The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 49, Issue 20 - May 30, 1972

LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN Vol. 49— No. 20 A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION May 30, 1972 ASLM report recommends revision of financial aids In its 1971-72 report the ASLM Low Income Scholarship Com¬ mittee has recommended the res¬ tructuring or dissolution of exist¬ ing financial aid programs, im¬ proved publicity for future pro¬ grams and increased monetary support from the University and ASLM. In criticizing the Student Work¬ er and, College Work-Study pro¬ grams the Committee said that students in both programs could find, themselves in debt to the schools after working an entire year. This is due to the structure of the programs, according to the Committee. The Student Worker program, funded only by Loyola, offers needy students a grant. The maximum amount is $500. Neither jobs nor adequate pay are guar¬ anteed. In the College - Work - Study program, 80 per cent of which is funded by the federal govern¬ ment, the Financial Aids Office a s s 1 gn s students approximate amounts. The students are di¬ rected to the Placement Office for actual employment. There may be no employment, the committee reported. The Committee also recom¬ mends that the Loyola University Office of Financial Aids not to al¬ locate any College Work - Study funds until employment is defi¬ nite. Clark responds to MM. finds merger unwise By Michael Carey Last week, Fr. John Clark, SJ, Academic Vice President of Loyola University responded to comments by Sr. Renee Har¬ rangue,- RSHM, Academic Vice President of Marymount College, concerning the elimination of the Loyola modern language depart¬ ment in a Loyolan interview. Harrangue’s comments were re¬ ported in the Loyolan last week in the article “MM seeks to unify de¬ partments.” She told reporters that she was in favor of having only one modern language depart¬ ment and that it would be better to have that department under Marymount College. She could not see how Loyola’s department could “justify its existence” with- only a few majors and with no languagfe requirement. Harrangue’s comments in the ' I Joseph Bednorz, Director of the Loyola Office of Financial Aids, discounted this aspect to the pro¬ gram saying he only knew of three students under Work-Study who were unable to find jobs. He did agree, however, that there were hot enough jobs on campus for all needy students. This situation is worsened he said by the problem of matching the abilities of the student With the jobs available. Another problem Bednorz said was that under the Work-Study program the student^ is given an approximation of his scholarshi|) grant. This helps the Placement Center find an appropriate job. Under the Loyola Study program, funded solely by Loyola and not mentioned in the Low Income Scholarship report, only a clear¬ ance and priority are issued. The student or the Placement Office has no motivating goal. Bednorz opposes the in¬ corporation of the Student Worker program with the Work-Study pro¬ gram because the availability of three programs allows greater flexibility in financial aids. He ex¬ plained that if a student Is unable to meet the federal qualification of the Work-Study program he could be transferred to Loyola Work, which has no federal re¬ quirements to satisfy. Concerning the proposal for in¬ corporation he said, “The pro- continued on Page 2) Sr. Raymunde McKay, RSHM, accepts the ASLM Administrator of the Year Award from Terrie Iacino, Chairman of the Board of Governors. Adams, Iacino win top awards consideration and that Har¬ rangue’s comments took the Loy- la’s faculty by surprise. Clark mentioned that at the meeting Harrangue defended herself by Saying that she was simply telling the newspaper what she felt in re¬ sponse to questioning. However, Clark added, the Loyola faculty felt that these thoughts should have been shared with them be¬ fore. Last Thursday morning the 12th Annual Awards Convocation was held in St. Robert’s Auditorium. Among the many awards given were the presentation of the Igna- tian Award to Mark Adams, the Senior Woman of the Year to Terrie Iacino and the Adminis¬ trator of the Year to Sr. Ray¬ munde McKay, RSHM, President of Marymount College. University writing awards were given to EugChia Lowe and Bill Kannow for first place in the Col¬ lege Essay Contest. Charles Bahl took first place in the “El Play- ano” poetry contest, and Ronald Lefebvre whs presented first place for hi: short story. In the Loyolan writing contest, Best News Story was awarded to Mike McColloch, Best Sports Sto¬ ry to John Roach, Best Feature Article to Dennis Ianiro, and Best Editorial to Liz Henderson. The General Awards were given to Debbie Frahm as Outstanding Belle of the Year, John Rose and David Sheen for Debate, and to David Umeda for excellence in Men’s Chorus. Jeff Wells re¬ ceived recognition as the most outstanding member of Crimson Circle. John Roach was honored as the most outstanding non-mem¬ ber by the Circle. Richard J. Baker, Director of Athletics/ presented the Athletic awards. Steve Smith and Duane Williamson were named co-Most Valuable Player in basketball. Most improved basketball player was Robb Morgan. Bill Thomason was award''"1 most iihproved player. Baseball’s Most Valuable Player was Bob Sheldon. The Most Inspirational Rower was awarded by the Crew team to Shaw. University Council accepts semester plan By Rick Hamm and Dave Devereaux Loyola’s University Council has given final committee approval to the semester and revised grading systems. At its final meeting of the aca- gave some background informa- evenly divided over the use of se- tion on the semester system’ He mester and quarter systems. article were discussed at a joint ; demic year last Wednesday, the meeting of both modern language departments last Monday. Loyola faculty members were reportedly- upset that Harrangue had not dis¬ cussed her views with them be¬ fore disclosing them to the stu¬ dent paper, according to Clark. Clark said that the area of modern language needed careful Council accepted the five weeks after Christmas semester plan, and recommended its adoption by the President Prior to voting on the issue, the Council heard comments both fa¬ voring and opposing the change. Dr. Theodore Erlandson, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, pointed out that nearly 98% of the colleges in the country are presently on the semester system. He added that the quarter system is almost totally limited to the West Coast. Michel L’Heureux, Director of Admissions, spoke in favor of the semester system. He stated that we must recognize our affiliation with the community colleges, nearly 90% of which are on the semester system. California State Colleges, he said, are almost The accommodation of transfer students from Community and State colleges is one of the strong¬ est arguments ip favor of the se¬ mester system, according to L’Heureux. In addition, he commented, an increasing number of high school students are graduating in the middle of the school year. Sr. Martin Byrne, RSHM, Pro¬ fessor of Business Administration, took exception to the proposed se¬ mester system^ She pointed out (Continued on Page 3) The Most Valuable Player in tennis Was John Kinsella. A joint award was given to Rivard Dil- lor and Steve Harbaugh for track, and Tom Reynolds and Steve Rhodes shared the Most Inspira¬ tional a war dfor track. In Rugby Ted Flaherty was rec¬ ognized as Most Valuable Back and Marty Bauman as Most Valu¬ able Player. Volleyball’s most Valuable Player was Dan McGarry. John Suzo received the Most Valuable Player award for golf. In soccer Ricardo Himantez was named most inspirational player, John Shumaier as Most Improved Player, and Most Valu¬ able Player was Fraftcis Nohilly. In the outstanding awards cate¬ gory, The Gerard Scholars were Denise Biana, Andrea Butcher, Teresa Gould, and Anna Wong. Aurora Rayon was given the St. Catherine Gold Medal Award. The Leonard Simon ^lenkiron Award went to Ron Lefebvre, the Con- troy Journalism Award went to Mitch Rosplock, and the Escallier Award for European travel went to Sharon Locy. The following women were named to the Curian Honor Socie¬ ty: Jane Andrus, Denise Bianao, Joan Beingressner, Londa Bu- caola, Andrea Butcher, Johanna Domela, Doris Du, Teresa Bould, Marily McCandliss, Barbara Mar- ketto, Madeline Scott, and Anna Wong. Rev. Albertson, S. J., chairman of the Honors Program, presented (Continued on Page 2)