Los Angeles LOYOLAN
Vol. 48 — No. 13 A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION
April 19, 1971
Unification
ratified
by students
In a constitutional election last
week, the Loyola-Marymount stu¬
dent body overwhelmingly rati¬
fied a constitution embodying a
unified student government.
With 35% of the students voting,
80% of the Loyola students and
90% of the Marymount co-eds
voted in favor of the new con¬
stitution.
The election, held April 5-8,
1971, was termed a major step
forward in the unification process.
The government of the Asso¬
ciated Students of Loyola-Mary¬
mount, as provided for in the con¬
stitution proposed by the Unifica¬
tion Committee and approved by
the students will be in a corporate
form. A Board of Governors,
elected by the students, will be
the policy making body of the stu¬
dent government. This board in
turn will appoint people to fulfill
specific functions within the or¬
ganization.
There will be 10 students on the
Board of Governors — three male
residents, three male commuters,
two female residents and two fe¬
male commuters. Each represent¬
ative shall be elected by a specific
constituency (e g., each male res-
dent representative will be elect¬
ed only by the male resident stu¬
dents).
The Board of Governors will
create and approve the budget for
the student government. It will
have all fiscal responsibility.
Among its other powers will be
that of appointment of officers.
The board, by a
2/3
vote, ap¬
proves the appointment of each
official of the organization.
The six men and four women
will correspond to the constituent
population and financial contribu¬
tions of both student bodies. Al¬
though the six men on the board
constitute a majority, seven votes
are needed for passage of the
budget and approval of all ap¬
pointments. Marymount students,
therefore, are equitably repre¬
sented on the board.
The function of student govern¬
ment has been divided into two
distinct areas, relations with the
University and College and pro¬
vision of services to the students.
The Board of Governors there¬
fore appoints a Director of Uni¬
versity Relations and a Director
of Student Relations to fulfill these
functions.
These two officials are charged
with the responsibility of the ef¬
ficient functioning of the associ¬
ation. To assist them in this func¬
tion they will appoint, with the ap¬
proval of the board of Governors,
students to serve in the various
commissions of the students gov¬
ernment.
THIS FIRE in the bookstore annex caused close to $100,000 damage.
Investigators found evidence that an arsonist may have set the fire
to cover up a burglary attempt.
Football director cuts
budget to save program
Annex fire, vandalism
By Mitch Rosplock
Despite year-long student criti¬
cism of Loyola Student Football,
Inc., and complete withdrawal of
direct monetary support by the
University to the program, Loyola
students voted during pre-regis¬
tration for the Spring quarter to
keep student run football.
However, noting the financial
resifting and budget cuts that
must be made in order to continue
the program, Ed Ingebretsen, Stu¬
dent Football Director, stated
that, “When it gets down to a rea¬
listic level, we cannot be involved
with big time football accessories.
Club Football nationally has been
on its way out in the past couple
of years/’ he said. “Back east,
the majority of club teams are
going varsity.”
Ingerbretsen commented that
we cannot afford any more than
what we have as a club team.
The official results of the elec¬
tion are: proposition one, univer¬
sity-run football, 217; proposition
two, student-run, 707; and propo¬
sition three, no football, 463.
Election by Default
In a Loyolan interview, Inger¬
bretsen discussed the results of
the election. In referring to the
letter released by Coach Dick
Baker, head of the Athletic De¬
partment, the Friday before the
election, Ingerbretsen said that
the “election was by default.”
“The letter totally changed the
situation,” Ingerbretsen said. “If
it had been released two days ear¬
lier, a new ballot could have been
drawn up and the fact of the Uni¬
versity’s decision could have been
publicized earlier.”
Ingerbretsen thought the “late
action” of the University was
“pure stupidity.” ^
Dan Vistica, Business Manager
for Student football, commented
that the “letter’s timing was ques¬
tionable.” Vistica thought that the
university must have had a pre¬
determined decision before their
official stand. He felt that the uni¬
versity could have been “a little
more businesslike. ”
No Budget Information
In an interview with Mr. Joa¬
quin Acosta, Special Assistant to
Reverend Donald P. Merrifield,
Acosta remarked that one reason
why the university did not release
any official statement on a deci¬
sion to take control of the pro¬
gram earlier was because budget
information was not available
earlier. He explained that until
the university knew exactly what
it is going to do with its budget it
could not decide football’s role in
the university.
Another reason cited by Acosta
was that the Football Board of
Trustees never asked the univer¬
sity for an official stand. “Why
didn’t the Board of Trustees ask
the university?” Acosta ques¬
tioned. Further, he stated, “If
there is no letter from the Boord
of Trustees on the matter to the
President, then there will be no
response from Fr. President.”
Both Ingerbretsen and Vistica,
in their respective interviews,
stated that they had asked the
university for an official stand.
Vistica said that a committee
composed of Coach Baker, Dr.
A 1
о
i a , Mike Tramontin and
Charles McClain approached Fr.
M e r ri f i e 1 d in February and
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destroy calm
By Mike Carey
The calm which usually per-
vades the Loyola-Marymount
campus was shattered during the
first two weeks of the spring quar¬
ter by fires, vandalism, and re¬
ports of an alleged rape.
Shortly before 2:00 a.m. on the
first of April, the bookstore annex
went up in flames. The annex is
located west of and behind the li¬
brary.
A few minutes later the security
personnel on campus received a
call reporting the fire to them.
They immediately called the
Westchester station of the Los An¬
geles Fire Department. Fire
trucks arrived shortly thereafter.
However, they were held up when
security personnel were unable to
find the key to the gate behind the
Marymount dorms on Fordham
Road.
When at last the trucks reached
the bookstore, it had already been
damaged extensively. The fire
was then quickly put out.
The University issued a press
release later that morning esti¬
mating the damage to the build¬
ing and the cost of the books
inside that were destroyed at
$100,000. They indicated that the
interior of the building, which
had been built during World
War II and had once served as
the student cafeteria, “was to¬
tally destroyed along with most
By Kathy McCoy
Educational displays concern¬
ing the ecological state of
today’s society were presented in
Regent’s Terrace last week to the
Loyola - Marymount community
by the Ecology Action organiza¬
tion on campus.
Linda Driscol, a freshman at
Marymount who was instrumental
i n organizing Ecology Week
(April 13-22), led the ecological
action group in arranging for a
variety of speakers who specialize
in topics on population, air pollu¬
tion and pesticides. She explained
the group’s purpose as creating a
hope of “enlightening a few
people.”
Among displays featured on the
terrace were a natural food booth,
a booth for the distribution of
ecological green arm bands, and
a “home made” art exhibit com¬
posed of connected metal objects
created by a fifth grade class
from the Los Angeles area.
In preparation for the week’s
events, the ecology group re¬
ceived assistance from the Sierra
of campus
of the contents including text¬
books, records and fixtures.”
Also located in the annex were
the offices of three Sociology pro¬
fessors, a professor of Mexican-
American studies, two Classics
professors, and a professor in
the Industrial Relations Center.
The University press release stat¬
ed that none of the offices had
been directly harmed by the fire,
but that they did suffer smoke
and water damage.
Loyolan reporters investigated
the remains of the building six
hours after the fire had damaged
it. They found that the offices lo¬
cated near the exterior of the an¬
nex did only receive smoke dam¬
age, and many of the books stored
there were usable.
However, before reporters were
able to investigate the extent of
the damage inside the bookstore
portion itself, the. entire area was
roped off by security.
Mr. Bruce Stevens, an investi¬
gator for the Arson Division of the
Los Angeles Fire Department,
told the Loyolan that preliminary
reports indicate that the books in
the interior of the building were
burned beyond use.
Mr. Stevens said that the avail¬
able facts indicate arson. But, he
stressed, “I’m pretty sure that
students are not involved.” He
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Club of California and the Santa
Monica Ecology Action Group in
arranging for speakers. Karen
Bangs, John Murphy, Dave Ca¬
sey, Fred GaHucio, Rosenda Ur-
rabozo and Jim Bird were stu¬
dents who participated in the
preparation for Ecology Week.
The Ecology Action Group is an
outgrowth of the Catholic Peace
Association and has no formal
structure or reservation within
student government. Despite the
fact that the organization is not a
recognized campus organization,
the Ecology Action Group re¬
ceived $365 from the community
service budget of student govern¬
ment.
Concerning the success of the
program, Linda Driscol com¬
mented that a “more positive atti¬
tude” is needed to stimulate inter¬
est in the group.
In the future, Ecology Action is
planning to have a recycling cen¬
ter on campus along with a letter
writing campaign which will be in
accordance with California legis¬
lation on pollution.
Ecology Action Group
creates two-week program
