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Volume 77, No. 1 2
Sigma Pi Chapter Closed
by National Headquarters
by Megan Crowley
Managing Editor
On Saturday, Nov. 21, the
LMU chapter of Sigma Pi
Fraternity was closed by its
national headquarters, without
the possibility of appeal. Rather
than being deactivated, active
members received alumni sta¬
tus, which they would have
received upon graduation from
college. They remain affiliated
with the larger organization of
Sigma Pi, but are no longer
active members of an LMU
chapter.
In early October, representa¬
tives from national headquar¬
ters came to LMU to review the
manner in which the Epsilon
) Sigma chapter represents the
national fraternity. One of the
ways in which the chapter has
negatively represented the
national fraternity is through
disciplinary problems within
the university, including several
alcohol write-ups. According to
Assistant Director of Student
Life Andrea Fauk, who moder¬
ates the Greek system, mem¬
bers have undergone judicial
hearings for these and other dis¬
ciplinary problems. Specifics of
these hearings are confidential.
According to the National
headquarters' Executive
Director of Sigma Pi Mark
Briscoe, the LMU chapter vio-
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PHOTO COURTESY OF TOWER YEARBOOK
Members of Sigma Pi pose with children of the Nickerson Gardens Housing
project during their uSnow Day” philanthropy last year. Sigma Pi's chapter
was closed Nov. 21 by their national headquarters.
lated Fraternity Insurance
Purchasing Gj*oup (FIPG)
guidelines. The FIPG was a con¬
sortium that set up guidelines
for the standard 4>f behavior for
fra t e rn i t i e s to folio w.
Furthermore, Briscoe said that
the LMU chapter failed to
adhere to the University’s and
the Executive Office’s stan¬
dards. What specific violations
the chapter made, Briscoe did
not care to comment on.
Although some members of
Sigma Pi made mistakes,
Briscoe does not want those
members’ reputations to taint
the entire fraternity..
The national headquarters’
method for remedying the chap¬
ter’s problems was to close the
chapter for a few years with the
hope that they will be able to
start a new chapter in a few
years (after the current mem¬
bers have graduated).
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Sigma Pi: page 3
Senate Debates Budget Ballot
by Ann XIabjaqn
Asst. Features Editor
The ASLMU Senate engaged
in a lively debate over the possi¬
ble discontinuance of budget bal¬
lot in their meeting Nov. 16. The
discussion was sparked by the
introduction of two proposals
that would redesign ASLMU’s
fund allocations system.
ASLMU currently uses a
dual system for allocating funds.
Every semester, when budget
ballot is held, students vote to
allocate funds to the clubs of
their choice with an approxi-
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mate $10 each, which comes
from their $35 ASLMU fee.
Because only about one-fourth of
the student population actually
participates in budget ballot,
there is generally money left
over, which is distributed to
clubs on the basis of need
through a club allocations board
that meets once per semester.
This system presents several
problems. Although some main¬
tain that budget ballot gives stu¬
dents a voice in ASLMU, there
are issues with accountability.
Clubs are not required to report
how they use budget ballot
funds. In addition, the system is
criticized for favoring larger
clubs.
ASLMU Vice President of
Finance Ryan Rillorta and Vice-
President of Club Relations Tim
Brundige prepared two propos¬
als for replacing the current sys¬
tem with an allocations board.
The allocation board suggested
in the proposals would work in
the same way that club alloca¬
tions currently functions. Of the
12 members of this board, seven
would be elected by the student
population. The remaining five
would be members of the
ASLMU cabinet and senate.
The committee would then dis¬
tribute funds based on demon¬
stration of need and quality of
programs.
The main difference between
the two proposals is the frequen¬
cy of the board’s meetings . In
the first, the board would meet
weekly. In the second, they
would meet once a semester, as
they do currently.
Rillorta and Brundige
received mixed reactions from
the ASLMU senate. Senators
Aric Avelino and Raegan Loston
were the most outspoken in
defense of budget ballot, while
Senators Ken Ewing and Robert
Klamser were among those who
supported a new system.
“I was expecting there to be a
debate over this,” said Rillorta.
“Not everyone is going to agree
with change.”
Concerns include the idea
that lack of support for budget
ballot will result in students not
Budget Ballot: page 3
der Ahe Family
■ fihilantiiropy:
Wilfred Von der Ahe
dies at age 88.
Charles, his son, dies a
week later at age 61.
by Sean Chavel
Asst. News Editor
The LMU community suf¬
fered two tragic losses in the
past two weeks. Wilfred Von
der Ahe, a generous benefactor
and philanthropist, known
throughout the business com¬
munity for opening the
nation’s first “supermarket,”
died last Thursday, Nov. 19, of
congestive heart failure at the
age of 88. His death was fol¬
lowed one week later by that of
his son, Charles K. Von Der
Ahe, on Thursday, Nov. 26, of
cancer at age 61. Following in
the footsteps of his father,
Charles was also a benefactor
to the university.
Both Wilfred and Charles
were graduates of Loyola
University, Wilfred in 1932
and Charles in 1959. Wilfred
was a Loyola Law School grad¬
uate in 1933, and his son
Charles attended the law
school as well.
Wilfred Von der Ahe’s
name reached national fame
with the Von’s supermarket
chain. His father, also named
Charles, first established a
successful 87-store supermar¬
ket chain between 1906 and
1929 before selling his chain to
Safeway and retiring.
In 1931, Wilfred Von der
Ahe and his brother, Ted,
started a second chain of gro¬
cery stores under the Von der
Ahe name, known as Von’s, the
nation’s first “supermarket.”
The store was established
despite the financial risk of
opening a business during the
Depression and became a high¬
ly successful enterprise. The
expansion of the Von’s chain
led Wilfred Von der Ahe to cre¬
ate the Von der Ahe
Foundation, which channeled
a percentage of income from
Von’s supermarkets to a dona¬
tion fund and was a source for
the Von der Ahe family’s
numerous contributions to
LMU.
Charles Von der Ahe, born
in 1937, had his first job work¬
ing as a box boy in his family’s
grocery store. He also worked
as a checker, assistant manag¬
er, produce buyer and eventu¬
ally became director of store
operations. He later founded
the VDA Property Company
with his brother, Tom, and
served as its president.
After a long-lasting rela¬
tionship with the university,
both Wilfred and Charles Von
der Ahe had many friends at
LMU, all of whom offer their
adulation for two men who
made many significant contri¬
butions to the enrichment of
this campus.
“[Wilfred Von der Ahe] was
an excellent, lovely person, A
very optimistic, generous, and
beautiful person,” University
President Thomas P. O’Malley,
S . J. , said . “He loved his family,
his religion, his work, and he
loved the LMU community
/very much.”
Rev. Louis E. Libbey, S.J., a
senior development officer in
university relations, said of
Charles Von der Ahe, “I’ve
knbwn the [Von der Ahe] fami¬
ly for many years, and Chuck
was a great family man. He
was very supportive of the
church and civic activities.”
Libbey noted that Charles Von
der Ahe “...was an avicLsports
fan. He often attended LMU
athletic events and alumni
functions.” In addition to
Charles Von der Ahe’s service
to LMU, he also was a member
of the Knights of the Holy
Sepulcher, and served as pres¬
ident of the Lakeside Country
Club for a number of years,
according to Libbey.
Wilfred Von der Ahe would
join the LMU Board of
Trustees in 1973, and worked
on the task force in the college
of business administration for
the Commission on the Future
of LMU, which produced the
award-winning promotional
video, “This is LMU.” Charles
Von der Ahe had served on the
LMU Board of Regents since
1979, and was chair of the
board from 1985-1988. In addL
tion, he was also a member of
the Commission on the Future
of LMU. In 1992, Charles Von
Von der Ahe: page 3
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY r,Tln“S
Wilfred Von der Ahe, Trustee mem-
her, at a university functidn.
