Dmlv Nexus Volume 69, No. 105 Wednesday, April 5, 1989_______________________ University of California, Santa Barbara One Section, 16 Pages Devereaux Morrison Announces Operating Resignation as A.D. had with players.... To have a License in San Jose State Head chance at this stage of my life to go back to that is something I Coaching Offer Too can’t say no to. I’ve had some opportunities before this, but this Jeopardy Good to Let Pass By, one made sense.” Immediate impacts from Signs Four-Year Deal Morrison’s decision include questions regarding morale I.V. School Tightens within the Gaucho sports circle, By Scott Lawrence especially by coaches who say Security Procedures Staff Writer Morrison had made great strides in terms of personnel fervor and White Investigations UCSB Athletic Director Stan sense of purpose. Morrison resigned Tuesday to Reaction to Morrison’s an­ by State Continues accept the head basketball nouncement was consistent coaching position at San Jose among the coaches, who stood State, he announced at a Tuesday stunned inside the Events Cen­ morning press conference. ter’s Founder’s Room while By Adam M oss Morrison, a former head coach Morrison gave a 45-minute ad­ Staff Writer at Pacific and USC, will replace dress on his decision and on the Bill Berry, who was fired last state of Gaucho athletics. Under the looming threat of month following a season under­ “I’ve been here 13 years,” losing its license, the Devereux fire that began when 10 Spartan Head Women’s Volleyball Coach School in Isla Vista volunteered to players walked off the squad on Kathy Gregory said, “and I’d like increase security and tighten its Jan. 17, blaming the former to speak for most of the coaches WHO'LL THROW CANDY? — Stan Morrison is going from admission and discharge policies coach for “verbal abuse” and that in the three years that Stan Gaucho Athletic Director to Spartan head basketball during a day-long meeting with “mental cruelty.” In his 10 years has been here, there’s been such coach after two plus years at UCSB. tony pollock/dshy n«xu* state authorities Friday. at Big West member SJSU, Berry a spark and enthusiasm. And Devereux, a live-in treatment amassed an overall record of 142- every one of the coaches here is on my sport alone, but on all the conceptualized about seven years center for children and adults with 144. really going to miss him because sports.’’ ago. developmental disabilities, was “When you reach the age of 49 he took the time to call you if you Morrison lamented that he left Head Baseball Coach A1 Ferrer told last month by the Community and are out of coaching, these were on a road trip ... and no one UCSB with several unfinished said he was disappointed at Care Licensing division of the opportunities don’t crop up too has given me that much.” projects, including financing and Morrison’s decision in terms of it California Social Services often,” said Morrison, now an “I was shocked,” Men’s Head building a high-risk pit for the hampering any new stadium Department that its license would official San Jose State employee Gymnastics Coach Mircea gymnastics teams, an enhan­ efforts, but added that he un­ not be renewed due to violations after signing a four-year Badulescu said. “I had no idea he cement of athletic department derstands. involving the care of its clients. agreement Tuesday. “I’ve made was leaving until the press personnel, achieving sufficient Devereux’s license expired last no secret of how much I have conference.... I went up to him levels in terms of program “It’s very difficult to explain November. missed coaching, and I have afterward and said that I couldn’t support and, at the top of his list, what it’s like to build, create, State officials said the school has made no secret of the fact that I forgive him for what he did — not construction of a new baseball formulate a program and I’ve failed on numerous occasions to have loved the association I have because of the effect it will have stadium which was originally (See MORRISON, p.13) report incidents of particularly unusual behavior by clients and claimed the program has had frequent problems with runaway children, excessive use of “basket” restraints (a “basket Fire Marshall Confident About UCSB Safety hold” consists of hugging a client from behind to restrict movement requiring all structures higher during an episode of violent Recent Spate of Fires than one floor and occupied by behavior) and unauthorized use of more than ten people to have two tranquilizers. Shows Fast Response fire exits and a manual fire alarm Although Devereux officials station, Kennedy explained. have denied any wrongdoing, they and High Proficiency The library and some on-campus made several changes in routine residence halls exceed the state procedures over the last two weeks of Campus Firefighters regulations by also having smoke and promised the Social Services detection devices. As the residence Department at the meeting that halls continue to be remodeled, they would act to prevent problems By Ariel Klackner these smoke detectors are being Reporter like those that they are charged installed as added safety with. “We presented a very precautions. The Events Center, comprehensive plan,” Devereux Despite a recent rash of which is primarily constructed of Executive Director Thomas Me potentially dangerous fire-related metal, is largely inflammable, but Cool said in a statement released incidents on campus, UCSB Fire has an automatic sprinkler system Tuesday. “Meanwhile, we are Marshall John Kennedy is con­ as fire prevention measure. going to redouble our efforts to see fident that the campus is prepared All fire prevention equipment is to the needs of the children and for fire emergencies. serviced annually by an outside adults in our care.” In the past two quarters alone, company under contract with the According to Ron Lowe, acting UCSB has had four dumpster fires, university. “If you find an ex­ manager of the Santa Barbara two vehicle fires, three reports of tinguisher on campus, it’s going to Community Care Licensing office, hazardous light fixtures, a roof fire work,” Santa Barbara County Fire Devereux offered at the meeting to at the Old Gym, a fire in Phelps Chief John Olson explained. tighten security by constructing a Hall possibly resulting from arson But despite last month’s fire on fence around the facility and hiring and 24 false fire alarms sounded the third floor of Phelps Hall, Olson a security agency to patrol the from on-campus residence halls. does not believe the building is grounds at nighttime. Also, Still, Kennedy believes that the particularly at risk. “We don’t Devereux will have stricter ad­ campus will be safe in the event of consider Phelps a real hazard,” he mission guidelines that will afire. said. “Not as much as a science prohibit overly aggressive pat­ To protect the campus com­ building. Phelps is just a ients from admittance, and will munity from injury during a classroom, a low-priority hazard,” The UCSB Chemistry Department uses these tubes to discharge clients who leave the campus fire, all UCSB buildings he said. The more serious hazards handle potentially hazardous materials and to make life grounds without permission or meet the California state fire code (See FIRE, p.ll) jUSt a little Safer for US all at UCSB. GENEVIEVE FIELD/Daily Nexus (See DEVERAUX, p.7) 2 Wednesday, April S, 1989 Headliners Daily Nexus W o r l d N a t i o n S t a t e Prosecutors Demand Death Exxon Set to Salvage Tanker Rival Weapons Bills Move for Professed Plane Bomber as Ocean Cleanup Continues Through Senate Committees SEOUL, South Korea — Prosecutors demanded the death VALDEZ, Alaska — Exxon crews Tuesday finished SACRAMENTO —■ The Assembly’s crime committee sentence Tuesday for a professed North Korean spy who pumping the remaining crude oil dut of the tanker Exxon approved Tuesday a second bill prompted by the Stockton told the court she wants to die to atone for killing 115 people Valdez in preparation for removing the source of the schoolyard massacre, that would virtually ban the in the 1987 bombing of a South Korean airliner. nation’s worst-ever oil spill. manufacture and sale of specific military-style weapons. Prosecutor Lee Sang-Hyung also blamed North Korean The fugitive captain of the Exxon Valdez sent signals he Senate President Pro Tern David Roberti had to amend President Kim Il-Sung and “the dictatorship in North was ready to surrender to face criminal charges of his Senate-passed bill, SB292 — originally a general assault Korea for the grave crime of killing the passengers.’’ It was operating the vessel while drunk. weapons ban — to include the specific list to get it through “an unpardonable crime to mankind,” At noon Tuesday, Exxon said it had the Public Safety Committee by a 5-3 he said. finished transferring 48 million gallons of vote. Lawyer Ahn Dong-11 argued his client, crude to three other ships. A short time later the Senate Judiciary Kim Hyon-hui, was “forced to commit The oil has floated over more than 1,640 Committee began consideration of the the act and it is someone else who needs square miles and soiled 800 miles of Assembly-passed AB357 by Assem­ to be punished—North Korea.” beach. Thousands of animals are known blyman Mike Roos, D-Los Angeles. Ms. Kim, 27, was a “scapegoat of the K f dead. Roberti’s amendment made the two world’s most isolated communist dic­ Twenty-five million gallons of oily bills nearly the same, containing not the tatorship,” Ahn said to yells of abuse waste water remained aboard the general assault weapons ban favored by from relatives of victims.