The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 55, Issue 23 - April 24, 1978

los angeles loyolan VoL 55, No. 23 Loyola Marymount University April 24, 1978 National editor Sherry Hillson recently took time out to visit Jet Pets, a combination kenriel, Federal Quarantine Station, and home for stray animals. Experience jjj .. . . ..... | . . . Page 10 Dr. Lynne Gross’ CA 498 course “Communication Practicum” offers LMU CA majors an opportunity to gain valuable career experience in the communication fields. Kathryn Denny talks with some of the student interns and learns of their trials in the “real world.” HOWARD MILLER AND JAMES EARL CHRISTO met in a debate last Thursday, April 20 at Orville Wright Junior High School in Westchester, to dicuss the pros and cons of Proposition 13, the Jarvis Initiative. (Loyolan photos by Nels Israelson) 'F passed by University Council workshops on life and world hunger. (Loyolan photo by Nels Israelson) by David Boschetto The University Council, meeting on March 20, passed the motion that the “F” grade be used to indicate failure to complete a course and be calculated into the GPA. Included in the approved motion was that a “NC,” which may still be given in Credit/No ( Credit classes, will not be used in calculating the GPA. The University Council, an advis¬ ory board composed of administra¬ tors, faculty and, student represent¬ atives, was chaired by Rev. Donald Merrifield, SJ, President of the University. The Council was voting on grading proposals previously considered by the all-faculty Aca¬ demic Assembly; Five LMU teachers given tenure Five LMU professors have been granted tenure, and another six promoted in rank, announced Rev. John Clark, SJ, Academic vice president, April 14. Both Clark and Rev, Clarence Wallen, SJ, professor of Mathe¬ matics and chairman of the Rank and Tenure Committee, refused to say if any professor had been denied tenure. However, at least one applicant had been denied, “if you mean for both rank and tenure,” Clark commented. Tenured as of September, 1979 are Dr, Lance Blakesley , assistant' professor of Political Science; Dr. C. Melvin Davidson, dean of the college of Fine and Communication Arts; Dr. James Mathieu, assis¬ tant professor of Sociology; Dr. Howard Towner, assistant profes¬ sor of Biology; and Rev. Robert Welch, SJ, assistant professor of Political Science. Tenure guarantees? a college teacher that he cannot be fired from his position without a formal hearing, with the burden of proving misconduct or incompetence falling on the university. It is official recognition that a teacher has been doing satisfactory work long e- noirgh to win the university’s commitment. A teacher is eligible to apply for tenure at the beginning of his sixth year of college teaching, if at least three of those years were at LMU. Tenure is conferred one year after application. Promoted to the rank of full professor were Dr. John Page, Eight running for office as write-in candidates At least eight students are campaigning as write-in candidates in this week’s ASLM elections, all for seats on the University Council. Two weeks ago, five ASLM posts had failed to attract any office-seek¬ ers before the April 13 deadline for declaration of candidacy. Neither the Business Administration nor the Fine and Communication Arts seats on the University Council had applicants. Only two students had announced their intention of run¬ ning for the five available spots on the Parking Commission. ASLM Election Committee chair¬ man John Wolnisty announced then that the filing deadline would not be extended, and that uncon¬ tested offices would have to be filled with write-in candidates. professor of Electrical Engineering and Sr. Genevieve Underwood, RSHM, chairwoman of the Art department. Promoted to the rank of associate professor were Bogidar Avramov, associate professor of Music; Rev. Michael Callahan, SJ, associate professor of Communication Arts; Dr. Peter Haen, chairman of the Biology department; and Dr. Shar¬ on Locy, associate professor of English. The University Council is the highest advisory body at LMU of which students are voting mem¬ bers. Other proposals accepted during the meeting included a motion that a “single transcript be restored which will reflect all courses taken by the students.” Currently, courses which are given “NC,” “Incomplete” and “Withdrawal”, grades are not put on students’ records. ' Also defeated was the motion that a incomplete grade, “I,” be considered and recorded as ah “F” if not deleted by the due date. This proposal had been previously ap¬ proved by the Academic Assembly. During the discussion on this, Dr. Theodore Erlandson, dean of Liber¬ al Arts, stated that LMU is “aver¬ aging about 1,500 incompletes a year.” The council approved a substi¬ tute amendment which read that the incomplete grade, if not deleted by the due date, would be changed to a letter grade assigned by the professor at the time the “I” was requested. The proposal to shorten the withdrawal time was defeated. The current withdrawal time of thirteen weeks was retained and not re¬ duced to 10 weeks as the Academic Assembly suggested. There was much discussion among the faculty members over this proposal. The accepted motion which call¬ ed for the return of the “F” grade was originally passed by the Aca¬ demic Assembly as two separate proposals. Another topic on the agenda at the meeting was the University development program. Merrifield noted efforts to get alumni involved in the endowment program, which would fund. the planned Fine Arts and faculty buildings. A pamphlet of the new athletic complex is being put together, Merrifield said. Merrifield commented that the Summa Corporation land west of the LMU campus is being offered for sale and that several bidders are interested. The land should be bought “by the end of the month,” he said. LMU is not bidding for the land, Merrifield explained, be¬ cause it lacks the funds. Also, the council passed the proposed statutes of the Library Committee, after Dr. Mel Berto- lozzi, assistant professor of English and chairman of the Library Com¬ mittee, commented briefly on the proposal. The recommendation to revise the academic calendar for fall of 1978 was also passed by the coun¬ cil. This passage calls for the obser¬ vation of September 4, Labor Day, as a holiday. Miller, Christo tangle over Prop. 13 Running write-in campaigns for the University Council Fine and Communication Arts post are soph¬ omores Tom Cendejas and Pat Reagan (the current University Council representative) and junior Dave Hamilton. For the Business Administration seat, sophomore Ellen Perches and fresliman Greg Shea are campaign¬ ing. Three new candidates for the University Council Science and Engineering seat are contending as write-ins against freshman Greg Millnamow, who filed his candi¬ dacy before the deadline. Sopho¬ mores Bill Foster and Terri McDon¬ ough, and freshman Rosalind Ne¬ ville have started campaigns for the spot. by John Chandler Los Angeles School Board president Howard Miller and James Earl Christo, state vice-chairman of the United Organization of Taxpayers, tangled over Propo¬ sition 13, the property tax relief measure, at Orville Wright Junior High School last Thursday night, Aprils 20. Christo, along with Howard Jarvis, Chairman of , the UOT, ahd Paul Gann, Chairman of another tax relief organization, People’s Advocate, are the major supporters of Proposition 13. The debate, which was attended by between 200 and 300 people, was one in a series of events being staged throughout the state with the intent of clearing up the misconceptions circulating about the consequences of Propostition 13, better known as the Jarvis Initiative. The major issues between Miller and Christo at the debate concerned the fate of the Los Angeles public schools under Proposition 13, and Miller’s contention that business and commercial interests would benefit most from any property tax relief under Proposition 13, “Two to three months ago,” Miller commented, “if a vote was taken, there was every indication that Proposition 13 would have passed, but the most recent Currently, approximately a third would vote ‘yes,’ a third would vote ‘no,’ and about a third are undecided. The surest thing you can say about Proposition 13 is this: the more you learn about it, the less you like it.” Christo, although he did not answer those remarks directly, charged that “when you ask a person if they want half their police force cut, they are bound to answer ‘NO.’ One of the most confusing aspects of Proposition 13 concerns just where the monies collected under the one per cent property tax limit are to be distributed. If Proposition 13 passes on June 6, the state of California will lose approximately seven billion dollars in property tax revenues. Christo contended that “the fat needs to be trimmed from our government,” while Miller claimed that “it is not the fat that will be trimmed, but Proposition 13 will cut right to the marrow.” Should Proposition 13 pass, the L.A. Unified School District stands to lost $779 million, or a full three-quarters of its current operating budget. 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