The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 52, Issue 4 - September 30, 1974

LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN VOL. 52 No. 4 A LOYOLA MARYMOUNT PUBLICATION >»2 Monday, September 30, 1974 REV. THOMAS HIGGINS, SJ Pho,° by Georse Green Big Hig Wins by Matt Mamell life.’ And I do. My view of life is The Rev. Thomas P. Higgins SJ play. Fm a very active person, won a $3,600 trip around the world and when Fm not active, I tend to and $5,000 cash on Joker's Wild а 9 be depressed.’’ a.m. game show on CBS. The Higgins’ other activities include Jesuits keep the money and he bocci ball, pool, and enjoying the hopes to keep the trip for himself. life style in Las Vegas. He worked “I went for laughs,” said Hig- as a black jack dealer in the Royal gins. “I really got to know a lot of Inn Casino (all drinks-50C) after contestants. It was an experience. graduating first in his dealer’s It was fun.” class, last summer. Two other contestants, the “I learned more in dealer’s Reverends Michael A. Callahan school than I did in 14 summer and J. Richard Draper, SJ, ap- schools,” Higgins said. “When peared on earlier spots. C you’re a black jack dealer, you “Callahan is the best suited to look into a lot of faces. I wanted to win quiz shows,” Higgins said, see how people act when they “They kept apologizing for Fr. gamble. I think people are more Draper by saying ‘Father, we themselves in Las Vegas.” know you are a very educated The atmosphere, according to man.’ ; Higgins, releases the individual “Anyway, after Callahan and from the pressures of fulfilling a Draper had performed so poorly, role. there was great pressure for me “It’s a Disneyland. It offers en- to succeed and erase that blemish tertainment. It’s a different from the Jesuits , ” Higgins world. People can be free, obnox- quipped. ious, and wild in Las Vegas. They Higgins attributed his success (casinos) don’t know you and they to his “in depth knowledge of all don’t care.” subjects.” When his fourth cbm- r Higgins’ own Las Vegas style batant finally defeated him, he reversed his stringent time table did not lose graciously . within Jesuit life. “I told the fat girl, T am cuter “I was free to eat and sleep on camera than you will ever be. ” where and when I wanted. I lived Higgins said, “Then they asked off “freebies’ and slept in -‘dives’ me what I throught about the trip, (inexpensive hotels). In one place I answered, T am thinking about I was the only guy without a all those shots! have to take..’ ” tatoo.” He enjoyed experiencing the Behind the tables, Higgihs ex- other contestants and seeing the perienced the gamblers, the show’s management react to his dealers, and the pit bosses, unusual attitudes towards the “A bartender is the poor man’s show. psychiatrist. I thought being a “I wanted to wear my flashy dealer was even better, red jacket the second day, but “A good gambler is disciplined, they wanted me to wear my col- prudent, controlled, and doesn’t lar. §§8Й let greed jump on his head The “People usually expect a priest bad gambler someimes expects to to fulfill a certain role. There is a lose. It’s a form of masochism; real reluctance to let priests be they want to lose. It’s a return to different.” childhood where you expect all Higgins stated that people on your dreams to be fulfilled. 4 the show expressed surprise with Higgins also received theories his enjoyment of any situation. from his boss. “They said, ‘You really enjoy “My pit boss said, ‘This is LMU voids Football vote Trustee elections for the Loyola Student Football corporation held last spring were invalidated in a University decision made during the summer. The University acted on the re¬ commendation of William Stein, University attorney. Stein said the controversial election violated California corporation statutes. Written notification by mail of all stock holders, in this case the un¬ dergraduate student body, is re¬ quired a minimum of seven days before an election he said. This was not done. Wally Wade, alumnus and member of the nonlegal Football Board of Trustees commented on the University’s decision. “They were being awfully procedurally perfect/’ he said. On the basis of Big warfare, this is the trench, and I am your general.^ . Higgins brought his experiences back to LMU to run Casino night during Freshman orientation week. He hopes to plan another night for alumni. Proceeds will go to the campus ministry. “The thing behind most of the stuff I do is that I want to do more around here. Campus ministry does more than say masses,” Hig¬ gins concluded. Rec Center that criteria, there has never been a legal election in the programs eight year history,” he ob¬ served. “They weren’t so technical in the past. ” Legal action was considered, said Wade, but “If the court ruled in our favor the University wouldn’t feel too friendly,/- The University allows the program the use of the Loyola name, and the campus practice facilities. Thomas Quinlan, dean of stu¬ dent Affairs explained that in the past, the election mailing pro¬ visions had been waived because the football elections were always conducted by the ASLM. The ASLM* regulates and advertises all campus elections. Although the ruling was on a technical point, other arguments, concerning ASLM constitution violations were made by students last year. They also objected to the election slate which included only two voting student members. At that time the majority of the football budget, almost $20,000 came from the student tax. The University’s ruling is but one of a series of recent setbacks for the. problem ridden student football program. Last year the Football Board voted to dissolve the corporation. This was done in hopes that the University would feel pressured into taking it over. The University’s Board of Trustees ruled against a football takeover for financial reasons. The Football Board then reversed its decision to dissolve. But in the meantime the ASLM Constitution had undergone revision. The new . Constitution made ho mention 6f the program or football funding. Later, ASLM officers unofficial¬ ly went on record saying, that football would not be funded again in the future. Attempts by the non¬ legal Football Board to directly tax students failed for legal and technical reasons. Matters were further com¬ plicated with the resignation of the head coach, Herb Robinson. These factors severely limited the Football Board which operat¬ ed in what Wade called a state of “Limbo” until Stein’s August de¬ cision. “We went around all sum¬ mer not knowing our status,” he said. Still the Football Boat'd met 4 times during the summer to con¬ sider the ’74 season: Little was ac¬ complished in this area because someone, no one knows who, can¬ celled the scheduled varsity games dnd the University refused to turn over the corporation’s financial books and records. No games will be played this year but the Board js working on plans for next season. (Continued on Page 3) Controversy besets use of profits The administration of Loyola Marymount University should re¬ view its policy of handling funds from the Malone Recreation Center, according to Debbie Barthel, ASLM Director. “The present policy of putting surplus Rec Center funds into the general University fund is not '& the best interest of the students at large,” Barthel said. She said that ASLM contributed $5,000 to start the Rec Center and that the students should: have а larger skyasto its policy and what should be done with surplus fuhds. ‘ ‘As it stands right now, any sur¬ plus Junds would go badk into the general University fund,” accord¬ ing to Dr. Thomas Quinlan, dean of Student Affairs, “but we’re looking at alternatives to try to keep the money in the Center.” Some of these alternatives in¬ clude: channelling the surplus money into a fund to go toward providing for off-campus ac¬ tivities ; use the surplus to expand the Rec Center; and reducing the charges in the Center so that there would not be any profit at all. “After all, if it’s a student Rec Center, many will question the idea of making a profit at all off of it,” Quinlan said. “I don’t feel that I can speak for the students, but personally I like the idea of reducing the rates and no surplus. I believe, though, that the decision should be left up to the students,” said Barthel. Quinlan said that in addition to the $5,000 ASLM contributed, the Parent’s Forum contributed $4,146.25 to purchase needed equipment and prepare the room. The University also allocates an operating budget, which was $3,850 last year to maintain its operating expenses: Included in this budget were student salaries /(which were paid for out of work study funds); professional legal services, and promotional expen¬ ditures. Last year the Rec Center had a surplus of approximately $3,000; $1,500 of which was spent for sum¬ mer improvements. But Quinlan said, “The University used this money to try to offset the salary of Sister Phyllis Tallerico who was I the overseer of the Center last j year.” Her salary Was not figured ! in the budget. “Right now we’re Considering hiring an outside person to over¬ see the operation of the Rec Center and off-campus activities on a halftime basis,” according to Joanie Conley, co-ordinator of Student Affairs. “We’re still in the process of writing up a job description to see what qualifica¬ tions would be needed for the job.” We’re still not sure that we’ll even hire anybody, ” *rsaid Quinlan,” but this job would pro¬ bably be to keep the books and to be in charge of air off-campus ac¬ tivities program. ” “There’s no reason they couldn’t hire a business’ student to do that. They’re acting like there aren’t any competent students on campus,” said Barthel, “and out¬ side activities shouW be handled by the activities board ” “Certainly, the students should have more control in the Rec Center, but we haven’t heard any proposals yet,” added Quinlan. “What happens this year with the Rec Center will definitely be significant in determining its direction in future years. The question which seems to be evolv-- ing is, “how much control are the students going to have over its operation,” Barthel said. Quinlan concluded, “It’s still up to the student’s initiative.”