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              A 1.0V01.A I RADII lON SlN'( I. 1923 • lOR A (■ k I AI i R THE MAROON VOL. 86, NO. 22 WWW.LOYOIJIMAROON.COM FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008 WFF pay 'just isn't enough' Wages lower than those at Tulane, UNO, Xavier By JESSICA WILLIAMS THE MAROON Many of Loyola's WFF facilities workers say that since their post-Katrina wages have not gone up in proportion to increased living costs in New Orleans, it's difficult for them to make ends meet. One employee said she works two jobs to support her children, because the income from WFF just isn't enough. "My rent alone is $1,100 a month," she said. "I make about $1,100 a month at Loyola. If I didn't have my other job, I don't know where my four kids and I would be." Statistics seem to support her claims. According to The New Orleans Index from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 2008 average fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in New Orleans is $990. In 2005, rent on the same type of apartment was $676. Matt DiChiara, marketing associate at MyNewPlace.com, confirmed that many New Orleans apartments are within this price range. The site listed $ 1,525 as the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in March and February 2008, and it listed $2,212 in January. "The data on our site is auto- Danna Center renovation moves indoors Visions of a made-over Danna Center have begun to take shape as construction goes into full swing around the building's interior. The Orleans Room lounge is preparing for the inclusion of a C.C.'s Coffee-shop and an influx of new seating. The Wolf Den is inching closer into its transformation into an art gallery. Old organizational closets have been demolished to begin construction on a new transparent organization space that will house cubicle-like work areas PHOTOS BY KEVIN ZANSLER / THE MAROON Above: Construction begins in the Orleans Room lounge to make way for a C.C.'s Coffee. Far left: The scene at the current Wolf Den, which will soon house an art gallery. Left: What will be a new transparent student organization space. Survey reveals stats on sexual abuse, rape By KATIE URBASZEWSKI ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Although Loyola offers a sexual aggression prevention program for freshmen at the beginning of each year, half of the 311 Loyola women who replied to a recent survey reported that they've undergone at least one act of unwanted sexual coercion. Almost a third of respondents have experienced at least one incident that constitutes legal rape. The information from sociology professor Marcus Kondkar's survey showed that most Loyola women don't recall any discussion about dating violence or sexual assault during their new student orientations.Kondkar revealed the results of the survey Monday, April 7 in the Women's Resource Center. By conducting this survey, Kondkar said, it's almost guaranteed that Loyola could acquire a grant to educate more people about sexual violence and coercion. The majority of sexual assaults the students reported were by a friend or dating partner, at a party or the perpetrator's house. Students feel safer in these surroundings and are less likely to be alert, according to the survey. Also, women in dating relationships (committed and not) are more likely to be victims of sexual coercion, and it is more likely to involve physical force, the survey found. Sociology senior Danielle Gaubert assisted Kondkar with the. survey by testing the pilot and making suggestions. Katie Urbaszewski can be reached at ceurbasz@loyno.edu. CIU plans incite concern Office to lose its glass walls, Martins office may move By KATIE URBASZEWSKI and JESSICA WILLIAMS THE MAROON During two recent meetings to discuss the renovations of the Center for Intercultural Understanding, many members of cultural organizations and CIU interim director Lisa Martin expressed their unhappiness with the architects' plans. Henry Munoz, chief executive officer of Kell Munoz Architects, Inc., revealed during the April 7 meeting that the CIU office, located at the front of the Danna Center across from the Orleans Room, will not keep its glass walls. Instead, the office will be replaced with regular walls with "pocket doors," door-shaped openings that would keep the room open at all times. He also said Martin's office may have to be moved to open up the center. Her new office would be placed upstairs. Six television monitors would hang on the wall facing the Peace Quad, screening anything from photo slideshows to Web site pages to filmed events. Inside, one wall of the office will be "tackable," where papers and pictures could be pinned up. English professor dies Lala was in his 50th year of teaching at Loyola By RACHEL FUNEL THE MAROON Anthony Lala, a longtime associate professor of English, died Friday, April 4. Lala received his bachelor's degree from Loyola in 1954, following up with a master's degree from Tulane in 1958. Later that same year, Lala began teaching English at Loyola. In 1962 he started working toward his doctorate at Loyola University of see CIU, page 4 see WFF, page 4 see LALA, page 3 CIIDVFY prCillTC | Data from Marcus Kondkar's analysis OURTIT KLwIILI v | of sexual abuse among 311 Loyola women. Sml CMfttM UMt; 14% on campus 4% of sexual coercion victims * -* u lap mm Ik 39% -fflffffffi  of sexual coercion aggressors wan Meads w wpirtMcn. 86% off campus [reported rape victims AAA. ■■■K 29% I reported victims of sexual coercion FCfl# ■■■■■K 51% I 1 1 1 0 311 SCJURCE: SURVEY BY MARCUS KONDKAR kMAY THE rar| SPOON IM I I—/BE WITH YOU LIFE and TIMES, page S MAROON DIRECTORY: CALENDAR, page 2 | EDITORIAL, page 6 | LIFE & TIMES, page 6 | SPORTS, page 12 | NEWS TIPS: 865-3535