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              MAROON V 01.59, No. 12 Loyola University, New Orleans May 1,1981 Faculty dining room still under fire By Cindy Hite Maroon Assistant Sews Editor An open forum for students and faculty to voice views on the Senior Common Room (SCR) turned into a heated discussion Monday as one faculty member labeled the room a "country club for higher paid faculty." The forum, sponsored by the Loyola Pre-Law Society, allowed audience members to question a panel composed of two opposing sides, the acting SCR Executive Committee and the coalition opposing the amount of money spent on the SCR. The panel for the Executive Committee was represented by Dr. Dale Williams, assistant professor of history, Dr. James Watson, associate professor of philosophy, Dr. Lydia Cerullo, assistant professor of sociology, Dr. Maurice Brungardt, chairman and associate professor of history, Dr. Gary Herbert, associate professor of philosophy, and Ms. Laura Danker, head of the music library. Three members of the Executive Committee weren't present at the forum. They were: Allen I. Boudreaux, accounting professor; the Rev. Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., professor emeritus of sociology; and Dr. S.J. Makielski, chairman and professor of political science. Kevin Baker, a senior history major, and Richard Hilliard, a junior history major, represented the coalition's panel. Basile J. Uddo, civil rights ombudsman and associate professor of law, moderated as members of the audience addressed questions to the panel. Uddo said the forum's objective was not to reach an "absolute conclusion" but to communicate each side and work out disagreements. Baker made the opening comment for the coalition, saying they were in no way against the idea or concept of the room but were in opposition to the amountof money spent on decorations and subsidies. He said coalition members took this stand because they feel the SCR goes against the goal statement (the philosophy of Loyola University). Williams delivered the Executive Committee's opening remarks saying Loyola has reached a size where it can "no longer.be assumed that all the faculty know one another" and the room will benefit the university by bringing the faculty together. The Rev. Hacker Fagot, S.J., associate professor of psychology, attacked the room calling it "a country club for higher-paid faculty," and saying so far such faculty have been the room's only patrons. "The rest of us eat at Hardee's," he said. Fagot contended that a house can be bought with the amount of money spent to furnish the room, and the issue has divided the faculty instead of bringing them together. His words brought a round of applause from the audience. Brungardt defended the Executive Committee's position by pointing to Preston announces City College dean By Siegfried Zelt Maroon University Reporter Frederick John Dobney, history professor at St. Louis University, has been appointed Dean of Loyola City College, Robert Preston, vice president for Academic Affairs, announced Tuesday. Preston said Dobney's appointment will become effective Aug. 1. "It is my hope that we will move towards making City College Loyola's center for adult education and that its programs will be more flexible and innovative. That's why we got Dobney," Preston said. Preston said the search committee submitted three candidates, "and from those 1 chose Dobney." He said present Acting City College Dean Willie M. Zanders, who replaced former Dean M. Maestri who resigned last summer, will become his assistant. Dr. Dorothy Brown, associate City College professor who headed the search committee, said City College may be in for some "new directions. "The committee evaluated our present program and adult education in general in New Orleans," she said. "Perhaps we indicated some directions that have been successful in other areas that we haven't utilized yet. Our minds are not closed to the potential of new directions." In addition to being a center for adult education, City College will also include a continuing education program. Preston said continuing education "is a non-credit operation in the field of professional development. "We have decided to go into this direction in a very clear and planned way and we have found someone to take us there," he said. "So, in choosing Dobney, the choice was made to go in a particular direction." Preston said Dobney has been active in Metropolitan College which is the continuing education center at St. Louis University. At SLU, Dobney was director of the Man, Technology and Society Program and is presently director of the Copper Mountain Summer School Program. In 1979 he received the Adult Education Teacher of the Year Award Mortal attacks Loyola poll after placing a 'poor third' By Tyrone King Maroon Contributor The 1981 Public Opinion Poll, conducted by Loyola political science associate professor Dr. Edward Renwick and the Institute of Politics, recently came under sharp attack from Mayor Ernest Morial. The mayor commented on the poll, which showed him a distant third to Moon Landrieu and Jimmy Fitzmorris in the city's preference for mayor, and questioned the accuracy of the survey. Morial implied, in a recent television interview, that Loyola students conducting the poll for credit could have been a bit careless. Representatives from the Institute point out that members or fellows conducted the survey and "they are not students and Morial knows that." Renwick, who has served as Mortal's pollster, declined comment on the mayor's statement. Morial could not be reached for comment. Of nearly 500 registered voters polled, 29 percent favored Landrieu as New Orleans' next mayor, 24 percent preferred Fitzmorris, and 16 percent wanted Morial. Thirty-one percent favored other candidates, didn't know or had no preference. Fifty five percent of those polled considered Morial's performance as mayor to be fair or poor, while only 37 percent gave him an excellent or good job rating. Seven percent said they were unfamiliar with Morial's performance or didn't know. SGA President Ivan Ransopher, left, and Vice President Neat O'Toole, center, were inaugurated at Tuesday's Student Government Association meeting by retiring President Robert Buras, right. Ransopher's first duty as president was to install the 1981-82 SGA Congress. — Photo by Mark Botello i SGA Inauguration See Dean/page 2 See Forum/page 12 See Poll /page 2 This is the final issue of the 1980-81 Maroon. Publication will resume August 28, 1981 INSIDE: Chris Owens, the 'queen of Bourbon Street' / Page 7 El Salvador controversies affect universities / Page 11