Los Angeles LOYOLAN
Vol. 48— No. 4
A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT STUDENT PUBLICATION ^5® OCTOBER 26, 1970
Garcia is
out as La
Causa head
On October 22, last Thursday,
Mr. Victor Garcia was dismissed
from his post as La Causa Youth
center director, according to an
open letter to the university com¬
munity written by Daniel Garcia,
a Loyola alumnus.
Fr. Donald P> Merrifield, SJ,
President of Loyola University,
confirmed Garcia’s dismissal,
adding, however, “He, was noti¬
fied a month ago that we wouldn’t
be able to keep him!”;
Tomy Jimenez, student director
of the program, stated that “We
were not informed at any time of
the decision to drop Garcia or
that the University was going to
renege on its coirtmitment to the
center.” He continued, “At one
time, Fr. Merrifield requested a
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Marymount ex -student body president, Dolores Carraher
Dolores Carraher
Student body president residue
On Sunday evening, October 18,
Dolores Carraher submitted her
resignation as student body presi¬
dent to the Student Council of
Marymount College.
In a meeting held in the second
floor study lounge of the dorm,
she discussed her reasons for the
move with the members of coun¬
cil. The following day a formal
letter of resignation was received
by the council and accepted.
Andy Butcher, incumbent vice-
president of the ASMC, succeeded
to the office, according to the stat¬
utes of the student body con¬
stitution, at the regular Monday
meeting of the council. ,
Miss Carraher’s letter read, “It
is with deep regret that I find my¬
self unable to complete my office
as student body president. Due to
reasons of personal health I am
no longer able to fulfill <the re¬
sponsibility inherent in this posi¬
tion.
*T have discussed this step with
the members of student govern¬
ment and informed them of my
desire to continue working closely
with them for the remainder of
the year.
“It has been both an honor and
a pleasure serving as Marymount
Student Body President and it is
my sincere hope that the mem¬
bers of council will enjoy con¬
tinued success in making the stu¬
dent voice a united and vital force
on the Lay
о
1 a-Marymount
campus. Yours truly, Dolores J.
Carraher.”
In a later interview with the Los
Angeles Loyolan, Andy Butcher
responded to questions concerning
her assumption of the presidency.
One of her chief responsibilities,
she felt, was to “keep the budget
from going into a deficit again.”
Because of overspending of the
1969-70 Marymount Student Coun¬
cil budget and summer ex¬
penditures, : this year’s working
budget has been slashed.
However, Andy stated that “the
current programs offered to Loyo¬
la and Marymount students will
not be seriously affected by this
monetary problem, as long as we
are sharing the cost of so many
activities with Loyola’s student
government.”
She explained that the roles of
many of the student government
officers are not specifically de¬
fined in the Constitution. “It’s a
nebulous situation, and in order to
clarify it, we must learn how to
channel the officers’ ideas and
By Richard L. Schwartz
Plans for University devel¬
opment and the present over¬
crowding of the university plant
are being considered by Fr. Don¬
ald P. Merrifield, SJ, President
of Loyola University and Rich¬
ard Mason, Vice-President for
Development.
Merrifield and Mason discussed
the closely related problems in in¬
terviews with the Loyolan. They
admitted that, as Merrifield ex-
pr e s se d it: “We are over¬
crowded.”
Analyzing the overcrowding is-
energies correctly, both toward
the students and toward the ad¬
ministration. This involves a pro¬
cess of determining where and
how a student officer can most ef¬
fectively represent the interests of
the students, what committees
are responsible. This is going
to require a great deal more stu¬
dent involvement than we have
previously experienced. If we find
in the future that despite rigor¬
ous efforts to involve a large
portion of the student population
in working for their own best in¬
terests, the participation still does
not take place, I believe the whole
question of any efficacy in student
government at all should be se¬
riously discussed, with a view
toward disbanding it if neces-
sue, Merrifield noted that student
enrollment is two years in ad¬
vance of planned increases, while
construction of additional facil¬
ities is two years behind.
(Planning for expansion of the
University is done largely on the
basis of Project Thrust, a blue¬
print for the University’s devel¬
opment through 1980; However, as
both Merrifield and Mason ob¬
served, Project Thrust has been
modified considerably to allow for
changing considerations.)
Mason listed two reasons for the
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sary.v
Merrifield, Mason scan
development, crowding
ENDORSEMENTS:
UNRUH
TUNNEY
RILES
OBRIEN
The Los Angeles Loyolan endorses Jess Unruh for gov¬
ernor. We feel that Unruh has the staunch sensibility that
it takes to be a modem governor. His voting record and
excellent leadership while Speaker of the Assembly reflect
an image of a man who has the heart of America in mind.
He has proven through his much publicized splits with
prominent state Democrats, that when the issues are a
matter of principle, he is the first to stand with the prin¬
ciple not with those who would back him financially.
Unruh has rightly gone after those big money men who
have found certain financial, advantages from the Reagan
administration. He has attacked unemployment, rocketing
welfare costs, and Reagan’s failure to impliment property
tax reform.
Ronald Reagan we believe isn't fit to continue as Cali¬
fornia’s governor. He has shown mi inability to cope with
the problems of this emerging state. He has chosen to meet
the crisis in education With a, policy of violence and con¬
frontation (People’s Park, Berkeley, San Francisco State)
instead of talking to the vast majority of what he calls “law
abiding students.”
While Reagan noted that it is only a minority of stu¬
dents that commit acts of violence, he time and time again
has signed bills that oppress the majority of the students
and try to repress the free expression of the faculty.
In 1967 Reagan signed a bill which liberalized abortion
thus reflecting the lack of value which he places on human
life. Recently, he was involved in an obscene shoving match
with several of the University of California Regents.
This merely reflects his attitude toward the handling of
California’s problems. Namely, in the case of the students:
beat them. In the case of the people lie to them, and in the
case of his own officials railroad them into supporting his
narrow minded policies.
As former governor Edmund Brown suggested in his
book The Two Calif ornias, Reagan believes that “nothing is
more important than economy in government.” Seemingly
Reagan has forgotten about social justice, peace and equal¬
ity and thought only of economy. Thus we see the slash in
state spending programs covering areas from mental health
to education.
Yet, the deficits continue and the taxes rise. In 1966
Reagan promised that he would do away with the deficits in
the. state budget Last year his budget posted a 190 million
dollar deficit.
Reagan’s somewhat tough attitude is summed up in the
following phrase : “If there is to be a bloodbath, let it begin
now.” Therefore we 'feel that he has failed in what he set
out to do and should be voted out of office.
The Loyolan endorses John Tunney for United States
Senator. Tunney comes off a particularity hard fought and
bitter primary campaign with George Brown. He has shown
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