The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 53, Issue 4 - September 29, 1975

Vol. 53, No. 4 LOYOLA MARYAAOUNT UNIVERSITY Monday, Sept. 29, 1975 Food service income increases by Bernard Sandalow The operation of food services at Loyola Maymount has gained in¬ come above operating costs for the last several years. An even larger gain over ex¬ penses is expected this year, ac¬ cording to budget predictions. Last year food service brought in $59,211 more than was spent on the food service contract. The University raised board prices 7.5 per cent this year. LMU contracts private food companies to operate the food services. This year the University expects to collect $68,150 over the cost of the actual food service con¬ tract. Similar increases for the same period were posted for the opera¬ tion of the residence halls and for the bookstore. The University also takes 11 per cent off the top of all cash sales in the Del Key Room, the Lair, the Terrace Room, and the sale of special meal tickets to students. The excess funds are channeled into the upkeep of Malone Student Center, which is funded already but has been underbudgeted the last two years. The University plans to take a loss this year. Again, the loss will be covered by diverting excess income from food service, the bookstore, and residence halls. Grouped together under the heading “Auxiliary Enterprises,” these services generate excess cash which the University puts in a “replacement reserve” budget. This year the University plans to divert $116,000 of excess income in¬ to the reserve. Since the funds are used to sup¬ port Malone, which includes the food service facilities, the excess income cannot be called “profit,” according to John Pfaffinger, Vice President of Business Affairs. “We hope to have excess funds available so we can continue to make capital improvements in Malone,” Pfaffinger said. “But if you look at the end of the year, there’s no profit. We’re thrilled to death if we have any income left after expenses. ” Each student could be paying up to $100 of his board charge for the upkeep and renovation of the Malone complex, rather than for meals. “They’re paying for the use of the building, the kitchen equip¬ ment, the electricity, and renova¬ tion of the Terrace Room,” Pfaf¬ finger stated. Only a portion of the money taken out of food service, however, actually goes back to food service. Some expenditures this year in¬ cluded $17,000 for a new fryer, $2,000 for the re-tiling of the floor in the Lair, and $400 for the de¬ LMU STUDENTS COOL IT during last week's 100-degree heat. rrr. . . . . 4 In this issue Enrollment jumps 7 per cent ..... ...Page 2 Cross Creek blues . . . _ _ _ _ _ . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Pot luck . . . . . ... Page5 They’re fencing us in . . . Page 6 Crew coach resigns . corative plants above the bookcases. Last year, $13,644 was spent for new tables and chairs in the Ter¬ race Room. The remainder, then, is chan¬ neled into supporting the entire Malone Center. According to Pfaf¬ finger, many areas of Malone are non-income producing, so, aux¬ iliary enterprises should make up the difference. This year, income from the re¬ sidence halls will exceed expenses by $77,250. The bookstore will net $8,100. These figures have become known in the midst of growing criticism of the food service by stu¬ dents and faculty alike. As of last week 37 students had dropped their food contracts since the start of the year. Mark Paolercio, Assistant ASLM Director said, “I’m really angry, even though I’ve suspected this sort of price-fixing for a long time. There’s a big difference between suspecting something and finding out it’s really happening. “Even if they could somehow ex¬ plain or rationalize the poor food, the way they’re charging the stu¬ dents for what are actually non¬ food items is despicable,’’ Paolercio added. Milt Gelman, associate pro¬ fessor of Communication Arts has been appointed, along with the Rev. Peter Ciklic, to look into food quality, by the American Associa¬ tion of University Professors ( AAUP ) chapter here at LMU. * “There was a tremendous outcry at our last meeting,” Gelman re¬ ported, “and we were charged with investigating the apparent rise in price and decline in food quality.” Gelman said that his probe will not be limited to | the faculty’s complaints. “We will be working ( Continued on Page 2) EUGENE McCarthy ADDRESSED crowd in St. Robert's Auditorium last Monday. McCarthy tells audience an independent can win Eugene McCarthy said the at¬ tempted assasination of President Ford in San Francisco last Mon¬ day, was due in part to the over personalization of the presidency, and intimate identification of U S. policy with the President himself. An independent candidate for the presidency in the 1976 election, McCarthy spoke in St. Roberts auditorium Monday, September 22. He said the “imperial presiden¬ cy” was an issue when he made his bid for the 1968 Democratic nomination, and it is still an issue today. McCarthy said statistical evidence gives him reason to believe his independent party can succeed. He said a large percen¬ tage of people today do not identify themselves with the Democratic or Republican parties. He noted 60 per cent of re¬ gistered voters did not vote in the last congressional election, even with the major issues of Watergate and the recession. McCarthy hopes to draw the voters who are not committed to one of the major parties into his camp. He said his independent party offers a new concept of the presidency. He said he will concen¬ trate less power in the office than did Presidents Nixon and Johnson. He criticized the federal cam¬ paign laws, which he said make it difficult if not impossible for 3l third party to make an effective challenge to the Democrats and Republicans. He said California has the worst state campaign laws in the nation. McCarthy said he is a serious candidate. But his candidacy would be worthwhile, if he only stimulated sensitivity in areas of U.S. militarism, political process, presidential power and over¬ consumption of resources. The bulk of McCarthy’s talk was devoted to the Central Intelligence Agency . (CIA) J He said the CIA should be bound by a formal agreement to report to a congressional committee. He said the CIA operations properly belong in the State Department, where they would be subject to public scrutiny and diplomatic codes. ( Continued on Page 3) Clark calls for committee review by John Curry The policy making committee system at Loyola Marymount needs to be reviewed, according to the Rev. John Clark, SJ, Academic Vice-President. Clark said there are problems with the committee system because of overlapping jurisdic¬ tions. Presently there are three main committees which revie_w new and existing policy. The University Council is the largest of the three, with represen¬ tation v from the administration, faculty and students. The Universi¬ ty Council directly advises the President on a variety- of measures, including the introduc¬ tion of new curriculum, academic standards, budgets, and other im¬ portant University decisions. The Education Planning and Program Committee (EPPC) in¬ itiates and formulates new academic programs. They advise the University Council in all areas relating to academic planning. The EPPC analyzes financial as well as academic considerations on all proposals. Last year, for in¬ stance, they worked on a proposal for a new Dance Major. The Graduate Committee acts in much the same manner as the EPPC, but restricts its coverage to graduate proposals. Jack Haggart, chairman of the EPPC, said that the boundaries and functions of each committee is unclear, and that a lot of work is duplicated. He feels that the entire Committee structure for reviewing academic programs should be re¬ examined. Rev. Richard : Trame, SJ, chairman of the Graduate Com¬ mittee, feels that much of their work is the same as the EPPC. He says that the purpose of the Graduate Committee is unclear in the light of the work the EPPC has been doing. Haggart believes the splution lies in the creation of one commit¬ tee to do all academic planning, combining the work of the EPPC and the Graduate Committee. He says that the undergraduate and graduate programs are interrelat¬ ed, financially and otherwise, and sees no purpose for having two committees. Clark, on the other hand, has proposed a liason committee which would include members of both the EPPC and the Graduate Committee. It would act on mat¬ ters which would involve both the EPPC and the Graduate Commit¬ tee. Trame supports the joint com¬ mittee idea. According to Haggart, the jurisdictional problem of the EPPC and the Graduate Commit¬ tee stems from the decision of the ( Continued on Page 2)