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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 67, NO. 7 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 OCTOBER 7, 1988 LU will cut $1 million from budget By Hank Stuever News Editor Declining endowment revenues will force Loyola to shave $1 million from its current budget and could lead to tuition increases in double-digit percentages next year, said Dr. Norman Roussell, vice president for Administration. In a Sept. 30 memorandum to the university community, Roussell says that income from Loyola-owned WWL-TV is $2 million short of projected revenue. The loss is forcing the university to adjust its $47.9 million budget for 1988- 89. "Each vice president has been asked to share the burden of the reduction," Roussell says in the memo. Roussell, who declined further comment when contacted by The Maroon, did not specify in the memo which areas would be cut. Vice presidents Rev. George F. Lundy, S.J. (Academic Affairs), Vincent P. Knipfing (Student Affairs) and John L. Eckholdt (Business and Finance) are preparing reports for the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., university president, to decide which budgets will be adjusted to cover the losses. According to Lundy, the cuts come as a sjrprise to the university, which has been operating in its current fiscal year for three months. Administrators were informed of WWL's losses in August, he said. "The vice presidents are still preparing recommendations to the president with respect to how [the] burden will be distributed among the divisions," Lundy said. "But because of the amount involved, I think that very few areas, if any at all, will be spared." Profits from WWL subsidize each Loyola student, which keeps tuition increases comparatively low. However, a sluggish New Orleans economy that has leveled the station's profits over the past few years has finally caused that revenue to dccline. Tuition increases have offset WWL's leveled income in recent years, with a 9.9 percent increase in 1988 and a 12.5 percent increase in 1987. In the memo, Roussell says that all options will be considered, "including the possibilty of future double-digit tuitiontuition increases and re-direction of funds raised by the Office of Institutional Advancement.""I don't know how many cuts Academic Affairs] will take as of this moment," Lundy said. "I am trying to figure out a way to put the least amount of cuts on those areas that serve the entire university community." Lundy said the library, academic computing and faculty development were three areas that he would try to cut as little as possible, pointing out that each is important to each division of the university."Everybody will probably take some cuts," he said. Roussell's memo said university income from tuition and fees would be fully realized, because projected enrollment figures for Fall 1988 "were achieved and slightly exceeded." Geoff Mattie also contributed to this story. Photo by Nancy Hairston Fine tuned —The Loyola University Chamber Orchestra rehearses for the opening of the college of Music's production of Kismet (For information and review, see p. 13.) Teachers plan further Macintosh integration By Geoff Mattie Staff writer Plans lo integrate Macintosh computing into Loyola's curriculum arc coming closer to realization as professors with Macs arc proposing everything from giving exams on the computers lo all-Macintosh classes. Rumors that Apple Computers, Inc., asked Loyola to offer grade incentives to students for using Macintosh computers, however, were denied this week by both faculty and administration. "It would be ludicrous to do something like that. It would be a horror story," John Clark, City College professor, said. "[lncentives] would be interfering with the faculty's role of basing grading on things that the faculty feels most important," the Rev. George F. Lundy, S.J., senior vice president, said. A stipulation placed on each professor by Apple and the university for receiving a free Macintosh was that he or she write a proposal as to how the computer will be integrated into their classes. A grant from Apple gave 39 professors a hard disk Macintosh SE and writing software to use for classroom development.One proposal, submitted by Dr. William Hammel, associate professor of communications, called for students to compose all in-class and out-of-class assignments on the Macintosh for his writing course. "They would not be able to take the course without owning or having access to a Macintosh," Hammel said. "I'm not sure if it is [feasible] or not yet, but that is my idea." Hammel said he proposed the idea because he believed the course would provide realistic training for students when they entered their careers. "Anyone that's going to go into the field of communications is going to have to become used to writing on the computer," Hammel said. "The bottom line will be whether or not [the proposal] eliminates or increases complications in students' writing." If he could work it out, Hammel said, No Maroon The Maroon will not publish next week because of midterm exams. Publication will resume Oct. 21. See Macintosh/page 5 Inside What's with ELVIS? See Life and page