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              "For a Greater Loyola" THE MAROON ESTABLISHED 1923 VOL. 77 NO. 7 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1998 Loyola bags music group for $13,000 By JIM GUNTER Contributing writer Loyola's Palm Court will howl this Sunday as it plays host to Loup Garou '98. The concert will feature Cowboy Mouth as the main act with opening band Coolbone. Loup Garou is a new event for the university, designed primarily to pull the Loyola community together in a similar fashion to the annual Swamp Stomp and Riverboat Party, according to Chris Cameron, associate director for Student Activities. According to Cameron, the original list of potential feature bands included such groups as Better Than Ezra and Semisonic in addition to Cowboy Mouth, but "a lot of them immediately priced themselves right out of the market," he said. Because Cowboy Mouth accepted the unusually low bid of $ 13,000 to play at Loyola, many stipulations were included in the contract. These included limiting the number of student tickets sold and confining the event to the Palm Court to create a more intimate atmosphere than what would be Dorm fire alarms sound, students roused in night By KEVIN HELD Contributing writer It's natural for students to set their alarms early during mid-terms, but one wake-up call for Buddig Hall residents seemed ridiculous: a fire alarm screaming like an air-raid siren at 3:50 a.m. So far this semester, six alarms have gone off in the dorms: four in Buddig Hall and two in Cabra Hall. According to Robert Reed, director of Residential Life, the alarm system is there to warn students about potential fires. "It (the fire alarm) was doing what it was supposed to do," Reed said. Michelle Andrews, assistant director of Residential Life, said smoke from a bumedout elevator generator caused the alarm to go off. Another alarm sounded because of a microwave overheating. "lb the best of our knowledge, somebody set them (the ones not sounded because of mechanical mishaps) off," she said. Andrews said the cause for the two alarms in Cabra Hall is unknown. The Physical Plant could not be Fraternity rivalry may result in penalties By ROBERT TREADWAY Assistant News Editor The University Board of Review is deliberating the fate of the Alpha Delta Gamma and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities. The committee, headed by Danna Center director Tim Barnett, heard testimony in a closed organizational disciplinary hearing Monday in which each fraternity gave its version of what caused a dispute between members of the organizations. The dispute occurred Sept. 20 outside of Waldo's Bar on the comer of Freret Street and Broadway. John Alcott, communications junior and Sigma Phi Epsilon member, was present the night of the fight. "Some things were said. A few of our members and a few of their members got into it, and it became a mess," he said. According to Chris Cameron, Interfratemity Council and Panhellenic Council adviser and associate director of Student Activities, both organizations were placed on suspension after the incident occurred in September. According to the Loyola Student Handbook, while on suspension the fraternities had "no legal basis for operating on campus or at off-campus university-sponsored events." Also, members could not display their symbolic letters on their fraternity houses or on their jerseys. Individuals were not singled out in the altercation because the university disciplinary committee in Student Affairs later decided the offenses warranted stronger action resulting in the University Board of Review meeting. Cameron stated that possible penalties handed down to the fraternities include harsh fines and/or revocation of the fraternities' organizational charters. According to the Rev. Clyde Leßlanc, S.J., Alpha Delta Gamma adviser and director of the Jesuit Center, name calling allegedly spurred the fight. STAFF PHOTO BY SARAH BARNETT After the altercation between Alpha Delta Gamma and Sigma Phi Epsilon, Greek letters had to either be removed from the houses or covered up with big, black garbage bags. Voluntary severance plan depletes faculty, replacements slowly fill some positions By PIERCE PRESLEY Photo Editor Money lured almost a millennium of teaching experience from Loyola's classrooms last year, and department heads and students are still feeling the effects. The university bid farewell to 20 members of the Loyola community, 14 of whom were faculty, as part of a voluntary severance plan. The combined number of years worked at Loyola totaled 931. News Analysis The college of Arts and Sciences lost 12 faculty — two each from the history, psychology and English departments, and one each from the visual arts, chemistry, religious science, physics, sociology and biological science departments retired. The colleges of Music and Business Administration each lost one faculty member. Each retiree received one year's salary plus one week's salary for each year of service, up to 52, under the plan. The maximum payment was two years' salary. Faculty and staff members over age 55 whose age plus years served was equaled or exceeded 80, were eligible for the retirement plan. The program had a cap of $3 million in payout to retirees, cutting off two applicants, Mary Guidry, former assistant to Arts and Sciences dean, and Lloyd Brandt, former associate business administration professor. The plan did Two percent tuition raise suggested SGA recommendation will go to ÜBC By ELIZABETH STUART News Editor Every year, Loyola's price tag grows a little more. In a resolution Tuesday, the Student Government Association unanimously voted to recommend that the University Budget Committee keep the tuition increase at four percent. The increase will be within two percent of the Consumer Price Index, a gauge of prices for items such as food and other goods from one year to the next. The CPI wiil fluctuate between two and three percent this year, economists say. In a good case scenario, the CPI increase will be two percent because the tuition increase will be only four percent. Becky Dayries, SGA vice president and psychology senior, said congress wants to keep tuition low. "We can't obviously contradict all these financial minds, but all the same, we just don't want to pay that much more tuition," she said. Last year, SGA proposed the same two percent tuition increase limit, J.T. Hannan, SGA president and political science senior, said. "We're trying to stick to our guns from last year, and we're also trying to fight more tuition increase," he said. Yet factors other than inflation go into a tuition increase. Just as a mild or cold winter affects the energy bill, recruitment and retention rates affect the tuition rate. The faculty hasn't had a substantial pay raise in years, Dayries said. With a four to five percent tuition increase, the faculty members would be looking at a two percent salary increase. The Admissions office has been working on recruiting potential students from the region who made up the high Special Issue Nov. 6 Next week The Maroon will print a double issue to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The special edition will include histoiy of the paper and its relationship with the university through the years. Sec CONCERT, Pg. 5 See RIVALRY Pg 5 See ALARMS, Pg.4 See TUITION. Pg 3 See RETIRE. 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