The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 76, Issue 2 - September 3, 1997

of Vision Comes to Development Services DENISE ESPINOZA /10Y0LAN New SDS staff members Henry Ward , Edmundo Litton, Teresa Cook and Marshall Sauceda are joined by veteran staff member Leticia Vidal. Not pictured is Denise Batton. Loyola Law School Center Gives Aid to Cancer Patients by Jason Foo Assistant News Editor Elizabeth Yu Contributor Discrimination against per¬ sons with disabilities is a serious issue, and for those with cancer, it’s a battle fought on many lines. “People look at you differ¬ ently, treat you differently, peo¬ ple have different expectations of you, people all of a sudden get bad performance reviews when they’ve never got them before,” said Barbara Schwerin, Director of the Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC). According to Schwerin, these are reasons for the cre¬ ation of the newly established center in Downtown Los Angeles. The joint program of Loyola Law School and the Western Law Center for Disability Rights established the CLRC in February to provide legal assis¬ tance to cancer survivors. The law school provided $100,000 for the development of the cen- by Christina Thomas Contributor Fr. Roy Bourgeois, M.M., has seen both sides of the military. First as a hero serv¬ ing on the front lines in Vietnam, then as a federal prisoner behind bars three years for protesting on military property. Bourgeois had joined hundreds of other protesters gathered to demand the clo¬ sure of Ft. Bennington, Georgia’s School of the Americas (SOA), a U.S. spon¬ sored training ground for Latin American soldiers, believed responsible for the torture and murders of inno¬ cent civilians. Through a keynote speech and series of workshops begin¬ ning with a barbecue at 6 pm in St. Robert’s grove, Fr. Bourgeois will bring his human rights crusade to LMU. Bourgeois will speak on the atrocities of the SOA and efforts of his School of the Americas Watch to gain con¬ gressional support for the pro- Change Student ■ Staff: Five mem¬ bers added to LMU department by Jasmine Marshall News Editor ver the summer, LMLT’s Department of Student Services received a major facelift. What emerged was not just one completely new face, but five. This year a total of five new “ We plan to find out what issues are facing stu¬ dents.” — Marshall Sauceda Assistant Dean, SDS staff members have been added to SDS, the Department of Student Affairs organization which coordinates the Office of Black Student Services, Chicano/ Latino Student gram’s closure in a speech in St. Robert’s Auditorium at 7 pm following the barbecue. The following day, campus ministry will honor Fr. Bourgeois with a brunch at 10 am in their offices. “Fr. Bourgeois’ time spent in prison gives witness to the fact that he was courageous and devoted to his cause. He COURTESY OF CAMPUS MINISTRY Fr. Roy Bourgoise, founder and head of the School of the Americas Watch spent three years in prison for acts of civil disobedience. Services, Asian Pacific Student Services, the Academic Persistence Program and Inter- cultural Affairs. The newly appointed Assistant Dean of Student Development Services Marshall Sauceda said he is very excited committed civil disobedience actions that he felt he was morally called to do,” said Fernando Moreno, the Director of Campus Ministry. The man who now crusades against the SOA served in Vietnam as a naval officer and was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded in battle. After coming back to the states, Bourgeois eventually joined the Maryknoll Ministry order of the Catholic Church and took his vows as a priest. Bourgeois originally became involved in El Salvador in 1980 after four U.S. nuns, two of which were his personal friends, were raped and mur¬ dered by Salvadoran soldiers. Last year, the Human Rights Coalition became involved in the movement to close the School of the Americas by launching a peti¬ tion drive. Jane Harmon, a local congressional representa¬ tive of LMU’s home district cosponsored the petition to shut down the SOA. A human rights festival held during last spring drew organizations such about the forthcoming year. “I think this is a wonderful campus,” Sauceda said. “We have a great staff here, includ¬ ing our many student workers who assist us. I see this year as a real opportunity to serve stu¬ dents and help them get the as Amnesty International and the Central American Refugee Center to the campus. The Human Rights Coalition was successful in prompting Congressman Julian Dixon to support a legislation that would close the School of the Americas. “Fr. Bourgeois is coming to thank the efforts of LMU’s Human Rights Coalition,” said Moreno Fr. Bourgeois founded the School of the Americas Watch in 1990. The SOA Watch office is located immediately outside the main entrance to Fort Bennington. It informs the general public and the media about what goes on behind the closed doors of the school and its effect on the impoverished citizens of Latin America. Rev. Bourgeois also has pro¬ duced two documentary films, both of which received Academy Award nominations. Gods of Metal, released in 1983, dealt with the nuclear arms race while School of the Assassins, released in 1994, investigated the School of the Americas. most out of their LMU experi¬ ence.” Sauceda brings 10 years of experience as the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Oregon to his new position at LMU. Sauceda plans to set up a dialogue between the SDS administration and the students to determine the biggest chal¬ lenge facing students of color. “We plan to find out what are the issues facing students, where is it that SDS can help and what needs to be tackled by other components of the campus community,” he said. When asked what strengths he believes he will bring to the table from his previous job, Sauceda said, “Probably my greatest strength is my ability to put together a strong team, people that are united with a common vision.” Henry Ward, SDS’s new director of Inter-cultural Affairs, brings with him an impressive resume of work in intercultural exchange, includ¬ ing serving as project director for the Anti-Defamation SDS: page 2 INDEX News 1 Perspective 4 Features 7 Arts & Entertainment 9 Sports 1 4 Classified 1 7 Q_n t_h_e W_e_b_j www.lmu.edu/stuaff/loyolan.htm Aid: page 2 Fr. Roy Bourgeois, M.M. to Address LMU on Latin American Atrocities