The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 61, Issue 5 - October 17, 1983

Escape to Loyola Marymount with the help of the people at Campus Ministry and Resident Life for a day of Fun and Games The Los Angeles Changes Proposed To Calendar By PAUL BERNAL Loyolan Staff Editor Students of Loyola Marymount University may find several changes in the academic calendar which might affect existing vacation time. The proposed modifications alter the opening and closing dates of instruction each semester as well as the length of the Interterm. The change that merits the most consideration is the possible shortening of the Interterm from six to four weeks. The three options now being con¬ sidered are that: 1) the university calendar should riot be altered; 2) fall classes should begin after Labor Day, end with exams before Christmas, begin the spring term in mid-January and end in mid-May; 3) fall classes should begin before Labor Day, end with exams earlier in December, begin the spring term in mid- January and finish in mid-May. Two factors pertain to all three op¬ tions. First, LMU will always have at WASC Evaluates LMU Departments, Facilities By CHRIS KRAUSE Loyolan Staff Editor Earlier this year, Loyola Mary¬ mount University underwent a re- evaluation of its accreditation under the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. As part of this process, every five years LMU conducts a self-study report which is then submitted to a WASC ac- crediation team for verification. ; The visiting team, consisting of pro¬ fessional administrators and educators from schools throughout the nation, was to verify the results of the universi¬ ty report begun over, two years ago. In addition to their adjudication of the study, the members were to interject their personal comments and sugges¬ tions. The 12-member team spent four days on campus and weeks thereafter com¬ piling their findings. Their summaries and observations were then sent to WASC headquarters in San Francisco, where evaluations were made and a final document formed and released to the university over the summer. The visiting team found the universi¬ ty’s report to be a solid, self-critical study with strong analysis of current situations. “It gave evidence of a penetrating review which indicated that the insitu- tion is well aware of most if not all of its problems and is dealing quite effec¬ tively with [them],...” the report stated. The previous WASC evaluation, which took place in 1977, made 11 for¬ mal recommendations. The current evaluation lists 15 recommendations. (continued on page 6) least one month without classes bet¬ ween the fall and spring semesters, in¬ cluding the Christmas and New Year holidays. Second, because of the new advanced registration process, there will no longer be a week of advisement and registration each term. “The purpose [of any change] is centered on the student. This has to be our primary objective»” said Anthony J. Brzoska, chairman of an in¬ vestigative committee set up by Academic Vice President Albert P. Koppes. To gain student input to the propos¬ ed calendar changes» Tom Reynolds, assistant dean of Housing and Resident Life, is organizing a student evaluation survey. The survey will attempt to obtain 500-800 responses collected from dorms and a booth in front of the Lair. “By process of random selection, we should get a fair view of what the students think,” said Reynolds. The faculty will also be directly af¬ fected. “There will be a hiring problem with the staff [if the change is not made]. They have to wait until mid- February to teach, so candidates will go to other schools. Present faculty get tired of waiting,” Reynolds added. A committee, under the supervision of Brzoska, will process questionnaires sent out to the faculty summarizing their responses. Both’student and faculty evaluations will be presented to Koppes after they have been summarized and collated by Brzoska, Richard Perle of the business department, ‘Warren* Wright of the mathematics department, Warren Sherlock of the communication arts department, and Tom Reynolds from (continued on page 7) Fr. Merrifield Page 5 Inside This Week: Games Gets Ball Rolling ►see раде 2 More on Merger ►see раде 5 About McKay Murders ►see раде 10 Basketball Rookies ►see раде 20 l.oyolan photo h> Carmen Bailey Loyola Marymount University October 17, 1983 Volume 61 Issue 5