Gillis—Lodge 'Confrontation'

This is the last Editorial comment on issue of the NEXUS charges of bias: until Dec. 1 ! today on page 4. VOL. 53 - NO. 50 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1972 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Lettuce Boycott continues on campus weeks of a strong boycott campaign, "We the undersigned ask this in the 1,200 petition to servings are now down to 400 a meal. name o f justice." De La Guerra Commons reports that, where 600-700 servings of non-union IN THE SHORT RUN... end non-union use lettuce were passing over the counters Though the petition is proving By MIKE GORDON every meal at the beginning of the school effective in its short-term goal—the As signatures mount on petitions year, only 250-350 are now being taken. boycott of non-union lettuce in the supporting a boycott of non-United Farm -And at Carrillo Commons, lettuce dining commons—it has not yet shaken Workers lettuce in the UCSB campus consumption has now fallen to just over official University policy towards dining commons,- lettuce consumption 300 servings a meal, instead of the 550 a produce purchasing. itself has fallen drastically. meal at the beginning of the year. "We cannot legally specify United Reports from all three dining Farm Workers Union lettuce in our bids. comm ons-de La Guerra, Ortega and PETITIONS EFFECTIVE... We can only go by quality and price," Carrillo-show that head lettuce Much of the reason is the publicity explains Judy Wilcox, food service consumption is down by an average of being generated by the boycott petition manager for the campus dining commons. 50%. currently circulating among UCSB dorm UCSB currently purchases the lettuce A t Ortega Commons, where half of all students and commons workers. At the it uses in its dining commonr—UFWO- PICKETS in front of I.V. Market have the food used in the UCSB commons is beginning of this week, nearly 1,200 of -boycotted head lettuce, as well as apparently convinced owner Vem Johnson eaten, cafeteria workers were serving 900 the 2,500 students living in the dorms non-boycotted (but non-union) romaine, to switch to union lettuce. Not so on portions o f lettuce per meal during the had signed the petition, which reads as butter lettuce and endive—from campus. first weeks of the quarter. After several following: Jordano's, a supermarket chain with a "We, the dorm students at UCSB and branch in Goleta. Jordano's came under the commons workers, are in support of student fire here several years ago when it the United Farm Workers Union and their refused to honor the boycott on table Academic Affairs Board struggle for justice. We recognizfe our role grapes. in this society as consumers and the Jordano's and Tri-County Produce effect it has on the Farm Workers were the only two operations to submit Movement. We therefore request that the bids for supplying the UCSB dorms with wants to evaluate faculty UCSB Commons supply the students with produce. Jordano's price of $2.45 a case United Farm Workers Union produce. We for head lettuce contrasts sharply with There may be a faculty evaluation Committee on Effective Teaching has request that the commons stop the Tri-County's $5.75 price tag—though, guide (at last!) at UCSB next quarter. agreed to act as consultants on the buying on non-union head lettuce, for by noted Wilcox, Tri-County lettuce "is Last spring, a newly-formed A.S. faculty evaluation guide project. doing this we will be taking the side of probably United Farm Workers lettuce." Academic Affairs Board conducted a Even with this reassurance, some justice rather than apathy. (Continued on p. 12, col. 4) random survey of students to determine faculty are not reacting to the offer of „ what sore points were calling for independent evaluation. Many say the academic reform. Among the most idea is acceptable, but have failed to frequently-cited points o f academic return AAB requests fo r access to student Fate of More Mesa pending today dissatisfaction were UCSB's General data. "Nine out of ten professors have Opponents of the More Mesa development an estimated 500 acre feet of water per year, Education Requirements and the lack of agreed to student access," says Peter, but are geared up for the County Planning long range water policy it is alleged, should be considered before developments of this size are information available about faculty she adds that only 10 faculty members Commission hearing today at 10. The hearing at the Commission Hearing Room (Anacapa and approved. members. Both of these areas are being have actually returned the request forms. Anapamu St.) will consider the request of Beach access will be restricted by the probed by Academic Affairs Board, AAB members are soliciting more Tyrolean Village, Inc. to rezone More Mesa and development, opponents further argue. A single whose, members are developing a General response in hopes of assuaging student to permit the building of a golf course. public access (a 'A mile long footpath) will not Education reform proposal and a course frustration, for, as one board spokesman In the words of Lee Waian, now completing be sufficient to accomodate the many people his doctoral dissertation at UCSB upon the who will use the beach. description guide. put it, "F o r years the faculty have used North American subspecies of the white-tailed Scenic Shoreline, I nc., the primary opponent Every quarter, students in most classes me for individual feedback and the tenure kite, this one development "would end the days of the More Mesa development, considers fill out questionnaires about how process. I've provided the raw data and of large numbers of kites in the Goleta Valley." today's hearing to be the critical one in the satisfying their classes were.. now I can't use it for a student Water use is another issue raised by the determination of whether More Mesa will be built. Ellen Péter, co-chairperson of AAB, publication. It just doesn't seem fair." opponents. With the development consuming explains, "We don't want to print a faculty description booklet written by a clique of self-appointed evaluators. Our goal is to give a fair representation of Gillis—Lodge ‘confrontation’ changes few opinions each professor's strengths and teaching techniques, based on the opinions of a By HENRY BERG broad sample of students in his classes." The exciting confrontation which many expected to highlight Some faculty agree with the AAB Monday night's debate between Ted Gillis and Joe Lodge over the program of teacher evaluation. Dr. Stan proposed I.V. Justice Court never materialized. Nicholson, a member of the Academic Nevertheless, the "scholarly investment" which Lodge had Senate Committee on Effective Teaching, desired was achieved. Gillis, speaking specifically about Isla Vista, declared, "the preponderance o f evidence opened by emphasizing the lack of trust Isla Vistans have in the gathered demonstrates that students can Santa Barbara court system.' discriminate between teachers. And with Lodge admitted that residents would receive a better deal if a good evaluative instrument, students "busted" for pot in I.V., but pleaded with the near capacity can differentiate between effective audience not to isolate themselves from the Santa Barbara teachers and popular ones." community and rather work for its long range betterment. Other faculty fear that the evaluation Gillis, in rebuttal, again charged that the jury selection process data may be misused by overzealous in Santa Barhara courts is not fair to Isla Vistans. Lodge admitted students. To counter this, the Senate that the district attorney would use his prerogative to "bounce" I.V. people on marijuana cases, but emphasized that in other cases, which are more numerous, I.V. residents could greatly Members of UCSB's English Department met Monday afternoon to consider a motion that contribute. According to Lodge, "Kids don't have as much would alter the language requirement for stomach for violent crime as do older people." Another problem Enfield about the East Palo A lto experimental court system English majors. Lodge emphasized is that' "Prospective I.V. jurors w ill just not where members of the community are judged by the community. A vote jay mail ballot will be taken to decide comedown." Both Gilljs and Lodge agreed that this would create a feeling of between two alternatives: The added flexibility o f the Justice Court was also pointed out respect for the judicial system. Lodge, however, emphasized that 1) the sixth-quarter course or its equivalent in Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, by Gillis. According to Gillis, many I.V. residents cannot afford this was only an experiment. According to Lodge, legislation is Russian or Spanish, or to pay the stiff cash fines levied by the Municiple Court. If needed to establish such a court system statewide. 2) five literature courses, of which three established. Justice Court judges would have the discretion of Most felt that the lack of confrontation was due to an must be upper division foreign literature or imposing penalties more suited to I.V. residents. over-cordiality displayed by both Lodge and Gillis. Bob -ft- literature in translation courses. Results of the mail ballot should be available Lodge countered by pointing -out that student activism in Langfelder, a member of the questioning panel then asked the by next Wednesday. recent years has already made the Municipal Court more flexible. remaining audience if the debate had changed some opinions. Gillis and Lodge were then asked by audience member Richard Only three people raised their hands.

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