The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 66, Issue 22 - April 1, 1989

Loyola Marymount University's Los Angeles Loyolan Volume 66 Issue 22 Circulation 95,000 April 1 1989 Official white House photograph. 10-13-8( The proposed construction plans for Leavey Campus , which included this earthquake shelter facility, -have been postponed indefinitely due to recent accusations against the University regarding the property, Skateboarders Suspected of Illegal Activities on Campus more suspicious of the mali¬ cious intent of the skateboarders after Lane Bove, Vice President for Student Affairs, was sub¬ jected to an attack. After receiv¬ ing two anonymous death and bomb threats, the Malone Stu¬ dent Center was evacuated. Minutes later a small explosion went off in Bove’s office. The explosive device was found to be home-made. Inves¬ tigators were able to trace the supplies back to LMU chemis¬ try and engineering labs. Fur¬ ther evidence has narrowed down the suspects to skate¬ boarders only. Bove, who was shaken up but uninjured in the bombing, told the Loyolan that ч she planned to press full charges “once those terrorist skate- were apprehended, final homicide attempt afternoon Although many of his fellow skaters have resorted to terrorist activities, one resourceful student has taken to skating on Malone Student Pond. By DeeDee Arritt Malone Correspondent In recent weeks threeseparate incidents have led authorities to take serious action against what they are now calling ter¬ rorist skateboarders." The first notable occurrence was last Wednesday when Pub¬ lic Safety Director Ray Hityar slipped on a stray skateboard outside his office door. The skateboard was later traced back to Tony Baibarino, President of a local campus skateboarding club, who claimed he “acciden¬ tally left it in front of Hityar’s door." Due to the fact that circumstantial evidence could hot prove Baibarino planted the skateboard, charges were not pressed. Hilyar suffered from fractured nose due to the in front of the Sacred Heart Chapel. President James N. Loughran, S.J., was struck bya reckless skateboarder on his way to a meeting. The skateboarder, identified as Madison Laird, was in the process of doing a hand¬ stand on his board when he kicked Loughran in the face.- When later asked if the collision was intentional, Laird replied, “I don’t have eyes on my feet." Laird is being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. After these three particular incidents, along with many similar butlessviolentacts, LMU authorities will be forced to pass a more stringent skateboarding policy. Bove implied the possi¬ bility of the fine for skate¬ boarders being raised to $ 1 ,000 and a 1-year prison sentence. Los Angeles officials have also taken serious concern to recent attacks by skateboarders in the area. One official noted that there was a strong chance that along withihe ban on semi¬ automatic weapons, skate¬ boards could very possibly be hext. Federal officials would not commenf on the problem, but ah inside Loyolan source at the White House said there was definitely serious concern. What was once a simple hobby for some and a means of transportation for others has turned into a lifestyle for terror¬ ists. One LAPD officer remarked, “Riding a skateboard is now as serious as canying a gun. We can only advise all owners to turn over these weapons before we have to use force. I hope it doesn’t come to that." EH This is a parody. Any similarities between the names used hem and actual persons - Leavey Campus Looks Doubtful By John Crosthwait Ex-Contributor ШЬе much anticipated con¬ struction of Leavey Cam¬ pus at Loyola Maiymount Uni¬ versity has been delayed indefi¬ nitely due to some obstacles which had not been foreseen at the time of the original plans in 1933. The main reason for the postponement is that LMU does not own the property on which Leavey Campus was to be built. Due to an obscure California law, the continued construction of the campus could be “grounds" for a lawsuit against the university by the property's present owner, Pepperdine Uni¬ versity. David Trump, Vice Presi¬ dent for Facilities Management at LMU, told the Loyolan that “it [the non-ownershipj was just one of those little intangibles that you never think of on pa¬ per. What’s sad is that we were just about to begin building, too. We had just cleared the plans with Hank Gathers. This is realty disappointing." President dames N. Loughran, S.J., expressed dis¬ satisfaction with the delay. “This realty ticks me off. 1 never had these problems at Foidham. You know, now it [] looks like it won’t be completed until at least 2035. Instead of your children’s chil¬ dren being able to enjoy Leavey, it will now be your children’s children’s children." Lane Bove, Vice President for Student Affairs, refused com¬ ment on the issue, adding, “This sucks. I would love to comment further on the issue, but I realty can’t. Don’t get me wrong. I would love to comment further, I just don’t think it’s necessaiy. 1 feel President Loughran [see above] or Fr. Koppes [see below] would be able to comment in much greater detail." Fr. A1 Koppes, O.Carm., Aca¬ demic Vice President, was also upset concerning the postpone¬ ment. “All I can s ay is that it’s too bad that Mr. Dukakis was rejected. Hopefully in the future these kinds of problems will be seen in advance and taken care of...’r Head Men’s Basketball Coach Paul Westhead echoes Koppes’ discontentment Quote, It’s just like in a basketball game with about three minutes left in the second halfandyour team is down by 9. Just when your team starts to pick up the pace, the other team starts to delay the game eveiy damn time down the court and the referee doesn’t do a thing about it Unquote ASLMU declined comment regarding the issue, asking, “Leavey what?" Ш Public Safety Improves Image By Stachi Yarkins Contributor Шапу Loyola Maiymount students are concerned about their safety. A group of leftist anarchists on campus have been black marketing LMU parking stickers to Venice street gangs in the hope that they might drive-by-shoot Tom Lunch, for¬ mer President of College Repub¬ licans of LMU. || However, Public Safety has improved recently. “You stu¬ dents used to be protected by a pack of pathetic pencil-necked , geeks," said the head of Public Safety, Ray Hityar. “I wanted to toughen up the troops," Hilyar said. “So three weeks before school started this semester, they underwent a thorough training session un- ; der my tutelage;" All Public Safety officers scaled a two-thousand foot cliff in Yosemite National Park; coated their bodies with Parkay and swam from Alcatraz to Pier 39 in San Francisco; memorized verbatim Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the laws of quan¬ tum physics, etc. In addition, Public Safety has improved their weaponry. Hityar says, “As you know, we are prohibited from using guns, biitwe have discovered alterna¬ tive ways of protecting ourselves and the student body. All any officer needs in the event of a nasty confrontation is a full can of Final Net and a lighter. Bam¬ boo shoots up the fingernails also work well." When asked how these “pen¬ cil-necked geeks" gained the strengths to scale a two-thou¬ sand foot cliff, Hityar replied; “That’s simpler Steroids.” Ц Not Inside This Issue Campus-Reiated Editorials itona Advance to "Sweet Sixteen* l campus am purely coincidental