Los Angeles Loyolan
- Volume 58, Number 6 — —
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Marymount University - October 6, 1980 —
Inside
The Rock Business . . . ... .6
Jeanmarie Murphy, entertainment editor, examines the rock
business, the bottom line behind the bands. The story is part
of Jeanmarie’s series on the musical business.
Reister Directs Counseling Center. . . .9
Barry Reister is the new director of the Counseling Center
located in the third floor of Malone. He hopes to initiate some
changes in the program and offer a wide spectrum of career
choices for students this fall.
Reports of mishap differ
Qantas 747 mistakes
Hughes for LA airport
by Peter Meyers
and Dennis Dlugos
The LMU Security Office
received several complaints of
excessive jet noise Sunday
evening September 28. One stu¬
dent “swears” she saw “a huge
plane attempting to land upside
down at the Hughes Aircraft
Corporation runway.” Another
student mentioned that she had
heard about a plane trying to
land on Alumni Mali. What was
the cause of this disturbance?
A Qantas Airways Boeing 747
jumbo jet, flight 1 1 from Sydney,
Australia and Honolulu to Los
Angeles, experienced some dif¬
ficulties while making an ap¬
proach to Los Angeles Interna¬
tional Airport.
Officials from Qantas’ ad¬
ministrative offices in San Fran¬
cisco, the Federal Aviation Ad¬
ministration (FAA), and the Com¬
monwealth Department of
Transportation in Australia all
provided conflicting accounts of
the incident.
Qantas officials claimed that
the 747 merely encountered a
communication/tracking pro¬
blem that lasted but a moment.
No serious danger existed, ac¬
cording to airline officials.
Alex Garvis, head of Public Af¬
fairs at the FAA in Los Angeles
provided this release: “Qantas
flight 11, at approximately 6:20
p.m. on September 28, made it
final approach to Los Angeles
International and was informed
by flight controllers to make a
visual approach on runway
24-right. Instead, the plane lined
up on Hughes Aircraft’s Culver
City runway.
“One-quarter mile from the
runway, at a height of 800 feet,
flight controllers hurriedly in¬
formed the pilot that he had ex¬
ecuted a missed approach and
advised him to pull up, recircle,
and execute an instrument lan¬
ding, which was subsequently
done without incident.”
John Death, of the Com¬
monwealth Department of
Transportation in Australia,
gave the following account on
October 1: “We are aware of an
alleged incident involving Quan-
tas flight 11 at Los Angeles on
Adams stated: “The incident
did not result from a lack of ex¬
perience. All of Qantas’ pilots
are very experienced. They are
extensively trained using the
latest methods of instruction.
They study everything about an
airport, including approach paL
terns, before they fly into the air¬
port. There was absolutely no
danger at any time during the
flight.
“The pilot never saw Hughes,”
according to Adams, “although
he was looking into the sun and
it was quite hazy that day.”
Adams also commented that
i the FAA had not, as of October
1, three days after the incident,
contacted his office. “I had ex¬
pected the FAA to get in touch
with me, but they haven’t as of
yet.”
The 747 could have made a
safe landing at the Hughes run¬
way, according to Hughes air
traffic control. However, the
jumbo jet would have experienc¬
ed a slight probiem in turning
around to take off again.
The FAA and its counterpart
in Australia will continue their
investigation of this occurence,
the first of its type involving a
LAX and Hughes mixup.
Professors, students present views
at successful draft colloquium
by Dennis Dlugos
and Jerry Wenker
A colloquium on the moral
and ethical implications of the
draft was held on Thursday, Oc¬
tober 2 in the 3rd floor Foley
lounge. The well-attended
gathering was highlighted by
formal presentations by Dr.
John Popiden of the Theology
department and Dr. Jim Hanink
of the Philosophy department.
Dr. Popiden, a professor of
moral theology with a strong
background in military history,
opened the symposium with his
views on the draft issue.
Popiden argued that a draft is
not an entirely desireable solu¬
tion, but is a superior option
compared to our existing all¬
volunteer army.
The citizens of a nation are
ultimately responsible for the
actions of their government, ac¬
cording to Popiden. A draft
forces the individual to confront
this responsibility. Under the all-
- volunteer force, many citizens
would v neglect their respon¬
sibilities, leaving an unlticky few
to carry the burden of the entire
nation.
The main issue, then, is not
the draft, but the actions our
military leaders have taken in
the past and will take in the
future.
Popiden then outlined two
reasonable positions a cons¬
cientious objector may take. The
first is pacifism— believing that
all war is morally wrong. Most
Christian churches, including
the Catholic church, do not hold
this view. The exceptions are the
Quakers, the Church of the
Brethren, and the Mennonites.
During the Vietnam era, draft
boards often granted CO status
to those who could prove they
believed all war is morally
wrong.
Draft boards, however, tend to
be arbitrary in their decisions in¬
volving CO status. The final
decision is often based more on
the personal opinions of the
draft board members, than on
the strength of the individual’s
beliefs.
During Vietnam, for example,
the draft boards in Orange
County granted very few young
people CO status, while in the
more liberal San Fernando
Valley, exceptions to the draft
were easier to obtain.
An alternative position a con¬
scientious objector make take,
according to Popiden, is to
believe that some wars are just
and some unjust. One holding
this belief would be willing to
fight for some causes, but un¬
willing to submit to conscription
in other cases. This is the posi¬
tion held by most churches, in¬
cluding the Catholic Church.
Standards for just and unjust
have been established. A war
fought solely for economic or
political gain is unjust, while a
war fought in genuine self-
defense can be just.
Techniques utilized iq the
course of the war, according to
Popiden, can also determine the
justness of the war. The use of
nuclear weapons, because of
their massive destructive
potential, is considered unjust.
(Continued on page 2)
1980-81 Basketball Season
Drs. Jim Hanink and John Popiden presented different viewpoints on the moral implications of the
draft at the colloquium held October 2. ( Loyolan photo by Ric Delgado)
Jeanne Vanderfin, sports editor, discusses the coming
season with Ed Goorjian and the direction of college basket¬
ball at LMU.
September 28. It is being in¬
vestigated by the Department’s
Air Safety Investigation Branch.
The Department’s initial infor¬
mation indicates that the air¬
craft did not make an approach
to Hughes and neither did it des¬
cend below 1200 feet/’
Jim Adams, accident in¬
vestigator for the Department of
Transportation in Sydney, ex¬
plained: “The crew is not yet
back in Sydney, so our informa¬
tion is not complete. We are con¬
ducting a ‘read-out’ based on the
flight recorder, but that is not
complete as yet. But I know for a
fact that the pilot did not make
an approach to Hughes.”
There had been speculation
that the incident may have been
caused by inexperience. Quan-
tas just recently began service
to Los Angeles and a lack of
familiarity with the approach
patterns at LAX could have been
a contributing factor.
SAGA Food Service opened its newly remodeled Lair last Thursday, with a new interior and
a much expanded line of foods.
Sporting a theme of the “Grand Marketplace,” the food service area has been divided up
into several different modules. Besides a “Bun Appetite” counter serving fast foods, there is
the “Cafe Ole” serving a variety of Mexican and Hispanic entrees, the “Delicatessen” pro¬
viding prepared and made to order sandwiches and salads, and “La Cuisine” featuring a dif¬
ferent dinner entree each evening. There are also separate dessert and drink counters, and
two central cashiers at the food service area exit. The new dining area has been carpeted
and paneled, giving the Lair a comfortable, restaurant-like atmosphere.
A new seating addition still under construction will add over 150 seats to the snack bar. It
is scheduled to be completed later in the semester.
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