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THIS WAY OUT SENIOR SENDOFFS PAGE 10 VOLUME XLII, ISSUE LX THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG );+W]VKQT :(=05.;/,.96=,:;<+,5;*6<5*03*<;:36::,::/<;:+6>5,(;,9@ Nurses 0QZM[<MUX Plan to -UXTWaMM[ By Regina Ip Strike Associate News Editor After medical A week after A.S. Council first THE END administrators reject met to appoint the 2010-11 associ- After 24 years on campus, the ailing Grove Cafe ate vice presidents, one of the three proposed staff increases, remaining positions is still unfilled — will close its doors for good. By Ayelet Bitton leaving the council to enter next year union prepares to react without a full cabinet of 10 AVPs in with protest. charge of managing various aspects of student life. By Connie Qian On May 26, the council voted Senior Staff Writer against appointing A.S. President Wafa Ben Hassine’s nominations for three Over 11,000 nurses from five AVP positions. The nominations of UC medical centers — including the former Campuswide Senator Desiree UCSD medical centers — will strike Prevo for the AVP of Academic Affairs on June 10 to protest unsafe nurse- position, and former AVP of Local to-patient ratios, the National Nurses Affairs Aries Yumul for the AVP of United announced last Friday. College Affairs position were voted “One of the things we’ve been ask- down, while the nomination of ing is that the [nurse-to-patient] ratio Eleanor Roosevelt College sophomore should be maintained at all times,” Arohi Sharma for the AVP of Student UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest reg- Advocacy position was tabled. istered nurse Janice Webb said. “We’re On June 3, the council approved asking for break-relief nurses. That’s a Prevo and Sharma to temporarily fill nurse that comes in and watches your the Academic Affairs and Student patient while you’re on break.” Advocacy positions, respectively. The protest, slated to be the largest They will carry out the AVP posi- JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN nurse strike in U.S. history, will also tions until Week Four of Fall Quarter include an additional 14,000 nurs- at which point applications for the es from California and Minnesota, position will reopen. BY THE NUMBERS totaling 25,000 participants. The position of AVP of College $177,920.78 GROVE CAFE’S TOTAL DEBT California law requires hospitals Affairs was not discussed and will not $925 DAILY PROFIT GROVE NEEDS TO BREAK EVEN to maintain at least one nurse for be filled until Fall Quarter. 2 NUMBER OF DAYS, SINCE REOPENING, GROVE EARNED $925 every three to five patients, depend- ing on the care the patients receive. According to Ben Hassine, all $525 AVERAGE PROFIT GROVE MAKES DAILY three positions were tabled at the The union said it wants to mandate stronger enforcement of these laws Campus Affairs committee meeting, n less than two hours last night, the A.S. Council voted 17-2 to and establish safe ratios at all times. which is held prior to the council shut down the Grove Cafe, effectively ending a 24-year saga that According to Webb, the medical meeting. From that, the Academic included numerous attempts to revitalize the struggling eatery. Affairs and Student Advocacy posi- I centers do not have enough nurses to The decision comes a year after the previous council voted last June attend the patients. tions were pulled out of committee to to continue operating the coffee shop, which was $140,000 in debt at “We’ve been having meetings be discussed at the meeting. the time. However, despite ongoing renovations and a much-hyped with hospitals that say they already Ben Hassine said the positions reopening this Winter Quarter, the business has increased its debt over have charge nurses, but realistical- were tabled — and then voted down $35,000, to a total of nearly $180,000. ly they can’t maintain the ratio on — because councilmembers dis- According to both Vice President of Finance and Resources breaks,” she said. “A lot of times when agreed with the process of choosing Andrew Ang and Associate Vice President of Enterprise Operations the charge nurses [or nurses who members for the selection commit- Brian McEuen, the Grove would need to make a daily profit of $925 to supervise] watch, there are still more tee. The selection committee consists cover its operating costs alone. However, since reopening in January, of the president, the outgoing AVP nurses needed — just someone to and three to four council senators. See GROVE,page 7 help out.” However, in an online statement, See AVP,page 7 the UC Office of the President con- tended that such a strike is without legitimate cause. FROM FML “The university considers this TO FLOWERS action unlawful, a violation of good- faith bargaining requirements and a A crowd of clear violation of the parties’ con- students gave tract,” UCOP said in their statement. flowers to Mary, The strike will also attempt to an employee at the secure the nurses’ retirement benefits Burger King in to make sure neither politicians nor Price Center East, the health industry can easily rescind yesterday. The them. event began “The other thing we’re concerned because of a post about is the pension and our health benefits,” Webb said. “Things are get- on UCSDFML.com ting expensive now, and they’re trying that brought to look at ways to cut costs. That’s attention to Mary’s going to affect people, and we want PHOTOS BY ANDREW OH/GUARDIAN work. 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