Friday, April 17, 1998
Community Briefs
Berkeley begins effort to recruit minorities
A drop in the number of university scholarships offered to
underrepresented minorities has prompted administrators to
personally contact recipients and ask them to attend UC
Berkeley.
Figures released yesterday show that despite a relatively stable
number of regents’ and chancellor’s scholarships offered this year
compared to 1997, the number offered to minorities has plummeted
from 117 to 10 – a decline of more than 90 percent.
Richard Black, UC Berkeley director of financial aid, said his
office is in the process of contacting all scholarship recipients
with the intent of persuading them to attend UC Berkeley.
Black said despite the steep drop in the number of minorities
offered scholarships from the university, he believes Chancellor
Robert Berdahl is making a strong effort to encourage minorities to
enroll.
"The chancellor visited high schools during the day on Tuesday
as did Vice Chancellor (Genaro) Padilla, and these were high
schools with a significant number of underrepresented
students."
Engineering awards given to star profs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) gave three UCLA professors
awards for their research in engineering.
Bill Mangione-Smith, Mani Srivastava and Rick Wesel, professors
from the Electrical Engineering Department, received Faculty Early
Career Development Awards.
This award "emphasizes the importance the Foundation places on
the early development of academic careers dedicated to stimulating
the discovery process," the NSF stated.
Mangione-Smith researched computer engineering, Srivastava
researched wireless communication, and Wesel worked in data
communication.
Law school has
public service awards
The Law School presented its 12th annual public interest awards
on Tuesday.
Public interest law deals with law outside the corporate sector
and regarding community interests.
Major awards were given to two law students, a UCLA law
professor and an alumnae. Claudia Ramirez, second-year law student,
and Julia Figueria-McDonough, third-year law student, received $500
and a plaque in recognition for their work in public interest
law.
Professor Evan Caminker and alumnae Elizabeth Osthimer received
certificates of recognition.
Students who have worked over 45 hours in public interest law
also were recognized as well as students who received summer grants
from the Public Interest Law Foundation.
UCSD TV show in
hot water over porn
The members of Koala TV, one of UCSD’s student-run television
shows, have learned the hard way that there are limits to what can
be shown on television and that the First Amendment is not
all-inclusive.
On April 7 at 10 p.m., Koala TV aired a copyrighted pornographic
program which its members had not received permission to air. The
program ran for approximately one hour. Several Warren TV members
viewed the show and reported the incident to Student Cable Works
(SCW), the organization that regulates student-run television on
campus.
SCW rescinded Koala TV’s broadcasting rights as a result of the
incident. Koala TV President Chris Lightbody officially withdrew
the show’s membership as a student organization on Monday.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.