The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 65, Issue 7 - October 28, 1987

Los Angeles Lovolan Loyola Marymount University * Volume 65 Issue 7^~ October 28, 1987 Public Safety Officer Stabbed By LISA MAHABIR News Writer and WILLIAM SALVINI Senior Writer _ On Sunday, October 11 at approximately 4:10 a.m. a public safety officer was stabb¬ ed on campus. Nineteen-year- old Michael Jordan suffered three stab wounds and a punc¬ tured lung. The incident occur¬ red while trying to apprehend three suspected car thieves. Captain Raymond Hilyar, director of public safety, and David Trump, Vice-President for facilities management, told the Loyolan of the stabbing. The watch commander and another officer were routinely patrolling the eastern boundary of campus in a Ford LTD with the headlights off. The officers heard music and some loud voices. They stopped and observed three white men in their late teens or early twenties who had entered the campus from the bluff. Another officer was called by radio from the public safety office to the scene as backup. The three officers decided to disperse and approach the suspects from different direc¬ tions. During the course of the officers’ conversation,^ the suspects spotted them and fled. Six foot, one inch, one hun¬ dred eighty pound Officer Michael Jordan pursued a six foot, seven inch, two hundred fifty pound suspect. After a ver¬ bal confrontation, Jordan fell on some iceplant during the pursuit. The suspect grabbed Jordan in a bear hug and proceeded to stab him with an eight-inch buck knife. The two fell down the hill approximately thirty feet. Jordan broke the bear hold and grabbed the suspect by the arm. The other two officers arrived at the scene and overcame the suspect. At this point, the other two suspects escaped to the Hughes facility down the hill in their assumed parked car. The Los Angeles Police Department arrived and arrested the remain¬ ing suspect. Jordan was taken to a local hospital to be treated for the stab wounds. There, he was found to have a punctured lung. Jordan is recovering at his home and will be off duty for eight weeks. The arrested suspect is being held on a fifty thousand dollar bail and is charged with attemp¬ ted murder and assault. The first hearing will establish what the final charges are. Hilyar believes the incident was gang-related, possibly a gang originating from Venice. Monday, October 19, there was a meeting held with all Resi¬ dent Advisors to relay the facts of the incident to them. Trump advises all students to “Stay clear of the bluff area at night and if they need to go into that area, public safety will provide escorts.’’ Trump added that the officers have expressed concerns to him about their desires to have some means of self-protection when in those kinds of situations. Hilyar is asking the com¬ munity and the student body for help. If anything suspicious is seen or heard, public safety should be contacted. He em¬ phasized campus awareness of “potential hazards that we have here.’’ He added that Loyola Marymount does not have a high crime rate, but occasional¬ ly incidents do occur. With the cooperation of the community, these incidents might be halted. LMU Depression Workshop Assists in Adjustment By HELEN FENSKE, Sports Editor ■ 11 of us, at some point in our lives, have experienc¬ ed symptoms of depression. Numbness, loneliness, in¬ decisiveness, insecurity, apathy, tiredness, helplessness and hopelessness are all feelings associated with depression. Depression was the topic for the fourth lecture coordinated by Student Health through Awareness, Prevention and Education (SHAPE), and was presented October 13. The lecture was given by Dr. Susan Harper-Slate, the Acting Director of the Counseling Center. Harper-Slate said that in her six years at the Counsel¬ ing Center, the two symptoms seen the most are anxiety and depression. Depression ranges on a con¬ tinuum from mild to moderate to severe. In the mild stage, the symptoms are feeling numb and out of touch. A bout with mild depression is not necessarily bad, however, as it can serve an adaptive function - protecting us in certain situations. In the moderate stages of depression one has a harder time being involved in things and often withdraws from friends. In the more severe stage one has very low self-esteem, is self-critical, and tends to generalize that ‘everything’s wrong.’ For people in their mid-20’s or older, depression is often characterized by earlv morning awakening— around 2 or 3 a.m. — whereas for people in their early 20’s a sign of depres¬ sion may be struggling to get to sleep— if that’s unusual for the person. Other signs of depres¬ sion are: a loss of concentra¬ tion, a change of eating habits, and crying inappropriately. l ne experience of depression can be hard on friendships. Often when one is depressed, the last thing in the world one LMU Business Ethics Day Draws Crowds And Enthusiasm Business Ethics Day crowd listens to lecturer in Alumni Gym. (Pholu by Chrislinr Few) By TOM LYNCH News Writer Business and corporate ethics is a significant issue demanding recognition in the world today. On October 22, Loyola Marymount University addressed this issue by hosting a Business Ethics Day consisting of a primary address on ethics in the industry, and three subse¬ quent speeches delivered by Loyola Marymount faculty. The event ended with a question and answer session. The primary speaker, Mr. Fred Koehler, president of Leach, a corporation that pro¬ vides service to the aerospace in¬ dustry, addressed the issue by discussing how his company operates in relation to ethics. Koehler stated that his company created a code of conduct, which is similar in other com¬ panies, that stresses honesty, fairness, quality, and loyalty. He also emphasized the impor¬ tance of employer-employee responsibilities to the business and to each other. The three panelists: Dr. Woods-Philosophy; Dr. Alan Cherry- Accounting; and Dr. David Beaty- Business, responded in seven minute speeches to Koehler’s address, and related personal, as well as professional issues to ethics topic. Dr. Woods stressed the impor¬ tance of rules and guidelines, arguing that unattended, people would adopt conflicting posi¬ tions regarding ethics in the workplace. He also emphasized the relevance of a standardized code of conduct, primarily because reason itself does not reveal ethical structures. Dr. Cherry related the primary address to the accoun¬ ting profession, claiming that standardization in such a com¬ plex, yet important field is par¬ ticularly necessary. Enforcing techniques are also a primary objective. Dr. Beaty, recently returning from South Africa, related the ethics question to companies in¬ volved with South Africa. Beaty claimed that companies are no longer to be judged by words but by actions, and referred to those active in South Africa. Rabbi Arthur Gross- Schaefer, chairman of the Hilton Business Ethics Com- mitee, stated, “the committee members were happy with the attendance [and response] to the program, but were disturbed by what happened with the acoustics.’’ Originally intended for St. Robert’s Auditorium, the event was removed to Alum¬ ni Gym because of the renova¬ tion of St. Robert’s. However, the next Business Ethics Day, in February, will be held in St. Robert’s as planned. The Spring Business Ethics Day, scheduled for February 23-25, will be more comprehen¬ sive. Dealing with such tentative issues as AIDS, discrimination, polygraph testing, privacy, and trade secrets, the next program promises to be expedient and in¬ formative. Щ wants is someone to cheer them up. Yet a friend’s usual reaction is to attempt to do just that. “If you’ve got a friend who is depressed, one of the best things you can do for them is ask them ‘how’s it going?’ and really want to know,’’ said Harper- Slate, “even if you don’t understand.’’ People often confuse sadness with depression, but, said Harper-Slate, “When you’ve moved to sadness, you’re out of depression.’’ On a continuum from ‘deadness’ to ‘aliveness,’ depression is on the deadness side while sadness, fear and joy - the feelings that let us know that we are alive - are on the aliveness side. Using alcohol or drugs - self- medicating yourself - during depression is simply keeping you on the deadness end of the continuum. There is nothing wrong with the occasional stiff drink to fight the blues, but, “When you’re using that stiff drink every day is when it becomes dysfunctional,’’ said Harper-Slate. When battling depression, different things work for dif¬ ferent people. 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