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              loyola maroon Vol. XLVII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., 70118, Friday, March 26,1971 No. 21 Board approves cooperative effort with Tulane Students in Loyola's City College will be able to cross-register for courses at Tulane University next fall according to an agreement approved last week by Loyola's Board of Directors. The agreement would allow cross-registration between students in Loyola's City College and Tulane's University College. Both are evening divisions. The registration agreement was one of the eight actions taken at last week's board meeting. Other actions included the naming of the Rev. Francis Benedetto, S.J., as temporary chairman of the board. Father Benedetto, who serves as the board's secretary, replaces the Very Rev. President Michael Kennelly, S.J., as chairman. According to the report of the meeting, the cross-registration agreement provides for a one year trial period beginning next September. Cross registration, the report says, will be allowed "subject to certain conditions and limitations." Although further information was not immediately available from the board, the Dean of City College, E.P. Seybold, said the conditions of the plan submitted to the directors concerned eligibility requirements for participation in the program. Seybold said that under the plan he submitted to Loyola's president, students would be able to take one course per semester at Tulane. Seybold did not know whether his plan had been accepted in its entirity by the Board of Directors and board members were not available for comment. However, under Seybold,s original proposal, a student, to be eligible to participate in cross-registration, would have to be in good standing (not on probation), be seeking a degree, and be able to meet requirements of the Tulane course for which he was registering. Seybold said the cross-registration by Tulane and Loyola students would be limited to those courses not offered at the home institution. He said that both universities hoped to be able to offer students more services through the plan. Cross-registration, he said, will be focused primarily in the upper division area. "We fully intend to keep as many lower division courses as we have," he said, "and even to expand them." "However," he said, "in the upper division area, there were problems with obtaining qualified faculty. He said both he and the dean of Tulane's University College felt that "by combining, we could satisfy more students." Seybold said he "was looking foward to this program becoming an integral part of both institutions." "Hopefully, it may even expand to the day school," he said. According to the report of the action at last week's Board of Director! meeting, the board also "hopes that wider collaboration (between Tulane and Loyola will] be possible in the future." The report ays the directors received studies on possible future cooperation in the areas of library holdings, campus security, and the Colleges of Business of the two universities. The report also says that in naming Father Benedetto chairman, the board "lelt it advisable to separate the offices of [university] president and I board] chairman." Father Kennedy had served as chairman of the board since July, 1969. He retained the position when he became university president last August. Father Benedetto, a professor of physics and executive assistant to the president, will serve only until the present university charier is revised. According to the board's report, the charter is being revamped to provide for an expanded Board of Directors that will include lay representation. At present, the charter requires that members of the board be Jesuits. In other action, the board received reports concerning: 1) preliminary negotiations with a fund raising consultant, Ketchum, Inc., concerning the feasibility of a fund raising drive to aid in construction of more buildings at Loyola; 2) possible uses of Bobet Hall once the College of Dentistry moves out it was recommended that the Department of Biology and part or all of the Department of Dental Hygiene remain in Bobet, with the rest of the space going to general university use; 3) obligations the university will incur as a result of new federal unemployment compensation Idws; and 4) progress on the revamping of the university charter. The board also voted not to consider a degree program proposal for a Masters in the Art of leaching submitted by the university's Institute of Human Relations. The proposal was referred to the university (iraduate Council. Additionally, the board received a request from the College of Arts and Sciences to extend authorization for the school's dental hygiene program. The program is presently authorized to continue until 1471-72. The college recommended authorization until 1972-74. The board referred the matter to its executive committee for further study on costs and enrollment. REV. FRANCIS A. BENEDETTO, S.J SGA urges formation of university council The Student Government Association (SGA) approved the concept of a university council Tuesday, reworked its own apportionment formulas and approved a number of documents for incorporation into the bylaws. The meeting fell apart at the halfway point, however, as the SGA lost the required number of people in attendence to conduct business and a number of members had to scour the student center in search of others who had left early. When a sufficient number of representatives were reassembled, the SGA voted to suspend the rules of order, including those necessitating the presence of a quorum. After the vote, attendance dropped again. Before the quorum was lost, the SGA passed a motion urging the formation of a university council and another which changed the body's apportionment formula. According to Bob Rayhawk, BA freshman, who presented the motion, the aim of the proposed university council would be to consider issues of common interest to all three segments of the university. However, plans for the formation of such a body would have to be approved on several other university levels before the council could become operative and officially sanctioned. "Dooky" Chase, SGA president, opposed the motion, saying that student representation on the University Senate would achieve the same purpose as formation of the new body. Chase further argued that there are too many committees on campus and said that he saw no need for an additional one. Rayhawk defended his motion saying that a number of the existing committees deal with only specific problems and that student representation in the senate would not carry the force that the university council could provide. Asked afterwards Rayhawk said, "The SGA's passage of this motion is definitely a step in the right direction. Students at present have no opportunity to voice an opinion before significant administrative decisions. The University Council will give them this long overdue opportunity." Following much controversy from Bob Chopin, law representative, another motion passed which stated that there would be one student representative for every 200 students. Chopin had argued that law representatives would be outnumbered by representatives from other colleges. Other SGA members countered that the number of other representatives would be affected proportionately. After suspension of the normal rules of order, Ashton O'Dwyer, law school president, moved that the SGA support the law school's request for the installation of air conditioning in the law library. O'Dwyer said that conditions in the law library have not been "conducive to comfortable study." In other SGA business, the Student Council Program for Student-Administ ration-Faculty Cooperation, and the Student Council Doctrine on Sanctions, were incorporated into the SGA's new constitutional by-laws. The co-op program calls for SGA representatives to meet periodically with various chairmen and deans of the departments and schools they represent. Briefly, the sanctions provide for such measures as students' withholding tuition and registration fees, boycotting registration and soliciting alumni support. SGA candidates file Candidates for the Student Government Association's (SGA) representative elections on Monday and Tuesday filed for office last week, with a number of those candidates picking up endorsements from the SGA's officers-elect. In addition, four students signed up for the race for law school student body president. The four who will compete in that race are: Hunt Downer, George Greioble, Tom Keaty and George Simno. In the SGA sophomore representative race from the College of Arts and Sciences, the candidates are: Steven Cain, Blance Gonzales, Jean Haug, Susan Hughes, Buddy Ray, Jeanne Sheehan and Suzanne loppino. Junior-senior candidates are: Rex Barbas, Ron Batain, Daryl Fletchinger, Danny Hynes, Jeff Jay, Pat O'Keefe, Frank Stass, Andy Tipton, and Mike Touchy. Citing their "willingness to work together", president-elect Sam Gregorio, vice-president-elect Cyndy Littlefield and A&S president-elect Kathy Walsh endorsed earlier this week a ticket consisting of Cain, Gonzales, Haug, Hughes, Toppino, Batain, Fletchinger, Hynes, Jay and Stass. "We have chosen these people," said the three officers, ". . .because of their desire to work on the SGA and theij diversity of opinion. We feel that these people best represent the different views present on campus." From the School of Business Administration the sophomore candidates are: David Gniady, Mark La Barge, Sal Nuccio and Marshall Stroll. Junior-senior candidates are: Bob Almeida, Mike Bennie, Diane Carriere, Jack Hayden, Eileen Hooper and George Joint. On the basis of the candidates' "show of dedication", Gregorio, Littlefield, and B.A. president-elect Brett Patton have endorsed Gniady, Laßarge, Stroll, Almeida, Hayden and Joint. From music school the candidates are: William Hamilton and Herman Jones. They are unopposed. Law school candidates are: Pat Beauchamp, Miles Blazek, Dick Chopin, Joe Depaoli, Allan Katz, Alvin Laßlanc, Roger Larue, E.G. Miranne, Brad Walker and Jim Riley. City College candidates are: Rodney Bauer, John Crawford, John Gianola, Jim Danton, Alan Quigley, Hal Schiffman, John Hendrickson, Sander Pactor, William Berger and John Wagner. Dr. Mosier assumes newly created post; Dr. Gary established as assistant dean Dr. John Mosier, Assistant Dean of  the College of Arts and Sciences. anH  Dr. Lee Gary, professor of chemistry.  have been named to posts in the  administration by the Rev. James ('.  Carter, S.J., University Provost, this  week.  Dr. Mosier will take over a newly created office in the administration, Executive Secretary for Academic Affairs, while Dr. Gary will move into the assistant deanship left vacant by Dr. Mosier. Father Carter said that the new office was created so that he could spend more tint* on student affairs. Some of the duties that the new office will handle, according to Father Carter, are proposals to be studied, coordination of institutional research, the handling and preparing of meetings, literature that the university sends out, and various studies done by the university. Dr. Mosier was selected for the position because, according to Father Carter, "he is the niosl well suited for this type of work." Dr. Mosier said he thought he had been cboiea because of the familiarity he has with the duties of the office. Mosier also said that many of the responsibilities of the new office were once a part of the assistant dean's office. Dr. Mosier said another reason for the new office was efficiency. Mosier said that it was a part of an overall plan to streamline the administration of the university. Dr. Mosier said that the original plans date back to 19(14 and have been continually redone since then. Dr. Mosier also said that this move will allow the assistant dean to spend more time with the A&S students. Dr. Gary stated that he "was honored in having been selected" assistant dean. Dr. Gary said that his primary function as new assistant dean will be student problems and activities in A&S. Gary said he will also be the director of the Honors and Privileged Studies Program, effective immediately. Other duties will include concentrating on general studies, advanced placement, independent studies and research. Dr. Gary said that his first actions as new assistant dean will be to complete a stalus report on all the programs that he will be overseeing. He said that from this report he will decide what new innovations or changes he will try to institute in the college. DR. JOHN MOSIER Executive Secretary DR LEE GARY Assistant Dean iD) A&S Math, Computer Science may merge in fall of '71 By ALY COLON Maroon News Kditor The unification of the computer science and the math departments is under consideration said Rev. Joseph Tetlow, S.J., dean of the college of Arts and Sciences (A&S). The necessity of lessening the departmental structure which will simplify the organization of the college was cited by Father Tetlow as one of the primary reasons for taking such action. According to Father Tetlow, the increase in the number of departments has resulted in far too many chairmen compared to the number of teachers. Since the number of students in the computer science program does not justify the need for more instructors and the organization of computer science is immediately related to mathematics, Father Tetlow claimed that it could easily he absorbed by the math department. However, a final decision concerning the situation has not yet been reached. "It's still in discussion," Father Tetlow said. Major changes in the computer science program itself are not forseen said lather Tetlow. He added that a computer science degree will still be offered by Loyola and those teachers given contracts in the department will simply switch over to math. One of the teachers given a contract feels that the computer science department should not be dissolved. "I'm not for it," replied Greg Payne, chairman of the computer science department, when asked by the Maroon how he felt about the possible union of the math and computer science departments. According to Payne, (lie administration is decreasing the computer science-faculty from five to three instructors despite a 40 per cent increase in computer science enrollment. He does not feel that the program will be helped by a reduction of faculty. Payne said he plans to speak for the retention of the computer science department. Also, in a move that was apparently related to the possible changes in the department, a group of computer science majors were to meet Thursday morning with Father Tetlow. Concert features contemporary composer ByTARA LEBLANC Maroon Staff Reporter The Loyola University Concert Band and Chorale will present its annual Spring Concert March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Loyola Field House. The program will feature Vincent Persichetti, contemporary American composer who will be the guest conductor for the concert. Persichetti, who has had more than 90 of his works published, will conduct the 65-member band in the following works, all of his own composition: "Symphony for Band," "Chorale Prelude: Turn Not Thy Face," "Divertimento," "Bagatelles," and "Masquerade." The band will be joined by the 40-member Loyola Chorale in the following selections, also Persichetti's works: "Mass," and "Celebrations for Chorus and Wind Ensemble." Among Persichetti's more celebrated works is his most famous, a work established in American symphonic literature, "The Hollow Men,"' for trumpet and string orchestras. The students' reactions about Persichetti's appearance have been mixed. Most agree that they'll have to wait and see the man himself. However, there is one general consensus of opinion, that it will be interesting to see just how he wants the music to be directed for two reasons. First of all they are his compositions, but mainly the works do not follow the norms of music composition there are no time or key signatures in one work, and in the other the time signatures jump around making Comprehension on the part of the performer difficult. The Loyola Concert Band, up until the time rehearsals begin with Persichetti himself, will be under the direction of Joseph Hebert, the University Chorale under the direction of Mel Ivy. Tickets will be priced at $1.25 for adults and $.75 for students. VINCENT PERISCHETTI Ciuest conductor