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Loyola Marymount University f Volume 65 Issue 1 1 ^ December 2, 1 987
Should Public Safety Have Weapons ? aslmu
By DONNA R. THOMPSON
News Editor
Should Security have
defensive weapons on cam¬
pus? This was the question ad¬
dressed at the open forum
Thursday, November 19 in
Seaver 200. The event was coor¬
dinated by McKay second floor
RA’s, Michele Hussey and
Alison Simmons.
The speakers at the forum
were David Trump, Vice-
President for Facilities Manage¬
ment; Captain Raymond
Hilyar, Director of Public Safe¬
ty; Heather Pope, Student
Senator; and Carmen Jordan,
Residence Life Representative
and McKay Program Coor¬
dinator.
The forum began with Hilyar
discussing the “guest of
honor,’ * the side-handed baton
called the “PR-24” and a
demonstration of its use by
Public Safety Officers, Lt.
Helton and Officer Corrigan.
According to Hilyar, the PR-24
offers protection against any
kind of a weapon except a
firearm. Officers must have
training and a license to carry it.
Hilyar stressed that it is a defen¬
sive weapon, not an attack
weapon. _ _
The PR-24, the proposed Public Safety Weapon resting against a patrol car . <pho,° by ChrisUne Few)
Most security officers carry a
flashlight, which is, according
to Lt. Helton, “a more poten¬
tially dangerous weapon”
because there is no training
necessary to carry one. The
training (if the officers chooses
to take any) is to take the butt
of the flashlight and ram it first
into the face, then chest, then
abdomen.
The PR-24 is a defensive
weapon used to ward off at¬
tacks and blows and offers the
security officer a better form of
defense. Being licensed to carry
a PR-24 requires that the in¬
dividual go through eight hours
of training and continual prac-
tice. There are legalities for us¬
ing the baton; the individual
that carries the weapon is held
personally responsible for any
action taken. If the PR-24 is
misused, the officer must
answer for it in a court of law.
Hilyar feels that LMU is
“probably the most secure cam¬
pus in Southern California; it
(continued on page 4)
Summer Leadership Conference; Future to be Considered
By LISA MAHABIR
News Writer
On November 24, a
meeting was held to
discuss the objectives of future
Summer Leadership con¬
ferences. Assistant Dean for
Student Activities, Joanie
Conley and Assistant Dean for
Supportive Services, Roberto
Andrade met with Nancy Au,
International Student Advisor
and Summer Leadership Con¬
ference Coordinator and the
Vice President of Student Af¬
fairs, Lane Bove to develop a
new focus for the conference.
Bove said, “there was some
confusion as to what exactly is
the focus... We call it a leader¬
ship conference, but we might
not spend enough time on
developing leadership, or at
least in some people’s minds.”
Another issue of concern
was the range of leadership ex¬
perience among the people at¬
tending. Bove explained, “If
you have someone who has
not had any leadership ex¬
perience and someone who has
been a Resident Advisor for
three years for example, you
have to ask, how can we make
the conference worthwhile for
both?”
A third concern was overall
participation. “Do we want to
pull the presidents of all the
clubs or are we looking for
students who spend a lot of
time working with other
students like student
managers, ASLMU, etc.,”
Bove said.
Coordinator Au spoke
about a new conference loca¬
tion change to Malibu. Au
said, “The former conference
site was in San Bernardino
County, which was a two and
a half hour drive and affected
actual activities. We will
reduce our travel time by more
than half, but it will cost
more.”
The costs for the Leadership
Conference in the past has
been an approximate $13,000
to $14,000. This price included
the conference, a follow-up
and a mental program. Au ad¬
ded, “This year (1988) with
the change of facility to
Malibu, there will be an in¬
crease of roughly $1500.00.”
Au explained the funding
process for the conference.
“Each student who attends
will contribute their $20.00.
The various departments will
still be responsible for con¬
tributing a certain amount of
money for each of the people
they sponsor to the con¬
ference. What is then the re¬
mainder cost, we go to the
President’s Office and the
Vice President’s Office of Stu¬
dent Affairs asking them to
fund the remainder.”
Au added, “There has been
a dramatic change in 1985 to
1986 coming from the Presi¬
dent’s Office. The bulk of the
funding for 1985 and 1986
came from the Student Affairs
Division and its Vice Presi¬
dent’s budget.”
Fr. Loughran from the
President’s Office said,
“Again I say one year I was
able to do it (contribute
funds), but now it has to be
financed in some other way.
My feeling too is that there is a
good deal of money in Student
Affairs... Anytime I give
money to support something
(from my Variance Account) I
say this is one shot affair. If
this is supposed to be a regular
thing, it should be budgeted
and go through the ordinary
process and compete with the
other requests for funds.”
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Offers Dance
Sponsorships
By CHRISTINE BOND
News Writer
Responding to a demand for
more on campus weekend
events at LMU, ASLMU is of¬
fering to co-sponsor dances
with clubs and organizations.
Acording to the November 16
issue of the ASLMU News , the
co-sponsored dances will offer
an alternative to off campus
drinking and provide a social
outlet for students that do not
have means of transportation to
go off campus during regular
weekends.
In these co-sponsored ac¬
tivities, ASLMU is willing to
pay for 50% of the activity’s ex¬
penses. The club or organiza¬
tion with whom the event is be¬
ing sponsored will receive 75%
of the profits. In this way clubs
and organizations can earn ad¬
ditional revenue to assist in
financial needs.
The ASLMU offer to co¬
sponsor an activity with a club
or organization is open once
during the 1987-1988 academic
year per club or organization*
recognized by ASLMU. Only
one event will be co-sponsored
per night during the weekend.
Actual terms of the agreement
will be settled by the ASLMU
President and the president of
the interested club or organiza¬
tion.
The proposed ASLMU co¬
sponsorship was created by
ASLMU President, Juan Mejia.
“Students told me that there
weren’t enough weekend ac¬
tivities on campus. APC (Ac¬
tivities Programming Commis¬
sion) was already doing all that
it could, ’’said Mejia.
Concerning the co¬
sponsorship idea Mejia** com¬
ments, “I hope it works. 7 he
purpose is for the students to
have more activities. It alsr, pro¬
vides a way for the clubs and
groups to make money which
they tend to need”
For more informatic n, go to
the Malone ground floor
ASLMU office.
Commission Investigates Physical Plant
By CHRIS JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Since 1984, ASLMU has had
an investigative Presidential
Commission that looked in one
area of specific concern on the
campus. This year, the Com¬
mission reviewed four areas of
concern. The areas of student
services covered were SAGA,
Public Safety, the Bookstore,
and the Physical Plant. The
Commission broke up into four
committees, each dealing with
one area. In each area, there
were certain problems that were
understood to exist and solu¬
tions that were suggested.
Reports from each committee
were submitted including
changes that have been made,
the recommended changes that
have not been made, the results
of surveys done among the stu¬
dent body and suggestions for
further changes that will benefit
the student body.
The fourth and final install¬
ment in the Loyolan series on
the Presidential Commission
Report will focus on the obser¬
vations of the committee assign¬
ed to investigate Physical Plant.
The commission on. Physical
Plant was to investigate the pro¬
cedures of Physical Plant and
how they handle requests for
repairs* service requests and
maintenance. There had been
several complaints that the
workers in Physical Plant
Department wire not always
performing the* jobs they had
been assigned; also the amount
of time required to perform
repairs caused much frustration
to those who needed repairs
completed.
It was discovered that the
Physical Plant has not expand¬
ed as fast as the campus has
grown. Since 1973, several
buildings have been added to
the campus that require cons¬
tant maintenance. Yet there has
been no expansion of the
department other than custodial
Inside This Issue
Features—
LMU student Letteiri, gold medalist in
Pan Am games
...page 7
Arts and Entertainment—
Planes, Trains & Automobiles leads
holiday movie season
...page 14
Sports—
From Worst to First? Basket Ball Preview
...page 10
