Vol. 53, No. 26
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
Monday, May 10, 1976
Education Dept, conflict results
in formal complaint against Clark
by Bernard Sandalow
A conflict over the selection of
the Chairman of the Department of
Education has resulted in several
members of the Department bring*
ing a formal complaint before the
University Grievance Committee
against Rev. John Clark, SJ, vice
president of Academic Affairs.
The controversy surrounds the
vote for chairman of the depart*
ment. Dr. Alex Aloia, professor of
Education, was reelected by the
department in a 6-4 vote. Clark
overruled the vote and named Dr.
James Hoffner, assistant professor
of Education a[s the new chairman.
Aloia has been a member of the
department for 22 years, and has
held the chairmanship since 1973.
Hoffner has taught at LMU for
three years.
The Education Department is
unique because it belongs to no col¬
lege of the University. Since it has
no dean, Clark oversees the de¬
partment.
Department chairmen are
selected by the President of the
University, upon recommendation
of a departmental vote and the
dean’s (in this case, Clark’s) con¬
sideration. Departmental votes
are not final in any case, but are
seldom overruled.
Since the dispute has come
before the Grievance Committee,
most members of the department
have declined to make any com¬
ment.
According to a source high in
the Administration, four candidates
appeared on the ballot, including
Aloia and Hoffner. After the first
vote was conducted, no one re¬
ceived a majority.
Clark directed a second election.
Aloia received six votes, with Hof¬
fner getting four. Clark told the de¬
partment Hoffner would be the
new Chairman after this second
election.
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Brown says 'no VP' for son, Jerry
byLouStagnitto
Former California Governor Ed¬
mund G. “Pat” Brown said last
Thursday that his son, presidential
candidate Jerry Brown, should not
accept the vice-presidential
nomination at the Democratic Na¬
tional Convention in New York
City.
“I think it is far more important
for him to stay here as governor
than to become vice-president,”
Brown said.
He said that he felt his son has
run a successful campaign so far.
“I wish he could have gotten into it
earlier because I think he would
have been a better candidate than
Carter. I think he would have
brought fresher and newer ideas
into the American political scene,”
Brown stated.
“I think he has a very difficult
task ahead of him. But I think that
if he defeats Carter in Maryland,
and makes a strong showing here
in California, that a great number
of uncommitted delegates will go
to him and then he may get the
nomination.”
Brown, though, was pessimistic
about his son’s campaign should he
lose to Carter in Maryland. “Peo¬
ple want to get aboard a winner.
You’ll find a great number of
politicians supporting Carter, and
that will hurt Jerry in California.”
Brown, who spoke at last
Thursday’s water project sym-
posium, said that if he son was
nominated, he would defeat either
TERRY ADELMANN WON LAST WEEKS ELECTION for ASLM Director
by capturing 527 out of 1 1 87 votes cast for that office.
ASLM election results
President Ford or Republican
Challenger Ronald Reagan.
Brown stated that there are
other Democrats who would make
a more capable president than
Carter. He suggested that Senators
Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mon¬
dale, Adlai Stevenson HI, or Alan
Cranston could do the job better.
Commenting on the Reagan
campaign, Brown said, “Ronald
Reagan is going to go on and win
more victories. I think he has a
fair chance to go on and win the
nomination. I think he’s far more
articulate than Ford.
i4It reminds me of my campaign
against him, ” Brown said. 4 4He has
both simple and dangerous ideas
which he pronounces that he can’t
possibly live up to. ” . ;
Terry Adelmann won last week’s
ASLM elections for Director by
capturing 527 out of 1187 votes.
Pete Siggins, Jack Saccamondo,
and Terri Feeney won the three
available positions on the Student
Activities Board.
In the bid for Parking Com¬
mission, Bill Crosson, George
Morris, Guy Field, Jeff
Niedermeyer and Steve
McCutcheon were victorious.
For University Council* it was
Terri Escalante in Science and
Engineering, Debi Vessels in Fine
and Communication Arts and Guy
Field in Business Administration.
At press time the University Coun¬
cil position for Liberal Arts was
still being tabulated.
Vice President Perine
resigns; health cited
James H*Perine, Vice President
for University Relations, has re¬
signed his position at the Universi¬
ty due to illness and has returned
to his home in Buffalo, New York.
Perine had been at LMU for nine
months.
Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, SJ,
President, in accepting Perine’s
resignation, said, 4 4 We all wish Mr.
Perine a complete recovery from
his illness and success in his future
endeavors.” ,
A professional fund raiser and
community organizer specialist
since 1957, Perine has worked with
United Fund agencies and/ pro¬
fessional fund raising firms.
At Canisius College, Buffalo,
N.Y,, he directed a successful $11.5
million capital campaign which
was completed five months ahead
of schedule.
When he came to LMU during
the summer Perine immediately
helped coordinate the final fund¬
raising stages for LMU’s $2.8
million, Library expansion. At the
time of his illness he was working
on preliminary fundraising plans
per various major camps pro¬
posals.
Perine has spent most of his fund
raising career in the East. He left
his job as Vice President for
Development and Public Relations
at Rosary Hill College in Buffalo to
,work for Loyola Marmount. He
was one of 450 applicants for the
position left vacant for over six
months.
ACHORUS
St. Robert's
LINE of Hawaiian Dancers highlighted last week's performance by the Hawaiian Dance Class in
Auditorium.
Prop. 15 to be debated
in special nuclear forum
Representatives from the
Federal Energy Research and
Development Administration
(ERDA), Southern California
Edison (SCE), Yes on 15 Commit¬
tee, No on 15 Committee and
Friends of the E^rth, will appear
tomorrow, Tuesday May 11, at il
a.m. in St. Robert’s Auditorium.
The speakers will participate in
the Southern California Nuclear
Forum (SCNF).
Tom Garvin, SCNF Coordinator,
explained that “SCNF is a
multidisciplinary team of stu-'
dents, faculty, and administrators
committed to providing a public
forum for the presentation and dis-
cussion of divergent viewpoints on
the subject of Nuclear Power in
California, and especially the issue
of Proposition 15.”
The speakers will present brief
prepared statements and then
there will be a question and answer
session, with audience input en¬
couraged. Dr. Lance Blakesley,
Chairman of the Urban Studies de¬
partment, will moderate the
forum.
Proposition 15, slated for the
June California Primary, would
impose stringent controls on
nuclear power in California.
SCNF is being co-sponsored by
the ASLM, the SAB, the Vice Presi¬
dent of Student Affairs, and the de¬
partments of Political Science and
Urban Studies.
According to Garvin, SCNF has
been designed to afford members
of the LMU community a brief
capsule of the salient issues in¬
volved in nuclear energy and
Proposition 15.
