NO SANITATION PROBLEMS
Birnkrant passes health inspection
By Miriam Kmet
Staff Writer
The County Health Department inspected Birnkrant Dining Hall in December and found no sanitation problems that would affect food, a Food Services official said.
Gavla Pierce, manager of Residence Halls Food Service, reported on the inspection to students and members of the food and housing committee of the university. The only flaws the health department found, she said, were maintenance problems — leaky faucets and cracks in the walls — for which work orders had already been submitted, and a storage problem, where employees' sweaters were found next to the cleaning products.
She said she had also talked to the cooks in the dining hall to find out how the food was prepared and where it was stored.
Several students had earlier complained that an illness they had suffered was due to food poisoning from a beef and rice dish they had eaten in the dining hall.
After talking to some of the students to find out what they had eaten and the times they had eaten, Pierce said she could draw no firm conclusions on
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whether or not they had gotten food poisoning.
The laboratory reports from the blood and stool cultures of the students were also inconclusive, Pierce said.
John Dervin, one student who was treated at California Hospital after eating the beef and rice dish, said his medical report had "food poisoning" listed as the cause of his illness. He said he and three other students who were sent to the hospital intend to present their medical bills to Alex Ratka, director of Risk Management and Insurance, and request that the university pay them.
"I don't intend to pay for it," Dervin said, referring to his bill of over $80. "The four of us (who were taken to the hospital) are mad that Food Services tried to denv that we had food poisoning and said it was the flu," he added.
If Ratka does not honor the students' request, Dervin said they will take their case higher in the university's administration.
Meanwhile, Pierce is still awaiting final word from the health department regarding sanitation in the dining hall. "At this point, there is no conclusive evidence one way or the other about food poisoning," she said.
Campus plagued by floods due to storm
By Roger Wedberg
Staff Writer
Students plaved tackle football on a muddy intramural field and physical plant workers mopped up Wednesday afternoon after heavy rains dropped two-and-a-half inches of water on Southern California.
Athletes turned out to run on small drv patches of Cromwell Field's track in spite of extensive flooding.
Workers removed saturated carpet from El Centro Chicano, where water leaked through a back door from an adjoining landscaping site on Hoover Boulevard.
Buckets caught dripping water inside the new Denney Contracts and Hyrocarbon Research buildings.
And rain seeped from outside stairways through basement doors to the Registrar's office and the Heritage Hall weight room when drains at the bottom of the stairs clogged.
But according to Physical Plant personnel, damage was insignificant.
"This is normal whenever we have a major downpour," said Harr}’ Kyne, director of new construction. Although landscaping and some construction might be postponed a few (Continued on page 5)
Volume LXXXVII. Number 65
Row senator submits resignation
Disappointed in student government
By Craig Gima
Staff Writer
Kevin Hayden, the senator representing Greek constituencies, submitted his resignation to Jeff Gates, chairman of the Student Senate, on Monday
Paul Marottai, who placed second to Hayden in last spring's election, will officially take over Hayden's duties at the next Student Senate meeting on Febuary 8. Marotta is presently serving on the audit board of the programming team.
Hayden had missed the last three consecutive meetings of the senate, and as stated in the senate bylaws, was on the agenda for the next meeting for possible removal from office.
"It's definitely not because I'm coming up for review." Hayden said. "I'm disappointed in the Student Senate. I thought it was a more diverse body for the benefit of more students."
Hayden gave a number of reasons for resigning. He charged that the senate is prejudiced against the Row; that the senate is cliquish and that he could not get involved in anything important; that people he advised to get involved were not called; and that the senate is not effective.
Hayden said he missed three consecutive meetings because of his mother's illness.
"The reason I ran was to get more diverse people in student government," said Hayden.
"I had two strikes against me. One was that thing with the electior (posters of candidates opposing Hayden were ripped down during his campaign) and that I'm from the Row," Hayden said. He also mentioned
the lack of senate action on the Greek constituencies' request for an umbrella group and the lack of senate action against Diane Caims after she did not follow correct elections procedures as things which disillusioned him with the senate.
Hayden admitted that in the beginning he should have been more assertive, but that very few people in the senate encouraged him or gave him information on how he could do more things.
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Gardner completes third stage of search process
By Susan Pedersen
Staff Writer
Having reached the third stage of the presidential search process, David Gardner met with representatives of university constituencies Wednesday on campus.
Some university sources have said that the number of constituency representatives Gardner will meet with has decreased since the last candidate participated in the third stage of the process. One source also felt that Gardner helped decide which constituencies he would meet.
It also appears that increased security measures have been used by members of the search committee and Board of Trustees because few people seem to have been informed about the meeting and fewer still are
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Staff pnoto By Mark Sticht
REFLECTING POOL — Heavy downpours in the Southern California area have posed some problems for the recently resurfaced Cromwell Field. The drainage system below the field did not function properly, causing minor flooding. Athletes continued to run on the dry patches of the track as servicemen worked to alleviate the problem.	_‘__
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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN? — With the parking shortage, students must drive six flights to find a space.