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              The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 199^ V0L.77 NO. 14 Loyola University New Orleans Tuition rises to cover new library costs By SIDNEY BOUDREAUX Contributing writer Beginning this summer, the annual tuition rate will rise 5 percent for full-time students, from $13,466 to $14,139. Students learned about the increase from a letter from the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S.J, university president, early in the semester. The raise has been in the works for some time. It was overwhelmingly approved at the Nov. 2 meeting of the University Budget Committee. The committee met Oct. 12 to discuss budget options. These options included and spercent tuition increases combined with 3 to 5 percent faculty salary pool increases. All options explored by the committee resulted in budget deficits. Ultimately, the committee decided on a 2 percent increase of the salary pool for faculty, staff and administrators and a 5 percent tuition increase that would achieve a balanced budget. However, some committee members said that faculty morale would be damaged by anything less than a 3 percent salary increase. The March/April 1997 edition of Academe, the journal of the American Association of University Professors, reported that the average Loyola University professor's salary was around $53,800. Knoth said he was uneasy with the results. "I'm disappointed that my starting point with the University Budget Committee was higher than 2 percent, but in the end we need to balance out tuition increases and reasonable enrollment expectations with salary increases for faculty and staff." Knoth said he will reevaluate the pool increase by Dec. 15 to determine whether any additional increase can be made. Such an increase would depend upon higher enrollment. The crux of the problem is the new J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library, which opened this month. The Thresholds Capital Campaign to raise philanthropic gifts was shooting for $10 million as a total 10-year library operating budget. Five percent ($500,000) a year of this budget was to be allotted toward library operating expenses. This figure is a very rough estimate for operations made a couple of years ago, said Mary Lee Sweat, dean of Libraries. The campaign fell short and only raised $1.3 million for the 10 years. The endowment fund, a group of school investments totaling $300 million, is restricted from completely offsetting the debt because of the draw-down policy of the board of trustees known as the trailing average. This policy allows only 6 percent of the average total of the endowment for the last three years to be used for the current year's deficit. The tuition increase and smaller faculty salary increase will Criminals target students, cops caution By MICHAEL GIUSTI Staff writer "If you look scared, you look like a victim," said Joe Narcisse, spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. People who carry themselves without confidence and who are not aware of their surroundings are more often than not the victims of street crime, according to Narcisse. "When you are walking, look confident and self assured," he said. He said being aware of your surroundings is the best way to prevent crime. 'Too often people pull up to stop lights and don't see the person there hiding behind the bush," he said. Angela Honora, Public Safety sergeant, agrees that being unaware of your surroundings is potentially dangerous. "If you are out jogging in the morning, make sure you look out for cars which pull up beside you and parked cars with people in them," she said. Narcisse also said using some common sense while driving helps avert a lot of crime. "If you go somewhere, get there early," Crime rises with students' return to Uptown By MICHAEL GIUSTI Staff writer Many things occur in cycles: the tides, migrations and even New Orleans crime. Uptown residents need to be especially aware of the dangers around them said Joe Narcisse, spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. New Orleans generally is considered one of the most dangerous cities in the nation, and the high concentration of college students in the area surrounding the Tulane and Loyola universities makes Uptown especially attractive to criminals. "When students are in town, there are more victims, more for the picking, more for criminals to prey on," Narcisse said. Narcisse said while crime generally occurs in cycles, with different things falling in and out of style, rape should always be a concern. Throughout last year, 19 rapes committed by strangers were reported to the NOPD Second District, roughly the Uptown area. Of those 19, only eight were solved. Rapists are hard to catch because they are usually familiar with their surroundings, Narcisse said. "They (rapists) usually work the area they live in. They know the shortcuts and they know the back streets so by the time we get a call, he is long gone," he said. ' Narcisse said that although rape has been fairly prevalent in the university area, it is not correct to assume there is a single person committing all the rapes. More often it is a number of people. New newsgroup server can deliver child porn By SARAH SPARKS Editor in Chief With the introduction of its news server, Loyola has found some slimy off-ramps along the information superhighway. A quick search for "child" on the server brings up a plethora of news groups for those with an interest in children: a child activist group, information groups on child care and gifted children — and 15 child pornography newsgroups. Information Technology introduced the server this week to provide access to farflung newsgroups, according to William Cahill, assistant provost for Information Technology. Newsgroups, like the listserves some confuse them with, send and receive posted messages from subscribers, but t services differ in their methods. Listser s use a "push" system in which messagt - are automatically forwarded to a list of l mail addresses. Newsgroups, on the other hand, require subscribers to "pull" or opci messages from a server. Newsgroups like Loyola's are used n getting information and opinions o creating on-line discussions on spcciii topics. Unfortunately, not all newsgroup on Loyola's server are moderated, and IT 's policy is to accept the whole news feed — which can include some seedy, if no outright illegal, newsgroups. A five-minute search pulled up clost to 100 newsgroups with such intellectual!) Dorm costs rise to cover construction debt, utilities By ASYAJOHNSON Contributing writer The "best neighborhood in town" is about to become more expensive. This fall, Loyola's new residence hall will be the most costly on campus. As the new dorm approaches completion, the building still has not been paid for. Dorm residents will pay this debt. It will cost $5,200 a year for a single apartment room in the new dorm, about 51,820 more per year than the current costs for Biever, Buddig and Cabra halls, according to Residential Life. The new dorm's four available doubleoccupancydoubleoccupancy apartments will cost $4,880 yearly. Rooms in suites range from $4,220 for a double to $5,200 for a single room. Single apartments will also cost $5,200. Financial aid will not increase to cover the higher costs, which will pay for the debt, staff and utilities in the new dorm, according to Robert Reed, director of Residential Life. However, administrators are merely estimating the university's expenses. "Costs could be lower, we don't know how much its costs to operate the bui Iding," Reed said. The costs for the fall semester were STAFF PHOTO BY LASHA HARDEN The new residence hall, under construction on the right, will be occupied beginning with the fall 1999 semester. Buddig Hall will be renovated in the 2000-01 academic year. Set TUITION Pg. 3 Sec INTERNET. Pg Sec DORMS Pg. 3 Sec TARGET Pg. 4 See CRIME. Pg. 4 Mary Anne Franks on Three-game spurt puts Dance craze comes the Rhodes to success. men in contention. Ami back into full swing. "For a Greater Loyola." OVV' v Dfjn* | m ft % 3^# ** CfW*