M onday Sports p. 1A Police Report p. 3 Opinion p. 4 Gauchos m H WjjÊ H || Devour Layoff the Republicans Friends Sucks Hjj| Anteaters Growing Gallery Art Museum Expansion to Alter Storke Plaza ■ Design Intended to Increase Space, Visibility “More and more people will By Yier Shi have to walk through this area to Reporter get to the UCen,” said Sharon Major, museum public relations In an attempt to open up the coordinator. “We want to take University Art Museum to more advantage of that fact and create students, the facility will begin a a gathering place for the students $1.8 million renovation project outside of the museum. I would in June of next year. like to see musical events and A conceptual design to add a night events occurring in our new public entrance at the mu­ new eourt.” seum’s east wall and create a cir­ The new entrance will feature cular plaza adjacent to the UCen a winding steel colonnade that and Storke Plaza has been ap­ will glow at night with lighting proved by the Campus Planning from the ground. Committee and is slated for The museum’s interior will completion by March 1998. also undergo reconstruction in Facility officials expressed ex­ the form of more permanent gal­ citement about expanding the leries. The project is expected to gallery’s permanent collections add 650 square feet of new gal­ and the anticipated increase in lery space, which will house two museum visibility. permanent collections. “We are concerned right now This additional space will en­ with the amount of students able more art to be shown on who are not aware of the Art Mu­ campus, according to Keith Sim­ seum,” said Marla Bems, mu­ mons, capital projects coordina­ seum director. “This project will tor for the Academic Senate’s This model (above) change that. It will give us more Subcommittee on Architecture, ¡hows the conceptual visibility as the new area will Planning and Environment. design o f the pro- hopefully become one of the “This plan is going to be a >osed changes to the main arteries for traffic.” great addition to the campus,” University Art The museum was created in he said. “The Art History Dept, 1959 as a gallery for the campus thinks it’s a wonderful idea. A lot Museum. These art department, but is now an in­ more of the art collections can be changes will dependent entity serving all stu­ seen now.” Increase the facili­ dents, according to Bems. She Currently, the museum must ty’s exhibit space by hopes the renovations will make shut down to prepare for new ex­ 650 square feet the facility more accessible. hibitions, but under the new “The original idea for the plan, it will be able to keep some and will enable the building was to turn inwards, displays open, according to university to main­ facing the art department,” Bems. tain two permanent Bems said. “But now, we want it “With the increase in space, it collections in the outwards to the campus. We will give us more flexibility in expanded gallery. now want all the students to see programming,” she said. “The The museum’s it rather than just the art museum can now still be open students.” for the permanent galleries as we east wall (left) will Museum officials lope the prepare for feature exhibitions.” be the site of a project will significantly beautify Museum officials and the new entrance the strip between the UCen and Campus Development Office along with a circular the museum, an area where they will raise the estimated $1.8 mil­ lion needed for the project solely laza by the UCen and expect to see increasing foot traffic with the completion of the through private donations, ac- Storke Plaza. Photos Humanities and Social Sciences by Bryan Silver. Building.____________________ See EXPAND, p.6 Efforts to Unionize Increased Due Lack of FundsMay Close Group’s Doors $17,000 in Santa Barbara The organization’s funding By Jeff Brax to Changes in Personnel Policies County funds, and with another comes from private donations Staff Writer als, and hopes to represent the potential $24,000 delayed by the and government grants, while By Michiko Takeda federal government shutdown, much of its supplies comes from Staff Writer other three categories as well. Research associates will vote “Things are really running Seibert is unsure how much lon­ the county food bank, Lehman by mail ballot in March on smoothly and running well — ger LIVE can keep its doors added. Children constitute Campus employees are step­ whether UPTE should repre­ I’m just a little overwhelmed,” open. nearly half the recipients of the ping up efforts to unionize be­ sent them as well. said Janice Seibert, Let Isla Vista “It may be open only for grocery distribution program, cause of a new systemwide pol­ Much of the push to union­ Eat interim executive director. another month or two, and then which operates every Tuesday, icy they believe does not ize stems from concerns sur­ “There’s only so much one per­ we have no money. I can see Thursday and Saturday morning adequately reward them for rounding the Human Resour­ son can do and I’m real tired.” clear sailing until the end of Fe­ out of Estero Park, according to their work. ces Management Initiative, a LIVE, a local nonprofit orga­ bruary, and then we need mo­ Seibert. University Professional and 1993 UC Office of the Presi­ nization which distributes food ney,” she said. “Primarily, it’s low-income Technical Employees, a sys­ dent mandate that campuses to more than 600 needy people Let Isla Vista Eat provides hot families. Usually, one member is temwide union, hopes to even­ reward performance and en­ in the community, entered the breakfast for 50 to 60 low- working, usually the dad, or on tually represent all staff mem­ courage competition through new year with an uncertain fi­ income students at Ellwood welfare, but their income is just bers at UCSB and across the their employee payment nancial future and an interim ex­ Elementary School, cooks up not enough to meet the need,” UC. Of the four units into systems. ecutive director under a great lunches and snacks at I.V. she said. “If the families aren’t which systemwide employees Union-represented employ­ deal of pressure. Youth Project and distributes getting food, they’re not feeding arc divided — health-care pro­ ees are in a better position to While Seibert stresses that groceries to about 600 people in their children. I think we’re ben­ fessionals, administrative pro­ influence HRMI because the LIVE has smoothly continued to the community. efiting our children by giving fessionals, research associates University must negotiate the meet the community’s needs, “It’s really the only organiza­ them food.” and technical employees — policy with the unions, accord­ she has spent much of her two- tion in the Goleta valley distri­ Since stepping down as board only technical employees are ing to Martha Cody-Valdez, month tenure as director trying buting food,” said United president and assuming execu­ now represented by the group. UPTE campus chapter to unravel a complex web of Methodist Church Pastor Merle tive director duties Nov. 2, But the union is working to funding practices to keep the or­ Lehman, a LIVE board member Seibert said she has tried to run inform all UC staff about its go- See UNION, p.7 ganization afloat. for 10 years. “It’s helped a lot of - Now; qnable. tp, obt^yj people,”vfe4>^'*-\**f<i See LIVE, p.7 HEADLINERS Daily Nexus Budget Battle Continues Despite Truce Editor in Chief Suzanne Gamer News Editor Jeff Brax Layout/Design Editor Susan Burkhart WASHINGTON (AP) close for the third time this we always thought he Lott and Boehner also Campus Editor Tim Molloy — Republicans rejected fiscal year. was,” said Rep. John agreed the two sides could Asst. Campus Editor Michiko Takeda President Clinton’s plan At that point, DeLay Boehner (R-Ohio) on split the difference over County Editor Michael Ball for a balanced budget Sun­ said on NBC’s M eet the the amount of Medicare Features Editor Colleen Valles CBS’ Face the Nation. Opinions Editors Matt Nelson, Nick Robertson day and warned that they Press, if House Republi­ “We’re very concerned savings — Congress has Sports Editor Michael Cadilli will close government cans don’t want to fund about whether there are proposed $201 billion Asst. Sports Editors Curtis Kaiser, Alex Nugent, Brian programs they don’t like if programs they don’t like, two snow jobs going on over seven years, the presi­ Berger there’s no agreement on a such as the National En­ dent $102 billion. “It’s rea­ Artsweek Editor Noah Blumberg here in Washington,” said Asst. Artsweek Editor Eric Steuer budget plan in the next few dowment for the Arts or Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), listic and doable,” Boeh­ Photo Editor Dan Thbodeau weeks. the Legal Services Corpo­ speaking of the snow­ ner said. Illustrations Editor Ryan Altoon “We are going to fund ration, “we just won’t storm that shut down the Treasury Secretary AP Wire Editor Allison Landa Robert Rubin, appearing Senior Copy Editors James Lissner, Tony luu only those programs we bring it up on the floor and capital and led to cancella­ Copy Editor Brian Ng want to fund,” said House fund it.” tion of further budget talks on Meet the Press, was Copy Readers Ruel Gaviola, Chris Koch, Sarah Park Republican Whip Tom less enthusiastic about a DeLay of Texas.