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              THE LOYOLA MAROON VOLUME 69, NO. 1 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70118 W vSfGUST 24,1990 Police arrest summer theft suspect By John Davis Staff writer Police say that one thief stole over $45,000 worth of books and other valuables from the campuses of Loyola and Tulane this summer while most students and faculty were on vacation. Clinton J. Grady, 33, who often carried an inconspicuous box and wore cutoff shorts and other clothing similar to those worn by students, roamed the Uptown campuses with relative freedom, police said. "If you walk like you belong and act like you belong, like he did, you can go wherever you want," said Sgt. Billy Roth of the Vieux Carrd District of the New Orleans Police Department. Grady made many visits to the campuses in July, Roth said. Each time, Grady pried open the office doors and took only property that he could carry easily by himself, Roth said. "He would ride the streetcar and then sell the books downtown," Roth said. Grady sold the books mostly to three used French Quarter bookstores owned by the same men, Roth said. The co-owners of the bookstores, noticing that Grady often brought in expensive books bearing the names of other people, contacted Loyola Security and the NOPD, Roth said. On July 25, police and Loyola Security officers arrested Grady at Beckham's Bookshop, 228 Decatur St., as he attempted to sell stolen books, Roth said. Grady, who left Lake Placid, N.Y. in January for the Super Bowl and decided to stay in New Orleans, is now in Orleans Parish Prison and awaiting a court date that has not been set, Roth said. He was charged with 10 counts of simple burgalry and 10 counts of possession of stolen property, Roth said. Photo by Charles Baker Greetings from the top—The Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., university president, having returned from sabbatical, addresses his audience at the President's Convocation last Thursday. Lack of dorm tenants leaves rooms vacant By Charles Lussier News Editor The residence halls and primarily Biever Hall have a surplus in available rooms because of an unexpected drop in incoming freshmen, Robert Reed, director of Residential Life, said. In Biever Hall Three-South, only two rooms are presently occupied with only three students, including a resident assistant, living there. Reed said Residential Life based their room assignments on predictions given to them by the office of admissions. Dr. Norman Roussel, vice president for Administration, said the projections were based on estimates compiled in fall 1989. The estimates, Roussel said, were from a study that compared the numberof new students in the residence halls for 1989-90 with the expected rise in new students. The adminstration predicted the rise because of expanded recruitment techniques by the university and an overall increase in out-of-town students. Nan Massingill, director of admissions, said overall admissions were up approximately eight percent, with freshman admissions up at least one percent, but they could not compile enrollment figures until after registration was completely finished. Reed said male residents were supposed to nil most of the empty rooms, but there were not enough male residents to fill the rooms and there were not enough female residents to fill the gap. "Normally, when there is a shortage in men, there is an increase in the amount of women, but that wasn't the case this year," he said. Panel votes to clear Scariano By Charles Lussier News Editor The University Rank and Tenure Committee unanimously decided to exonerate Stephen M. Scariano, associate professor of mathematical sciences, of dismissal charges. According to an April 25 letter sent by the URTC to the Rev. James C. Carter, S J., university president, the evidence in Scariano's record was not adequate cause for dismissal. According to the letter, the URTC deliberated for many months and held "many lengthy meetings" in determining the validity of the charges. Carter accepted the recommendation of the URTC and informed Scariano in a May 18 letter. Despite the length of the affair, Scariano said he is pleased with the outcome. "I've been completely exonerated," he said. Barbara Ewell, chairperson of the URTC and associate professor of City College, said she was satisfied with the result of the proceedings. "The proceedings were very painstaking," Eweli said. "The committee made every effort to be fair to everyone involved." Scariano reaffirmed his faith in the Faculty Handbook, saying, "The process works. All committees took the deliberations very seriously and so did Fr. Carter." According to the URTC letter to Carter, the URTC did not feel the evidence represented "substantial misrepresentation of facts relevant to faculty status at Loyola University, such as false claims toacademic degrees or serious misrepresentation of previous academic or professional experience," as stated in the Faculty Handbook. The URTC said that the burden of proof was the responsibility of the university and that the termination proceedings could only be continued if the university presented "clear and convincing evidence in the record considered as a whole." The letter was signed by all the members of the committee including Ewell, Patrick L. Bourgeois, professor of philosophy; Ronald Christner, associate professor of See Theft/page 7 See Scariano/page 9 See Rooms/page 9 R # —— THE PjfeTKING