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VOL. 52 No. 14
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LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, CA. 90045 2 Monday, February 17, 1975
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT TODAY
Activities Board may face review
Trustees hike tuition
to $2,500; up 11.1%
by Gene Gable
The Board of Trustees has announced that tuition at Loyola Mary-
mount will rise next year from $2250 to $2500, an 11.1 per cent jump.
Residents students will also encounter a 15 per cent rise in food costs
and a 5 per cent jump in room rates.
by Bob Caldwell
An expected review of the Stu¬
dent Activities Board makes a
'jurisdictional and political clash
seem imminent.
Tom Garvin, chairperson of the
SAB, is pushing’for an internal re¬
view in conjunction with an in¬
dependent review through the of¬
fice of the ASLM Director, Debbie
Barthel.
Barthel goes along with the idea
of an independent review, but
wants it to include the entire con¬
stitution. However, Mary Salinas,
chairperson of Student Congress,
wants a Congressional review.
Garvin is solidly opposed to the
idea of Congress reviewing the
SAB. “That’s the worst thing that
could possibly happen,” he said.
He cited politics and a lack of
jurisdiction by Congress as rea¬
sons. As for the latter, he said,
“It’s not under their control. The
SAB was set up to avoid the
problems of congressional in¬
volvement. *The only one with
jurisdiction over it is Barthel.”
Joanie Conley, coordinater of
Student Activities, also feels that
some review of the SAB is
necessary. She said, “I don’t think
the SAB has done very well. I
think the idea is good but I don’t
feel that there has been enough in¬
novativeness on the Board.”
When asked about her role as
the “University input” to it she
said, “I do feel partially responsi¬
ble, because? I don’t feel that I
have been particularly innovative
myself.
“Primarily, though, my office
is supposed to provide informa¬
tion as to what’s happenning and
to provide assistance to students
who want to put on activities by
telling them how to go about it.”
Garvin defended the innovative¬
ness of the Board. “We’ve
planned more activities than have
ever been provided in the history
of this school,” he said, “I don’t
feel that the University’s input
has been very innovative, though.
“I don’t feel that we’ve been in¬
effective,” he added. “I just feel
that we have some problems to be
ironed out, so that we can provide
better service to the students. ”
Barthel challenged the concept
that activities are separated from
Student Government. “I’m not
sure that it was too good of an idea
to set up a separate body to handle
activities. I feel that the major
problem is that the SAB and the
Congress have misconstrued the
idea of the SAB. We definitely
need a review.”
No one disagrees that a major
Charges of forgery, misap¬
propriation of funds, lying to the
ASLM Director, and writing re¬
quisitions for himself and friends
have been brought against Eric
Robersmn, commissioner of
Organizations.
Debbie Barthel, ASLM Direc¬
tor, placed Roberson on probation
until the Judicial Council rules on
his case .
Roberson stated that the
charges originate from two in¬
stances when he admits having
misused funds allotted to his of¬
fice.
“About two weeks before finals,
the wife of a student in jail came
into my office lopking for anyone
who could help him,” Roberson
said. “I lent him $200 of ASLM
funds to get him out. The money
was repaid two weeks ago.”
(According to Barthel,
problem has been poor publicity.
“That was definitely a problem/’
said Garvin. “If no one knows
what you have planned, they’re
not going to come.”
Garvin defended the idea and
the actionsof the SAB . “We’ve
had a favorable reaction from the
students, according to the ASLM
survey.
“We’ve expanded major
musical events and the movie pro¬
gram. Most importantly we’ve
been able to eliminate petty stu¬
dent Congress fighting and pro¬
vide for greater direct student in¬
volvement. Any accurate reading
of the Student Congress will show,
that the students are npt at the top
( Continued on Page 8)
Roberson wrote a post-dated
check, dated February 15.)
4 “There’s no doubt that loaning
the $200 without anyone’s
authorization was a mistake. I
also charged cigarettes and shirts
in the bookstore. I felt that was
what my expense account was
for,” Roberson added. “It was a
simple mistake, but I don’t think
that’s cause enough to fire me.”
Barthel, warned by the Judicial
Council not to expound and pre-
judice the case, stated,
“Roberson would probably like to
think there are only two
simplified instances.”
Roberson also said that his pro¬
bation resultectfrom a personality
clash between himself and
Barthel.
“She’s more often taking coffee
with the administrators than do¬
ing ASLM business,” Roberson
said. “That’s fine when you’re a
Vu Con case
reopened
by Matt Marnell
The U.S. department of State
has reopened the case of Vu Con,
a graduae student at LMU, and
six other Vietnamese students
facing deportation. They are re:
questing political asylum.
The Vietnamese Consulate in
San Francisco revoked their stu¬
dent visas last February because
of their dissent against the Thieu
government. The State Depart¬
ment refused to grant political
asylum at that time.
The students appealed to the
Immigration and Naturalization
Service where they presented
evidence showing the Thieu gov¬
ernment’s brutal persecution of
political dissenters.
In the November 25 edition of
the Loyolan, Con detailed the
techniques used to silence past
dissenters. These included sur-
veilance by fellow students,
threats to their families still living
in Vietnam, and “tiger cages”
(several years imprisonment in
an 80 cubic foot suspended cage).
An organization called Amnesty
International presented proof that
200,000 prisoners are still held
captive in these cages.
lower official, but when you are
.director?”
“Personality conflicts had
nothing to do with my decision to
remove Roberson,” Barthel said.
“It was based solely on the fact
that he has abused his position as
demonstrated by repeated misuse
of student funds.”
The case involves the first
challenge to the Director’s con¬
stitutional right to fire her appoin¬
tees. Roberson claimed that the
Judicial Council has the power to
reverse Barthel’s decision.
Barthel disagreed. “The
Judicial Council has the authority
to make recommendations, but
the Constitution clearly states
that the Director can fire any ap¬
pointed- official,” Barthel ex¬
plained.
The case is expected to be heard
by the Judicial Council within the
next few weeks.
With an overall rise of 10.9 per
cent, the average commuter will
spend about $3,795 and the resi¬
dent about $4,700 to attend school
next year. And, according to John
Pfaffinger, Vice President for
Business Affairs, students can ex¬
pect at least a 7-8 per cent in¬
crease per year if present
economic trends continue.
“All private education is going
to have a very difficult challenge
in years to come for resources of
income,” says Pfaffinger. “Our
consideration was to figure what
we could reasonably charge for
our type of education.” As it is the
school is falling behind the na¬
tional 12 per cent inflation rate,
but so far has been able to operate
in the black, a trend Pfaffinger
hopes to continue.
Not included in the budget but a
major expense for this year will
be the planned $3.5 million ex¬
pansion of the Von der Ahe
Library. The Reverend Donald P.
Merrifield, SJ, president, stated
he expects to have raised full
funding by April 15 when he will
recommend to the Board of
Trustees that ground be broken on
June 1st. He has already raised
over $1 million and is confident
that the other $2.5 million will
come in by April.
Another major campus fhange
will be a $100,000 renovation of the
athletic fields over the next two
years. Half that amount, $50,000,
has been budgeted in next year’s
figures so that improvements in
grading, water sysiems, and turf
can begin as soon as possible.
Approximately 70 per cent of
the total budget goes to salaries
for both staff and faculty. This
year the figure has risen from
$6,515,000 to $7,357,00 for an 11 per
'cent average increase in salary.
According to John Clewis,
Director of Personell Services,
average non-faculty salaries have
been anywhere from 3 per cent to
45 per cent less than on the local
labor market. Because of this a
catch-up program has been im¬
plemented which raises Office,
technical, and maintenance help
15 per cent to 16 per cent.
Physical plan services person¬
nel will be given an average of
$7,913 compared to last years
$6,839. Average teaching salary is
up fr
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$14,447 to $15,882 or a 10
per cent jump.
Academic Administration
salaries, oh the average, have
risen by 9 per cent to $18,025.
( Continued on Page 8)
Charges levelled at Roberson
