USG Moves to Keep Open Alumni Quad Elects USG Reps Jury Finds

Wat Satlg (Eamints "Serving the Storrs Community Since 1896" VoL LXXXVIIINo. 59 The University of Connecticut Friday, January 25, 1985 USG moves to keep open By Paul Parker discussed two versions of an Associate News Editor "Open Government Act'* One The Undergraduate Stu- version was prepared by USG dent Government executive Central Treasurer Alan Dris- committee opened the se- coll and the other by as- mester Thursday by prepar- sembly member Jennifer ing legislation to raise the Rienks. student activity fee and adopt DriscolTs version was its own version of a Freedom unanimously approved for of Information Act inclusion on Wednesday's The fee raise question was assembly agenda Rienks ver- referred to a joint committee sion was tabled until a second to calculate an actual amount executive committee meeting for the hike The joint commit- on Tuesday. tee is composed of the budget The executive committee and finance, election and also discussed sending public relation committees. money to the Student Union Jay Stolfi, head of the public Board ofGovemors and sus- relations committee, sugges- pending funding for special- ted a $7 raise to $15 per interest publications. Greek musicians perform at Von der popular and folk greek music semester. He also suggested a Knous said USG will pro- Medhan hall last night during a recital of (Andy Schaefer photo) new policy that each senior bably send $6,000 to the would receive a free yearbook board as USG's share of their upon graduation as part of the annual co-sponsored spring change concert The exact price is Alumni quad elects USG reps Pat Gawkins, head of the likely to be confirmed at Tues- election committee, said the day's executive committee By Chuck Lindberg names of voters were accidentally not crossed government could use pos- meeting Staff Writer off voter registration lists, according to Lisa sibly more The matter of funding Roger Spiegel and John Kaiser were elected Jacovino, president of the Alumni Area Several members of the publications which serve only Dec 11 to fill vacancies on the Undergraduate Council. executive committee said a "small minority" of students Student Government which were left open In a letter to the editor in today's Daily Cam- USG's facilities are far from was referred to the public because a previous election was declared void pus, Jacovino said no USG member was present equal to the more modern relations committee for by the government at the first electioa The area council did not facilities at other universities. study. Spiegel, a liberal arts major from West Hart- receive support from USG which the govern- One short- coming named was ford, and Kaiser, a liberal arts major from Clin- ment had promised to give, she said She faulted lack of a government com- ton, will represent the Alumni Quadrangle in USG for alleging that fraudulent practice by puter. Stolfi and President USG Alumni council were involved Marcia Knous both said other Governor Of the 301 ballots cast by Alumni residents, The second election went smoothly, Gawkins student governments have Spiegel won 148 and Kaiser 78. The only other said and he thanked Alumni council for their their records computer visits today candidate, James DeCarli, collected 72. help. Gawkins's committee verified the election stored The first election, held on Nov. 29, was voided results and recommended that Spiegel and An exact dollar amount by USG when 16 unaccounted for ballots were Kaiser be sworn in at the semester's first may be decided in time for it to Gov. William O'Neill is discovered in a recount assembly meeting on Wednesday. be placed on the assembly's expected to make a major In the first election, Spiegel trailed Kaiser and Spiegel lives on one side of Alumni quad while Wednesday agenda If USG policy statement on higher DeCarli. The margin between first and third was Kaiser and DeCarli five on the other. Gawkins votes for a fee raise, the education today at an invita- nine votes. said those living on Spiegel's side voted for him amount must be approved by tion-only luncheon here "The election was too close to let the 16 unac- and one candidate from the other side, effec- a student body referendum Scheduled to arrive at 1230 counted for ballots go," Pat Gawkins, USG elec- tively canceling the votes Because of this, the and then the Board of p.m, the Governor is attend- tion committee chairman, said election was decided in the part of the quad Trustees. ing the luncheon as part of a The discrepancy was because some of the where Kaiser and DeCarli were best known. The executive committee conference designed to dis- cuss the university's role in support of primary and secondary education The Governor will probably Jury finds absence ofmalice, clears Time make the declaration of his NEW YORK (AP)—A federal jury "A lawsuit is very much like a war," said two refugee camps in Israeli-occupied new policy here because it is decided Thursday that Time magazine did Time attorney Thomas D. Barr. "Who wins West Beirut one of two major objectives not libel former Israeli Defense Minister the battle is not particularly important he set before the new General Ariel Sharon when it linked him to a Who wins the war is terribly important After announcing the verdict the jury Assembly on Jaa 5, a source massacre of Palestinians, but it said some The war is over and we won" foreman, Richard Peter Zug, read a state- at UConn's administrative Time employees were careless in putting ment in which the jurors said certain Time offices said together the story. "We came in order to prove that Time employees, especially Jerusalem corres- In his state-of-the state magazine lied and we managed to prove pondent David Halevy, acted "negligently The six-person jury decided that Time that they lied," said Sharon of his $50 and carelessly in reporting and verifying nessage to the assembly, did not show "actual malice" in publishing million lawsuit O'Neill expressed concern a disputed paragraph, which it earlier the information which ultimately found its over the conditions of Con- found to be both defamatory and false Sharon claimed a Feb. 21, 1983, Time way" into the disputed paragraph necticut roads and the state's For "actual malice" it would have had to cover story libeled him in reporting he Thursday's verdict was crucial because approach to higher educa- be proven that Time published the "discussed" revenge for the assassination although the jury, which had been tion About 10 days ago the paragraph knowing it was false or with of Lebanon's president-elect Bashir deliberating since Jan. 14, had found for Governor made his statement "reckless disregard" of whether it was Gemayel-who headed the Phalangists one Sharon on the two earlier points, he also on the roads, so a statement true or false day before the Christian militiamen had to show malice and damage to his on education is expected Both sides claimed victory. massacred hundreds of Palestinians at reputation to prove libeL today, the source said "\^ Inside Today: Weather Forecast: • Saturday's men's basketball game against Boston College Cloudy today with an 80 per cent is previewed on the back page chance of occasional light snow. Highs • A divorced mother's fight against loneliness is featured on near 30. Windy and cold on Saturday. page 11. > ^ Page 2 The Daily Campus, Friday. )anuary 25.1985' / Morning Comment News Digest Andy Rooney America's integrity Yale blue-collars may strike NEW HAVEN, (AP)-Yale Uni- and job security, including union lost to ambition versity clerical workers, who complaints about subcontract- There is a widespread feeling that America is losing its inventive- earlier this week settled their own ing of some jobs that take work ness. For most of its history, the United States has led the way in Award money contract, rallied Thursday on away from union members. mechanical and scientific progress. Now it seems we're slipping behalf of blue-collar workers who The cafeteria and maintenance President Reagan has recently taken some steps to improve and have promised to strike if they do workers' union has set midnight encourage the teaching of math and science in schools. He has also spent on coke not reach agreement by Satur- Friday as a strike deadline and pleaded with current American scientists to invent something that day. Local 34 members have vowed to would give us a foolproof defense against an enemy missile DANBURY (AP)-A Danbury Talks aimed at settling a new honor their sister union's picket attack. teen-ager who received $300,000 contract for 1,000 blue-collar Without an agreement by Fri- True scientists don't listen much to Presidents, though They just from a medical malpractice suit workers continued Thursday day, the blue-collar workers go their own way. They don't look up from their work They don't and used $175,000 of the award to night between officials of the planned to walk out with as- care what people or Presidents want Albert Einstein wasn't trying to buy cocaine spent his first day in university and Local 35 of the surances of support from white- invent the atomic bomb or make travel in space possible He was sim- jail Thursday on a drug charge Federation of University Emplo- collar workers who gained their ply a scientist trying to solve some mathematical puzzles. The fact David Brown, 18, was convic- yees. first contract with Yale on that his work led to the first atomic bomb was alarming to him Maybe ted Wednesday of possession of At issue are wages, benefits Tuesday.

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