The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 67, Issue 7 - October 11, 1989

Volume 67 Issue 7 Circulation 3,000 October 11, 1989 German Festival Unites University Authentic Dancing, Food Fill Alumni Gym Saturday By Elizabeth Capps Staff Writer Bederhosen and feather trimmed hats were worn by participants on Saturday, Octo¬ ber 7th, at the annual Loyola Marymount Oktoberfest. The roots of the Oktoberfest celebrations around the world can be traced back to early 19th centuiy Austria. In October of 1810, Ludwig I was married to Maria Theresa of Austria. After the wedding, the guests enjoyed an immense party to celebrate the royal uniting. The king, wanting to make the event un¬ forgettable, declared the Okto¬ berfest an annual event. The tradition of this celebration has lasted nearly two hundred years. Even today in many parts of Germany, the Oktoberfest is one of the year’s biggest events. In past years at LMU, the German Club held the Oktober¬ fest in Hannon Loft, This year, in a joint sponsorship with the Activities Program Commission, the German Club was able to upscale and move the tradition into the Alumni Gym. The festival ran from 7:30 pm to 12:00am. Visitors could enjoy an authentic German din¬ ner, which included Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, pretzels, German potato salad, and a slice of three layer Black Forest cake. Ger¬ man beer and wine was offered to the over twenty-one crowd, and soft drinks were available for everybody else. Other items for sale were: Oktoberfest 1989 T-shirts, festive plastic beer steins, and German strudel. In order to create an au¬ thentic Oktoberfest atmosphere> the APC and German Club went to great lengths to hire the Haupsbrau Boys to perform genuine German music. The five piece band successfully filled the dance floor several times for the famous “Chicken Dance”. Remarking on the band. Junior Glenn Cashuric stated, “The music was really enjoyable. It felt like an actual German festi¬ val.” According to the ASLMU Activities Programming Com¬ mission, the Oktoberfest was meant not only to bean authen¬ tic representation of German culture and history but was also meant to be a big party for students and was moved to the Alumni Gym to allow more people in the LMU community German food and drink were offered at the annual “Oktoberfest.” Bratwurst, Sauerkraut * pretzels and other selections were provided. to participate. Activities Program Commission Representative Shane McClaud commented, “The Oktoberfest is not just another beer drinking party. We are trying to create fun activities for everyone on campus, which at the same time seems to cut down on drinking and driving.” Expressing his enjoyment, Freshman Greg Swedenborg re¬ marked, “It was a great party. Everyone got into the atmos¬ phere and was having fun - which is what the Oktoberfest is realty all about.” Ш Student Activities Restructured After Two Key Positions Vacated By Ellen Keane Senior Writer Changing their original plan of hiring a one-year acting position to fill in as Assistant Dean of Student Activities, the administration has decided to temporarily rearrange the Stu¬ dent Activities department. The position was left vacant September 22 when Joanie Conley, a sixteen year veteran of the Student Activities office, left LMU to become Dean of Student Affairs at Marymount College in Palos Verdes. Bernice Russell, Director of Placement Services, will serve as Acting Supervisor for the de¬ partment. Russell is supervis¬ ing the administration of the budget, personnel, and commu¬ nity relations. She will also oversee the coordination of the Student Manager Program. Mark Zangrando, Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs, is filling in as a general coordinator of the department. Working out of the Student Activities office .in Alumni Gynv he will supervise club activities, plan events, and assist in gen¬ eral programming of student activities. Jon Santos, the temporary Calendar Office Manager for the summer, is serving as an ad¬ ministrative assistant to the de¬ partment by supervising the daily operations of the office and monitoring budget items, flyers, and facility contracts. The campus master calen¬ dar has been put under the supervision of Ken Rodgers, just hired as the Manager of Facili¬ ties Scheduling. He is currently reporting to John Oester, the Vice President for Business and Finance, who oversees the newfy created Office of Conferences and Scheduling, a consolida¬ tion of the Calendar Office and the Conference and Special Events Office. Michelle Nadeau, ASLMU Vice President and Director of Student Affairs, feels the tem¬ porary change is operating smoothly. “It hasn’t affected the way our programs are going through,” she says. McKay Lounge Student Manager, Maiy Ann Fotinos, told the Loyolan, “the channels of communication are working well.” In the meantime, the Office of Student Affairs has begun the search for a new Assistant Dean of Student Activities. LaneBove, Vice President for Student Af¬ fairs, is hopeful that the posi¬ tion will be filled by the begin¬ ning of the Spring semester, щ Rodgers to Head Calendar Office Щ l&ap;<:'Rodgers has been hired in the Calendar Office as the Manager of Facilities Scheduling. Student Activi¬ ties Director at St. Francis High School in La Crescerita familiar faces at LMU. “It's because 1 know sOnte of ihs students already,* he says. Ц A 1 980 graduate bf Cali¬ fornia State University, Fullerton, Rodgers is cur¬ rently working on a Masters defctenvfrf ministration at California State University, Los Ange- ies. He hopes to . someday advance into an admintstra- tion position in higher educa* New Committee Sponsors Racism Forum Today By Beth Krippner Contributor Ш1ге President’s Select Com¬ mittee on Minorities will sponsor two open forums on LMU ethnic relations, Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. and Thursday at 12:15 p.m. The forums, scheduled to take place in St. Robert's Audi¬ torium, will focus on various per¬ ceptions of the racial outlook at LMU. Students, faculty, staff and administrators are encouraged to participate in at least one of the forums, if not both, and con¬ tribute “perceptions, reasons [and] solutions” regarding LMO’s “racial climate,” according to a flyer distributed by the commit¬ tee. This is the first public effort by the committee to assess the racial situation on campus. According to its chairperson, Dr. Graciela Limon, the committee was formed as a direct result of this April’s 7-hour “emergency conversation,” during which five members of the Concerned Stu¬ dents Union entered President Loughran’s office with a list of goals and refused to leave until each issue had been discussed. The committee has been in existence since the beginning of the school year and had its first meeting on September 27. Al¬ though their immediate goal is the assessment of LMU’s racial climate, the committee has been designed to formulate and pres¬ ent to President Loughran ways to enhance or better the present campus racial situation, said Limon. In her words, “If there are any iniquities, our recom¬ mendations should reflect a spirit of resolution.” She went on to state that the committee has set October 18 as their deadline for assessment completion and intends to have “some resolu¬ tions completed, at least in pre¬ liminary fashion” by December 13. The committee, selected and recruited by Dr. John Davis of the Department of Afro-Ameri¬ can Studies, Dr. Limon, and President Loughran, is com¬ prised of three on-campus pro¬ fessors, these being Dr. Limon of the Modem Languages Depart¬ ment; Sr. Frances Gussenhoven, RSHM, of the English Depart¬ ment; and Dr. Paul Rude of the Engineering Department. The committee also includes Dr. Seth Thompson, Associate Dean of Liberal Arts, and a student rep¬ resentative, Maria Urbina. In addition, the committee contains six off-campus members: Ar¬ mando Duron, *76 LMU alum¬ nus, attorney; Dr. Halford continued on page 2 news Racism forum by Minorities Committee. . .page 1 features Jelloscope debuts as monthly fate teller . . .page 4 opinion Soviets save Bush billions as Quayle plays jacks . . . page 6 a & e Telling Time shows reality of date rape . . .page 9 sports _ Women's volleyball on a hot streak. . .page 11 Л Student Senate decides districts. . .page 2 V. 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