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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 69, NO. 10 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 November 2,1990 SGA adviser, president clash over proposal By Ted Sheppard Staff writer A confrontation between the SG A president and adviser highlighted an otherwise humdrum SGA Congressional meeting Tuesday. Tensions boiled over when Judy Dcshotcls, assistant DannaCcntcrdirectorandStudentGovernment Association adviser, asked Congress to consider proposed legislation which would set up previously nonexistent criteria for funding from the SGA "refrigerator account." Under the proposed legislation, funding for the SGA Retreat, unlike any other expense, would be exempt from prior Congressional approval. Deshotels made the recommendation, saying that it would prevent the possibility of misappropriations that had occurred in the past. David Vandcrsand, SGA president, was obviously angered by the statement. He raised his voice and demanded that Deshotels substantiate the claim of "misappropriations in the past." Deshotels did not respond. Congress passed the legislation with a near-unanimous vote. The controversy raised over the legislation was directed at the inclusion of the SGA Retreat into the proposed bill, which requires prior Congressional approval of expenditures for certain SGA events, like the Annual SGA Banquet and the Annual SGA Christmas Reception. Certain members of Congress questioned the reasoning behind leaving the retreat exclusively in the hands of the executive branch. Vandcrsand spearheaded the movement to keep the retreat in the hands of the executive branch, claiming it would be legally inappropriate to approve funds in January for an event that occurred in August. "We would be appropriating funds that did not exist," he said. Patrick Smith, third-year law student and SGA vice Court dismisses Rizzo charges, waits for Murphy's next move By Charles Lussier News Editor Former Alumni Affairs director Beverly Murphy has lost one battle and has one more left to fight in her attempt to win a civil lawsuit against Loyola. The Civil District Court gave Murphy, in an Aug. 17 motion, an order to present evidence at a hearing Oct. 19, according to court documents, to show cause why Loyola's motion for a Partial Summary Judgment of existing charges and dismissal of a wrongful termination claim should not be granted. Donald Rizzo, vice president for Institutional Advancement, fired Murphy April 19, 1989. Murphy originally filed a petition Sept. 21, 1989 requesting payment of damages and citing three allegations against Loyola and Rizzo, including wrongful termination of employment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and defamation. Michael Mestayer, attorney for Murphy, asked for and was granted a continuance. The hearing has since been rescheduled to Nov. 30, according to court documents. Rutledge Clement, attorney for Loyola and Rizzo, refused to comment. Murphy refused to comment. Mestayer could not be reached for comment. In a judgement rendered at an April 27, 1990 hearing, Civil District Court Justice Thomas Early dismissed "all claims" set forth against Rizzo who was named as a defendant with Loyola University in the original case. Loyola University is now the sole defendant. Rizzo could not be reached for comment. In a Jan. 26, 1990 decision, Judge Early dismissed the Photo by Charles Baker Whee — October means many things — multicolored leaves, football games, school fairs. These youngsters are enjoying the roller coaster at Holy Name of Jesus' fair last weekend. UNO frat party turns into fracas in Wolf Pub By Charlie Brown Life and Times Editor A fight broke out at a party sponsored by a University of New Orleans fraternity in the Wolf Pub early Saturday morning. Bryan Harriss, director of Loyola Dining Services, said the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity rented the Loyola Wolf Pub for a party late Friday night. The fight started at approximately 1:30 a.m. Saturday, he said. Officers of the department of Public Safety broke up the party immediately afterward. This is the second such incident of fights involving UNO fraternity members and uptown campuses this semester. A story in the Sept. 14, 1990 issue of the Tulanc Hullabaloo reported that a Tulane Alpha Phi Alpha party was disrupted by a fight between Tulane and UNO students at the Rathskeller, located in the basement of the Tulane University Senate. Virgil Henson, communications freshman, was the disc jockey for the party. He said one UNO student was drunk from hard liquor illegally brought into the Pub and became upset due to advances towards his "girlfriend." The fight then broke out, Henson said. When two people threw punches, he said, Public Safety officers moved to slop the fight. One student attempted to jump on the back of one of the officers, but missed and landed on the pile of those fighting. The officers quickly moved the fight out of the Pub, he said. Sean Wentworth, philosophy sophomore, said the party was cancelled about an hour before the scheduled ending. Public Safety wrestled everyone present out of the Puband told them to leave campus, he said. When Public Safety look the fracas outside, someone was apparently injured. Mandy Clay, music therapy sophomore, was working at the Buddig Hall front desk at the time of the fight and said she believes the injured party was a Public Safely officcr. "An officcr came in and asked for peroxide and bandages," she said. "They took the release form with them and 1 had finished work when or if ihcy got back." Fred Hicks, political science senior, said he received a report while tending theßicvcr Hall front desk about another fight around 2 a.m. behind Bicvcr Hall. He could not confirm that the fights were related, but said he "had a strong inclination" that they were. Hicks also said that there were no other repercussions from the fight. During the outside fray, someone supposedly bit a Public Safety officer. Crime Prevention Officer David Nolting could not confirm this. Alan Abadic, director of Public Safety, could not be reached for comment. No members of Phi Beta Sigmacould be reached for comment. See SGA/page 4 See Lawsuit/page 4 t4rwtrewtgrew