By Joann Galardy
City Editor
The decision made late Monday by the Elections Commission to disqualify a Student Senate candidate because of violations of the election code was reversed Tuesday by the University Governance Committee.
The Elections Commission met to discuss a complaint filed against Steve Mandala, Row senator and executive assistant to the senate.
The complaint, filed by senate candidate James Eustermann, charged that Mandala had violated the election code by exceeding the $75 campaign spending limit imposed on each candidate, said DeDe Brown, chairwoman of the commission.
Specifically, Eustermann questioned an advertisement which appeared in the Row Run in support of Mandala. The cost of the ad — approximately $70 — together with the cost of Mandala's fliers put him over
VKC lounge stirs controversy
By Jason Knott
City Writer
A two-year controversy over the use of Von KleinSmid lounge as a classroom has resulted in an apparent stand-off between the Undergraduate Political Science Association (UPSA) and the facilities planning department.
Mike Martinez, president of UPSA, has asked that classes not be held in the lounge, but James Massey, director of facilities planning said there is no alternative.
"There's no opportunity for a change," Massey
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said. "We just have to drift with it for now until there are new facilities provided."
The large lounge and its furniture, consisting of flat tables, are needed for the public administration classes which are held there, Massey said.
Martinez said Massey is "failing to realize that it (the lounge) is not a classroom, it's a student lounge, and it's not available to him for the scheduling of classes."
Martinez added he finds it hard to believe that a student lounge is the only large room on campus that has flat tables.
The issue has been a topic of discussion since November 1982, when the Student Senate passed a resolution requesting that classes not be held in the lounge area.
The problem resurfaced in February 1983, when the past president of the association asked Massey not to schedule the classes.
Massey said he replied verbally in both cases that he was unable to do anything to remedy the situation.
Martinez said that even though Massey did reply, there has been no action on the issue for over a year.
He said he hopes to gather support from the Blackstonians pre-law honor society, the Student Senate and individual faculty members.
Judith Stiehm, an associate professor in political science, said that "fifty percent of a student's education comes from non-class activity — and the lounge is where much of that non-directed education occurs."
The lounge is currently used for classes that involve urban planning. These courses, which are called Center for Multi-Disciplinary Educational -Exercises, require a large room which provides a
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the campaign spending limit, Eustermann said.
Both candidates appeared before the Elections Commission and presented evidence to support their cases.
Mandala responded to the charges saying he had not asked for the ad and had no knowledge that the ad would appear in the publication. He presented the commission with documents from two witnesses who sup-
ported his position, Brown said.
Eustermann presented the ad to the commission saying it was a clear violation of the election code which states, "Any expenditure made by an individual or group on behalf of a candidate shall be subtracted from the candidate's (spending) limit."
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Annual convocation honors academic accomplishments
By Sonia Saruba
City Writer
Brightly colored flags and formal robes marked the Third Annual Academic Honors Convocation that was held Tuesday in Bovard Auditorium to help recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty, staff and students.
In his opening address, President James Zumberge emphasized that the honors given "represented the commitment of the university to scholarship, teaching, creativity and service."
Joseph Van Der Meulen, vice president of health affairs, spoke about tunnel vision, the narrow focus developed by some in their professional lives. In his address, he dted some examples of specialization.
"This has compromised us as individuals and interfered with the real purpose of education — that is, to give direction to the development of the whole human being," Van Der Meulen said. "The university is here to prevent the spread of tunnel thinking."
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Joeseph Van Der Meulen, vice president of health affairs, tells the faculty members attending Tuesday's Academic Honors Convocation to explore new areas of potential growth.
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Restaurant disputes parking
Owners seek exemption from parking guidelines
By Catalina Camia
Assistant Qty Editor
A proposed restaurant and bar to be opened in a Victorian-era house at 2827 Hoover Blvd. has had difficulty opening because of a continuing battle with the dty of Los Angeles over parking for the establishment.
The owners of the restaurant, tentatively called Cloisters, have applied for an exception to the North University Park Community Association (NUPCA) Specific Plan, which governs the development of the area bordered by the Santa Monica and Harbor freeways and extending south to Jefferson Boulevard and west to Vermont Avenue. The NUPCA Specific Han states that restaurants
within the area must provide one parking space for every 75 feet of floor space, with spedal exception granted by the dty's planning commission director. For areas outside the NUPCA boundaries, the dty ordinances state that a restaurant must provide one parking space for every 500 feet of floor space.
Leon Alexander, owner of Cloisters, is asking for an allowance of one parking space for every 500 feet of floor space or what would be eight available parking spaces to accommodate approximately 89 guests at his establishment.
"(The issue of) parking, I am convinced, is a red (herring)," he said. "We will not have a driving audience. There may be, from time to time, people who will be driving and I can't deny that. But, that is not what we are after."
Alexander said he envisioned converting the
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