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              The MAROON Vol. 65, No. 7 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 October 17,1986 Council creates 10-day spring break By Mary Caffrey News Editor Loyola's Deans' Council voted unanimously last week to change the university calendar and give students a 10-day spring break beginning in 1988. The council also created a "window in the schedule" beginning with the Fall 1987 semester. This means there will not be any classes scheduled during the 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. period on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Finally, the council made Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a university holiday beginning in 1988. The Student Government Association had requested the changes and presented the council with the results of a student poll conducted Oct. 7-8 that showed students supported both changes. Eighty-three percent of the 532 students who responded to the SGA survey favored shortening the Christmas break to allow for the longer spring vacation. Sixty-nine percent of the 516 students who answered the question about the window in the schedule favored it. The 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. period was the first choice of the students who favored having the window. One hundred fifty-seven of the 335 students who had a preference wanted the 12:30 window. The council reserved the Tuesday window for university-wide programming and the Thursday break for programs sponsored by individual colleges or departments, David Kramer, SGA president, said. Kramer said he was pleased to see the spring break change pass, especially after the SGA's unsuccessful attempts to change the calendar last spring. The window in the schedule was an important change because of the attention it received last semester Chilling out Jim Lamy, philosophy freshman, camped out on the roof of Buddig Hall Tuesday evening despite cooler temperatures. Lamy complained that the dorms were too noisy to get any sleep. I'liiiio hy Mary Degiiiw Business faculty stable despite shortage By Mary Caffrey News Editor This story is the first of a three-part series on faculty shortages, both across the nation and at Loyola. This week's story focuses on the College of Business Administration. [ First in a series j Growth is usually a positive sign in the business world, but too much of it too quickly can bring growing pains. That's what the nation's business schools are discovering. Last year a UCLA study found that 23.9 percent of incoming freshmen planned a career in business. That percentage was the highest recorded in 20 years,doubling the 1972 figure, and creating a much greater demand for business teachers. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 percent of the tenure-level positions in business departments and schools were vacant at the end of the spring 1986 semester. The report said the shortage was due to the jump in the number of business students and in the number of professors who leave to accept jobs outside academia. Business graduates who might have considered an academic career have choices they did not have 15 years ago, Dr. John E. Cave, dean of the College of Business Administration, said. Industry and government agencies are making attractive offers to professors at both the master's and doctorate levels, he said. Another change is the declining number of students who go on to Ph.D. programs after receiving a master's in business administration. Cave said the business school's enrollment has tripled since 1975, and the number of faculty has more than doubled. There are now 1,444 students in the undergraduate and graduate programs of the college, he said. The school still has two vacancies and one potential vacancy out of 36 positions. Loyola's business school is less affected by the shortage than Low totals give ROTC few choices By Michelle Slocum Managing Editor Loyola's Army Reserve Officer's Training Corps enrollment has dropped significantly in the last few years. In fact, because of the low number of cadets and recent federal budget cuts to the Defense Department, the Army has given Loyola two options for the ROTC program on campus. The university can try to increase the number of enrollments to the level required by the Army or it can voluntarily change to a crossenrollment status with Tulane University. "From my perspective I'd like to get more students," Dr. William Eidson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said. Six universities in the New Orleans area participate in the Army ROTC program: Tulane, Loyola, Dillard and Xavier universities, Southern University of New Orleans, and the University of New Orleans. Loyola students now have to take classes at Tulane or Dillard, but this is a management move, not the first phase of cross-enrollment, Ll. Col. Arthur Zieske, professor of military science and batallion commander, said. The change was made because so few students were in the Loyola classes. Prior to last semester, Zieske was the batallion commander for all the local universities. But besides not allowing Zieske time to work with cadets, the situation violated Army regulations. Zieske proposed a reorganization plan that would gradually be implemented. It went into effect last semester. The first step called for Tulane, Loyola and UNO to be host detachments, with each operating under a different professor of military science. Host detachments are an agreement between the university and the government in which instructors teach at the school. These detachments are See Schedule /page 7 5m Business/ page 7 See ROTC/page 6