The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 52, Issue 20 - April 14, 1975

LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN Non-Profit Qrg. U.S. Postage PAID Los Angeles, Ca. Permit No. 27451 VOL. 52 No. 20 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, CA. 90045 ^2 Monday, Aprill 4, 1975 sacraments. This step backward may have been necessary because, if the decree was applied consistently, it assumed that mere mem¬ bership in an organization also signified total approval of - all policies pursued by that organiza¬ tion. Sierra Club or ACLU mem¬ bers do not necessarily support all activities pursued by those groups. If membership did mean blanket approval, every dis¬ agreeable policy pursued by the United States would result in many people resigning their citizenship because of various moral dictates. Thusr if Bishop Maher had not qualified his position, no Catholics who are admitted members of the Democratic party in San Diego could receive communion. A pro¬ abortion plank has been a part of that party’s platform since 1972. However, since criticism will be abundantly showered on the bishop, especially by pro-abortion media, let us survey the potential¬ ly positive ramifications of this decree, and the problems it could force Catholics to face. Bishop Maher has found it necessary to remind Catholics that if certain binding moral beliefs are professed, then these beliefs must be manifested and acted upon, if they are to mean anything at all. Catholicism has forbidden abortion, and expects those who call themselves (Continued on Page 5) Compromise calendar approved by Clark by Jennings and Taxier A version of the 1975-76 academic calendar was approved by the Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, SJ, president, last Tuesday, April 8. .. Immediate opposition was strongly voiced by the Rev. Richard Robin, SJ, dean of hous¬ ing, who claimed it would cost those students on board more money. Also voicing opposition was Barry Williams, a student who worked on the current “Complete Semester’’, who claimed the new Calendar was ■ ‘absolutely preposterous.” Dr. Nicholas Curcione, assis¬ tant professor of sociology, among others, felt that the new calendar was premature and not well thought out. The Rev. John Clark, SJ, academic vice president, called a meeting with the dissidents last Thursday afternoon. Clark stated that a compromise had been re¬ ached. In Merrifield’s absence, Clark approved a calendar which is es¬ sentially the same as this year’s. The compromise calendar will be officially made public this week. Counseling and registration for the fall semester will be held Sep¬ tember 2-5. Classes start Sep¬ tember 8. There will be no pre¬ registration for the spring term. Spring registration will be held February 4-6, with classes begin¬ ning February 9. Instead of the originally planned final’s week for early June, finals will now be held the last week of May, as with this semester. Clark pointed out that second semester classes cannot begin earlier because the community college transfers would not be out until the end of January. Controversy over the calendar has been raging for three years. A student group in 1972 worked for two major objectives. First, it sought to have Fall term finals before Christmas. The second ob¬ jective was to’ start the Spring semester in January and. stop ear¬ ly in May. Both proposals failed in 1973-74. A 1973 committee, including stu¬ dents, faculty, and staff supported the same plan until a compromise effort was approved for 1974-75. Finals were scheduled before Christmas; however, the second ( Continued on Page 2) Catholic morality discussed by Greg Erlandson A provocative stand on the issue of abortion was recently taken by the Most Rev. Leo Maher, bishop of the San Diego diocese. It was reported that the bishop had forbidden those Catholics who admit publicly to membership in the National Organization of Women or any other organization advocating abortion to receive communion. Later, amending this decision, he said he acted because abortion is considered murder, and “no person who claims and professes views that are contrary to the teachings of the Church can claim to be a practicing Catholic, nor are they to be admitted to the sacraments.” Bishop Maher’s stance has many interesting and thought- provoking implications. A clarification was later issued from his office which stated that only membership in a pro- abortion organization was not wrong, but to profess beliefs the LOYOLA LION received its annual whitewashing last Thursday in which condoned abortion would preparation for the open house held Sunday, cause one to be excluded from the r • - . - , ' ~ ; - Women get Desmond in housing shakeup McKay Hall will be co-ed, Desmond Hall will be a women’s dorm next year and the controversial lottery system has been abandoned as part of major housing changes, according to the Rev. Richard Robin, associate dean of student affairs. Next year’s ’ Juniors and Seniors will not have to contend with a lot- Sickle Cell concert cancelled The Sickle Cell Anemia Con¬ cert, scheduled for last Easter Sunday evening, was cancelled three days before its performance, according to Tom * Quinlan, dean of student affairs. Quinlan stated that he knew nothing of the details, except that complications arose from the con¬ tracts. He has planned a meeting with the concert committee within the next week to discuss the circumstances. “I had planned this meeting before the cancellation,” Quinlan said. “I have no qualms with talk¬ ing about it after I have the meet¬ ing.” , I Congressman Ron Weathersby, chairman of the concert commit¬ tee, refused to discuss the details, saying, “You have nerve asking me about that now. Why didn’t you ask last November when it was first thought about.” A discussion about repayment of the $2,000 ASLM loan for the concert scheduled for last Mon¬ day’s Congress meeting did not take place due to a lack of quorum. Three congressmen were absent. (Continued on Page 2) Browne and Snow in concert Jackson Browne and Phoebe Snow will be in concert together on Wednesday, May 14th at 7:30 p.m. in the LMU Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. Tickets will go on sale in Malone G-2 on Monday, April Nth at 10 a m. The {nice is set at $4 per person. Browne has had such Hit songs as “Rednecked Friend”, “Before the Deluge'* and “Rock Me on the Water,” He wrote the Gregg Al¬ lman hit - These Days ” and co- ( Continued on Page 2) tery this year, but approximately 560 of them will be eligible for the 360 apartment spaces available. Returning Sophomores are ail but guaranteed spaces in the dorms. 377 spaces will be alloted for Sophomores next year which is the same number of those eligible. Robin said, “The lottery was abandoned because no one really liked it. Also, if a student really wants housing* badly enough he should be willing to wait in line for it.” He compared it to waiting in line all night for tickets to a Bob Dylan concert. The 90 spaces on the fourth floor of McKay will be alloted for men, in compensation for the 180 spaces that women will be getting in Desmond. There will have to be some re¬ novations made to the dorms because of the change, however. Robin said that since the beds are too small in McKay for men and the rooms are too small for the right size beds, bunkbeds will be *used. Susan Hanan, assistant dean of student affairs, said that definite changes would have to be made for the women in Desmond. “The restroom facilities ob¬ viously will have to be changed,” she said, “and the laundry facilities will have to be in¬ creased. There are only two machines there now and Fr, Robin said we could probably get two more.” There will still be more men’s spaces than women’s spaces on campus There will be 644 men’s spaces, 444 in the dorms and 200 in the apartments, and 538 women’s spaces, 378 inthe dorms and 160 in the apartments. One of the drawbacks to the new system, Robin concedes, is that since only those who are presently resident students will be eligible for spaces, a student who declares himself a commuter student will never be eligible for housing ex¬ cept through a waiting list. The selection process has also begun for resident advisors. 125 students have applied for the 36 positions. Also since 18 RA’s have reapplied, the 125 are actually ap¬ plying for 18 spaces, because those reapplying are all but as¬ sured of positions. There will be a total of 7 in¬ terviews that each prospect will have to go through and there will not be a final selection made until about the first week of May.