Volume 18, Numbe r 5 University of California, San Diego Tuesday, January 23, 1973 Fourth College: An Entity or Set of Courses Greg Hid(s A large number of course re­ students to choose whether they quirements and a'n emphasis on prac­ wanted to complete requirement tical application of knowledge are part courses and then participate in inter­ of the outline for Fourth College, ac­ disciplinary courses, or to take inter­ fording to Roy D'Andrade, chairman of disciplinary courses sooner. the planning committee for Fou rth As far as the problem of 'weak' College. Mr. D' Andrade (speaking, it courses is concerned, Mr. D'Andrade should be noted, in an individual stated that the solution to the problem capacity and not as a spokesman for is to maintain a high quality faculty. , the committee) stated that the general One method of evaluation the success UCSD students who participated in the first annual whale hunt were intention of the college is to perform or failure of the college is, he said, the excited to see whales, but no one was unhappy to get back on shore. the functions that neither Revelle, establishment of an "education evalua­ Muir, or Third College perform at the tion and experimentation unit". Th is present time. would provide a means of student evaluation of the courses they have One distinctive feature of the con­ Whaling Over Bounding Main taken; a student could, for example, cept for Fourth College, Mr. D' An­ evaluate a course two years after he Rick Drom drade said, is an emphasis on " present took it, so that he would be able to say day problem areas in society, culture, The first annual Triton Times Whale A study in 1961 indicated that over how much the course had helped him. and the world". The proposed hunt was almost a resounding sucess. 6,000 Grey whales passed Point Loma A number of questions have been curriculum for the college includes, he UCSD has always been associated that season. raised in connection with the outline said, twenty required courses in the with the sea and oceanography. After a half hour at sea no whales and orientation of the school. Michele areas of Humanities and Arts, Natural Indeed all eight residence halls at had been sighted but already a few of Peltier, a student representative on the Science, Math, and Social Sciences. Revelle are named after famous the passengers didn't care. The ocean planning committee, stated that the Five courses will be required in each of oceanographic vessels. But how many swells had become quite large and it college was not being discussed " as an these areas. Three of the five courses Tritons have ever spent time away from felt like a roller-coaster ride as the ship entity, but as a set of courses". She required in each area will be taken in a solid ground? went down one side of a swell and up stated that the planning for the college three course sequence, some of which The Triton Times was anxious to the other. The shipped dropped out has not sufficiently taken into account are interdisciplinary. There will be a allow students to taste life at sea so it from under foot and then it bounced student wants and needs. In particular, number of choices of possible se­ appealed to the Revelle Guest-in­ back up. Thus began the time-honored she said that the present plans are for a quences within each area of study, Residence Committee for help. ritual of feeding the sea with that highly structured college, without suf­ thus, in Mr. D' Andrade's estimation, Together they decided to sponser a 2'/2 mornings breakfast. ficient room for choice or planning on providing for breadth as well as choice hour ocean cruise to watch migrating Of course most of the Tritons were the part of the students. Ms. Peltier on the part of the student. Courses whales. unaffected, but there was a group of stated that if students wish to have a taken for a major can fulfill the The plan seemed very simple. Boy Scouts on board who should have greater say in the planning of the remaining requirement of two courses Students would board a bus at Urey stuck to rubbing sticks together on dry college, they should speak up and in one of the four areas of study. Hall which would take them to a land. make their wishes known to those who chartered boat. The boat would then No one cried out, "Thar she blowsl" One matter which was discussed a are concerned with this planning. cruise down to the Coronado Islands in the traditional manner but almost great deal in the committee, Mr. O'An­ The tentative plans for the college and follow the migrating California everybody screamed in unison as the drade said, was the question of the will be officially presented this week. Grey Whales. The Triton Times would first whale spout was seen. The guide number of general course re­ The preliminary outline still must go provide free advertising and the Com­ on the ship announced that it was quirements. He said that the final deci­ through the committee on Educational mittee would help to subsidize each probably a pregnant female. They sion of the committee was to include Pol icy and Academic Senate before participant. u~ually travel singly and spout often, both breadth and choice in the further action is taken on the general Tuesday the organisers received he explained. program of requirements. Another proposals which the committee sub­ word that the 120-person boat that After that we saw spouts and the decision of the committee was to allow mits. they chartered could not be used on backs of these monsters of the seas January 29th, the day of the trip. about every five minutes. The skipper Instead, only a 50-person boat could of the ship tracked the whales' be chartered. Sign-ups reopened. movements with sonar. But each time Thursday the larger boat discovered that the ship approached near a whale, Ruiz and Affirmative Action that it also could not sail on Saturday. it would sound, (blow its spout) and Kathy Redding Sign-ups were closed . dive. This was termed "fluking" Oi cussing Affirmative others, "in that order." dinosaur" in term of Finally a ship large enough to hold because the whale would raise its rear tressing the need for curriculum. Its humanities those that had already signed up was portion, flukes, out of the water in the Action last Thursday at a process. noon meeting of UC D "social conscience" as op­ sequence, he said, is " the located. • Women, Dr. Ramon Ruiz, po ed to "women for the most rigidl structured Despite these difficulties, the Coast Some of these flukings were quite Chairman of th Depart­ sake of women," Ruiz ad­ cour e in th United Cruiser left Urey Hall promptly at 10:30 spectacular, but none was nearer than ment of History, asserted "I vocat d the quota sy tem States." Ruiz would like to A.M. on Saturday, bound for Quivera onehundred yards from the ship. Often for placement of wom n in se Univer ity cour e e­ Ba in, loaded with Tritons. After a small the ship would approach near a whale believe in it more than you important positions. He pand to include the mix-up, all 65 arrived at their destina­ only to have a fishing boat or sailboat do." alo entertained p r p ctive of all people tion, Fisherman's Landing. come by and scare the whale away. Dr. Ruiz defended his department, in which four suggestions from the goup of all race, " not ju t Jews The sun was warm as we waited to One time, seven spoutings were seen in about two minutes. There must have of the twenty members of husband-wife team and Gree ," and i Joard the "San Diego" Indeed, as it represent minority groups teaching and mandatory working to bring abut slowly chugged out of the harbor at been at least three or more whales (1 black, 1 woman , I hiring of women in the chang in his own d part­ 11 :45 it looked like a very warm traveling in that group. establi hment of a UCSD journey was ahead. The skipper of the ship kept chicano, and Ruiz him elf men!. of Mexican extraction), as fourth college. But as the "San Diego" left the San repeating, "The whales are not having the best record on Such progr s in ac­ Diego hargor it picked up speed and a cooperating today," or "They are very frigid ocean breeze cooled everyone uncooperative today". On a good day "thi god-forsaken cam­ Although he de cribed quiring n w ,.lJlember ..1nd pus." At present one other off. All eyes were out to sea as each many whales can been seen and publication as the most im­ re tructurrng courses sought a glimpse of the mighty sometimes they will even come right woman and one black are portant ta k of University within the Hi tory 0 part­ also being considered for levia than, of the sea, the California up to the ship and look it over. That profes ors, Dr. Ruiz voiced m nt, aid Ruiz, will con­ Grey whale. didn't happen last Saturday. positions in his depart­ opinions on the econdary tribute to it becoming the By 1 :45 we were well out to sea and ment, where Ruiz gives function of teaching, Grey whales belong to the family of b t UCSD department in had to turn around and head for shore.