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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 68, NO. 11 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 NOVEMBER 10, 1989 A&S requests right to approve final SCAP 'Desired Outcomes' statement By Kevin Shank News Editor The College Assembly, made up of faculty and students from the College of Arts and Sciences, wants a final say in Loyola's general education policy and what the school's graduates should be like. The assembly approved a motion Oct. 26 requesting that the Standing Council on Academic Planning submit its document "General Education ... Desired Outcomes" to the Assembly for its final approval before SCAP approves the final draft of the document. The "Desired Outcomes" document outlines certain knowledge and skills, as well as attitudes and behavior which the ideal Loyola graduate should possess upon completion of his or her education at Loyola. General education includes common curriculum coursework, and any other class offerings outside of a student's preferred discipline. The Assembly requested the right to approve the final draft of the document because, as the motion states, the College of Arts and Sciences has the "responsibility of implementing the university's gene- al education curriculum" and because the College As' embly approved the present common curriculum in Y 72. "We are the caretakers of the general education requirement. We should get the last look at it," William W. Eidson, dean of Arts and Sciences, said. Eidson said the present language of the policy is "a good start that needs more revision." Daniel P. Sheridan, chairman of religious studies, who submitted the motion to the Assembly at the Oct 26 meeting, said it would be "poor university policy" to implement a general education program without allowing the college responsible for undertaking such a task an opportunity to approve the program. David Moore, associate professor of history and member of SCAP, agreed with Sheridan and Eidson, saying that because "the College of Arts and Sciences is at the heart of liberal education at Loyola" SCAP should grant the college its request. The Rev. George F. Lundy, S J., senior vice president, dean of faculties and SCAP chairman, said Wednesday he had not seen the motion, but had an "open mind" about the Assembly's request. "I would want to see what'the arguments for and against would be," he said. Lundy said he could understand the argument for the Assembly's motion because the Arts and Sciences faculty provides liberal arts classes to the general education program, but he said that liberal arts were not the only way in which "student development occurs." Discussion and action on the motion, he said, has not been put on the agenda for SCAP's next meeting Nov. 28, Lundy said, adding that the council will put the motion on its agenda once asked to do so. "That's the type of process question that there's time to think about it before we have to decide," Lundy said. SCAP first solicited input from the campus community regarding the document in March 1988. Each undergraduate college and other entities within the university drew up their own process for deciding what information should be conveyed in the document. Lundy said that SCAP received all the requested responses by the end of the spring of 1989. Over the summer, he said, a SCAP subcommittee compiled all the responses into a draft of the document. Photo by Steve Wimberg Slip and slide — Three members of Alpha Delta Gamma enjoy the break between rain showers on Tuesday afternoon in the activities quad. • • Frats choose to begin dry rush in spring of '90 By Charles Lussier Staff writer Loyola fraternities will not be allowed to serve alcohol at any rush parties next spring because of an Oct. 31 vote by the Interfratcmity Council, made up of representatives from each fraternity on campus. Of the three active fraternities, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Phi Alpha voted for the dry rush week while Alpha Delta Gamma voted against the measure, Ryan Serber, communications senior, IFC president and treasurer for ADG, said. Rush week will begin Jan. 24 and probably will last less than three weeks, the same length as last year, Serber said. Should a fraternity violate the agreement and serve alcohol at a party, Serber said it will be fined SI ,000 or less. He said fraternities could avoid the restriction by holding unofficial alcohol parties at bars after the official dry party. "I agree with dry rush in most states, but in New Orleans we can't regulate it," Serber said. Michael McCann, finance senior and Sig Ep president, said he supported the dry rush decision. Sig Ep adopted a dry rush policy in 1987. "It [a dry rush] greatly reduces liability, you attract a much better quality of person, the fraternity members get to know the rushees better, it saves a lot of money and it promotes responsibility," McCann said. He said there "may not have been much" of a distinction in the past between Sig Ep's dry rush parties and drinking parties afterward, but this year the two will be very separate. John Frey, political science senior and ADG president, said his fraternity voted against a dry rush because they wanted a comprehensive package that included a detailed plan of all the changes that a dry rush would cause. "We feel that a rush can be held with alcohol without too much problem," Frey said. Adrian Johnson, APA president, and Vincent P. Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, were unavailable for comment. Gerard Hingle, finance senior, vice president for rush for the IFC and business manager for ADG, said he was impressed by the vote. He said anti-drinking policies are part of a national trend to curb the use of alcohol by fraternities. McCann said he did not think the number of pledges would be affected by the absence of alcohol from rush parties. "If they're only coming to get drunk then we don't want them," McCann said. Scott Carroll, visual arts freshman, said the absence of alcohol at rush parlies would not affect his decision to attend parties or pledge a particular fraternity. "It doesn't matter to me whether they have a dry rush or not," he said. Eric Warth, philosophy junior, said, "If drinking is one cause of hazing, it's great to have a dry rush, but if they're See Dry rush/page 5 See SCAP/page 6 Hi PATJ Iffll 85,