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LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN
VOL. 51 NO. 17
A LOYOLA MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION
Monday, May 13, 1974
MECHA CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATIONS: Members of the LMU BBallet Folklorico performed dances
of Jalisco and Vera Cruz on Regents Terrace last Friday in a celebration commemorating Mexico’s Indepen¬
dence Day.
Football plan dealt blow
Women’s Center
seeks new director
Plans to revitalize LMU in¬
tercollegiate student football
were severely curtailed last
Thursday. Dr. Thomas Quinlan,
dean of Student Affairs, an¬
nounced that the University would
not collect a proposed ten dollar
football corporation fee, because
it already collects the $30 ASLM
student tax, which is used, in part,
to fund football.
Football is normally financed
by the Board of Governors. This
year the Board allocated nearly
$20,000 of the student tax to the
football program. But unofficially
the Board has said that it will not
fund football next year.
Last Monday the football Board
of Trustees, which is legally
charged with the operation of the
student football corporation, ap¬
proved a plan to circumvent the
Board of Governors and go direct¬
ly to students for money. Under
the proposal students would have
been asked to decide whether or
not they wanted to fund a $32,000
football program by taxing
themselves ten dollars.
Quinlan said that the University
would refuse to collect the pro¬
posed fees because the ASLM stu¬
dent government is the only body
authorized to levy assessments on
students.
“The University will not collect
football fees unless they go
through existing constitutional
process.”
Collecting fees is not feasible
without the aid of the University.
Quinlan also noted that the foot¬
ball corporation by-laws prohibit
membership fees.
Section nine of the Loyola foot¬
ball corporation states, “There
shall be no membership fees for
any class or type of membership
of this corporation.”
The plan to go directly to the
students for money is the latest in
a series of attempts by pro-
football segment of the Football
Board of Trustees, football
players, and interested alumni, to
keep intercollegiate football at
Loyola.
Despite the February 27 un¬
animous decision of the Football
board of Trustees to dissolve, the
football question is still an unset¬
tled issue.
The Football Trustees original¬
ly voted to end the seven-year
football program becatise the stu¬
dent run program suffered from
instability. According to football
trustee and football tri-captain
Tom Reynolds, the program is de¬
pendent on' a student government
which changes every year.
Insufficient funding and in¬
stability cause coaching problems
which in turn hurt recruitment ef¬
forts, he said. Such a program is
no longer viable.
Since February the Board has
reversed itself several times on
the dissolution and related ques¬
tions, Football Trustee Armondo
Duron, complained that on a
number of occasions the Football
Trustees had reached final de¬
cisions only to reverse the de¬
cision at the following meeting.
The Board’s voting instability
can be traced to :
—resignation and graduation,
which changed the voting lines.
—The significant influence of
Dr. Alex Aloia, who has been the
program’s moderator since its in¬
ception. Aloia pledged to. support
the program with his own funds if
necessary, as long as there are
students who wish to play football
for Loyola. He has committed
himself to keeping the program
alive.
—The input of Freshman foot¬
ball player Drew Bridges, and
various pro-football alumni,
particularly Wally Wade. Both
men have organized support
groups.
ARA food service manager
Terry Fox, who was a central
figure in the recent controversy
over Terrace Room quality and
service, has been transferred to
New Mexico.
Tony Marotto, who was ARA
manager prior to Fox, explained
that the exchange was made for
personal reasons. According to
Marotto, Fox “has property in
New Mexico and disliked Los
Angeles.” He said that Fox had
requested the transfer “a month
before the move.”
Marotto who is here on a tem¬
porary basis said he was here to
“make sure there is a strong
system and everything is running
smoothly,” when a new manager
takes over.
Jerry Sauter, assistant
manager, is currently in training
for the job of manager. He came
to Loyola - Marymount after his
downtown contract terminated.
According to Marotto he was go¬
ing to be sent to New Mexico, but
ARA decided to send Fox instead.
Marotto and Sauter said that
while they’ve been here they have
not had “a great deal of com¬
plaints and no major complaints.”
They said that they are in the Ter¬
race Room and available at every
meal for suggestions.
Food service issue revitalized
the Student Food Service Commit¬
tee which previously met only ir¬
regularly.
The LMU Women’s Center is re-
emerging after four months of in¬
activity following the resignation
of Sr. Phyllis Tallerico, CSJ, the
Center’ s coordinator. Tallerico is
now full time director of the
Recreation Center.
A 16 member * Advisory Board
composed of faculty staff, and
wojnen students is currently
searching for a female director.
They seek a director who will de¬
sign a program to include all LMU
community women in the attempt
to “reach their full potential as
human beings.”
“We’re looking for someone
who’s creative, innovative and
courageous a human being to
qriodel ourselves after,” said
Board , member Susan Hanan,
director of the student referral
center. “We’ve left it very open
for the director to create
whatever programs she wants . ”
“We will serve as a group of
concerned people who can act as a
sounding board for her ideas,”
stated Board member Jodie Fis¬
her, Summer Sessions secretary.
The original Women’s Center
opened in October 1973 “essential¬
ly because of the (of Loyola and
The Committee has met with
ARA personnel and discussed a
number of suggestions including a
publication which will be put out
by the Food Service to “let stu¬
dents know what’s going on and
what they can do.”
According to Marotto, the
publication is expected to be out
this week. He feels that it will be a
major help to both the students
and the ARA service. “We have to
have everyone’s cooperation. We
want to do the best we can for
everyone,” he said.
Bob Murphy, chairman of the
Food Committee said that the
Committee handed out a student
poll on Food Service, Tuesday,
April 30, at lunch. The results are
being compiled and a copy will be
given to Rev. Richard Robin, S.J.,
associate dean of student life and
ARA Food Service.
The committee also approved
the menu presently in use. The
new menu includes steak once a
week which may be alternated
with roast beef every other week.
This idea seems to be favorable to
those on the committee.
Murphy said that the “biggest
problem so far is that many stu¬
dents agree that the food is not too
good but not many want to do
something. People say they want
to help, but they never show up.”
Murphy can be reached in
Desmond 311.
Marymount) merger. It was con¬
ceived as a place to deal with pro¬
blems that would come up when
women took a new role in what
had been ^theretofore a male
oriented institution,” stated Fis-'
her.
The original Women’s Center
focused on a controversial
newsletter, XX, and included
craft and bridge classes. It was
generally felt by the administra-
tiofi and by the present Women’s
Center Advisory Board that it did
not effectively reach the majority
of women on the campus.
“If you focus all of your atten¬
tion for all of the needs of women,
which are multitudinous, just on a
newspaper. Something’s wrong
with the way the whole thing’s set
up,” explained Sr. Renee Har-
rangue, RSHM, Provost and
Board member .
A student formerly involved
with the center, Sue Phelan, said
that problem arose because of an
inadequate budget and lack of
ideas on how to involve women on
campus.
Phelan said that outside pre¬
ssure over XX, which contained
articles on such topics as birth
control and abortion, also con¬
tributed to its demise.
The elimination of Tallerico’s
position as coordinator of the
center, “was pretty much
planned” by the administration,
according to Hanan. The post has
now been reinstated Hanan stated
that the decision was unrelated to
the activities of XX — “The
center wasn’t serving anybody’s
needs.”
The original advisory board
which consisted of only staff,
faculty and administrators was
set up by Tallerico in the fall. It
was not intended that this body
would run the Women’s Center.
However with Tallerico’s resigna¬
tion, the Board assumed
responsibility, and decided to ex¬
pand its membership to include
students.
Applications were sought and
reviewed. Eight women students
were selected from a field of ap¬
plicants which included two men.
Since January, Board members
Rave been working on a
philosophy and a constitution for
the Renter.
The board met numerous times
to determine a structure for the
new center. They discussed
formulating committees but
dropped the idea in order to leave
the director free to design her own
programs. In addition to agreeing
on a philosophy that will try to in¬
clude every woman on campus,
the constitution will govern terms
of appointment to the board and
define the advisary relationship of
the board to the director. After a
director is approved, she will sit
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ARA manager leaves;
cites personal reasons
