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              THE LOYOLA MAROON Volume 57, Number 8 Loyola University-New Orleans. La December 7, 1979 Tuition may Increase next fall BY MARY LOU MCCALL Tuition may be increased next fall as a result of a recommendation passed Wednesday by the university Budget Committee. The proposed increase, which will be less than 10 percent, was made necessary by inflation according to the vice president of Student Affairs, Vincent Knipfing."I voted for it because it is necessary to keep the university operating," said Knipfing. "Although we are raising tuition we feel that with recent changes in federal aid and our own aid program, no student will be squeezed out because of the increase," said Knipfing, citing the Basic Opportunity Loan progranMr examples. The recommendation will be sent to the Very Rev. Father James C. Carter for approval. If Carter approves the proposal it will be referred to the university Board of Trustees for action. Frank Milanese, SGA president and student representative to the committee, said the committee feels that certain university services, such as physical plant and security staff need upgrading. Voting against the hike, which passed the committee by & 14-1 margin, Milanese said that the increase would fall below the current rate of inflation. The committee which serves as an advisory panel for the university, is composed of academic deans, faculty members and other administrators. Fr. Nicoll (MAROON photo by Beth Guidry) Fr. Nicoll resigns Rev. Leo A. Nicoll, S.J. assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will resign his post effective next August. Nicoll, who has been at Loyola for three years, has been assistant dean since January 1977. He plans to return to full-time teaching in the history department. "The job of assistant dean has become a full-time administrative position," Nicoll said, noting that he has continued to teach historiographyhistoriography and other courses in the history department. Nicoll graduated from Spring Hill College, received a master's degree in history from Fordham, and then earned his doctorate in history at the University of Vienna. "We hate to lose hirn," said Maria Falco, dean of Arts and Sciences. "His services will be very much missed; he is an asset to this office." Empty airwaves on WLDC BY DAN KALMANSON When WLDC AM's deejay signed off the air in early November he really signed off. Loyola's campus radio station has not broadcast for over 30 days and there are no plans to resume operation this semester. The decision to shut down came from WLDC's general manager, senior Paul Muth. Muth and the executive staff feel that the station should be more than a music and news service for the university. "We are not here to serve anyone but those students who are interested in learning all aspects of radio," said Muth. "We want to do something more meaningful than just spinning records. Deejays don't need a college education, we do," said junior Bob Pavlovich, WLDC production director. The most serious complaint among radio majors is that they lack a full-time adviser and/or instructor. Of the 30-40 applications received late this summer for the adviser's position, no one was hired. According to Dr. William Hammel, chairman of the Communications Department, "none of the applicants were worth fighting over. Granted we should have applied for a new teacher/ adviser earlier." However, Hammel insists he is still searching for a replacement. Meanwhile, WLDC has been operating this semester without an official adviser. Communications instructor, Patricia Parker, has consented to act as interim_adviser next semester. "WLDC has some very talented people who do an excellent job, but they can't do it by themselves." Radio students feel that without a full-time faculty adviser and teacher it will be hard to boost staff morale and create student interest in radio. Mike Adams, a part-time teacher and recent Loyola graduate, is presently the only radio instructor at Loyola. WLDC has also been plagued by a number of other problems. The only students who could tune in the station when it was broadcasting were those who live in Biever Hall. The transmitter for the girls' dorm has been broken since the spring of 1979 and is currently in Pennsylvania being repaired. Another difficulty that WLDC faces is piping music into the Pub in the Danna Center. One of the amplifiers in the Pub was stolen near the beginning of the year and four more were accidentally blown. This included one amplifier loaned to the Pub by a WLDC staff member, David Fucich. Muth believes the amplifier problem stems from "the Pub staff not having a working knowledge of how to switch from the local radio station to the WLDC station."Pavlovich believes, "these problems are just a few of the pieces of the complex puzzle which hampers the growth of WLDC as a learning experience." Meanwhile, the WLDC staff is making plans to resume daily broadcasting next semester, but it will be under a new operating system. "Whoever wants an airshift will get one." said Muth. However, if there are not enough students interested in deejaying, the executive staff plans on filling the time with pre-recorded music. Muth feels that this strategic move will free the more advanced radio students to work on some special production projects. The staff plans on producing some radio dramas, comedies and music specials. Thirty long time between airshifts for WLDC-AM.(MAROON photo by Kar^J^^io) °+'s Ga ®0D r— Inside — T.G.1.0. School is finally over foi a few students who are facing new problem - the gradiift Mi ceremony. Pap° 2 New Maroon Some new editors and some new changes in the \laroon next semester.Page 3 Money Matters An in-depth look at what Loyola does with cur tuition and fees. Pages 6&7 Suicide — are You next Why is the suicide rate among college student:. increasing? Page 9 17 days left How to buy Christmas gifts on a student's budget. Page 10