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CONCENTRATION MOON by AMANDA SPAKE sident of Bahai, stated, "I stuck little pieces of "Saine of my clothes were on the floor when I 1eft paper in all my drawers and in my roommate's the room and when I came back they had been moved. Five Mesa Court residents have signed statement~ drawers before I left for Christmas vacation be- Neither Peter, myself, nor the maids had been in the saying that they believe that their rooms have been cause I had a suspicion that this sort of thing might room." Peter stated that later Helen Greening, searched or that there are implications that a search be going on. And when I came back the pieces of Residence Hall manager, telephoned them and said bas been carried on without a search warrant or paper had fallen out. Which means that someone that she had been in the room and noticed that without their permission. opened the drawers. It appears that nothing was dis- the headboards from their beds were not in their Chuck Munch, Jeannie Gillespie, Dan Mayfield, turbed but still the drawers were opened." proper position. "Apparently she had been in the Peter Herman and Kelly Christensen have filed room an.ct we don't know if anyone else was in the statements with Fred Engbarth, a student repre- Chuck believes that nothing was taken from his room or not. She was apparently there to inspect sentative to the Dean of Students office, indicating room but ell!phasizes that someone, other than him .. University property but we were not informed of that they believe an illegal search was carried on self or his roommate, opened the drawers to his the· inspection before hand, otherwise, one of us would in their rooms. desk and bureau in his closet. The doors to his have certainly been there when she wanted to check Under the present housing contract a search by closet were closed when he left for vacation. Under the room," Peter stated. Both Peter and Kelly said a Resident Assistant (R.A.) or member of the ad- the housing contract and according to Hayden's state .. that they were aware that the University had an _ministration or staff is illegal without a search ments such opening of drawers and closets by persons obligation to inform the student of an inspection of warrant or permission of the student. -The Housing other than the occupants of the rooms is illegal. University property before the inspection, except unm contract states: ''The University reserves the right If Chuck's room was "inspected" then he waS not der the circumstance of nextreme emergency," as to enter any of the rooms for the purpose of in- told of the inspection before hand nor after he re- specified in the JOINT STATEMENT ON RIGHTS spe'ction, maintance and repair." Robert Hayden, turned from Christmas vacation. AND FREEDOMS OF STUDENTS which the University co .. ordinator of Housing stated that, ''The admin- Jeannie Gillespie, from Prado, said, "I had some of California subscribes to. istration cannot search or seize nor can they con- tea in my closet that had some mold growing on it. Statements from these five people are now in the duct any implications of a search." He stated that It had a top on it so whoever took it couldn't have hands of Fred Engbarth. Any action on these state• this was not the role of an R.A. or member of the thought that it was going to over grow or something. ments will probably come from the Dean of Stu- administration. "As far as Pm concerned," Hayden Anyway, it was in the closet with the doors shut and dents Office. , said, "this matter of searching is police business." I left it there over Christmas vacation. When I If these five illegal searches have been made by Hayden went on to say that "inspection" of Uni- came back it was gone,,, Jeannie stated that neither employees of the University (Mrs. Setzer, anyone versity property does not include opening drawers she nor her roommate took the tea out of the closet. from the Housing Office, any Resident Assistant) in desks or opening ~osets nor does it include Seizure of a students' property, as Hayden pointed then it would appear that these five Mesa Court opening the drawers in bureaux. He repeated that out, requires a warrant and is "police business.'' residents' housing contracts have been violated. any University official can only uinsPect" for de .. Dan Mayfield, a resident of Lago last quarter The real question is not, however, if the contracts feels in University property. who has recently moved off campus, stated, n An have or have not been violated. If the statements He stressed that neither the maids nor the R.A. 's illegal searching of my room was made. It could from these five students are correct, then Mesa have the right and are instructed not to in any way have been by a maid. Sue Ellen, my girl friend, Court is not being run as the "community" it was "conduct the implications of a search nor an actual left a dress in my room. She changed clothes in hoped that it would be. The Mesa Court Presidents' search.of a student's room." Mes_a Court because she worked serving food in Council is currently working on this problem of "Even when we -inspect a room for possible dam- the Mesa Commons last quarter. Someone, I assume 0 community." It would seem that one of their first age to University property,'' Hayden said, 11we want .it was a maid, reported to someone else and even ... orders of business would be to check these statements . to have the student there. Or if the student is un- tually it wound up at Mrs. Setzer. The story was that · Somewhere, someone has been given the prero- able to be there we want to have a representative Sue Ellen had clothes in my room because she was gative or has taken the prerogative to search rooms of the student there." living with me in the dorms. That was completely without a warrant and without students' permission, Apparently, if a search or implications of a search untrue and the dress was found as a result of an it would seem. By taking this sort of leeway with are conducted without a warrant or without the stu- illegal search,'' students' rights Mesa Court can never become the den'ts permission, the housing contract might then Peter Herman and Kelly Christensen, also resi- sort of close-knit communil:y depicted in the master be violated on the part of the University. dents of Lago, filed a joint statement regarding plan. These five students have stated that they believe room search. "Clothes that Were in my room were A "community" is built on mutual trust. Illegal such an illegal search or the implications of such moved around. I assume that someone was in there search and seizure has never been an indication of a search may have been made. Chuck Munch. a re .. and Peter did not move my clothes," Kelly stated. trust. Page 2 NEW UNIVERSITY New Fee Hike for UC? by PHIL SEMAS assured that a fee hike would be Reagan's conservative views. A BERKELEY, Calif. (CPS)-Cal- viewed only as a "last resort." self-described pragmatist, his ifornia may be heading for a re- But that did not set to rest position on tuition is not known. peat of last year's big battle over visions of last year's tuition bat- Much will also depend on how WELL KIDS, finally an eight page issue of tuition at state colleges and uni .. tle. much Hitch can get out of the UNIVERSITY! Enjoy it! Until we get our typese versities, which have tradition- In 1968 the university asked for legislature. "I am a realist," 11 chines this will probably be the last one you see. ally been "tuition-free." $311 million from the state, but he says. 1 would be surprised The scenario is familiar. The Reagan and the legislature cut if we got all we asked, but I ****** University of California and the that back to $291 million. To' will try to get as much as I THE CULTURAL SITUATION IN THE THJRTIE California state colleges have make up the difference Reagan can.'' subject of a lecture series to be held next week; asked for more than Governor tried to persuade the regents to Exactly what the legislature, "The Politics of Art: The Art of Politics," the seri Ronald Reagan wants to give institute a $400 tuition charge. almost evenly divided between sists of three lectures to be given January 28, 29, them. And the UC Regents are That would have ended more than Democrats and Republicans, will in the Third Floor Commons at 8:00 p.m. 100 years of ''tuition·free" high .. already talking about turning to do to the budget is also un- The first lecture will be given by Malcome Cowley, er education in California, and the As~embly other sources to make up the clear. Unruh, now the of EXILES RETURN and several other books, on Regents refused to do it. But minority leader and usually a difference. and Literature in the Thirties." Matthew Josephs The university wants $341.1 students do pay "fees" of $240 staunch defender of funds for million in tax funds, an increase a year and the Regents did agree higher education, has criticized speak the following night on "The Intellectuals in of $49,9 million. The state col- to raise that to $300.