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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 67, NO. 25 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 APRIL 28, 1989 Students pick Lewis for president By John Davis Staff writer Leonard Lewis, second-year law student, defeated Dartanian Thomas, political science junior, in Tuesday's runoff election to become Student Government Association President. Thomas received more votes than Lewis in all colleges except Law, where Lewis received 282 votes and Thomas only 36. Lewis defeated Thomas by 150 votes. A total of 1,152 students voted in the runoff election, 29 less than last week's 1,181 voters. Lewis received 651 votes, while Thomas received 501 votes. "I'm very happy," Lewis said Tuesday night. "I thought it would be close." Lewis will be the fourth black SGA president. "I don't think [race] matters," Lewis said. "I will be judged by what I do as SGA president, not by what I do as a black SGA president." "If this was an electoral race, I would have won," Thomas said. "There was nothing else I could have done. Nullifying the law vote was impossible to do. Sometimes I feel like I'm running against 700 law votes." Lewis said he planned to choose an SG A secretary and a director of finance before the end of the semester. He will take office today. "I'll do the best I can to help the transfer to be a smooth and effective one," Jason Caniglia, current SGA president, said last week. Although he did not win the election, Thomas said he was pleased with his campaign. "I feel satisfied. I've had three good years at Loyola. There are lots of places to get involved," Thomas said. Chris Doyle, communications junior, defeated Tim O'Brien, communications freshman, to become Arts and Sciences President. Doyle received 294 votes to O'Brien's 186 votes. "I've never met Tim O' Brien, but it seems that he represents the more radical view of the student body. I wish he would have made it on the congress, that would have made it interesting," Doyle said. Rizzo dismisses 14-year veteran, faces criticism By Andrea Leßoeuf and Amy Porche Staff writers After offering a blanket promise not to fire anyone in the office of University Relations, Donald Rizzo, new vice president for Institutional Advancement, fired two employees, one a 14-year veteran, last week with very short notice, according to sources. Rizzo fired Beverly Murphy, former director of Alumni Affairs, who had worked in the office for 14 years, on April 19#He gave her until 4:45 p.m. on April 21 to clear her desk. Murphy said the reason Rizzo gave her for her dismissal was because she did not want to do fundraising. "I said I was never asked to do fundraising. My evaluation speaks for itself for the past 10 years," Murphy said. She said she does not plan to act on Rizzo's decision at this time, but she said she considers Rizzo's action an injustice. "Firing Murphy on short notice...sadly has become business as usual for Don. He says and does reckless things without thinking of the consequences," a source close to the events said, asking not to be named. Rizzo said he had no comment on personnel matters. In addition, Amy Young, a communications sophomore who has served as a student assistant since the summer of 1985, was also dismissed effective April 28. "My position was eliminated," she said. Young said Rizzo blamed her firing on budget cuts. "I suspect the budget cuts have something to do with who my father is," said Young, the daughtcrof former vice 1988-89: The Year of the Cuts Looking Back y\ ma«;D 'Jk-rrr r ,Vi Money woes cast shadow over LU By Hank Stuever Managing Editor There are years when the pallid, outstretched and slightly crumbling arms of Loyola's Touchdown Jesus seem to be extended in jubilant triumph, blessing Loyola and its educational success. And then there arc other years where Marquette Hall's permanent quad loiterer just seems to be blankly statue-staring at the sky, his arms curved in a helpless and heart-wrenching "Why?" So it was with academic year 1989, a nine-month journey of fiscal woes, curricular dilly-dally, tragic death, budget cuts, departmental in-fighting, a dose of backbiting on all levels, the sale of a couple of radio stations, a big tuition increase and something like 200 orders of large fries — with ketchup — per student. Not a newsless year, thanks to the cvcr-prcscni feeling that the university is about to make big decisions about iu future. Although that feel-ing is daily darkened by the prospect of not having enough money with which to propcl'itsclf toward a greater destiny, the school year vD. as characterized by many events that indicate massivf See Year of cuts/page 9 See Rizzo/page 7 With this issue, The Maroon ceases publication for the Spring 1989 semester. Publication will resume Aug. 25. Heroes °f  generation... N^^^^/^