The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 65, Issue 25 - May 4, 1988

Los Angeles Loyolan Loyola AAarymount University Volume 65 Issue 25 Circulation 3,000 May 4, 1988 Ten Days and Counting... Vague Performs at Hannon Field's Concert in the Sun last Saturday . Recalling a Newsworthy Year By ARON LITTLE News Editor It’s the end of another year at LMU, a year filled with memories of events and ac¬ tivities which were shared by the entire community. As the Loyolan concludes the year with this last issue, a brief recap of the year’s top stories seems to be in order. The year opened with a new alcohol policy on campus and plenty of debate over the iden¬ tification wrist band that would be worn by those over twenty-one wishing to con¬ sume alcohol. Students mounted a campaign against a dry campus with the “What’s Next” t-shirts, and ASLMU formed a commission to study and inform the administration on the new policy. As early as September the Loyolan ran a story on rising tuition rates around the na¬ tion. But not until February was there a clamor over LMU’s own 8 ‘/2% tuition hike for next year. But tuition was not the only financial concern among students. The new mandatory athletic fee pro¬ posal and the proposal to raise the parking fee sent students to their ASLMU Senators in protest. In October, the first of the security and violence stories emerged as strangers collected names and addresses for an alleged party. Public Safety escorted the men off campus without incident, this time. Within a month, however, a security officer was stabbed near the bluff in an attempt to apprehend suspected car thieves. One man was ar¬ rested. The violence continued, especially behind McKay, with numerous attacks on students. Despite the arming of Public Safety officers, there were at least three attacks on students during the month of March. Rumors of other incidehts cir¬ culated among students, and campus groups reacted by sponsoring self-defense workshops and by renewing the emphasis on cross-campus escorts. Local violence was not the only hot topic this year. University divestment from South Africa was taken up from last year by faculty and students. After debates, meetings, numerous shanty (continued on page 2) RHA Rocks the Spring Semester By SUZANNE OLAERTS Contributor ■ s the 1987-88 school year comes to a close, RHA recalls a successful semester and looks forward to next year. Since its Spring Newslet¬ ter, RHA has sponsored many activities for students. In March, the Residence Hall Presidents joined efforts to put on one of this year’s most successful RHA events: the all-dorm formal. More recently, on April 26 the Tenderich RHA and RA’s co¬ hosted a unique event, called the Tenderich Neighborhood Barbecue, They sent out in¬ vitations to the Westchester- community residents living behind Tenderich and to their building residents, and all joined together for an evening of fun, games, and food. The excellent turnout and enter¬ taining evening was hailed as In the works again is RHA’s biannual assembly of the finals week care packages. RHA approaches parents in advance to pay for “bags of goodies,” which are then delivered to residents near finals week. Regarding 1988-89 elec¬ tions, RHA decided after an Inner Hall Council review to hold Building President elec¬ tions in the Fall as usual, so that the new residents may have an equal opportunity to run for positions and to cast their votes. THe 1987-88 RHA Ex¬ ecutive Board, after hours of interviews and deliberation, hands over its reins to the new RHA Executive Board for next year: RHA President Michelle Perez, Vice President of Activities Tara Stephens, Vice President of Resident Issues Erin Kate Anderson, Vice President of Internal Af¬ fairs Paul Kim, and Vice President of External Affairs John Mazzarella. The new Executive Board will start planning for next year at the National NACURH conference in La Crosse, Wisconsin at the end of May. The conference is ex¬ pected to give the Board vital information and experience regarding campus issues and activities. ■ Faculty Petition for Epstein's Reinstatement By ERIC JOHNSTON News Writer It is not uncommon for L о у ola Marymou nt University to discontinue con¬ tracts of non-tenured, visiting professors. It is also not unusual for such actions to meet with criticism from cer¬ tain members of the LMU community. However, it is rare when the University’s decision not to rehire a visiting professor results in a faculty mandate from an entire department. This is the case with LMU professor Bob Eps¬ tein, who has taught one of the most popular courses on cam- Dancing Semana By ELISA VASQUEZ Contributor May 5th marks the first major defeat of the French in Mexico over one- and-a-half centuries ago. This battle in Puebla was a foreshadowing of Mexico’s in¬ dependence. The victory over France led to the eventual ousting of Europeans from the Western Hemisphere. To commemorate this vic¬ tory, LMU’s Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) declared last week the official Semana de la Raza. Major events included Xipe Totec Dancers on Tues¬ day, April 26. These authentic Aztec dancers recreated the original Aztec sacrificial per¬ formances of Mexico before the arrival of Cortez. On Thursday, LMU’s own Grupo Folklorico performed during convocation hour at the Lair Patio. Dances represented pus, “Art of the Cinema,” for the past three years. Epstein’s contract with the LMU ends at the close of This semester, and the University has decided not to renew the contract. Consequently, the Communications division of the Communications and Fine Arts College, headed by Dr. Don Zirpoia, has begun a faculty mandate designed at reinstating Bob Epstein to a full-time instructorship in the department for the coming fall semester due to Epstein’s vast knowledge and insight on movies. The petition, when complete, will be presented to (continued on page 5) Highlights de la Raza various regions of our neighbors to the south. In ad¬ dition, a week-long newspaper display of the Chicano move¬ ment was on display in the lower level of the library. The events continued through the weekend as well. On Saturday, April 30, Grupo Folklorico performed its an¬ nual spring gala at Murphy Hall. Entitled “// Alma de Mexico en Sus Sones у Bailes,” the Grupo presented dances from ten regions of Mexico. Finally, on Sunday MEChA honored the graduating seniors and their parents with a special dinner. The dinner paid tribute to the parents for their unending sacrifices to put their children through t he university. Overall, MEChA con¬ sidered its Semana a success. Not only did Latinos celebrate, but non-Latinos were able to share in another culture besides their own . ■ Inside This Issue News Remembering Sr. Margaret Anne Rehehan see page 2 A Reflection on LMU: How Things Have Changed see page 6 Sports Lion Baseball within reach of WCAC title