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Walt Wilson will present his The registration drive on campus and complaints about last spring’s A.S. Isla Vista for the October 5 deadline election to Leg Council tonight in the succeeded in getting 5,700 registered San Nicholas dorm formal lounge. voters. Council convenes at 6:50 p.m. Vol 56 No 21 University of California at Santa Barbara Wednesday, October 15,1975 Finish Damaged Gym Floor Scarred During A.S. Concert By Nancy Sullivan warning of the possibility that the new An attempt was made at the meeting floor could not support the heavy weight between A.S. Concerts and the of their equipment w ithout being administration last Tuesday to determine damaged, Curnutt declared. He adds that who is responsible for the damage done the stage crew was more careful than to the recently refurbished Rob Gym usual in setting up. floor during the Frank Zappa concert. When tarps were removed from the TARPS gym floor, sets of grooves made by the A.S. Concerts rented exceptionally A.S. Concerts carts while moving in heavy good tarps from Canvas Specialty in L.A. equipment to set up the stage were to cover the gym floor, Curnutt reported. revealed. If they had known that the carts would During the meeting, it was confirmed leave grooves in the floor they "would Curnutt feels " it was unfair not to receive that, "normal use of the gym includes have purchased plywood to cover the damage was done by the concert crew. concert use," Acting Vice Chancellor for floor or air tires for the carts, or even However, since A.S. Concerts could not a warning." Student Affairs Don Winter states. carried in the equipment piece by piece," have, known that their carts would During the meeting the question was According to Jim Curnutt, A.S. Concerts Curnutt said. damage the floor, an equitable way of raised as to whether the floor finish had Coordinator, inadequate provisions were It was generally understood at the resolving the issue is being examined properly hardened before use. William made for A.S. Concerts to operate in the meeting that "the party that does the further by those at the meeting Tuesday. Dalby, assistant administrator of the gym as they had in the past. damage pays for the repairs," Don Winter A.S. Concerts admits their liability and Physical Plant, said, "the floor finish The concert crew was not given any claimed. It was determined that the are willing to pay for the damage, but hardened for three weeks before use, which is the required curing time." It has been noted, though, that the rollers on Proposal to Eliminate Locked-ln A.S. the bleachers leave marks on the floor and Director of Athletic and Leisure Services A l Negratti says, "They're finding spots where a basketball was Fees Considered; May Affect EOP bounced and a mark was left." maintained, Robinson contended. Curnutt feels that no provision was Robinson Seeks to Shift Funding However, he stated, "Students should made for concerts in Rob Gym because have the opportunity to re-evaluate the the administration does not like concerts. locked-in status of these areas." He says, "The administration feels if they of Five Programs Under Concern Either a three-fourths vote of ignore them, they'll go away." Leg Council or a student initiative is Estimates for repairing of the floor By Anne Burke (Intramurals, EOP, Recreation, required to unlock these programs from range from $4,000 for the third of the The -possibility of decreasing A.S. Intercollegiate Activities and Financial the A.S. by-laws. floor that was damaged, to $12,900 for funding, but increasing Reg Fee funding, Aid) areas," Robinson stated. re-doing the whole thing. As the meeting to EOP has been brought up by Internal EOP RESPONSE concluded, it was decided that A.S. President Howard Robinson, who w ill Funding of Metropolitan Transit Frank Stewart, Associate Dean of Concerts and Physical Plant work out an bring the proposal before the Registration District (MTD); Student Lobby Annex; Students, expressed skepticism toward assessment o f the damage and a division Fee Advisory Committee. concerts, lectures and UCen activities; Robinson's suggestions in that it might of responsibility. The proposal also concerns Reg Fee and the student campus press, should be (Cont. on p. 8, col. 1) (Cont. on p. 8, col. 5) funding of certain programs locked into the ASUCSB Constitution. Under concern are five areas; Applications for Statewide Committees Intramurals, Recreation, Intercollegiate Athletics, EOP and Financial Aid. Currently, A.S. allocations for these programs are locked into the A.S. by-laws Now Available; Student input Needed in accordance with the following By Becky Morrow which to get involved. Areas of interest year, usually at UC Berkeley. proportions: $1 per undergraduate per The importance of obtaining viable range from academic planning and Transportation is paid for by the quarter for Intercollegiate Athletics, 50 student input into University decision program review to instructional University. cents for Intramurals, 75 cents for making and educational policy has long improvement programs to financial aid to Financial Aid and 50 cents to the been a concern of students. During the national and statejnternships. IMPROVEMENTS Recreation Department. In addition, A.S. 1960's, frustrated students protested The eight Presidential Advisory One important committee, which allocates $30,000 a year to EOP against unresponsive administrators and a Committees basically deal w ith academic needs tw o undergraduate and one (Educational Opportunity Program). dehumanized education and demanded a and instructional programs, affirmative graduate rep, the Advisory Committee on Robinson would like the Reg Fee direct voice in University affairs affecting action, financial aids and athletics. Instructional Improvement Programs, Advisory Committee to look into students. Today, avenues exist for such a Nominations to these positions are made "helps to coordinate and give advice increased funding of the above programs. voice. by the Student Body Presidents' Council concerning the University's general Applications for the University of (SBPC), a group consisting of the efforts toward the improvement of STUDENT SERVICES California's numerous statewide undergraduate and graduate student body instruction, and specifically concerning a Since money allotted to A.S. fees are committees are now available. Interested presidents from each of the nine UC number of existing projects which relate the only monies which students have students can obtain application forms in campuses. to the improvement of instruction/« control over, Robinson felt that A.S. the Associated Students office or the UC Student members are appointed by according to a newsletter circulated bV allotments should only be channeled into Student Lobby Annex office, both David Saxon, UC President after the SBPC and the University of student-directed services. "I think Reg located on the third floor of the UCen. consultation with the chancellors. The California. Fees ought to be totally supporting those There are 18 possible committees on committees meet three to six times a (Cont. on p. 8, col. 3) PAGE 2 UCSB DAILY NEXUS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15,1975 Sexual Assaults On the Rise; I.V. Residents' Caution Urged "If you or«n‘+ careful, you forget what -Hi« ¿vf$ide world Is like”—A Student" Four sexual assaults have assaults were not rapes. One was one of the victims was an PRESIDENT FORD is scheduled to visit Hartford, Connecticut today occurred in Isla Vista since a rape, one was a sodomy w ith a instructor at UCSB, while the to try to help the State Republican Party out of its political and around September 23, reports the female victim, one was a forced other three were non-student financial troubles. Isla Vista Foot Patrol. In oral copulation, and the fourth residents o f I.V. Security is tight for the Presidential visit. The trip includes a fund constrast, only one sexual assault incident was a battery, involving University Police Chief Derry raising dinner with Ford as the keynote speaker. It is billed as a strictly was reported last year. a male suspect and a female Bowles stated that thus far there political trip with the party paying expenses. "Since school' began in victim. had not been any rapes on September, we've had four sexual campus. However, Bowles noted THE SPENDING CEILINGS FOR FISCAL 1977 have been given to all assault incidents," stated Foot ILL-EQUIPPED that there are usually several federal departments and agencies. The total adds up to $355 billion. It Patrol Deputy Reg Willison. The assaults all occurred attempted assaults reported each would result from a $28 billion cut in the growth o f Federal spending Willison noted that all of the within a two week period month. Bowles encourages being urged by President Ford. beginning roughly Septmeber 23, women to take a class offered by News Secretary Ron Nessen indicated that the ceilings can be and according to Willison, there University Police and Foot Patrol appealed. But he repeated that the total for the President's 1977 have been no further incidents in Officer Ellen -Stetson on Federal Budget w ill not exceed 395 billion dollars. the last two weeks, although self-defense for women. More there were a number o f peeping information on the class can be GENERAL CARLOS FABIAO, the head of the Portugese Arm y, toms reported. obtained by calling the I.V. Foot surrendered to mutinous soldiers today and agreed to reinstate leftist The sodomy •victim was held at Patrol at 968-1544. activists purged from a military transport unit in Oporto, in Northern knife-point by her attacker, but Portugal. no weapons were involved w ith A ll groups desiring funding by The agreement came after the general met for three hours w ith the other cases.