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              THE MAROON Loyola University New Orleans VOL. 82, NO. 18 FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2004 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU U. Senate condemns scholarship process By Naomi King Assistant news editor The University Senate condemned the decision-making process that resulted in the Pilot Program for Athletic Scholarships at a Feb. 12 meeting. A letter of recommendation, based on this motion, will be given to the Board of Trustees, during their meeting today. The Board technically has the last say in the university's decision-making process and could determine if athletic scholarships will be distributed next year. Interim President the Rev. William Byron, S.J., stated, through e-mail, "the athletic scholarships proposal will be discussed at the Board meeting on Friday and the result of that discussion will be made public after the meeting." In the letter of recommendation, Nancy Dupont, University Senate Chair, asked for "the awarding of scholarships (to) be postponed until the faculty can get involved in the discussion, implementation, and assessment of the program." Ultimately, it was Byron's unilateral decision that upset faculty, not the actual athletic scholarships, according to Dupont. She said the concerns of the faculty resulted from "the process that produced it rather than a blanket rejection of athletic scholarships in general." "There are many professors like me who actually favor athletic scholarships," Dupont said. Eight anonymous Senate members voted in favor of the pilot program itself at the Senate's Feb. 12 meeting. However, none voted against the Senate motion objecting to the process in which the program was enacted. Political science professor Peter Burns, who has been an advocate of the program, declined to answer questions concerning the Senate's Philosophy Prof. Holloway dies By Thomas Slack Staff writer Alvin J. Holloway, S.J., an associate professor of philosophy, died Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center from complications involving diabetes and vascular disease. He was 77. Holloway was a graduate of St. John High School in Shreveport. After graduating, he entered the Society of Jesus and received his B.A. at Spring Hill College. Holloway also studied at St. Mary's College and St. Louis University, and then Fordham University, where he earned a Ph.D. He taught at Loyola for 42 years, where he was also the chairman of the Department of Philosophy from 1967 to 1998, and as Dean of the Summer Sessions from 1967 to 1970. The Rev. Stephen Rowntree, S.J., a friend of Holloway's for more than 30 years, said that "he was a superb chair of the philosophy department," and that "he really looked after the faculty members and tried to really help us do well,...and he was a very fine teacher." Rowntree explained that Holloway "was the chair when the transition was made from prettymuchprettymuch an all-Jesuit philosophy department to one incorporating lay people." Holloway also served on numerous committees, including the Institutional Review Board (for research on human subjects) and the Premedical Advisory Board. "He knew a lot about the working of the university," Rowntree said. His original interest was in Medieval Philosophy with a specialization in late Ancient and early Medieval thought, especially in the thought of Augustine and Aquinas. In later years, his teaching interests included Ancient (Greek and Roman) Philosophy, Medieval Philosoph, and Ethics, especially Biomedical Ethics. His latest philosophical research included St. Augustine's teachings on marriage, physician-assisted suicide and the cloning of human beings. Prior to his death, he was working on a book entitled "The Transformation of Stoic Themes in the Writings of St. Augustine of Hippo." Holloway is survived by his cousin, a former president of Loyola University and current physics professor, the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J. A funeral Mass was said at the Most Holy Name of Jesus Church on Friday, Feb. 27. Jesuit declares justice as root of failing society, relationships By Kelly Brown Contributing writer The Jesuit leaned closer. "A man finds a body in a cave. And on that body is a ring. So he takes — he steals the ring — and puts it on. And when he pushes the button, the button on that ring, do you know what happened?" At this point the Jesuit's face was only inches from the student's. "Do you know what happened? He turned invisible — and seduced the queen!" The Rev. James Schall, S.J., gave a lively, if abstract, speech illustrating why justice is a "rather cold, self-negating" principle. "Love is not obligatory. There are no obligational consequences on love. Beyond justice is love and friendship," he said. About 150 people packed Miller 114 Wednesday night to hear Schall, a professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University, outline the reasons why justice cannot be the ultimate quality for a successful society. "Justice has something strangely incomplete about it. If I am just to everyone, 1 know no one, because the relationship — the friendship — Donna and Larry McNamara praise Schall after his speech. Bookstore prices and product quality questioned By Lan Bui Assistant news editor Several professors and students are frowning on the Loyola bookstore, for what they call its products' deficiencies and high prices. Debra Woodfork, an assistant professor in communications, said that she's frustrated with poor products, particularly the lomega Zip disks. Woodfork said that her students have consistently experienced problems with the lomega Zip disks getting stuck in the drives or the disks' being simply unreadable. According to Woodfork, at least IS to 20 students have reported trouble with the disks. Lisa Boe, assistant professor in communications, contacted lomega about the issue. lomega offered to replace every Zip disk that Boe and Woodfork have encountered problems with. " It doesn't really help the fact that they are still manufacturing and disseminating the same Zip disks," Woodfork -said. "I think it's a problem that the manufacturer and the Loyola bookstore are selling these inefficient Zip disks." She says that the Loyola bookstore should buy computer supplies like Zip disks from more than one or two companies. "I want my students to have choices in the products they buy instead of going off campus to buy them," Woodfork said. Other professors and some students are concerned about what they say are high prices of textbooks and school and computer supplies. English writing junior Benjamin Hayes said that besides buying required textbooks, he purchased his supplies from other retail stores. "The bookstore just always seemed more expensive," Hayes said. Ainsley Becnel, computer information systems senior, also found other places to buy supplies this semester. However, she said that the bookstore's prices are just as expensive as some other retail stores and that she often finds supplies on the Internet. "Any college student is welleducated enough to find cheaper products, like MP3 players, by looking in a newspaper or going online to fatwallet.com or ebay.com. I think that the list prices found in the bookstore and at other stores are ridiculous," Becnel said. 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