The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 69, Issue 24 - April 8, 1992

VOL (A • NO. 24 LOYOLA ШУМОт UNIVERSITY M8> m 2 Write-In Young Wins ASLMU Presidency Candidate Removed From Ballot Last Week Gets Forty-Four Percent of Vote By Ray Watts News Editor In a year of ASLMU elections steeped in controversy, write-in candidate Francis D. Young won the office of President with forty- four percent of the vote. Young had been taken off the ballot last Tuesday for “failure to comply with campaigning rules.” But a concentrated effort by Young and several student groups helped push her to the top of the race. Young defeated Robert Page, who had thirty-two percent of the vote, and Nicholas Coudsy, who had twenty-four percent. In a statement released by Young at the time of her removal from the ballot^ she said, “The current set of rules were improperly formed, never approved and they were never reviewed... They are illegal.” Andy Lerner won the office of Executive Vice President and Chair of Student Senate with fifty-two percent of the vote. Harry L. Scarborough was a close second with fourty-seven percent of the vote. Molly Long ran unopposed for the office of Vice President and Director of Student Affairs, receiv¬ ing the necessary number of votes with six hundred and eighty, Colleen McGinley won the off ice of Vice President of Activities Planning Commission with fifty-six percent of the vote. Colin Christy was second with forty-four percent of the vote. Twelve students ran for the nine- seat Student Senate, with Sean Baioni, Justin Busse, Isabel Markl, Lisette Perez, Paul Richardson, Michael Mazza, Brad Vynalek, John Catalano and Lou Ballou emerging victorious. The Elections Committee of ASLMU reported counting 1,006 valid ballots. Any student with com¬ ments or questions about the re¬ sults should .contact the ASLMU office. Student Attacked in Burns Locker Room Olive Named LMU Head Coach : Ptottt Counts? S£<xt» 1&Гйтш$о5 new miVHead Coach коШе Masscimino at Vtllatiova, See Story in Sports, page fourteen. ' , Female Student Escapes Injury; Suspect Identified By Beverly M. Butler Editor-in-chief f)n April 2, at 11:30 am., a ^-Memale Loyola Marymount student was attacked in the locker room/restroom area on the second floor of the Burns complex. The student reportedly fought backend the suspect fled the scene. Captain Raymond Hiiyar, Public Safety, commented, “Although there were no injuries, the potential was present.” The suspect has been positively identified by the Los Angeles Police Department, with the help of LMU Public Safety, and described as being a male Caucasian, approxi¬ mately 25 years of age with shoul¬ der length blond hair and blue eyes. "As the suspect ran toward the Hannon Lot, two witnesses got a physical description of him,” Hiiyar said. A Public Safety officer received the call and observed the suspect leaving the campus by vehicle and “got a full description.” Officer Frank Garcia overheard, from the information booth at the campus entrance, the conversa¬ tion exchanged between other of¬ ficers on duty. Garcia watched for the car to leave and consequently obtained the license plate number. LAPD arrived shortly after this exchange, took statements, and according to Hiiyar, is now able to positively identify the car’s owner. At the time, LAPD thought they would be able to make an arrest in the “next 24 hours,” but as of Tues¬ day, no arrest had been made. Ac¬ cording to Hiiyar, LAPD is waiting to “obtain more evidence against him.” The suspect is believed to be from Long Beach. “LMU is a living community,” Hiiyar said. "We must be aware of our surroundings. In this case, the victim handled the situation well.” Student Managers jj Chosen Marcia Gillespie Discusses Violence In Open Forum Specters of Racism, Violence Still Haunt African-American Community By Lynn Segas Assistant News Editor Marcia Gillespie came to address the issues of hatred and violence in relation to racism and sexism on Tuesday, April 7, in St. Robert’s Auditorium. Frances Young spoke first and introduced Gillespie, who graduated from Lakewood College in 1966, and was then the managing editor of Essence magazine. In one year, she had been promoted to be the managing editor of the same publication. In 1 980, she traveled to the West Indies and taught at The University of the West Indies- Jamaica. By 1990, she was the Executive Editor of Ms. magazine and she is still a contributing editor. She began by saying that in today’s society we need to confront tough issues. "Yes, I'm a woman and yes, I’m an African-American. However, I do not want to beat up women, or to beat up whites,” she said. "However, when I come up here to talk to you, I bring with me the baggage of a woman in a patriarchal society and the baggage of an African-American in a white society.” "It is not an issue of guilt or innocence, anymore,” she continued. “The issue is now the system. In the bad old days, the system divided things clearly into either black or white. Now that there are no riots going on about feminist or racial issues, we want to believe that it i^over. People still ask what those people are complaining about.” She said, “The United States is used to the quick fix-quick solution attitude. We find a problem, attack it full force, make laws to correct it and assume that it is over and done with. Well, the issue of civil rights is not that way. It involves much more. We are in the midst of what will be a very long, very painful struggle." To clarify some confusion, she explained, “Racism and prejudice are not the same. I am prejudiced against vulgar people. However, I do not stop them from getting the jobs they want. I do not stand in their way. I do not say that I am superior because I am not vulgar . and they are vulgar.” She continued, “We are too quick to put the label of racist on people. It may be anger and reaction which people judge as racism." Gillespie used many examples from her childhood to illustrate the racism which still exists in this country. “I have been told, as a child, that this is a white man’s country. Implied in this was that I needed to work harder than those people who were white to reap the same benefits. As hard as we try to deny it, racist urges are still very much alive today.” Gillespie then asked a question, “Can you see beyond color to see who the person really is? When I look at a white person, I know that they are white, but I am looking to find out where they are from, if they have a sense of humor, if I share political views with them. I am looking for commonalty.” “However, sometimes people look at me and tell me that when they see me they do not see an African-American. They mean it as a compliment: however, when people deny color, they are playing the old racist games. The attitude seems to be that everything would continued on page two