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              The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 V0L.75 NO. 21 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1997 LUCAP's citation withdrawn By PIERCE PRESLEY Staff writer The Loyola University Community Action Program started Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week by besting City Hall. After six and a half months of waiting, LUCAP won during its day in court against the City Health Office and may now feed the homeless in downtown New Orleans. Approximately 25 LUCAP members and supporters attended the proceedings in Municipal Court D on Monday. Wesley Taylor, representing the City Health Office, withdrew the citation charging LUCAP with "distributing food in a public place without a permit," a misdemeanor punishable by a $100 fine. LUCAP agreed to apply for a permit within two weeks. "They had a very weak case, trying to stop students from feeding the homeless," said the Rev. Joseph Currie, S.J., dean of Campus Ministry. "We buy it at Winn-Dixie Saturday morning and feed them that afternoon. If the grocery store meets the [health] guidelines, why don't we?" LUCAP distributes sandwiches, fruit and soft drinks to homeless people every Saturday at Lafayette Square Park in downtown New Orleans. Local residents and businesses claimed Ihe activity concentrated homeless people in the area, creating a health and environmental risk, according to Suzanne Bundy, psychology sophomore and LUCAP co-chairwoman. Julie Bourbon, LUCAP adviser, received the citation on Sept. 28. The city had filed at least three continuances in the case, said William Quigley, law professor and legal counsel for LUCAP. A continuance is a motion filed by either side to delay the trial, usually used to gain time to prepare a case. Quigley credited presiding Judge Paul Sens with "pressuring" the city to resolve the case. Sens had postponed the hearing from Nov. 12 to Jan. 29 to give LUCAP and the city time to come to an agreement. No agreement was reached by that date and the city began filing continuances. Bourbon said the vindication was worth the wait. "I'm happy with the verdict," By PATRICK CONDON LUCAP members meet the press after the city withdrew its citation of LUCAP's Hunger Relief program. Universities see varied success with honor codes By MARISA TORRIERI Sports Editor The desire to curb cheating among college students has prompted many universities to create honor codes. All universities have codes of conduct stated in their policies, but some are more liberal than others. The question of trust within an academic system makes decisions difficult for Loyola and other universities in the creation and modification of their policies. Honor codes are usually printed in * Breaking * W CodE ?art 5 of 5 « the form of a general statement that lying, cheating and related behaviors are unacceptable and should not be tolerated. Some say honor codes are symbolic of a university's values, a foundation on which a university is built and a premise for how it functions. Others say that honor codes only promote cheating by trusting students to be honest. General codes of conduct are representative of a university's philosophy of education. Although Loyola's policy toward cheating, honor and honesty varies from professor to professor, general guidelines are described in the Student Handbook. The university's policies, developed over IFC opens door for Beggars By NEAL FALGOUST Managing Editor Interfraternity Council members have conditionally approved a plan to expand Loyola's Greek system, opening the way for the Beggars fraternity to return to Loyola's campus under the auspices of a nationally recognized Greek organization Renny Simno, communication junior and Beggars president, said the Beggars' recent agreement to join a national fraternity is meant to appease the university. "We are going to be affiliated with a national fraternity to satisfy the request of the university and the IFC." he said. Beggars will have to meet certain critena over the next three semesters before making its return under a new fraternity, according to Chris Cameron, IFC adviser Eighty-five percent of the Beggars membership must complete 30 total hours of community service and attend workshops on risk management, hazing, responsible use of alcohol, sexism and racism. The organization also needs to increase the chapter grade point average by one-tenth each semester and refrain from organizing social functions. Cameron said these guidelines will help the Beggars make the transition under a new fraternity. "This is really to help the Beggars and bring them up to the concept of fraternities in the '905," he said. The university is now seeking nationally recognized fraternities interested in starting a new chapter with the Beggars . As of late Tuesday, Cameron said he had received responses from six organizations: Delta Chi, Theta Xsi, Sigma Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Lambda Phi and Delta Tau Delta. Vincent Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, said that when the new fraternity is chosen, the Beggars will no longer retain its identity as such unless the Business school gives Sloan pink slip instead of gift in pre-birthday layoff By SARAH SPARKS Assistant News Editor Carroll Sloan planned to receive her five-year service award at the faculty banquet March 25. But when Sloan's receptionist position in the College of Business was eliminated the week before, she asked a friend to go in her place. "How could I sit there and listen to people saying how important staff and faculty are to the school when my job had been destroyed?" she asked. When Patrick O'Brien, business dean, presented his plan for increasing faculty publishing in the college at the University Planning Team meeting March 19, the layoffs of business school secretaries were little more than footnotes. O'Brien told UPT members the layoffs would save money for faculty research and publishing. Loyola's proposed savings did little to ease the shock for Sloan when O'Brien called her into his office March II — the day before her birthday — to break the news that her job had been dissolved. Sloan took her two weeks pay and has not worked since. "It would have been impossible to sit there and be cheerful to people coming in after what happened." Sloan said. "I made the mistake of getting personally involved with Loyola. My job was part of my life; I loved the students and the work." Without her position at Loyola, Sloan has no income or health insurance. Her daughter, a senior in high school who had already received her application from Loyola, may no longer be able lo afford tuition. "Father Knoth has promised that he will help her to get as much financial aid as possible, but of course she can't get a tuition waiver anymore." Sloan said. Deidra Lovegren, assistant to the dean, said Sloan and Joann Rodrigue, the See LUCAP, Pg. 4 See HONOR, Pg. 5 See BEGGARS. 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