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              The MAROON Vol. 63, No. 19 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 March 8,1985 Council rejects spring shuttle plan By Judi Hymel Assistant News Editor Loyola's Administrative Council has rejected a proposal to begin the free campus shuttle Monday, said Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs. In addition, the university is considering an annual $40 fee for all shuttle users, Knipfing said. Knipfing said there is not an urgent need for the shuttle this semester. The city's Residential Permit Parking Plan has not been fully implemented, so parking near campus is not a real threat, he said. "Without the pressure it'll [the parking plan] create, it dooms the shuttle to fail," Knipfing said. Shuttle plans were delayed in November and January as university officals waited for the city to fully implement the parking plan on the streets nearest Loyola. The plan is now in effect on State Street between St. Charles Avenue and South Robertson Street, but will eventually extend to Calhoun, Palmer and Henry Clay. Knipfing said he has no doubts the shuttle will operate in the fall because permit parking should be in effect by that time. If the city implements its parking plan in the summer, Knipfing said the shuttle probably would not begin operation because the campus population is small and parking is not restricted on campus during the summer. But Knipfing said the city is still not clear as to when the parking plan will be completed. "Every time I talk to a different office I get a different date. The poor shuttle company doesn't know what's coming off," he said. Knipfing proposed to the Administrative Council at its Monday meeting that the shuttle run March 11 through May 16. Prior to the council meeting, Deborah Reid Bryant, director of Commuter Serivces, said she was confident the shuttle plan would be approved. But after the rejection, she said her projection was "wishful thinking." "I just thought that after how far we'd come - writing the proposal, doing the research, and from tne conversations between Father Carter and Mr. Knipfing - I just thought we were so close," she said. Originally, the university had planned to pay for the shuttle, which will cost about $12,600 to operate. But Knipfing said the council is considering charging shuttle users a $40 yearly fee which would pay for about one-third to one-half of the shuttle's cost, depending upon how many students sign up to use the shuttle. Knipfing called the shuttle a "bargain" because the price of campus parking will increase next fall from $40 to $75 for students, and from $40 to $50 for faculty and staff. In addition, the fee to park a motorcycle on campus will increase from $3 to $10. Shuttle users will be charged less than students who park on campus because it is "a little less convenient" to park at the Audubon Park Batture and take the shuttle, he added. "People have to pay to park on campus so why can't the users pay to support the shuttle?" Knipfing asked. "In terms of justice and fairness, users should pay for some of the cost." Beating a different drum International Culture and Civilization Week brought a variety of cultural flavors, including the Kambuka African Dance and Drum Collective. —Photo by Nance'e E. Lewis Breath test questioned by 'HotSeat'audience By Keith Magill Assistant News Editor The "Loyola community had an opportunity to question Campus Security's use of. portable breath analyzers to determine if a person is intoxicated at Loyola, during a unionsponsored "Hot Seat" March 1. Alan Abadie, director of Campus Security, fielded questions from a sparse but inquisitive group of students and faculty who were concerned with when the test will be administered and its potential for abuse. Abadie said the breath test will be used to avoid disagreements between administrators and students accused of being drunk on campus. He compared the test to any other aid used by security to enforce the law and university policy. "Everything security has is a tool — just like a firearm is a tool — they [security officers] have it with them constantly but they don't pull it out and execute people on a routine basis," Abadie said. "There's going to be some other behavior that you've done that brings us to the point where we want to give you this test," Abadie said. "You could be drunk as a skunk . . . but as long as you're walking straight and you're not yelling in the quad at three o'clock in the morning and you're going up to your room, we will probably not notice any deviation and so you would never get the test." Students suspected of being intoxicated may be asked to take the test anywhere on campus, he said, adding that behavior must appear to violate university policy, which prohibits alcohol abuse. Students caught fighting or vandalizing university or personal property may be asked to take the test, he said. Abadie estimated that about 80 percent or more of those offenses involve alcohol use. Abadie said the test may be used in the dormitories, depending on the disturbance. If students are caught fighting or damaging property in the dorms, they may be asked to take the breath test, he said. "We're not going to go down the hall on . . . Saturday night at 2 o'clock, figure 78 percent came back drinking . . . that way every fourth door we'll get one good reading and three clear ones," Abadie added. He said students may be asked to take the test if they appear to be driving while intoxicated. Abadie said weaving or speeding might prompt officers to administer the breath test. See 'Hot seat '/page 3 I • * .. . C■ - -■ J, [ 'The Maroon* wiU not publish March 15 because of mid-term examinations. Publication will resume March 22. ■