-pÖPPNiON/f Cíi : * SPRING SPGRT$/*A" ■ ; M M liilljj ispQRis/*# i§ A Garden on Topanga 1 The Ways ofSpring | Thank God, 0 Errors | Volume 74, No. 127 University of California, Santa Barbara Two Sections, 24 Pages 83 Professors Opt for Early Retirement Plan By Joanna Frazier pay cut until June 30. Staff Writer_______ Between VERIP II and III, the campus expects to save $3.4 mil­ lion this year on salaries, accord­ Eighty-three faculty members ing to the Office of Budget and have chosen to accept an early Planning. retirement incentive plan, leav­ Four departments — history, ing some department heads re­ art studio, math and political sci­ shuffling personnel to accom­ ence — are being particularly modate losses. hard-hit by the plan, Zelmano­ The number of faculty opting witz said. He estimated the 83 re­ to accept the UC’s Voluntary tirees make up about one-eighth Early Retirement Incentive of the total faculty on campus. Program III as of the April 29 History Dept. Chair J. Sears deadline matches the number of McGee said that with seven se­ professors who left under nior faculty leaving, he hopes to VERIP I and II combined, ac­ reshuffle lecturers and recall cording to Julius Zelmanowitz, early retirees by Winter and associate vice chancellor for Spring Quarters to cope with the Academic Personnel. crunch. DAN THIBODBAU/Daly Ne*i» The program is a cost-cutting “Five of these people retiring enticement the UC instituted to will be recalled in the winter and Shred offset budget reductions and spring to teach three classes reinstate faculty salaries to their each,” McGee said. “This will This impressive piece of machinery is demolishing the former military science and dance fa­ 1992-93 level. Faculty and staff cilities adjacent to the Events Center to make room for the Humanities and Social Sciences are currently absorbing a 3.5% See VERIP, p. 6 Building. Another Appeal Chancellor Reflects on Life in 3rd District Outside Cheadle Hall Office Bout Elevates By Martin Boer Chancellor Court Expenses Stiff Writer By Nick Robertson Barbara Uehling has had a Stcff Writer______________ glimpse at the typical Isla Vista nightlife, but she cannot ima­ gine herself actually living there. “We cannot allow Bill Wal­ Although the chancellor lace to turn back the clock,” says called a Del Playa bash she at­ a Willy Chamberlin For Supervi­ tended in 1991 “ftm,” she admits sor advertisement, marking the dwelling in I.V. would be a diffe­ return of mudslinging to the on­ rent matter altogether. going battle for the county’s 3rd “I have made some tours of District seat. A Two-Part Series student apartments there. Some Current supervisor Chamber­ were better than I thought, would think it’s a great place to lin began soliciting for dona­ others worse. The noise would spend four years and I would tions through a paid statement get to me though,” Uehling told look forward to it.” in the Santa Barbara News- the Daily Nexus last week in a While UCSB is well-known as Press. According to the adver­ 30-minute conversation probing a strong academic institution, tisement, funds will be used to the alter ego of a chancellor. parents of prospective freshmen offset court costs expected to Besides the fact that Isla Vista might be more familiar with its build up during an appeal to the is so far from an urban area, Ue­ notoriety as an excellent party state Supreme Court. hling would have liked attend­ school. To curtail these fears, “We do need money to sup­ ing UCSB. As a student, the en­ Uehling said she recently ex­ port the lawyers,” said Tom Wid- vironment would appeal to her, plained to some parents that roe, a Chamberlin assistant. but its academic reputation learning here continues to be “From day one we’ve had to de­ DAN THIBODBAU/Dul; N u would prove most worthwhile. paramount pend on the support of locals.” Outgoing Chancellor Barbara Uehling offered insight into where “If I were a senior, I would be “I said when you come here Wallace, who held the posi- her passion lies when she is not on the fifth floor of Cheadle glad to graduate from an institu­ one of the first things that strikes tion with a reputable quality,” Hall during an interview with the Daily Nexus. See APPEAL, p.7 she said. “If I were a freshman, I See UEHLING, p.13 Supervisors Oppose O’Connell’s Bill to Halt New Oil Field Development By Brett Chapman Though he understood the reasoning behind the bill, The decision was not unanimous, as Supervisors Stiff Writer_______ 4th District Supervisor Timothy Staffel was among the Naomi Schwartz of the 1st District and Tom Rogers of three-member majority voting to oppose A.B. 2444. the 2nd District expressed support for O’Connell’s bill. “It makes sense to take the kind of haphazard, un­ “I don’t know what their problem is,” Schwartz said. As Santa Barbara’s state assemblyman campaigns to coordinated moratoriums and sanctuaries off the coast “The bill would provide protection into the future, and establish a coastal sanctuaiy along California’s shores, and put them in one code section, but the bill does they said they couldn’t support it in perpetuity. ... I local officials have expressed displeasure by voting not more than that. It expands some of the sanctuaries,” think if you look at a map of the channel, too much of to support the measure. Staffel said. “It was billed as just trying to take a com­ our area is already under development.” Assembly Bill 2444, sponsored by Jack O’Connell, prehensive approach to the moratoriums currently in O’Connell remains firm in his commitment to the le­ would prevent any new development of oil fields along existence. What it does is it expands the moratoriums gislation and intends to see it through to passage on the the coast of California. Questioning the lengths to on the coast, and it includes areas that are called inac­ floor of the state Legislature. which the bill goes, members of the Santa Barbara tive lease status. So, it takes leases that are currently not “It’s really too bad that our board had to take this County Board of Supervisors took an official stance in active, but not under moratorium, and would then opposition to the legislation. place them under moratorium.” See BILL, p.13 2 ' Wednesday, hláy 4,1994 Daily Nexus Daily Nexus HEADLINERS Editor in | Kimberly Epler News Editor 1 Martin Boer LayouVDesign Editor jt ó t á ¡Michelle Danner Campus Editor I M E ¡Brenda Maxwei Asst Campus Editor ¡Louise Tutt UCSF to Begin RU-486 Clinical Testing County Editor P p P ¡Brett Chapman Asst. County Editors j | » ¡C -J Conklin, Nick Robertson Features E d t o r H H ¡Suzanne Gamer SAN FRANCISCO conducted in Oregon and Investigative Editor 9 H ¡Joanna Frazier (AP) — The controversial other sites by the New Opinions Editor!»! ¡Wiliam Toren French morning-after pill York-based Population Asst. Opinions Editor‘M i l ¡Sonja Ellis Council. A P . Wire Editor | Melanie Flores RU-486 will be tested as an Sports Editor; M I ¡Brian PUsbury emergency contraceptive But Grimes drew a dis­ Asst. Sports Editors ja ¡Michael Cadii, Jenny Kok for the first time in North tinction between those Artsweek E d ito rM jw »Kevin Car hart America, University of Ca­ studies and the W.H.O. Asst. Artsweek E d io rjgB S j¡Chris George lifornia officials an­ program at San Francisco Illustrations Editor k A j ¡Matt Ragland Photo E d t o r ^ l ¡Rachel Weil nounced Tuesday. General. Copy EditorW ¡Corey Cohen If successful, the clinical RU-486 will be tested as AssL Copy Editor H jjjM ¡Evan Mach Ian trials at San Francisco a contraceptive — rather Copy Readers James Lissner, Scott Tipton of RU-486 as a contracep­ than an abortion pill—be­ Capitol EditorDuke Conover General Hospital could Grimes, a professor and lead to over-the-counter chief of reproductive sci­ tive is fundamentally mis­ cause it will be adminis­ Advertising Representatives Shauna LaFaud, Etienne Katz, Chris availability of RU-486 or ences at the hospital, leading because it works tered to women within five H Bowman, Kristin lllokken, Tracey Stt- similar drugs, said Dr. Da­ which is affiliated with UC not to prevent conception days of unprotected sex. I B b e r vid Grimes, who will run San Francisco. but to cause abortion,” he One aim of the study, Production Christine Baggeriy, Anna Kent, Larry the study. G rimes said about 3 mil­ said. which includes 2,100 wo­ Smalheiser, Nichola Stein, Yvonne The pill — bitterly op­ lion women have an unin­ The San Francisco trial, men worldwide, is to de­ Thomson, Katie Zoraster posed by anti-abortion ac­ tended, unplanned pre­ part of a 14-nation inter­ termine if sharply reduced tivists — is currently not gnancy in the U.S. each national study organized doses of the drug will be as approved for general use year. The cost runs in the by the World Health Orga­ effective without causing in the United States and “tens of billions of dollars nization, will begin as side effects, including dis­ B IG F O O T M © most other nations. Only a year,” he said. soon as at least 150 volun­ ruption of menstrual France, Sweden, China But Richard Glasow of teers are available, and cycles. and the United Kingdom the National Right-to-Life should be concluded in a Grimes said medical allow public distribution Committee in Washington year, Grimes said.