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              The Maroon ESTABLISHED 1923 VOL. 77 NO. 15 Loyola University New Orleans FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1999 Dining services committee deciding on new contract By CHRISTINA SCHAMBACH Contributing writer A change may be on the way. In the | summer of 1999 Loyola may welcome a | new food service provider to campus, j Surveys show the change would be a welcome one. Only 21 percent of resident students and 16 percent of commuter students say the current meal plans satisfy their needs, | according to a survey taken by food services in December. Four companies competing for the contract gave presentations to the Food Services Committee last week. Students, faculty and staff were I invited to attend, ask questions and evaluate information. Sodexho Marriott, Bon Appetit, Chartwells Dining and ARAMARK Corporation placed bids. Marriott merged its food service division with the French-based Sodexho in October. Even if Loyola contracts with Sodexho Marriott again, there will be changes in the dining program. Sodexho Marriott's proposal, given last Monday, would change many aspects of the current food service. Bon Appetit also presented a radically different approach, emphasizing good food and responsiveness to clients' wants and needs. For instance, Bon Appetit promised not to use frozen foods, to prepare the meals in front of students and to reevaluate its service at least once a semester. The other plans are less radical, but do change significant aspects of food Student dies in car wreck Heather Marie Guidry, a 20-yearold psychology sophomore, died last Thursday at Charity Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Algiers, La. While driving east on Holiday Drive, she jumped a curb near General de Gaulle Avenue. The car struck a tree and hit a concrete pole. Guidry was born in Marrero, La., and had lived in Harvey, La., for the past six years. She graduated with honors from St. Mary's Dominican High School. She is survived by her father, Nolan J. Guidry, her mother, Roberta J. Bumgarner, her stepmother Cynthia Stander, her two sisters, Robin G. Poore and Elaine F. Guidry and her grandmothers, Doris Pitre and Hazel Guidry. Mass was held for her Monday at West s i d e Funeral Home. She was interred at Westlawn Cemetary. Heather's friends knew her as funloving and free-spirited. Dane Bono, communications junior, remembers Guidry as "laid back, easy-going and always happy." I I Student moonlights arranging motorcades for president's visits By AUTUMN CAFIERO Managing Editor President Bill Clinton introduced Jimmy Streett to Pope John Paul II in St. Louis last week. history sophomore, whose family is from St. Louis. "After about a half hour on the phone he started believing me." Streett works alongside the Secret Service, wearing a name tag with the words "White House Staff." He spent last week in St. Louis for President Bill Clinton's meeting with Pope John Paul 11. And during his stay, he carried three things in his pockets John Gerwitz thought his son Kurt was playing another practical joke. "[He calls and) says, '...You and some guy named Jimmy Streett are pulling a trick on me. He said something about us driving with the president in a motorcade. I'm not buying this,'" said Gerwitz, Spanish and at all times: a cell phone, a pager and his Loyola Express card. Streett, philosophy junior, has been helping coordinate presidential motorcades for the past year and a half. He is one of the youngest members of the White House advance team, made up of people who live all over the country. He traveled to St. Louis PHOTO COURTESY OF JIMMY STREETT Student government congress fires, rehires five reps By ELIZABETH STUART Life and Times Editor In an effort to preserve, protect and defend its constitution, the Student Government Association removed five of its congress members Jan. 26. They were reappointed at the same meeting. The five representatives were unconstitutionally appointed to office in October. "It was an honest mistake. It wasn't a deliberate, evil-intended one. However, it was made," Becky Dayries, psychology senior and SGA vice president, said. The mistake occurred during the appointment process. According to the SGA constitution, representative vacancies can be filled with twothirds approval of congress. There must be at least two applicants for a vacancy before congress can fill it. The five representatives appointed incorrectly are Klaire Frick, communications sophomore and arts and sciences representative; Jason Steinle, English junior and arts and sciences representative; Cara Huey, economics and finance junior and business representative; Joe Bellows, finance junior and business representative; and Robert Johnson, second-year law student and law representative. The applicants who opposed the original five were not named during the meeting. All five former representatives were unanimously re-approved for their positions. Steinle said he understood congress' actions. "It's unfortunate, but it's a necessary evil," he said. "It was something they had to do." Dayries said adhering to the constitution was vital. "The constitution of SGA is our guideline, it's SGA members meet to discuss club budgets last Tuesday. The court of review recently found five unconstitutional appointments from earlier meetings. The members improperly elected were removed and reinstalled in a meeting Jan. 26. STAFF PHOTO BY CHARLES COSTELLO See DINING Pg 4 See STREETT, Pg 4 See SGA, Pg. 4 I SGA funding levels for Swim team closes Photographer explores | clubs and organization. season with home win. school for at-risk youth. "For a Greater Loyola i tr T.•* Ji \mw »Chrw