The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 44, Issue 13 - February 13, 1967

February 13, 1967 Vo! 44— N®T I 3 \ LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES ^ 2‘ MALONEY BACKS STROTZ OUSTING NEW SOCIAL chairman, Paul Chenard, conducts first social meeting. ror volunteers Recruiters will be on the Loyola University campus on Ferbuary i6, according to John Herbert, an assistant field director for VISTA (Volunteers In Service To Amer¬ ica). Palmers' Court Suit Dismissed Herbert said that VISTA has adopted a new, accelerated policy for students who have received their bachelor’s degree or expect to receive^ it this year. “Our re¬ cruiters will now invite qualified students to training programs while we Уаге on campus,” he said. Over 75 percent of VISTA Volun¬ teers are drawn from college cam¬ puses. This year VISTA will re¬ cruit 4,500 Volunteers to serve in one of 300 different projects from coast to coast and in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Scene from Student Court, as Dan Palmer's charges against the football election were dismissed* By JIM BROCHU ASLU President Mike Maloney asked for and received the resigna¬ tion of his Scocial Committee Chairman, Bruce Strotz, on the night of Thursday February 2, 1967, At that time Maloney gave as his reasons, that he had re¬ ceived written statements from four members of the March of the Lions Committee complaining about Strotz’ s performance on the Committee, that Strotz had alien¬ ated the women’s colleges, and was financially incompetent. According to Strotz, Maloney stated that he did not want Strotz to lose face and could resign in any manner he so chose. However, if he did not choose to resign, he (Maloney) would stop at nothing to force him out. Strotz then told Maloney that since he held an ap¬ pointed office and was subject to the President, he would tender his resignation. Strotz later told this reporter that he and Maloney then agreed to offer no comment on the situation. Strotz also pointed out that Maloney assured him that the above stated reasons were the only reasons for the action. “Political Threat” The following day, at approxi¬ mately II a.m., Strotz handed in his resignation. Later that day, he received a letter from Maloney which stated, “Though the grounds for your inadequate performance were sufficient to call for your res¬ ignation, I don’t think that I would have asked for it if you were not a political threat to everything that my administration and the admin¬ istrations of Schmitz and Freeman stand for.” Also that same day (Thursday) Maloney stated his reasons for ac¬ tion to Rad Artukovic, apparently breaking the agreement he had made with Strotz the night be¬ fore. Votes of Confidence After receivingt votes of confi¬ dence from the social chairman of the Catholic women’s colleges and the four members of the March of the Lions Committee, who were supposed to have signed complaints about him, Strotz sent a letter to Maloney; breaking their agree¬ ment of silence. At the same time, Strotz decided to bring the matter before the ASLU Legislature and I clear up, what he considered to be, false charges. The situation was brought before the Legislature last Wednesday night, February 8, with a standing room only crowd jamming the ASLU Office. The governing body debated the issue and concluded that Mr. Maloney had the constitu¬ tional right to ask for Strotz’s res¬ ignation, and that any recourse Strotz might have would be through Student Court. After the meeting had ad¬ journed, Maloney read a state¬ ment giving his reasons for the ac¬ tion taken against Strotz. The rea¬ sons were twofold; “1) profes¬ sional competence and 2) organ¬ izational politics.” Maloney’s Reasons Under the heading of “profes- sional competence,” Maloney’s statement read, “The Social Com¬ mittee lost nearly $1,000.00 over and above its appropriation. This loss, in my opinion, is due largely to an unrealistic and impractical financial policy.” As examples, Maloney cites financial losses in¬ curred from the Brawl" Ball, -LiT Abner, and Thanksgiving Danc¬ es. Under “organizational Politics” Maloney’s statement reads,!’ . Since early last Fall, the Social Chairman had indicated serious differences with the policies of this administration causing some dis¬ cord. Under these circumstances, I found it difficult to work with the Social Chairman, and therefore excersised a reasonable executive perogative in requesting his resig¬ nation.” (Continued on Page 2) The projects are "located in ur¬ ban slums, rural areas, Indian re¬ servations, migrant camps, Job Corps centers and mental hospi¬ tals. VISTA Volunteers may ex¬ press a preference for location and type of assignment. The Volunteers train for six weeks and serve for one year. They receive a monthly allowance to cover basic living expenses. At the end of service, they receive in a lump sum a stipend of $50 for each month served. After 4 Days Grinder Back As RHA; Oat Oi Linen Jab By M. J. MATTHEWS Mike Grinder, Head Resident Advisor of Rosecrans Hall and op¬ erator of the profitable campus lin¬ en service, was back in his advis- orship job, but out of linen service Friday after Housing Director John Lind requested both resigna¬ tions Tuesday. The switch came in a special meeting of the Resident Student Affairs Committee called Thursday by chairman Dean of Students Fr. Richard Rolfs. It was Lind who asked Grinder’s linen service res¬ ignation, but it was Rolfs who asked for his advisorship resigna¬ tion. . The Dean said, however, that he would reconsider his decision if Grinder could demonstrate private¬ ly, for the second time in three months, that Lind’s charges were not as grave as they appeared. Lind, at a special RSA meeting Tuesday night, would make no comment on his decision, but said (Continued on Page 5) After deliberating only five min¬ utes last Tuesday, the justices of the Student Court dismissed the case of Dan Palmer vs. the ASLU. The decision came after only for¬ ty-five minutes of hearing the charges made by Palmer and Pub¬ lic Defender Richard Koppes, and a defense by Attorney General Vince McGraw. Irregularities Palmer’s case stated that there were several irregularities that the ASLU was guilty of in the special Football election of Nov. 21 last year. Curiously enough, when Palmer himself got up to speak, he left all the charges stated on his com¬ plaint, and hit out, rather, at al¬ leged transgressions of election procedure taking place between 12:00 and 12:30 on the day of elec¬ tion. Not Allowed Vote According to the depositions he presented from “four young men,” they had not been allowed to vote because the ballots had run out. Earlier, his attorney, Rich Kop¬ pes read off the charges stated in the complaint, charges which the cool headed Vince McGraw quick¬ ly dispelled with charges of lack proof. Concerning election material within 25 ft. of the polls, McGraw asked for some sort of proof, pre¬ ferably photographic proof. Palm¬ er could present none. Valid case McGraw maintained that the complaintants might indeed have a valid case, but that it was against individuals, and in no way involved the ASLU as a body. As for irregularities, McGraw pointed out that Palmer’s own complaint had a few irregularities (Continued on Page 2) Pool Patio Sets Path For A Pub Construction started last week on the new pool patio which will be located directly adjacent to the Lair. This recreation facility will contain ten outdoor billiard tables which are weather proof. The tables were donated by the Patio Billiard Company who are donating the facility in return for promotional considerations. DONATION In conjunction with this, Patio Billiards is donating two-hundred and fifty dollars per month for the next five years to the Loyola Stu¬ dent Football program. This dona¬ tion conceiviably could be extend¬ ed to ten years. This will consid¬ erably lighten the financial load which is solely on the students shoulders. Patio Billiards are also handling non-gratis the upkeep of the tables and the area. The patio will be fur¬ nished with patio type furniture and will be lighted and heated for night use. BEER PUB The construction of the new rec¬ reation area will open the way for the old pool room to be con¬ verted into the much talked about Loyola Beer Pub. The beer pub, talked about on campus since last year, is ex¬ pected to be decided upon short¬ ly* It is expected to be run on a membership basis, paying so much per year for a card. In this man¬ ner, only students over 21 would be able to belong.