New University UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE October 11, 1977/Vol. 10/No. 5 OCTD contract stalled Passes may not be sold until November 8, according to AS by Jim Parker nessofthe contract,"I am optimistic we will be Discountbus passesfor studentsmaynotgo on able tosellpasses before November 8,"hesaid. sale untilaslateasNovember 8due tohitches in OCTD's board ofdirectors has a blank group the contract between ASandthe Orange County fare contract which OCTD authorized to offer TransitDistrict(OCTD)^accordingtoASPresi- UCI.Ifanychangesormodificationsaremadein dentBruce Hallett. the contract,thenthe OCTDboard ofdirectors Thecontract'sbiggesthitch,Hallettsaidis "just must approvethem.Theboardonlymeets once a a really piddly thing. It wouldn't affect us this month; their next scheduled meeting is for No- quarter. vember 8. Hallett said the biggest problem with the pro- Clause10oftheOCTDfarecontract statesthat posed contract is that it has no clause for re- AS could not be reimbursed for unsold passes, imbursing AS for unsold bus passes. However, although they wouldbe billed an administrative Hallett said,because of the contract's complex cost of 10$ a pass if they were sent back to formulas, AS is not planning to return unsold OCTD. passes anyway. AccordingtoHallett,ASis onlyordering 5,000 passes fromOCTD. Returningthemback would effect the of the Assistant Vice-chancellor James Wilson must in violate intent contract and sign the contract,buthe won'tbecausehe wants effectively rob OCTD of any profits. changes take OCTD only offers the contract in three month made. Hallett threatened to the packages; Hallett indicated that if it isn't ap- contract to ChancellorDan Aldrich and try and proved it if soon, it won't be worthit financially for convince him to sign Wilson remains ad- AS to sellthe passes. amant. GRADING VIOLATIONS- The Academic Senatehaschangedits However,Wilson won'tact unless the adminis- policy to not allow students to repeat a course when they've been tration's legal counselagrees to accept the con- "It would be very inequitable," he said. "It's reallybadbusiness— justgivingupawholemonth discriminated against Pictured above is Academic Senate Chair- tract."Iwouldnotexecuteacontractthatwasnot personRenee Hubert. Photoby Darral Maltonee acceptable to legal counsel,"he said. onyourcontractItmightnotevenbeworthdoing Dennis Hampton, AS business manager, be- in that case." lieves thatlegal counselwillsee the reasonable [con'tonpg.11] Senate rules on grading policies by Robert English Faculty members attending last Thursday's Academic Senate meeting approved a change in the options of the Academic GrievancePanel. A student may no longer repeat a course when the Panel rules that the student was discriminated against in grading. If,uponexaminingastudentcomplaint, the adhoc subcommittee rules that a student was graded in violation of the Title IX rules concerningdiscrimination,the committee will examine available records and consult with appropriate faculty members. Thenew provision states that the committee will then determine an ap- propriate new grade,allow the student todrop the course without penalty, or award a grade of "Pass" or "Satisfactory." In the past,if available records were inadequatethe student had the option of repeating the course without penalty. Senate members also decided to recommend a program to the Chancellor andthe University tosimplify the relocatingof faculty involved in discontinued programs. The Senate's recommen- dation is that faculty members draw up lists of the programs that theyare qualified tojoin.Theseprograms willbeprovided,in turn, BOOKWORMS- UCIlibrary and administration officials claim that the library is understacked with the opportunity to accept the faculty members. The process becauseofa1971budget squeezeunderRonaldReagan.StudentswhofindUCIlibraryinadequate will continue until the faculty member has been successfully may have to rely on other schools for reference materials. photoby Darrel Mallonee relocated. The Senate also proposed that a faculty member's Full Time equivalent (FTE) accompany him upon relocation.The FTE is a ONLY 800.000 BOOKS budgeted, salaried postion. [con'tonpg.11] Library deficiencycited by David Stoner Thelibrary'sown expansionproblemshavealso Over 800,000 volumes and 11,000 journalsin been hindered because of a lack of funds," said the UCI library are insufficient for current uni- Hartman. "It costs a lot of money to stock an versity needs according to Vice-chancellor of adequatelibrary. Thelibraryreceivesalump sum Academic Affairs CarlHartman. every year. Each department gets an amount "Thereasons for the understockedlibrary ori- according to its size.' ginated in 1971 with the budget squeeze under Thesizeofthelibraryisoneofthelargestfactors former GovenorRonaldReagan,"saidHartman. that goes into accreditation, said Hartman. Plansinthemid-sixtiesatIrvine weretoexpand "Every accreditation team says the same thing; facilities and faculty to where 25,000 students 'Your library is too small.'" would be accomodated. "We manage to sneak by accreditation every However a booklet published this year, The year," addedUCI Librarian John Smith. University ofCalifornia Libraries:A Plan For Development estimates only9,100 studentswill According to Hartman, thenumber of graduate attendUCIfor each of the next 10 years. programs remains at 22 Masters and 2 PhDs "If the budgetsqueeze would have Come three because of the library's book deficiency. "Pro- years earlier it would have been a different grams just are unable to get off the ground." story," saidHartman. Hartman mentioned a PhD. program in Fine Plans for new facilities had to be curtailed. Arts that wasonce attempted. We wouldhave "It'snotlike some of theotherUC campuses," had tobuy all of those big,expensivebooks." Hartman said. "They have to search to find a Money is a problem, but Hartman is also place for a new building." concerned with convenience. Hartman points out that UC Irvine has 900 "Itisunreasonabletoaskanundergraduatewho RIP-RAP- Janet Storms performs in Penrod-Plastinc acres withno structures onthem. But expansion wants a book to take a bus to UCLA. It isn't Movement Theatre presentation at theIrvine Harvest planshavebeensloweddownbecauseofalackof anythingserious;justaninconveniencetorelyon Festival. PhotobyRichard Clucas funds. other schools. 2 Opinion/Editorial October 11,1977 New University Bakke:makingup forpast inequality Starting tommorrowthe U.S. Supreme Courtbegins hearingson whatmayprovetobethemost controversialandcrucialcivilrights case in history. The impact of the court's decision onthe Bakke casecannotbeunderestimated;itwillbefeltinnearlyeverysector of American life. After several years of rejection from over 30medical schools, Allan Bakke, a white male, sued the University of California, claimingthattheUCDavismedical schoolhadrejectedhimsolely on thebasisof his color. Bakke's gradesand test scores were weU above those of the 16disadvantagedstudents Davishad admitted each year. Bakke is correct incharging that he was unfairly discriminated against— areversediscriminationsincehe isa whitemale.Heisright in charging UC Davis with operating an unjust quota system- Davis had set aside a specific number of seats for disadvantaged students.Bakke andhis supporters are wrong,however,whenthey contendthat allaffirmativeactionprogramsshouldbeabolishedby the Supreme Court. A quota is unconstitutional because the laws are supposed to guarantee equal protection of everybody's.rights, whatever their race, creed or color. A quota definitively bars certain qualified groups or classes from a job,an education or other activities. A quotadoes notallow for equalprotection.Butis affirmative action unconstitutional? Yes and no. Technically,any program givingspecial consideration tocertain groups violates the constitution. But affirmative action, which seeks to reestablish the equilibrium in jobs and education lost between whites and blacks in America during some 300years of slavery, does not violate the intent of the constitution.A strict interpretationoftheconstitutionbythe courtwouldprobablystrike down affirmative action-substantially eradicating the civil rights gains made in the last 20 years. A quota by any The integration of the races into the mainstream of American other name society cannot be accomplished overnight. It has only been a century since the Civil War, andbarely a decade since the civil by Jim Parker distinction between the terms What Saxon and the Justice rights act was signed. True equality will not be forthcoming for The number of amicus cuifee 'goal' and 'quota.' President department don't say is that severalmore generations.Affirmative action-the integrationofthe (friendof the court)briefs fifed Saxon said recently, "The Davis had a set number of races— is a necessary evil. in the Bakke case underscores Bakkecaseinvolvesnota quota places for disadvantaged stu- the Supreme dents; whenever a disadvan- As Lyndon Johnsonsaid upon establishing affirmative action in what significance but a goal of 16 placements to who, hasbeen Court'sdecision onreversedis- be achievedthroughthespecial tagedstudentapplied,heor she 1965,"Youdonot take aperson for years, hobbled in by him,bringhim uptothe startinglineof arace crimination will have on the admissions program and this was automatically placed a chains andliberate been sent pool and judged only andthensay,'Youare free tocompete withall theothers,'and still nation. Over 50 have goalinno wayfixedthe number seperate believe youhave been completely