The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 52, Issue 25 - May 19, 1975

Los Angeles LOYOLAN Loyolan Awards See page five . Non-Profit Org. U.S Postage PAID Los Angeles, Ca. Permit No 27415 VOL. 52 No. 25 LOYOLA MARYMOU NT UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, CA. 90045 2 Monday, May 19, 1975 PICKET TAKES PART in last Thursday’s Chicano protest. Women complain about athletic budget Students occupy Admissions office Eight Chicano students seized^ the Admissions Office last Thurs¬ day to protest alleged discrimination practices of both the Ad¬ missions and Financial Aids offices. About forty other students sup¬ ported their actions through a march outside on the Regents’ Ter¬ race. The students seized the office shortly after eight a.m. Harris announces candidacy by Bernard Sandalow Former Democratic Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma an¬ nounced he will enter the 1976 California primary at an or¬ ganizational meeting held last Saturday at Loyola Marymount University. Harris, appeared with his wife LaDonna before a crowd of about 300 persons from all over Southern California who came to help the Senator kick off his cam¬ paign for the primary. Harris formally announced his intention to seek the Presidency last January 11, as he entered the New Hampshire primary. Harris thus joins Sen. Henry Jackson, Rep. Morris Udall; and former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter as declared candidates for the Democratic presidential nomina¬ tion. Declaring that his candidacy would represent the average family in a struggle to return gov¬ ernment to the people, Harris an¬ nounced, “The issue is privilege ... the basic question in 1976 is whether our government will look after the interests of the common man or continue to protect th.e super rich and the giant corpora¬ tions.” At once, the Senator stressed the differences between his cam¬ paign and his opponents:, “This campaign will be a people’s cam¬ paign, both in strategy and belief,” he stated. Harris’ cam¬ paign coordinator, Jim Hightower, pointed out. that the Harris for President campaign has thus far operated on a total budget of $30,000, and added, “By July 1 we’ll have Harris organiza¬ tions in 20 states. We don’t have to rely on fatcats; we’ll have 50,000 contributors by January 1.” Hightower said that the campaign intends by then to qualify under the new campaign laws for federal matching funds. To cut costs, Mr. and Mrs. Harris stay in people’s homes when campaigning, instead of hotels, and hold informal “cof* fees” instead of large rallies. Getting down to issues, Harris said, “If the symbol of farming used to be the tractor, now its the corporate boardroom. Govern¬ ment has been encouraging the big. corporations to take over our food supplies.” Harris blamed price rises on this involvement by (Continued on Page 7) by Jill Jennings The Athletic Department’s budget for 1975-76 contains some definite inequities. Of the total budget,^ estimated at approx¬ imately $240,000, the women’s teams will be alloted $7,900. An experimental fund of $2,000 will be established to be used either to set up a new sports program for women, ie. softball, or to furnish financial aid to all students in¬ terested in any sport unobtainable at LMU and who must therefore enroll in outside programs. Olga Connolly, director of Recreational Activities, felt the athletic budget is unevenly dis¬ tributed because “there haven’t been enough women athletes around. Women have got to prove themselves. People should get a first class budget for first class performance.” According to Richard Baker, Athletic Director, the ’75-76 budget is 10% higher than last year. He attributed this increase to the additional funds that will be added to women’s sports. ^ The women’s volleyball team will receive $6,700, while the men’s wilj receive $7,915. Baker stated the reason for this dif¬ ference is that men need more of¬ ficials because they are in a league. Their team, therefore, re¬ quires more fqnds. The women’s tennis team will get a $1,200 expense account, the men’s team will receive $1,983. Baker explained that the men’s team, which participates in the West Coast Athletic Conference, must be sent to annual tourna¬ ments; it therefore needs a greater share of the budget. Connolly, who had not yet seen the completed budget, stated she hoped Baker would keep the budget flexible. She did know that women’s athletics would only be provided with two scholarships, although Connolly had been hop¬ ing for at least three. There will be no women’s scholarships for full tuition. The controversy concerning the new budget is actually the (Continued on Page 5) Concert funds sought Student Congress tried, without success, to get more information on the status of the $2,000 Sickle Cell loan last Monday from Congressman Ronald Weathersby. Weathersby, who is chairman of the Sickle Cell Relief Fund Com¬ mittee, walked out of the meeting before the Sickle Cell issue could be brought up. Congress originally loaned the money to the Black Students Freedom Alliance in February for their scheduled March 30 concert. On March 19, though, the con¬ cert was cancelled without the knowledge of the other Congress members. Since then Congress has tried to get information regarding the status of the money and to find out what actions they could take to get the money back. According to Dr. Thomas Quinlan, dean of Student Affairs, the University is taking definite steps toward getting the money back from the concert promoters and would be willing to take the matter to civil court if necessary. There is some indication that the contract was invalid from the beginning, Quinlan said that he has consulted with William Stein, the University lawyer, concerning the matter, and is following the guidlines Stein set up. Quinlan said he would hope to have results before the end of the school year. After Weathersby walked out of the meeting Congressman Tom Garvin made a motion calling for Congress to send a letter to Weathersby regarding his recent actions in Congress. The letter would inform Weathersby that' Congress did not feel he was doing his job properly by refusing to cooperate with the Congress members. The motion failed. Academic Vice president the Rev. John Clark, SJ, said that he felt lines of communication to him and Dr. Thomas Quinlan, dean of Student Affairs, had been opened all along and that he was “taken back” by the oc¬ cupation. The protestors demanded a re- evaluation of all Spanish sur- named applicants who have been either rejected by LMU, or placed on academic probation. They demanded the Director of Chicano Studies be directly in¬ volved in admissions selection and they demanded a voice in the process of awarding finan¬ cial aid. At about 9:15 a.m. Clark re¬ ceived a call from the group saying that they wanted to meet with him by 11:00 a.m. Clark agreed and said he and Dr. Thomas Quinlan, dean of Student Affairs, met with the spokesmen. Bob Castro, Assis¬ tant Director of Chicano Studies; Armando Duron, president of MECHA) and Pete Juarez represented the protestors and presented their demands. The meeting was devoted to clarifications in the list of de¬ mands. Clark said no agree¬ ments or compromises had been reached. At 2:30 p.m. Clark told the spokesmen that the students would no longer be able to stay ip the Admissions Office. He said that if the students were not out by four o’clock that af¬ ternoon, the University was will¬ ing to take any means necessary to clear the office. Clark told the spokesmen that he regretted that event, but was prepared to take action. The Los Angeles Police Department was on campus. They were not called by the University, but had come on their own accord. Clark said this incident is re¬ lated in part to troubles which have beset Chicano Studies the entire semester. In February, John Halcon was fired from his position as finan¬ cial aid advisor and recruiter in Chicano Studies. Halcon ap¬ pealed that decision through a long process which upheld his (ContiMedb Pagt h