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Volume 74, No. 54 University of , Santa Barbara One Section, 12 Pages VERIP HI Raises Concern, Forces Restructuring Throughout Campus Senior Staffers Retire, but Workloads Increase for Those Remaining

By Louise Tutt Lee. “As yet there has been no analysis into the Reporter money saved by VERIP, but there is evidence that there have been savings in salary costs. It has been a case of reorganization and prioritizing.” With the loss of 99 staffers due to the Univer­ However, this reorganization is not unique to sity of California’s third Voluntary Early Retire­ the early staff retirements. ment Incentive Plan, offices and departments “It is essentially the same situation unth the fa­ throughout campus have seen mass reorganiza­ culty retirements," Phillips said. "The vacated tions, raising concern over the extended impacts positions are normally refilled with people at a of the program. lower level, beginning their careers. We need re­ According to College of Letters and Science newal and new ideas, but a lot of experience and Provost Llad Phillips, some departments have security is lost at a senior level.” been harder hit than others by the early retire­ Recruiting individuals for a new position usu­ ments, which were effective Nov. 1. ally takes one year, and approving the appoint­ “It has been an uneven loss,” Phillips said. ment requires an additional year. During this in­ “That’s the basic problem. We either recruit at a terim period, the remaining staff must absorb die lower level or a lot of shifting around is needed, workload, unless temporary staff are hired. Ac­ creating more pressure on the staff remaining.” cording to Phillips, UCSB offices have been cop­ UC officials say that VERIP III offers an alter­ ing well with the personnel losses. native to firing thousands of UC staff and faculty “People are never happy when their workloads members in order to reduce money spent on em­ are going up,” he said. “Staff, faculty and students ployee salaries. have coped very well. UCSB has great resilience, After a person retires, the university has three and people work hard to do their best under the options: fill the position with someone receiving circumstances.” less pay, restructure the job classifications at a Former Public Affairs secretary Winifred Next* File Photo lower pay level, or leave the position vacant and Yamada has experienced this situation firsthand. For the last year, former 3rd District Supervisor Bill Wallace channel the money back into the department. When the Public Events office’s three staff mem­ has focused on his Goleta veterinary practice while pursuing “The money and the decision about whether to bers took early retirement in November, Yamada a lawsuit to regain his post. recruit for that position remains at a department level,” said Budget and Planning Director Todd See VERIP, p 3 Wallace and Chamberlin Wait for Word on Lawsuit’s Appeal Status Interim Student Fee Process OK’d By Kimberly Epier Court of Appeals. By Anita Miralle sion handed down earlier this ternal President Marisela Mar­ Staff Writer______The California Public Inter­ Staff Writer______year. quez, who helped come up with est Group, the University of The latest in a series of meet­ the plans to be turned into the California Student Assn, and ings, Tuesday's gathering pro­ Office of the President Nov. 30. What’s decided in polls, UCSB’s Associated Students Student, staff and administra­ duced decisions on a review pro­ “We’ve really tried to implement crawls through the courts and submitted the amicus to ad­ tive leaders met successfully cess and an appeal/refund pro­ a corrosive, bad law.” into the local press? It moves dress violations of Isla Vista Tuesday night to formulate an cedure that best implemented so slow that you’ll never know voter’s rights based on a seri