LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN
VOL. 51 NO. 13
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STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED for improvements in the ARA’s food services last Wednesday on the Terrace
Patio. Over 400 students signed a food service petition which was circulated at the same time.
Serious charges leveled at ARA
“Complete Semester”
gets Merrifield approval
By Mary Jo Estrada
Charges that the ARA Food
Service oses inferior quality food,
takes inadequate sanitary
measures in its kitchen, ahd has a
general disregard for students,
were leveled in the March 18
edition of Mecha’s Vida
newsletter.
Thie following Wednesday,
students reacting . to the Vida
article staged a demonstration.
They carried signs and passed out
flyers and petitions calling for the
improvement of the Food service.
The flyers claimed that the
Terrace Room work area had
poor sanitary conditions, “seen in
the form of cockroaches and rats
as well as dirty grills .
According to Terry Fox, ARA
Food Service director, “I have
never seen rats or even mice in
the Terrace Room -or in the
building at all. There have been
no signs of droppings which would
be present if there were rats.
However, rats are known to
inhabit the palm trees near and
around Malone where the Terrace
room and Lair are housed. One
source said he had seen rats
scurrying around the Malone
trash receptieal. “I haven't seen
them go in or out of the food
service building, but I suspect
that they could, ’ ' he said.
Fox claimed that many
buildings have cockroaches as the
insects have many* ways of
entering Some may come in on
packing crates, he said
“We have an exterminator
come twice a month. ” he added.
Gunuchi Kawamota, LA county
health inspector, said that on his
last inspection, which was in
December, that the Service was
“maintaining mi nirrium
sanitation req u ire me n ts
considering the amotmt Of food
prepared.” He said the only
problem was in the upkeep of the
equipment, which the University,
not the ARA, is responsible for.
As far as the alleged grill fire in
the Lair is concerned, he said,
“many eating places have grill
fires. It’s to be expected with the
amount of grease used in
cooking, ” Fox claimed no
knowledge of a fire.
Another charge was that of
budget cutting. The “continuous
feeding’’ plan was referred to as
“a ploy to ‘gyp’ students out of
their meals and thereby save
money.”
Fox said that the plan was
initiated to provide a meal, even if
not hot , to students whose
schedules prevented them from
attendihg the regular meal.
However, a former ARA worker
told the Loyolan that such : a
system was also intended to save
money, because of the likelihood
that more inexpensive meals
would be eaten.
In a charge presented in Vida.
the Lair was accused of using a
high percentage of lamb fat as a
hamburger filler. Said Fox, “until
two weeks ago, the Lair was using
a filler, but this filler was soybean
and only 2 percent was used.”
He said that only recently, as
the beef prices went down, that
the Lair was again using 100 per
cent beef. “If we hadn't used the
filler, we would have had to raise
the price of a hamburger due to
the high cost of beef ” He added,
“If beef prices go up again, we
may revert to the soy filling.
Either that or prices will be
raised in the Lair.”
Fox responded to a Vida
informant who said yearly food
costs were less than $2,000, noting
the meat bill for the week of
March 15 totalled $2,272.04. Still to
be added were the bills for
vegetables, staples* arid other
foodstuffs. “Food is cheaper by
the bulk but still it costs,” said
Fox.
The proposed dissolution of
Loyola Student Football has
uncovered more problems, aside
from the lack of football at LMU
next year. These problems
directly concern alumnus R John
Wisda and the Roaring Lions, of
which he is president.
The Roarding Lions was set up
by Wisda in the fall of 1970 upon
the personal request of then
football coach Jim Brownfield.
The purpose of the Development
based club, according to Wisda,
was to raise money for football,
through the alumni.
John Downs, dir ector of Student
Football, estimated that “nearly”
$10,000 has been donated to
Student Football since its
inception in 1967. Most of that, he
said, was raised by the
Development office and
channeled into the Roarding Lions
accoupt.
Urful the firing of Brownfield in
April, 1972, Wisda said that the
Roaring Lions ha d g i v en
Brownfield upwards of $2500. This
money was primarily used, he
said, for recruiting purposes, but
that some had been spent on
mailing, printing, and phone
expenses.
Prior to being fired. Brownfield
had asked for an extra $497.70 for
recruiting, but according to
Wisda, that money was returned.
A calendar program with a fall
sem e s ter e nd i ng be f
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Christmas will be implemented
next academic year. The Rev.
Donald P. Merrifield, SJ,
president, accepted this plan and
other related proposals of the
Calendar Review Corqmittee last
Wednesday , March 19.
The entire plan is a variation of
the “complete semester” which
Merrifield ‘ ‘vetoed’ ' last year.
The next school year will begin
after Labor Day (September 3)
and end before Christmas
(December 20). It will be a 15
week semester.
The Christmas and semester
break . wi 11 last through January ,.
with the spring semester
beginning “ near the 1st of
February,” ( Feb. 3) .
This 15 week semester will
include one week off for an Easter
recess, and end “by the end of,
May,” (May 31).
T he Calendar Re v i e w
Committee, which submitted the
final proposal, worked steadily
since last December before
reaching a final decision on the
nature of the new calendar
system.
The Committee consisted of
three students and faculty
m e m b e r s , a n d f i v e
administrators,
Tom Richards was appointed
coach in the summer of 1972.
Richards requested Roaring
Lions financial aid from Wisda.
Two checks were made out to
Richards personally, one for $700,
the other for $117.50. According to
Downs, none of this money went
through Student Football before it
was given to Richards. This, he
said, is in direct violation of the
Loyola Student Football Inc
corporate charter.
Concerning the $700 check,
Wisda said, “The coach made the
request and we gave the money.
The previous year,” he continued,
“Brownfield had asked for a $1240
budget, that we gave him. The
following year when Coach
Richards asked for $700 — I
figured that’s a lot less than $1240.
I don't recollect that at the time I
knew what the money was for.”
The check was used as a loan to
a player, another violation of the
Football charter. A promissory
note dated August 31, 1972, states,
“I, Stanley Chambers, Jr., do
hereby accept a loan of
Seven-hundred dollars ( $700.00)
from Loyola University. Student
Football, Inc. This loan is to be
non-secured and shall not be
subject to interest. This loan is
payable upon demand of the
lendor, or their appointed agent,
or before such time by the
Undergraduates, graduates,
faculty, and staff were polled by
the Committee’s proposals.
Approximately 80 per cent of all
those polled approved of the fall
semester which will go into effect
in September. Least desirable
was a 16 week semester which
began on August 27. '
67 per cent of the graduates and
faculty approved of the spring
semester, compared to 75 per cent
of the undergrads and staff. Least
desirable to all was a “minimal”
holiday 16 week semester plan.
All groups except the faculty
ove rwhe 1 m ingly app ro v ed
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f
beginning the new calendar this
fall Close to 40 per cent of the
faculty thought the new calendar
should go into' effect in the fall of
1975.
The major considerations of the
Calendar Review Committee and
Merrifield in adopting this plan
were “the impact of the calendar
on academic quality; the impact
on employment, the impact on the
use of the physical plant, and
special questions concerning the
length of the semester.”
There are presently no specific
plans for the month of J anuary ,
and Merrifield encourages
departments and individuals to
come up with something creative
for that period.
borrower. Repayment date will be
at the discret ion of the lender, or
their appointed agent, do (sic) to
the prevailing circumstances.”
The letter was signed by Stan
Chambers, “Borrowing Party,”
and Thomas Richards, “Agent for
the Lender.”
A letter from R icha rds to
Downs, dated March 9, 1974,
concerning this matter,
states in apparent contradiction to
Wisda’s comment , “I told Mr.
Wisda, that one of our returning
football players, Stan Chambers
needed a money loan to come
back to school to continue his
education. Stan had become
married during the summer and
was in financial trouble in
attempting to come back to
school. Mr. Wisda said that there
was $1000 dollars set aside by the
Lions for Loyola Football. I told
Mr. Wisda that Stan needed
$700.00, and he agreed. The money
was sent to my bank, I then acting
as an agent for Student Football
(Loyola), wrjbte a check for
$700.00 to Stan. The loan was to be
repaid when Stan was able to
repay the money. There was no
set period of time for
repayment.”
In a Loyolan telephone
interview Chambers said that he
had received the loan from
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