' s Brown: $5 for Lunch,$l00 for Dinner GSU Votes 'Things are Bad': They Loved It Need for Unity Addressed On Union by Mark Stadler by Sara Lowen NewlEditor Community Editor Affiliation The good times are over. In one of his first ventures into political fund ralsmg, since last Choices AFSCME, That.was the message Gov. Brown gave to the 750 people assembled at November Gov. Brown spoke here last Friday at a $100 a plate banquet the US Grant Hotel for a no-host lunch Friday afternoon. for state Senator James Mills. AFT, No Union He told the overwhelmingly white, upper-middle class assemblage that "the accumulative demand (on government) outruns what everyone is Addressing an audience of 600 at the Kona Kai Club, Brown spoke of his By Craig Uchida willing to pay"-and they loved him for it. accomplishments as governor, the porblems of the 1970s and the need for Opinion Editor He told them "unlimited expansion" is over. '''Difficult and even unity in fighting those problems. The Graduate Student Union pa inful choices lie ahead"-and they hailed him as the next President. Brown termed his first year in office " a pretty good year," pointing to (GSU ) heard from representatives Therein lies the paradoxical appeal of Jerry Brown. such achievements as the farm labor bill, closing lax loopholes, keeping of two unions, discussed unionization and commenced Of course, the people at the $5-apiece luncheon may not have believed state taxes down and reducing the penalties for drug use. Brown. voting on those issues at their Brown also cited as one of his accomplishments the But he was dead serious when he discussed his meeting last Thursday night. " new talent" he has brought to Sacramento. " There Voting will continue through next "new spirit, a spirit of b~ and compassion and are many new people in Sacramento, people who thoughtfulness, but to do so within limits that I per­ Wednesday. have talent and energy, but weren't given a chance At the meetil1g discussion ceive and that I see upon us. before, " he said. " It's a very hard thing in this state which has only Avoiding Extremes primarily centered on union af­ known growth and easy opportunity, just as it is a Brown summed up the past year as " a balance; filiation. Arguments from both very difficult thing in this country to face without we've tried to thread our way between the extreme of sides of that issue were heard, as flinching the fact that growth, easy mobility and either direction." Brown said there are many well as presentations by two AFL­ access, which we've all enjoyed for so long, is not problems still to be solved, though he commented CIO unions-the American quite what it used to be." that the banquet was not the forum for dismal news. Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Association of Federal, State, CaltraDs Employeel The Governor referred to the problems of the County and Municipal Employees. Not everyone at the luncheon was a Brown-fan. seventies as "economic change and increasing (AFSCME). One table was filled with employees from the state demands for equality." To solve these problems, he Join " Broader Movement" Department of Transportation, which has been hit by said, " the people as well as the leaders must work The GSU Steering Committee Coatlnued OD Page 1% Gov_ Brown Continued on Page 12 presented a position paper in favor of affiliation. It is the committee's view that "to strengthen ourselves for a long-term effort, it is crucial that we join the broader labor movement, affiliating with one of the AFL-CIO unions active within the UC system AFT or AFSCME." The committee also stated that affiliation with an AFL-CIO union would lead to membership on the San Diego Labor Council, which would give its sanction to the GSU strike, if unopposed by other on­ 'Wont Some Original Artwork?' ov~r campus council members. Trouble AfAc Post An opposing viewpoint written by one of . the GSU members showed concern for the cost of Th~M~2~ic C~~~!!!!!~~~ Averted Thursday affiliation and the true support that The Con. art sale Saturday afternoon. would be garnered through Serious trouble primarily due to The very word brings a glint of Original art work, by such unionization. misunderstanding was averted last excitement to the eyes of any true recognized pros as Steranko and Membership dues would amount Thursday over the hiring of a comic book freak. Charlie Schulz, was on sale, and to $20-30 per year per member, but student affirmative action CooT­ A con, or comic-convention, was " It all goes to bail the Comic-Con what, asked the GSU member, dinator. "could we expect in return for our held last weekend in the El Cortez out." The misunderstanding arose money?" Hotel. It was part two of the San If that statement was true, the over the nature of the position, Diego Comic Convention; part one Con sank. Artwork, whether it sold Continued on Page 8 whether the person was to work was held in August. One thousand for $8 or $50, did not go well at all. primarily as a Women's Center people attended this sequel, and Even Comic-Con founder Shel Coordinator or as a general student Privacy Act were treated to old movies, guests Dorf's best sales pitch failed to affirmative action coordinator. from various media, an art sale convince buyers to buy: A search committee was com­ Guidelines for access to and a medium-sized dealers' room. " Do you know what it is to own missioned to find a person for the records concerning students The movies included rare Walt original artwork? .. ! guess you job. They interviewed many and faculty are printed today Disney films, a James Dean people just don' t appreciate people, and decided on Maria Del in the Triton Times on page 10. feature and a Boris Karloff film original artwork." Drago, from UCBerkeley. George Murphy festival. The festival, held Friday The pitch did not impress the old Last Tuesday, Vice-chancellor night, was the highlight, with such and Dean of Student Affairs classics as "Charlie Chan at the The True History George Murphy announced the job State Scores in 3 Rs in Opera" and " Abbott and Costello was no longer in existence, Meet Frankenstein. of Superman because the position advertised The Dealers' Room is the focal At the Comic-Con, Jerry Siegel, and interviewed for by the search 12th Grade Fall Again point of any con. At a large con­ who created Superman in the 19308 committee was not the same asihe Results of California's 1974-75 an error in the contraction vention it is like Fun Row at a job that needed to be filled, in his with Joe Shuster, told the true statewide testing program show "should 'nt" . and "isn't." the county fair. The various dealers, story behind the creation of . the estimation. that scores in reading, writing, and commitee added, "The weakness like barkers, call out to passers-by: Man of Steel. "Substantial Difference" mathematics continue a five-year in punctuating possessives, "Interested in original artwork?" There are really two aspects to Murphy said Thursday afternoon decline at the 12th grade level and perhaps excusable in the 6th grade,· Wanna buy some Fantastic Fours­ he thought " a significant nwnber" the creation of Superman. One was are below the national average. was hard to justify at the 12th cheap?" Their tables are often that Joe Shuster and I collaborated of search committee members saw arranged colorfully' and Alexander I. Law, chief of the grade level. " . on newspaper strips Uke Detective. their search as one for a Women's California State Department of The committee's findings 'lrategically, to lure the hapless Whenever we offered these strips Center coordinator, who would comix freak in. Education's Office of Program showed that high school seniors to the editor they would say, 'Wow! work a little on gener;al student Evaluation and Research, released had difficulty discriminating The Dealers' Room last weekend affinnative action. He, on the other­ It's not bad, but it's not sensational the state Board of Education between effective, succinct was smaller and mellower. This hand, saw the position as a general enough.' meeting last week. statements and less effective, made it at once more enjoyable coordinator of all student af­ We kept bearing that line so often Test scores in reading at the 12th wordier sentenc.<!S. and often less satisfactory. You firmative action, with principle that I figured I bad to think up grade level dropped 6 percentile Test scores in mathematics are could linger at a dealer's table something so sensational that tbey responsibility, at first, for the without the dealer trying to sell you poiQts from 1973-74 and 11 per­ now nine percentile points below couldn't lay that. Then up came Women's Center. centile points from 1969-70 results. the national average. The something but there was much less Superman. They said tbat tbis This, Murphy, said, was a va riety in selection. This year's results showed scores mathematics assessment advisory There is rio typical comix freak, Continued on Pap 10 Contiuued on Page 8 to be nine percentile points below committee said 12th grade or convention-goer. Some are old, the national average. students were adaquate in com­ though more are young. Some have "Our high school seniors can putation of whole numbers, long hair, some short. Some are SCAR to Protest School read well for detail or for detecting fractions and decimals and could convention veterans, some brand the main idea of a passage," Law solve simple equations.