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VOL. 73 - NO. 23 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY April 5, 1995
Matthew Parlow Elected ASLMU President
Forty Percent of Votes Enough for
Victory; Farrell Second with 34 Percent
Photo Courtesy of Matthew Pariow
Matthew Parlow was elected ASLMU President with 40% of the vote.
By Kent Jancarik
Assistant News Editor
Matthew Parlow was elected
ASLMU President for the
1995-96 academic year in last
weeks voting for ASLMU offices.
Parlow’s victory, which was unoffi¬
cially known Friday afternoon, was
made public Monday morning. The
election, held last Monday through
Friday, saw Parlow capture 423
votes for 40% of the 1,049 total
votes cast for President.
“After a very grueling and long
campaign and election period, I
was exhilarated and overjoyed to
hear that I had won and would
represent the student body of
Loyola Marymount as their voice to
.the administration and Board of
T rustees,” Parlow said.
“I would also like to extend my
congratulations to the other candi¬
dates for running great campaigns
and for helping to play a part in
raising student interest in the elec¬
tion.”
Parlow defeated junior Mark
Farrell, who garnered 354 votes for
34% of the total votes cast. Junior
Monica La Belle finished third in the
ballotting with 208 votes cast for
20%. Rick Munakash, in a last-
minute campaign effort, placed
fourth with 64 votes for 6%.
ASLMU President Paul Suppa
noted that “this year’s election pro¬
cess has undergone dramatic
changes. The election period was
extended to five days, the balloting
was done on scantron forms, and a
grievance board was established
to hear candidate complaints,”
Allegations that voter fraud was
taking place in the first days of
By James Keane
News Editor
Dr. Gloria Romero, Visiting Pro¬
fessor of Chicano Studies at
Loyola Marymount, is vying for a
seat on the Los Angeles Commu¬
nity College Board of Trustees. The
primary election is next Tuesday,
April 11, with a runoff election ex¬
pected between several of the six
candidates for the spot.
The seat is non-partisan and is
not geographically based, and is
one of four seats up for election this
spring. The seat Romero is seek¬
ing was previously occupied by
Wally Knox, who was recently
elected to the California State As-
voting tapered off as the week went
on, with lists including social secu¬
rity numbers and student names
used to ensure the integrity of the
election.
A runoff would have been forced
had there been less than a 5%
margin of difference between
Parlow and Farrell.
Suppa said that an evaluatory
meeting has been set for April 1 3 to
assess the validity of new mea¬
sures for the grievance board. All
concerned students are invited,
Suppa noted.
Not all reactions to the election
were positive, however. “I was
very disappointed with the cam¬
paign process this year. There was
no debate. I thought it was a cam¬
paign lacking substance. This
year’s campaign stands out as be¬
ing a really shallow campaign,” said
sembly.
“I feel very strongly about the
Community College system be¬
cause I myself came out of the
community colleges. I see them as
Ellis Islands, the entry points of
higher education,” Romero com¬
mented.
Romero is running against
Frankie Curry, Richard Shumsky,
David Kessler, Armand Suskind,
and Rey Garay. She is endorsed
by the American Federation of
T eachers College Staff Guild, State
Assembly members Tom Hayden
and Hilda Solis, and a number of
local mayors and members of the
Los Angeles City Council. In addi¬
tion, the Los Angeles Times, while
not endorsing any candidates in
Dr. Dirk Verheyen, who was on the
five-member election grievance
board moderated by Assistant Di¬
rector of Student Life, Shelli
Herman.
Parlow also noted concerns
about the election process. “I think
that unless students read
th eLoyolan or the candidates’ bro¬
chures, they could not have made
an informed decision. People end
up voting on name recognition, it
should be about the issues, not
Studies, American Cultures,
Women’s Studies, and Psychology,
listed her recent teaching experi¬
ence as the major motivating factor
in her bid: “I felt it was time to elect
a T rustee who comes directly out of
the classroom. The board includes
four attorneys, a judge, a librarian,
et cetera. It’s time to return the
college board to educators — its time
for a very strong pro-classroom
voice.
“I see as a main priority of mine
popularity,” Pariow said.
The election featured a question
and answer session with minority
students on Monday and a “meet
the candidates” event last Tues¬
day. This year’s campaign also
featured the most intense cam¬
paigning in years, as the campus
was literally deluged by thousands
of pamphlets, flyers and signs.
With the election of Parlow comes
a changing of the guard in ASLMU
continued on page four
the return of tax dollars to the point
of instruction,” Romero com¬
mented. “This is a time of budget
constraints, but there is still money.
But how do we allocate it?” Romero
listed as examples of previous
misallocations by the board the
large sums paid to political ana¬
lysts to determine ways to con¬
vince the public to raise taxes, as
well as a plan last year to install a
driving range at Pierce College in
the race, listed
Romero as one of
the three front-run¬
ners in the cam¬
paign.
The Board of
Trustees oversees
financing, curricu¬
lum changes, ex¬
penditures, and
policy for the Los
Angeles Community
College system. The
voting district in¬
cludes 34 cities and
nine community col¬
lege campuses.
I Romero, who has
Photo Courtesy ot Public Relations taught in the Depart-
Dr. Gloria Romero , Professor of Chicano Studies ments of Chicano
continued on page four
An Apology from The Printer
Dear Brenda Miyamoto,
I sincerely apologize forthe egregious error that occurred with the
misplacement of photos in your last edition [Photos of the late Dr. Ted
Erlandson and current LMU student Steve Gagnon were switched].
After a lengthy discussion with the press crew, I can only surmise
that since more than one person worked on your paper — due to the
large number of halftones involved (29)— that the error occurred with
the duplication of pages. The pull out pages or throw away pages
were numbered 1-4 as were, of course, the first four pages of your
regular paper. Someone apparently got the two sets of pages mixed
up.
I deeply regret any embarrassment that this might have caused
you, your staff or your readers. We at the Gardena Valley News are
extremely disappointed that you didn’t receive the paper you had
hoped for.
Respectfully,
Robert R. Von Gorres
Account Manager-Sales
“I was exhilarated and overjoyed to hear that
I had won and would represent the student
body of Loyola Marymount.” — Matthew Parlow
LMU Professor Seeking Spot on L.A.
Community College Board of Trustees
