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              Loyola University New Orleans THE MAROON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU VOL. 79, NO. 09 Audubon Park gets makeover Despite protests, the Audubon Institute is proceeding with planned renovations By Curie Veronica Jones and Kate Perkins Staff writers The Audubon Commission, which supervises the Audubon Nature Institute, decided to proceed with revised renovation plans for Audubon Park, which should leave the park's grove of oak trees intact, in a joint meeting of the two groups on Wednesday. The plans include reconstructing the 19thcentury golf course to eliminate flooding problems, closing the walkway over the lagoon, tearing down or renovating the 25- year-old Cascade Stables and demolishing the Heymann Conservatory to make room for a parking lot. The main element discussed in Wednesday's meeting was the location of the clubhouse. At the meeting, the Institute presented two plans. Both plans cut the size of the proposed clubhouse from 8,500 feet to 7,800 feet and decreased the suggested size of the new parking lot. The main difference between the two was that "Site A" placed part of the new clubhouse within the oak grove, while "Site B" placed the building near Magazine Street. Students at Loyola protested the construction by circulating petitions and informing the public of the situation. "It sucks," biology senior Lando McCall said of the plans. "That's one less place to go and walk around." STAFF PHOTO BY DOUGLAS NOBILE A bulldozer gathers mud at a construction site in Audubon Park. There has been much debate over the Audubon Institute's planned renovations of the popular Uptown park. International students face additional admission criteria By Ellen Pivach News Editor Although international students come from a variety of locations, cultures and backgrounds, they must meet the same admissions requirements as other Loyola students, according to Debbie Danna. director of the office of International Student Affairs. "They are not subject to any different rules than other students. Almost every thing is pretty much the same." she said. Before international students can be accepted. however, they must show the university two things, Danna said. First, students must have an affidavit of support that shows they have the appropriate amount of money necessary to pay for a Loyola education. According to Danna, the U.S. government requires that the affidavit of support be shown, and that Loyola verify it. Second, if they are "from a non-English speaking country, they must show they have a certain level of English," Danna said. Students submit a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score to meet this second requirement. Once international students are admitted to the Loyola graduate wins "Neo-Nazi" essay contest, upsets colleagues By Edward Lada Contributing writer Paul Fallavollita, a 1999 Loyola graduate, was the focus of controversy at Purdue University after winning an essay contest sponsored by a neo-Nazi nationalist organization. Fallavollita, 24, who is a teachers' assistant in Purdue's political science department as well as a graduate student, won the National Alliance's essay contest for his piece titled "Why We Will Win," in which he holds the Aryan race to be sunerior to others. "The Aryan race has a decisive edge in this cosmic competition. Our Asian competitors are merely imitative rather than creative, Africans are oriented toward superstition, and even the Jews occasionally bend the knee and shake the odd shekel for Yahweh," Fallavollita wrote. Faliavoilita's pfize was a 1939 edition of Adolf Hitler's Mcin Kampf and an autographed copy of "The Turner Diaries," a novel by THE MAROON WILL NOT PUBLISH NEXT WEEK. "With every act of intimidation directed my way, and each hint of discrimination I detect, the more ink will spill from my pen, I will not go silently." - PAUL fallavollita, A' 99, on his response to those who protest his writings. Dr. William Pierce, founder of the National Alliance. According to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, several Purdue faculty members expressed concern over Fallavollita's writings and questioned their safety on campus. Keith Shinko, an associate professor of political science at Purdue, said he has been "advised to refrain from comment" on Fallavollita's essay. "The essay |Fallavollita| wrote STUDENTS SOUND OFF STAFF PHOTO BY COURTNEY COLLINS Students from Loyola and Tulane march on Tuesday evening as part of "Men and Women Take Back the Night," an annual march to end sexual violence. The night consisted of speeches and a candlelight ceremony. See AUDUBON, Page 3 See STUDENTS, Page 3 See ESSAY, Page 4 K. ; DEATH AND TIMES OPINION SPORTS HAH NTH) /J £G ;D ijj U j W TMtrHl "rffi WINS GC AC