The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 58, Issue 16 - February 16, 1981

Los .Angeles Loyolan — Volume 58, Number Loyola Marymount University ■ February 16, 1981“ ~ Speech Communication Dept; moved to FCA College; now part of Theater Arts by Dennis Dlugos .The Department of Speech Communication Has been transferee! from the College of Liberal Arts to the College of Fine and Communication Arts and incorporated into the . Department of Theater Arts, and Dance, already part of the FCA College. The decision was made by Fr. Donald Merrifield, President of LMU, in December of 1980 and took effect; before registration for the spring semester.' Neither the Speech Com¬ munication Department, the Deans of the College of Liberal Arts, the Dean of the College of Fine and Communication Arts, nor the chairman of the Theater Arts and Dance Department were consulted regarding any specific departmental changes before the decision was made! The transfer, which has been considered and rejected before, was proposed by'Fr. Eugene Shaw, S.J., of the University of Tennessee in October of 1980 In a report to Ft. John Cuddigan, LMU Academic Vice President 1 Shaw and two other Jesuits visited LMU for four days in 6c- tober to study the organizational arrangement of the College of Fine and Communication Arts. Their primary function at LMU was to provide an outside perspective on the then- proposed merger of the FCA College with the College of Liberal Arts. Shaw’s report recommended that the merger of the colleges be rejected, but suggested the Speech Communication depart¬ ment be transfered to the FCA College, and incorporated into an existing department in that college. The report notes, „“Since speech communication is a discipline whose announced at Loyola Marymount is ‘to develop skills in effective verbal com¬ munication in the broadest sense,’ logic at least would sug¬ gest that the department be in¬ Fr. John Cuddigan, Academic Vice President: “Speech and drama are compatible. The program needed a. home and theater arts seemed like a logical place toput it.", • . ' corporated in a college (and. specifically a department in that college) where the art pf (verbal) communication is emphasized. “Moreover, if greater profes¬ sional interaction and academic cooperation among the depart¬ ments in the [FCA] College can be realized, several course offer¬ ings of the Theater Arts Depart¬ ment could. . be more systematically and effectively employed in the training of the College’s students, while re¬ maining, along with - other speech communication courses, service courses for the rest of the University,’’ the report says. It continues, “Since speech communication as a discipline 'at LMU does not include speech therapy, the number of ‘majors’ and ‘minors’ in this discipline at LMU will never be targe enough to warrant its own departmental Tuition ’ II 1 , ШШ ;W Undergraduate ^ $4020 4526 Undergraduate, Semester Hour 133 151 Graduate MBA Credit Hour 146 164 Graduate, Other Credit Hour 103 116 Law School, Credit Hour 140 160 ШщтЩ .’1:л Desmond, Rosecrans, Whelan 1020 ' 1100 McKay Dormitory hod Kiiite Loyola Apartments 1242 iiiii Tdnderieh Apartments 1242 . ;"'v:'14S8 Hannon Apartments 1404 #I§!S§ Barcelona Apartments 1404 | Foodservice • 2d Meal Plan : ■ 1116 14 Meal Plan 934 “ “■■..104:7: 10 Meal Plan 810 SB Tuition hiked 12.6% by Trastaes; fees up also Dean Warren Sherlock, pf the College of Fine and Communication Arts: "No one is threatened by the transfer. There will be no cutbacks." (Loyolan photo by Danny Caron) administration.” Shaw’s report is ambiguous with regard to departmental ad- rfninistratlon. Speech com¬ munication at LMU does not even offer a ‘major’ or ‘minor’ and yet has had its own depart¬ mental administration for more than a decade. Cuddigan, when askpd for any additional reasons which might support the transfer, pointed to Shaw’s report and commented, “That’s all I have to say. Those are the reasons, in a nutshell, for the department transfer."’ Shaw’s report also suggested, “If speech communication is united with theater arts, perhaps administratively dance should be joined eventually with music.” This recommendation will not be carried out and was labeled by Cuddigan as “facetiousness on Fr. Shaw’s part.” Cuddigan - defended the transfer, saying, “Speech is not a department— it has no majors, not even a minor. Speech Is a program. And the word program implies a temporary arrange- ment.’jpt Shaw’s report, however, as well as the University Bui letii^ do label speech communication at LMU as a department. Cuddigan continued, “Speech and drama are compatible. The program, needed a home and theater arts seemed like a logical place to put It.” Dr. Robert Ackley, chairman bf the Department of Theater Acts and Dance, said, “Historically, the two depart¬ ments have been together. Although I’ve never seen speech, theater arts and dance in the same department. I don’t know if I like or dislike the change.” One member of the speech communication faculty disagreed and said, “Tradi¬ tionally, speech is more closely associated with English than theater arts. In many ways, speech is a question of oral (continued on page 5) by Dennis Dlugos The. University Board of Trustees approved a 12.6% tui¬ tion increase for the 1981-82 school yedr at their February 9. meeting. The increase wifi bring tuition to $4,526 per year, up from $4,020 per year. The University Council had recommended that a 12%> tui¬ tion be approved by the Trustees. This figure was a compromise between a student proposal call¬ ing for a 10% hike and a faculty proposition which could have raised tuition almost 19%. Housing fees will increase in varying arhounts. Loyola and Tenderich Apartments will be .17.4% more expensive next year, frhile the cost of the off- campus Barcelona Apartments will .be increased only 3.8%. . SAGA Food Service will hike costs approximately 12% for its three meal plan options. Henry Ensher, a student representative to the University Council, was satisfied with the Trustees’ decision. “The 12.6% increase is pretty, much what we expected.” he said, “We didn’t think that the 12% rate hike would stick because of a number of financial considera¬ tions the Boqrd of Trustees were concerned about. But, It is still one, of the lowest tuition . in¬ creases on the West coast and we certainty feel it was well worth the effort.’- Tom Bobich, ASLM Vice Presi¬ dent, indicated that “according to preliminary tuition reports from over 20 Jesuit universities, only four had lower tuition Jtw creases and none had higher faculty salary increases.” Faculty, salaries, under the new budget, will increase 14.5% as a whole, but the raises will not necessarily be distributed equally among the faculty. “This Is a good budget overall,” Bobich said, “Opera¬ tional expenses are supposed to increase only 8% across the board. But the implementation of the budget is most important. The final impact on students v and student services can only be determined when the monetary allocations for individual pro¬ grams have been decided. “it looks like we made a good move,” Bobich said, “But the real truth will come out when the micro-budgets are drafted and when next year’s budget is sub¬ mitted. This year’s increase was reasonable, but ' the gains we made could be lost if costs are increased by a large amount year next. We’ll see what hap- pens.’§§igjef Inside El Salvador Interview......... . . . 2 The Loyolan interview returns with a special interview with a group of experts on El Salvadorian affairs. A tMfferent Perspective................................10 As part of the Loyolan’s goal to permit and promote discus¬ sion on a wide spectrum of issues; a LMU student writes against the guerillas in her home country, El Salvador. The Ten Best......................................... — .... 17 Dave Blank conributes his ten best films of 1980 to the already extensive lists. Lions Split Weekend Games.......... — .. — 22 The Lions dropped Saturday’s contest to USF by 14, but revenged a earlier defeat against St. Mary’s on Friday. John Fitzsimons covered the games.