CaIPIRG: FedMart Has Lowest Prices By Jon Goelz value in staples, Vons has the competitive, a ccording to \' common grocery store FedMart for the second year in Senior Staff Writer least expensi ve processed survey coordinator David shopping items" at the eight a row. It received the base' FedMart has the lowest fruits al'ld vegeta bles, and Harris. They then announced supermarkets . Complete rating of 100.00. Gemco came in priced groceries in the San Gemco has the lowest priced that they were cutting prices of results of all the findings will be second with 102.20 (meaning Diego area, according to a processed foods . over 2000 items. published in this month's that the same amount of soon-to-be released CalPIRG The survey, compiled and This month Harri says he edition of CalPIRG Reports, groceries bought at FedMart survey of area supermarkets. made public at least once a has heard reports that produce available on campus shortly. for $100 would cost $102 .20 af The survey determines that year since 1973, has sometimes managers from one of the "The survey does increase Gemco) . shoppers, to get the best values had a direct influence on the stores with expensive fruits and . competition," said Harris. nig Bear, rated at 111.10 in possible, should l>urcha~e their prices at area stores. vegeta bles were meeting to "The stores really take it 1978, dropped to 102.40 this meat, dairy products, cereal When Alpha Beta was make their prices more seriously. It's really had an year. Alpha Beta tied for a nd bakery products, bev­ pronounced the costliest store competitive also. affect on lowering prices InSan fourth place with Food Mart in erages and non-foods frem in 1978, they displayed a poster UCSD CalPIRG members Diego." 1979 at 104.00. Vons totaled FedMart. nig Bear has the in their store window thanking designed the survey and The annual survey, con­ 104.50 , Safeway 106.00, and cheapest produce and frozen CalPIRG for informing the tabulated the results. VOlun­ ducted March 30 through April Mayfair Market was found foods, Alpha Beta has the best store that their prices were not teers compiled prices of 110 I, awarded the top honor to mo ~ t expensive at 111.70. THE GUARDIAN University of California, San Diego ... Volume 37, Number 9 . Friday, ~prll 20, 1979 SDSU to Lose 65 Faculty Positions Systemwi.de 'Two to Ten' Tenured Professors Will Be Cut Council Asks By John Klock scheduled for increases, and divided about evenly between Senior Staff Writer said it is important that the across-the-board cuts in the Sixty-five faculty positions, university show that it is university's other ix colleges, 13% Faculty including from two to ten " alive" and able to grow."even to be named by the respective tenured professorships, will be in times of cutback." deans, and " programatic" cuts cut this.June atSan Di~o SLate But ~ Hunlaw ~ Dean of -COllie from five of seven Rav,-,btike in a p1an announced Tuesday by the College of Business, departments Day name d University President Thomas expressed doubt that the earlier this year to be studied By Kalhy Huffer Day. The cuts will be made jn college could expand without for po sible elimination. Associate News Editor anticipation of a four to five impairing its quality. Hungate The new plan conta ins The Academic Council percent reduction in state maintains the college is one of several compromises from his suggested to UC President funding for the system. the nation's best. He wants original " hit list" propo a \. The David Saxon a 13 percent pay In his speech to the facul~y Ph.D.'s from top schools. number of layoCCs of tenured increase for all faculty Senate, Day announced'plans to " Even private univer itie faculty will be significantly members at a meeting here increase SDSU's College of which offer higher salaries are reduced by allowing across­ Wednesday. Business by 10 to 15 p'ositions, having difficulty getting top the-board cuts, which can be The council, a committee of reducing the total number of professors. They're just not made by not rehiring tem­ the systemwide Academic positions eliminated to 50. He there. We're currently working porary faculty. By le aving Senate which meets each also proposed a new Graduate on the hiring process as rapidly parts of the departments intact, month, jOined with Saxon and School of Public Health for 1980- as we can, but I'm not sure how he also allowed majors to se veral systemwide adminis­ 81. many new positions we 'can continue their course of study, tra tors to discuss various Day cited needs for fill. " satisfying. a major objection of faculty and academic-related expansion in the programs Day's proposed cuts will be student groups to the original topics. concept. The council discussed BargainingJ!jght an Issue Day also bowed to pressure increasing faculty salaries by from the community fn naming a pproximately 13 percent no cuts from the Nursing and because "we're falling way Mechanica l Engineering behind" other universities in Striking Boston"U Faculty Settle, program, two of the ' seven their pay scale for faculty. originally named. According to Council Chair Departments which will be William Frazer, UC is 13 Clerical Strike Still Disrupts cut are industrial studies, percent behind other uni­ natural science, athletics versities in its pay scale and "is By Eric Har~1I normally, Bob Berheim of the termed "very successful," (academic credit courses) , and the farthest behind I can recall SCaff Wrl&er Boston board of trustees says persuaded administrators to a new combination of the social our being." . Boston University remains "everything's going pretty sign the contract, which will welfare and health science and As a result, UC is losing "partially disabled" as a result much as usual.. .the clerical grant faculty a thirty eight safety programs. " bright young people" from of an eight day faculty and strike should be over in a few percent raise over the next Day said he expects the among its faculty. clerical strike earlier this days and then everything will three years. The clerical university's financial diffi­ Frazer, who is a physics month, Michael McKeon of the be just as it was." workers are still trying to get culties to continue for a least a pr~essor at UCSD, has "a American Association of McKeon and Bergheim also their union contract accepted few years. Falloffs in the great deal of optJmism" that University Professors (AAUP) disagreed on the nature of the by the Board of Trustees. number of high chool and the State Leg ~ slature will at Boston said Wednesday. contract dispute. The major The negotiations represent graduate students (primarily approve a pay increase for all Classrooms continue to be point of disagreement con­ the first attempt on the part of in education), have created an state employees, which would disrupted, despite settlement of cerned sthe Trustees' surprise Boston University workers to enrollment decline th at will include all UC faculty. the strike earlier this week. rejection of a contract proposal unionize, despite a law enacted take years to reverse with Although Governor Jerry "They're holding classes out on to whi ch both faculty and in 1975 whi c h gra nte d increasing number of non­ Brown could veto a pay the lawn," said McKeon. representatives of the board of university personnel the right traditional student , he said. increase, " a great deal of " Many' faculty members a re trustees had previously agreed. to e nga g e in c ollecti ve The nation' economic troubles pressure from the labor unwilling to cross the picketing According to Be rgheim, the bar gains. also cramp funds , and Can b movement" should convince line of the still striking clerical rejection by th e trustees was The Hi g he r Education expected to contin ue , he added. Drown to support a ise in sta workers." due to " clarification of minor Employee Re lation Act Part·tim facul ty do not The strike, which began on points." Howeve r , McKeon (HEERA) , which goe into e mployees' salar aid each count a a full position, 0 April 5, wa s an attempt by the Frazer. said the reason for the rejection effect on July 1, will grant UC the Ii mi nati on of 65 posi ti on faculty to persuade the board of . Frazer remarked that such was "a premeditated attempt employee the ri ght to vote on could mean many mor job trustees to accept a union an increase in salary would be on the pa rt of orne Trustee to wheth r or not they wish to 10 1. conformed to comply with contract negotiated earlier avoid signing a contract, and at engage in collective bar­ P reSident Carter's wage between faculty and adminis­ the same time avert a possible gaining. When Day fir t announced guidelines. tration. l~ shut down the strike." McKeon feels that the The effect HEERA will have hi " hit Ii t" earlier this year, A "surprise" subject university completely for its trustee plan backfired, and on faculty negotiations i one of hi tated objectives wa concerning the rate of overhead ration. provoked the faculty and unknown. However, a state­ to save newer profes or who expenditures for federaII y­ e McKeon's claim that clerical starr to take action. ment published in the UCSD tend to be higher quality, he (Pleae lum lO pale 5) claalles are not (unctioning The strike, which Mc~eon (PI ,urn ,.,pale 14) aid .