Los Angeles LOYOLAN
Vol. 48 — No. 12
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A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION
March 8, 1971
Student election will
determine football fate
(Editor's Note: Just as the Loy-
clan was going to press , the Uni¬
versity issued a letter stating
that it would not accent the foot¬
ball program , even if the students
vote for university control
This development came as a
surprise , and was viewed by most
observers as a vote against the
program. See editorial on front
page below.)
The uncertainty of the future of
Loyola Student Football Inc. will
be resolved this week as pre-reg¬
istration will demand from stu¬
dents their vote in determining
the fate of football here at Loyola.
As far back as the beginning of
the year the football program had
come under question by students
and the student football trustees.
Many students have informally
debated and discussed the quality
of the present football program,
and suggestions that the program
be dropped or turned over to the
university have been frequent.
The Football Board of Trustees,
in observance of this student feel¬
ing, moved as early as January 6
to establish a committee to in¬
vestigate a football opinion poll
from the students in reference to
a direction of the program.
The committee ran a poll and
reported their results to the Board
of Trustees who, after some con¬
sideration, declared the poll to be
ineffective in determining student
opinion. The trustees appointed
another committee to set up an¬
other vote by the students that
would propose charter changes to
the program.
The committee studied the legal
ramifications of a charter change
and set up proposals for the elec¬
tion ballot which were approved
by the trustees. The board also, in
preparation for the poll, arranged
to hold it as part of the pre-regis¬
tration proceedings. All students
must turn in a ballot, marked or
unmarked, in order to complete
the pre-registration process.
In this off season of football
then, as the Fall gridiron en¬
thusiasm, or lack of it, is far be^
hind, and as spring training be¬
gins to come to life on the
spacious brown lawns of Loyola,
student football is in a time for
judgement. And it appears as
though that judgement will come
quietly without football fanfare
and without newsworthy criti¬
cism.
The Board of Trustees have ar¬
ranged to hold a football forum
before the election to inform the
students of the proposals offered
in this week’s election. And a
phamplet on pros and cons con¬
cerning the football program has
been circulated.
The proposals that the students
are offered in this week’s election
involve the following:
(1) Students voting for this pro¬
posal would be voting for a bind¬
ing decision to amend the articles
to abolish the club program,
whether or not the university will
take it over;
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THE FOOTBALL BOARD OF TRUSTEES at its February 3 meeting discusses preparations for the elec¬
tion being held this week tc decide the future of football.
Frosh of ’71 to apply for LISP
Editorial
Football for sale
By Dave Devereaux
Procedures for admission to the
Loyola Individualized Study Pro¬
gram (LISP) have been deter¬
mined, and applications are now
being taken, according to Sr. Pa¬
tricia Lacy RSHM, Assistant
Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences.
The program, described in last
week’s Loyolan according to the
proposal submitted to the Univer¬
sity Council, has been revised at
the suggestion of that council.
Under its new name, the pro¬
gram is intended to be less formal
than was suggested by the title,
“Experimental Division.” Also,
the notion of a governing board
has been replaced by a committee
of advisors.
program to next year’s under¬
classmen is explained by Sr.
Lacy: “Since we have. to restrict
the number of students that can
participate, we’d like to see those
students in the program who can
get the most mileage out of it.
“If the intent of the program is
that the student can design a total
four-year educational experience,
why not open it to students who
can get as much of that as pos¬
sible. The usefulness of it be¬
comes less and less as one has
already spent more and more
time in the university in the more
traditional programs.”
The closing date for application
to enter LISP, in the Fall term is
March 30, 1971. Eligible students
who are interested in the program
can obtain further information
and an application form from the
Office of the Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Questions concerning any as¬
pect of the program should be di¬
rected to Sr. Lacy, the liaison be¬
tween the program and the col¬
lege, or to one of the members of
the advisory committee: Dr. Gary
Lease, Associate Professor of Re¬
ligious Studies; Joe Stone, Associ¬
ate Professor of Communication
Arts; Dr. Vincent Coletta, Assist¬
ant Professor of Physics; Joseph
Caldwell, SJ, Assistant Professor
of Psychology and Director of the
Student Conference Center; and
students Lawrence George and
George Prengaman.
Students applying for admission
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The University in an unprecedented move last Friday According to the final proposal,
issued a letter through the Athletic Office stating in effect which was approved February 1
that the University would not take over the football pro- by the Board of Trustees, XISP is
gram. This development lends itself to many inter- “a pilot program within the col-
pretations. One of the biggest questions that must be *e&e Arts and Sciences in-
asked: Why doesn’t the University want the football pro- volving a small number of stu-
gram ? dents — a maximum of 20, to be-
And the obvious answer must be that the University gin with — designed to meet their
cannot accept the program because of extreme financial and individualized educational needs
administrative burdens that such a program would cause *n a manner which would offei*
the University. We believe as does the University that more freedom and responsi-
those stated benefits of those who support the program cam bility in determining their own
not possibly outwdigh the many problems and adverse ef- education, and which would hope-
fects that the program could bring to the University. We result in a more satisfactory
contend that the University would be more than willing to educational experience for them
accept the program if they thought there could be some fban the regular, more general-
genuine benefits gained from the football program. But this *zed, program would provide.”
is not the case. The program, which will be in-
Along these lines the Loyolan urges the students to itiated next fall, is open to those
vote for Proposition 3 which will do away with the football Loyola students who are currently
program. The University with its staff and personnel can freshmen in the college. It will
see that the program is not right for them and we believe also be open to next year’s fresh-
that it’s time for the students to realize that the cost and men class, with the requirement
political squabbling is just too high a price to pay for a that they spend at least one year
football program that has been, from its very inception, a in the college prior to enrollment
burden to the entire student body. Once again, we urge the in the program,
students to vote for PROPOSITION 3. The reason for restricting the
Albertson cites problems,
discusses Honors Program
In an interview with the Loyo-
lan, Rev. Clinton Albertson, S.J.,
discussed the history, objectives
and problems of the Honors Pro¬
gram.
Albertsdn has been moderator
of the program since its inception
in 1958. The program was begun,
according to Albertson, by a
small, group of concerned faculty
in the wake of the educational
uproar created by the USSR’s
launching of Sputnik irt 1957.
Albertson defined the program
as essentially “small groups of
people iriore than usually inter¬
ested and capable and willing to
do this sort of thing.” At that
time, Albertson pointed out, “All
colleges started to become aware
of the fact that the better stu¬
dents, in our democratic way of
doing things, often were not chal¬
lenged enough.
“The whole educational ex¬
perience is tailored down in such
a way that nobody will be over¬
whelmed by it,” Albertson said.
Describing the way in which the
program operates, Albertson said,
“It keeps trying to encourage as
much creativity and initiative as
possible. We’ve tried to keep it as
open as possible.”
Noting that most of the students
in the program had previously
been educated in the Catholic
school system, Albertson stated
that this system “Hadn’t stressed
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