The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 48, Issue 15 - May 3, 1971

Vol. 48 — No. 14 A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION May 3, 1971 Loyola’s University Council met Thursday to consider proposals passed by the EPPC on Tuesday. Communications Media Committee passes proposals illegally Several proposals passed by the Committee on Student Commu- IfBcations Media, including a proposal not to allocate funds for next year’s yearbook, were found by the Student Affairs Committee to be illegally passed on the grounds that an official quorum was not present. The Student Affairs Committee, when it was informed of the fact that students were not present at the April 22 meeting of the media committee, discovered that, con¬ stitutionally,; that committee did not have a legal voting quoroum. It was noted to Student Affairs that the constitution of the media committee states that if more than one student or more than one faculty member is missing, a quorum does not exist. The fact is that no students were present at that meeting in which signifi¬ cant and important budgets con¬ cerning student activities were approved or disapproved for the coming 71-72 year. Explanation Despite claims made by Donald Anderson, chairman of the com¬ mittee, that tiie students were no¬ tified by letter of the meeting, two of -the three students on the committee, Brian Bennett and Mike Stoltz, stated that they re¬ ceived absolutely no such notifica¬ tion. The one remaining student, Laurin Lee, was notified, but re¬ ported that she could not attend. Her attendance, however, would not have fulfilled the con¬ stitutional requirement for a quo¬ rum. Thus the committee, working under the understanding that the students were informed but had failed to attend, carried on nor¬ mal business matters by passing proposals that affect the KXLU budget and directorship and the ElPiayano budget. The committee also voted, without the knowledge of students, to absolutely allocate no funds to the University Year yearbook 1971-72. This indirectly means that 1971 would be the last year that the yearbook would be in existence. Dr. Gary Lease commented to the Loyolan that he had voted against the yearbook. Lease thought that the yearbook is ; “parochial” and “costly”, to the students and is run by too few students to merit publication. Lease explained that the year¬ book does not seem to be such a vital communicative function on this campus as is KXLU or the Loyolan. No students further, Lease seemed to be displeased with the fact that stu¬ dents were not present at the media meeting. Lease, under the impression that the students were informed, thought that the stu¬ dents were stalling matters by not showing up. He felt that this ac¬ tion is a perfect example of stu¬ dents who demand more student representation but who never show up to represent themselves. Phil Heithaus, Editor of the 1971 University Year, was some¬ what disappointed and upset by the media committee’s action to pass no budget of the yearbook w it hout student advisement. Heithaus felt that the yearbook should be dissolved only by the students who pay for it in the first place. Heithaus noted that in the com¬ mittee’s proposal, the yearbook was said to have cost $20 per stu¬ dent. Heithaus clarified the figure somewhat by stating to the Loyo¬ lan that in reality the yearbook only costs $6 to $7 per student. Heithaus also stated that the yearbook cost falls under the old student activities fee, which has bben absorbed in the past by tui¬ tion fees. He noted that in 1953, students voted in favor to tax themselves $6 per person in the student activities fees which is collected by the university and which is separate from the ASLU tax. Since then, Heithaus con¬ tends that, despite the absorption of those fees into tuition, pay¬ ments of that fee for students have not changed and that con¬ trol of the yearbook fund should be the students, responsibility. On financial support for the yearbook, Lease commented that if the students want the year¬ book, let them have it. Lease, however, does not want to see the money come from the general university fund. He would rather see the students fund it in a mat¬ ter similar to the ASLU tax. The issue of funding the Uni¬ versity Year will again have to be confronted at the next media committee meeting among the other proposals that were passed in last week’s media meeting and declared illegal in last week’s Student Affairs meeting. Improper action The Student Affairs Committee frowned on the action of the com¬ munications committee held with¬ out students and considered the actions to be somewhat improper. They noted that if Fr. Merrifield requested that Student Affairs in¬ vestigate the committee media discussions, such a request should be in writing and dis¬ cussed at the next meeting. Applications now being accepted for study abroad By Terry Gutierrez Loyola’s Study Abroad Pro¬ gram, under the directorship of Dr. Alex Aloia, professor of Edu¬ cation, is now accepting appli¬ cations its 1971-1972 year. According to Dr. Aloia, Berne, Switzerland, 'a modern city with old-town charm and traditions, will be the headquarters of the program. The Swiss capital city has been the home of Loyola’s program in Europe for the past 11 years. “A maximum of 45 students may participate each quarter,” Aloia said. Next year Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores may still make appli¬ cations. “There are still openings in all three quarters at this time,” Aloia said. He said applications could be obtained from him, the Regis¬ trar’s office, or students could use the ones they received in the mail. However, Aloia said, Loyola i Marymount students will be given top priority till May 11, at which time applications from qualified students from other institutions will also be accepted. All appli¬ cations will close September 8, 1971. He said students will stay at the city-owned Hotel Gurten Kulm, high above the city of Berne. The Gurten Kulm offers some of the finest food and accommodations in Europe with a panoramic view of the Alps and Jura Mountains. The Gurten in winter can also be used for skiing, Aloia added. Aloia said the following courses will be offered for the Fall term: 2 -Languages — French and Ger¬ man; 2 Philosophies; 2 Histories; Economics and Art History. For the Winter term, he said these courses will be offered: 2 Political Sciences; 2 Business Ad¬ ministration; 2 Communication Arts; Economics; and French. He said these would be the courses for the Spring term: 2 Re¬ ligious Studies; 2 Economics; 2 English; Art History; and Educa¬ tion-Psychology. Aloia said the following courses would be taught by Swiss profes¬ sors: Economics, Art History, French, Education - Psychology. The rest of the courses will be taught by Loyola - Marymount professors. Time schedules and length of classes will be similar to the main campus, except classes are sched¬ uled Monday through Thursday, allowing long weekends for addi¬ tional travel, recreation and win¬ ter sports, Aloia said. As for expenses, Aloia said all fees and charges will be the same as the regular university costs, except an extra supplement is paid for room and board. In addi- ( Continued on Page 2) EPPC Goals set for new major in humanities program v By Dave Deveraux A proposal for a Humanities major in the College of Arts and Sciences was approved last Tues¬ day by the Education Program and Planning Committee (EPPC). Fr. Richard Draper, S.J., as¬ sistant Dean, submitted the pro¬ posal and was present at the meeting to explain the function and goals of the program. He be¬ lieves that such a major program would meet a need felt by a good number of students who have a strong interest in the Humanities but whose interests are not met by a major program in a simple department. In a letter to the EPPC, Draper used his experience of four years in dealing with undecided majors as a basis for his belief. He also pointed to the existence of such a program at the University of Cali¬ fornia at Berkeley, explaining that he used the Berkeley model to formulate his proposal for Loy^ ola - Marymount. According to that proposal, a student majoring in Humanities would be required to take nine lower division courses from the following areas: Music, History, Art History, and non-English - American Literature, In addition, nine upper division courses are required. Four of these must be taken in one de¬ partment: Art History, Classics, English, History, Modern Lan¬ guage, Music, Philosophy, Politi¬ cal Science, Psychology, Sociolo¬ gy, Religious Studies, or Theatre Arts. Also, a Humanities major would take two courses in History to support his field of concentra¬ tion, unless his concentration was in History. In this case, he would take two support courses in Art History, Music, Philosophy or Re¬ ligious Studies. Finally, he or she would take three courses in one national liter¬ ature. If concentrating on a na¬ tional literature, the student may take these courses in a different national literature, or in History, Art History, Philosophy or Reli¬ gious Studies. Fr. Draper would serve as counselor for students during their lower division years. Then (Continued on page 2)