Shockley cancellation finalized;
SAB cites L.A.P.D. involvement
ASLM has budget problems;
students start initiative drive
SINGER SONGWRITER MIMI FARINA will appear in
о
benefit concert
this Saturday at 8 p.m. in St. Robert's Auditorium. Farina's performance
is the final event in a day long "Teach-In" being sponsored by the LMU
Peace Studies Society.
If expenditures keep up at the
projected rate, the Associated Stu¬
dents of Loyola Marymount could
be headed toward financial
shortages of up to $4,000, according
to Tom Garvin, ASLM Com¬
missioner of Finance.
Garvin said that unless
economizing methods are adopted,
the ASLM budget could turn up
short at the end of this semester,
leaving a deficit for next years
budget. He did say that the ASLM
has many assets in the form of of¬
fice and rental equipment which, if
necessary, could be liquidated.
This year the ASLM budget is
slightly over $35,000. Of that
amount approximately $10,000 has
been spent on salaries, both for
students and for a full time
secretary. Another $12,000 has
been spent to fund organizations, a
large increase, Garvin said from
last year’s $9,000.
Garvin indicated that due to the
nature of many of the expenditures
this year, some money would be
recouped over the next several
years. This year the ASLM
purchased refrigerators, camping
The Student Activities Board
finalized their previous decision to
cancel the appearance of Dr.
William Shockely at a meeting
held Friday Feb. 20. That decision
apparently ended the issue which
had been reconsidered by the
Board a total of five times.
Originally booked in August, the
Stanford Physicist’s appearance
had caused a certain amount of
controversy on the LMU campus.
Shockley holds that Blacks have
genetic characteristics which pro¬
hibit them from achieving the in¬
telligence level of Whites.
The SAB’s decision came as a re¬
sult of evidence presented regard¬
ing security problems for the
event, which was expected to draw
a certain amount of protest from
on campus as well as off campus
groups.
Tom Garvin, ASLM Com¬
missioner of Finance, presented
evidence from LMU’s Chief of
Security and Safety, James Kirke-
ly. In a letter written to Garvin,
Kirkley recommended that the
event be cancelled.
Kirkley, Garvin, and Walt
Mahaffa, Chairman of the SAB,
had met with a Lieutenant from
the Los Angeles Police Depart¬
ment who is in charge of this area
and had discussed the matter with
him. He informed the three that
through his research into the mat¬
ter he had discovered that a re¬
gular group of followers usually
travels wherever Shockley goes,
and has been known to cause dis¬
turbances.
“The Lieutenant verified my
concerns as to the probable pro¬
blems that would be caused by the
group of persons known to follow
Mr. Shockley wherever he
speaks,’’ Kirkley said. “He stated
that he would not come on campus
nor could he supply any personnel
unless a confrontation did occur at
which time L.A.P.D. would then
enter the campus and would arrest
those in violation and would close
down the affair at that time. He ex¬
pressed a concern that during a
confrontation of the type possible,
there may be students involved
from Loyola Marymount Universi¬
ty and if so, they would too be ar-
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Vol.53, No. 17 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY 2 Monday, March 1, 1976
Ellsberg, Russo featured speakers
at all-day Peace Studies teach-in
“The Conflict of Conscience’’ is
the theme of the teach-in being
sponsored by the LMU Peace
Studies Society this Saturday,
March 6th. The day-long event will
feature speakers, workshops and
exhibits followed by a benefit con¬
cert at 8 p.m. in St. Robert’s
Auditorium with Mimi Farina and
Occurrence at Owl Creek.
The purpose of the teach-in is to
raise local and national issues of
social and political importance.
Alternatives to violence and in¬
justice will be discussed.
“We hope to raise the issue of
disarmament as well as educate
about 'nonviolent resistance’ as a
means superior to armaments in
defense of all people,’’ said Ron
Slater, coordinator of the teach-in.
“Indeed, we believe it is necessary
to recast the significance of the
Bicentennial in light of the arms
race and related problems. The
teach-in will attempt to inquire in¬
to the deepest connection between
sexual, racial and economic
violence and the violence of war, ’ ’
One of the featured speakers at
the teach-in is Daniel Ellsberg,
one-time defendant in the famed
Pentagon Papers trial. It was E1-.
lsberg who published confidential
governmental material about the
secret bombings and in¬
discriminate killing by our forces
in Cambodia and Vietnam in 1971
while working as an employee of
RAND Corporation.
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ELIZABETH CANFIELD gave the opening remarks to a large crowd at
last Tuesday's session of the "Let's Talk About It" series being held in St.
Robert's Auditorium. This week's guests are Dr. and Mrs. Bragonier,
noted sex therapists, on Tuesday and Thursday night. (See story Page
3).
Administration opening
Sullivan Field, courts
by Bernard Saridalow
Loyola Marymount has decided
to open Sullivan Field to students
and faculty on a limited basis for
the remainder of the semester
after originally planning on keep¬
ing Sullivan Field closed until
June.
A special fence has been con¬
structed from the southeast cor¬
ner of the gym to the baseball
diamond, with an access to the jog¬
ging track.
Everything to the left of that
fence, including the tennis and
handball courts, will be open for
unlimited use. The main field will
still be off limits, however, and
cleated shoes are forbidden
anywhere on the field.
The decision to open the field
was precipitated by growing on-
campus criticism of the policy set
by Bill Wilson, Physical Plant
Director, that the field remain
closed until June.
The field renovation project was
recently completed, and the turf
has grown in, but Wilson said that
using the field now would endanger
the germination of the Bermuda
grass which will eventually over¬
take the field after the present
Perennial Rye grass dies.
Until now, users of the tennis
courts had to use a specially-
created access. Nobody was al¬
lowed at all on the handball courts
or field because, according to
Wilson, once traffic was permitted
on the field it would have been im¬
possible to control.
A meeting was called last Mon¬
day with Wilson, Athletic Director
Richard Baker, Vice President for
Business Affairs John Pfaffinger,
and Vice President for Student Af¬
fairs Thomas Quinlan.
“John Pfaffinger called the
meeting,” Baker said, “and
Wilson seemed to be very
cooperative.” Baker said Wilson
indicated that some damage will
occur to the grass. The main field
will still be closed to assure op-
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equipment, graphic equipment,
bicycles and other equipment
which will have to be rented out for
several years before they can re¬
cover expenses.
Garvin did say that overhead
operational costs were going to be
cut, and that several salaried stu¬
dents had voluntarily turned in
their pay.
Along that same issue, several
students have started a petition
campaign which, if successful
would call for a special election at
which time a Constitutional
amendment would be proposed
stating that no students involved
with the ASLM could be paid with
money from the $24 student tax.
In order for the initiative to get
on the ballot, 15 per cent of the un¬
dergraduate students must sigfi.
Then, a special election would №
held presenting the issue to the stu-£
dent body.
Garvin projected that by keep¬
ing a very close eye on future ;
budgeting and operating costs the *
ASLM may be able to end the year \
without a 'deficit, but any future
organizational budgeting this year
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In this issue
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Giant Pin-up Calendar. . . .
. . . .Page 6-7
Catholic Symposium Analysis .
. Page 8
Review of “Taxi Driver” . .
. Page 9
New RTD Service to LMU . .
. Page 12
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