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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 68. NO. 18 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 FEBRUARY 16. 1990 SGA denies two music groups' requested funds By Dan De Leo Staff writer Loyola's Society of Dance and Association of Music Therapy were denied funds by the Student Government Association after two weeks of deliberation. The SGA voted on the appropriation of funds based on the recommendations of the SGA's Ways and Means Committee, Leonard Lewis, third year law student and SGA president, said. Out of 35 chartered organizations, 33 received funds for their activities and programs."We had about $30,000 to allocate and $75,000 requested," Leonard Lewis, SGA president and third year law student, said. The Society of Dance requested $1641.27 for its spring ballet and were allocated no funds, according to SGA financial bills. The Association of Music Therapy requested $337.90 for new equipment and repairs and received no funds, according to SGA financial bills. "We need at least $50 to repair equipment," Jennifer Knopf, music freshman and vice president of the organization, said. "We're just a small club," Knopf said. "I'll just have to take it out of my own pocket, I guess." Knopf complained that the SGA allocated funds for crawfish boils but could not find resource for equipment used in community service. "We do community service galore," she said. "We work at Children's Hospital, New Orleans Adolescent Hospital and Veterans' Hospital." Louis Adams, communications senior and vice president of SGA, said at the Feb. 12 SGA meeting that he sympathized with the music therapy group, but felt the College of Music should allocate funds for the equipment. Lewis said because the ballet is a class requirement, and the Association of Music Therapy's requested equipment is used in class by students, the university should supply the necessary resources. "I hope the university wouldn't jeopardize [the students'] grades by not giving them the money," Lewis said. Knopf, however, said that the money requested would be used to repair equipment which is not used in class. The ballet is alsp not class-related, Gay le Parmalee, assistant professor of music, said. "The performance has nothing to do with the students' credit or grade," she said. "It is a cultural event" According to a written statement from Parmalee, the ballet will not be canceled despite the lack of funds. 'There will be serious cutbacks in the production. There'll be no guest artist or scenery, and the students will have to refurbish costumes themselves," Parmalee said. According to SGA recoi'ds, Psi Chi, the Interfraternity Council, and Sigma Phi Epsilon were the only organizations to be appropriated the exact amount of funding which they requested. Psi Chi, the psychology honor fraternity, Photo by Steve Wimberg No parking — At approximately 9 a.m., Feb. 8, an ROTC van spun out of control and crashed into this sign in front of the Loyola Parking Garage, David Nolting, security officer, said. The wet roads caused the accident, he said. 16 sentenced for protest, vow to continue fight By Elizabeth MehafTey News Editor Loyola students and faculty members found guilty Monday of obstructing a federal building Dec. 1 say they will continue to protest U.S. military aid to El Salvador. U.S. v. Anderson, et al. defendant John O'Gorman, political science senior, said he will continue protesting military aid to El Salvador by writing letters to elected officials, signing petitions and praying. "I am very happy about what I did and I would do it again," he said. Defendant David Baugnon, communications senior, said he plans to protest with the local Pax Christi group at the Hale Boggs Federal Building on the first Friday of each month. Baugnon said he would not rule out the possibility of engaging in civil disobedience again once-his probation is up. "I have no regrets," he said. Defendantßendey Anderson, S J., Jesuit scholastic, also said he will continue participating in legal protest against U.S. military aid to El Salvador during his oneyear probationary period. Twenty-three protesters were arrested Dec. 1 on charges that they "did unlawfully and jointly unreasonably obstruct the usual use of entrances, foyers, lobbies, corridors and elevators thereby impeding and disrupting the performance of official duties by Government employees and did prevent the general public from obtaining the administrative services provided on the property," according to a Dec. 5 bill of information signed by John Volz, U.S. Attorney. Seven defendants pleaded guilty to the charge last month and were each sentenced to twenty hours of community service and one year of probation. Sixteen defendants pleaded innocent to the charges Monday. U.S. Magistrate Ronald Fonseca found all 16 defendants in U.S. v. Anderson, el al. guilty of obstructing the elevators in the HaleßoggsFederal Building,sol Magazine St., in a Dec. 1 sit-in. Fonseca sentenced 15 of the defendants, including the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, SJ., former Loyola professor, to 20 hours of community service and a year of probation. Fonseca also ordered the defendants to pay court costs of $5 each. Berrigan was ordered by the court to pay a $500 fine after he was ruled in contempt of court by a federal judge Feb. 8 for failing to appear for arraignment in New Orleans in December, Bill Quigley, attorney for the defense, said. Berrigan was unavailable for comment. A 16th defendant, Janet Leßocuf, was sentenced to seven days in a halfway house and a year of probation. Leßoeuf, a secretary for Pax Christi, was given the additional sentence because she was on probation for participating in civil disobedience in St. Marys, Ga. when she was arrested Dec. 1. The trial began at 10 a.m. with Patrice Harris, attorney for the prosecution, showing footage from WWL-TV, WVUE-TV and WDSU-TV which showed the defendants blocking the elevator. Quigley then made a motion requesting that the charges be dismissed. "I made the motion on the grounds that See SGA/page 5 See Trial/page 7 Inside This See Life & Times,