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sports--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- opinion• -inside- 14th Annual Tourney: Big Mountain Support Super Bowl Saturday W ill Rape Group Conducts or Flag Football? Ever End? Food Drive page 13 page 8 page 5 ■ A__fl___ B A __4A 4 AA^ I InìiiAMiétf Ca(%4a D orKaro Voi. 67» No. 137 DailvMonday, May 18,1987 University Nexus of California, Santa Barbara One Section, 16 Pages 3&. I K kS« V I« t1IIIMÍ i l s * JS A ldrich's O peration G enerally Favorable UCSB interim Chancellor Daniel Aldrich successfully underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his colon without complications Thursday afternoon KEITH MADIGAN/Nexus and was reported in satisfactory condition Sunday. However, in the course of related tests, doctors discovered other malignant tumors on Aldrich’s liver. These will be treated with chemotherapy at a later date, UCSB Public Information Director Margie Weeks said. The 68-year-old Aldrich is ex­ pected to be released within a week, according to Vice Chan­ cellor of Administrative Services Robert Kroes. “We all have very fond hopes for Dan Aldrich,” Kroes said. “He is a person who has ob­ viously kept himself up physically. We all saw him at the gym, working out, so I would assume he is in a good condition for fighting these types of maladies,” Kroes More Fun in the New World — Associated Students added. Program Board hosted the annual year-end Extravaganza Left — the lead guitarist from Common Sense grooves to “I spoke with him this morning Sunday on the UCSB lagoon lawn from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the music. and he sounded fine,” Cottage The free event, which featured bands, booths, beer and Above right — vendors sell beach wear to participants. Hospital nursing supervisor Bobby balloons whs moved this year from its previous Harder Above left — a half-moon of balloons draw attention to Kline said Sunday. Stadium location._____________________________________ the bands. _____ ______ _ Cancer of the colon strikes as many as 138,000 Americans per year and is fatal for 60,000 an-, nually. It is most likely to occur UCB Professor Talks on Recent Campanis Controversy after age 50 and its incidence peaks breaking the color line to play society. wards told a capacity Campbell at age 75. But, if detected early, it By Mary Hoppin Hall audience Friday in a lecture is 95 percent curable. Contributing Editor professional baseball, former In this week’s Sports Illustrated, Robinson teammate A1 Campanis Oakland A’s team member Reggie entitled, “The Campanis Con­ United States President Ronald troversy: Where Do We Go From Reagan encountered a similar “It is impossible to be white and to infuriated human rights leaders Jackson said he felt Campanis’ and others in the athletic com­ statement had done more to bring Here?” situation recently, when doctors be in America, and not harbor “I personally submitted discovered villous adenomas — racist values.... Race is a myth; it munity when he said Afro- the problems of racism in sports Americans “lacked the into the spotlight than anything (Campanis’) name for the potentially cancerous growths — in doesn’t exist. But we have installed (National Association for the the lining of the colon. In Aldrich’s it as the principal means of necessities” to work in front office anyone else could have done. positions in baseball. “I don’t want to get into whether Advancement of Colored People’s) case, tumors developed from stratification in this society. ” Man of the Year Award,” he added similar polyps. — Dr. Harry Edwards Though Campanis was soon fired or not Mr. Campanis was a racist from his duties with the Los or not, but if he wasn’t, he most sarcastically. XJCSB’s interim chancellor since During a recent episode of Angeles Dodgers, his remark certainly will do until the real thing Edwards gained the national July, Aldrich took over the post Nightline, celebrating the 40-year focused attention on the larger comes along,” UC Berkeley spotlight in the early 1960s when he after the resignation of former anniversary of Jackie Robinson. problem of racism in sports and sociology Professor Harry Ed­ (See EDWARDS, p.6) (See ALDRICH, p.10) Homelessness: Statistics, Causes and Effects (Editor’s Note; This article is the first in a lack of agreement between organizations for the Homeless, which puts the figure at added. week-long series that examines the problem studying it. As estimates of the problem’s 3.5 million people. Rep. Ted Weiss, D-New York, also of homelessness in Santa Barbara and magnitude vary, so do explanations of its Such disparity between the government questions figures the current administration throughout the nation. Today’s article is an origin. and outside organizations exists because uses. “Their attitude has been just overview of the situation, focusing on the Accurate estimates of the number of accurate estimates are difficult to obtain, outrageous from the word go. They don’t extent of the problem and its causes. Other homeless people in Santa Barbara, or in the said Bill Mason, legislative assistant to Sen. even provide even meaningful lip service,” articles will analyze specific angles and Weiss said. solutions.) UCSB Ph.D. candidate Rob Rosenthal, who is completing a 700-page dissertation on homelessness, said any estimate, no matter By M a tt Welch “It's a housing issue, not a lifestyle issue. how thoroughly researched, has a large Assistant News Editor What you’ve seen is the creation o f a class margin for error. “I can’t stress enough that these numbers are careful guesses at best,” Homeless in America: Cold, bedraggled o f people who cannot afford to pay rent. ” he said. and disgruntled with a society they claim is — Gregg Hart California’s homeless population is bet­ more concerned with bombs than with ween 50,000 and 75,000, according to the people. This is the dilemma of today’s California Senate Office of Research. These transient population. state estimates are also controversial, It is now a common assertion that there United States for that matter, are difficult to Albert Gore, D-Tenn., who has introduced because some groups insist the total is as are more Americans currently without derive. extensive legislation relating to the plight of high as 250,000. “It is a subject of great permanent shelter than at any other time The National Task Force on the Homeless the homeless. debate. It’s very hard to count the homeless. since the Depression. New classes of people currently estimates the number of homeless The federal government is looking for a It would be a very expensive search,” a are living on the streets and the reasons for in the U.S. at 350,000, a figure accepted by good excuse not to use its resources and this research office representative said. their predicatment are more varied. the Reagan administration. Yet, some explains the faulty estimates, Mason said. Groups advocating the rights of the The complexity and confusion surroun­ groups make drastically higher “The very low estimate the administration homeless often let bias inflate their ding the homeless problem stems from a estimations, such as the National Coalition gives is almost unrealistically low,” he (See HOMELESS, p.ll) 2 Monday, May 18,1987 Daily Nexus From the Associated Press W orld N ation American Warship Reportedly Baker Says Reagan Broke No Twilight Zone' Manslaughter Attacked, Casualties Reported Laws by Supporting Contras Trial finally Nearing a Verdict MANAMA, Bahrain — The American guided-missile WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Howard H. LOS ANGELES — The “Twilight Zone”, manslaughter frigate Stark was attacked in the southern Persian Gulf Baker Jr. said Sunday that President Reagan broke no trial, Hollywood’s long-running courtroom drama, is Sunday night and casualties were reported, Lloyd’s laws in supporting the Nicaraguan contra rebels and said finally edging toward a climax as jurors, who reported for shipping intelligence service said. he’s astonished that anyone would suggest otherwise. duty ten months ago, prepare to begin pondering verdicts The raid on the U.S. warship occurred at about 10:45 Baker said he believes Reagan when the president says this week. p.m. local time off Bahrain, said the London-based he did not know that money from the sales of arms to Iran “The jury is going to have this case on Monday,” Lloyd’s, without indicating who was responsible for the had been diverted to the contras. He also said he doubts promised Deputy District Attorney Lea Purnin attack or how it was carried out. Reagan knew every detail of his i— ---------I—I—i D’Agostino, who must conclude her “Vessel has casualties and is administration’s behind-the-scenes summation before the seven men proceeding under own power to support operation for the rebels. and five women receive legal in­ Bahrain,” Lloyd’s said in a brief The question of whether Reagan structions and retire to the jury dispatch, giving no further details. ran afoul of a congressional ban on room. Iran earlier Sunday warned the direct or indirect U.S. government Although it may not set any United States and the Soviet Union military assistance to the contras records for duration, the trial of not to intervene in the gulf war dominated discussion Sunday as director John Landis and four between Iran and Iraq and told other Baker and members of the House codefendants has been a marathon states in the region that using the superpowers to protect and Senate Iran-contra committees appeared on by normal court standards. their shipping'would not work. nationally televised interview programs. The disaster which led to the trial — a movie set ac­ Maritime officials said a Soviet vessel leased to Kuwait Baker voiced the White House defense one day after cident that killed actor Vic Morrow and two children — struck a mine in the gulf Saturday night.

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