The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 64, Issue 17 - March 4, 1987

Los Angeles Lqyolan Loyola Mary mount U n i v er s it у Volume 64 Issue 17 March 4, 1987 Saga plans Fall improvements By JOE BEAR, Staff Writer Eaters on campus may be a little hap¬ pier next year. The committee to renegotiate Saga Food Service’s contract came to a general agreement with Saga manage¬ ment on Tuesday, February 24. A con¬ tract review remains, and possibly a few revisions. “They basically agreed to everything we asked for,” said Tom Reynolds, chairman of the review committee. This includes convenience and maintenance services, nutrition education, food changes, and possible reviews of Saga management by university ad¬ ministrators. Saga has been asked to use only 100% beef in all ground beef entrees. Fresh eggs and cheeses, as well as one whole- grain bread selection whenever bread is served, are also included. A stipulation about leftovers may cause some confu¬ sion, so Reynolds clarifies it: “We’re not telling them they can’t serve leftovers; we just don’t want them to charge a catered group for something, then turn around and sell it in the Lair.” While this seldom happens, the com¬ mittee thinks it is unfair at all times. However, Saga may still serve leftovers in the Terrace Room. Another change is an increase in the number of special meals per week. The committee has decided on three (one weekday lunch, one weekday dinner, and one weekend dinner). These may be theme meals, nationality specialties, or food not normally available to students with campus dining. There will be four hot entrees, a sand¬ wich bar, and two salad bars at all lun¬ ches and dinners. Meat, yogurt, and granola will be served at all breakfasts. Saga will be required to post nutrition information for all entrees. Food con¬ tent, calories, and a food group breakdown must be included. Students will be able to use an elec¬ tronic access system for obtaining meals in the Terrace Room and the Lair. They will also receive Lair lunches and dinners which are equivalent to their average meal price. The Lair will be open seven days per week (7:00 a.m. — midnight Sunday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. — 1:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday). It will also employ student managers. All these changes might seem to re¬ quire many more people, Reynolds says. “They’re definitely going to have to add some people to cover the Lair, a stu¬ dent management team, and faculty staffing in the Del Rey Room; most of the changes will be in the Lair.” ■ Greeks to draft formal document By DONNA Ш THOMPSON, v Assistant News Editor What is the Greek system at LMU lacking? What does it need to get back in shape? An Institutional Rela¬ tionship Document., In response to this need Dr. Henry Durand, Vice President of Student Af¬ fairs, is presently in the process of establishing an Ad Hoc Greek Advisory Council. The job of the council will be to develop an Institutional-Fraternity Relationship Document by April, 1988. The proposed council membership is to include four Greek Fraternity members, three LMU Alumni Greeks, two members. The IFC (Inter-Fraternity Council) and PHC (Pan-Hellenic Council) will recommend four Greek Fraternity members, interested Alumni Advisors will recommend three LMU Greek Alumni, the Academic Vice President’s office will recommend two faculty representatives, the Vice President of Student Affairs. Once the Ad Hoc Committee is established, a Sub-Committee will draft a documentto be reviewed and approv¬ ed by the Greek Advisory Council. The recommended document will then be sent to the Vice President of Student Af- ni Advisors, the Student Affairs Com¬ mittee and the Student Life Committee of the Board of Trustees for recommen¬ dations on the document. When it has been approved, all fraternities recogniz¬ ed at LMU in April of 1988 will be asked to sign the document. In this way re¬ chartering themselves within the Univer¬ sity’s newly established Fraternity System. ‘Greeks and grades’ was one of the issues that accentuated the need for an Institutional-Fraternity Relationship Document on campus. At this time an individual must have a 2.5 grade point average to pledge a Fraternity or Sorori¬ ty, where other clubs and organizations on campus require only a 2.0. “In the IFC Constitution is states the grade point average must be a 2.5,” said ASLMU President, Ron Hodges. He suggested a possible solution to this delemia. “What they must do now is amend their constitution to a 2.0 and present that to the Student Affairs Com¬ mittee. The Student Affairs Committee approves it or disapproves it and it goes to Hank Durand as a recommendation, from there it goes to the Board oi Trustees. I can’t think of any big pro¬ blems as a result of the last study; it shouldn’t be any problem.” ■ Chorus going to Texas By FR. RICHARD H. TRAME, S.J., Choral Coordinator On Wednesday, March 11, the LMU Men’s Chorus, fifty-five strong, will depart for San Antonio, Texas. There they will present a concert on March 12, the first evening of the na¬ tional convention of American Choral Directors Association, the premier pro¬ fessional organization for choral direc¬ tors in the United States. The concert, in the Lila Cockrell Music Theater of the San Antonio Con¬ vention Center, will be attended by 3,000 conference delegates, all of them professional choral directors from around the country. An invitation to sing at the ACDA convention, and especially at one of its prestigeous evening concerts, is equivalent to participation in the “world series” of choral music. It constitutes recognition of the LMU Men’s Chorus’s stature among collegiate male choruses in the nation. Father James N. Loughran, S.J., university president, plans to honor the chorus by attending the San Antonio concert and conven¬ tion. Invitations to sing at this biennial con¬ vention come after a competition. In¬ terested choruses submit a cassette tape with selections from their previous three years of repertoire. These cassettes are submitted blind to a regional committee from a region other than the one in which they originate. The committee makes recommendations to the national convention committee, which in turn reviews them and submits recommenda¬ tions to the president-elect of ACDA. The ACDA invites choruses represen¬ tative not only of its seven national regions, but also representative of every type of choral singing — children’s chorus, junior high school, high school, college and university choruses, men’s and women’s choruses, community and conservatory choruses, and church choirs. This year marks the second time since 1981 that a chorus directed by LMU’s Paul Salamunovich has performed at a national convention. Salamunovich has also been in demand as a conductor at regional conventions. The LMU Men’s chorus invites all in¬ terested to hear a presentation of their ACDA San Antonio program in Mur¬ phy Hall on Monday, March 9, at 5:15 p.m. ■ John Alexander, Vice President for Development and Public Affairs at Regis College in Colorado, mil join Loyola Mary mount in March as Vice President for University Relations.