CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT—Construction workers pause to sort out solutions to the problem of an overturned turck. The incident temporarily halted construction of the track stadium at the site of Cromwell Athletic Field. The site is one of the many areas being
Senate OKs student services suggestions
By Marsha Johnston
Assistant Citv Editor
Increased computerization for Student Administrative Services, elimination of continuous admissions policy and implementation of a carpool proposal were among recommendations adopted Thursday by the Student Senate.
All of the task force recommendations are designed to alleviate problems with registration, financial aid and parking.
The recommendations were formulated with data collected from student grievance hearings held Oct. 3 to 5.
Housing recommendations were tabled until a final report is made in December.
"The reports are going out to the appropriate administration and policv-making bodies-tomorrow," said Suzanne Nora, Student Senate chairman, "We hope thev will act on them as soon as it is feasiblv possible."
The most salient problems with the registration procedure, the report said, are:
1)	The registration process, including drop and add, takes too long to complete because of horrendous lines;
2)	Decentralization of structure makes it too complicated;
3)	Not enough information available to ease the complication.
On-line, computerized registration was considered a top priority to
alleviate confusion.
Using the university's computer center for registration presents a problem because, "during several key periods of financial aid processing, priority conflicts arise, such as at pavroil time, forcing financial aid processing to receive a lower prioritv."
Universitv policy of accepting students all the way up to fall registration was said to create an overburden for financial aid, registration and housing staffs.
> The task force recommended to establish a firm cut-off date, such as May 1, for admissions.
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renovated to enhance university athletics and resources for student and faculty use. The stadium will be completed pending receipt of funds from donations, fundraisers and the Walk-Jog-A-Thon held on October 29.
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Parking attendant wasn’t hit by officers in incident, sources say
Campus Security sources said two security officers did not strike a university parking attendant in an altercation Tuesday.
The incident began when Tal-lie Baldwin, a gate attendant, got into an argument with the driver of a car who had run over the guard's foot.
Campus Security officers arrived on the scene and separated Baldwin and the driver. Witnesses said Baldwin became angry when the security officers began to question the driver first.
It was reported that Baldwin was angry because he apparently felt his side of the story was being ignored.
The witnesses said that when the guards surrounded Baldwin, he reached into the guardhouse and grabbed a broom. They de-
Flournoy rules out bid for state office
Houston I. Flournoy, vice-president of governmental affairs, ruied out any future bid for statewide office Thursday in an informal meeting with students.
He refused to comment on any plans to become university president upon the retirement of President John R. Hubbard.
"There's too much talk about that already," he said.
Flournov was the dean of the Center for Public Affairs before he was appointed to his present post by the Board of Trustees.
He is the former state controller of California and ran unsuccessfully against Edmund G. Brown Jr. for governor in 1974.
“The way we cleaned up politics after Watergate, there's no way for me to run," he said. "I couldn't run statewide and keep my job.
"In the old days, I could have found a company who would have put me in and not expect me to do anything. Today, that would be political suicide."
He said he could not afford to run for office for 10 months with a wife and 3 children to support.
In statewide races this year, Flournoy said Evelle Younger, the Republican candidate for governor, still has a chance to defeat Brown.
"There may be a low turnout," he said. "If the Republicans turn out like they used to in the old davs^beforel974^it^<juitej?ossiblej3ecauseJradi-^
tional Democratic groups aren't supporting Brown."	«
He cited state employees as one group not supporting Brown.
Flournoy said Younger would be a more traditional governor and would provide better leadership to the legislature than the incumbent.
Brown is "more in the mode of reserving judgment until things crystallize in the legislature. It's part of a stvle that at least in one very real way avoids personal political risk."
Flournoy also said Brown would be more preoccupied in the pursuit of higher office in the next two years than Younger.
He predicted that state colleges and universities will be forced to raise their rates in order to keep community colleges functioning.
"Unless they get alternate sources of funds, other segments of public education will be in a bind."
This budget crunch will be one of the results of Proposition 13, he said, adding that all of the consequences of that measure have not been seen and will not be seen for some time.
In the lieutenant governor's race, he said neither candidate, incumbent Mervyn Dymally, a Democrat, or Mike Curb, the Republican nominee, has had a distinguished campaign.
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scribed it as a defensive move on his part.
Student witnesses said the guards wrestled Baldwin to the ground and then held him while another guard hit him with the broom.
Sources from Campus security' said Thursday that only two officers were at the scene and that it was they, not Baldwin, who were attacked with the broom.
They said that Baldwin swung at them, knocking one officer down. The other officer drew his gun, holding it downward at his side, which succeeded in stopping the fight.
The sources said that when the officer returned the gun to its holster, Baldwin started fighting again. The two officers then had to physically restrain him.
The sources said the officers approached Baldwin initially because he did not stop interfering with the questioning of the driver, despite warnings from the guards.
Baldwin was finally taken away by Los Angeles police officers.
Carl Levredge, director of Campus Security was not available for comment.
Governor signs legislation to raise scholarship funds
By Andrea Ignatowski
Staff Writer
The maximum amount for California State Scholarships could increase by $200 to $300 per year beginning next fall due to recent legislation approved and signed by Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.
The increase, the first one in three to four years, would increase full state scholarships from $2,700 to $2,900 or $3,000, depending on the availability of the money allotted by the state for financial aid.
''We'll know within the next two months whether there will be an increase in state scholarships," said James Jones, executive director of student administrative services. "There's a wide recognition that it's long past time for such scholarship increases, and there's every indication that it will go up."
More than 60% of the university's students are on some kind of financial aid, he said. Most of these are involved in the state scholarship program and would greatly benefit from the increase if their financial circumstances called for it.
Legislators have been trying for the past two years to raise the maximum state scholarship level to keep up with inflation and the rising cost of tuition. A bill introduced last year would have increased the level to $3,300 or $3,400, but the measure was eventually vetoed by Brown.
The present bill would not increase the maximum to any definite fixed level, but would increase it only by as much as the supply of money available for scholarships will allow.
"Many legislators and lobbyists feel the increase will be about $200 to $300, which is the way 1 feel about it, too," Jones said.
Jones also mentioned that this year more than ever, students who would normally qualify for a state scholarship did not receive any because they failed to fill out the applications completely or correctly. After the completed applications were processed, the incomplete ones were mailed back to the students with instructions on how to complete them correctly.
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