SAS director resigns amid conflicting views
By Richard Bonin
Assistant* Investigations Editor James Jones, executive director of Student Administrative Services, submitted a letter of resignation to President John R. Hubbard Friday.
Hubbard was unavailable for comment. Elizabeth King, assistant to the president, said she was unaware of Jones' intention to step down. She did not know if Hubbard, wno is out of town until Monday, would accept the resignation.
If accepted, Jones' resignation will take effect on July 15, the fourth anniversary of his tenure as executive student administrator.
Jones said he tendered his resignation because of "administrative differences." He said he would comment further after the president reviewed his resignation offer. University officials gave
conflicting accounts about Jones' decision to resign. One scenario purports that a number of university administrators were dissatisfied with Jones' performance, citing a bureaucratic backlog in processing undergraduate applications for enrollment. The backlog, according to this explanation, prevented the university from enrolling as many students as it otherwise could have.
"Some (university administrators) felt he (Jones) should step down," said one source, who only would speak if assured anonymity. The source added that the department chairmen of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences called Jones to a meeting last week and expressed "their concern about SAS enrollment."
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Gardner drops out of presidential race
By Susan Pedersen
Assistant Gty Editor
David P. Gardner, president of the University of Utah, withdrew on Jan. 17 as a candidate for the university presidency, leaving no other candidates to replace President John R. Hubbard when he resigns in August.
Gardner cited "personal reasons" in his decision to leave the candidacy.
Some sources have said that these reasons may include his four school-aged daughters who he would rather not remove from their present schools. Others have pointed to the fact that Gardner was greatly liked in his position at Utah and was receiving pressure from the university to remain.
With the Joss of Gardner, members of the search committee and the Board of Trustees will have to decide if they want to contact people from a list of other possible candidates. This list includes people who might have been contacted by the committee earlier in the year, but were not interested at that time.
Some sources have said that all of the possible candidates from business-related professions have already been on campus, indicating that any candidates acquired from now on will only be from academia.
In addition, sources close to the search have said that there were people from this list on campus three months ago for stages one and two of the process. This suggests that there are possible candidates qualified to come on campus at any time for the third stage, provided that the committee and the board make that decision.
The search committee held a meeting on Friday, but no firm recommendations to the Board of Trustees were made, sources said. The board is scheduled to meet Feb. 6.
Solomon Golomb, vice chairman of the search committee, spoke on the progress of the search at the Faculty Senate meeting Jan. 16. The general consensus among senate members was that they
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FUNDED BY OPEC
Effects of oil prices investigated
by Roger Gray
Staff Writer
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is sponsoring a $956,000 research project at the university to develop a computer-based world oil and energy modeling system.
One of the goals of the project, conducted by the university's Energy Modeling Center, was to "optimize OPEC oil prices over the next 30 years," a research assistant at the center said.
The university undertook the project because it "represented an opportunity to contribute significantly to advancing state-of-the-art economic modeling," and "should contribute to achieving cooperative rather than confrontative relations between oil-importing and oil-exporting countries," said a Modeling Center press release.
"The ultimate aim of this study is the construction of a comprehensive, worldwide energy mod-
el," OPEC said, according to the release.
Elmer Dougherty, director of the Modeling Center, was reluctant to discuss the project due to the political situation in the Persian Gulf.
"We have very studiously avoided any publicity about what we do and who we work for," Dougherty said. "There is more friction and concern with OPEC countries than when we undertook (the project)."
Described as a multidisciplinary project, development of the computer modeling system involved the university's departments of petroleum engineering, industrial and systems engineering, economics, computer science, and the University of Ottawa's management sciences department.
The project operates from offices in University Village and on campus.
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Students prepare to protest draft
Minority, political groups make plans
By Roger Wedberg and Debbie Latish
Thousands of students gathered on California campuses tq protest President Carter's call for reinstating draft registration last week. University student groups plan to join in the protest.
Carter will submit a registration proposal, including a decision on requiring women to register, to the House Subcommittee on Military Personnel by Feb. c>, a committee spokesman said.
Carter's proposal will not exempt college students from serving.
Last Thursday about 400 students gathered at UCLA to protest registration, and several rallies were held at the University of California, Berkeley, which drew between 3,000 and
4,000	students.
About 1,000 gathered last Monday at Stanford University to hear Daniel Ellsberg, an activist.
University administrators blamed the semester break for
the lack of protest by students here.
"It's been totally an accident of our schedule," said James Appleton, vice president of Student Affairs. "I just saw the old 'Hell no, we won't go,' signs, whereas op other campuses there has already been a g«eat deal of activity."
Student Affairs staff members have not met to discuss the effects of draft registration on the university, said Robert Mannes, dean of Student Life.
"I don't think we have given draft registration much consideration at this point," said James Dennis, director of Campus Life and Recreation. "We had registration of students for many years without negative consequences."
"I do predict that registration and the draft will become quite a large issue on campus in the spring semester," Dennis said.
"I expect that it will be discussed," Appleton said. "I suspect that as an administration, we have to be as concerned about the substance of the is-
sue but a great deal of our discussion will be about the impact of this legislation and about how to make sure that students' rights to free speech are protected."
Appleton said he is not yet certain that there will be strong opposition to registration because recent polls indicated n ore public support than during the Vietnam era.
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The Trojan College Republicans voted for a resolution against supporting a peacetime draft last September, said Karen Bartram, president.The Republicans might discuss further action, she said.
The Trojan Democrats will also protest registration this week, said Julie Green, a member. Green said she expects an
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Staff photo by Stava Hyman
SIGN OF THE TIMES — Now that final examinations for the fall semester have been taken, students have abandoned the reference room in Doheny Library. From Monday, Jan. 21 to Wednesday. Jan. 30, students could be seen poring over textbooks and lecture notes in preparation for their finals.
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McCarthy (D-Minn.) participated in a conference focusing on the effects of the California Political Reform Act of 1974 held Friday at the university. See page 2.