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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 68, NO. 24 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 APRIL 20,1990 Smith defeats Dugan in SGA runoff voting By Charles Lussier Assistant News Editor * Patrick Smith, second year law student, won the runoff race for the vice presidential position in the Student Government Association elections April 10. Chris Smith, biology sophomore, won the runoff race for the president of the Arts and Sciences delegation. The runoffs were held because no candidate received a majority of the votes in those races in the April 2-3 elections. In the vice presidential race, Patrick Smith received 527 votes, beating opponent Jim Dugan, communications sophomore, by 151 votes. Patrick Smith, who served as SGA law school delegate for the 1989-90 school year, won every college. "I was ecstatic about the victory," Patrick Smith said. "It was more than just winning the election, it was because I know that I can do a good job in this position. "The most important change I want to make is to make the committee system work better," Patrick Smith said. "We need to improve both the internal SGA committees as well as make sure we have student representatives on university committees." In the runoff for Arts and Sciences delegation president, Chris Smith defeated opponent Brady Lessard, history freshman. Chris Smith received 453 votes, while Lessard received 136. "I'd like to see the SGA get student, campus and faculty support," Chris Smith said. "I was extremely grateful for the great amount of support I received," he said. The runoff elections drew 909 voters to the polls. Photo by Steve wrmberg That's the ticket — Sergeant Edward Hasselbeck writes a parking ticket Wednesday. In addition to having an expired decal, the car was parked in an area where student cars are not permitted. The car's owner faces a $20 fine. Knipfing proposes new class interruption policy By Charles Lussier Assistant News Editor Vincent Knipfing, vice president for Student Affairs, has submitted a new policy governing the removal of students from class to the Student Government Association and to the Faculty Senate. Knipfing wrote the policy in response to criticism of two recent incidents in which Security officers removed students from class for reasons other than emergencies. Faculty Senate members voiced concern over the incidents at a March 8 Faculty Senate meeting and called for an official policy to be written. The new policy, submitted to the SGA April 3 and the Faculty Senate April 5, expands upon a previous policy which Knipfing said was in the operating manuals for Security and Student Affairs. The previous policy stated that students can only be removed from class in an emergency, Knipfing said. The revised policy, entitled "Procedures for Contacting Students," separates all situations into two categories: routine and emergency. The policy cites death or a serious emergency at home as examples of emergency situations. The new policy requires that students not be removed from class except in an emcrgcncy. "In all non-cmcrgcncy situations, it is NEVER permissible to violate the sanctity of the classroom by interrupting a class while in session," the policy states. This provision affirms the teacher's right to have an uninterrupted class. Some professors, however, had hoped for more specific wording. James Baskett, associate professor of business administration, said the policy should contain "more explanation of what degree of emcrgcncy would warrant taking a student out of class." The pol icy also requires that a student be contacted in class only "upon the request of the family or responsible adult making the request." Dr. Mary Blue, associate professor of communications, said the policy is unclear on the definition of a "responsible adult." " You could ask the question,' Is Knipfing a responsible adult?"' Blue said. The policy provides a provision which requires any request to remove a student from class to be forwarded to at least one of the following: vice president for Student Affairs; director of Security; or their immediate designate for approval. Julian Wasscrman, associate professor of English and Faculty Senate president, said the new policy should prevent incidents See Policy/page 7 Security decides not to run HIV test on needle By Elizabeth Mehaffey News Editor A needle which pricked a housekeeping worker at Cabra Hall April 2 will not be tested to determine if the needle is contaminated with drugs or the HIV virus. "The needle is empty," Wayne Lee, Security detective, said. "It doesn't contain anything." "The people [at the labs] say you test the people, not the needles," he said. The needle, which is in the possession of Security, pricked a WWF and Associates worker who was taking out the garbage in Cabra. The worker was taken to a worker's compensation doctor at Touro Infirmary where he received a tetanus shot and blood tests, Bill Horrobin, director of WWF and Associates, said. Horrobin said he did not know if the worker was tested for the HIV virus. The needle was clcan and did not appear to have been used, he said. Lee said the needle was an insulin needle designed for use by diabetics. Diabetics as well as others using hypodermic needles should dispose of used needles by breaking off the tip of the needle and depositing it in a needle disposal container, Jim Soriano, HIV health educator at the NO/AIDS Task Force, said. Needles can also be rinsed with household bleach, which destroys living HIV virus, he said. "If there are any diabetics on campus and they do use such paraphernalia, they should dispose of it properly," Horrobin said. Soriano said the probability of contracting the HIV virus from an insulin needle for a diabetic is smaller than the probability of contracting it from a needle used by an. intravenous drug user. [Inside This Week • mJ-L*