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              MAROON March 27,1981 Vol. 59, No. 8 Loyola University, New Orleans McGovern to speak here on world hunger By Douglas Leal Maroon Contributor Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., will speak on world hunger at 8 p.m. Thursday in Nunemaker Hall. His speech is being sponsored by the Loyola University Community Action Program (LUCAP) and the Loyola Union. McGovern's presentation will mark the start of Hunger Awareness Week, which will culminate April 9 with Starvation Awareness Day (SAD). On this day all students will be asked to fast and use their meal cards, coupons and any money they save to help fill a ship which will be.sailing to Honduras, LUCAP Director Dan Sifferlin said. Sifferlin said McGovern was chosen to make students aware of the hunger problem and to draw attention to SAD because "he was an advocate for the poor and hungry for the 18 years he was in the Senate." Before becoming a senator, McGovern served as the first director of the U.S Food for Peace Program and as a special assistant to the president on World Hunger. "He [McGovern] believes that to end world hunger, the government should set high priorities on helping develop nations instead of concentrating on charity," Sifferlin said. As a senator, McGovern was chairman of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs which focused largely on national and global hunger. Before his speech, McGovern will hold a press conference in Nunemaker Hall at 7 p.m. The press conference and speech are free and open to the public. SAD is being backed by the following organizations: Student Government Association, International Student Union, Loyola Union, the Black Student Union, Blue Key, Women's Residence Council, College Republicans, Delta Sigma Pi, American Marketing Association, Junior American Dental Hygiene Association and The Maroon. El Salvador conflict spawns Loyola group By Tim Guillory and David Sherwin Maroon Reporters The current political conflict in El Salvador and the resulting controversies over outside intervention in the small South American country have sparked the formation of the Loyola University Committee in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador. The committee wants to spread its belief that the people of El Salvador have the right to determine their own future and they should be free to make their own political decisions without outside intervention, according to committee member Salvador Colon. He said the campus committee will work closely with the city-wide group to increase public awareness of the "butchering" of the Salvadoran people. The Student Government Association recently granted the committee a charter after heated debate. Marcia Molnar, an Arts and Sciences representative who voted in favor of i he charter, said, "I think it's a program that will educate a lot of people on campus about problems of the third world. As a representative of the SGA I have a duty to give my constituents what they need to know." Frank Milanese, a law school delegate, said, "I am appalled by the fact that this group was chartered, because it is a radical political organization that just smacks of communism." Molnar said, "Whether they are communist or not, they have a right to speak on campus." Colon believes there are little, if any, communist influences in the Salvadoran conflict. He said that while Nicaragua has been accused of supplying small arms to the South American country, the United States has sent in fighter bombers, 42 military advisers and millions of dollars. He views El Salvador as an unfortunate victim in a show of American military might by President Reagan. He said his committee is "diametrically opposed to U.S. military aid" and feels that American involvement in El Salvador is dangerous and unjust. The committee is presently composed of approximately 20 students and faculty. Colon said anyone interested in joining may contact him at 865-2721. Doll, Ransopher vie to head SGA By David J. Sherwin Maroon Reporter Andrew Doll and Ivan Ransopher are running for president of the Student Government Association in the April 6-7 election. Doll, a junior economics major who is president of the delegation from the College of Business Administration, said too many students see SGA as a "financial body or a source of funds." He said he plans to correct this image if he is elected. "I intend to expand the roll of the SGA so that my fellow students realize that it is not just a money machine but a center focus for student activities, goals and desires," he said. Ransopher, a junior psychology major who is now serving as SGA vice president, said he feels "confident about the success of our administration and the tremendous escalation of efficiency and responsibility the SGA has enjoyed this year. "The experience 1 have gained as this-year's vice-president is invaluable and if [I am] elected, [my experience] will give me an advantage no other Loyola SGA president has had," he said. Dana Fouchi and Neal O'Toole are the vice presidential candidates. Fouchi, a junior biology major, said, "I feel that all students need to become more involved in their student government. I want to become more involved by working as vice president because 1 know I can get Congress to operate at maximum efficiency, so that it can best serve the student body." O'Toole, a junior majoring in political science and psychology, said he sees a need for improvement of the SGA. "I hope the people view the election as an attempt to improve the SGA as opposed to an open season for criticizing it. There are existing problems within the organization and the most important issue is to concentrate on improving the SGA," he said. O'Toole, a representative from the College of Arts and Sciences, cited making "allocation processes much more expedient and responsive to student needs" as an example of how he would improve SGA. Candidates for congressperson-atlarge are: Gary Bizal, junior law student; Steve Francis, sophomore law student; and Connie Roth, junior business major. Adrianne Serrano, a communications senior and SGA secretary, and Siegfried Zelt, junior political science major and A&S representative, are running for president of the A&S delegation. Candidates for president of the other delegations are running unopposed. Theta Phi Alpha visits elderly Rhonda Pausina, along with other members and pledges of Theta Phi Alpha sorority, entertains residents of the Covenant Home for the elderly, 5919 Magazine. — Photo by Laura Klapp Fire hits; alarms fail A small fire threatened the second floor of the Monroe Science Complex Tuesday afternoon. Damage was slight and no one was injured. Two nearby fire alarms - pulled immediately after the discovery of the fire - failed to sound. Physical Plant Director Manuel Vega said as far as he knows the alarm malfunction was only in those two bells. He said an alarm company has been called in to check the malfunction.The fire was caused by an unattended Bunsen burner connected to a gas jet in Monroe 265, a New Orleans Fire Department officer said. INSIDE: Gays at Loyola arc not tcx) happy / Page 4 'The Elephant Man' (the play) set for the Sacnger / Page 7