Peltason Recommends Cuts in UC Fee Hikes

■ OPINION/6 ■ ARTSWEEK/2A OK, So We Lied! No Warning No Doonesbury Big Boom Running Gauchos? SPORTS/12 Peltason Recommends Nothing Out Cuts in UC Fee Hikes of Ordinary State Allocates Extra Funding to UC System for July 4th By Ivy Weston They will take the action,” said Celebrations Staff Writer Mike Lassiter, director of UC Communications Services at the Office of the President in By Brett Chapman Governor Pete Wilson's ap Oakland. Staff Writer proval of the 1993-94 state Lassiter said the president’s budget could mean good news staff is relieved by the new state Another Fourth of July for the University of California if budget. “We’re gratified that the weekend has come and gone recommendations by UC Presi Legislature has put some money leaving Isla Vista’s streets lit dent Jack Peltason are accepted back into our budget,” he said. tered with the smoldering car by the Board of Regents. “[But] it’s still a cut—we have a casses of couches sacrificed to The state general hind budget long way to go.” the party gods. of $38.5 billion allocates nearly The idea of a fee hike reduc Despite larger than usual $1.8 billion to the UC for tion doesn’t satisfy some UCSB crowds, law enforcement offi 1993-94, $50 million more than students. “It’s still a hike,” said cials said they saw nothing out of the governor had originally Carole Hargreaves, who will en the ordinary last weekend, even proposed. ter UCSB as a freshman in the by Isla Vista’s standards. Peltason will recommend to fall. “I don’t like it at all.” “It was a little busier,” said the regents at their meeting July Graduate student in music I.V. Foot Patrol Sgt George Or 15-16 at UC San Francisco to re George DeMott agreed, al nelas. “We had a bigger crowd, duce the student fee hike though it seemed to give him more or less.” amount for 1993-94 from the hope. “It's still unfortunate, but Ornelas reported only nine ar pre-budget projected $995 to it’s better,” he said. rests over the weekend, four on $630 a year, since the additional The idea of the faculty pay cut Independence Day, which he money brings the UC’s state reduction made DeMott angiy. said is .not at all unusual for a funding back to what it was in “I think it should be more [than typical weekend. 1986. 5%],” he said. “The students “Just another Fourth of July It is also Peltason’s intention have to pay a lot more. I mean, weekend,” he said. that the rest of the $50 million be they’re talking about closing the JJL ANDERSON/Daily Nn h Firefighters appear to have re used to reduce the one-time 5% school for a quarter. If cuts are ceived the task of dealing with faculty and staff pay cut, which gonna be made, there’s no rea Gordo Rules! the worst of I.V.’s activities as was implemented July 1, to an son why the faculty shouldn’t be they tried to extinguish the many eventual 3.5% cut expected to take a cut” couch and dumpster fires set by Both recommendations can Even if Peltason’s recommen Lord of all he sees, this Iguana king rests assuredly atop his the town’s celebrants. not go into effect unless the dations are approved by the belly throne, always eager to devour the unwary Insect that “[Firefighters] responded to Board of Regents give the OK, board, resident undergraduate dares to infringe upon the sanctity of his aquarium empire. the first few,” said County Fire however. ‘The [president’s] re Dept. Captain George Lopez. commendation will be $630. See FEES, p.4 “But they started to get harassed by the people out there.” Some partiers went so far as to throw bottles and other debris at the Thieves Walk Off With Memory Chips in Weekend Heist fire engines as crews attempted to douse the flames, he said. By Brian Quisling Joan Magruder. thing besides the memory cards doorknobs with a monkey “They don’t have serial num were missing from the offices wrench,” he said. Fearing for their safety, the Stcff Writer firefighters withdrew and ceased bers and I’d suppose they’d be and that the computers did not Sources from the Spanish and easy to sell,” said Linda Huey, appear to be damaged, she said. Portuguese Dept, in Phelps Hall responding to the reports of People arriving at campus of administrative assistant for the ‘They were opened up and in and the Computer Science Dept burning couches. “We decided fices early Saturday were sur Germanic, Oriental and Slavic most cases the cover was re in Engineering I also confirmed to let it bum as long as it wasn’t prised to find dozens of office Languages Dept on the sixth placed and the monitor was put that the burglars had struck their burning any trees or other prop doors broken open and compu floor of Phelps Hall. back on,” said communications offices. erty,” Lopez said. ters that had been tampered Authorities believe the thieves Professor John Wiemann, who Some office holders said that Although Lopez did not have with. stole over 60 SIMMs, which cost arrived early Saturday morning thieves could break into offices an official tallyofthecouchfires, Apparently, thieves broke about $50 apiece, but broke into at Ellison Hall to find it burglar with relative ease and that better Santa Barbara Police Dept. into Phelps, Ellison and Broida many more offices apparently ized by computer chip thieves. security could prevent incidents Public Information Officer Lt halls, and Engineering I, and searching for these computer Wiemann estimated that the like this from happening. John Thayer said he counted the took devices called Single inline parts. thieves broke into 12 to 14 of “At the moment, I think [the remains of six separate fires Memory Modules, which are the ‘These guys were really fo fices on the first floor of Ellison security] is pretty bad. They have along Del Playa Drive on a Mon memory cards inside computers, cused,” Huey said. Several office hall. “It looked like they had day morning bike ride. said Public Information Officer workers pointed out that no twisted open the locks on the See THEFT, p.4 See FOURTH, p.10 Huffington Holds Q & A Session U.S. Congressman Michael Students Follow Political Lead of Parents Buffington will be in Santa rents and the number is even though. ... Thank God.” 'Büibara for an opportatiftjf&t^ By Rebecca Eggeman Staff Writer_________ smaller for Republican children Smith said that most people the public to share complaints of Democrats. Many of those share the same political ideas as *nd concerns with him. whose political parties actually their parents in part because > The event, starting at 3. ¡un. While young people often re do differ from their parents de they want to be like their Jgpay at MacKenzie Park mi bel against parental authority, scribe themselves as indepen mothers and fathers. “At some the corner of State Street and the findings of one UCSB pro dents,” he said. subconscious level, you want to Las Positas, is expected to test fessor indicate that sons and UCSB Campus Democrats be the same as them. It’s hard to about an hour, and during this daughters tend to mimic their Vice President Scott Fleming escape your parents,” he said. time Santa Barbara's 19th Dis parents’ political beliefs. agreed that his father was a key trict congressman intends to “Usually, people belong to the Another reason is that child influence in shaping his political ren inevitably, as they are hold a question-and-answer same political parties as their pa views. “My dad is definitely a session with the audience, an brought up, share the same rents,” said political science Pro hardcore Democrat, and I got a backgrounds as their parents, officiai said. fessor Eric Smith, who conducts lot of my political ideas from MacKenzie Park is consti according to Smith. “If a parent ongoing research into the pat him,” he said. “There was a point is in the working class, the chUd- tuent time; for constituents to terns of political dynamics in my life when I was young and give their opinions to Huffing- ren will likely be in the working among college-aged Americans. foolish where I actually liked class too. Factors such as class, “Only a small percentage of Ronald Reagan. My father See VISIT, p j, Democrats have Republican pa swayed me away from that, See BELIEFS, p.10 2 Wednesday, July 7,1993 Daily Nexus in the £ nmmif £ an From July second thru the eleventh, Santa Barbara will host the 56th annual Semana Nautica, a two week event marked by sun, sports and sea. These hard-bodied athletes were just a handful of those from around the world who participated in the Bud Light Ocean Festival, Jet Ski Nationals and Women's Open Volleyball Tournament this past weekend. Kinda makes you wanna sprint to the gym, use the stairmaster for eight hours, take a couple of high-impact aerobic classes, followed by a step class, and then hit the free weights and nautilus circuit, huh? Yeah, right. Daily Nexus Weather Editor in Chief Anita Alralie The Daily Nexus is published by the Press Council and partially funded through Newt Editor Duke Conover the Associated Students of the University of California, Santa Barbara on week Leyout/Oetign Editor Michelle Danner days during the school year, weekly in summer session.

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