Dead Week = Deadlines Getting I.V. Up to Code Mickey Mouse Is Not Smiling . Study for all your important finals, for they could be À longtime Isla Vista resident con­ The UCSB men’s basketball team your last! tends that the proposed mandatory ended its season on a sour note in an housing inspection program is overtime loss against Pacific at' the simply not feasible. Anaheim Convention Center Thursday. See Opinion p.4 See Sports p.8 Friday jï M Sunset March 9, 2001 6:01 p.m. Tides ^ www.ucsbdailynexus.com High:9:06 a.m. Low: 3:43 p.m. Volume 81, No.94 Two Sections, 12 Pages 70s Pro-Choice Plaintiff in Roe v.Wade To Speak on New Pro-Life Stance By Ladan Moeenziai cuss the transition from law. The lawsuit was Staff Writer pro-choice to her current appealed to the U.S. pro-life beliefs, despite the Supreme Court, and its pivotal role she played in decision legalized abortion Norma McCorvey, legalizing abortion in the in all 50 states. “Jane Roe” in the 1973 United States. In 1969, In 1995, McCorvey United States Supreme McCorvey unsuccessfrilly publicly renounced her Court case Roe v. Wade, sought an illegal abortion involvement in Roe v. will speak in Isla Vista in Texas, and ultimately Wade and announced her Theater on Sunday at 7:30 ended up as the plaintiff in conversion to Christianity. p.m. a class action lawsuit McCorvey will dis­ against the state’s abortion See ROE, p.3 UC Berkeley Rally Calls for Affirmative Action Thousands of students filled Berkeley’s testers, it would be a symbolic victory; Sproul Plaza on Thursday to call for the because Affirmative Action is outlawed in return of Affirmative Action in California under the voter-passed California. Proposition 209. Protesters demanded the University of “[The protests send the message] that ALfcX WARD / DAILY NEXUS California Board of Regents overturn we will not go back, and it will make it Professor Richard Hecht reminisces about his close friend, religious studies Professor Standing Policy 1 and 2, which stopped clear that there’s a new movement that’s Emeritus Ninian Smart, at a memorial service Thursday afternoon in Corwin Pavilion. the use of race and gender as a basis for prepared to reverse the ban and integrate admission in 1995. The regents are these schools,” Cruz said. “Students from expected to reconsider SP-1 and SP-2 at the UC system can play a leadership role Family, Friends, Colleagues a meeting March 14-15 at UCLA. * for the whole society.” Rally leaders also demanded that the Close to 6,000 people attended the regents increase the number of minorities rally Thursday, Cruz said, although the Remember UCSB Professor and women faculty on California cam­ San Francisco Chronicle estimated the puses and expand a San Francisco deseg­ number at closer to 2,000. By T ed A ndersen his West Campus home up until his regation plan, coordinator Ronald Cruz At one point, the protests got out of Staff Writer departure to England in January. said. Cruz, a UC Berkeley student, said control, as students, many of them high UCSB religious studies Professor the protesters tried to send a message to school age, broke into and looted a shoe Richard Hecht, a longtime friend of the regents to repeal SP-1 and SP-2 next store on nearby Telegraph Ave. One per­ In a world of surly smalls, UCSB Smart’s who was admittedly intimidat­ week. son was hurt and no arrests were made, Professor Emeritus Ninian Smart was a ed before their first meeting in 1977, “[We waint] to make clear that there is according to Berkeley ¡»lice. gentle giant. said it only took a moment with Smart a new civil rights movement that is inte­ Cruz said the media overstated the The heavy-set before his jolly spirit and grated, that is massed, that is demanding scale of the looting. Scotsman, frequently sense of humor melted that the UC Regents reverse the ban on “The biased media is often racist and seen riding his bicycle the fear. Affirmative Action now,” he said. “We tends to exaggerate, looking for things to through Isla Vista at a “There was nothing can win if we go to the UC Regents meet­ propagandize against any progressive snail’s pace, wearing a special about the way he ing next week. We have the numbers.” movement,” he said. kilt, bow tie and bouton­ related to me ... he relat­ Even if the regents agree with the pro­ — Eric Simons nière, impacted genera­ ed to all of us this way,” tions of scholars and stu­ Hecht said. “That is why dents in his 46-year we have all come togeth­ teaching career and 22 er today to memorialize years at UCSB. him.” Fiiepds, family ‘ and Smart, a self-pro- faculty gathered in claimed “Episcopalian- Corwin Pavilion on Buddhist,” was born in Thursday afternoon to England to Scottish par­ remember the former ents and joined the chair of UCSB’s Religious Sm art English army at the end of Studies Dept., who died World War II. The army from a stroke Jan. 29, in Lancaster, trained him to speak Chinese for duty England, at the age of 73. Eight col­ iri Singapore and eventually stationed leagues spoke at the memorial, which him in Sri Lanka, where he became featured slides of his life and bagpipe intrigued by Buddhist philosophy. music. Some smiled and laughed. After the war, Smart returned to Others choked back tears. England and began studying classics, Smart published 35 books and more philosophy and ancient languages. He than 250 articles, essays, chapters and later went on to create England’s first encyclopedia entries on the study and department of religious studies at philosophy of religions. He retired from UCSB in 1998, but continued to live in See SMART, p.6 Students demand that the UC Regents reinstate Affirmative Action at a rally Thursday at UC Berkeley. Many urged for an increase in the number of minorities and female faculty. 2 Friday, March 9,2001 Daily Nexus m F i * * * Daily Nexus Editor in Chief I Ted Andersen House Votes to Approve $1 Trillion Tax Cut Layout/Design Editor j I Cara Jennison Training Editor entrepreneur had a victory money to pay for education I Jeny Beers 10 percent, 15 percent, 25 Campus Editor Eric Simons today.” expenses.” percent and 33 percent. Asst. Campus Editors j Brendan Buhler, Sarah Healy Approval of Bush’s plan House Democratic To provide relief imme­ County Editor | Shaun P. McGrady sent the bill to an uncer­ Leader Dick Gephardt of Asst. County Editois j Marisa Lagos, Jennifer B. Siverts j M f l diately, the measure also tain fate in the Senate, Missouri countered that would create an interim 12 AP W ire E d ito r| j Sarah Kent r f w Features Editor 1 I David Downs where a pivotal bipartisan the plan was so big it percent bracket, retroactive Opinion Editors j I Curtis Brainard, Erin James group of lawmakers has would complicate efforts to Jan. 1, 2001, applied to Sports Editor * EJiavAppelbaum expressed concern about to pay down the national the first $12,000 of taxable Asst Sports Editor * y Matt Heitner WASHINGTON (AP) the $958 billion price tag. debt and make it more dif­ income for couples and Artswreek Editors j j Trey Clark, Jennifer Raub — The Republican-con- Bush’s overall tax cut pro­ ficult to safeguard pro­ $6,000 of taxable income Asst. Artsweek Editor 1 I Andy Sywak Photo Editor trolled House voted posal runs to $1.6 trillion grams such as Medicare I True Bui for individuals. Asst. Photo Editor Alex W ard Thursday for an across- over the next 10 years. and Social Security. Officials ' said that Art Director. Shadi Muklashy the-board tax cut of nearly “W ho among us can say Underscoring Democratic would mean a maximum Copy Editois ' i Erin Coe, Kelly Stephens $1 trillion over the next that the economy doesn’t complaints the GOP was tax cut this year of $360 for Asst Copy Editors ¡ J Katherine Knighten, Rebecca Peilman decade, handing President a couple and $180 for an Copy Readers j | Chantal Boucher, Trey Clark, Bush a major victory only ng us can say that the economy individual. I Carly Gregoiy, Jaime Groves, 48 days into his term. | Jamie Morrow, Amber Neff d a little encouragement? 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Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) as we’re going to deliver tax Hastert and other GOP I Joahnna Paula Cruz, Camie Hetrick, “One house down, and | Crystal Keeran, Eric Lyerly, the House debated the first relief let’s deliver it to peo­ leaders, House j James A.