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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 67, NO. 22 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 APRIL 7, 1989 Beggars seek approval for official house status By Chris Doyle Staff writer Contrary to earlier claims, the Beggars fraternity is seeking to establish a fraternity house in a privately-owned residence currently occupied by members, according to Beggars members and Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs.The house, at 842 Broadway, is owned by a corporation headed by Beggars alumnus John Glas, who has been renting the house to Beggars members since 1987. "We never wanted a [fraternity] house," then-Beggars president David Trepagnicr said in a September 1987 Maroon article. Glas agreed with Trcpagnier at the time, saying he had a permit for a multi-family residence and had no intention of applying for a fraternity house. Wednesday,,Glas said the corporation may decide at a meeting next week to begin applying for a fraternity house through city procedures. According to Knipfing, the fraternity submitted an application for university approval for a fraternity house in January 1988. Currently, the house is considered "an off-campus house where students stay," he said. A conditional usage ordinance recently replaced the city's moratorium on all fraternity houses, said Suzanne Rusovich, legislative aid to City Councilwoman Peggy Wilson. According to Rusovich, the new ordinanceordinance requires the city zoning board to approve the fraternity's request. The group must then meet certain other conditions, such as installing a dumpstcr, before gaining final approval, she said. Although he believes university approval of the fraternity house is required by the zoning board, Glas said it can grant exceptions in some cases. When asked about the assertions that the house would never become a fraternity house, Glas said the first story misinterpreted his statements. He also said he didn't try to correct any inaccuracies at the time because he "wasn't going to waste [his] time responding to an irresponsible publication." Trcpagnier was unavailable for comment and Phil Reso, business senior and current Beggars president, deferred all questions about the application process for the house to Glas. The property on Broadway is officially owned by the CGC corporation, whose members are comprised solely of Beggars alumni, with the exception of Glas' wife. Glas serves as chairman and Peter J. Cangelosi, Beggars adviser and assistant professor of history, is president. Glas and his wife are the only shareholders. Although presently occupied only by Beggars members, Glas said that at least one non-member has lived there in the past. He said he met with both Knipfing and the Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., university president, to discuss the Beggars' applicationPhoto by Jim Collins He's got legs — The Free Spirit African Dance and Drum Troupe performs in the Danna Center Lounge Tuesday afternoon. Kilng: Peace requires religious unity By Andrew Nolan News Editor Controversial German theologian Hans Kiing told an overflow crowd in Roussel Hall March 30 that it was a "special honor for a Catholic theologian like myselF to be invited to speak at a Catholic university.Kiing, speaking as part of the Albert J. Biever guest lecturer series, is an influential theologian who lost his missio — his license to teach as a Catholic theologian — in 1979. Kiing helped implement the changes made during the Second Vatican Council under Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI, especially those involving ecumenicism, the unity of Christian Churches. Kiing remained critical of such Church doctrines as papal infallibilty even when the mainstream Church became more conservative in the 1970s and '80s. Though Pope John Paul II stripped Kilng of his missio, he continues to teach at the Institute of Ecumenical Research at Tubingen, which he founded. Kiing commended the religious studies department for being "committed to the problems of different religions." Kiing's topic was "No world peace without religious peace." He claimed the problems among the world's religions were reflective of and intertwined with the problems currently facing the world's nations. Kiing used the current Lebanese civil war between Christians and Muslims as an example. What has happened to this "rich, poor land" is "terrible," he lamented in reference to the ongoing urban warfare in Beirut,Beirut, the Lebanese capital. "If a religious dialogue between Christian and Muslim had been sought 20 or 30 years ago in Lebanon, and if it had found the support of the religious communities,communities, then Lebanon would not be a political catastrophe of this magnitude." Kiing said that a situation similar to the. one facing Lebanon 20 years ago confronts present-day Israel. "The state of Israel and the city of Jerusalem can also find peace and continued existence only through religious and political dialogue and not through a sixth or seventh or eighth war," he said. Kiing cautioned, however, that before a state can use religion as a tool for peace, it must first ask the question, "Can religions really accomplish all this?" In addition, Kiing said, one must ask if religions are for war or peace. A problem in many conflicts today - like the Iran-Iraq war — is the religious clement, he said. According to Kiing, the combatants Hans Kiing Ecumenical theologian See House/page 5 See Kung/page 7 hfthjdg