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              The Maroon 60th Anniversary Edition Vol. 62, No. t&-1 H Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118 November 18,1983 Filipino critic blasts U.S., Marcos By Kim Trotter The United States is supporting a dictator in the Philippines to guarantee the safety of U.S. military bases there, Charito Planas said in a lecture last Wednesday in Octavia I. Planas, a close political ally of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, rejected this action as a viable tactic to uphold security. "The best way to maintain security for the United States is not to maintain bases outside the United States or to engage in nuclear arms, but to gain friendship from the world," she said. The policy makers of the United States have chosen a dictator as its ally, she said. Planas was referring to Ferdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines. The United States supports Marcos' policies because of the strategic importanceimportance of U.S. bases in the Philippines, Planas said. President Reagan paid $900 million to the Marcos government for the land use of the bases, she said. "The policy makers of the United States are guided by cost and a mission. The cost is communism, and the mission is to save countries from communism." "The struggle that is taking place in the Philippines is the struggle for economic justice and, contrary to belief, it is not a contest between Russia and the United States. We are not going to be oppressed and exploited forever," Planas said. Philippine history has been one of occupation, domination and colonization, Planas said. The United States ruled the Philippines for 48 years before granting independence to the islands. She added, "However, we had to amend our Constitution to accommodate the U.S. rule in order to achieve this independence." The Phillipines must allow the United States to have bases in the islands for 99 years, Planas said. She said the Philippines remain a "neo-colony" of the United States. The Marcos government declared martial law in September 1972 despite daily demonstrations, Planas said. One of the demands of demonstrators was removal of U.S. bases from the islands. Planas said the Filipinos asked, " 'Would you allow foreign countries to have bases in the U.S.? If the answer is no, then don't Filipinos have the same rights as the U.S. citizens?' " Marcos declared martial law to establish a one-man rule and to entrench his position in the hierarchy of Marijuana controversy About 100 plants were confiscated from a garden outside of Ignatius Chapel last Friday. Dr. Ed McClary, a horticulturist and ground consultant employed by Loyola determined the plants were dogbane, according to Alan Abadie, director of security. But Bill Yeager of WDSU-TV, seen here with the plants, said independent chemical tests by the Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Department confirmed the plants were marijuana. Abadie was not available to comment on the accuracy of the tests. —Photo byJVancei Lewis The Maroon honored as national Pacemaker The Maroon accepted a special 60th birthday present Saturday, Nov. 5, in Chicago at the 1983 national convention of the College Media Advisers and Associated Collegiate Press: a National Pacemaker award. The Maroon was one of four newspapers from four-year colleges nationwide given this honor. In October, The Maroon was one of 21 college or university publications awarded a Regional Pacemaker, making it eligible for the national honor given by the ACP and the American Newpaper Publishers Association. More than 500 student newspapers from around the nation were originally in the competition. Three editorial staff members from the convention's host newspaper, The Chicago Tribune, judged the competition.Dr. Larry Lorenz, communications chairman, was pleased with The Maroon's success. "It's recognition of The Maroon's steady improvement over the past few years. It has become an outstanding college newspaper," he said. "When you consider we were up against large dailies that compete with their city's professional dailies, it's really quite an honor," Maroon adviser, Leslie Parr, said. The Graphic, Pepperdine University's weekly in Malibu, Calif., The Daily Eastern News of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, 111., and The Breeze, published two to three times a week by James Madison University in Harrisburg, Va., each received Pacemakers to join The Maroon. Each semester the ACP evaluates publications from participating schools. Publications are judged on coverage and content, writing and editing, opinion content, design and photography, art and graphics. The Maroon was one of forty-eight papers to receive Ail-American ratings during the 1982-83 year. The Maroon was named Ail-American in both the fall and spring semesters to mark its fifth and sixth consecutive All- American ratings. The paper scored highly for creativity in features, concise writing, persuasive editorials, typography and photo/article combinations, according to the ACP's critique, Newspaper Guidebook. "I think receiving the award is great, but it's last year's award. We have to prove ourselves again this year. This semester's staff has worked hard to improve The Maroon so that we can repeat the honor," Tom Harmeyer, The Maroon's current editor-in-chief, said. Editors from the award-winning staffs include Paula Guibault, editorin-chief; Denise Bourgeois, managing editor; Tom Harmeyer, news editor; Pete Coustd, life & times editor; Jay Malarcher, executive copy editor; John McCusker, photography editor and Cathy Throop, art director in the fall. In the spring, Coust6 was editor-inchief; Harmeyer, managing editor; Jan Gbur, news editor; Malarcher, life & times editor; Tim Guillory, special assignments editor; Lori Caradonna, photography editor and Gerard Luisi, art director. Kenny Beck was business manager for the entire year. See Philippines /page 2