The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 65, Issue 19 - March 9, 1988

Los Angeles Loyolan Loyola Marymount University Volume 65 Issue 19 Circulation 3,000 March 9. 1988 The Wailing Souls - A very popular Reggae band will be playing at Awareness Music Festival ‘88 on campus March 12 . See page 3 for further information. MAAA to Hold Student and Alumni Fiesta By CLAUDIA SANCHEZ Contributor On Saturday March 19, the Mexican American Alumni Association and Hispanics for Law will host the Second Annual Fiesta at the Quiet Cannon Country Club in Montebello. The din¬ ner/dance event is sponsored with the express purpose of br- inging together Latino students, alumni, and faculty for a festive evening of recognition and reunion. The honoree for the evening will be Diane Feuntes-Michel ’79 who is currently a coor¬ dinator for the Chancellor’s office Tax Offset Program. Fuentes-Micel received her B.A. in History and Chicano Studies at LMU and went on to receive her M. A. in Govern¬ ment at Cal State University in Sacramento. Fuentes-Michel’s qualifica¬ tions are felt to be extensive as well as impressive, having worked as Program Budget Analyst for the Department of Finance, a State Policy Con¬ sultant, Senior Administrative Analyst for two UC campuses (continued on page 4) Career Placement Offers Information Fairs By JEANETTE TAUCHAS Contributor EMU’s annual Career Information Faire will be held Wednesday, March 16 in Alumni Mall from 10:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by Placement Assistance Services, Chicano Supportive Service, and the American Marketing Associa¬ tion. The Faire is open to all freshman, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and grad students from the colleges of Business Administration, Science and Engineering, Liberal arts and Communica¬ tion and Fine Arts There will be tables set up with representatives from 50 well known companies in all areas, among them: The Crip¬ pled Children’s Society; Disneyland; Gold Arrow Camp; IBM; L.A. Fire, Police, and Sheriff’s Depart¬ ment; LAX Hilton; Nord¬ strom; Peace Corps; RKO General; and United Airlines. (Look for flyers with the addi¬ tional companies.) The representatives will assist students with career ideas, in¬ ternships and provide infor¬ mation on part-time, summer and career employmentoppor- tunities. The Career Placement Of¬ fice suggests that this day can be extremely beneficial to you as it is a chance to broaden your mind, goals and possibilities for present and future employment beyond LMU. The Faire can also give you an edge on your career in providing an abundance of in¬ formation and ideas. The ex¬ perience could be used as a time to make contacts, pick up business cards, find a part- time or summer job, or to simply submit your resume. In the event of rain, the faire will be held in the Bird- nest. For more information con¬ tact the Career Placement Of¬ fice at 642-2871. ■ Engineering Week Events Scheduled By TOM CALDER Contributor Engineering Week 1988 at Loyola Marymount University will run from Sun¬ day, March 13 through Satur¬ day, March 19. In addition to various contests, games and meetings, there are three even¬ ing events open to the Univer¬ sity community. On Sunday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m. in Pereira 31, LMU alumni will return to par¬ ticipate in a forum on Careers, Options, and Opportunities in Engineering and Computer Science. Refreshments will be served. No reservation re¬ quired. On Wednesday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. in Pereira 31, ex¬ perts from Hughes and MacNeal-Schwendler will pre¬ sent programs on Entry Level Engineering Assignments in C.E., E.E., M.E., and C.S. and on Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE). Refreshments will be served. No reservation required. On Saturday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room, the annual Engineering Banquet will feature dinner, dancing, entertainment and awards. Tickets are on sale in PereiraS. For more information on Engineering Week events, call Tom Calder at 642-2833. ■ Is University Guilty of Grade Inflation? By TERI MCQUILLAN Senior Writer tudents who received “C’s” for lower division Liberal Arts courses last fall will find that grade defined as “satisfactory” in the upper right hand corner of their report cards. A grade of “C”, however, does not necessarily place those students among The average of his/her peers. A Registrars report summariz¬ ing grades in lower division liberal arts courses for fall of 1987 reveals that 49:2% or more of the students in lower division Theology, History, English, Political Science and Psychology courses recieved “A’s” and “B’s”. Statistics vary widely bet¬ ween departments. They are as follows: English 9.4% “ A’s”, 52.4% “B’s”, 61.8% “A’s” and “B’s” combined; History 10.1% “A’s”, 39.8% “B’s”, 49.9% “A’s” and “B’s” com¬ bined; Political Science 26.4% “A’s”, 47.8% “B’s”, 74.2% “A’s” and “B’s” combined; Psychology 29.3% “A’s”, 44.1% “B’s”, 73.4% “A’s” and “B’s” combined; Philosophy 18.1% “A’s”, 49.8% “B’s”, 67.9% “A’s” and “B’s” combined, Theology 12.0% “A’s”, 37.2% “B’s”, 49.2 % “A’s” and “B’s” combined. A panel discussion on grade inflation sponsored by Alpha Sigma Nu will take place in Sullivan Lounge at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 11th. Various students and facul¬ ty have offered reactions to the issue of grade inflation and explanations for the latter statistics. Father Thomas Buckley S. J. of the History Department commented that “...the law school (Loyola) devalues an LMU undergraduate G.P.A. by 5%” when considering ap¬ plications for admissions. From his experience with students Buckley has found that “...the G.P.A. from LMU is not necessarily a good indication of performance on the LSAT or GRE and students want to know why. It is a terrible injustice to (continued on page 2) MEASLES VACCINATION The Health Center will be revaccinating students who do not meet the L.A. Department of Health Services requirements free of charge. If you do not meet any of the following -vaccinated before your first birthday. -vaccinated before 1968 -your immunization record is incomplete (both month and year are not specified) -never had measles vaccination -not documented by a physician as having measles Immunization Sites will be set up on Thursday from 10am to 4p.m. at Regents’ Terrace, Lair Terrace, and Alumni Mall, ana Friday from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. at the Lair Patio, McKay Quad and Rosecrans Quad. Student Attacked Behind McKay By JEANNE GARON News Writer She night of Saturday, March 2 was for most LMU students, a night of ela¬ tion over our homecoming vic¬ tory. But for one student, a resident of McKay, Homecoming Night ’88 will be remembered as a night of violence and trauma. At approximately 8 p.m., the lot behind Hannon was full, making it necessary for her to park on the dimly-lit bluff behind McKay. Nothing was in her hands except her car keys when she got out of her car and turned to lock it. Unexpectedly, without any warning sound of an ap¬ proaching person, an arm reached out and grabbed her neck. “All I can remember ,” she said, “is that my forehead started to sting, and then my neck, and then my chest...” She was hospitalized for multi¬ ple lacerations by what the LAPD later called an “unknown sharp object;” the victim thinks that the object was probably a knife or blade of some sort. Her first reaction was to kick him in the groin area, do¬ ing so enabled her to turn to the right and knock him down. Running away from the scene, she looked back and saw him running to the gate that leads out onto the bluff. She also saw enough of him to be able to describe him as a “dark- skinned, maybe black or dark Mexican male,” about 5’ 7-8”. She ran to the information booth and informed Security, who reacted by immediately dispatching several men out into the neighborhood for a (continued on page 15)