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Basketball Team Olympic Committee ·Reggae Anteaters ·j Inside This Week's Blows lead Against Accepts Dance Headline at I.Deal Issue: Utah State Research from UCI Club I - ·-page9 Grad -page JO -page JO Ows custod1et Who u·1// !-fuard ipsos custodes? 1/Je guardianr·> January 17, 1984 Serving the UCI Community Volume 16, Number 13 Signal Threatened Student Views Student-Run KUC/ Heard in Quest Looking for Funds To Boost Power For Chancellor by Greg Hardesty by Cindy Sandeen New U staff New U staff KUC!, the campus' student-run LiC President David Gardner radio station, is orchestrating a and 15 members of the Chancel- community hind drive to boost its lor's Search Committee last Tues- transmitting power and avoid be- day spent one of their 12 hours at ing "wiped off the air" by a com- UC! discussing campus-related is- peting Los Angeles County radio sues with student representati ves. station, KUC! General Manager "The committee anticipated Josh Bleier announced on Thurs- much of what we were going to day. say:· said undergraduate Mai Nguyen. "but one thing they did UnofficiaJ Status not anticipate was our strong de- The 10-watt station- whi<:h mand !or affirmative action here:· shares the frequency of 88.9 FM The students. who spent hall an with student-run Loyola Mary- hour discussing this issue, were mount station KXLU-is current- worried that ucrs minority pop- ly operating as a class " D" station, ulation is decreasing. and stress- accorded only an unofficial status ed the need for extra efforts to by recent FCC rulings, according reverse this trend. to Bleier. "Many of the graduates and un- Bleier said KXLU officials have dergraduates brought up the diffi- informed him they are consider- culty that they have relating to a ing moving their transmitter to in- middle-class white environment crease t heir power and "they are such as Orange County.'' said Tom not bound to regard us as an offi- Davey, undergraduate rep to the TAKING IT TO THE PEOPLE- UC Board of Regent s Chair Yori Wada {tor left) and President committee. cial radio station." KXLU, Bleier David Gardner (right), members of the committee to find a replacement for outgoing Chan- said, currently broadcasts wi th Undergraduates also focused on cellor Daniel Aldrich. The committee came to UCI last week to hear opinions from campus the lack of student-oriented 3,000 watts, and such a move representatives, including graduate st udent Greg Thompson (bottom left). would virtually eliminate KUCl's amenities in the surrounding signal. community. "It's funny because all of us talk- Bleier has sent proposals to stu- Lasers to be Used ed about such serious problems. dent governments ASUCI and Ex-Student Admits and then one committee member AGS, administrative departments, In Treatment for stood up and said. ·1 assume that and surrounding communities to DiseasedArteries since you haven't mentioned any- solicit funds for a proposed boost o Voter Forgeries thing. you are all very happy with to class "A" status, which includes the social life here.' Everybody stations ranging in power from by Carla Levenson by J. Byron Ely started saying. 'No! No! There·s no 100 to 3,000 watts. New U staff New U staff placce to go at night'.'' Nguyen "Even if this (KXLU's proposed said. power boost) were not the case, Elizabeth Baez, the former UCI student charged with voter fraud, UC Irvine's biomedical laser Medical students were especial- entered a guilty plea last month, after surrendering lo the Orange ly adamant about the need for an Continued on Page 6 County Central Municipal Court. research program has received a on-campus hospital. President S400,000 grant to research, study Gardner said in a later interview. District Attorney Bob Jones. and develop laser treatments for "The Regents years ago decided acting on behalf of the Orange arteriosclerosis. commonly called that it was a\'ailable to have clin- New UC Budget Called Most County Registrar of Voters, filed hardening of the arteries. a dis- ical facilities o>n campusPs" He two felony counts of perjury ease that blocks the free passage went on to say there is "no change Positive in Twenty Years aga inst Baez. upon the complaint ol blood in blood vessels and is a of an unidentified person. Baez is major cause of heart failure. BERKELEY-Governor George California in the future is to con- scheduled to appear with an at- Continued on Page 5 Continued on Page 2 Deukmejian released last Tuesday tinue attracting excellent faculty," torney in court January 19 to a proposed 1984-85 UC budget Gardner said. discuss the case with Jones. A Student Effort Praised which was characterized as "the "We have been dt!eply concern- preliminary hearing is set for most positive and encouraging edd about our ability to do so, February 2. evidence of state support receiv- given our comparatively low sal- Jones charged Baez with forg- Petition May Force ed by the University in nearly two ary levels and the hi gh cost of ing an affidavit of voter registra- decades." by President David housing in California," Gardner tion in two instances. Gardner. added. Hospital Site Change The governor's budget provides Sta ff employees will receive a "She signed the card saying she by Cindy Sandeen SI.44 7 million for Uni ve rsity IO percent increase in salary and was a U.S. citizen and that she was New U staff operations. This fi gure is $38.9 benefits. born in Mississippi when, in fact. Over 39.000 Irvine residents. more than enough to put on the milllion less than requested by the Improved funding will signifi- she is a ci tizen of Mexico." Jones ballot a referendum that has become the last hope for ~ hospital Board of Regents. but represents ca ntly boost the quality of a UC said. on or near the campus, signed petitions distributed last week by the a $24 1 million. or 20 percent, in- education, said William Baker, UC Perjury is punishable by impri- Com mittee for a S.afe Hospital Site. crease over this year's budget. vice president for budget and uni- sonment in a state prison for two. The referendum, ii passed. will rescind the Irvine Ci ty Council's Gardner said that if the budget versity relations, "especially in three or four years, according lo decision to rezone the pa tch of land near the El Toro Marine Base is approved by the California Leg- engineering, computer science, section 126 of the Penal Code. for the construction of the Irvine Medical and Science Complex. islature. it could reverse " the long and other fields where technolog- "Under the state constitution. citizens have the right to run a period of deterioration that we ical advances require instruction- The 30-year-old Irvine resident referendum on the legislative act of a city council." said Gabrielle have been experiencing.'' al equipment regularly be upgrad- and wife of Associate Graduate Pryor, former Irvine mayor and referendum coordinator. ed or replaced:· Students Vice President fo r Exter- R~ise Student groups hope the referendum will give UC! a chance to faculty Wins The proposed budge t also allo- nal Affairs Michael Winkelman renegotiate the plan to build the hospital on campus. The proposed budget calls for a cates S7 million for financial aid may also face charges for the al- total increase in faculty salaries of and affirmative action programs leged forgeries of UC! financial Pryor believes that tl)e zone. located beneath the flight path of 13 percent by January I, 1985. currently funded by educational aid documents and Immigration F-4 planes at the Marine base, is dangerous. and feels the noise from "The only way to maintain the fees. and Na turalization Services the plaries will be unacceptable for patient care. excellence of the University of Continued on Page 2 papers. Condnuedon 3 January Ii. 1984 NEWS January 17, 1984 I 3 News In Brief International Health Haz.ard Posed ompetition Underway: b~ Cindi Seaman Applications for By Acid Rain, Guest Lecturer Warns '""' l staff Grants Available 'Varsity ~port of the. MJ!Jg:tcW:~!Q~ CQp by Cindy Sandeen Northern Ge rmany and 1nous energy demands. by Keith Bush pions wilJ participate in a national com. l'C Recruiting for .\;'ri .:.5: '-:s ~--· :~ !'.! New U staff Ca nada are also plagued About 150 people attend· New U •talf petition. to be lefevised on NBC. ~ ........ ~ .!:. .: ;.' . .!"':'."'_:~~ ~"':! -: 5 Science Journe~-s Air poll ution from the with acid rain. ed the Fi ne Arts Village Lights flashed, buzzers buzzed, and In the first round, the Phi Dells were •• '.':.S.:l..•!'.\..!. ;::i.-e5.e-~·~: ·:-- United States is responsible Theatre lecture Thursday sweat poured from the contestants' beaten by Hagels' Vacation, 100-170. 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