Work-Study funds
Bednorz implements cuts in needed aid
JOSEPH E. BEDNORZ, new Director of Financial Aids, appears
content , despite reports of friction with students over governmental
cuts in work-study funds.
MM releases auditor’s
report, deficit revealed
By Michael Steed
In what many student leaders,
termed a significant breakthrough
in relations between the students
and the Marymount adminis¬
tration, Sister Sr. Raymunde
McKay, President of Marymount,
released to the students the 1968-
1969 auditor’s report. This report
contained a balance sheet, income
and expenditures statement and
various supporting documents.
Sr. Raymunde broke precedent
when she released the document
stating that Marymount had
nothing to hide from the students.
It was learned that for Mary-
mount’s first year at Loyola they
operated at $30,833 deficit. The to¬
tal income was $1,058,337. Total
expenditures were $1,089,170. The
report also revealed that for the
Marymount (Westchester campus
and Palos Verdes campus) the
school made $5,051.
Marymount collected $508,949 in
tuition and fees. A figure that
reflects the drop in donations to
the university was the $5,772
which was contributed under gifts
and grants. Marymount took in no
money from the dining hall. They
collected $146,690 from the resi¬
dence halls and lost $5,738 at the
snack bar.
Marymount’s share of Loyola
University’s operating expense
was $388,383. This money went
specifically to instruction, library,
plant, student service and devel¬
opment. Under student aid, Mary-
rtiount contributed $117,716. Of
this total amount, $64,546 was con¬
tributed under the Federal Work-
Study Program and the US Gov¬
ernment Educational Opportunity
Grants. Marymount issued $9,405
in scholarships and contributed
$7,539 to the National Defense Stu¬
dent Loan Fund. They also added
$4,262 to the government work-
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College work study funds, for¬
merly a source of dependable fi¬
nancial assistance for many stu¬
dents on campus have been sev¬
erely curtailed.
The federal government, acting
on what many observers believe
is a reaction to student activism,
has drastically limited the monies
available for work study pur¬
poses.
Directly affected are the large
number of Loyola students who
had been guaranteed financial as¬
sistance for this academic year,
as early as last June, and now
face the prospects of no aid at all.
The university’s allotment of the
federal , funds, formerly $38,000,
has been cut to $10,000,
To meet this crisis, the admin¬
istration established an ad hoc
committee, composed of Rev.
Donald P. Merrifield, SJ, Univer¬
sity President, Rev. John Clark,
SJ., Academic Vice-president, Hy-
lan Freed, Vice-President of Fi¬
nancial Affairs, and Joseph Bed¬
norz, Director of Financial Aids.
No students were included on the
committee.
The group of four decided that
they themselves would determine
which areas of the university
would receive shares of the avail¬
able funds.
A member of the committee in¬
dicated that they began anew and
decided which areas of the univer¬
sity had the most pressing needs
for the funds. Their decision was
that the academic departments
ranked the highest priority in allo¬
cating funds. Token amounts were
allocated to the Dean of Students
Office, the Assistant Dean’s Office
(which together employ approxi¬
mately five or six students), and
the athletic departments.
Departments of the university,
which were deemed worthy of no
financial aid in the form of work
study allotments were: Health
Service, the Debate Department,
The Loyolan, the Placement Bu¬
reau, the Special Events Office,
the Del Rey Players, the Crew
Team, the University Year, and
the Study Skills Department.
Bednorz declined to break down
the amounts granted to the vari¬
ous areas of the university which
were endowed, on the grounds
that such information could possi¬
bly be misconstrued. He further
commented that higher-ups in the
administration would most likely
be adverse to the release of such
information.
In its place, however, Bednorz
offered to put forth the official
university philosophy on the allo¬
cation of financial aids.
As a result, many students ap¬
proved for funds last year are as
yet unaware that there is no mon¬
ey available for them. Bednorz,
who has known about the govern¬
ment cutbacks for sometime,
has yet to officially notify any of
the students about the termination
of their grants.
He indicated, however, that
next year everyone who is ap¬
proved for a financial aids grant
will receive one.
Bednorz also announced the for¬
mation of what he called his,
“Come and See Me” policy. Just
exactly what that means is at this
time unclear.
Los Angeles
LOYOLAN
VOL. 48— No. I
A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION
October 5, 1970
LU Auditors Report
Student participation in
budget affairs predicted
By Michael Steed
Loyola University, following in
the footsteps of Marymount Col¬
lege, released its 1968-1969 audi¬
tors report. Hylan Freed, Vice
President of Financial Affairs,
handed over the copy of Loyola’s
audit only after learning that Sr.
Raymund McKay had already is-
issued Marymount’s financial
statement.
Releasing of these important fi¬
nancial documents was termed by
many observers as the first step
toward increased participation by
students in University financial
affairs.
Ron Fields, ASLU President,
announced that he would propose
before the Student Senate a bill to
set up a permanent committee
made up of students, who would
work with the budget committee
in mapping future financial af¬
fairs.
The Loyola Administration
showed considerable restraint and
caution when handing over the re¬
port. Only the short report was is¬
sued, which made available
balance sheet, and the income
and expenditures statement.
Freed noted that he had received
a memorandum from Joaquin E.
Acosta, Jr. (Fr. Merrifield’s new¬
ly appointed assistant) that no
other financial documents were to
be released to the students until
some further discussion had taken
place.
It was learned that for the 1968-
1969 fiscal year, Loyola ended with
a $5,917 surplus. Total^ income
for the period was $6,685,800. Ex¬
penditures for the same period to¬
taled $6,475,232. The university
collected $3,408,611 in tuition and
fees. The Jesuit community con-
tributed $320,108. The total
amount used from the gifts and
grants was $388,948.
The university lost $43,302 on
auxiliary enterprises. This in¬
cludes residence and dining halls,
cafeteria, bookstore, student cen-
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Hadrossek
to lecture on
W. Germany
Today at 3 p.m. in St. Robert’s
Auditorium, Dr. Paul Hadrossek
will present the first of two lec¬
tures to be delivered here as a
part of his tour of the United
States sponsored by West Germa¬
ny. The lecture will be “The Right
of People to Their Native Soil —
Systematic and International Sig¬
nificance.”
The second address will take
place tomorrow, October 6, at
noon in Whelan Auditorium (Pe¬
reira 31). It is entitled “The Posi¬
tion of the West German Federal
Republic between East and West
Today.”
The lectures are a feature of
Dr. Hadrossek’s current tour of
the U.S., on behalf of the West
German government, and in con¬
junction with the German Scien¬
tific. Society. He is a professor of
moral theology and Christian so¬
cial science at the Philosophical-
Theological College in Koenigs-
tein/Taunus, near Frankfurt.
His interest and extended stud¬
ies in human territorial dominion
have led him to publish a work
called Hie Natural Right of Peo¬
ples to Their Native Soil — Sur¬
vey and Criticism of the Juridical
Discussion.
FRESHMEN ORIENTATION provided an opportunity for new stu¬
dents to join campus organizations.
Orientation program
welcomes new students
This year’s freshman ori¬
entation program has been anoth¬
er step taken to unify the colleges
of Loyola and Marymount. The
program was an attempt to in¬
troduce new students to all as¬
pects of campus life. Denise Scott,
assistant Dean of Women, and Fa¬
ther Donald Foree were co-direc-
tors of the program.
The orientation activities ac¬
tually began last Spring, with sen¬
ior days and a social summer
weekend on campus for interested
students. The events directly be¬
fore the beginning of the Fall
term were shortened: Students
came to campus on Sunday and
classes started on Friday.
New and returning students
were also on campus at the same
time, which has not happened in
the past. According to Mrs. Scott,
one of the problems which arose
was the difficulty of dealing with
the largest incoming class in Loy¬
ola’s history.
“Activities had to be planned
for larger groups,” Mrs. Scott
said, “and we had difficulty find¬
ing places to hold meetings. The
chapel had to be used for a mass
meeting to explain student serv¬
ices. Everything else was being
tom up or used for registration.”
Mrs. Scott also said that a great
many of the returning students
did volunteer their time, acting as
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