The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 69, Issue 19 - February 26, 1992

tos й n q e l e-s LOY 0 U\ N ■ VOL 63 • NO. П LOYOLfi №УМЩТ UNIVERSITY _ fEBkUfikY 26 , Ж2 Ten LMU Students Arrested at UCLA Suspects' Affiliation With Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Remains in Question By Beverly M. Butler Editor-in-Chief Ten Loyola Marymount students were arrested for burgulari^ing the UCLA Alpha Phi sorority house last Thursday night. The men arrested have been linked to Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at LMU, although the president, Pat Aluise, denies any connection stating, "They officially are not associated with us at all." The students were sent to UCLA on what Aluise described as a "panty raid.” Police reports indicate that clothing, compact discs and camera equipment were some of the items stolen. In addition, some of the residents reported minor injuries. This has been denied by Aluise. Sgt. Phil Baguiao of the UCLA police department told the Daily Bruin that although ^onfy it) of the suspects were arrested, police are still searching for others. "If there are other suspects involved, they will be apprehended,” he said. Loyola Marymount has not issued an official statement, and according to Leah Chester-Davis, LMU media relations director, ”As far as I know, there won't be one released.” Tiffany Wentzel, president of the UCLA Alpha Phi chapter, has declined to comment. Currently, the Pikes are being held under probation by the Inter Fraternity Council for illegally pledging a student who was short of units needed to make him eligible for membership in a Greek organization. The terms of the probation do hot allowthe Pikes to include freshmen in this semester's pledge class. The fraternity, however, opted to not have a pledge clas at all this semester. Instead, they have approximately 30 to 35 "friends of the fraternity" who, according to AhftS’d', "will go through a prolonged rush period" and have a two week "hold over and short pledge period" continued on page four Speaker to Bring Message of Date Rape to Men of LMU Jerry Prieto's Address Aimed at Sports Teams and Fraternity Members By Ray Watts News Editor In an attempt to address the issue of date and acquaintance rape to the men of Loyola Marymount, Jerry Prieto will address an all-mate audience on Sunday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m. in St. Robert's Auditorium. Prieto is a sergeant on the campus police force at Cal State Long Beach, and has been giving workshops for the last three years, after serving as a San Bernardino County Sheriff, and Rialto Police Officer. The event is being organized by Kevin Price and Gary Meyers. Price, a recent LMU Alumnus, said, ”l started putting this together when I learned that date rape on the LMU campus was higher than the national average. From what I saw, the lectures and programsthat were being planned weren't really targeted at men.” In a recent LA Times article, Prieto told of his purpose in educating the men of college campuses: "I did some research and found that most workshops were geared to women, so I decided to do something with men, because they are the problem.” In his lecture, Prieto focuses, in graphic and forceful language, on the sexual dos and don’ts of dating. Prieto said that the graphic language is intended to get his audiences' attention and gain their confidence by making them understand. He tells his listeners that pressuring a female acquaintance or date into unwanted sex is rape, pure and simple. At a recent seminar he said, "Rape is never the woman’s fault. If I ever find out that you raped a girl, I'll put you away.” The workshops are usually aimed at fraternities and sports teams, he said, because these are the groups most likely to generate pressure that could prompt a young man to “score” sexually with an unwilling partner. "Look at the pressure those guys are under,” he said. "You take a frat guy or a jock — their heads are so big that they think they can do anything." African Amerciart Liturgy Celebrated on Sunday Celebrated Mass on, Sunday night in SacredHeart Chapel. Pictured are Shields, Antoinette Andrewsand Trmise Nelson, л? , >; Rising Insurance Costs to Bring Changes for Faculty and Staff Concern Is Over Availability of Choice in New Policies By Ray Watts News Editor ШЬе national crisis over health insurance is currently being felt at Loyola Marymount, as concern has been raised over proposed changes in the benefit package for the 930 members of the faculty and staff of the University. According to Dr. Patricia Walsh, the chair of the Flexible Benefits Feas ibility Study Co m m i s s io n (FBFSC), the current indemnity plan, which the Univarsity offers to faculty and staff, is rising in cost so much that it will soon be impossible for the University to offer benefits. "The premium for this plan can rise up to forty percent each year. As it stands, LMU pays about $3,900 a year for a single employee. It was our concern that this kind of in¬ crease would start to show up in the tuition of the students of LMU,” said Walsh. The proposed plan is to offer faculty and staff an HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) plan or keep the option for the indemnity plan, but to raise the deductible to $1,000, reduce payment to "non- network” doctors to 60% and to begin an "out of pocket” maximum of $2,000. But Phyllis Zeff, Manager of Ma¬ teriel Management Services for the University, in a memo dated Feb¬ ruary 18, 1992, to Dr. Walsh, said that the staff and faculty have yet to be fuljy informed of the changes. “We don’t believe that adequate discussions have been held, nor that a comprehensive/complete survey was conducted that would indicate full community awareness of the ramifications and conse¬ quences of this proposal, " said Zeff . In an interview, Zeff added, "If more people were given the oppor¬ tunity to look at their options, dollar for dollar, to see what is available, they might make other choices.” Another concern raised by those against the changes is that they may be pointing people away from preventive medicine, and only covering against catastrophic ill¬ ness. "Does this [the changes] mean that the University does not believe in either preventive medi¬ cine or alternate methods of health care when it costs more money, but would rather current subscribers use the coverage when they are seriously ill?” asked Zeff in her memo. Walsh said, "The realities are difficult. Of course, we must put people above cost, but we must also face the realities. We can’t keep up with the rising costs of the premiums. Many universities in the Southern California area have been forced to drop their indemnity plans altogether because of the rising premiums.” The quality of care’ available through an HMO plan is another facet of the controversy. Zeff com¬ mented that she fears many will feel “part of a machine” at the large clinic, and not have the peace of mind of attending a known physi¬ cian. "For the people that have a medical problem, to send them to a mass production clinic is not fair.” Walsh stated that one of the main goals for the new plan is to extend the quality of care, . and to extend the network of doctors. She said, "There is no evidence for any lesser quality of care through an HMO plan. Often, stories about problems are second hand, that is, they hap¬ pen to someone else and are used as firsthand experience.” Zeff stated her desire to let the faculty and staff know that they can make a difference in the process: "We have a lot of great administra¬ tors on this campus, and this situa¬ tion seems to call for some creative brainstorming on our part. She added, "There has to be other answers out there.” "It may seem worthless to a lot of people to write a letter, but it is important to express your views, and health care is very important,” said Zeff. Lions Lose Big Game to Pepperdine Look Toward Final Weekend of Regular Season See Story In Sports^