Campus Officials Expect 18,000 to Enroll Fall Quarter
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"...... 11 11 ( opinion page 6 inside pages 8 and 9 ¡4 ()ff the Cuff with jjg g lf Right or Left A rts & You Choose Entertainment Campus Officials Expect 18,000 to Enroll Fall Quarter By William Diepenbrock they only had 5,200,” Krouse said. Editor In Chief “ Berkeley was hoping to have 5,700. They have 3,600.” Since then agreements have Even though only 38 percent of been worked out to redirect UCSB’s 21,000 1986-87 applicants students accepted by UCSB to the filed Statements of Intent to other schools, a switch from the Register, Fall Quarter enrollment past when the Santa Barbara should be as high as 18,000, the campus was considered a second- highest it has ever been. choice campus, Vice Chancellor Despite expected cancellations Ed Birch said. and attempts to interest 300 In addition, only about 32 percent qualified students in enrolling at of the 300 students offered this UCLA or UC Berkeley, there will option took it, he said, explaining still be about 4,900 new students on that UCSB received comments campus, said economics from students such as, “After Professor Clement Krouse, who is seeing the (UCSB) campus — in charge of records and ap you’ve got to be kidding.” plications for the Office of Ad Students had to meet eight to 10 missions. requirements before they could be This year, the three-quarter offered this option, among them enrollment average was 17,002, payment of UCSB’s SIR costs and with 17,415 attending in fall and previous application to the other 16,557 attending in spring. campus. Some students were not The high 1986-87 numbers are offered the deal if they were directly related to first-year im minorities, engineering or College plementation of the UC system’s of Creative Studies students, multiple filing process. Under the Krouse said. program, prospective students Of the incoming students, about may apply to as many campuses 500 are enrolled in the College of as they want, leaving each unsure Engineering; all but about 25 of the of the amount actually interested rest are in the College of Letters in enrolling. “ It’s a new system and Science. and we don’t have any historical Officials say they are working to data to work from,” Krouse said. mitigate the problems this further “ It’s a guessing game.” overenrollment of the campus will UCSB officials consider in create, especially in fall when correct enrollment estimates by enrollment is at its highest. “ It’s Berkeley and UCLA partly something we’re all very con responsible for the high numbers. cerned about,” Birch said, ex UCSB had set a target enrollment plaining that several meetings will of 4,500, and accepted a much be held throughout the summer to ROBERT AUCI/Nexus higher number to reach it. find ways to mitigate the Decisions, Decisions — Sun or shade, sand or sea? The days of summer have officially But UCLA and Berkeley (where problems, the largest of which are arrived, and with them, all those heavy choices. Good luck— Santa Barbara has it all. many of these students also ap congestion on campus, housing, plied) estimated too low, reporting and bike paths. enrollment figures below their Bike path problems, for which targets. As of the first week of few solutions have worked, will University to Increase Parking June, “ UCLA was hoping to have continue to be dealt with by the in house a total of 6,400 SIRs. Well, (See ENRO LLM ENT, p.3) Fees; Daily Rate to Be Doubled By Mark Andrew Terlesky Currently, the university is working with IBI to Big Mountain Indian determine a location and configuration that will best Staff Writer meet campus needs. Planners estimate completion of the new parking structure to be next summer. But for Support Groups Pian UCSB parking fees will increase by 100 percent now, said Leslin Boyd, a management service officer July 1, according to campus officials who cite a of Parking Services, “ the details of structural plans rapidly growing campus population and the need for are not decided; that is, whether it will be a single Caravan, Food Drive further lot renovation and maintenance. structure or a series of smaller ones. ’ ’ Fee hikes will be initiated across the board for the “ We just don’t know yet,” Hunter said. “ IBI of By Terrence Ireland rather, it is a “renewal of life ... for 1986-87 school year to supplement increases made fered us seven locations, and options for several Copy Editor children and future generations.” last year. Employees utilizing campus lots will pay small ones or one large one. In any event, there’s Thirty to 40 tribes, including La $144 a year ($ 12 per month). The daily fee will be $2 , enough space on the most congested side of campus.” Kota, Hopi and Navajo, will with a new “ 2-hour” permit available for $1 . Parking It is in this location, the east side of campus, that As a show of support for the Hopi participate in the Sun Dance, fees have increased almost 200 percent over the last many planners, including Hunter, feel a structure and Navajo Indians of Big which is in its fourth, and possibly two years. would be the most logistically sound. Mountain, Arizona, a caravan of final, year at Big Mountain, he Since legislation passed in 1960 prohibits the use of “We have never had every parking space on Santa Barbara residents will said. state funds for parking purposes on university and campus filled; even on rainy days. No one wants to travel to the settlement to witness The ceremony will be continued college campuses, construction, operation and walk ... far,” she added. This is why a facility on the a “Sun Dance” ceremony a week for another four years only by maintenance of parking facilities must be funded most congested side of campus side is the most likely before the U.S. government’s consensus of the tribes, involved, solely by fees charged to the users. option, Hunter explained. planned relocation of the tribes. Lame Deer said, adding that the Besides general upkeep and expansion of existing Parking planners work in consultation with the Several Santa Barbara Big planned resettlement threatens the campus parking structures, the main reason for the Transportation and Parking Committee, which is a Mountain support groups as well ceremony only in the possibility of rate hikes involves plans to construct a new on- body of faculty, student and staff representatives. as a delegation of UCSB there being weapons present. campus parking facility. This structure “would However, some staff members believe that the Associated Students members will Weapons have never been present provide more convenient parking without sacrificing university did not actively seek staff input, and begin the journey to Big Mountain during the ritual, he explained. limited open spaces, particularly on the east side of tacitly abridged some members’ union rights with June 29 with Chief Lame Deer, a Government officials say that campus,” according to Trenna Hunter, manager of the 100 percent increase. Santa Barbara resident, who will the relocation will settle a century- UCSB’s Business Services. Parking privileges for staff members in certain be conducting the Sun Dance. old land dispute between the two In 1985, the university retained an independent unions are not negotiable. However, David Gonzales, According to Lame Deer, the tribes, claiming that the Navajo, a consultant, the IBI group, which completed a com manager of Labor and Employee Relations contends ceremony is not in worship of the nomadic people, have encroached prehensive parking study for UCSB that proposed that all proper channels were followed in the decision sun, as is widely believed, but (See CARAVAN, p.5) several options for a structure. (See PARK ING, p.5) 2 Wednesday, June 25,1966 Daily Nexus The Sea Center The opening of the Sea Center last Saturday marks the culmination of almost five years of planning by the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Located on Steam’s Wharf, the Center is dominated by a lifesize grey whale and her baby. Four aquariums, each depicting various underwater habitats around the Channel Islands and Santa Barbara coast, hold a variety of fish, Crustacea, and plant life. The Channel Islands Collection, a series of spectacular photographs taken by local photographer Bob Evans, lines the walls of the building. Visitors can learn about the annual migration of the grey whale and hear the recorded calls of various sea birds. The Nature Conservancy is located right next to the Center. It holds exhibits on Santa Cruz Island. Manager Gary Robinson stressed the fact that along with public en joyment, the Center’s main purpose is to make the public more aware of the rich environment of sea life that exists off the coast. The latest addition to Steam’s Wharf, the Sea Center, Gerard Heredia and his son Isaac and daughter Felicia enjoy the aquarium at the center, that depicts a reef habitat. opened its doors for the first time last Saturday, after five years of preparation. Photos and Text by ROBERT AUCI/Nexus Robert Varela The grey whale model, made mostly of plywood and fiberglass, reached its final destination, Steam’s Wharf, on September 10,1985. counc= ,nd p ,r,,,"v ,un<,,d ,hrou«h a m o c ¡,«« i student. <* t*. C ° rnia- S* n u B,rb* r* + * * •« •P « Saturday and Sunday during the school year, weakly in summer Doily Nexu$ 5 1*“ Poataga paid at Santa Barbara CA Poet Office Publication No. USPS 775-300 Mall Subscription price *30.00 per year.