The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 54, Issue 3 - September 20, 1976

September 20,1976 Vol.54 No. 3 Loyola Marymount University Democrat Famlian challenges LMU alum Doman in 27th district Congressional bid By Cary Darling Gary Familian, a 33 year-old Southern California businessman, is running for the 27th district Congressional seat. The district includes Loyola Marymount and is currently the setting for a hotly contested race between Democrat Familian and his Republican op¬ ponent, Robert K. Doman. Dornan, a Loyola alumnus, is trying to keep the district in the Republican column as it has been for the past several years. Fam¬ ilian, a liberal Democrat, is trying to" change that and admits the race will be a very close one. The 27th district is, to quote the Los Angeles Times, an area of M bedroom communities’ * with the possible exception of Venice . The district comprises a long, narrow strip which includes sections of Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Marina del Rey, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Palos Verdes, Westches¬ ter and West Los Angeles. Basic¬ ally, it is a middle class district which has sent Republican Repre¬ sentative Alpfyonzo Bell to Con¬ gress for many terms. According to the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters, the total number of persons registered to vote in this district number 241,553. That figure breaks down into 120,793 Democrats, 103,033 Republicans, 985 Peace and Free¬ dom party members, 627 American Independents and 16,110 who decline to state. It is with these figures that both Familian and Doman are waging an intense struggle that cannot be won by appealing just to those with the same party label. Although Familian has been involved in several campaigns, including those of Mayor Tom Bradley, U.S. Senator Alan Crans¬ ton and ’72 presidential candidate George McGovern, he has never sought office for himself before now. Previously, Familian had been in the music business and was (Continued on Page 4) SATs drop for tenth year Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores fell again for the tenth year in a row last year, the College Entrance Examination Board reported last week. The average verbal score fell from 434 to 431, while the average math score stayed the same at 472. Broken down by sex, males scored an average of 433 on the verbal, compared to 437 a year ago, while math scores rose, from an average of 495 to 497. Females lost points on both tests however, scoring 430 on the verbal test, down from 431 and 446 on the math test, down from 449 a year ago. The College Board noted that declines in the averages of all tests taken are similiar to averages for college-bound seniors, The Board noted that 1976 seniors earned more scores above 600 than 1975 seniors on both sections of the test. There were also more, lower scores bn both tests, however. At the highest score range on the 200 to 800 SAT scale, 82 ,000' 1976 seniors had verbal scores at or above 600; an increase of four per cent over the previous year. Verbal scores in the 200-400 range increased six per cent over the same period. Similiar increases at extreme ends of the math test scores occurred as well. , For the second consecutive year, the Board said, there were more women than men taking the test. For the first time since 1972, more minorities took the test than before. Reading comprehension and vo¬ cabulary sub-scores on the verbal section of the test indicate that men have higher overall verbal scores because they do better on Vocab¬ ulary questions — analogies and an¬ tonyms— -than women. : Women, however, had higher scores on the Test of Standard Written English section of the SAT. (Continued on Page 5) Gary Familian, democratic candidate for Congress in the 27th district says his opponent is a “paid professional for extremist right wing organizations.” Familian is trying for the seat vacated by Alphonzo Bell. Private college - :J — J most financially troubled Inside Roten collection featured in Malone show A nationally-known collection of original prints, sponsored by the Ferdinand Roten Galleries, will be on display in the Malone Art Gallery this Thursday, September 23 from noon until 9 pm. The Roten collection contains works of many major artists and spans the 700 year history of origi¬ nal graphics. The LMU show will be both an exhibition and a sale, although Fine Arts spokesperson Judy Cruzen emphasizes the show is intended largely for the perusal and appreciation of the works. “They encourage questions about the processes involved and in no way attempt the ‘hard sell’,” Cruzen said, noting that the exhibi¬ tion will be without charge. The Roten galleries contend that through the medium of original prints, or “multiple originals” — the image on paper or other material, specially handled by the artist — it is possible to own a work of art by a major artist for a nominal sum. Because multiple images are made from the original work, ‘original’ in this sense doesn’t mean ‘unique.’ All the works scheduled for the show are prints, and are made through one of various processes: relief, intaglio, etching, silk screen, woodcut, en¬ graving, etc. However, in order to qualify as (Continued on Page 5) A recently concluded survey of 7 5 per cent of all American colleges and institutions revealed that 86.6 per cent of private institutions are considered to be financially unheal¬ thy. The survey, made by the ^ew Jersey Commission on Financing Post- Secondary Education, used a formula of 16 financial indicators to evaluate the schools. The five ratings it gave to schools studied included healthy, relatively heal¬ thy, average, relatively unhealthy and unhealthy. Only 25 per cent of all institu¬ tions were found to be healthy, while 49.9 overall were in the bottom two categories. Public community colleges are in the best shape (70 per cent healthy) while, as noted above, private colleges are in the worst shape. The survey noted that single-sex colleges are in bad financial trou¬ ble, with nine out of ten in below-average health. Church re¬ lated schools were found to be worse off than secular institutions, with only 1.6 per cent of Catholic colleges making it to the top two groups. Small schools as a group tend to be in poorer shape than large universities. The New Jersey study is the most sweeping to date of the financial condition of America’s colleges. A total of 2,163 institu¬ tions were surveyed and informed of their status: John A. Pfaffinger, LMU’s vice- president of Business Affairs, said he would rank the University “somewhere between average and relatively healthy.” (Continued on Page 2) Campus Media . . . . . . . ....... page 8 Problems in organization, management and programming are stumbling blocks for campus radio station KXLU. Jim Hillson explores the station’s past and future trying to discover those things necessary to make 88.9 a unique spot on the FM dial. Analysis . . . ......... page 9 Political assassinations have long left many important questions unanswered. Bill Carero discusses some of these questions and poses several answers which just might surprise you. Features . . . .... page Ю How to establish credit, and keep it, is the subject of this week’s Consumer Corner. Tips and information about credit are provided. Young Couple, a color etching by Will Barnet, is one of the many works to be displayed this Thursday during a Roten Gallery showing and sale in the LMU Malone Art Gallery. Several different forms of prints will be shown, representing a wide variety of styles and artists. The show runs from noon until 9 pm. All prints will be for sale. Entertainment . ... ..... page 11 Brian DePalma’s new film Obsession is a cheapened version of Hitchcock’s Vertigo, according to reviewer Kevin Coupe.