The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 50, Issue 13 - February 26, 1973

LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN Vol. 50 — No. 13 A LOYOLA-MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION - - | ; - - — '• — i - : - ■ - ? - Feb. 25, 1973 Tom Quinlan Tom Quinlan appointed dean of student affairs Thomas E. Quinlan, chairman of the Marymount education de¬ partment, has been appointed Dean of Student Affairs, effective this summer, Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, SJ, president, an¬ nounced Thursday. In his announcement Merrifield said, “There will be no abrupt change in the present orientation of the Student Affairs Depart¬ ment, especially in the key area of developing Counseling and Re¬ ferral Center, nor any change in personnel, although there will no doubt be some shifts in responsi¬ bilities.” . “Pm very pleased,” Quinlan told the Loyolan. “There is a tre¬ mendous potential in Student Af¬ fairs and I’m looking forward to continuing its work.” Although surprised by the an¬ nouncement, Quinlan mentioned some of his plans ot the Loyolan. He said he would Like to see Stu¬ dent Affairs closer to the students and the academic departments. “My background in counseling will give a broad base for greater involvement with the student body. “I’d like to see the office more directly involved with the aca¬ demic. Coming in new from the academic wyi facilitate this.” Commenting further on his ap¬ pointment Quinlan said, “I was very surprised. Frankly, I didn’t tlltllltlllllllHIIIIHttllltll(llllltllllllllililllllliU!llitlltllll!ltllllllllllllllltll{l Elections . . . ..Page 2 A Catholic radical .......Page 4 Opposition to semester ....Page. 6 Sports . . . ...... ...... . . ...Page 7 expect it. It was suggested to me that I apply and Г went through the Search Committee interviews. The more involved I became, the more interested I became. I’m very pleased arid looking forward to the work.” Quinlan has had fifteen years of experience in teaching and coun¬ seling. He received his doctorate in International and Comparative Education with a minor in African literature. He has worked in the area of student relations at Im¬ maculate Heart in Los Angeles and Kenyatta College, Nairobi, Kenya. by Jeff Taxier Jay and Barbara Busse are both faculty members in the s p е е c h department at Loyo- la/Mar^mount. Barbara Busse; assistant professor of speech, is not going to be here next year. Her husband. Jay Busse. instruc¬ tor in speech, will be here next yenr. Mrs. Busse saw the situation as one of them having to go. She would prefer her own termination. “He makes more money.” Busse is a Marymount faculty member, and Marvmounf s pay scale is lower than Loyola’s. That is the reason why her husband, a Loyola faculty member with a lower position, makes more mon¬ ey. The situation caused by i Busse’s firing is “soueezing” the Busses out financially, according to Barbara Busse. Although Busse admits that her firing “might have something to do with the merger,” she feels it has more to do with the new gen- e r a 1 education requirements. ‘ * P e о p i e wouldn’t be taking speech that much. The position is going to be eliminated. In effect, I’m vying against my husband for students.” Busse sees definite reasons for her firing, the major reason being that there is an overstaffing problem. She has been at Loyo¬ la/Mary mount fewer years than any other member of the speech department. Busse’s major complaint is not why she was fired, but how she was fired. “The whole thing was mishandled.” Last spring, according to Busse, she completed her third year at Marymount. After a “misunder¬ standing” with Doris Chasin, Marymount academic dean, she was advanced in rank to assistant Head coach Baker resigns, no replacement named yet Loyola head basketball coach Dick Baker has resigned from his coaching position to become full¬ time Athletic Director, it was an¬ nounced last week, The Athletic Board of Control is expected to name its choice for the job at their meeting tonight. The board has been interviewing candidates ever since Baker pri¬ vately announced that he wanted to devote his entire energies to his job as Athletic Director three weeks ago. The leading candidate for the position is believed to be assistant varsity coach Dave Benaderet. Lee Porter, head coach at Daniel Murphy High ’School is a likely choice for the job of chief varsity assistant. Baker succeeded John Arndt in Ш8 as both head basketball coach and Athletic Director. Go¬ ing into the St. Mary’s game last professor. Busse commented, “According to the Marymount faculty handbook an advance in rank usually brings a three y^ar contract. It didn’t.” Busse said that at this time she decided to go on a lighter teaeh: ing load and work in Study Skills. She said that she received no statement of disapproval. She also heard nothing at all about being fired. - In mid-December of last year a two sentence letter was sent by registered mail informing Busse that she was being terminated. She mentioned that at that time she was not home. Her maid, who dobs not speak English, refused the letter because she did not know what to do. Consequently, according to Busse, an appointment was made with Chasin. Chasin informed her that there* was a ‘ ‘question . of overstaffing, no question of com¬ petence,” said Busse. Nevertheless, Busse was out of a job. (According to the American As¬ sociation of University Profes¬ sors, Busse should have been noti¬ fied at least a year before, that she would not receive a new con¬ tract.) In Busse’s case, this brought about a special problem. She told the Loyolan that-each year a con¬ vention is held for people in speech where most of the hiring is done. Last December the con¬ vention was held in Hawaii. Due to the late notification and personal problems she could not attend the convention. According Saturday night, Baker’s five-year, record stood at 54-71. His best sea¬ son came in 1970-71 When his Lions were 15-10, finishing second in the WCAC. Baker attended Franklin High School in Los Angeles and, after graduating, came to Loyola. He played three seasons of varsity basketball (1954-56) for the Lions and was named the team’s most valuable player in 1956. He continued playing basketball after graduation, first for Ham¬ ilton Air Force Base in a service league and later for Kirby Shoes of the Amateur Athletic Union. In 1(959, he played for the United States basketball team in the World Championships at Santiago, Chile. Coaching jobs at Mount Carmel High School and Pater Noster in Burbank followed, until he took the helm at Loyola in 1968. to Busse, if she would have been notified earlier, for instance like last spring, she could have made plans to attend. When asked what she is doing now, she stated, “I’m doing a lot of sweating:” She is definitely looking for a new job, but she says it is difficult finding a good position. Among the many financial prob¬ lems the Busses have are a pile of medical bills that could “cover the whole house.” Also, Jay * Busse is working for his doctorate at USC at $90 a unit. Barbara Busse plans on beginning work on her doctorate this summer at use. Busse had some comments to make about the administration in regards to the recent faculty fir¬ ings, of which hers is just one of many. She feels that they “treat people unfairly. If the administration were more honest and frank, the faculty would bo much happier. There are a lot of people here Who are insecure.” She continued, “The adminis-" tration is assuming the classes of fired faculty won’t be filled. They’re just guessing.” Busse also remarked that too many times the method in the handbook is not used. The only other person who has taught Busse’s course, Speech 71, “The Oral Interpretation of Liter¬ ature” is Robert Ackley, assistant professor of speech. According to Busse, Paul Kaufman, assistant professor of speech, is slated to take over the course next year. Another in the series MM decides Barbara Busse must go Richard Baker