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              THE LOYOLA MAROON September 10,1993 • • Loyola University New Orleans, LA 70118 • Vol. 73 No. 2 • Future of WLDC uncertain By Jerry Griffin Contributing writer Loyola's radio station, WLDC-AM, which used to broadcast on Loyola cable channel 8, did not receive any applicants to fill the position of general manager last spring, and therefore was in jeopardy of signing off the air. The student lounge on the fourth floor of the communications/ music building still remains silent as student interest is evaluated to determine whether operations will continue. "I need at least 20 contentious and committed volunteers to run the station the way it should be run," Dr. Mary Blue, associate professor of communications and WLDC faculty advisor, said. Many incoming students think that they must be a communications major to work for WLDC. According to Dr. Blue, this is not true. "We take students from all academic disciplines. All that is required is a desire to work in radio," she said. One major problem in filling the position stems from the 1987 decision to halt tuition remission for the general manager in exchange for services. "It's a lot of work for one line on your resume," Blue said. "Loyola is known as having one of the best communications departments in the South. By not broadcasting, I feel the university is jipping the students," Johnny Calcagno, communications junior, said. Tours are conducted regularly by members of the Loyola Admissions Network with a stop on the fourth floor of the communications/music building to show the television studios, audio rooms and the radio station to all visiting the campus. "Loyola makes a big deal of showing off the radio station to prospective students and their parents. It is a shame Loyola University doesn't commit its resources better," Silvana Collins, LUNCH) — A child from Loyola's Whelan Center, which recently became a nationally accredited day-care center, grins reluctantly at his meal. See story, Pg. 2 / Photo by Amy Pelleglnl Dr. Mary Blue, Adviser to WLDC SGA deadlocked over constitution By Chris Bonura News Editor Some members of ihe Student Government Association are trying to revise the SGA constitution. However, the constitution that they are attempting to change prohibits them from making any amendments without getting the consent of the student body. "It was never brought to our attention that we had to bring the amendments before the students," SGA Assistant to the Vice President Casey Stowe, business junior, said. SGA Law President Jim Dugan, second-year law student, brought it to the attention of the SGA congress at Tuesday's meeting. Stowe, who also served as last year's chairman of constitutional review, said, "We had been piling up revisions to the constitution all [last] year. We were just going to try to pass them in a clump." According to Stowe, these revisions were supposed to be passed at the end of last year, but the congress never got around to it. The rest of the proposed revisions come from SGA Vice President John Hernandez, third-year law student. During the summer, Hernandez went through the constitution and looked for possible revisions. He looked for vague areas and tried to propose amendments that would clarify them. Some of these suggested revisons deal with: •creating new executive staff positions and revising old job descriptions •requiring SGA committies to meet at least once a month unless there are no issues under their jurisdiction to discuss •changing the absence policy so that four absences, excussed or unexcussed, are automatic grounds for dismissal •requiring the president to consult with the constitutional review committee and select someone who would have been eligible in the previous spring election when filling Congressperson-at-large vacencies. "On the day-to-day lives of students the impact is negligible," Dugan said. However, he believes that elections for amendments are neccessary to protect the students. "The constitution has been there since '70, but there is a new congress every year," Dugan said. "The constitution flows directly from the students themselves," he said. "If we call an election just for the amendments, we're probably not going to get people to vote," SGA President Erika Schwarz, first year law student, said. Schwarz suggested that a possible solution could be to announce the proposed amendments, and if no students request an election, none would be required. "I don't want to usurp student's rights," Hernandez said. "I just want to run Student Government in a more efficient way." "At some point you need to have a balance between the SGA's need to operate efficiently as far as their internal affairs and issues and the student body's need to vote on issues that will effect them as a whole," Tim Bamett, SGA faculty advisor said. "I think that at some point in the SGA constitution, students have to have a voice." Dugan sees things a little differently. "Streamlining government," he said, "is not what the constitution is about. The constitution is a foundation on which the SGA bases its principles."However, according to Schwarz, not all of the proposed amendments will have to go through the students because they deal with SGA's by-laws, which are separate from the constitution. Schwarz cited the proposed revision on absences as one that should really fall under the by-laws. At Tuesday's meeting the SGA voted to approve the rev ision concerning absences under the assumption that it would only effect the by-laws. As far as whether or not previous amendments have gone See WLDC, pg. 4 See Amendments, pg. 6 INSIDE 1 THIS KECK K PHOTOS HIGHLIGHT SKIN ART French Quarter tattoo artists etch their work in human flesh. Photo essay, pg. 5 LADY WOLVES START NEW SEASON Women's soccer team goes intercollegiate. Pg. 7 A MUSICIAN AND HER MARIMBA For this music major, practice makes perfect. Pg. 13