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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 66, NO. 5 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 SEPTEMBER 25 J 987 Parking woes continue as decal sales increase By Jose Luis Col6n Staff writer The University Parking Committee recently awarded two free parking decals for Fall 1987, but is still working to resolve Loyola's parking situation. As part of an advertisement campaign. Campus Security awarded two free parking decals last Tuesday. Students, faculty and staff members who bought parking decals before Sept. 15 were automatically eligible. The winners, Deborah C. Stieffel, admissions counselor, and Karen Bailey, communications freshman, will be reimbursed for one semester's parking. "I did not even know about the contest," Bailey happily said. "My mom will really be excited, also," she added. Students had purchased 825 parking decals as of Sept. 22, according to Patrice Sanders, security employee and member of the parking committee. Student decals are valid only in the parking garage, which currently has 531 spaces available. Faculty and staff members have purchased 455 parking stickers, Sanders said. Approximately 650 spaces are allocated for faculty and staff. Although a total of approximately 1,200 spaces will be available on campus when the garage is completed, the parking committee expects to sell 1,600 dccals, Sanders said. If the university docs not meet the projected 1,600 decals, administrators will probably sell decals to Tulane students, according to Robert Reed, director of Residential Life and parking committee member. "It's all a matter of business," Reed said. "If Loyola is not able to fill the spaces, in order to maximize the revenues, we will have to sell." "They will sell to Tulane because they cannot have so much empty space," Judy Gordon, security crime prevention officer, said. The decision whether or not to sell to Halt funding to contras, Linder tells avid crowd By Chuck Lee News Editor The U.S. government should withdraw support from Nicaraguan rebels, and the American people should become more involved with problems in the area, John Linder, whose brother was killed by contras in Nicaragua last spring, told about 250 people last Tuesday. Linder, who addressed the group in Nunemaker Hall, is currendy speaking as a part of the Benjamin Linder Peace Tour, which will continue through November.After an introduction by the Rev. George F. Lundy, S J., senior vice president and dean of faculties, Linder called for an end to U.S. support for the contras."There is no such thing as humanitarian aid to terrorists," Linder said. "That's like giving a rope to the Boston Strangler to hang out his laundry." The origin of the Nicaraguan war, according to Linder, lies in the United States' "supporting big multi-national businesses. It's a war that has absolutely nothing to do with freedom or democracy."democracy."Linder traced U.S. involvement in Nicaragua from the turn of the century, through the regime of Anastasio Somoza, who was deposed in 1979, to the present U.S. support of the contras. Linder vehemently opposes the aims of the contras. "[The contras'] goal is to bleed the people into submission," Linder said. This aim can backfire, however, Linder said. "The goal of the contras is to wear the people down, but it is a contradictory process. Yes, the people are being ground down, but they are also being inspired," he said. The Nicaraguan war also affects U.S. citizens, Linder said. "The war comes home in many, many ways," Linder said. "After all, they are us, and we are them when you really think about it" Linder claimed the United States is both behind the Nicaraguan war and responsible for the death of his younger brother, Benjamin Linder, who was killed near the Nicaraguan village of San Jos6 de Bocay on April 28,1987. Hassle requires patience By Hank Stuever and Oliver P. Yandle Staff writers CUTTING RED TAPE The loan check that disappeared, the returned purchase order form that was filled out incorrectly, the computer that says someone doesn't exist — all of these situations are bound by one thing. Red tape. But Loyola administrators and staff say that the university's day-to-day operations are running smoothly and that Loyola is relatively free of common red tape problems. "The problems of bureaucracy at Loyola depend on the lenses you are looking through," the Rev. George F. Lundy, S.J., senior vice president and dean of faculties, said. "To some people, Loyola may seem like it has this problem, but others who have worked in a public bureaucracy like it here better, because they have seen how bad it can get," Lundy said. "I don't think we have much of a bureaucracy here," said Dr. E.P. Seybold, director of Financial Aid. Seybold, whose office handles the financial records of every student and processes the resulting paperwork, said his office tries to limit as much bureaucracy as possible. Running the university When someone wants to buy something with Loyola's money, he needs Edward Bravo's signature. Bravo, Loyola's purchasing agent, personally signs every purchase order that is filled out in various departments. A purchase order, according to Bravo, takes about four working days to process — maybe more if the seven-carbon-thick purchase form is filled out incorrectly. When that happens, the form goes back to the original department and must be done over. "That's where people get angry," Bravo said. "We get accused of trying to hassle people, but that's not why we're here," Bravo said. A purchase order, which is required for all departmental purchases, is used to buy everything from paper clips to high-dollar equipment. With proper budget approval from the accounting office, the order receives Bravo's blessing and is sent to the vendor.The system, according to Bravo, is only bypassed in special cases, such as an emergency medical supply needed in Student Health Services or emergency equipment needed for the maintenence department. Bravo attributed his department's occasional red-tape image to a lack of departmental planning. Many purchasing problems result from new secretaries or staff members who are not familiar with the system, he said. But Bravo said his department is hoping to combat this problem with a new guide that will explain the system in detail. "The forms can seem overwhelming at first," Bravo said, "especially when you don't know how to fill them out. "Hopefully the guide will eliminate Photo by Mary Degnan See Red Tape/page 7 See Parking/page 5 See Llnder/page 6 INSIDE THIS WEEK » jr* . Life ii* ■■JrT~ii i"T~ !££.. "innrri imin ' 3- —Mm SEE LIFE AND TIMES/ PAGE 11