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              LOYOLA MAROON Vol. XLV Loyola University, New Orleans, La., Friday, December 6, 1968 No. II Campus activist group organizes Membership now at 35 An "SDS-type" organization is being formed on the Loyola campus. The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has been an active liberal organization on other campuses in the past few years, and now Loyola has its own counterpart in the making. After two organizational meetings, the organization has drawn approximately 35 members into the group. Under the leadership of James Robinett, Jr., A&S senior; Frank Aseron, BA senior; John Brazier, A&S sophomore, and Sergio Perez, BA senior, the organization plans to operate on the theory that political activism on campus is good and even necessary for an aware and reacting student body. Aseron, hoping to gain the confidence and cooperation of students who automatically react unfavorably to the mention of SDS (because of the violent revolutions attributed to SDS such as what occurred at Columbia University in New York) shies away from calling the new organization "SDS." "We may be militant," Aseron said, "but we don't want to alienate students. Students have a stereotyped idea of SDS; they think SDS destroys buildings, etc. We want to work through normal channels us much as possible. If we are bogged down, then well take our own course." Although Aseron doesn't expect the organization to accomplish anything before the second semester, he expressed confidence that it would begin to function as a vital part of the university community. "I can't He where students lock themselves up in formal education," Aseron said. "They think that after graduation they can turn their off-on buttons and cope with social injustices in the world when they have failed to even acquaint themselves with those problems while they were students." "Whether we call this organization an SDS chapter or not is irrelevant," Aseron said. "That's the type of organization well he." \scron said the organization plans to espouse the causes of majorities of students who feel that they are experiencing injustices. Any student on the Loyola campus can be a member of this organization, but Aseron says they can participate in whatever interests them and take a passive role if they object to the activism. An underground paper is one suggestion Aseron says the organization has for making people aware of social injustices. Controversial speakers, such as conscientious objectors and resistors, will be part of their programs to present to students a personal conviction of someone who is being wronged. Aseron considers "ineffectiveness of the Student Council" and "apathy of the student body" the most important problems on the Loyola campus at the present time. He thinks forums, the free speech mike, and an underground paper or leaflet would help correct these problems, or at least make students aware of their existence. The new organization will not only espouse campus ideas, Aseron said. They intend to make students aware of movements within the city and bring in discussion of problems that are not confined to the campus life. Campus problems are not typical of world problems, Aseron pointed out. "We're not out just to gain the limelight," Aseron said. "We hope to be effective to any cause lli.it demands recognition and action." FRANK ASERON Speaks for activist organization Permission to distribute papers denied By GARY ATKINS (Maroon Desk Kdilor) Father Mo/loy rules The administration, ruling in separate cases this week, refused to allow either the Word or the Catalyst permission to distribute on Ixjyolas campus. Steve Vakas, A&S sophomore and representative for the Word, said he would appeal the decision of the Office of Student Affairs to the standing Committee for Student Rights and Freedoms. The refusals came after separate attempts to have the Word, a New Orleans underground newspaper, and the Catalyst, a generally conservative paper, distributed on campus. Vakas had been attempting for several weeks to have the Word sold either from the bookstore or from a vending machine. Other Loyola students, working through the Loyola Conservative Club, were at the same time involved in a separate attempt to have the Catalyst distributed free on campus. The Catalyst was placed in mailboxes in Biever Hall just before the Thanksgiving holidays. The Rev. J. Joseph Molloy, SJ., vice-president for student affairs, in refusing the H ord permission to sell on campus, said that "to allow the Word to be sole on university grounds may result in misconception of what the university endorses and may be an . action which is not in the best general interest of the university." In an earlier interview, Father Molloy said that he "sees no place for the Word on a university campus or in an academic community." In his statement refusing permission to the Word, Father Molloy said that he was drawing ''a distinction. . .between the individual student's right and freedom to seek out whatever sources of knowledge and ideas he may wish, .and the right and freedom of the university administration as representatives of a private institution to refuse to engage in any behavior or action which may result in misinterpretation of what the university approves and endorses and which may not be in the best general interest of the university." He also said that no attempt would be made to interfere with individual student attempts to "procure the Word and maintain it in their possession while on university grounds." Father Molloy also said that since Loyola students could easily get the Word from nearby locations or by mail subscriptions- which he said would be delivered to students living on campus—he did not believe the administration action would hinder the student in obtaining the newspaper. Vakas had originally attempted to have the Word sold through the bookstore but he said the bookstore manager, Marjorie Nobles, told him she did not want to handle another newspaper or magazine in the store. Vakas said when an assistant told Mrs. Nobles the paper "had that word in it," Mrs. Nobles told him she did not know if "her censor" would allow the paper to be sold in the bookstore anyway. Mrs. Nobles later said in an interview that the bookstore did not have enough space to handle newspapers and that they in fact were handling too many magazines now. She said she had spoken to Tom Preiton, the university business manager, about the matter and he had said no, not to handle the paper in the bookstore. Preston was also contacted by Vakas about the possibility of setting up a vending machine for the Word. Vakas said Preston referred him to the student affairs office. Vakas then gave three copies of the Word to the Dean of Men, Robert Sabolyk to consider and to show to Father Molloy. Though Father Molloy initially refused permission to distribute the paper on campus, he later said he would reconsider the matter. "I told him (Vakas) very truthfully that I was not very familiar witli the Word," Father Molloy said. Father Molloy's initial decision had been based on the reading of onh one copy of the paper, Vakas said, and he agreed to reconsider when Vakas personally brought three copies of the Word to him. Vakas said that now that Father Molloy has definitely refused him permission, he will try to get student support for the Word and to have the standing rights committee rule that the Word may be sold on campus. About the same time Vakas was attempting to obtain permission to have the Word on campus, other students were approaching Sabolyk to allow the Catalyst to be distributed at Loyola. Unlike the Word, the Catalyst is distributed free of charge and is published by the Tulane University Conservative Club. Sabolyk said he told the promoters of the Catalyst at the time (late October) that the paper could not be distributed on campus though he would have no objection to it being distributed off-campus from city property. week, Ron Legendre, president of the Loyola Conservative Club, told writers for the Catalyst it would be all FATHER J. JOSEPH MOLLOY, S. J The Word shun't dwell umong us Yearbook sales date extended Subscription sales for the 1969 Wolf yearbook will be extended to January registration, announced Ed Curda, yearbook editor. Curda said that the decision to extend the deadline was made because so many students wanting to subscribe this semester have been unable to do so due to lack of funds. "Many students find it difficult to pay the $7.50 per copy price after going through registration," he said. "We have decided that the best way to accommodate these students is to extend the subscription to coincide with spring registration." Curda added that subscription sales will close after registration in January, and that all students and faculty wanting a copy of the 1969 Ho//must subscribe by that time. College drops minor policy By LOUIS LASSUS (Maroon News Editor) The Curriculum Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences voted at a recent meeting to abolish the general requirement for a minor in A&S. The rule goes into effect next year. The committee, headed by the Rev. Bernard A. Tonnar, SJ., dean of A&S, and composed of the chairmen of all the departments of the college also voted to allow students as many as 18 elective credits for ROTC courses. Each department will determine the exact number of hours it will allow for ROTC credit. The proposal to abolish the minor was first presented to the committee in a previous meeting at which Tom Bell, chairman of the Department of Journalism,presented to the committee the results of a survey he took concerning minors at other colleges and universities. Bell said he sent letters to deans of arts and sciences colleges at 32 Jesuit institutions asking whether they generally required a minor. Of these schools, 26 replied. Twenty said they do not generally require a minor, six do require it but four of these six are considering dropping it. Bell said he also queried 10 non-Jesuit institutions. Of these, nine generally do not require a minor. Bell said he had spoken to Father I miliar during registration this semester about abolishing the minor. Many departments were not complying with the requirement anyway, said Bell. Now that the requirement has been lifted, students will have greater freedom in selecting courses which they would have normally not been able to take under the past curriculum, he said. Bell stressed the fact that the committee had aholished the "general requirement for a minor" in A&S. He said that each department chairman has the right to decide whether his curriculum will be changed. If a department chairman decides not to change his curriculum, that is, if he requires athat students still take 24 hours in a field other than his major, he, "in effect," is still requiring a minor, said Bell. This change in the curriculum does not affect the total number of hours required for graduation, said Bell. The College of Arts and Sciences requires a total of 128 hours for graduation. The only effect the change will have is to allow students more freedom in selecting courses. If a student wishes to minor in a certain field, he may do so even though his department may not require it, Bell said. Department chairmen, however, can suggest that students take particular courses which the chairmen think will be beneficial to the students1 field of interest, but the students will not be forced to take them, he said. Department chairmen also may require that a certain number of the courses to be taken in place of a minor must be in a certain level, said Bell. For instance, a department may allow a student to take any elective he desires in place of the minor requirement, but the department may require that three of these courses be in the 200 level. The departments which have decided to change their curriculum in accordance with the committee's decision are: education, English, history, political science, journalism, classical languages, mathematics, physics, philosophy, sociology, and visual arts. The Department of Biology is not altering its curriculum in any way. Dr. Anthony Dimaggio, chairman of the chemistry department, would not comment on the matter. The communications department is planning to begin a new program for its students. The departments of medical technology and psychology had not decided by late Wednesday. The drama-speech, theology and modern foreign languages department chairmen were not available for comment. RALPH T. BELL Opposes minor requirements Buddig women agree to finance key system By MARY OLOUGHLIN (Maroon News Editor) Buddig Mall junior and senior women and those over 21 agreed Tuesday night to accept the financial burden for the installation of a new key system in the dormitory. The key system would allow juniors, seniors and women over 21 self-determined hours (SDH) as of the beginning of the spring semester. Miss Rosalie J. Parrino, dean of women, called the meeting Tuesday night in order to get the opinions of the girls eligible to participate in SDH and, as Miss Parrino told the women, "to let you know the responsibilities involved." The responsibilities involved, according to Miss Parrino, are the acceptance of personal maturity and the acceptance of the financial burden for the initial expense of the key system. However, Miss Parrino pointed out that whatever the women agreed upon still had to be approved by a representative executive committee through her office. The meeting with the approximately 145 women who come under the classification "juniors, seniors, and women over 21" brought into the open the proposal of the WRC that has been the subject of many rumors during the past semester. For reasons of their own (allegedly to keep controversy down until something feasible was decided, to keep the administration from becoming alarmed and to keep the girls from becoming dissatisfied with what might seem like inaction) the WRC has preferred to keep their proposal "under wraps." Apparently, the WRC has been doing some work in the semester it has taken it to investigate the proposal before presenting it officially to the women it concerns. It has written to other schools on SDH and found out how they handle the security problems. It has gotten at least one estimate on how much a key system would cost and how long it would take to install it. The women at the meeting ipproved a method to pay $600-1000 for a key system that would take 40-120 days to install. Pat Nugent, vice-president of the WRC, presented three ideas the WRC lias proposed to implement SDH. The first was to ask a security guard to come to the dorm on the hour or half-hour to let women into the dorm on the hasis of their ID cards. Another proposal was to hire a watchman to stay in the dormitory lounge during the hours that the dormitory is normally closed; again ID cards would determine admittance. The third proposal was the key system. After discussion from the floor, the women voted the key system to be the most economic and secure. MISS ROSALIEPARRINO Proposes new curfew system miifd on page 5) (conlinwd on page 5)