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              THE MAROON VOL. 86, NO. 10 www.loyolamaroon.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 Study claims early classes curb drinking By JESS BURROLA THE MAROON It's not uncommon to see Loyola students stumbling home during the early hours of Friday morning after a long night on the town. According to a new study, however, this sight might be less common if they had to be in class in a few hours. According to a June press release by the University of Missouri-Columbia, students are less likely to binge drink on Thursdays if they have Friday morning classes. The study continues to say that college students who don't have Friday morning classes may consume twice as much alcohol as their peers with class on Friday morning. This study was conducted by Phillip K. Wood, a professor of quantitative psychology in Cancer society trying to clear the air By JORDAN HULTINE THE MAROON Whether it's waiting for class in Smoker's Alley, worrying about tomorrow's test outside the library, or talking it up at the benches outside Biever, one thing is clear: Loyola students like their smokes. It's hard to walk outside any building on campus and not run into at least one person lighting up. Loyola isn't alone, and the American Cancer Society is trying to change that with the Great American Smokeout. Scheduled for Nov. 15, its goal was to educate smokers about the effects of smoking and offer them the opportunity to quit. "The American Cancer Society has been putting on the Great American Smokeout for over 30 ANDREA CASTILLO / THE MAROON History junior Julie Wilson smokes a cigarette with others on the Danna Center porch. Mugging suspect describes events 'We stopped as soon as we saw fear in their eyes,' Diakite says By KATIE URBASZEWSKI THE MAROON The charges against three Loyola students were reduced from attempted armed robbery to aggravated assault last week. "The judge understands that it was a prank. That's why he dropped the bonds so low," said management freshman Mohamed Diakite, referring to the recent decrease of the three students' bail bonds from $35,000 to $7,000, then to $4,000. Diakite, who was arrested for demanding money from pedestrians at gunpoint with a fake gun, said that he didn't expect the consequences of their actions to be so high. He didn't even expect the victims to call the police because he was confident that each person understood it was only a joke. "We stopped as soon as we saw fear in their eyes ... it seemed like we left the victims on good terms," he said. The night of the arrest, Diakite and his companions John A. White, biology freshman, and Chukwuemeka Anigbo, finance junior, went to eat on Tulane University's campus. After they Mohamed Diakite Charged with aggravated assault Paradise Lost ... and now found Watch for the full story in the next issue of The Maroon. Behrooz Moazami, history professor, hosts a screening of 'Paradise Now' in Nunemaker Hall on Nov. 14. Students and faculty packed the hall at 7 p.m. for the event, leaving only about 15 seats empty. Moazami organized the screening, and the following discussion panel, in order to promote both peace in the Middle East and a new Middle East/Peace Studies program. JONATHAN ROWAN / THE MAROON Best buy goodbye? Loyola tuition higher than average private college By MICHAEL NISSMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITKK Loyola's tuition increase from 2006 to 2(X)7 was lower than the national private college average of 6.3 percent, the „I-L  college Board Higher efl, announced in a hKJIKir COSIS snar* 2»»«007 Despite priVßtC Loyola's college tuition lower-than- increases] average increase of 5 Loyold. percent, the 5 percent school's annual Nationwide price tag climbed to  $26,658, more percent than $3,000 higher than the $23,712 national average of all private colleges and universities. The new figures could chip away at Loyola's reputation as one of the "best buys" in higher education, a designation a number of influential publications Iverson resigns from student government By LAUREN LaBORDE SENIOR STAFF WRITER Citing personal reasons, political science senior Meghan Iverson resigned from her position as the executive administrative assistant for the Student Government Association. She says the resignation was a "personal decision," and that she has also ceased affiliation with all other on-campus organizations in which she was involved. SGA president Elliot Sanchez, philosophy senior, also confirmed this reason for Iverson's resignation. "She came to me. She asked to resign for personal reasons," he said. The resignation follows an incident involving Iverson at the Nov. 3 Wolves on the Prowl, according to SGA senators Lee Ann Moss, international business sophomore, and Nicole Kone, English writing senior. The senators were leaders at the Frederick A. Douglass High School project site where tension surrounding Iverson mounted. Kone said at the beginning of the event, Iverson was "making faces" and "complaining" within her earshot. She sensed Iverson thought the event not to be a genuine service effort. "The sentiment of what she was saying was that we do (Wolves on the Prowl) to make ourselves feel better see DIAKITE, page 2 see DRINK, page 4 see TUITION, page 5 see SMOKE, page 4 see RESIGN, page 5 A LOYOLA TRADITION SINCE 1923 • "FOR A GREATER LOYOLA" Healthy food, college can work together  Life & Times, p. 8 MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 | EDITORIAL, page 10 | UFE & TIMES, page 8 | SPORTS, page 6 | NEWS TIPS: 865-3535