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September 22, 1999 Loyola Marymount University Volume 78, No. 5
Student
Alleges
Misconduct By
Public Safety
by Jasmine Marshall
Managing Editor
A female sophomore student
has filed a complaint with the
division of student affairs alleg¬
ing that LMLPs department of
public safety mishandled her
medical emergency.
In the early morning hours
of Sept. 18, the student became
incapacitated due to intoxica¬
tion. Repeated calls by the vic¬
tim's friends to EMU's depart¬
ment of public safety were met
with confusion and difficulty,
allegedly due to miscommuni ca¬
tion caused by the officer on
duty who tried to locate LMU
emergency medical technicians
(EMTs). The victim, who was
not seen by EMTs until approx¬
imately 35 minutes after the
initial call, was transported to
Daniel Freeman Marina
Hospital by paramedics. There
she was treated for dehydration
and vomiting, before she was
released.
The incident, currently
under investigation, has raised
questions about the level of
training public safety officers
receive to deal with emergen¬
cies and about communication
between the office of public
safety and student EMTs.
The victim's friend, Lillian
Kabakali, said that she and sev¬
eral others noticed that the vic¬
tim was becoming incapacitated
after becoming intoxicated. At
approximately 2:25 a.m.,
according to friends attending
to the victim, they called upon
sophomore Mark Malonzo, a
neighbor who had just complet¬
ed his emergency medical tech¬
nician training. “I took her
vitals, and saw that [the victim]
was not doing very well,''
Malonzo said. “At that point, I
said, ‘We need to get the EMTs,'
so we called public safety.''
According to the students
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Parking Tensions Voiced at Forum
by Leigh Woosley
Contributor
Approximately 40 frustrated students
swarmed the Lion's Den Thursday, Sept. 16,
to voice complaints and pose questions
regarding LMLPs parking problem. Due to
the university's record-breaking enrollment
numbers and numerous construction sites,
parking spaces are becoming difficult to
find.
“Parking is ridiculous! I looked for 30
minutes this morning and I couldn't find a
space," said Bridget Kolakosky, a senior phi¬
losophy major. “It is so frustrating!”
Due, in part, to complaints like these, the
department of public safety decided to host
the open mic forum to ensure that both the
students and university understood each
other correctly.
“I put out a forum where everyone has an
opportunity for their voice to be heard,” said
Chief Ray Hilyar, director of public safety,
who led the question and answer forum. “I
think it is very important that students
have a voice.”
According to Hilyar* the public safety
department is doing all it can to improve the
parking situation. Ninety-two parking
spaces have been created since the summer,
including a 60-space lot next to the Rains
and McCarthy residence halls. “I have
found every nook and cranny and, if it looks
safe enough, I made it a space,” Hilyar said.
The public safety department also opens the
faculty lot to students during the peak hours
of 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
every weekday.
Yet during the peak hours of classes,
parking spaces are few and far between.
Kevin Fleming, a senior psychology and phi¬
losophy major, described the parking situa¬
tion on campus as “uncontrolled, unmoni¬
tored, and chaotic.” Fleming is a resident
advisor at the Furama Hotel, which houses
transfer students due to the overflow in stu¬
dent housing. As a commuter, he opted not
to buy a vehicle permit and to park in South
Hannon’s visitor parking instead.
According to Fleming, even that parking
area is full. Now he must park further
ANTHONY BREHNEMAN
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LOYOLAN
An LMU student vocalizes her frustrations at parking problems during a forum on the issue held
Thursday, Sept. 16, in the Lion's Den. Head of Public Safety, Ray Hilyar, answered student questions.
away, but thinks it is worth “walking the
extra 35 feet” to avoid paying the high fee
for vehicle registration.
The price of a vehicle permit is another
issue in the parking debate. A parking
decal, which shows that a vehicle is regis¬
tered with the university, costs $200 per
year. Many students feel that the vehicle
registration fee should guarantee a place to
park. “I pay a ludicrous $200 a year and I
can't even find a parking space,” Kolakosky
said.
But according to Hilyar, a decal does not
necessarily guarantee a parking space on
campus. “Certainly we sold more permits
than there are spaces,” he said. “We did [so]
because everyone is not here at the same
time.”
The public safety department reported
that 2,600 vehicle permits were sold to stu¬
dents and 921 to teachers at $200 each,
totaling $704,300. According to John
Oester, vice president of business and
finance, these earnings are put into the uni¬
versity's general fund. Money is taken from
this fund to pay for a bond issue on the
Leavey parking structure, estimated at
$700,000 per year, and subsidization of cam¬
pus security, estimated at $900,000 per year.
He added that he did not consider the $200
vehicular registration fee to be unreason¬
able.
A senior business management major
who requested that his name be withheld, is
another student who refuses to pay the reg¬
istration fee. “I don't have a decal. I just
park wherever I want,” he said. “I park on
lawns, sidewalks, in front of buildings.
Everywhere.” He is not afraid of getting his
car towed and thinks everyone should take
the decals off their cars because there is no
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Butler Shares
'Kindred' Insight
CHRISTINE BENTLEY
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LOYOLAN
Author Octavia Butler speaks about her novel a Kindred * in Gersten Pavilion
yesterday. The novel was required summer reading for first-year students.
- — - - - given. The class of 2003 just
BY CHRIST! Hegranes read the book and ended up
CONTRIBUTOR experiencing a journey through
history and time.
“The waiting is over! The head of the Summer
Octavia has arrived,” Dr. David Reading Program, Killoran, is
Killoran announced as an intro- the proud parent of this new
duction to author Octavia program, welcoming Butler to
Butler's lecture in Gersten campus for the guest lecture.
Pavilion on Tuesday, Sept. 21 Killoran developed the Summer
during convocation hour. Reading Program for a variety
This year, the freshmen of reasons. “It is also to help
class of 2003 participated in his- incoming students draw togeth-
tory as LMU created its first er and get to know each other,
ever Summer Reading Program. We also want the students to
This past summer, every mem- realize the pleasure of talking
her of the incoming freshmen about what they read with one
class was required to read a another, he said. Killoran and
copy “Kindred.” No explicit his staff found Octavia Butler
instructions or details were BUTLER: page 3
