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              THE LOYOLA MAROON January 25, 1991 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 VOLUME 69, NO. 14 Budget cuts felt university-wide By Charles Lussier Staff Writer Loyola administrators arc hacking their budgets, faced with cuts as severe as that of 1988-89. The cuts which total approximately $1 million, with an additional $300,000 kept as a deficit, is one of the most severe in Loyola history. The 1988-89 fiscal budget hadacomparablecutofSl million after the then Loyola-owned WWL-TV suffered a $2 million loss in revenue. The six major budget divisions of the university arc sharing the burden of the cuts. The Rev. George F. Lundy S.J., senior vice president and dean of Faculties, said this year's cut was not as drastic as the 1988-89 cut because initial tuition revenue was much greater than revenues two years ago. The cuts were agreed on by the vice presidents of the six divisions back in November. Some of the decreases include cutting $25,000 from the office of the President, $120,000 from Administration, $250,000 from Academic Affairs, $50,000 from Student Affairs, $100,000 from Institutional Ad vancement and $250,000 from the of f ice of Business and Finance, according to the Nov. 16, 1990 Maroon. Lundy said Academic Affairs has completed most of itscutting, but he said he won'tknowtheexactamountuntil today or early next week. He said he can make 5150,000 of outright cuts and is making additional cuts to offset programs that are presently underfunded due to over-projected revenue for a few new programs, including the Executive Education Program that the College of Business Administration is operating. Lundy said this year's budget cut is not as severe as the $353,297 cut Academic Affairs made two years ago. Most budget heads cited personnel changes as the most painful of the cuts. Dr. William Eidson, dean of the Arts and Sciences, said he reduced salaries for parttime faculty to last year's levels. He said he cut their salaries because full-time faculty salaries are guaranteed by university contracts. Eidson said he also froze a few unfilled faculty positions. "Some people think I'm worse than Saddam Hussein (because of the cuts), but these were cuts that 1 had to make," he said. He said he is also working on persuading one or two faculty members to retire. Dr. Norman Rousscll, vice president for Administration, said he alsofrozcaposition and transferred one employee to another department, thereby saving $65,000. Rousscll said $19,000 still needs to be cut, but he said he hopes funds saved by Loyola's recent sales tax break will make up for it. Rousscll stressed that he tried to make his cuts in the most "humane" way. "The challenge is lo maintain an expected level that will prevent future problems," Rousscll said. Lundy said the cuts he finds hardest to enact arc ones that deal with "resources for research projects and the libraries." Dr. Randolph J. New, dean of Business Administration, said the most difficult cut he made was deciding which sections of Stopping traffic— Hundreds of anti-war protestors massed around a streetcar on Canal St. during a peace rally last Thursday. The steetcar driver convinced some protestors to move by rolling slowly forward. /Photo by Charles Baker Officers fire 9 shots; tire thief escapes By Amy Young Contributing writer At least 10 gunshots were fired in the Loyola Parking Garage as Ix)yola public safety officers attempted to stop a thief from stealing tires from a student's car on November 22,1990. Alan Abadie, director of the Department of Public Safety, refused to comment on the incident. Employees at Allright Parking, who manage the garage, also refused to comment to the Maroon. According to the New Orleans Police Department's report officer Basil J. Marie, Loyola public safety officer, heard the sound of a car jack coming from the fourth floor of the parking garage. Marie, who was off-duty at the time, walked upto the fourth flooranddiscovcrcd a young male taking tires from a blazer parked in the garage, the report said. Marie shouted to the suspect to step away from the car, the police report states. The report said when the suspect did not comply, Marie called the Loyola Department of Public Safety for assistance at 1:53 a.m. Thanksgiving morning. Public safety officers Robert Lewis and Frank Schiro responded to the call, according to the report. When they arrived, they blocked the exit to the garage and repeatedly ordered the suspect to gel out of his van. The man continued to drive his car toward Lewis. According to the police report, the thief fired a shot toward the officers, and Officers Lewis, Marie and Schiro returned a total of nine shots. The nine shots struck the windshield and hood of the suspect's car. While trying to escape, the man backed his van into a cement pole, the report said. The collision caused a tire to fall out of the back of the van. Public safety officers later determined that the tire had been stolen. The police report said the collision resulted in immobilizing the car. The suspect then jumped from his car and fled down the garage stairs. Public safety officers chased him on foot, but he was not apprehended. The suspect is still at large. Public safety officers notified the NOPD, according to the report. The NOPD impounded the suspect's van and has taken over the investigation. NOPD's police report said approximately ten shoLs were fired, and nine bullets were recovered. According to the police report, the public See Budget/page 7 See Shooting/page 6 me