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              Loyola MAROON LOYOLA UNIVERSITY / NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA / VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 10 / NOVEMBER 10, 1978 WWL reins change hands Rev. Thomas H. Clancy, S.J., is the new vice president for communications at Loyola University responsible for the university's WWL broadcasting operations. He replaces Rev. Francis A. Benedetto. S.J., who will assume other responsibilities with the university on Nov. 1. As vice president for communications, Fr. Clancy will serve as a liaison between WWL Vice President and General Manager J. Michael Early and Loyola President Rev. James C. Carter, S.J. He will formulate and recommend to the Broadcast Committee, that acts as the governing board of the station, basic policies governing the objectives and operating philosophy of WWL. He also serves as liaison between the university and the network. A native of Helena, Arkansas, Fr. Clancy entered the Society of Jesus in 1942. He was awarded a bachelor's degree from Spring Hill College, a master's from Fordham University, a licentiate in sacred theology from the Jesuit Faculty, and a doctorate from the London  Economics and Political Science.  Fr. Clancy joined the Loyola faculty in 1960 and served as chairman of the political science department tjmri 1966-69. He also served the  the capacity of vice president for academic affairs. In 1970, he became an associate editor of the Jesuit weekly, America. He was appointed in 1971 Provincial Superior of the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus which covers 10 states in the South and Southwest. Since October 1977, he has been doing retreat and formation work at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau. When asked about future plans, for changes at WWL, Fr. Clancy told the Maroon, "We are starting a new program on FM, 'Good News At Ten'." He said the new program would feature popular religious music. The position of vice president for communications was once known as faculty advisor since the formation of WWL was the result of a spark-gap student experiment in 1922. What began in the physics laboratory in Loyola's Marquette Mall has been managed well by the Jesuit Fathers at Loyola and has grown into a multi-million dollar endowment that provides the university with money to educate.WWL-TV-AM-FM is the only locally owned broadcast operation affiliated with a major network. WWL's excess of revenues over expenditures goes to educational programs in other divisions of the university and is spent in the New Orleans area. Fr. Benedetto will assume the position of director of creative improvement at Loyoia. The Macon, Ga. native continues to serve as secretary of Loyola's Board of Directors and has served as chairman of Loyola's physics and mathematics department, physics department, research grants committee, and scientific facilities committee.Fr. Benedetto has also served as chief of the radiological section, New Orleans Civil Defense, and as regional counselor for the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the American Institute of Physics. 'I think it's nice to be working with the number one station in New Orleans. -Fr. Clancy MAROON FILE PHOTO MAROON FILE PHOTO Fr. Benedetto will assume the position of director of creative improvements. Allen leaves LU after another threat By Maureen King Security and Student Affairs were still probing the assault on Gretchen Allen, the only black candidate in the freshmen elections for SGA Arts and Sciences representative, when she was threatened again last Sunday night. As this issue goes to press, Allen is not an enrolled student at Loyola University. She withdrew earlier this week. On Monday, Oct. 30, Allen was assaulted by two unidentified girls in the first floor rest room of Buddig Hall. Allen had been away from the campus since the attack and arrived unexpectedly at Loyola around 8 p.m. Sunday. She had arrived with her parents and they stayed with her until about 10 p.m. Only minutes after her parents left her room, someone tried the knob on Allen's locked door. According to Vincent Knipfing, vice-president for StudenTAffairs, Allen asked who was at the door. The reply came, "Open the door, you nigger." Allen later identified the voice as belonging to one of the girls that had attacked her a week earlier. Knipfing told the Maroon that Allen barricaded the door with a small refrigerator and a chair. She also fired a small gun, that released no projectile, near the door in an attempt to scare the girl away. There were no witnesses to the incident though several residents of the hall admit to hearing a "pop." Residents say they did not investigate the noise believing it to be a fire-cracker. "No one indicated seeing or hearing anyone or anything out of the ordinary," said Knipfing. The resident assistant on the floor was investigating the smoke in the hall when she discovered Allen in her room. At a meeting with the fourth floor residents (Allen's floor) of Buddig Hall Monday night, the Very Rev. James Carter, S.J., president of Loyola University, and Knipfing both expressed deep concern over the matter. Fr. Carter feels that the timing was "too perfect." He believes that Allen was under surveillance and that her assailants cannot live too far from the fourth floor. "To date, we have interviewed 30 different persons," said Knipfing of the investigation at a recent invertiew with WLDC. "We've talked to . . . people living on the floor, desk clerics, mail clerks, just about everyone we can get our hands on," he said. "We're not going to rest until we track down every possible lead." Fr. Carter also talked to WLDC about the affair. "We don't know what this person will do next," he said. "We know we are dealing with a person who is ready to surprise us at any moment and we're just going to be ready for surprises." The entire investigation was turned over to the New Orleans Police Department Tuesday. From now on, said Knipfing, "The university will conduct its investigation with the cooperation and under the supervision of the Police Department." Allen has brought in an attorney and when/if the person(s) involved is caught, the person(s) will be sequestered from the university. Allen turned in her application for withdrawal from Loyola University on Monday afternoon, according to Maroon sources. Fr. Carter has appealed to Allen to return and he commented, "It will be the university's loss if Gretchen does not return to Loyola." Inside A one-hour ritual ceremony was held earlier this week in one of the white barracks between Bobet Hall and the Danna Center. People sat on the floor chanting and there was a humming sound throughout the ceremony. Actually, the ceremony was a performance of Jean-Claude Van Itallie's The Serpent. Page 8 Are you a compulsive jogger? Are you a habitual jogger? If the answer is no, then you are a member of the silent majority. If the answer is yes, then you should examine your motives and then consider joining the silent majority. Page 11 Didn't I hear that voice before on the CBS Evening News? Loyola communications assistant professor Peter Kalischer is back in broadcasting almost two years after he left CBS. Kalischer has his own program on a local FM station. Page 12