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University to Adopt Cumulative Finals
New Regulation To Extend to All Classes
Faculty Senate Pleased With Change
By Beverly M. Butler
Editor-in Chief
In a move strongly supported
by the faculty and staff of Loyola
Marymount, cumulative finals will
now be mandatory for all under¬
graduate level classes, effective
immediately.
The proposal has been on the
Faculty Senate agendaforagreater
part of this year. Last month, the
president of the Senate presented
a draft form of the proposal to the
Academic Vice President, for his
approval. The draft included the
example of Oxford University, which
issues exams only to graduating
seniors, as its main support for
switching LMU to the cumulative
system.
The Academic Vice President
worked with the faculty committee
in finalizing the proposal, which then
presented it to the Faculty Senate
for a formal vote of confidence. The
document then went to the
President’s office Tor official ap¬
proval.
The proposal falls into line with
changes that Fr. O’Malley has been
advocating all year. He has repeat¬
edly encouraged faculty members
to “challenge” students, “for without
a truly cohesive and continuous
academic plan, this university can¬
not provide to our students the edu¬
cation we have promised them.”
The office of the Academic Vice
President enthusiastically supports
this plan, which was approved by
the Board of Trustees last week,
and is “eager” to work with faculty
members on ways to prepare stu¬
dents for what is “ultimately a dra¬
matic change in the way that they
have to think.”
The proposed plans include
workshops for faculty members in
both “preparing the cumulative fi¬
nals, and preparing the students to
take them, ”*as well as study groups
for the students at exam time, “to
help them undertake a logical study
strategy.”
“I think this a very positive move,”
he said. “It moves LMU much fur¬
ther down the road to reaching our
desired future, as outlined in the
Mission and Goals Statement re¬
leased last year.”
Student reaction has been less
positive. Most seem concerned
about the lack of warning with which
this document was passed.
“We never were given a chance
to make our own statement,” said
Greg Miller, President of ASLMU. “I
don’t think it's fair that something
that affects us so profoundly was
allowed to pass without our know¬
ing about it.”
Jeri Livesay, senior and member
of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit Honor
Society, agreed. “What does all this
mean to us? I mean, am I going to
have to take all my finals now, or
what? As a senior, I find this really
disturbing.”
Reactions from underclassmen
are just as indignant. Freshman
Raymond Blatt said, if I’d known
this was going to be policy of the
school before I came here, I don’t
know if I would have applied at all.”
Admissions counselor Andy
Sison addressed the issue of
whether this move will hurt the
number of applications to LMU. “I
don’t think so,” he said. “Oxford
doesn’t have any problems recruit¬
ing people. If anything, I think this
will help our standing among sec¬
ondary educators, which will in turn
make us a more prestigious and
academically competitive institution.
Besides, people aren't applying
based on the strengths of our ath¬
letic programs anymore."
The AVP responded to the alle¬
gations that students, who will be
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affected to the greatest extent by
this move, were left out of the rati¬
fication process. “I would hesitate
to say that they were completely
left out. Anybody could have come
to the meetings we held to discuss
the issue. Not many came, but that
doesn’t mean anybody was leftout.”
The President is pleased that the
proposal is now concrete. “1 think
this is just marvelous,” he said. “I
eagerly anticipate hearing students'
reactions now. Although this is fi¬
nal, there is no reason why people
cannot debate this. I look forward to
hearing what they have to say.”
Suspects Emerge in Hannon Loft Explosion
Photo Courtesy of "A Different Guy Named Bob"
A concerned fireman at the scene looks for clues on the blast .
Marriott To Remodel
Lair Over Summer
New Improvements to
Include "Sub Zero City"
By Howard DeRuyter
Calendar-Classified Editor
Q pearheading an attempt to
Obring LMU into the 1990s,
Marriott will be remodeling the Lion's
Lair over the summer of 1992 to
reflect ”The Lair of Tomorrow.”
The theme for the remodeling,
which is the fifth major work on the
Lair in the last four years, will be
based on futuristic decor and post¬
modern technology. The added
decor will include a video wall, black
walls with stars on the ceiling, an
all-sushi week once a month, and
"Sub Zero City," the new sandwich
preparation area.
A Marriott Manager, who wished
to remain nameless, said, "SubZero
City is really our pride and joy. We
think the students are going to love
it."
Plans for Sub Zero City include a
wide-range of sandwich goods, all
with a post-apocalyptic theme. Said
the Manager, "Our grabber sand-
Suspects Thought To Have Affiliation With
Another University; Search Continues
By Ray Watts
News Editor
■he blast which ripped through
the side room of the Hannon
Lofton Saturday, March 21 is now
believed to have been caused by
students from a co-educational,
private university in Malibu.
According tothe Director of Public
Safety, the early morning explosion
has several strange circumstances
connected to it. “Several of my of¬
ficers reported seeing three
Caucasian, blond males running
from the blast with orange and blue
sweaters tied around their waists
and they were wearing Izod shirts."
He added, “From the evidence, it
seems fairly clear who the culprits
were.”
In addition, The Loyolan has
learned that the three students ob¬
tained entry to the campus by
claiming they were den fathers of
the gaggle of girl scouts who have
seemed to multiply daily on the
LMU campus peddling cookies.
The Vice President of Facilities
Management said, “If this [the ex¬
plosion] is true it really disturbs me.
It probably has something to do
with some anger at losing in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament. “
The Student Senate of Jtoyola
Marymount has announced that
they will soon be proclaiming a
proclamation dealing with their
feeling that blowing things up is a
“bad thing to do” and that we at
LMU will not stand for such things.
Senior Pam Jones said, “Thjs
whole thing makes me really angry.
I am really thinking about going up
to Malibu and giving them a piece of
my mind.”
The damage to the Loft has been
extensive. The residents of the
Hannon Apartment complex have
been forced to live without their
laundry room for the last week.
“I think it is a conspiracy,” said
Junior Scott Klier.
Klier added, “These guys really
know howto hurt us. What is a man
without his laundry room?”
Some students were unaware of
any problems at all, "I saw the
damage in the loft, but I just figured
that Senior Night got out of control,”
said Sean Hart, Senior.
The investigation is continuing,
and further developments are
expected.LAPD Chief Gates re¬
fused to comment.
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we will be working on exploring
diversity in our sandwiches. We are
developing some options, such as
coloring in our foods to make them
glow."
He added, "Eating isn't just about
getting food now, its about seeing
and being seen."
According to other sources inside
Marriott, there is a chance thafrthe
Lair will change its hours of operation
to work in line with its new stylistic
devices, "We don't expect to be
open before 8 or 9 at night,” said a
source. "Our customers don't get
into the ’morning thing.’ We are
looking for that dance club feel."
Marriott is currently on a nation¬
wide search for a design coordina¬
tor oversee the construction. With
the slowdown in the Leavey
Campus plans, there has been
some discussion of transfer of funds
from construction there to
construction of the new Lair.
A confidential source in Facilities
Management told the Loyolan, "I
think there is some talk about tak¬
ing out one of the walls, and putting
in a fifteen-foot high wall aquarium
with glow-in-the-dark fish. If this is
true, I don't see why we shouldn't
use money from the Leavey funds."
The Student Senate of Loyola
Marymount recently passed a
proclamation praising Marriott for,
"All of its fine work in bringing the
vision of a post-apocalyptic world to
the LMU campus. Although the
Seriate would like to proclaim war is
bad, we are still darn proud to be a
part of it."
ASLMU President Greg Miller
could not be reached for comment.
