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              THE LOYOLA MAROON November 12,1993* • Loyola University New Orleans, LA 70118* Vol. 72 No. 10 • Students react to proposed tuition increase at SGA forum By Chris Bonura News Editor The Student Government Association held a tuition forum Tuesday to address a proposed 5-7 percent increase in tuition next year. "There will be a tuition increase this year, but with your input here today and your ideas and your concerned voiced we can do something to make sure that it's the lowest increase possible," SGA President Erika Schwarz, first-year law student, said. Of Loyola's $60 million budget, $11 million comes from the endowment, Loyola's portfolio of investments; $39 million comes from tuition and $ 10 million comes gifts, grants and auxiliary operations, Schwarz said. According to Schwarz, faculty salary account for about 40 percent of the money spent Financial aid accounts for $12 million. Schwarz said that an anticipated 13.9 percent increase in the university health insurance plan, a faculty salary increase and inflation are all factors that drive up tuition. "If we don't remain competitive with salaries," Schwarz said, "our good professors will go elsewhere for jobs. We won't be able to attract good professors to come to the university to teach because our salaries aren't as competitive as the one's out there in other states." SG A Vice President John Hernandez, second-year law student, said that only teachers who teach well should be given a salary increase. "I would give any teacher a 4 percent faculty pay raise if I knew that somebody was holding them accountable," Hernandez said. He said that he was disillusioned by the lukewarm response that the SGA course consumer guide got in the University Senate. "It's a shame that the students have to hold them accountable to a teacher evaluation, because I think sometimes the administration doesn't hold them accountable, " he said. "How are we going to hold them Rising tuition—SGA Vice President John Hernandez discusses the proposed tuition Increase at a forum In the Danna Center Lounge. Seated next to him are SGA President Erika Schwarz and Executive Assistant Jeff Rogers./ Photo by Timothy A. Deal Raspanti campaigns against politics-as-usual By P*dmtnl ChtnUpalU Staff writer Roy Raspanti says he wants to be a different kind of mayor, and he certainly seems to be running a different kind of campaign. His small house serves as campaign headquarters. He returns telephone calls personally and promptly. And his brother, sister and cousin hold positions on his campaign committee.Raspanti is a 43-year-old lawyer who was born and raised in New Orleans. He graduated from Tulane University Law School and currently practices personal-injury law. Raspanti, whose only previous foray into politics was a lost bid for THE MAYOR'S RACE This article is fifth in a series of profiles running every week on a different candidate in the New Orleans mayoral race. the Orleans Parish School Board in 1988, says he's ready to shake up politics-as-usual in New Orleans. "I'd like to think we're going to have a mini-revolution in this city on Election Day," he said. "I wouldn't have [run] unless I thought I could win." Raspanti, who constantly asserts that he's the only non-politician in the mayoral race, claims politicians are getting out of touch with the people. An Independent candidate, he argues that he can make a difference and points to the way he's running his campaign. Raspanti won't accept money from political action committees or individual contributions over $5,000. He also insists "the buying and selling of City contracts must end," and stipulates that anyone contributing over $1,000 to his campaign will be ineligible to receive City contracts. In a mayoral forum at Loyola Law School, a panelist asked the other candidates if they would agree to the same promise. None agreed. "This is a key issue in the campaign, and it's one that Roy has addressed very forcefully," mayoral candidate Donald Mint/ said at the forum. Candidate Roy Raspantl Committee tries to offset decline in minority faculty By Brian Le Staff writer Due to declines in the number of minority faculty, the Affirmative Action Committee is seeking ways to help search committees to develop techniques to improve the procedures in recruiting minorities. "The consensus of the committee is that we, Loyola, could and should do better in hiring and keeping minorities, especially African-Americans," Barbara Ewell, chair of AAC, said at last Thursday's University Senate meeting. According to AAC, minorities include African-Americans, Hispanics and other ethnic groups. Since the employment of women is not much of a problem, AAC considers them in a separate category. Recruitment of minority faculty has been AAC's primary interest since a report was filed in the summer of 1992 that indicated a slight decline in the number of minority faculty, Ewell said. Ewell added that AAC knew there were decreases in minorities even before the report was tabulated. Ewell said she recalled the status of the report showed a significant gain for women faculty, but a loss of about 1 percentof African-Americans and other minorities. "One percent may not seem a lot in terms of population, but the AAC's goal was to increase the minority faculty by a small percentage," she said. "We wanted to have an increase, but instead we had a loss, and that's bad." In 1985, AAC set a goal to have each college increase its full-time and tenure-track faculty with African- Americans by 8 percent. These goals were supposed to be met by 1990. When the AAC finally formulated the report in 1992, it apparently showed that the goal was unfulfilled, Ewell said. "I think the problem is that we could recruit minority people, but we couldn't always retain them." Ewell, however, commented that the administrative division has been successful in maintaining a diverse staff. AAC is trying to devise ways to help search committees in developing diverse pools of applicants. Another plan was to help committees learn to read non-traditional resumes. Reading non-traditional resumes, Ewell said, is the process of understanding and recognizing the talents and abilities of minorities, such as women, who have not always had a traditional career pattern. In addition, AAC recently presented a proposal to the Dean Council that each search committee should appoint one of its members to act as a liaison for the AAC. "AAC is interested that there should be someone in each search committee responsible for seeking the resources and information that would be helpful to AAC to create the kind of pool, interviewing techniques and the tools for hiring minority candidates," Ewell said. See Tuition, pg 5 Sec Raspantl, pg. 3 INSID p This Week MIJ Whistlin' Dixie Some students wear the Confederate flag on their shirts calling it "Southern pride;" others call it "racism." Pg. 3 Ready to Roll Men's basketball is pumped and prepared to win its first match against Spring Hill Badgers. Pg. 6 Quirky Complaints Students and teachers discuss annoying classroom ettiquette. Pg. 11