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              loyola maroon Vol. XLVII Loyola University, New Orleans, La., 70118, Friday, April 2, 1971 No. 22 President forms commission to examine university athletics By KATHY LEE Maroon Staff Reporter A President's Commission on Athletics has been established to canvass feasible options and costs for the continuation of the athletic program here at Loyola. The Very Rev. President Michael Kennelly is concerned over the scanty athletic facilities compared to the large amount of finances the university spends on the program, according to Rev. Joseph A. Tetlow, S.J., chairman of the athletic commission and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The commission is composed of members who represent each segment of the interested population on campus. They include Father Tetlow, chairman; Rev. John N. Mullahy, S.J., Board of Directors; Rev. Henrv R. Montecino, S.J., chairman of the athletics board; John L. Eckholt, finance; and Mrs. Joyce Moore, faculty. Also included on the commission are Dr. Frank Wagar, student services of the university; John D. Becker, interested alumni; John A. Oulliber, Board of Regents; Charles E. Young, interested alumni; Dooky Chase, Student Government Association president; Miss Susan L. Ferguson, student; and Bruce Nolan, student. All members of the commission are allowed a vote except Eckholt who serves as financial advisor. Father Kennelly has placed no bars on the information to be accessible to the commission, according to Father Tetlow and no option is to be closed. "Our task is not to make j decision," said Father Tetlow, "but to canvass options and present them to the Boards of Directors and regents." In an interview with the "Maroon" early in the semester, Father Kennelly said that he has "a feeling that we have done nothing for the intramural sports program for the 5000 students here." The president stressed the large amount of money that is spent on the athletic program for a small number of persons. Members of the commission have been issued initial information to help in making recommendations. The information reports on finances, scholarships, intramural budgets, physical education, and intramurals, researched by Father Tetlow. Reports from three students on track, karate, and intramurals are also included in the information. A letter written by Becker to 20 universities throughout the country requesting information on their athletic programs is also included along with \2 replies. Charles Young, an alumni, noted the decline in interest in athletics among the Loyola alumni. He attributed it to prejudice against "'the large number of black athletes." Elections finally over; 71-72 SGA completed Monday and Tuesday Loyola students went to the polls again, this time electing 30 new representatives to the Student Government Association (SGA) and a new president of the law school student body. SGA members for the 1471-1972 school year will officially lake office April 13. In the law school presidential race. Tom Keaty defeated George Simno 191 to 170. The new law school representatives will be Pat Beauchamp, Dick Chopin, Roger Larue and Jim Wiley. Chopin commented that he hopes to make the SGA representative of all the students in the university. Representing the sophomores of the College of Arts and Sciences will be Su/anne Toppino. Blanca Gonzales, Steven Cain, Susan Hughes, and Jean Haug. Junior-senior representatives for A&S will be Andy Tipton, Danny Hynes, Daryl Fletchinger, Jeff Jay, Ron Batain, and Rex Barbas. Hynes, presently serving as president of A&S student body, said he hoped to work with the administration, students and faculty for the betterment of the university through continued efforts and work. The College of Business Administration students elected Mark La Barge and Marshall Stroll as sophomore representatives. Both Laßarge and Stroll said they wanted to work with the new dean of BA to get better faculty, more classroom space, and an improved curriculum. Elected junior-senior representatives for BA were Diane Carriere, Kathy Manganaro and Eileen Hooper. Abolishment of the cut system and fifty dollar fee for carrying over 21 hours a semester are some of the reforms Miss Carriere said she would work towards. Miss Carriere also said she would like to see BA get more equipment such as calculators and adding machines, more classroom space for BA possibly in Bobet Hall. City College representatives for the new SGA are Rodney Bauer, Jim Danton, William Berger, John Gianola, John Crawford, Hal Schiffman, John Wagner and John Hendrickson. Running unopposed, Herman Jones was elected junior-senior representative of the Music School and William Hamilton was elected sophomore representative. SGA members count election ballots late Tuesday night SGA rejects motion to abolish cut system A motion that the Student Government Association (SGA) itself "formally abolish the 15% cut system" and send a letter to students informing them of the action was defeated at this week's meeting. Under the present cut system, a teacher has the authority to fail a student if he misses without excuse more than 1 s'.' of his classes. Bob Rayhawk. BA representative who made the motion, said "all the students feel the 15'! cut system is unfair and we (SGA) need to back them up by supporting this." Ashton O'Dwyer, law school president, stressed that "the faculty had to have some control over the students," but he agreed that 1598 " is a little unreasonable." The motion failed by a nine to five vote, with six abstentions. Opponents of the motion noted that even if the SGA claimed to have the authority to abolish cuts, it would have no effective way to prevent teachers from failing students who over-cut. In other action, the SGA appropriated $450 to the Student Union to cover half the cost of a new sound system in the Wolf Pub. The Pub lost much of its sound equipment in a robbery last December. The SGA appropriated $750 for a mimeograph machine to be used to print student government announcements. The machine itself costs $700 and the extra $50 will go towards the purchase of stencils, paper, and ink to be used with the machine. Dooky Chase, SGA president, says he sees the investment as one that will pay for itself since news and information will be distributed to the students cheaper and quicker. An appropriation of $300 was granted to Delta Sigma Pi, the business fraternity, for a supper in honor of the past and present deans of the business school. The supper, scheduled for the near future, will be open to all students in the school of Business Administration. Student Union elects officers for next year By 808 MARSHALL Maroon Staff Reporter George Joint now president The chief administrative posts of the Student Union were filled for the coming year in an election last week. The officers were elected by the present governing body of the union, including the officers and chairmen of al union committees. The Student Union's newly elected officers are George Joint, president; Steve Lambrano, vice president for programming; Linda Ory, secretary-regional coordinator; and Richard Crawford, vice president for finance. Joint, who joined the union two years ago and served on several committees before his election as president, said that he hopes to keep the union moving toward its goal of "giving the Loyola student the entertainment and speakers that he wants." "We will try and keep all the old stuff, the typical T.G.I.F.'s, the traditional dances, like the boat dance," Joint said. "But we would like to increase the number of functions that the students like and enjoy. For example we are going to have more P.O E.T.S.-the T.G.I.F.'s out on the quad-and more concerts and speakers." Joint said that the main reason more concerts and T.G.I.F.'s were not held last semester was the high cost of scheduling bands and the cost of renting the a la carte room from Saga, the Danna Center management company. "In the past we would hold concerts without dealing with an agent, and had to guarantee the groups a certain amount," he explained, "Now we are going to deal through the agencies and settle for a percentage of the gate." Regarding T.G.I.F.'s Joint said that Saga would only allow the union one "free" T.G.I.F. a month. Additional Friday afternoon dances would cost $65.00 for a clean-up crew. "To get around this expense we are going to have more outside T.G.I.F.'s," he said. Joint said that money, was also to blame for the scarcity of big-name speakers. "In the future we are going to bring down those people who would be interesting to the students and who would only charge transportation." The union in the past has had to pay all expenses and also a fee for many speakers. For example, Jane Fonda, who spoke here earlier this year, cost the union $1500. Joint and the executive board intend to keep the union on its road of "knocking off the ragged edges and streamlining the construction of the union." "Recently," he explained, "the union has begun to get rid of, or merge, some of the committees that only require the part time attention of the union, or very little of its attention, in an attempt to free more people." The best example of this streamlining would be the case of the newly created secretary-regional coordinator post. In the past they were two separate positions, but the regional coordinator, according to Joint, was only a part-time job. The student union elections are held once a year, and all candidates must be nominated by the executive board of the union which consists of the four major posts, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer. Union Leaders, left to right, Steve Lambrano, vice president tor programming; Linda Ory, secretary-regional coordinator; George Joint, president; Richard Crawford, vice president for finance. Students drawn by practical politics By RHONDA NABONNE Maroon Staff Reporter Institute of Politics It would probably surprise many Loyola students that a real school tor politicians is located on campus, under the name Institute of Politics (IOP). The lOP, located with the political science department on Calhoun St., is a school where intelligent, political-minded young people are learning not only how to govern but also how to get elected or appointed to responsible political positions. According to the lOP founder and executive director. James H. Chabbuck, the lOP is a training ground for practical politics. It is a new and unique experiment in the critical task of developing political and governmental leadership in the South. A remarkable aspect of the lOP is that it is unique to this city. New Orleans was the first city in he world to establish an independent non-partisan training ground for young political aspirants. In explaining its roots, Chabbuck stated that the lOP, three years in operation, was set up to -Provide a broader understanding and training in practical politics; Allow the politically minded young to meet politicians who have practical first-hand knowledge of political affairs; -develop a personal relationship between black and white political leaders for the purpose of broader communication. The 19 lOP "fellows", as the students are called, meet once a week to spend two to four hours on lectures and discussions. The "fellows" are young college graduates selected after extensive interviews by lOP board members before acceptance. The lOP has opened doors and increased levels of contacts for its participants. It has helped participants build close relationships with community workers and has aided some participants in increasing their effectiveness in jobs they already hold. Even if the lOP's products do not run for elective office, said Chubbuck, New Orleans "will be better off because of their involvement. They'll upgrade the caliber of the political process." Lectures at the lOP have been delivered by prominent people such as New Orleans' Mayor Moon Landrieu, former mayoral candidate James E. Fitzmorris, Jr., and state senator William J. Guste. Lectures are also delivered by Chubbuck and his assitant potential and a knowledge of the role of government in society. All participants are under 35 years and a macimum of 20 are chosen. The Institute's principal program, a none-month seminar beginning in June with approximately 45 class sections, is designed to give New Orleans' young leaders an opportunity to explore the Smith's political developments, issues, as well as techniques of politics. The seminar in practical politics includes such topics as "Political Kcology of New Orleans", "Running for Office", "The Negro Leadership and the Negro Vote", and "The Profession of Politics." The "fellows" are exposed to four principal aspects of politics: its historical development in New Orleans and Louisiana; problem areas in city and state government; first-hand accounts of political experiences by practicing candidates and officials; and views from regional and national political leaders, white and black. The lOP has opened doors, and JAMES CHUBBUCK lOP's ecutive director Tour through hellhole would appall voters By DWIGHT OTT Maroon Associate I Jilor Open toilets that overflowed near beds when flushed, dirty dishes stacked in the corridors, open dingy showers, poor lighting, an underground sewer from which rats crawl at night and terrorize the prisoners, inadequate security, rats and perverted sexual acts because of inadequate prison guards. The tour wound on through the prison. In the tour were two Loyola students, this reporter, Patricia Hattier, and several student members of the Southern University of New Orleans student publication, the SUNO Observer. The pilgrimage into the hellhole, better known as Parish Fnson, had been arranged by Dr. Frank Crabtree who is working at the prison with Sheriff Louis A. Heyd. Jr . Criminal Sheriff of Orleans Parish. Heyd and Dr. Crabtree are trying to stir up public interest and support lor a bond issue for a new Parish Prison, to be voted on next Tuesday. Dr. Crabtree is appealing to students at Loyola University and throughout the city to help him make phone calls and knock on doors this Sunday to "bring out the vote." This is the first election for a bond issue in which then' is no property qualification. In an interview in his office Heyd did not hesitate to admit that the prison as it is is no better than "a zoo." So bad is the facility in fact, that a suit is presently pending before U.S. District Court Judge Herbert Christenberry to have the facility shut down-with or without public support for the upcoming bond issue. The prison now houses over 1,000 inmates. It was meant to hold only 400 when it was first constructed in 1929. The parish presently provides only $1.25 a day for the total upkeep of a single inmate. Sheriff Heyd admits that treatment of prisoners is very bad, despite the fact that most are merely awaiting trial, for most of them, their only crime is not having enough money to post bond. The prison populace is 85 percent black. In an article in the Clarion Herald Father Hilton Rivet, chaplain at the prison, characterized the inmates as the "poor and unwanted of our society." Women prisoners are not much better off than men prisoners. They are kept in the House of Detention and on an upper floor of Parish Prison. On the tour of the prison facility, students caught the cynicism in the eyes of the inmates. I he girl who went along was warned that inamtes often walked naked through the tiers. None of the inamtes were undressed, but students were given a chance to meditate on how it would be for them if they were caged in this primitive "zoo". "I don't care who you are. It doesn't matter if you're H. Rap Brown, if you're weak and,can't take a good beating you'll have trouble in this place," claimed Lt. Joe Williams during the course of the tour. Williams pulled out a drawer lull of knives to show what he meant. The knives had all been taken from inmates who had uotten into scuffles with each other. Asked if sexual attacks were frequent, Heyd, Williams and Dr. Crabtree (who has recently been working in the prison) replied in he affirmative. "Ideally, there is always one guard on a tier. But what do you think happens once that door closes and it (continued on page 4) (continued on page 3)