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              THE MAROON  VOL. 79, NO. 04 | FRIDAY, Ml' II M KIR 21, 2001 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU Loyoln University New Orleans LIFTING SPIRITS STAFF PHOTO BY LANE COTTON WINN The American flag hangs on Marquette Hall as a patriotic gesture. Spirits among Loyola students have remained high in spite of last week's terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. Loyola ranked sixth in the South By Eva Moran Contributing writer Loyola is ranked sixth among universities with masters programs in the South, according to U.S. News and World Report's, 2002 college rankings. Loyola has maintained a position in the top 15 for the past 11 years. In the past two years the university was ranked seventh. Administrators said they are satisfied with the higher ranking. "After all of the work faculty, staff and administrators have been doing the last five years to improve our students' experience at Loyola, I was pleased to hear about the increase in our ranking," said the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S.J., university president. "To me, it means that others — including potential students, administrators at other schools as well as our own alumnae and alumni — are aware of the improvements and enhancements we have made, and are coming to appreciate the 'new Loyola.'" The publication uses a system consisting of three steps to determine the ranking of colleges, it first categorizes schools by mission and, in some cases, region and then collects information pertaining to academic excellence. This information includes academic reputation, retention, . faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate and alumni giving rate. Each factor is evaluated by the ranking board and assigned a composite weight score, which is used for comparison among the colleges to determine academic quality. Loyola competes with 123 schools in its category, including Xavier University, which ranked 21. The top three schools in Loyola's category include the University of 'Pride of the 'Pack' aims to raise spirit on campus By Giorgio Angelin and Ellen Pivach Staff writers A new committee is determined to stamp out apathy at Loyola. Comprised of students and faculty, the committee is part of a student-driven grassroots campaign called "Proud to be Part of the 'Pack." The campaign comes as a result of problems with apathy on campus and retention rates that were not meeting university expectations, said Derika Legg, committee director and communications, Spanish and religion major. Although Loyola's retention rate 'Pack." is considerably higher than that of other local universities, some felt it was still not high enough, said Teri Henley, communications professor. Henley said she recognized the lack of pride among students, faculty and staff at Loyola and wanted to do something about it. "There's just too much negativity on campus. People are focusing too much on the trivial things that go on at all college campuses," she said. Henley said she decided to create a project in one of her advertising classes to determine what could be done to raise school spirit at Loyola. A group of four students, including Legg, came up with the idea for the 'Pack Pride committee last fall, Legg said. "I came up with the slogan 'Proud to be Part of the 'Pack,'" Legg said. Legg became the committee leader because the other students involved graduated in May. The Pack Pride committee consists of 15 students representing different colleges and majors. Legg said she chose the students because of their prominence on campus. "I was just trying to make sure I had a wide range of people to STAFF PHOTO BY LANE COTTON WINN Elida Ericson, history senior and University Programming Board president, hands out buttons with the 'Proud to be Part of the 'Pack' logo to students. Carter leaves to become pastor of Immaculate Conception By Nick Boeglin Staff writer The Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., Loyola chancellor and the longest tenured president in the school's history, left during the summer to become pastor at Immaculate Conception Church. He was at Loyola for more than 40 years. The move came not out of Carter's desire to leave Loyola, but rather at the behest of the Jesuit Provincial, the head superior of the Jesuits in this region of the country. Carter said. "The Provincial called me and said that he thought I would be the right fit for this job," Carter said. Carter said he was both surprised and shocked at the Provincial's request. "We had a long series of talks, and I ultimately realized that this [Immaculate Conception] was the place I needed to be According to Carter, during the past half century, Loyola has been the place he felt he needed — and wanted — to be. He first set foot on the campus as a student in 1944 and returned in 1960 as a physics professor. Ten years later, Loyola appointed him provost and academic vice president. In 1974, he was named the fourteenth president of the university. He served for 21 years. down in 1995, the school created the position of chancellor specifically for him. Carter was at the helm when the university rose to regional prominence. "It was under Carter we moved toward and started building the Music/Communications building," said David Moore, associate history professor and chairman of the history department. "Since then, those two majors have blossomed." Moore cited Carter's excellent relationship with the faculty for his successful presidency. "He had already been here as a professor and provost," he said. "The faculty benefited from having someone there who already knew them well, someone who was approachable." Carter agreed, saying that his relationship with the faculty members allowed them to grow strong as a unit. "I'm most proud of the strength of the faculty at the time 1 stepped down," he said. Carter resigned as president in CARTER Gave more than See RANK, Page 3 See PACK, Page 4 See CARTER, Page 5 LOYOLA'S sm:;t KfJHlfJffl debating -m" glamour NvvWSni new WM3mGmL GfIVR.GHTS gs NEXT WEEK: "Musings," our new arts and entertainment section