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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 67, NO. 5 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 SEPTEMBER 23, 1988 'Wolf' rescued; profs plan'89 book By Robert Landry Assistant News Editor While a hired local graphic artist works to finish last year's volume of the editorless Wolf yearbook, a faculty committee has decided that next year's volume will have a different format in order to increase student involvement and improve content. Problems arose when Kathleen Hauf, Wolf editor and 1988 graduate, failed to turn in finished layouts in June, when the book was supposed to be printed by Josten's American Yearbook Co., which has a five-year contract with Loyola to print the Wolf. The yearbook is being finished by Sr. Catherine Martin, O.Carm., a local graphic artist who has worked with Josten's previously and was hired by the communications department after being recommended by Josten's.A faculty committee decided Tuesday that the format for next year's Wolf will change considerably, the Rev. Raymond A. Schroth S.J.; professor of communications, said. On Wednesday, Schrolh, a member of the four-person committee, met with Dr. Larry Lorenz, communications department chairman and current faculty yearbook adviser, and Bill Hopkins, Josten's representative, to discuss implementation of these changes. According to Schroth, the new yearbook will be a softcover volume and will be based on the annual Life magazine special edition, "The Year in Review." There is even a possibility that the Wolfs name will be changed. "I'm hoping this initial effort will revive the yearbook for [students]," Lorenz said. Accoiding to Schroth, the new yearbook will be printed by Josten's, but costs have not yet been calculated.The revised format will not present many problems because Josten's has a variety of commercial printing services in addition to its yearbook work, Hopkins said. The committee decided to revise the yearbook in an attempt to free the Wolf from recurring difficulties. "The yearbook has, in my memory, never been completed on schedule," Lorenz said. "The work that is required to put out a yearbook is considerable. It is like having a full-time job in itself," he said. "When you have an editor who is taking a full academic load, who is also working a part-time job to stay in school and who is also editing the yearbook, the time demands are so great that something has to give. And what gives is the work on the yearbook," Lorenz said. "It's more than Dr. Lorenz can handle. You don't have time for that when you're chairman," Erin M. Stephens, Photo by Thorn Scott Little bookworm — A busy reader occupies his time in Loyola's child care center, which has moved to its permanent home in Fields Hall. Caniglia plots fund drive strategy By Hank Stuever News Editor Despite statistically low contributions from recent graduates, the Student Government Association's upcoming phone-mail fundraising drive will be successful because new alumni relate better to student needs, SGA President Jason Caniglia said. The SGA recently approved the campaign, in which campus organizations will call graduates from the classes of 1986-88 to raise $15,000 for financial aid, scholarships and library acquisitions. About 3,500 alumni will be contacted by mail and called by student volunteers during the campaign, which will take place Nov. 1-10. The Office of Alumni Affairs has agreed not to contactcontact the three most recent classes of alums during its annual Phonorama in October. Now, Caniglia said, the SGA will be in charge of conducting its own post-Phonorama campaign and overseeing the distribution of student-raised funds. Caniglia said he will mail a letter early next week to all chartered organizations, urging members to volunteer.During the last fiscal year, alumni from the classes of 1986 and 1987 contributed just over $5,000, with about one in 10 persons from each class making a gift, according to Eileen Chapoton, annual fund director. Seventy-three persons from the class of 1986 gave an average of $34 each last year, while 114 members of the class of 1987 contributed an average gift of $22, she said. Last year's overall response rate from all alumni was 23.6 percent, Chapoton said. "This is a chance for the students to really do something," Caniglia said. "For the last two years, I have heard people complaining about cuts in financial aid, scholarships and lack of library materials," he said. "It's always talked about, but no one ever wants to do anything practical." By getting involved, Caniglia said, students could convey their needs to alumni in a more personal way. "We have never really expressed our needs to alumni," he said. "Alumni Affairs uses the 'help Loyola' approach, but this would be the students saying help us." Caniglia added that younger alumni would be more aware of Loyola's pressing problems than older graduates."It could be a year or more before we even know what See Yearbook/page 5 See Funds/page 9 ■T7ffyLS»i7T£m m^Esmmmmammmwrn