Weckstein Named New Dean
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University of San Diego Digital USD Newspaper, The ooW lsack (1963-1987) Law Student Publications 4-1972 Woolsack 1972 volume 9 number 6 University of San Diego School of Law Student Bar Association Follow this and additional works at: http://digital.sandiego.edu/woolsack Part of the Law Commons Digital USD Citation University of San Diego School of Law Student Bar Association, "Woolsack 1972 volume 9 number 6" (1972). Newspaper, The Woolsack (1963-1987). 43. http://digital.sandiego.edu/woolsack/43 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Student Publications at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Newspaper, The ooW lsack (1963-1987) by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WECKSTEIN NAMED NEW DEAN After a year-long sea1:ch The new dea n is well student-faculty ratio, which he whi ch involved the screemng published, having authored. termed "much too large, of nearly a hundred potential dozens of scholarly articles especiall y in the first-year candidates. the USO Board of appearing in a number of class." Trnstees has selected a new leading publica tions, including He said that three new Dean for the School of Law. some of the nation's lop law professors have already been The new dean. who will begin rev iews. hired for next year, and there hi s duties so meti me this Mr. Weckstein , who is is a possibility that another will summer. is 40-year-old Donald married and the father of be hired soon. T Weckstein. currently a three. has been a law professor The new dean is a member of p~ofessor at the Uni versity of a t the Uni versity of Tennessee the Texas and Connecticut Bar Connecticut School of Law. and at Lou isiana State. He Associations and the Am eri ca n Mr. weckstein. a native of holds the rank of Major in the Bar Association. He has also Ne\\· Jersey. received a Army Reserve, and serves as been active in the Am erican Bachelor of Business Ad- an instructor in the Army JAG Associa lion of Law Schools ministra tion degree from the Corps School. serving as chairma n of the University of Wisconsin. and Mr. Weckstein told the National Conference on his law degree from the \Voolsack tha t high on his list of Education in the Professional University of Texas. He also prior ities will be the im- Responsibilities of the Lawyer holds an LL.M . from Yale. provement of the law school's (1968). Weckstein Udovich Elected New SBA President [QJ©J~~i~~ bY Bill Woods office of evening vice- UNIVERSITY.OF SAN DIEGO. SCHOOL OF LAW Michael° Udkovich. a second president. He has been the I vear day student. has been third year evening SBA elected. Student Bar representative for the current Association President. He academic year . defeated Gerald Fisher in a The two additional positions Vol. 9 APRIL, 1972 N0.6 special run-off election held on the Board were captured by March 21 and 22. second year day students. The run-off was made Melinda Jeffries won a three- necessary since no presidential way contest for the office of candidate was able to capture SBA secretary, defeating Ralph Nader Addresses USO; a majority of the vote in the Stephen Reiss, 2nd year day, initial balloting held Thursday and William Sink, a first year and Friday. March 16 and 17. student. Bryan Riley was The final tabulation showed elected SBA Treasurer, run- Urges Student Involvement Udkovich the winner by a large ning with no opposition. by Don Rubin economic growth," he said, " it are extremely high in fat and margin. Udkovich, who has served An eventual merger between does not improve the standard water content. Also involved in the special for two years as a section America's consumer and of li ving." " Twenty or thirty years ago, run-off election were Day Vice- representative, conducted a environmental movements has Nader said that by using our a hot dog with that much water Presidential candidates Kent (continued on page 3) been predicted by consumer technology to satisfy the needs and fat could not even stand Wilson and Charlene Cirese. In advocate Ralph Nader, who of the environment, the needs up. With modern production that race Wilson was victorious addressed USD students of economic growth can be technology, it can." by the narrow margin of 34 Graduation March 15 in More Hall. met, while the " standard of In an earlier news con- votes. He said the coming merger is living" is also improved. ference, Nader said he ap- John Howarth was elected to Schedule essential, "particularly in proved of citizens' groups the SBA Executive Board, Southern California, where working through the initiati ve running unopposed fo r the there are so many procedure to get en- Announced automobiles." vironmental legislation placed As of the time of the spring The automobile symbolizes on the ballot, as is being done Honor Court break, no speaker had been the necessity of this merger, he in California. selected for the graduation said. He told his audience that However. he would not voice Elections Held ceremonies. John Gantus, in the growth of the automobile an opinion on the merits of the an effort to insure that there industry has contributed to initiative measure scheduled The Hono r Co urt election, will be a speaker, has gone far numerous environmental for the June primary ballot in held in conjunction with the beyond the original list of problems , in cluding air California. stating that he had Student Bar Association possible speakers, having pollution and depletion of not full y read the proposal. balloting, was completed contacted such luminari es as natural resources. At the news confer ence. Friday, March 17. the justices of both the At the same time, he said, The Honor Code pro vi des Na de r discussed recent California and United States consumers are suffering from a ll egations that th e In- that students shall vote for Supreme Court. All contacts defective products, deceptive three candidates, with the top advertising, and the alli ance of ternational Te lephone a nd have been unsuccessful Telegraph Company was in- six vo te-getters filling the six starting with Howard Cosell 's automobile, oil , and hi ghway Honor Court positions. A inability lo accept because of a interests, which influence duced by the U.S. Justice seventh office, Honor Court prior commitment to judge a government al the state, Depa rtnient lo contribute Coun sel, is also included on a horse show. federal and local levels. Nader $400.000 to the 1972 Republican separate ballot. The tentative scheduling for Nader spoke here under the Convent ion in Sa n Diego. in The three candidates the graduation which will be al joint sponsorship of lit e Law Turning hi s a ttention lo return fo r a favorable anti- receiving the highest number 3: 00 p.m. Saturday, the 27th of Forum, USO graduate pollution , Nader said that trust setllemenl. of votes are awarded the May is as follows. At 9:30 a .m. students, a nd the un- pollution adversely affects the Nader called ITT a "very position of Student Justi ce. there will be a Bacca la urea le dergraduate ASB . He was in poor and minority groups more aggressive. predatory co m· Paul Robinson, the only Ma ss at the lmmaculata. San Di ego lo promote than th e white upper-middle pany ... and all eged that recent member of the 1971-72 Court to Awards will be given out at a CALPIRG <Ca lifornia Public class. revelations in the press have run again, captured the highest ceremony lo be held in More Interest Research Groupl. an H°e accused la rge cor- only examined the " lip of the number of votes. He was Hall al I :00 p.m. and the organization being form ed to po rations of "tot.a l fr aud and iceberg.·· followed by George Paluso, graduation itself will lake deal with local consumer and deception" in r efusing to Nader and hi s assistant s with Roger Litman taking the pl ace at the open-air Greek environmental problems. implement pollution co ntrols. contributed much of the third positi on. Theater. He said that much of I.he Corporations claim that the background research relied on All three of these newly The graduation dance will be nation 's economic growth is expe nse of enact ing anti- by Washington columnist Jack elected Student Justi ces are held on Sunday May 21, from stimulated by the need lo po llution measures wi ll force Anderson. who firs! broke the members of the second year 7:00 p.m to midnight a t the correct product defici encies. them to close plants and lay off story of the alleged scandal. day class. Cuyamaca Club in beautiful He c ited the modern workers. he said . Gene Meyers, a nother He said that there must be a downtown San Diego. a utomobile bumper as a n change in the laws. so that second year day student, took Twenty a nnouncements and example. Rather than To prove their point, Nader the office of Prelimina ry said . "Compani es often close large corporations may no! use six invitalions will be given protecting autos from damage, "conv enlion citi es" as a Examiner. To do this it was each s tudent, a nd anyone today's bumper is nothing down a few antiquated plants. necessary to receive the fourth whi ch were due to be shut down conduit for fund s used to in- desiring additional invita tions more than an "ornamental flu ence po litical p·u·Iies.