The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 51, Issue 9 - January 21, 1974

LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN VOL. 51 NO. 9 A LOYOLA MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION January 21, 1974 Events Not Reluted “Pill” banned; Frelinger resigns The LMU Health Center’s practice of prescribing and distributing birth control pills for the purpose of preventing birth has been formally terminated, Thomas Quinlan, dean of student affairs, announced last Monday, According to Quinlan, the Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, SJ, president, reached the decision to cancel the birth control services on the unanimous recommendation of a committee of four doctors, who met December 19th to study the birth control question. The committee, which met for one hour, decided that the question was one of Church policy and couldn’t be discussed, explained Quinlan. Its decision, said Quinlan, was that Loyola must conform with the finding of a telephone survey, which established that other Catholic clinics do not allow the prescription of birth control devices by doctors in their employ. Sr. Renee Harrangue, RSHM, provost, who was present at the committee meeting, said that “There was. a gen^TTfonsensus of opinion that the University had to follow the tenets of the Church.” She stated that she believed the committee members had gone into the meeting with open minds and that,' in her own personal viewpoint, there was nbver a question about adherence to the official Catholic teachings on birth control. Merrifield requested that the committee meet after articles describing the Health Center’s/ birth control services appeared in the Loyolan shortly before 'Thanksgiving. In a letter to Dr. David P. Frelinger, Health Dr. Frelinger Center physician, dated Nov 28, Merrifield stated, “As an assurance that our practice is fully consonant with our institutional commitment and the accepted practice of Catholic hospitals and clinics, I am asking the Advisory Committee to the Health Center, Drs. Crum, Mazurik, Nani and Lagasse, to meet with you and review your procedures.” Committee members, with the exception of Dr, Robert Crum, were unavailable and could not be reached by the Loyolan. Crum, through his secretary, said he had no comment to make on the decision of the medical advisory committee. At the time the committee was proposed, Quinlan assured members of the Loyolan that the committee would neither meet nor make a decision while students were away during the Christmas break. He also gave assurances that students would be able to give input to the committee. Quinlan explained that the committee had met on the 19th because Merrifield felt a need to clarify and define the b i r t h с о n t г о 1 question immediately. “He was pressured from a variety of sources . . some of them obviously related to the Church,” said Quinlan. Harrangue noted that when controversial issues are picked up off campus, it causes many problems. Loss of financial contributions is often the result, she said. Quinlan commented ‘on the effects of the birth control ban. “It remains to be seen whether ( Continued on Page 6 ) LMU audit shows $75,052 profit By Jm Taxier The final audit of Loyola Marymount University’s finances for the fiscal year ending June L 1973, shows the merged institution beginning its new life in the black. The audit shows that~after the merger of Loyola University, Marymount College, and Loyola Marymount Incorporated, Loyola Mary mount had a p rdf it of $75,052. According to John A. Pfaf finger, vice president for business affairs, nearly all the profit came from Marymount. In its last year of existence, Loyola University probably lost a couple thousand dollars,” said Pfaf finger. Loyola, said Pfaffinger, used $115,000 from its unallocated r gift funds to balance its budget. In the previous fiscal year Loyola used $190,000 from the unallocated gift funds, and $50,000 from the Seaver Fund to balance its budget. “I expect the University to have about a $100,000 surplus by the end of this fiscal year,’’ stated Pfaffinger. He said that a combined audit for Loyola Marymount was made difficult because Loyola and Marymount used different accounting systems. Marymount for instance, said Pfaffinger, did not include its principle and interest payments on the dorm and apartment buildings, as did Loyola. $32,000 of Marymount ’s operational surplus of $73,000 went towards its principle and interest payments on what is now McKay Hall,” said Pfaffinger. He said that a “generous donation” paid for an interest and principle payment on the Tenderich Apartments. “If the donation hadn’t been made, Marymount most likely would have had a deficit, ’ ’ said Pfaffinger. Loyola Marymount ’s total income for the fiscal year ’72-73 was $11,608,894. ’Of this, 69 per cent came from tuition and fees; a marked improvement over the previous year’s 62 per cent. (Pfaffinger feels that a university the size of LMU should get “front 60 to 70 per cent” of its total income from tuition and fees. ) Loyola Marymount recorded most of its surplus from its auxiliary enterp rises. These accounts include the residence and dining halls, the cafeteria bookstore, and student center. Income amounted to $1,551,745; and expenses totalled $1,478,027, making a surplus of $73,718. Pfaffinger said that most of the surplus was due to the full occupancy of the Marymount residence hails. Loyola Marymount spent $1,105,908 on student aid last year. This includes all endowment and donated scholarships, federal grants, and University grants. Total income for student aid amounted to only $1,055,695, with the deficit made up by unallocated gifts . The religious communities at» LMU contributed $177,438 last year. This includes $120,000 from the Jesuits, said Pfaffinger, while the rest comes from the combined religious communities of Marymount. Loyola Marymount received $100,000 from the Seaver Fund, which was $16,000 more than Pfaffinger expected. He said that he expects this sum to remain fairly constant in the coming years. Even with the energy shortage, and its economic ramifications for the University, Pfaffinger said that he was optimistic about the future. Even so, he said, the students should expect a tuition increase for next year, although he said he did not know exactly how much. Happy New Year! LMU Chinese students ushered in the Year of the Tiger last week with a number of festivities including a luncheon on Regent ’s Terrace. Sr. Tallerico resigns Women’s Center post Sr. Phyllis Tallerico, CSJ, former Coordinator of the Women’s Center, has resigned from her position on the advisory board for the Women’s Center. She will remain administrative ^Coordinator of the Rec Center. According to Tallerico, she received letters on tWo occasions pertaining to the conduct of the Women’s Center, but was not personally notified by Dr. Thomas Quinlan, dean of student affairs. “I resigned,” said Tallerico, “because I believe in person to person contact , ” she said. The first letter, Tallerico said, concerned an administrative change in the Women's Center. This change brought about the elimination of Sr. Phyllis’ position, and gave control over to the advisory board, which Tallerico had formed earlier in the semester. Susan Hanan, director of the student referral center, and member of the advisory board, said that the advisory board’s original function was to advise Tallerico. Now, she said, the purpose of the advisory board is “to determine the goals of the Women’s Center, and to find ways of implement ing the goals. ’ ’ The second letter Tallerico received from Quinlan was a memorandum stating that the operating budget of the Women's Center would be taken over by the Student Affairs office, under Joanie Connolly. The budget had previously been under the direction of Tallerico. Tallerico felt that in both instances she should have been notified first, personally, and then letters could have been sent out to make it official. This lack of personal notification led to her resignation. “The straw that broke the camel’s back was the second letter,” said Tallerico. While she was Coordinator of the Women's Center, non-credit classes were offered for LMU women such as auto mechanics, and bridge. Tallerico was also* moderator of the “controversial" newsletter XX. Sr. Phyllis said that she was not angry at Quinlan. “Maybe things had built up from the XX," she said. “I feel Quinlan has gotten a lot of flack.” (Continued on Page 6)