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VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE XXVII
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MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011
Suspect Attempts to Kidnap Student BY LAIRA MARTIN - NEWS EDITOR PHOTO BY ANDREW OH CSD police are conducting an built, light-skinned with curly brown hair and investigation after a suspect — who has was last seen wearing blue jeans. The suspect yet to be found — attempted to kidnap fled on foot. a UCSD student just west of Geisel Library on Multiple alerts were sent to students through Friday, May 20 around 8 p.m. the Triton Alert System around 10 p.m. the same According to an all-campus emergency night. alert from UCSD police, the student-aged male According to UCSD spokesperson Rex approached the female victim from behind, Graham, no new developments have been made placed a paper bag over her head and attempted since Friday. to drag her off the pathway between the bushes The UCSD police department could not be on the side of the library closest to Thurgood reached for comment. No arrests have been Marshall College. made. The unidentified victim was able to break free from the assailant and escape. Readers can contact Laira Martin at lmm002@ The suspect is approximately 5’9”, medium- ucsd.edu...............................
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Task Force Proposes $8-Per-Quarter Student-Fee Referendum to Save CLICS Currently, CLICS is scheduled to close after finals in June 2011. Rosales said the task-force committee plans to submit a CLICS proposal — which will cover maintenance, security, rental and budgeting factors — to the Department of Academic Affairs by the end of the summer. According to Rosales, the Academic Affairs Department already has four proposals to use CLICS for office spaces. “The referendum is my idea right now,” Rosales said. “The point of the task force is to come up with other ideas.” Rosales explained that alternatives to the referendum are being considered. One option is to turn the library into a studentrun study space, similar to a co-op. He said that operating CLICS without the ACMS computers costs $370,000 annually. “I want to make sure the administration knows that [the issue is] not dead,” he said. “Students are still really concerned about this issue. It seems that the administration is taking the students’ voices for granted.” According to Rosales, Acting Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Planning and Resources David Miller said it is doubtful the
By Nicole Chan
Associate News Editor
Students could be charged an $8 quarterly fee if a referendum to save the Center for Library and Instructional Computing Services — known by most as CLICS — is put on the Spring 2012 A.S. Elections ballot. Muir College Council Chair Jessie Rosales is heading a task-force committee with representatives from the six college councils and members of A.S. Council to examine the feasibility of saving CLICS, or maintaining it as a study space for students. About 15 people from various college councils and A.S. Council have expressed interest in the taskforce committee, Rosales said. According to Rosales, the annual budget to sustain CLICS — including its ACMS computer lab — is approximately $600,000. Rosales believes this revenue can be created with a new, $8-per-quarter student fee. If A.S. Council approves Rosales’ proposal, it will be placed on the Spring 2012 A.S. Elections ballot. If passed, it would go into place — and CLICS would reopen — during the 2012-13 academic year.
administration would consider a student fee proposal. “I consider it as a slap in the face because it’s just shutting down the student voice,” Rosales said. “We really want this force to be known so that [it] pressures the administration and tells them they shouldn’t be the ones making the sole decisions.” Current library committee undergraduate representative and former A.S. Campuswide Senator Anish Bhayani said he doubts the administration would approve such a referendum. “The administration won’t just hand it to the students just because they have the money to support it,” Bhayani said. “The percentage of students who use CLICS does not suffice a full referendum.” Bhayani said he is concerned the referendum would require A.S. to deal with issues they are not prepared to address such as legal issues, worker training, workers’ compensation, benefits among other areas of managing a business. Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ ucsd.edu.................................
Crash and burn Left: Racers flew and fell on their way down Peterson Hill at the Triton Engineering Student Council’s annual Triton Junkyard Derby on May 18. Right: Electronic musician Daedelus performed for over an hour with a crowd of about a hundred students at Earl Warren College’s annual Warren Live Event held Friday, May 20.
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State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) and the UC Student Association are calling for the UC Board of Regents to reject the appointment of prospective UC Regent David Crane. Crane was appointed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2010. If confirmed by the state senate, David Crane will hold his position as regent until March 1, 2012. Being a regent is an unpaid, volunteer position. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Crane’s confirmation hearing has not been scheduled. Crane said he became interested in the position due to his interest in improving California higher education. “It’s the most important thing someone can do if they want to improve the lives of Californians, to make sure we have the highest education available,” Crane said. Since his appointment, Crane has faced disapproval from UCSA due to his political ties with the former governor — Crane was a special adviser for jobs and economic growth since 2004 — and statements he has made against collective bargaining. UCSA and Yee — who is leading the charge to prevent Crane’s confirmation — have expressed concerns that Crane does not appreciate collective bargaining rights for university and public employees due to a Feb. 27 op-ed he wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Collective bargaining is a good thing when it’s needed to equalize power, but when public employees already have that equality because of civil service protections, collective bargaining in the public sector serves to reduce benefits for citizens and to raise costs for taxpayers,” Crane wrote. According to a UCSA press release, the organization was not informed of Crane’s appointment. “It is deeply troubling that we were not
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