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Tenure Controversy
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SRA Addresses Parking and Tenure
t»y Brian Adamcllt
At Its October 17th meeting the student Representative Assembly addressed the. con¬ troversy surrounding the dismissal of Sociologist Dr. Kenneth Levi and the lawsuit he has filed against the UT system.
In an effort to adopt an of¬ ficial stand on the Issue, the Assembly has formed a com¬ mittee to draft a letter asking for two provisions: 1) an In¬ vestigation of the tenure system by the Board of Regents and the Legislature, and 2) a revision of the tenure comnrilttee voting membership to include students. Upon completion, the letter will be presented to the SRA memt>er- shlp for approval.
In an earlier session, the SRA presented the forensics team with a record financial allotment of $1,000. The four-
figure sum is the largest amount of money ever allocated by the SRA to a stu¬ dent organization.
The built of the allotment will be used to covdr the cost of travel expenses and entry fees procurred by the team's 17 projected tournaments.
The SRA has also awarded the Association of Computer Machinery  $100 to attend  a regional contest. Paridng
The SRA has also taken positive steps toward mediating what has t)ecome a growing source of conflict bet¬ ween students and administra¬ tion: the policy of issuing park¬ ing tickets.
The conflict has arisen over the lack of parking space available to students. Accor¬ ding to a petition t>eing cir¬ culated by the SRA, for every three   cars   on   campus   the
university provides only one available parking spot.
This ImtMlance has forced some students to park illegal¬ ly, and many t>elieve they have been cited unfairly by campus police as a result.
In an effort to bring unifor- rt^lty to ticketing policy, the SRA petition asks that the following proposals t>e con¬ sidered:
1. As long as a vehicle is parked in such a manner that it is not ot>structlng traffic, It shall not be cited. ^ 2. Reconsider the iSumt)er of car pool spaces and possibly reallocate some of them to regular parking.
3. A mini-bus to provid¬ ed every half hour from 7:30 A.M. until 5:50 P.M. at no cost to the student so the  long  walk  from  the
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Ray Laita, Soptiomore Ropresantative, raises a question In a recant SRA meeting while Wayne Terry, Junior Representative, listens.
discussed suggestions rang¬ ing from lowering the cost of parking fines to revising the appeals process, but the Assembly has agreed to con¬ sider these proposals in greater detail at a later date.
outlying      areas eliminated,   especially inclement weather.
4.    Additional    parking spaces be constructed Im¬ mediately. The   Assembly   has   also
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VohHna 2, Number 19
Tuesday. November 2,1982
1
You Can^t Fight City Hall By Yourself
Cortez Defines S.A.'s Problems
Baatriea Cortaz, Praaidant ot COPS, standa to improve life for fallow San Antonians.
by Louis C. Holguin
"If you were going to fight an Institutional power, you yourself had to be an institu¬ tional power...you can't fight city hall by yourself," explain¬ ed Beatrice Cortez, President of Citizens Organized for Political Sen^ice, speaking to 50 at the last lecture of the Nowhere Else but San Antonio series sponsored by the University Program Council.
COPS was organized In 1974 and consists of what Ms. Cor¬ tez calls "ordinary people" who are reacting to situations affecting their lives and families.
The organization centers around multldenominationai churches and attempts to af¬ fect issues such as educa¬ tional Inadequacies, water board rates and actions, South Texas Nuclear Project, and the lopsided expansion of the city.
Cortez explained that the ci¬ ty does not have a master plan
and that tjecause members of the City council, "are indebted to big businessmen,develop¬ ment has been in the Nor-, thslde of San Antonio. She sites a 97%growth rate bet¬ ween 1970 - 1980 all occuring north of IH 410.
Because of this lopsided ex¬ pansion, COPS targets on councilmen, despite their in¬ debtedness to developers and businessmen, because "Otherwise you're always go¬ ing to have two cities in San Antonio. You're going to have a poor San Antonio, and a San Antonio that prospers."
To prevent this, COPS at¬ tempts to change water and energy policies. "The two most powerful bodies in the ci¬ ty of San Antonio are the City Water Board and City Public Service. If citizens can have enough leverage to control those two traards, you would not have the inttalance of in¬ dustry, of education, of job op¬
portunities that you have here in San Antonio," Cortez stated. "That's why If any other issue just brings out the developers, the bankers, and the power people, the Chamber of Commerce peo¬ ple, its the water issue. Because what do you need to live? Water'; Cortez continued.
Cortez says the CWB is "very political" that they pro¬ posed bonds which they claim are for employee raises. She explained that after question¬ ing by COPS, the CWB reveal¬ ed that a bond for employee raises actually contained 2% for raises, 7% for materials, and the bulk tor expansion wells to be drilled north of IH 410.
"It takes more money to pump water up than it takes to pump water down," Cortez stated.
Politics are involved In these situations, Cortez ex¬ plained, because the City Coun- Continued on Page S