Student Alert : a Service of the Student Union Assembly (April 2, 1992; Vol. 1, No. 4)

              CAMPUS
ELECTIONS
APRIL 28 & 29
BIG ELECTIONS ISSUE
STATE PRIMARY
June 2
STUDENT ALERT
A SERVICE OF THE STUDENT UNION ASSEMBLY
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 4
APRIL 2,1992
Student Votes could decide election:
Student Power
Goes to the Polls
[Photograph] Brenna Green with her voter registration card at a recent anti-fee hike rally
The Student Union Assembly is conducting a massive
voter registration drive this
quarter. Starting with the
Course Enrollment Form (CEF)
filing period, students at each
college are coordinating a student-by-student push to get
every student registered by the
cut-off day in early May for the
June election.
Voters will be faced with a
number of important choices
on the ballot in June.
These include the presidential primaries, in which
Californians Jerry Brown and
Larry Agran will face Bill
Clinton for the Democratic
nomination, and in which Pat
Buchanan still hopes to oust
incumbent George Bush on the
Republican side.
Also, the U.S. Senate primary will be on the June ballot.
The 1992 Senate race in California is relatively unique; both
of the state's Senate seats are up
for grabs due to the appointment
of Republican John Seymour to
replace Pete Wilson, who won
the governor's race in 1990.
Such appointments must be
approved by the voters at the
See VOTERS page 3
Pister is Permanent
The UC Regents, on March
20th, appointed Karl S. Pister as
UC Santa Cruz's sixth
permanent chancellor.
Since August, Pister has
served as interim chancellor of
the campus.
Pister, upon coming to
Santa Cruz, instituted the
Chancellor's Advisory Board, a
body made up of faculty, staff,
and students from a variety of
groups, and he continues the
Santa Cruz tradition of
chancellor's office hours. Students who knew former Chancellor Robert Stevens, saw the
difference immediately.
"[Pister] spoke about
multiculturalism, environmental sensitivity and undergrad
education like he knew what he
was talking about," recalls Steve
Parks, a recent alum that met
with Pister early in the summer,
"I thought, this is no Robert
Stevens."
At the request of the SUA
and numerous other students,
Pister recently agreed to fund
the Cowell Health Center so it
will be able to re-open part of
the service that was cut by last
year's budget axe [see story].
Pister has also pledged to
fully support the SAA/EOP
program, and specifically, he
wishes to provide space in the
campus' outstanding Summer
Bridge program for every student that qualifies by the summer of 1993. The efforts and
dedication of the Third World
Coalition, APISA, A/BSA,
MEChA and SUA were pivotal
in his decision.
Pister's time here has hardly
been without some amount of
controversy. Students were
outraged to find out that the
University House, the
chancellor's residence, underwent expensive and possibly
unnecessary renovation as soon
as he moved in. Some saw a
contradiction in higher fees,
fewer services, and the remodelling job. Pister defended the
renovations as long-overdue and
necessary.
In his short time here, he
has presided over a number of
projects that will have major
impacts on UCSC's future, once
they are finalized in the coming
months and years.
Many students and faculty
were disappointed in Pister's
defense of the Music Facility, a
massive concrete complex sited
on the campus' sacred Great
Meadow. While the project was
put together long before his
appointment, many people
consider the decision a poor one.
Many students and members of the local community,
including the Student Union
Assembly and the Santa Cruz
See PISTER page 3
2005 Report Decides
UCSC's Future
The draft 2005 Report, released earlier this year, is currently being debated by faculty,
students and other concerned
community members. The report, a draft academic plan
through the year 2005, was the
product of the 2005 Committee.
Jorge Hankamer, a noted
linguist, chaired the committee
and currently sits as the Associate Academic Vice-Chancellor
for Planning and Special
Project.. Hankamer is overseeing the entire 2005 academic
planning process.
Unfortunately, his committee had no student representation; two years ago, Academic
Vice-Chancellor R. Michael
Tanner reasoned that this was
an academic issue, and only
faculty were qualified to deal
with it in such early stages.
Now that the 2005 Report is in draft form, however,
the campus community has
been invited to comment on
the report and submit suggestions.
The SUA and the Academic Senate will be sponsoring a Public Meeting on the
draft 2005 plan on Monday,
April 6th in the Kresge Seminar
Room at 7:00 PM. All students
have been encouraged to comment
The SUA and the Academic
Vice-Chancellor's office has
placed copies of the draft 2005
Report in each college office,
the library, and the Student
Center.
Call the SUA at 459-2899
for further details.
Health Center to
Reopen Evenings
At the request of members
of the Student Union Assembly
and after complaints from students and faculty across campus, the Chancellor has agreed
to reopen the Cowell Health
Center during the evening hours
from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
In previous years, the
Health Center had been open
for infirmary and emergency
services for 24 hours. However,
last year's budget cuts hit this
program, and the Health Center
was forced to close its doors at
night. During the day, students
were unhappy for the long wait
and many students who could
not  afford  the  downtown
medical services were forced to
wait until morning for care.
While many other vital
campus functions were cut back
by the budget shortfall, the
Health Center became a rallying
point for students. Many saw
this as a reflection of the national
commitment to health care.
Early this year, student
leaders brought the issue of the
Health Center's truncated hours
before Chancellor Pister at the
Chancellor's Advisory Board.
At the time, he professed no
knowledge of the cuts, but was
quick to act after he had been
briefed on the subject.
WANTED:
Hard-Working,
Dedicated Students
Are you bored with the
apathetic life?
Yearning to throw off the
yoke of oppression?
The    Student    Union
Assembly is the place for YOU!
The SUA meets biweekly
on Wednesdays at 6:00 PM.
Locations vary, college to college.
There are three representatives from each college, and
three campuswide officers [see
story page 2, for more detail on
the-SUA].
SUA Reps are required to
go to the biweekly meetings plus
they must be active in one of the
Assembly's campaigns (such as
anti-fee  hikes,  responsible
growth, etc).
Reps are also responsible
for keeping their colleges informed of campus-wide issues,
usually by attending the college
council meetings.
Reps are generally required
to put in between 8-10 hours
per week, including meeting time.
Full    course    credit
internships are available.
All Assembly seats are up
for re-election this spring for
next academic year; contact
your college council for de
tails, or call the SUA directly
at 459-2899.
Seats available for the
remainder of this academic
year (apply now):
Cowell (1)
Oakes (3)
College VIII (1)