mFriday m « & Volume 78, No. 92 Two Sections, 20 Pages Interested in Comment Candidates Leadership? Today is the last day to Leads to Focus on declare candidacy for ' Associated Students . positions for next term. Protesting Education IFrospective candidates must pick up and drop off their By T ennille T racy By T o n y Bia so tti applications in the A.S. Main S taff W riter S taff W riter Office by 4 p.m. and attend an informational meeting at 1 5 p.m. in the UCen State Members of the student body The eyes o f the nation will be ' Street Room; ' . and Isla Vista residents gathered on the South Coast Tuesday as yesterday afternoon to accuse the the 22nd District elects a Con­ D aily Nexus o f printing racially in­ gressional representative in a sensitive information. special election. INSIDE: Protestors in front o f Davidson The candidates, Republican We Apologize Library held signs and demanded Assemblyman Tom Bordonaro apologies from the Daily Nexus (R-Paso Robles), Democrat An in-depth discussion of what went wrong with [W f were mistaken] by Wednesday's “I.V. dogs’ printing whatthe source SPECIAL . article and an apology from j told us without!;.. the Nexus to the campus community top off today’s ^¡Estantiatinf If through editorial pages. another source*. ÆÈ& - Marc Valles^ See Opinion, p.6 *Daily News* Editor in Chief ALAN JACOBY / daily nexus Vietnamese Student Association President Parker Le, right, and fellow Hot Damn! students gathered in front of Davidson Library Thursday to protest the and the I. V. Foot Patrol for a quote content of an article in Wednesday’s N ex u s. Leris Capps and Libertarian made by IVFP office manager Robert -Uakhaus, have taken It's ARTHERAPYtime again. The article, which was printed At the protest D aily Nexus Edi­ Dianna Halliburton that was different approaches in getting This week’s installation in the Wednesday, March 4 issue printed in the newspaper. T h e de­ tor in Chief Marc Valles admitted their messages across to features a honeybear bong o f the Daily Nexus, was titled' monstration was intended to ex­ that the lack of information re­ students. “Number of Dogs in Classes De­ by candlelight. And you press the sentiments felt by the ndered the article invalid and will According to Bordonaro’s clining This Year.” thought your coffee table Vietnamese and Hmong com­ result in amends made to the campaign manager Todd Har­ The quote stated, “The problem was twisted. munity who felt the article unfairly Vietnamese and Hmong ris, Bordonaro considers his disappeared after the Vietnam represented them, according to community. stance on education to be his W ar when the state subsidized protestor and undeclared sopho­ “[W e were mistaken] by print­ greatest asset to Isla Vista and housing for Vietnamese and the more Chris Giang. ing what the source told us without UCSB. Mongs [sic] in I.V. Not only did “The Daily Nexus printing up either substantiating it through “He co-authored [Assembly the packs disappear, but you such a racist statement is like con­ another source or allowing some­ Bill 1318, passed in 1997] to couldn’t keep your dog out You doning it,” Giang said. “T o put un- body with perhaps a mote expert not only freeze, but cut, student never wanted to look in a dumpster newsworthy material on the front opinion to challenge it or by allow­ fees in the U C and C SU sys­ ’cause you would commonly find page, which will drag the names o f ing it to be printed at all,” he said. tems ... to provide college stu­ heads and other discarded portions certain minority groups of the “We’re going to apologize for dents with a much-needed fi- [of animals]. Since then the dog community through the mud, the that.” population in I.V. has been under dumps, that — to us — seems like See ELECTION, p.10 wraps.” See PROTEST, p.9 they are condoning racism.” Sierra Club Encourages Youth To Famous Paleoanthropologist Vote, Endorses Capps in Election See ARTHERAPY, p.8 Defenders of nature united Thursday to lobby for congressional candi­ To Speak Locally Tuesday date Lois Capps, a representative they fed will be dedicated to the By G retchen Macchiarella environment. S ttff W riter Ole, Old, 016, Sierra Club National President Adam Werbach visited UCSB on Thursday to raise environmental awareness and encourage student parti­ 0 I§ ... Stacy, cipation in the upcoming 22nd District Congressional election. A world-renowned paleoanthropologist will address Santa Barbara re­ Stacy “The dection is earlier than the other elections that we’re heading tow­ sidents Tuesday. ard in November o f’98 and people are looking to die election to see what Dr. Richard Leakey will be speaking at the Arlington Theater in Ail-Big West point guard are the important issues,” he said. “I f students who believe very strongly in downtown Santa Barbara as part of the presentation, “Focus on Africa: Stacy Clinesmith took the the environment come out and vote for it, then the rest o f the candidates Wildlife, Conservation and Man.” The evening will indude a reception Gauchos on her back and will know that they need to talk about the environment in order to win.” and a presentation with author and photographer David Anderson. Ac­ carried them into Big West Werbach also explained his endorsement for Lois Capps. cording to event coordinator Valerie Bohonus, the reception will be fairly tourney finals. The “[Lois Capps] has been a dedicated environmentalist all her life and informal. sophomore led a 20-point wants to cany [the late 22nd District Congressman Walter Cappp’s] le­ “Dr. Leakey will be there and there will be a variety of South African comeback by scoring a gacy through,” he said. wines and... music,” she said. “D r. Leakey will also be available for book career-high 34 points. Due to the low voter turnout in the January election, Werbach focused signing. It's just pretty much a social time.” on encouraging students to vote in the special dection. The slide show will be presented by Anderson, using photos taken from See Sports, p.12 “In the primary election only 9 percent of young people voted and 9 all over Africa, according to Bohonus. percent will not be enough to elect Lois Capps, who is the force of the en­ “[Anderson] will ... take people on a safari with the multimedia, vironment in this dection,” he said. 12-projector show,” she said. Leakey m il lecture after the slides, Anderson said. A plethora of films about outdoor Sierra Club member Britt Ihrig explained that Werbach encourages “[Leakey will] speak on the role that tourism plays in the conservation activism among young people. adventure will be shown at the of Africa’s legendary wildlife,” he said. Best of the 22nd Annual Banff “The reason for bringing [Adam Werbach] down is his youth and ac­ UCSB anthropology professor Dr. Brian Fagan explained some of Festival of Mountain Films. tivism, Iris sense o f spirit and determination to encourage other students Leakey's contributions to the field of paleoanthropology. Tonight at 7 p.m. in Campbell to get involved to show that there’s no separation as government as some “He has extended the chronology o f human evolution by over two mil­ Hall. Students $6, General $10. older entity,” she said. lion years,” he said. Tickets are available at the Arlington box office. For more information, —-Jill St. John call 963-5339. 2 Friday, March 6,1998 Daily' Nexus Daily Nexus Editor in Chief S 3 j& Marc Valles Managing Editor HHÜRuan Altoon Training Editor ¡ja B B Kerri Webb China’s Premier Initiates Gov’t Overhaul Technical Director jM B Chris Koch Layout/Design Editor Stacy Jones last year, he said. The reform plan is certain to face opposition from bu­ News Editors Stacy Jones, Jodie Stout reaucrats, some of whom Campus Editor W f m Zack Musa Li backed more mergers, Asst. Campus Editors a B S ll Jill St. John, Tennille Tracy rely on their status to supple­ County Editor H j Tony Biasotti forms have freed the eco­ bankruptcies and other capi­ BEIJING (AP) — ment their small official Asst. County Editors H E Alexis Hlippini, Gretchen Macchiarella Breaking sharply from die nomy from direct govern­ talist tactics to revive unpro­ wages, said W u Guoguang, APWire Editor jp P P Alan Traeger Features Editor era when communist bu­ ment intervention. fitable state industries, but a Hong Kong-based reaucrats planned China’s Speaking beneath a back­ acknowledged that the re­ academic who participated Opinion Editor Ifc # ? Luis Morales Asst. Opinion Editor m m Jennifer Raub economy, Premier Li Peng drop o f red flags and die red- forms would worsen already in streamlining efforts in the announced a bold govern­ and-gold state seal, Li high unemployment and 1980s that proved Sports Editor ■ § Scott Hennessee Asst. Sports Editors H Ben Alkaly, Steve Wendt ment overhaul Thursday to unsuccessful. catch up with two decades o f WgJnust balance the intensity of reform, the Artsweek Editors 3 | | | Antony Bogdanovski, Rabia Shirazi Asst. Artsweek Editor Patrick Reardon market reforms. speed of development and our people’s ability “The final result of this The restructuring was Photo Editor ■ IS i Alan Jacoby “urgently needed,” L i said in tosustainthesei reform will be what we in Asst. Photo Editor j j j | Jeff Clark Wmr w mm mm China call ‘closing the opening the annual session Art Director Kazuhiro Kibuishi o f China’s legislature.