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              0i« MAROON Vol. 60, No. 8 Lovola University, New Orleans October 23. 1981 Priest warns of another Vietnam By Tim Guillory Maroon Reporter The Rev. Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll missionary who was in El Salvador, warned that continued U.S. military aid to El Salvador will cause another Vietnam situation. Bourgeois spoke at a press conference Wednesday at the New Orleans Public Library. Bourgeois, missing for 11 days in El Salvador in April of this year, is touring college campuses throughout America to inform students of his view of the "truth" about El Salvador. "I am here as a returning missionary trying to be a voice for the people of El Salvador," he said. Bourgeois said El Salvadoran President Napoleon Duarte was recently in Washington asking for more military aid to El Salvador. Bourgeois foresees that within a year and a half, U.S. military intervention in El Salvador will involve more than military advisers — Marines and army personnel will intervene. Bourgeois spent those 11 days traveling with compacinos [peasants who are allegedly oppressed by the right-wing government] and he learned of their attitude toward American intervention. "The people of El Salvador are puzzled as to how the U.S. can support genocide," he said. "They have reached the point where they are saying 'basta' or 'enough' [to the government's oppression], and they are speaking out." Bourgeois said anyone who does speak out is labeled a leftist, subversive communist. Bourgeois scoffed at accusations of communist influence in El Salvador. He said, "The problem in El Salvador is human suffering. People are hurting because of hunger." Bourgeois said he is appealing to Archbishop Phillip Hannon to break the silence on the issue and join with other bishops to protest U.S. influence in El Salvador. "The Church cannot possibly justify silence," he said. "There is so much to do. The most important thing is to withdraw immediately the Ml 6 rifles, the 'Huey' helicopters, the grenade launchers and everything and everyone else that contributes to the genocide in El Salvador." Bourgeois said the poor, who comprise 90 percent of the population, want the United States to withdraw military and economic aid to the Country. "They want selfdetermination as the U.S. did 200 years ago," he said. Bourgeois, a Vietnam veteran, asks that U.S. citizens speak out by writing to congresspersons to lobby for a withdrawal of aid to El Salvador. Bourgeois said he believes that U.S.- based multinational corporations are a major factor in the involvement with El Salvador. He pointed out that while peasants make $2 a day for their labor, multinational corporations and local oligarchs form a partnership that lobbies for more military aid from the United States to suppress revolution. Bourgeois said Salvadoran compacinos have no choice but to fight and their revolutionary spirit is so strong that U.S. intervention is inevitable if the policy doesn't change. Bourgeois spoke at Xavier University on Tuesday and at LSU on Wednesday. Bourgeois SGA allocates funds to 14 groups By Iris Campbell Maroon Reporter The Student Government Association's Finance Committee has recommended allocating $12,359 out of their estimated budget of only $10,000 to 14 organizations. The committee had requests for $33,002 from 16 organizations. They recommended not funding the Loyola University Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador and The Modern Foreign Language Clubs. SGA's Finance Committee stated in their 1981-82 report to congress that LUCISPES has not complied with SGA's funding procedure by not having a representative meet with the committee. The Modern Foreign Language Clubs did not file their request on time and have not met with the finance committee. According to Ivan Ransopher, SGA President, although the finance committee has recommended a certain amount of money for allocations, it is still up to congress to determine how much of the monies the organizations will receive. The 14 organizations, their requests and the recommended allocations are: • Association for Women Law Students, requested $2,495, $406 was recommended. • Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, requested $875, $585 was recommended. • Black Student Union, requested $5,175, $2,925 was recommended. • Circle K of Loyola, requested $215, $140 was recommended pending a resubmission of their budget. • The Code, requested $1,680, $1,436 was recommended for the year and $718 was granted by congress on Tuesday. • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., requested $3,375, $100 was recommended. • Gamma Sigma Sigma, requested $250, $180 was recommended. • The Loyola Association of Music Therapy Students, requested $600, $150 was recommended. • The Loyola Society of Dance requested $400, $400 was recommended. • LUCAP, requested $422, $422 recommended and $422 granted. • Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, requested $1,430, $755 was recommended. • Red Beans & Rice, requested $2,260, $2,260 was recommended. • The St. Thomas More Law Club, requested $1,000, $1,000 was recommended. • The Loyola University Student Bar Association, requested $6,800, $1,600 was recommended. SGA plans to publish teacher evaluation results By Iris Campbell Maroon Reporter The Student Government Association has plans to set up a faculty and course evaluation program for the benefit of the Loyola student body. SGA President Ivan Ransopher said the committee for the program feels the student body is entitled to information concerning faculty members. "The Academic Affairs Office does teacher evaluations every year but the results are unknown to students," Ransopher said. "We want them [the evaluations] made public." Martin Cunniff, chairman of the committee to investigate teachers' evaluations, reports that the administration did not want the SGA evaluation done because they feel it may cause legal problems. But Cunniff said SGA has a lawyer and is ready to go on with its plans. Students will begin filling out teacher and course evaluations this semester. The results will be printed in the SGA Guide, which will come out during preregistration and registration for the spring semester. The Guide will tell students about the instructors of the classes they are enrolling in. Inside ttie MAROON takes a look at Loyola's ability to provide for the handicapped .. Page 2 Here's your chance to praise, comment or criticize in a readership survey. Page 3 French Quarter workers speak about life in the View Carre in Life Times Pages 8 di 9