Newlegislationtakesaimat Student Loans

Millman presents motion calling for police apology byJeffSchmidt aclarificationofuniversityregulations. ASUCI is consideringadopting a resolution "They (the police) should be aware that which demands the university police issue students are against the policy they en- a written public apology to UCI students forced," saidMillman. "We are'' supposed to and to the Revolutionary Student Brigarde beopentoanykindofthought. (RSB). Resolutionco-sponsor Grgas agreed: "It's The resolutionrefers to the Feb10 incident therightof anyorganizationtocome on cam- where University police, responding to com- pus and expresstheir thoughts. That should plaints about the political content of RSB lit- be university policy." But, Councilmember erature, ejected two RSB members from Gaye Baldauf,disagreed withtheresolution. campus for lack of a literature distribution She said that the Associated Students should "permit." not demand a police apology since it was a The AS resolution, proposed by council student who complained to the police. "The members Phil Millman and Tony Grgas, at student who complained has rights too," Tuesday's councilmeeting, states that the e- shesaid. — jectionwas aselectiveviolativeof "oneofour Kloke,inamemo toAldrich, saidshe would CONSIDERING ADOPTION ASCouncilmember PhilMiU- meet ViceChancellor for man, Nation's greatest and most cherished liber- with UniversityRe- hasintroduceda resolutionto councilcallingfor apolice - speech." lationsBrad Atwood, "to draft aclearer pol- in ties freedom of The resolution apology the ejection of a political organization from cam- also requests a complete explanation, from icy statement." AScouncilmember Millman, pus for not having a permit. Council is considering adopting says he wants students tobe involved in this theresolution. the assistant chancellor for administration pMo GORDONCHANG and theuniversity police,of theincident,and process. New University UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,IRVINE VOL9/NO.37/FRIDAY,MARCH 4,1977 New legislation takes aim at student loans Assembly bill to encourage banks through state guarantee byHughMclntosh andtheparticipation ofunsoundvocational schools Amendments of 1976,CongressencouragedCalifor- Legislation to encourage California banks to have discouragedthe banks from making student nia toestablishastateagencytoguaranteestudent grant morestudent loans wasintroducedin theAs- loans. loans. If such an agency were created, Congress sembly Thursday by John Vasconcellos (D-San (The other 10 percent of the student loans come would reinsure the loans at 100 per cent instead of Jose). directly from the federal government. President theprevious80per cent,Fullersaid. According to Vasconcellos, chairperson of the Cartersaidhewouldnotallocatesupplementalfun- Twenty-six other stateshave passedstudent-loan Assembly Pennant Subcommittee onPostsecond- ds for direct student loans because their default guarantee legislation, Vasconcellos said. In these ary Education,AB 647 would enable theCalifornia rate is high and federally guaranteedbank loans states the default rateonstudentloansis onlyhalf Student Aid Commission to guarantee student areavailable.) that instates where the federal government is the loansmadeby thebanks. Ken Larkin, senior vice president at Bank of guarantor. (The Student Aid Commission administers stu- America, said, "I am in favor of a state loan Last year,under thefederallyadministeredloan dentaidprogramsfor the state.) guarantee agency because it would bring control program, studentloans droppedby $93 million na- Commenting on the recent decline in thenumber back from Washington. The problems (involved tionally. But in states with guarantee agencies, ofstudent loansmadebyCalifornia banks,Vascon- with student loans) would be worked out better loanstostudentsincreasedby$70million,hesaid. cellos said, "Students frommiddle-income families withastate agency thanwithafederalagency. InCalifornia,Bank ofAmericais thelargeststu- areespecially hardhit since theydonotqualify for" "If the state became a loan guarantor," Larkin dentlender.Last year it cut the number of student increasinggrantaid goingto thepooreststudents. said,"Ithinkit wouldbringback anumber ofother loans from 43,000 to 31,000 which reduced the total "Graduate students from low-income back- banks (that no longer grant student loans)."It loan volume by $22 million. Security Pacific and grounds also suffer from the diminishing student would alsobringinsavingsandloancompanies. UnitedCaliforniabanks now lend$10and$9 million loanmarket," hesaid. Larkin saidwithmore financialinstitutions par- less to studentsthan theydid three years ago,Vas- The federal government currently guarantees90 ticipating instudent loans, more money would be concellos said. per cent of the student loans, according to Bruce available for vocational and community college Astudy groupsponsoredby theStudent AidCom- Fuller, consultant to the Subcommittee. But high students. mission is preparinga report on the feasibility of default rates,bureaucratic redtapeinWashington. With the passage of the Higher Education Act continued on page3 Pauling wields controversy LinusPauling,two-timeNobelPrize winner, talking aboutthedangersofnuclear weapons a megaphone for Soviet policy by touting the has been called a Communist by Joe Mc- andradioactivefallout,Iwasinvited to come World Peace Conference that the Commu- Carthy,andtwoof themostprestigiouspubli- toSantaAnato speakat the localhighschool. nists have called for this summer inMoscow, cationsintheUnited States.His politicalacti- When Icame down that evening,Ifound out just as year after year since time immem- vities have drawn both fire and praise, de- that the high school authorities had refused orial he has given his name, energy, voice, pendingon whoseopinionisasked. permission for the high school auditorium to and pen to one after another Soviet enter- His first NobelPrize was for his work inex- be used. Ispoke at a rather small YMCA prise..." perimental chemistry in1954, and the Peace building,andbefore thetalkthedirector gave That storybroughtabout alawsuit that took prize in 1962 for his protests against nuclear alittletalkdisassociatinghimself fromme." more thanfouryearsto resolve.Itwasfinally testing.Paulinghas activelypushed for aban Pauling smiled expensively, "He said the thrownoutof courtbecauseDr.Paulingwasa an nuclear weapons,andhasbeen an outspo- YMCA wasn't lettingme speak because they public figure,andhe hadno real defenseina kencriticofthoseintheWhiteHouse. believed me, but because they believed in libelsuit. With suchcredentials,onemight expectthat freedom ofspeech. Then,in themiddle of my Later, Paulingbraved thecountyborder on- he is revered by his colleagues, andadmired talk, a stink bomb was thrown into thebuild- ce again, this time to speak about medicine, by the public at large. Tosome extent that is ing." notpolitics. thecase.Ithasn't alwaysbeen that way. One story he didn't laugh about was an ar- "When Igot there,there were pickets going Dr.Paulingreminiscedabout the days when ticleinthe NationalReview in1962. Thestory, around, a line of about 60 people carrying hewasnotso welcomehere. entitled "TheCollaborators,"stated: signs. When Iparked the car and started "InOrange County,Iremember whenIwas "Take... LinusPauling,oncemoreactingas continued onpage3 — "Sjs ICONOCLAST Linus Pauling, twotime Nobel Prize winner in peace and chemistry, has causedmuch controversy wherever he goesbe- '£& :|| causeof hisiconoclastic ideology. pho»o.byBOBjoNEs gg 2 EDITORIAL/OPINION FRIDAY,MARCH4, 1977 NEWUNIVERSITY SATIRE: They bombed in Berkeley (but nothing happened) byJohnBarrett TheUniversity of California hasbeen called thebiggestde- signer of nuclear armaments in the United States. So what. Everyoneknows that education andnuclear tacticalmissies gohandinhand justlikecampuspoliceandguns go together. Iguessthisexplains thecumbersome architectureoftheSo- cialScience Tower. Thoseconcrete towersonthe corners are reallymissile silos. No wonder Chancellor Aldrich's office is The oil companies 20feet undergroundinaconcrete re-enforcedbunker.Doeshe have controlofthese weapons,or does President Carterinhis flyingcommandpost? Pumping There is really no cause for alarm, though. UC president us for millions David Saxonhas saidthat he'llneverusethe weaponsexcept byBillHodge chase the Irvine Company grows stronger every in a defensive situation. "Like if Gov. Brown keeps insisting Jim Kirst drove his blue at a price tagof$281.9 mil- year. Certainly Mobil is on cuttingback theUCbudget, well,I'dsellmyhome inSac- Chevy Monte Carlo into liontheirlatestbid. notusingtheir oilprofits to ramento." Howard Beatty's Mobil The$281.9millionisbeing seek alternative energy Since the news has leaked out that the UC system does Serviceand eased up next offered by Mobil Oil in sources. That is, unless manufacture nuclear warheads,severalnations,bothfriendly tothegaspumps.Kirst got cash. AndIrvine Company Mobilis talkingabout their andnon-friendly to theUnitedStates,have approachedthere- out ofhiscar andnotedthe executives are supporting own economic energy in gents asking to purchase these weapons. "There is nothing 67.9 price per gallon cost Mobil's proposal because the world market. academically wrong with the UC system selling these wea- indicated in the pump's they believe the company case, gov- pons," president Saxon said. "Sure, it will throw the balance transparent has big Inany the U.S. window. a cash flow which ernment, particularly of power topsy turvy,but if it brings the UC system"several "God,

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