The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 74, Issue 5 - September 27, 1995

L о s • A n g e 1 e s LOYOLAN VOL. 74 -NO. 5 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY September 27, 1995 /I! Photo Courtesy of Matthew Pariow The Sigma Chi team knocks 'em dead at this year’s Gotta Bowl, where over 175 LMU students turned out for good times and bowling. Isang Bansa Leads All Clubs in Final ASLMU Budget Ballot By Mia Shanley Assistant News Editor The numbers are in and once again, Isang Bansa surpassed all other organizations in the ASLMU 1 995 Budget Ballot by rais¬ ing $1,206. The Greek System also did ex¬ tremely well this year. The second highest amounts allocated were to the fraternities Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Chi, both raising $731 , with Delta Gamma close behind with $726. Students voting at О ’ Fest ‘95 at the Budget Ballot . rnoio oy jamcs iveane */4&cce... Campus A Life Emergency Medical Technicians •page 6 Perspective Opinions, Opinions, and More Opinions •pages 12-14 Arts & _ Entertainment Sophie Rossetti •page 17 Sports Water Polo Wins Pomona Tournament •page 19 Budget Ballot, which was recently axed from ASLMU’S revised con¬ stitution, gave each student an op¬ portunity to allocate $17 of money paid in their tuition to the organiza¬ tion of their choice. “I thought this was the most ef¬ fectively executed Budget Ballot ever. The turnout of over 1000 voters was the most ever and I think it showed a concern in stu¬ dent government,” commented Matthew Parlow, ASLMU Presi¬ dent. Out of $60,000 in the fund, $1 6,984 was allocated to 94 differ¬ ent organizations. This money may be used for anything from events and activities to projects and main¬ tenance of the organization. The remaining money will be placed in a Reserve Board which organiza¬ tions must petition for funds. Dean Armstrong, President of Pi Kappa Alpha, stated, “Students in organizations who didn’t allocate their money are missing out be- continued on page three Six New Students Appointed to Senate APC also Appoints Eight More Commissioners represent ASLMU,” commented Ann Goodman, Executive Vice President and Chair of the Senate. “There’s a lot of responsibility — it’s Each senator must capably com¬ municate with the LMU student body and discover issues that con¬ cern students. Senators then re- By Jennifer D’Andrea News Editor The Associated Students of Loyola Marymount have re¬ cently appointed several new stu¬ dent leaders to fill positions on the Senate and the Activities Program¬ ming Commission for the 95-96 academic year. Out of 16 applicants for the six open positions on the Senate, posi¬ tions were filled by three first year students, two transfer students and one junior, bringing the total num¬ ber of senators to 14. New sena¬ tors include William Lee Buermann, II, Mark Gaspers, Sharon Marciniak, Sandra Ribera, Leanne Talbot and Neil Tang. “We were looking for people who would be able to handle the re¬ sponsibilities as a whole and best “We were looking for people who would be able to handle the responsibilities as a whole and best represent ASLMU.”— Ann Goodman easily five hours a week and they don’t get paid for it. They’re volun¬ teering their time to help the stu¬ dents of LMU.” search issues and bring their infor¬ mation to Senate meetings where solutions can develop. Weekly re- continued on page three New Mail Center Opens behind Pereira By Joseph Ayala Staff Writer Anew mail Distribution Center was opened Monday, Septem¬ ber 1 8, to supplement the mail cen¬ ter and ensure “a higher level of efficiency and a more effective way to serve the LMU community,” ac¬ cording to David French, supervi¬ sor of the mail room and the Distri¬ bution Center. The Distribution Center is located on the East side of campus behind Pereira Hall. The new building offers more space and better work¬ ing conditions than its former loca¬ tion of 37 years in the Lorenzo M. Malone Student Center. “We did not have enough space for either the workers to adequately do their job or for additional office equipment,” commented Purchas¬ ing Director Blanche Bettinger, “Further, there was no air condi¬ tioning in the building but the stu¬ dent workers were still expected to work.” As LMU has expanded over the years, the administration realized that the mail service would need to be improved if they were to provide quality service to the LMU commu¬ nity. “A couple of years ago, we real¬ ized we had a crisis on our hands,” noted Bettinger. “The University continued to grow but the mail cen¬ ter was overlooked. With 350, ОСЮ pieces of mail coming each month, we needed more space and better equipment in order to efficiently serve the community.” Bettinger teamed up with John Oester, Vice President of Business and Finance, and Bob Bride, Asso¬ ciate Vice President of Business and Finance, to devise a plan to submit to the University President Fr. Thomas O’Malley, S.J. for ap¬ proval. After two years of creating layouts and changing plans, the trio’s plan for a new Distribution Center for LMU has become a real¬ ity. The new Distribution Center should allow the students and staff to receive mail and packages in a more efficient manner. “Due to the back-up equipment we now have and the better ma¬ chines we have to sort the mail, I expect more timely processing and distribution of the mail that we re¬ ceive,” said Bettinger. The Distribution Center adminis¬ tration has also redeveloped the routes in which mail is delivered to rnn.ti.nupd t nn The new Mail center , located behind Pereira , greatly increases the space available for mail processing .