Do UCSD Students Need Their Own Representative 1 by Laura Richter that role," said Tom Hull, Assistant to the mittee' of UCSD initiated the continuing University administrators. " This is an Staff Writer Vice-chancellor of Academic Affairs, in a attempt to create a mediation facility on this extraordinary campus m terms of ac­ Ombudsman-a term of Scandanavian interview with campus with a proposal issuedJast June. As cessibility. We try to provide many origin, loosely means "representative of the I I set out by the plan, a six-member committee openings for students through which they people." As a result of student unrest during would have acted as an autonomous ar­ can solve their problems." the 19608, many university campuses across bitration organization for resolving conflicts Saltman added that, "Some students ft!el the United States instituted their own om­ within the University system. free to walk in the office and say 'I've got a budsman programs to deal with the Bert Lee, member of the Committee and problem. ", He stressed that " human problems and complaints of students within author of the proposal, saw it as "an attempt relations ought to be fundamentaL" When the systems of their resp.(!ctive campuses. to promote greater trust and interaction asked about his probable reaction to the Presently, however, UCSD has no such among the three segments of the University institution of an autonomous mediation operational grievance system. population, the faculty, staff and students~ group, he replied, "I'd want to know why." George Murphy, Vice-chancellor and which were very antagonistic at the time." SDSUHasOne o an of S.tudent Affairs, said recently that The plan was presented to the Advisory Locally, San Diego State University is the "we are about to promulgate a formal Committee of Student Fee Programs, but only campus to utilize the services of a fu11- student grievance procedure," of which the was not accepted according to Lee, because time ombudsman. Donald F. Harder, for­ draft policy statement is now being reviewed "they were swamped with work at the time merly Director of Counselling and Associate by the General Counsel of the Board of and did not want to be bothered." Lee went Dean of Student Affairs, fills that role which Rcgents. He expects the proposal to become on to way, "I still think there's a need for includes resolving grade disputes, "one of effective next week, upon its issuance by it. " our biggest problems," said Lynn Lesicka, Chancellor McElroy. Scnate is now in the process of developing a assistant to Harder. She and the two student Specifically, "those grievances alleging grade-related procedure, by which he and aid£ deal with other difficulties that students might be experiencing, frequently con­ violation of Title IX regulations, which Vice·chancellor 01 Student Affairs George the college deans would serve as in­ cerning financial aid and registration. preclude discrimination based on religion, Murphy . termediaries. He commented that this race, national origin or sex" will be dealt would at least be "more than our present The Office of the Ombudsman met with with under the implementation of the plan. added that "if there is really a need, then I non-policy. " approximately 800 people last semester, "I hope we don't need an ombudsman think it's a sign that the college system has Paul Saltman, Vice-chancellor of very few of whom failed to follow through because part of my view of college deanS failed in some significant aspect." Academic Affairs, concurred with Hull's with the resolution of their particular and provosts is that they ought to be serving The Student Affinnative Action Com- standpoint concerning the function of Continued on Page 8 -........,--..."...".......,-. Cabinet-Assembly is Coop; AS Compromise By Paul Watry Staff Writer In the upcoming student referendum, undergraduates have a choice between three model goverrunents. Two of these, the udent Cooperative Union and the Associated Students of UC (ASUC) models, are well known on campus. One, the Cabinet-Assembly model, is not. The Cabinet-Assembly model, authored by Muir student Mark Sindler, is basically comprised of two separate bodies, one executive and one legislative. These bodies form what Sindler terms a "compromise" between the ASUC and the Coop. Assembly to This is the first in a three-part series of articles dealing with tbe government models whieh will appear in the upcoming student Consider New referendum. One body, the Assembly, is patterned directly after the Coop, in which Privacy Bill any student can participate to initiate bills. The other body, the Cabinet, IS indirectly modeled after a more traditional student body and serves as by Hugh McIntosh sort of a "check" for the Assembly, in the bills must pass both-bodies. SACRAMENTO-Fearing that This check, which Sindler contends is missing in the Coop, would get his more comprehensive open files more students and special interest factions to define their interest. In this bill might be vetoed by Gov. way Sindler believes the groups would have to appear, the resulting being Brown, Senator Robert Roberti (0- one faction not able to control the government. LA) introduced an alternative open The Cabinet of Sindler's model is comprised of nine people: eight files bill last week covering only elected from the foUr colleges and one from the Assembly. Legislative University of California em­ action, passed from the Assembly, may be vetoed by two thirds of the ployees. Ca binet. Ide311y, this action would prevent railroading of certain interest The first privacy bill, would, if groups and ideologies; a charge repeatedly leveled against the Coop. passed, prohibit the state gover­ Model Tries to Incorporate "The Best" nment from keeping secret files on Sindler explained that he believes the Cabinet-Assembly uses the best citizens, and would allow them a of the other two models: "This model is trying to incorporate both aspects .. certain degree of control over the of efficiency such as that which is offered in the ASUC, bvt on the other ~ collection, accuracy and use of hand, it contains something which the ASUC is lacking and the Coop has: III information in the files. a format by which any and all students wishing to participate have an According to David Brody, access to the system." president of the University Council Getting this across to a large nwnber of students has been very difficult of the American Federation of for Sindler. He admits that the model will have great difficulties in Teacher (AFT), Brown vetoed a winning. ' The Cabinet-Assembly is a model that I thought of, using other The above is the. type of creatiVity that the Triton Times is now looking for similar privacy bill last year models as informational sources. No one has ever heard of it before. A space will be reserved in Monday's IT Calendar pages lor th e because it was too cumbersome There is no other model like it on other campuses. It is specifically photographic item turned in by a member 01 the UCSD community. and expensive. "There's no cer­ designed for UCSD." The person turning in the winning entry will be reworded with alive dollar tainty at all that he won't veto this In a recent letter·to the Triton Times (Feb. 14 0' 1977), Sindler attacked bill. as well as the thrill 01 knowing that his o r her work is being viewed by one too," Brody sa id. the Coop for not recognizing people with different ideologies. In the letter, thousands 01 readers . Please bring your ubmission to the IT office. in care The new bill would allow UC Continued on Page 8 of the Calendar Contest. J Continued on page 6 External Affairs Coordinator Predicts Erratum/ High Court Will Reject Bakke Case-Schneider Clarification Andy Schneider, External matters of University interest. Friday's Board of Regents because if we don't someone else In our Monday article headed Affairs Coordinator, leads as Schneider stressed the Bakke meeting as being a time of will, but then you have to realize " Blacks Bather, Consider active a life as any student-make case (which is challenging " major considerations," ex­ this is our University, and that Threats," we quoted Jim Brown that any three students. In ad­ preferential minority treatment pecially since the Regents we're responsible. When you as saying the atmosphere at a dition to participating on in admissions programs) as Corrunittees on Special Research hear about the plutonium leaks meeting of black students last numerous campus committees, being of the "utmost im­ Projects will consider renewal of from the Lawrence Livermore Friday night was one of "tense he usually devotes six days a portance," but ventured to say major contracts with the Energy lab you have to wonder. The hostility." this was a misquote. month attending Student Body that he believes the case will be Research and Development purpose of school is education, Brown actually told people at the President's Council (SBPC) rejected by the Supreme Court of Administration. If renewed, the not weapons r search. meeting that the campus at­ meetings, Regents gatherings, Feb. 22. agrCt'lTI lit would provide $3.585 .. As I see it, the University lTI"lSphere is "tense and hostile." and various lobbying exercises. " It's time the University of million in funding for U 's Los continues selling itself to the The Triton Times regr ts this Last quarter in a Triton Times California prepared to reorganize Alamos and Lawrence Liver­ high t corporat bidder. You error. interview Schneider expressed its affirmative action more Laboratorie , whose lab can be sure we 11 fight the fun­ his concerns on a nwnber of programs," aid chneid r.