News Scrapbook 1986

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840)

FEB271

1 ,. ,xsi a alyst would raise fees for drivers, student_s e m nts w Id be requir d approve:1 • ding the ceil , . Howe r Russ Gould. a istant st le finance dir or, argued that Deukm Jtan's budget proposal does not \'iolate the cap 'We tand b hind our budget," Gould said. " e still r er $100 million below the cap and the overnor's reserve estimates are accurate.' He propo~ed cutting or eliminating more th n I ion for t ree items at UCSD: $48 000 f r a c1flc Rim tudy center; $5.2 nulhon o preliminary plans, working drawrn and c truction of a multipurpose $547,000. Administrators, doctors and sup- port personnel to be housed ID the structure now are scattered in rental buildings around Hillcrest, she noted. The proposal to eliminate $480,000 for the Pacific Rim center ent shock waves through the academic community. ter .. everything seemed to be going so well and it was supported by the (UC) regents." Hamm also targeted $10.58 million that Deukmejian proposed for capital improve- ments to the Amtrak line linking San Diego and Los Angeles. He recommended cutting half of the appropriation, contending that half the money should be provided by local governments along the line, according to California Transportation Commission guidelines.

Jllltn'•

P c a

admimstrat1ve facility at the medical cen- ter; and $1.53 million for the acquisition of computers for a new engineering building. Hamm maintain~d that money for the computers should be stricken from UC's cap- ital improvement budget and taken from its support budget. Dr. Ruth Covell, an associate dean of the UCJlD School of Medicine, said the proposed cuts for the schoolwere disappointing be- cause it is a "very cost-effective project." Julianne R. Howell, an a ociate director for UCSD Medical Center, said state offi- cials, including the legislative analyst, are to visit the institution in April to assess the need for a new administrative building. Howell said the building would eliminate annual rental and building fees of about

"My reaction is one of dismay," said Jo- seph Grunwald, president of the Institute. of the Americas, an autonomous, non-profit or- ganization located on the UCSD campus. Its building houses ttie institute itself, UCSD's Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies, and UCSD's Center for Iberian and Lalin Ameri- can Studies. The Pacific Rim center was seen as an important part of the internation- al package. . At the University of San Diego, Ellen Cook, a professor of ID erna 10nal business and a specialist on Japan, said, 'I think ev- eryone has been looking forward to having that institute up there. The critical thmg 1s getting together the people lo make the cen•

But Hamm predicted a shortfall in reve- nue or a dro1i-off in services equal m value to $481 million under the Deukmejian budg- et. He propose:! $588 million in cutbacks and $17 milhon m revenue increases, including rai Ing tudent fees at UC by 7.5 percent and at CSV by 10 percent. Fees for driver's licenses would rise from $10 to $14. and for vehicle registration from $23 to $29. Several proJects in San Diego County would face deep cuts under Hamm's propo ·- al with UCSD the biggest potential loser

Hamm would also cut $112,000 for eight water-retention basins to reduce sedimenta- tion in North County's Buena Vista Lagoon. He said the money should not be appropnat- ed because Vista. Oceanside and Carlsbad, where urbanization is contributing to the la- goon's problems, are not offenng any funds for the project. Also contributing to this story were staff writers Rex Dalton and Joe Gandelman. /

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

No question but that absentee s n n~ tar mess eat Into prOJtployees come up with for their be- avior. These were reported by re- cruiters Robert Half International. Gone are the hackneyed "I over- slept," "I had the flu;• or "my battery was dead'' ex uses Instead, the trend eems to be t ward the offbeat, the ·ngenious - ot to mention the im- plausible· • "Sudd n,y the doors of the ar- mored car in front of me opened and l b. is- artea flying out. It caused u1.:h a tra fie jam that I was an hour late.' • "I ate so much durmg vacation that none of my clothes would fit me. So I had to spend the morning having them altered." • "My six-year-old set all the clocks in the house back two hours as a joke." • ''Mv astrologer warned me not to come to work until noon on Wednes- day." • "My husband forgot where he parked our car after his office party last night." • "My parake t spoke for the first time so I waited for him to do it again so I could tape record it." • While worthy of recognition, this exeuse has a limited shelf life. "I llidn t get any sleep for the past cou- ple of nights because I stayed up looking for Halley's comet." • • • Another vuk. For those times when a guide through the corporate jungle would be handy comes the paper- back, "A Corporate Bestiary," identi- fying and graphically cataloging 45 different species. It's written by Wil- liam Zikrnund and Nancy Blackwood and is ,~ .Cl'>. Ther- s The Venture Capitalist," a di~-'a1en boar (yes, it's spelled rom:ctly) able to withstand fire and ,r.credible heat before perishing. These beasts "are naturally fat, nor- mally from inheritance, are instinc- 1' v~ly lured by optimism." Then we have "The Prestigious MBA," a highly pedigreed mammal indigenous to the East Coast and San Francisco Bay area, says the guide. There are different subspecies of tl-IBAs, as in "The Harvard MBA" or The Executive MBA." The guide devotes a good amount of space discussing "The Up and Corner," a particularly survivalist creature dedicated to reaching the top - even if it means he lunches on co-workers. Physically, the resem- blance is in the Praying Mantis fami- ly. And its only known predator is - ,~ ;t - anothec u71

FEB 2 81986

s

L,4 /lm 's

1 ,

P. C.

•RR•

--------- •

• -----'