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              THE MAROON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2007 VOL. 86, NO. 8 WWW.LOYOLAMAROON .COM Master plan's future not set in stone Implementation hinges on Board's vote of approval By LAUREN LaBORDE SENIOR STAFF WRITER While the formidable Munoz Master Plan seeks to change the face of Loyola, the issue of whether the plans will come into fruition hinge on the vote of the Board of Trustees, which will most likely adopt only aspects of the plan, and in stages.  Henry Munoz, a Loyola alum from Kell Munoz architecture firm, penned the draft and presented it to the Board during last May's meeting. While the plan portends big changes for the For details on how Loyola's renovations could affect Muslim students' prayer space, see page 3. DOWNPOUR PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVIN CAREY Heavy rains settled over New Orleans on Oct. 22, flooding streets and forcing both Loyola and Tulane universities to close for the afternoon. Here, water rises to knee level on Palmer Street, a block away from Loyola. By the morning of Oct. 23, the water subsided and Loyola students returned to classes. Health Services offering new tests to Loyola women Birth control pills still not an option, administrators say By SALLY TUNMER THE MAROON Student Health Services at Loyola is expanding its services this year to include pelvic examinations for female students. Dr. Catherine Spiller, who specializes in adolescent care and who works through Louisiana State University's Health Science Center, comes to Loyola to give the exams. She also works at the University of New Orleans and has been providingproviding clinical services there as well. Student Health Services nurse Terry Penton said it's best to make an appointment for Spiller since the exam takes about 30 minutes, although appointments aren't mandatory. Students can receive pelvic exams, pap smears and breast exams. They can also be tested for all sexually transmitted diseases which, according to Penton, "was going on before but not as extensively as it is now. It's going on a lot more this year." As with the pelvic exams, this confidential testing is Arrested student 'driven', 'hard-working', friends say By KATIE URBASZEWSKI AND MATT MANCO THE MAROON Although biology freshman John A. White has been charged with five counts of attempted armed robbery, friends describe him as a hard-working, laid-back student. White himself said he was doing well in school and was enjoying Loyola before his arrest. "I apologize for what I've done," White said. "I didn't realize how many lives I affected ... it was indeed just a prank." White, who wants to go to medical school, also said he views his situation as a learning experience. White was charged with attempted armed f robbery, along with finance junior Chukwuemeka Anigbo and management freshman Mohamed Diakite, after New Orleans police arrested the trio for demanding money from Uptown pedestrians. "It's going to wind up in court in some fashion," said "I didn't realize how many lives I affected ... it was indeed just a prank." - John A. White, biology reshman, on the charges leveled against him and two friends. Townsend Myers, White's attorney. 'The (District Attorney) is evaluating the charges and (hopes) to come to a resolution to everyone's satisfaction very quickly ... anyone can see that this was not an armed robbery, it was just a prank." In the meantime. White has been released from prison. Whether he's been allowed back in class or into the dorms is still unclear, though. Chris Cameron, director of Co-Curricular Activities, declined to release that information, citing a privacy policy in Loyola's student handbook.White's friends were shocked by his arrest. They describe the freshman, a member of the basketball team, as relaxed and friendly. "I wouldn't have expected it from him," said Dominique Webb, mass communication freshman. "He's a laidback kind of person, not really a jokester. And he's really involved Diakite's legal counsel a Loyola-trained lawyer By RAMON VARGAS EDITOR IN CHIEF The attorney defending Mohamed Diakite learned much of what he knows about the law a few blocks away, on Loyola's Broadway campus. Diakite, a management freshman who potentially faces decades in prison for multiple counts of attempted armed robbery alongside Chukwuemeka Anigbo and John A. White, hired 2001 law school alum Raleigh L. Ohlmeyer 111 as his legal counsel. Ohlmeyer comes from a line of seasoned criminal defense lawyers in New Orleans. His father, Raleigh L. Ohlmeyer Jr. of Plaquemines, began his 30-year career in law as an Orleans Parish assistant district attorney. After five years in the office, he reached the position of Chief of Homicide, Rape/Sex Crimes and Armed Robbery Division. see MAKEOVER, page 4 see HEALTH, page 4 see WHITE, page 3 see LAWYER, page 3 I "' - '', y •'l|||-1iIMIL iM CORRECTION; The Maroon misidentified Douglas Schmidt's scholarship donation amount. According to an upcoming list of donor contributions, he has donated no more than $25,000.  MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 | EDITORIAL, page 14 | LIFE & TIMES, page 6 | SPORTS, page 10 | NEWS TIPS: 865-3535