The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 74, Issue 6 - October 4, 1995

L О s • A n g e ] l e s LOYOLAN VOL. 74 • NO. 6 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY October 4, 1995 University Mourns Loss of Barbara Bonney Icon of University Passes Away at Age 59; Memorial Service to Be Next Tuesday By James Keane Editor-In-Chief Loyola Marymount was shocked and saddened by the sudden death on Sunday of Barbara Bonney, an icon of the University community, at age 59 of a heart attack. Bonney had served at Loyola Marymount since 1 979 in a number of capacities, including as Execu¬ tive Secretary for the past two Uni¬ versity Presidents. She was well known and widely admired across campus, counting among her clos¬ est friends LMU’s top administra¬ tive and student leaders. “Barbara Bonney was my guard¬ ian angel,” commented Dr. Lane Bove, Vice President for Student Affairs and one of Bonney’s closest Campus Life Student Services Undergoes Changes •page 5 Perspective The Juice is Free •pages 11-13 Arts & Entertainment Unstrung Heroes Reviewed •page 15 Sports Water Polo Wins Another Tourney •page 19 friends. “She was always watching out for everyone, always able to understand what was important and what wasn’t, always able to under¬ stand what was the right and wrong way to approach everything. “Rarely a day went by without me asking Barbara for help for some¬ thing,” Bove continued. “If you ever needed to know how to get some¬ thing done on this campus, Bar¬ bara could tell you how to get it done. “If I could choose just a few words to describe Barbara, they would be these: gracious, private, stubborn, and intensely loyal. She had three passions: her husband Joe, the Church, and Loyola Marymount University.” Barbara Bonney was born April 1 4, 1 936 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised in Washington, D.C., she attended school at Marymount College in Virginia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree and an M.A. in Education. During twenty years of service as a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), Bonney served in a number of posts, including Director of Admissions and Chair of the Department of Education, at Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York. In 1976 she married Joseph Bonney. After moving to Los Ange¬ les, she began working at Loyola Marymount in 1977. Beginning as a secretary for Dr. Foxworthy in the Science Department, she worked over the next few years as a secre¬ tary for Betty Blackman in Von Der Ahe Library, as Executive Secretary for John Pfaffinger, Vice President of Finance, and finally as Administrative Assis¬ tant for Fr. James Loughran, S.J., University President at the time. After Loughran’s departure in continued on page two Photo Courtesy of University Relations Barbara Bonney , beloved friend and comrade to many, passed away on Sunday at age 59. Sunset Concert Rescheduled to April Leavey Field Unavailable as Site for Fall Dates By Jennifer D’Andrea News Editor After a great deal of contro¬ versy, postponements and disappointments, ASLMU’s an¬ nual Sunset Concert has been rescheduled from its original date this weekend to early April. ASLMU has been planning the event for several months and was informed less than three weeks ago that the new grass- topped Leavey Parking Struc¬ ture would no longer be avail¬ able for use this weekend for the Sunset Concert. The location setback also caused the cancellation of the headlining talent Run DMC, whom Erin Eisner, Vice President for the Activities Programming Com¬ mission, and Matthew Parlow, ASLMU President, “spent weeks negotiating with to get them to come and play at a lower fee,” according to Eisner. Run DMC was scheduled to perform this weekend for the Sunset Concert but the new date in April no longer coincides with the band’s schedule, Eisner said. “I was extremely frustrated after being told we could hold the event on the field, that we would have to cancel the event,” noted Parlow. According to Eisner, Vice Presi¬ dent of Facilities Management David Trump would not allow ASLMU to hold the Sunset Con¬ cert on the grass field on top of the new Leavey Parking Struc¬ ture because the contractor who was in charge of landscaping would not warranty the newly planted grass if an event as large as Sunset Concert takes place this fall. “[The contractors] wouldn’t guarantee that [the grass] would stay healthy,” noted Eisner. “If it was damaged, ASLMU would have to pay to reseed the lawn after the event. But ASLMU really wasn’t given a choice — they just said no.” Following the news of Sunset Concert’s hasty postponement, ASLMU sought to find other ar¬ eas of the campus that would be suitable for the event. Eisner and Parlow considered Sunken Gardens and Hannon Field, but both areas would be too difficult to gate off to secure a perim¬ eter surrounding the event, Eisner said. “It’s disappointing to spend a lot of time and energy planning for something and then be told a month before the event that you can no longer have it be¬ cause of a warranty on the grass,” Eisner said. “That’s something they could have told us over the summer.” Despite the current disap¬ pointment, Run DMC was not ASLMU’s first choice of headline performers. Rap star Ice T was the top choice, but various mem¬ bers of the administration “felt that Ice T did not represent the Judeo-Christian mission of Loyola Marymount,” according to Eisner. “They were extremely worried because they felt that Ice T was too controversial for continued on page four LMU Ranked Seventh in West for Best College Value By Josephine De Felice Assistant News Editor measure of colleges offering the best education for the money. The best college values were _ ’ calculated in relation to the wo weeks after Loyola “sticker price (tuition plus room, Marymount was ranked board and fees) and to the dis- eighth in the western region in counted price (tuition plus room, U.S. News and World Report's board, fees, books and estimated “Best Colleges” poll in its Sep- personal expenses, minus the т tember 18 issue, LMU has now been named seventh for “Best College Value” in the western region in another poll by the magazine. The ranking was devised by U.S. News and World Report to compare cost of attendance with quality of edu¬ cation and to provide a realistic average of need based grants). Among regional universities, only the top 20 percent of schools listed in the magazine’s September 18 issue were con¬ sidered for the “Best College Value” poll. Four variables were used in determining the discounted col¬ lege rankings. First, ratio of qual¬ ity to price was determined by the magazine’s previous survey. Schools’ quality ranking was di¬ vided by the cost paid by the average student receiving a need- based grant. Second, the per¬ centage of undergraduates re¬ ceiving need-based grants in the 94-95 academic year was tabu¬ lated. According to LMU’s De¬ partment of Institutional Re¬ search, the average need-based grant is $7,952. Third, the per¬ centage of students receiving non-need based grants was de¬ termined. LMU’s Department of continued on page four