-Volume 58, Number 12— Loyola Mary mount University ■■'November 17, 1980
FCA-Liberal Arts merger
unanimously rejected
Athletic pavilion construction can proceed above the foundation
now that the necessary building permits have been obtained. Com¬
pletion is scheduled for November 1981.
Building permits obtained
for athletic pavilion, Lair
by Greg Fisher
Building permits for the con¬
struction of the Al Gersten
Memorial Athletic Pavilion and
the expansion of the Lair have
finally been obtained by the
university, Bill Wilson, Director
of Facilities Planning and Con¬
struction and John Pfaffinger,
Vice-President for Business Af¬
fairs, said.
The permit which allows the
construction of the athletic
pavilion to proceed above the
foundation was obtained on
November 4, Wilson said.
The pavilion plans were sub¬
mitted to the City of Los
Angeles Building Department in
June. The department was so
backlogged that the plans did
not come up for review until the:
week of September 8.
Problems continued. Nick
Delliquadri, who conducted the
building department’s review of
the plans, found two im¬
proprieties in the university’s
construction proposal.
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The first problem involved the
thickness of the outside walls
in the locker rooms and multi¬
purpose rooms in the pavilion.
This was a minor discrepency.
Dellaquadri characterized it as
“not crucially serious.”
The second and more serious
problem concerned parking.
Despite the expansion of the
Hannon parking lot over the
summer, an additional 225 park¬
ing spaces will now be added io
the LMU campus to facilitate
the crowds of 4,500 spectators
that can be expected once the
pavilion is completed.
Wilson said jn late October
that bids for the parking expan¬
sion would be taken during early
November.
The plans call for adding 100
spaces near the Central Power
Plant and the University Rela¬
tions building, and an additional
125 spaces to the west of the
athletic complex.
These additions will raise the
number of campus parking
spaces to 2,480.
The areas to be converted to
parking are mostly empty space,
although Wilson said, “We may
lose a tree by t4he Central Power
Plant.”
The pavilion contractors,
Robert J. Munro Construction,
Inc., are now working above the
foundation. Currently, the
workers are “rod busting/’ that
is, reinforcing the already laid
concrete with steel rods.
More workers, especially
technical experts, will be added
to the construction crew already
working, Wilson said.
According to Wilson, the
pavilion walls should be stan¬
ding by spring, with electrical
and plumbing work then pro¬
ceeding.
He claimed the pavilion
should be completed by or near
November 19, 1981, in time for
the start of the ‘81-82 basketball
season.
Wilson seemed pleased with
the quality of the work com¬
pleted so far, characterizing the
contractors as “conscientious”
in their attention to detail and
university communications. In¬
spections of the work have been
favorable, Wilson said.
The pavilion construction is
being supervised by an inner cir¬
cle consisting of Wilson, Pfaff¬
inger, Hank Durand, Vice-
President for Student Affairs,
and Robert Arias, Athletic Direc¬
tor.
The permit facilitating the ex¬
pansion of the Lair was obtain¬
ed on November 12. According
to Pfaffinger, “The expansion
should start immediately.”
by Dennis Dlugos^
“It is the unanimous opinion
of the faculty committee assign¬
ed to study the proposed merger
between Fine and Communica¬
tion Arts and Liberal Arts that
two separate colleges...must re¬
main in the best interests of the
students, university and the
respective colleges.
“The major reasons for this
conclusion are that the
philosophy, goals and needs of
the two colleges are unique and
different and that no substantial
financial savings would be
realized,” the faculty committee,
consisting of Sr. Renee Har-
rangue, R.S.H.M, Prof. Bernard
Abbene, Fr. Clinton Albertson,
S.J., Dr. James Bowie, and Dr.
John Page, wrote to Fr. John
Cuddigan, S.J., Academic Vice-
President, in a summary state¬
ment outlining the reasons for
the rejection of the proposed
merger.
Committee member Abbene
prepared a paper entitled “A
Report to the Sjtudy Committee
For The Fine and Communica¬
tion Arts and Liberal Arts Col¬
leges” which contains the
history of the merger and detail¬
ed explanations of why it was re¬
jected.
The paper listed the following
reasons as arguments in favor
of the merger:
• A possible overall cost
reduction.
• Greater understanding
among faculties that share the
same students, even though the
ultimate goals are different.
• An opportunity for the Col¬
lege of Fine and Communication
Arts to share in the decision
making of the core curriculum
and influence it to serve its
ultimate objectives in a more
positive manner.
• More dialogue and less in¬
sularity can create greater
respect of faculty for faculty
which eventually accrues to the
Interest of students.
• Joining forces for facilities
. priorities, rather than competing
and making them a matter of
politics rather than need.
• The College of Fine and
Communication Arts has failed
to reach its proposed goals thus
far.
• A development of inter¬
disciplinary modes, which could
strengthen departments within
the College of Liberal Arts which
show consistent drop¬
ping enrollment.
The following reasons were
listed in Abbene’s paper as
arguments in opposition tp
themerger:
• Both faculties of both col¬
leges do qot want it.
• The attention of the Dean to
individual student counseling
would be diminished and
ultimately the student would,
suffer.
• Academic decisions, of
necessity, would be made by
non-academic personnel, i.e.,
the Dean’s secretary.
• The total student body (of
the new Cpllege of Liberal Arts)
would pass 2,000 and the univer¬
sity would lose the strength of
being small and personal.
• Marymount could lose its
identity and specific Com¬
munication Arts support could
diminish and disappear.
• The potential of alumni and
alumnae support would
decrease startlingly because of
the disenfranchisement brought
about by lack of identity.
• The merger would create an
immediate academic loss to
many students.
• The College of Fine and
Communication Arts has a
strong recruiting face, which
could decrease to a point where
the monetary loss would be
shared by both colleges.
The merger was originally
suggested by Fr. Merrifield, S.J.
because the Deanships of both
the College of Liberal Arts and
Fine and Communication Arts
are currently occupied by tem¬
porary Deans: Dr. Frank
Carothers in Liberal Arts and Dr.
Warren Sherlock in Fine and
Communication Arts.
Cuddigan commented in
September that the merger was
“purely an administrative ques¬
tion.” The central issue was
whether to hire one or two new
Deans. As Cuddigan put it,
“Before you buy something, you
have to see if you need it.”
The tangible near-term result
of the rejection of the merger is
the search for two new Deans
must get underway.
Two separate search commit¬
tees, each consisting of five
faculty members, two ad¬
ministrators, two students, and
Cuddigan as a non-voting
member, have been established.
Cuddigan said the search
committees would begin their
task this week.
“By February of 1981, we
should be examining resumes
and begin interviewing potential
Deans. The sooner the new
Deans are found, the better,
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Cuddigan said.
“The Deanships are open to
anyone, including, of course, Dr.
Carothers and Dr, Sherlock,” the
Academic Vice-President said.
Cuddigan said, “The Presi¬
dent did the right thing in in¬
vestigating a possible merger.
Study is always healthy and we
now have a closer idea of the
kind of the Deans we’re looking
for.”
Fr. John Cuddigan, S.J., Academic Vice-President, recommended
that the proposed merger of the College of Liberal Arts and the Col¬
lege of Fine and Communication Arts be rejected. His recommenda¬
tion is based on the report of the faculty committee assigned to
study the merger. Fr. Merrifield, S.J., has accpeted the recommenda¬
tion.
Inside
Examining Reproductive Cloning.;. . . 2
Dan Arkfeld and Joe Jaros discuss the scientific procedures
used for cloning, in vitro fertalization, and artificial insemina¬
tion by donors.
Pinball Machines... . . . 8
Charlie Housewright takes a look at the modern day
gladiators fighting the electronic beasts in Malone Rec
Center.
Play Review........... . . . . . . .........1 0
William Wilkinson reviews the LMU production of the
musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Women’s Volleyball . ......14
Andrew Steele reports on the victory over Chapman, giving
the women’s volleyball team the PCAC title.
