The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 72, Issue 14 - January 25, 1995

LOYO LAN VOL. 72 -NO. 14 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY January 25, 1995 Police Detail LMU Student on Suspicion of Multiple Homicides By James Keane News Editor ■ n evening of celebration turned ipto an Kafka-esque nightmare of handcuffs and inter¬ rogations for Loyola Marymount student A .-day, January 16. A routine police check outside his residence led to his detention on charges of multiple homicides in Florida, Georgia, and Texas, after police mistakenly identified him as a fugitive slayer on the run from law enforcement officials. Ross, a junior English major from Agoura, spent several hours Mon¬ day n er police station chained to a bench as of¬ ficers struggled with an inoper¬ able com; ■ - rysiem and de¬ bated whether or not to release him. Ross was eventually released and driven home by an officer, who informed him that he re¬ case and that it was within the realm of possibility that he could still be arrested for the murders. Ross’ housemates at the Sigma Chi house on Manchester have re¬ ported increased police patrols directed toward the immediate The incident began when Ross and two friends, including fellow Loyola Marymount student John Zimmerman, left their apartment in the Peach Towers at approxi¬ mately 1 1 ;1 5 p.m. and walked through the alley behind the build¬ ing to get tapes ou: s’ car, which was parked on Park Hill Avenue. A squad car driving by noticed the three individuals and pulled over, at which point the officers got out with guns drawn and ordered the three to place their hands on their heads, then The students confessed to the officers that they had consumed a small number of beers earlier in the evening. After finding nothing else amiss, the officers checked their driver’s licenses on the squad car computer. The officers then asked “Are you Ross?” and quickly handcuffed him and be¬ gan questioning him about pos¬ sible trips to Georgia, Florida, or Texas in the past few years. Ross deduced from repeated mentions of “187” by the officers that they suspected he was involved in a homicide. He asked the officers jokingly if he iooked like a homi¬ cide suspect, to which they re¬ plied “Do you know what a homi¬ cide suspect looks like?” They then put him the squad car and drove him to the station as a num¬ ber of Ross’ shocked and bewil¬ dered housemates watched from their balconies down the alley- way. Atthestation Ross was chained University Hires New Assistant Director for Student Life Shelli Herman to Supervise Greeks, Service Organizations, Serve as ASLMU Moderator By Josephine De Felice Assistant News Editor On January 3, Lisa Piumetti, Associate Director of Student Life, stepped down from her posi¬ tion and was replaced by Shelli Herman, the newest addition to the LMU administrative staff. Formerly serving as the Assistant Dean of Student Services at the University Florida where she spent five years, Herman moved to Los Angeles and to Loyola Marymount University for bigger and better opportu¬ nities. Born and raised in the midwest, Shelli Herman graduated from the Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, with Bachelor’s de¬ grees in both social work and econom¬ ics in 1988. After traveling for a year, Herman decided to follow the advice of her college mentor and pursue a career in higher education. She then did gradu¬ ate level study at the Bowling Green University and re¬ ceived her masters degree in Col¬ lege Student Personnel Adminis¬ tration. Working at the University of Florida, Herman was responsible for the Greek system, incorporat¬ ing fifty Greek chapters, women’s leadership programs, and fundraising. After five years there, however, she felt the need for ad¬ vancement. “It’s a phenomenal thing,” Herman stated, “in order to move up, you must move out.” Feeling that she had topped out of her position at the University of Florida, Herman felt the need to explore the larger working world and eventually settled at LM U where she sees the opportunity to imple¬ ment her skills and ideas. It was the “perceived enthusiasm of the students and commitment to pur¬ pose,” of LMU students that at¬ tracted her to Loyola Marymount University. As she was encour¬ aged by her college mentor, she hopes to encourage LMU students. In her new position at LMU, Shelli Herman will serve as the new continued on page three Photo By James Keane Shelli Herman , Student Life Assistant Director New Student Senate District Created for Students with Disabilities, Special Needs By J Graigory Contributor The new year brought with it a new look for ASLMU, high¬ lighted by the recent creation of a new Student Senate district for Stu¬ dents with Disabilities and Special Needs. Staff changes also included a new moderator and executive assistant while Student Senate lost two Senators and created a new district for the appointment of one. At the Friday, January 20, Sen¬ ate meeting Christa Lopez was ap¬ pointed to head the new Senate district of Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Lopez, who is deaf, applied for a Senate appoint¬ ment during the fall selection and took a position as the Assistant to the Chair of Student Senate Kimberlee Klasser. Last semester Lopez attended Senatorial meet¬ ings in a non-voting capacity but will now hold a full Senate seat and voting rights. Lopez had this to say about her new position: “I am very happy and honored to have been appointed as an ASLMU Senator to begin a new district of the Student Senate, Students with Disabilities and Spe¬ cial Needs. I think this district is a wonderful opportunity for the LMU community to learn about the vari¬ ous disabled individuals that at¬ tend our campus, I being one of them, and to assist the campus in better facilitating our needs.” Student Senate internally elected a new Speaker of the Student Sen¬ ate, Andrew Pulver, to replace former Speaker Sean Baioni, who resigned last semester to concen¬ trate efforts on the LMU PEP pro¬ gram. Pulver was promoted from the ranks of Senate and will con¬ tinue to operate his district of Public Safety. Senator Harout Gostanian also resigned his seat at the begin¬ ning of this semester to further his work with LMU Lacrosse. Senate will not be electing or appointing any additional Senators to fill the Senate seats of Gostanian and Campus life De Colores puts hands to work •page 8 Perspective Two people complain¬ ing about Republicans (and one Walt). •page 11 Arts & _ I Entertainment Witkin Exhibit opens at | Laband •page 14 Photo By James Keane Krista Lopez, new Student Senator and head of the district for Students with Disabilities and Special Needs. Baioni in compliance with the cur¬ rent Constitution of ASLMU which limits Senate to fourteen Senators and the Chair; one Senator is pro¬ moted to Speaker by the body of Student Senate. Senatorial elections were held last year at the same time the new Constitution was adopted by the student body. This prevented Sen¬ ate from complying with the new Constitution until the results of the election were known and by that continued on page three Sports Basketball hosts Pepperdine Tonight! •page 15