Community Briefs

Thursday, October 31, 1996

Kelly accepts position as art department chair

Artist and theorist Mary Kelly has been recruited as the new
chair of the department of Art in the UCLA School of Arts and
Architecture.

Kelly, a visiting professor in the art department, will succeed
Henry T. Hopkins, who became full-time director of the Armand
Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center last year.

"Mary Kelly is a prominent artist, academian and author, and we
welcome her to the school as the ideal professional to lead what is
considered one of the nation’s top art faculty. Her extensive
experience as an educator and artist will certainly enrich the
students’ lives as well," said Daniel Neuman, dean of the School of
Arts and Architecture.

The Department of Art offers professional art training which
emphasizes experimentation and encourages students to draw from
many diverse disciplines in their creative process.

Student recruiter applications due

The deadline to turn in applications for the Student Recruiter
Program is today.

The Student Recruiter Program is a volunteer organization
sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Relations
with Schools.

Volunteers host activities such as campus tours for elementary
and high school students, college fairs, and the Scholar’s Day and
Overnight Program.

In addition, applicants should sign up for an interview, which
will be held the first week of November.

Applications are available at 1147 Murphy Hall.

Stations hold ad after tiff over King film clip

An anti-affirmative action advertisement featuring a film clip
of Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech is still on the
shelf as the measure’s backers worry about a confrontation with
King’s family.

Use of the film clip, in which King talked of his dream of a
nation in which people would be judged "not by the color of their
skin but the content of their character," has been assailed by
Proposition 209 opponents as misappropriation of what King stood
for.

The ad was scheduled to begin running Wednesday. But copyright
issues concerning the footage caused both the California Republican
Party ­ which is paying a reported $2 million for the
advertisements ­ and television stations to hold the
commercials and wait for legal guidance.

On Wednesday, King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, and their son
Dexter Scott King released a statement citing their concerns about
the appropriation of King’s words to support the ballot
initiative.

"Martin Luther King Jr.’s words … clearly indicated that he
supported affirmative action," the statement said. "Those who
suggest that he did not support affirmative action are
misrepresenting his beliefs, and indeed his life’s work."

The initiative does not use the words "affirmative action," but
would likely call into question many affirmative action programs
that use race as a factor.

Ward Connerly, an African American University of California
regent who is chair of the pro-Proposition 209 campaign committee,
said the proposed advertisement was "an accurate reflection of Dr.
King’s words."

Connerly read the line from King’s speech and then the first
paragraph of the initiative.

"I don’t think it’s rocket science to look at Dr. King’s words
and the proposition and say it is basically the same concept," he
said.

The campaign committee was not involved in the design of the
commercial, Connerly said, adding that he would not have chosen to
include the King quote.

But now that the issue has been raised, Connerly said in the
future he would use King’s words "with far more frequency than I
have in the past."

Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.In the Oct. 22
article "Plan calls for standardization in treatment of cancer
patients," Dr. Judith Gasson was incorrectly identified. She is the
director of Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA. In
addition, the American Cancer Society is a non-profit
organization.

The Bruin regrets the errors.