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              The MAROON Vol. 64, No. 22 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 701 18 April 18, 1986 President Pie-Face David Kramer, newly elected SGA president, cheerfully tolerates abuse from his future constituents at Springfest Friday, April 11. Raid on Libya not necessary, professor says By Becky Westerlund News Editor The U.S. attack on Libya Monday was unnecessary from an international point of view, Dr. Conrad Raabe, associate professor of political science, said. U.S. officials justified the raid by linking Libya 10 recent terrorist activity directed against U.S. citizcns. President Ronald Reagan was acting mainlD for domestic reasons, Raabe said. Apparently Reagan felt he had enough public support at home to carrv out the attack at this time, he said. "Whether it ultimately serves any purpose remains to be seen," he said. Raabe said the argument was used that the United States was already the target of terrorist attacks from Libya, so the administration felt justified in attacking Libya. However, the United States has been spared terrorist attacks on its own soil, Raabe said "We have been lucky there were no real acts of terrorism on the continent," he said. "Our country is really very vulnerable to terrorism." This is because the United States has such an open society. Raabe said terrorism on this continent could cause the society to become more paranoid and closed than it needs to be. There were other ways of handling the problem, he said. The United States could have increased pressure on allies for an embargo or used covert rather than overt means of fighting back at Libya. Raabe said the pressure applied to allies for help in imposing sanctions was not significant prior to the attack. Covert action would benefit the United States because the damage could be caused without the United States having to accept or deny responsibility. This "enhances a reputation for being clever and paying back your enemies," Raabe said. He also said it would have been appropriate to Bryant: closing hurts students By Rene Sanchez Editor in Chief Eliminating the Center for Commuter Services will limit Loyola's ability to meet the needs of 75 percent of its population, the center's director said Wednesday.Budget cuts will probably force the university to close Commuter Services and shift its programs to other campus offices next year. Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, announced last week that he has been asked to cut $70,000 from the Student Affairs personnel budget; he is recommending the cut be made in Commuter Services. "This way we could make the necessary cut and not lose the significance and impact of the program," Knipfing said last week. Deborah Reid Bryant, the director of Commuter Services, said Wednesday that she is disappointed, not bitter, about the likely elimination of the center. "With the services being delegated to other areas, and those areas not receiving new staff, they're going to be overloaded," Bryant said. "The amount of attention could not possibly be what it is currently." The commuter center exists for more reasons than its specific programs, she said. Additional goals are to constantly research and advocate commuters' changing needs, she added. "Those last two have not been delegated to other areas, no one person will have them as their top priority, so the opportunities for research and advocacy will be lost," Bryant said. "Our goals go beyond tangible services. Last year, over 4,000 students came through Commuter Services. And many of them are coming back now, saying they can't believe the office will be cut." Bryant emphasized that she believes Commuter Services should not face a budgetary ax, but conceded that wherever the Student Affairs cut falls, it will be the wrong area. Student Affairs does an excellent job, she said, and needs more staff to do its job better. Many students have complained about the recommendation, Bryant said. "They're surprised that a service designed to meet the needs of 75 percent of the campus population would be eliminated," she said. Commuter Services has developed a model operation in its five years on campus, Bryant said, and in the future Loyola should hire someone to serve as an advocate of commuter student needs. Bryant said she had planned to leave Loyola long before the cuts were considered. She will pursue a doctorate degree in counseling and personnel services at the University of Maryland next fall. Drug bust nabs 3 LU students By Mary Caffrey and Michelle Slocum Staff writers Three Loyola students were arrested Wednesday in the culmination of a 10-month drug investigation by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the New Orleans Police Department, The Times- Picayune/The States-Item reported Thursday. The arrested students were identified by the paper as: •Keiffer Young, on three counts of distribution of cocaine •Richard Jones, on one count of distribution of cocaine •Chris Young, arrested on one count of distribution of cocainel. Efforts by The Maroon to contact federal and local drug enforcement officials Wednesday night were unsuccessful. New Orleans police and federal agents had arrested 39 people by Wednesday, and said they expected to make nine more arrests. Most of the arrests were made while the persons were at home. In the newspaper report, police superintendent Warren Woodfork said the 10-month investigation was aimed at college students and other young adults. "Most were middle class and have no previous criminal record — the kind of people you wouldn't expect," he was quoted as saying in the paper. The investigation, known as "Operation Whiteout," concentrated on the distribution of cocaine and a drug called ecstasy. Ecstasy is a synthetic hallucinogenic that sells for approximately $25 a tablet and produces a 3 to 4 hour high, the paper said. It reported that undercover agent Richard Cochrane, 24, made contact with persons on college campuses to locate dealers. Woodfork did not specify in the paper's story which campuses or local establishments were involved in the investigation. "Security was aware of the investigation for several months but since none of the activities happened on campus it was exclusively an NOPD case," Alan Abadie, director of Campus Security, said late Wednesday night. No further information on the drug bust was available at press time. See Libya/page 7