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              The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 VOL. 75 NO. 6 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1996 Runoffs planned for SGA By ROSE FRENCH News Editor Three students will be in a runoff for two Student Government Association Arts and Sciences freshman-transfer seats Tuesday and Wednesday. No candidates running in the elections held Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, however, represented the music or City colleges. The College of Business Administration was plagued by a low voter turnout with a total of 31 votes cast, while the College of Arts and Sciences pulled in 284. Arts and sciences representative runoff candidates are Ryan Holmes (52), Luis Amaya (42) and Damien Jackson (42). Jason Aldridge won the business school representative position with 16 votes. Along with recent election results, the SGA has submitted its recommendation for the Loyola University honorary degree given each year. The SGA unanimously passed a resolution recommending 1977 Loyola alumnus and former SGA president Sean O'Keefe. This is not the first time O'Keefe has been nominated by the SGA to receive the award. In a letter to The Maroon, David Moser, marketing senior and SGA chief of staff, said some objections were made to O'Keefe's young age. "This is a non-issue. He has accomplished more at this point in-life than many achieve in a lifetime," Moser stated. As Secretary of the Navy, O' Keefe was credited with helping to rebuild the Navy's image following the controversial Tailhook affair. "Those who wear the uniform with pride will be treated with respect. Those who cannot will be driven from our ranks," O' Keefe was quoted as saying in the letter. O'Keefe was presented the Distinguished Public Service Award in 1993 by President George Bush and Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. He currently teaches business administration at Pennsylvania State University. By SARAH BARNETT Students cast their votes for Student Government Association freshman and transfer seats. Survey shows pervasive alcohol use on campus By CHRISTINE LABOURDETTE Copy Editor Despite the law which prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from buying or consuming alcohol, its abuse pervades Loyola University's campus. According to the 1996 core survey of 491 Loyola students, 90 percent said they had used alcohol at least once in the past year. The survey also showed that 28 percent of students, including law. City College and undergraduates, drank to one of New Orleans' many bar areas has direct effects on students. Roger Pinac, public safety investigator, said that with the increase of crime, students under the influence of alcohol are much more vulnerable to crime. "Students who drink lose their inhibitions and do things that they would not ordinarily do, such as walk home by themselves," Pinac said. "This sets them up to become victims." Lana Chambliss, substance abuse coordinator at the Counseling, Career Development and Placement Center, which conducted the core survey, agreed that drunken students are frequently victims of crime. Robbery and assault are major problems as well as date rape, she said. The center has seen an increase in the number of date rape cases in the first two months of this semester. "Date rape is a major, major concern now," Chambliss said. "We're sending letters to the students, faculty and administration to heighten the awareness of date rape on campus." About 11 percent of students surveyed said that they had been taken advantage Speakers emphasize burnings as displays of racism By EMILY GUTTRIDGE Contributing writer The recent rash of church burnings in the South by racists has entire communities in a state of shock, leaving many angered, disillusioned and doubtful that race relations have improved at all since the 19605. A lecture entitled "Thou Shalt Not Bum" was sponsored by the University Programming Board in the Audubon Room of the Danna Center Sept. 26. David Snyder, a former Loyola University communications instructor and former Times-Picayune reporter, said the majority of the recent church burnings are mirror images of the epidemic of church burnings that swept the nation in the early to mid-19605, when much of America openly embraced racial inequality. "The church burnings are a devastating blow to those black and white who have worked hard over a period of years to heal the wounds of racial strife," Snyder said. Snyder also warned that these modern displays of racist actions are inherently more dangerous than the church arsons of the past because they are virtually ignored for what they are — flagrant displays of racism. Wolf will continue to howl By ALLISON TEMPLET News Editor The Loyola University administration announced last week that there will, in fact, be a 1996-97 Wolf. William Hammel, chairman of the department of communications, said that Liz Scott, communications instructor, will serve as adviser with Leslie Parr, assistant communications professor, as a back-up adviser. Scott said that Jennipher Mulhollem, psychology sophomore, Sookia Staggers, sociology junior, and Catherine Nichols, communications senior, will be the editors of the book. Attention to the Wolf was sparked when these three students wrote a letter to several administrators and The Maroon expressing interest in putting together a staff for the yearbook. At that point, there was no staff and an adviser had not been chosen. "When [the communications faculty] talked about it last year, there was no editor in sight," Scott explained. "We didn't know these three people existed. No students seemed to be interested." This led to discussion among the communications faculty of making the yearbook a publication of some other department, such as university relations. Scott is glad that this is not going to happen this year. "If university relations did it, it would be beautiful, but it wouldn't be ours," Scott said. "It's better as a student publication. It should be representative of the students. "When the student interest came up, it was just a matter of looking for an adviser, and I was right here, and I was happy to do it," Scott said. Scott added that the three editors are very organized and prepared to start work immediately. "I said to myself, 'This is going to be easy,'" she said of the advising job. The editors have already had one meeting attended by eight students. Many could not attend this meeting because of other commitments. Mulhollem and Staggers said. NO MAROON The Maroon will not appear next week because of mid-term exams. We will resume publication on Oct 18. See ALCOHOL, Pg. 4 See BOOK, Pg 5 See BURN. Pg. 3 n Crime Time v. 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