Community briefs

Thursday, May 21, 1998

Community briefs

UC Regents approve salaries of officials

The results of last week’s closed meetings of the UC Regents
were released today, showing some new salary approvals for
on-campus figures.

UCLA’s newly selected Executive Vice Chancellor Wyatt "Rory"
Hume will receive a salary of $204,000, when he takes office July
1.

Also approved was a salary of $159,000 for Sergio Melgar, the
associate director of UCLA Medical Center and the chief financial
officer of UCLA Health Network.

Additionally, the Regents approved comparable salaries for new
deans at Berkeley, Davis, and for Donald Cobb, the "associate
director of threat reduction" at Los Alamos National
Laboratory.

In other matters, the Regents also approved renting space in the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and approved the settling
of two UC Berkeley lawsuits.

UCSD protests admittance numbers

While controversy over the elimination of affirmative action
rages at UCLA, other UCs are apparently experiencing similar
reactions from the student community.

As a result, student and faculty organizers at UC San Diego are
planning a rally titled "Expose and Oppose," for today. Speakers
will speak not only about labor issues such as Proposition 226 but
will also address the effects of Proposition 209 at the UC campus
and other ballot initiatives.

While organizers have requested Speaker of the House Newt
Gingrich, set to speak at this year’s graduation ceremony, be
uninvited, they have also demanded UCSD Chancellor Dynes explain
why an estimated $100,000 has been allocated for this ceremony
while funds supporting underrepresented student organizations are
being cut.

Among the UC campuses, UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC San Diego have
the lowest admissions rates for underrepresented students of
color.

The demonstration and protest are scheduled to start at noon at
the UC San Diego-Price Center.

Noah’s Bagels sends children to UniCamp

Kids are going to camp on bagels. As part of the Third Annual
Kids to Camp fundraiser sponsored by Noah’s New York Bagels,
children from low-income families will be able to go to UCLA
UniCamp this summer.

Last week, the campaign was kicked off with a whole day of
celebration. Children between the ages of 6 and 13 got to try on
firefighter uniforms, climb aboard a fire engine, and squirt water
through fire hoses. They also took a tour through the UCLA campus.
The children were from the after-school youth program HEROS/SHEROS
of Sields for Families, Inc., a youth agency based in Compton,
which is one of 30 organizations that will send children to UniCamp
this summer.

Last year, the campaign raised more than $63,000 statewide.
$11,500 was generated for UniCamp.

The campaign runs for six weeks. Donation boxes are available in
all Noah’s Bagels stores in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

UCLA UniCamp, now in its 64th summer, is an educational and
residential summer camp for low income families throughout Los
Angeles. The camp was started by 11 students in 1935, and continues
to be staffed by student volunteers.

More than 68,000 children and counselors have participated in
UniCamp.

This summer, more than 7,000 children and students will attend
one of the eight-day sessions.

Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports.