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              The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 VOL. 75 NO. 9 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1996 Election results elicit mixed reactions at Loyola By PIERCE PRESLEY Staff writer Loyola students expressed mixed reactions to the outcomes of the recent elections. Many on campus voiced support for the continuing leadership of President Clinton. "1 think the right man won. I think the majority of the country voted for him," said Kim Foley, political science/ sociology sophomore. Most showed little surprise by the outcome, since Clinton has sat in a comfortable lead since Labor Day. The elation of some students about Clinton's win did not cross party lines. But conservatives did find some reasons to feel happy with the results. "I really feel that Bob Dole did a lot better than I thought he would with the popular vote," said Joshua Steinert, management junior. "It wasn't a landslide." Some said they voted for Clinton as the lesser of two evils. "I voted for Clinton because I'm so anti-Dole, so I'm happy about the outcome," said Tammy Jean Bordes, biology senior. Even those who voted for Clinton said that they see room for improvement. Civil rights and education were two areas mentioned. The Loyola community also seemed happy with the outcome of the race for Louisiana's Senate seat. "I'm pleased that Mary [Landrieu] won. I think she is closer to negotiation and compromise with other members of Congress," said Sister Anne Ramagos, executive assistant to the president. Retired Archbishop Philip Hannan recently told Catholics that voting for Landrieu or Clinton could be considered a sin because of the candidates' tolerant views on abortion. This did not appear to affect the choices of some Catholics. Some even felt that Hannan overstepped his bounds with the statement. "I think that Archbishop Hannan has a right to say that publicly, but I don't think that may have been the way Jesus would have dealt with this," Ramagos said. Cocaine use declines among Loyola students By ELIZABETH KEENAN Managing Editor She had been out all night drinking with her brother in Atlanta At 19, Hannah (not her real name) had to sneak in, and sneaking in gave her a little bit of a rebellious thrill. Around 4 a.m., her brother asked if she war ted to go back to a friend's house to party. "I was like, "That's fine.' And he said, 'No, I mean party.' And he just looked at me," she said. Although she wasn't sure of what her brother meant, she went along with him. She felt safe with him, and when she was offered cocaine, she tried it. "It felt like I had injected two pots of coffee into myself within a 30-second span," Hannah said. "I was alert. I was awake. I was completely aware that I was under an influence, but I felt like there wasn't anything in the world that I couldn't do at that moment at four o'clock in the morning." Cocaine, the signpost of '80s drugs, has been'on the decline on campus in the past few years. Many, in fact, consider it an "off-campus" drug, used only by a few, unlike marijuana and alcohol, which seem for many to go along with the college experience. In 1995, Loyola University participated in a survey by the CORE Institute for Alcohol and Other Drug Studies, a national testing center at Southern Illinois University. Of the students participating at Loyola, six percent said they used cocaine at least once in the past year, compared to 10 percent in 1991 and seven percenl in 1994. According to Lana Chambliss, substance abuse counselor at the Counseling, Career Development & Tulane students attacked By ALLISON TEMPLET News Editor ATulane University student was shot early Tuesday in front of her home in the 4800 block of Pitt Street. The 23-year-old woman was taken to Charity Hospital with wounds in her chest and leg, a hospital spokesman said. As of Wednesday, she was listed in stable condition, according to the New Orleans Police Department, but her name had not yet been released. Police say the woman and her boyfriend, fellow Tulane student Alex Curtis, drove up in front of her home shortly after midnight. When they got out of the car, they .were approached by two gunmen, each wearing a bandanna over one eye, who demanded their valuables. During the robbery attempt, the woman pleaded with the suspects not to fire at her boyfriend, but, as she was yelling, one of the gunmen opened fire, according to a Nov. 6 article in The Times- Picayune. The two men then drove away in a gold vehicle. This incident is one of several that have brought increasing attention to crime in the Uptown area. On Oct. 20, a woman was kidnapped and raped during an armed robbery in Audubon Park, and on Oct. 23, a woman was shot in another robbery on Cohn Street. Roger Pinac, Public Safety investigator, could not say whether or not the number of armed robberies has gone up because, he said, most students who are victims of these crimes do not report them to Public Safety. "I think it's a problem," he said. "It may be getting bigger, but I don't have numbers to base it on." Jim Bob revisited by Earth First! protesters By NEAL FALGOUST Editorial Editor Nearly a dozen protesters broke the silence outside the gardens at 6145 St. Charles Ave. as they gathered in front of the home of Jim Bob Moffett, CEO of Freeport-McMoßan Inc., to protest his company's environmental record and alleged human rights violations in Indonesia. The protest, organized on Oct. 29 by the Earth First! environmental action group based in Austin, Texas, was part of an international protest day calling for an end to the dominance of corporations in the world economy. Earlier in the day, the group protested in front of Freeport headquarters on Poydras Street and tore up a copy of the company's corporate charter. Cedar Stevens, an Earth First! member from Austin, said the worldwide protest day was aimed at raising awareness of the power corporations have. "Corporations are legal fictions. They don't really exist," she said. "They have all the rights of a human being, but few of the limitations. They're immortal. They can amass a lot more wealth and power than people can, but there are people behind the shield of the corporate charter. And hiding behind (he corporate charter is always somebody like Jim Bob." Carrying signs that read "From New Orleans to Austin to Indonesia, Freeport pollutes" and "Dia de los Muertos en Irian Jaya," the group of protesters, including a few from Loyola University, gathered in Audubon Park and marched to Moffett's home just a few blocks away. There they were greeted by nearly a dozen New Orleans Police Department officers on foot and one on horseback. Members of the group then adorned themselves with makeup and costumes and put on a skit entitled "What About Jim Bob?" that criticized Moffett's environmental policies in New Orleans, Austin and Indonesia. Neal Tuttrup. another Earth First! member from Austin, has made challenging Freeport one of his primary goals. "I have been fighting Jim Bob and his company in Austin for about the last decade," he said at the march. "Austin is my home, it's the place on this planet that I love, it gives my life meaning." Last November, a group of nearly 50 people protested outside Moffett's home and called for the university to return a By BETH McGOVERN Thad Crouch, religious studies senior, left, and Neal Tuttrup, right, starred in "What About Jim Bob?" outside Moffett's home on Oct. 29. 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