The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 63, Issue 17 - Febraury 24, 1986

In Entertainment ... Hammer Smith pounds Bird Nest with sound. ... see page 15. In Features ... Students join Multiple Sclerosis battle. ... see page 8 In Sports ... Lions baseball moves to 12-1 ; senior cagers retire. ...see page 16. Los Angeles Loyolan Loyola Marymount University Volume 63 Issue 17 February 24, 1986 Reaching out means being a Special Games athlete or a helpful coach. Special Games approach By MONICA SAVO, Paulch, associate director ol the games. News Writer Last year, 170 individuals helped coach, _ _ _ - . but this year 206 students expressed in- pedal Games, an Olympic-style terest in coaching, with 20 alumni and function sponsored annually for some faculty members helping as well, mentally and physically handicapped in- “From these 206 applicants, 22 team dividuals, will be held in Sunken leaders are chosen... and their job is to Gardens on March 22. see that everything runs smoothly,” said The games are designed to promote . Sullivan, awareness of the handicapped among The athletes come from such students here, and to bring an oppor- organizations as Harbor View House, tunity for athletic competition to han- Westchester Recreation Center, Cline, dicapped individuals. United Cerebral Palsy, and the Crippled “This year there are two categories of Children’s Society, special games... special events and Practices for the Big Day (March 22) special special events,” said Noreen begin March 1 in Sunken Gardens. Four Sullivan, director of games. practices follow that one. They will be Special events is the category open for held both on Sullivan Field and on those able to compete athletically, while Sunken Gardens, special special events is the category for “I think this event will give me a good those less able to compete. opportunity to work with children, and Included in special events are a three- to get more involved with school func- legged race, a bean bag toss, a horeshpe turns,’ ’ said Margaret Sifferman, a toss, and “baseball.” Included in special volunteer coach, special events are the “Nerf” toss, “We are all excited and enthusiastic skeeball, tetherball, and a tug-it com- about Special Games. There has been a petition. lot of positive response among the various clubs and organizations, and we The number of coaches has increased expect a fun day,” concluded Sul- by twenty percent, according to Shauna livan. ■ ASLMU releases reserve board fund allocations Mj4 very year during the Budget Ballot French society Movies $103. JLIi process a certain number of Wine & cheese $174. students designate their share of Ballot Fashion show Socials $228. $10. funds to be distributed to needy organizations by ASLMU. Other Ignatians Retreat $105. students fail to fill out a Budget Ballot Office supplies $12. and their funds are automatically se¬ Crush party $8. questered for distribution by ASLMU. Delta Sigma Pi Meet the firms $508. Those funds are collectively known as Economics soc. Lecture $13. reserve monies. Clubs and organizations Travel $48. desiring a share of the funds submit ap¬ plications to ASLMU, which reviews Direct Route Expansion pgm $676. them and hands out funds to needy Asian- Pacific Speaker $175. groups. $45. Amnesty Int’l Office supplies This year the reserve monies PR & Speaker $58. amounted to about $9,000; ASLMU Philisophical received almost $90,000 in requests from Society Forum $67. clubs. Nov Colloq. $20. Feb Colloq. $7. Normally the amounts each organiza- Apr Colloq * $7. tion receives are kept confidential; Bird Nest Bands $916. however, ASLMU broke with tradition Dance $50. this year and released the following list of clubs and their reserve allocations: Cycling club Party $66. San Diego trip $22. Group Event Amount Memberships $50. Dance Society Dance festival $250. Civil Engineers Cone. Canoe $250. Conference fees $67. Theatre Society Theatre festival $217. Tower yearbook Party $50. Del Rey Players Award ceremony $150. Peace Studies Hunger week $150. ASME/SAE Dune buggy 240. Rugby Club Travel $783. Belles Skid Row kids play day $96. Crimson Circle LMU Loan $200. Supplies $9. Awards banq. $54. Banquet $50. Special Games General $917. MEChA Banquet $50. Bilingual Ed. Training $208. Hannon Loft Thurs Nile Live $1250. Weekend events $167. Jesuit Alumni Social $68. Barbeque $18. Int’l students Ethnic exchange $308. Arnold Air Soc. Conclave $325. Malone Rec Ctr Back to School party $158. Biology Society Total $150. Ping pong table $158. Political Society Graphics $44. University pool Develop park $42. Social $40. End of year Soc. $8. English society Poetry reading $75. Trivia bowl $67. Black Students Xmas social $82. Spring party $8. Blk women frm $90. Poetry reading $8. Blk history week $293. Under Mejia, sanctuary movement gains speed By JON SIMON, Staff Writer TP he sanctuary movement, an effort JL to educate the local community about the plight of refugees from Cen¬ tral America, is a political hot potato that is receiving considerable attention. The movement, opposed by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), has been unnoticed in the past, but through the organization of students and some faculty, the sanctuary move¬ ment at LMU has become an issue that places the church in a precarious balance between the refugees and the law. Juan Mejia, an LMU student, leads the sanctuary movement in an effort to “educate the community about the situation of political refugees from Guatemala and El Salvador ... people are the victims of political oppression, they’re not here for employment,” Me¬ jia said. The INS contends that the “refugees” are here for economic reasons. Sources at INS told the Loyolan that most refugees deported to Central America cite “economic motivations” for com¬ ing to America on deportation forms. In an official press release, INS cited a study that claims all deportees going back to El Salvador and Guatemala are givjen a follow-up representative, who maintains a one^year contact with the deportee, and checks for political harassment. In the study, INS claims that not one deportee has been subject to maltreat¬ ment by his or her government. Mejia told the Loyolan that sanctuary is a nonpartisan issue, crossing no political boundaries. “You can support sanctuary and Ronald Reagan at the same time ... we’re simply living in Christ to support fellow human beings,” Mejia said. Campus Ministry actively supports the sanctuary movement. The sanctuary movement has its roots in an ASLMU student senate leadership conference, where Mejia, a student senator, proposed the idea as one of ASLMU’s goals for the ’85-’86 year. Seen as a legitimate goal, it developed with Mejia’s leadership. “At first, the barrier was money,” Mejia said, “but we’ve overcome that and we’re doing well now.” (continued on page 3)