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              THE MAROON ESTABLISHED 1923 V0L.73 NO. 21 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1995 Thornburg, O'Rourke, discuss U.S. policies By SCOTT DOUGHERTY Staff writer United States foreign policy in the "New World Order" and the role of the United Nations in the 21st century were just two topics discussed at "A New World (Dis)Order: The United Nations and the Making of Foreign Policy," on Sunday, April 2, at Tulane's McAlister Auditorium. There was a somewhat sparse turnout in McAlister for the four heavyweight speakers with differing views on the United Nation's focus. The speakers were Ambassador Chinmaya Gharekan, Undersecretary General of United Nations; Les Aspin, former Secretary of Defense; Richard Thornburg, former Attorney General of the United States under former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush; and P.J. O'Rourke, writer for Rolling Stone magazine and political satirist. All added to the pitch and fervor of the debate. The four panelists debated the evolution of the United Nations from a peacekeeping force that limits aggression among countries, and the United Nations' present role as a humanitarian aid unit for Third World countries. The arguments ranged from the American public's view of the U.N.'s role in countries such as Rwanda, Bosnia, and other memberstates to the one nation, one vote policy, which gives smaller countries just as much pull as larger, more economically powerful countries. In trying to define the future role of the United Nations, the panelists gave broad expectations and general concepts of the organization today. Although friction between all the panelists appeared during the discussion, they did agree that the United Nations has the ability to be a world peacekeeper. Yet, the United Nations needs to become more efficient in the way it accomplishes its goal of peace. Gharekhan opened the discussion with his views on how the United Nations evolved into an organization that senses immediate world crisis and human rights violations. Gharekhan said the U.N. works for the lowest common denominator in the world, "which is working for man himself." Gharekhan set into motion the debate Good Day, Class Time Robert Gnuse, religious studies professor, and his class took advantage of a balmy Spring day in the Peace Quad two weeks ago. By PETER REICHARD Candidates cite conflict of interest in election By EMILY DREW Managing Editor As the Student Government Association's newly elected president and vice president began planning their work for next year, defeated candidates questioned some of the procedures and outcomes of last week's election. Although most hail the election as a success for its efficiency and accuracy, Natalie Broussard, communications sophomore, John Carbo, marketing senior, and Ryan Scafidel, communications senior, have said they are angered by what they consider a conflict of interest. The three issued a formal complaint to the Court of Review on the final day of the election, but withdrew the complaint shortly after Erica Jenkins, psychology senior and commissioner of elections, tallied the results last Wednesday night. However, the former petitioners still discredit the election because it contained a "gross conflict of interest." They said that because Christian Creed, third-year law student and SGA president, served on the election board and worked the polls while publicly endorsing and campaigning for two of the candidates, he might have participated in the manipulation of the ballot results. Broussard claimed that, on Tuesday night during the election, Creed and two of the candidates were left alone in the SGA office. She relieves that, because the ballot boxe* e open slots in the top and anyone had access to them, there is reason for concern. Although she has no proof of any misconduct, she said these factors created a "shadow of a doubt about the integrity of the elections." Creed, himself a former commissioner of elections, assured that no wrong-doing occurred during the election. "Unless they have proof, I don't want to hear it," he said. "And I don't think anyone else wants to either." "Christian has proven to be extremely ethical over the year; there has never been UBC makes recommendations By STEPHEN STUART Assistant News Editor Although the contingency fund, the university's "wish list" of programs, projects and other expenditures which the university would like to fund, comprises less than one percent of the $70 million university budget for the 1995-96 fiscal year, it may affect proposed projects such as the Jesuit Identity Center, the Office of the Chancellor and the Office of Multicultural Affairs. At an April 3 meeting, the University Budget Committee finalized its recommendations to the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., university president, on the allocation of the contingency fund and on the part of the budget still to be approved by the Board of Trustees. The ÜBC narrowed down a original list of over $1 million in requests for the 1995-96 contingency fund to the recommended amount of $575,000. Over half of this amount consists of $270,000 apportioned to the university president. This presidential contingency includes several priority funds to which the president allocates this money. Some of the priority funds for the next fiscal year include the Social Justice Program's approved living wage increase for the university employees, the move of the orientation program from the Admissions office to Student Affairs, the renovations to the residence halls and the proposed Office of Multicultural Affairs. Antonio Lopez, mathematics professor and member of the ÜBC, said that it has not yet been determined whether Carter or incoming university president Rev. Bernard Knoth, S.J., will make decisions on how to use the money. "The president [Carter or Knoth] has $270,000 to solve ... $455,000 worth of problems," Lopez said about the money allotted to fund the original estimates of programs in the presidential contingency. "He must decide how much he is going to allocate to each one ... He could adopt a twoyear solution, a five-year solution, or something else. However, he can't do it all in one year." A separate part of the contingency deals with the funding of the orientation program's move. The ÜBC allocated $40,000 for this move, but the program needs much more than this, Lopez said. See U.N., Pg. 4 See SGA, Pg. 6 See BUDGET, Pg. 3 Carter, gives Major League jjSE Louisiana Living In Acadia and on the North Shore, life's a little different. Pg-11 PRESIDENT Katy Montgomery 74% Ryan Scafidel 26% VICE PRESIDENT Justin Joseph 50.2% John Carbo 22.2% Laura-Elizabeth Ware 11.4% Natalie Broussard 9.5% Megan Adams 6.4% ♦ Presidential Contingency $270,000 ♦ American Bar Association Recommendations for Law School Accreditation $200,000 ♦ Mercy Academy $65,000 ♦ Orientation Program's Move from Admissions to Student Affairs $40,000 SUBTOTAL $575,000 ♦ Program Initiatives $75,000 TOTAL $650,000