower now than a few months ago" byJeff Schmidt personnelmatters, felt themerger would not Theplan toconvert theSchoolofEngineer- enhance the faculties of the two schools. All ing into a department within the School of three reports felt the merger would not be Physical Science appears to be in serious beneficialtothecampus. trouble. The Industrial Associatesreport was com- AccordingtoDr.William Parker, Assistant piledby theVicePresidents— offivelargelocal Vice Chancellor of Academic Afairs, "The industrial firms Rockwell, Fluor,Hughes, probability of merger is certainly" lower now Philco-Ford and Northrop. The report was thanit wasafew monthsago. thensignedby theseexecutives. Parker's comments followed the filing of According to Parker, "The word 'profes- three reportsfrom Academic Senate commit- sional' gets used often" in objections to the tees andareport bytheIndustrialAssociates merger. Theengineersseem to feara change to Vice Chancellor James McGaugh. All four in emphasis from design to applied science. reports were unanimously opposed to the Although Parker acknowledges that "There merger. would bea natural tendency withinPhysical According to Parker, "All comments have Sciences to make engineering more an ap- been quite consistent." The reports conclude plied science,"hebelieves,"itis possiblethat "Merger is not in the best interest of En- the professional character" of the program gineeringatIrvine,"saidParker. remainafteramerger. The three Academic Senate reportsdealt in Although against merger, the various re- the areas the three committees are assigned portsevidently say that engineering'spresent to. Thereportof the GraduateCouncil,which situation is unacceptable in the long run. was based on a study by five distinguished "Thereis a necessityfor a close coordination engineersfrom outsideCalifornia,dealt with between the programs of the School of En- the effects the merger would have on the gineeringandrelatedprograms ontherest of graduate program inengineering. The Com- — the campus," said Parker." "Less drastic mittee on Educational Policy reported the MERGER William Parker, Assistant Vice Chancellor of measuresare possible. problems which could occur to the under- Academic Affairs, indicated the likelihood of a merger bet- Animportant factor in the final decision is graduates if a merger should occur. The ween the Schools of Engineering and Physical Science ap- the opinionof Vice Chancellor McGaughwho Budget Committee, which usually deals with pearslesslikely than theydidafew months ago. continued on page7 Ray Thornton denies personnel problems byFrank Caterinicchio AthleticDirector Ray Thornton stepped forward Thursday to deny claims of growingpersonnelproblems in the athletic department and rumors of an NCAA investigation into possible recruiting violations by Head Baseball Coach Ed Allen. Recent articlesintheNew Universityconcerningpersonnel grievances filedagainst Thorntonbyformer recreationdirec- tor TomCash,havepromptedThornton'sconcern. "Idon't feel that what's being said is in a positive vein," Thorntonsaid. Inresponse toan article in theNew University concerning the settlement of the grievance field by Cash, Thorntonsaid, "Thatarticle,with"itsheadline,doesarealdisservice toaper- sonlikeTomCash. Thearticle, whichstated the terms of the settlement inthe grievance, was subject to some controversey from members ofthedepartment. Carol Jesse, recreation supervisor, said that the terms — listedinthearticle wereinaccurate. NCAA INVESTIGATION Rumors that Whenquestioned about Jesse'sclaims,Thorntonreplied, "I head Baseball Coach Ed Allen (above) was don'tknow.Ididn'treadit." PERSONNEL PROBLEMS— Athletic Direc- under investigation by the NCAA for possible Thorntonfeelsthat the recent articles indicate that the New" tor Ray Thornton has denied claims that recruiting Violations were denied by Athletic Universityfeelsthat "thereis somethingsecretivegoingon. there is growing personnel problems in the Director RayThornton,photobyGREGCAILLE continued onpage 7 UCIathletic department. 2 EDITORIAL/OPINION TUESDAY,JANUARY 25,1977 NEWUNIVERSITY Positive effort A group of UCIstudents,faculty andstaff are cooperating with Orange County's Channel 50 in producing a televised forum which will foster communication between the in- dividual working man or womaninthe community and the academic theorists of the university. The forum wUl feature members of Irvine's academic community and workingin- dividualsfromUCIstaffandthe community of OrangeCounty at large. We believe this project is a positive attempt to prompt a dialogue between the university and the community with the endresultofbringingabetterunderstandingofindividualand collective rolesbetween the two groups. The audienceparti- cipationpaneldiscussionwillbe tapedintheMesaCourtCom- monsGoldRoom at7:30 p.m. onFeb. 17 for showingonChan- nel 50 Feb. 22. We encourage student participation in this discussion. Since the forum willcontinuefor fivesegments, wealso en- courage students with suggestions of speakersor topics for futurediscussiontocontactMikeBeanan atext.6477. Extreme penalty DEATH PENALTY: Capital punishment became a grim reality againlast week asGary Mark Gilmore wasexecutedbyUtah authorities.Un- doubtedly, more in the coming deaths willfollow months as i people theexecution seekers rollback into full production aftera 10 American slaDoed aaain yearlapse. byAlanSchoff onemostoften facingadeath percent of allmurdersin the While theremay bepeople who wouldbebetteroff dead (as Once again, the ever-press- penalty, usually either pre- UnitedStates. the argument goes), webelieve there is gravedanger incon- ing issue of capital punish- meditates a murder or he Another interesting fact tinuing executionas a meansof curbing violent crimeinour ment has slapped the Amer- doesn't. If he premeditates from 1974 statisticsshows the society. The singlebiggest threat is that an innocent person icanpeople inthe face with a the murder, he most likely states with death penalties may be executed. Anyone who has had experience with the dare which shouldn't be feels confident insucceeding hadan averageof 9.23 homi- justice system knows this is always a possibility, however taken too lightly. But, it without getting caught. Un- cides per 100,000 population, remoteitmight seen. remains tobeseen if a strong der such a circumstance, he while 5.88 murders occurred We believe the time has come toabolish the deathpenalty stance will finally be taken, obviously doesn't even con- per 100,000 in the states forever ascruelandunusualpunishmentinanalready alarm- or whether the reasoning sider theconsequences ofhis without a death penalty. Ob- inglyinsensitivesociety. behind thedeathpenalty will actions. viously, capital punishment continue to plague the con- If,ontheotherhand,hedoes doesn't do much to deter scienceofAmerica. not premeditate the murder, murderinAmerica. After nearly a the act would most likely be The cry to slow the increas- decade with- a passion killing, ing trends in Amer- Grant kudos out executions, a new shot considered murder Irvine'sMarshManagement or more likely, an act of im- ica unquestionably must be Committeerecentlyreceiveda has been heard 'round the pulsive $340,000 federal grant for restorationof water quality in the world which may, although violence. This typeof dealt with. But capital pun- SanJoaquin freshwater marsh,locatednorth-westof the UCI too late for some, stimulate murder occurs without the ishment is not a reasonable campus. The funds will be used to develop new genuine benefit of rational thinking, answer in a society as