Richard^ Atkinson to visit campus
Second candidate announced
Staff photo by Wayne Levine
UNDER WRAPS AGAIN — As Troy Week and the football game against cross-town rival UCLA approach, the infamous bronze statue of Tommy Trojan is once again being prepared for any attempts by the Bruins to paint it blue and gold.
Staff members try to form new senate
By Bob Conti
Assistant Articles Editor
In an attempt to increase staff influence in policy-making decisions, several staff members are trying to form a senate.
Currently, staff members are represented by the Staff Caucus which operates out of the President's Advisory Council. The nine members on the caucus generally come from higher positions.
Senate organizers say the new body will allow more university-wide representation and help solve communication problems between the governing body and its constituency'.
With 5,500 staff members, a caucus of only nine people cannot effectively represent the entire constituency, said Stan Young, a caucus and senate task force member.
Susan Brown, also a caucus and senate task force member, said the larger body would enhance representation and allow more staff members to join a governance body.
She said many members of the staff accuse the caucus of being made up solely of administrators, even though staff members include maintenance men as well as student service personnel.
The senate would consist of elected members from all the various grade levels. The exact size of the body has yet to be determined, but Young said it will be “vastly larger than the nine-member body we have now."
Joseph Simms, director of the Interdivisional Majors Program and a member of the senate task force's constitution and bylaws committee, opposes formation of the senate claiming it "violates the principle that when something works, though not necessarily well, it makes more sense to revise what exists, rather than start from the ground up."
If the caucus is having problems now, the new senate will
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continue having the same problems, he said.
Young disagreed, saying that the current problems come from a lack of communication and that "our voices aren't being heard."
"If other constituencies are represented by a senate, than so should the staff. We don't want to be viewed as second-class citizens."
Instead of creating a new body, Simms calls for revisions in the caucus.
"No major university I know of has a staff senate. Faculty and student senate — yes — but not staff. (The reason is) staff serves a support function. They are here to support the faculty and students. I believe staff already makes too many decisions that ought to rest with the facuty in academic matters and with the students in the area of student services," he said.
Young said the senate will simply be a revision of the caucus, with a different name.
Brown said some staff members question the formation of the senate because they fear the caucus and senate will be unable to work together. (The caucus will remain even if the senate is formed).
"People should understand the good relationship between the caucus and the people working on the senate (task force)," she said.
Another concern is that formation of a staff senate may be an attempt to organize staff members into a union. Brown said this would not happen — that the senate's role would be to play a part in decision making.
If the senate is formed, it will be a rarity. There are few, if any other such bodies at other major universities. The University of California system's staff advisory council and the university's caucus seem to exemplify staff governing bodies.
By Brandon Bailey
Assistant City Editor
A second candidate for the university presidency was named in a Los Angeles Times article Friday.
Richard C. Atkinson, director of the National Science Foundation, was confirmed by campus sources as a presidential candidate, although the Presidential Search Committee had not intended to release any other names of candidates.
Thornton Bradshaw, president of the Atlantic Richfield Co., became the first official candidate when he visited the university last week.
The Times source of information was not an authorized spokesman. The name of each candidate in the current stage of the search process was not to be released until the candidate had been on campus for the latest series of meetings and interviews.
All individuals considered by the search committee have been called nominees up to this point. A nominee becomes a candidate when he agrees to
visit the university for the third stage of interviews and meetings, said Bob Benedict, a spokesman for Robert Fluor, chairman of the Board of Trustees and of the search committee.
Though Bradshaw has been the only candidate to visit campus at this stage of the search, Benedict confirmed that Atkinson and other candidates will be participating in this stage in the coming months.
Benedict would not comment on the names of other candidates or on specific timetables for the search process.
The Times reported that Bradshaw and Atkinson are among four final candidates. Sources close to the search committee disputed this report, and said there were more than four but less than seven names on a primary list of candidates expected to visit campus.
Sources say the primary list includes individuals who — along with Bradshaw and Atkinson — represent varying degrees of background in business, government and aca-
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demia. No one on the list is currently working for the university, sources said.
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Atkinson has a strong background in education and the social sciences. He had been chairman of Stanford University's psychology department (Continued on page 6)
MAILBOXES, PARKING CITED
Senate reveals
By Gina Becchetti
Staff Writer
Lack of mail boxes on campus, not enough parking spaces and the high cost of parking were dted as major problems by students, according to results of the student grievance hearings held last month.
Over half of the approximately 400 grievance forms given out were completed and returned.
'This is a fantastic percentage for a survey return, especially by students," said Tim Walker, chairman of the Student Affairs unit of the Student Senate.
The hearings, sponsored by the senate, were held from Oct. 8 to 12 in front of Tommy Trojan.
Grievance categories included parking and security, financial aid and registration, student facilities, housing and other. The other category received the largest number (over 400) of complaints, followed by parking and security, financial aid and registration, student facilities and housing, respectively.
students’ gripes
"Other" complaints ranged from not enough postal service on campus to requests for Greek representation in umbrella groups that help decide fund allocations to campus organizations.
Students expressed concern for their safety on campus, particularly in parking structures, during peak crime hours due to lack of officer visibility by University Security. Expansion of tram service to include a larger area and late-night service were also requested. Tram service began extended service last week.
Students also complained that registration is too long and confusing and registration staff are often rude and unsympathetic.
Other complaints centered around lack of classroom and bathroom maintenance in campus buildings, not enough elevators and ramps to aid handicapped students and the inadequacy of the Student Activities Center.
Student affairs has formed action units for each of the grievance categories. These units will studv (Continued on page 3)
SPOILS OF VICTORY — After the party is over, two things are inevitable: hangovers and a mess to be cleaned up. Row residents were greeted with a assortment of cans, bottles and cups; the aftermath of the victory party held following the Arizona game. Arizona students, not sore losers, stuck around to enjoy the festivities which included an all-Row sorority and fraternity pledge fund-raiser as well as a band which rock and rolled everyone well into the night.