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FC GradMakes Good ... Page 4 US Postage PAID Bronx, New York Permit No. 7608 NonProfit Org. Thursday, October 9,1980 Volume 62 FORPHAM UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK Number 22 lid-hoc Committee investigates: Bursar's Surcharg\ e Cut by Leslie Mantrone to make a profit. "When the University faces The controversial year-old $50 surcharge three million dollars of bounced checks or imposed on bounced checks returned to the loans not paid, truly some aggressive action is Bursar has been lowered to $15 on nontuition in order." He noted that 70 percent of the and nonhousing checks under $100. University's operating budget comes from tu- Although a hand-printed sign on the Bur- ition payments. "The reason the University sar window continues to state the old policy, did it [impose the fee] is to protect the Uni- that a surcharge of $50 will be imposed on versity." checks returned to the bank for "any rea- "We don't want money," Kenny said, son," Bursar Barry Walter said the reduced calling the surcharge "just a deterrent." He $15 fee would be for "all others (nontuition said the University had consulted legal coun- and nonhousing checks under $100) that sel before it instituted the surcharge and at bounce." that time the fee was not found to be exces- Proposed Law School A ddition Student dissatisfaction over what many sive or illegal. considered an unfairly high surcharge peaked "The way it stands now," DeMarco said, last semester, prompting the formation of an "exceptions can be made. From what I un- ad hoc committee of the Rose Hill United derstand from Father Finlay, the system Law School Makes Plans Student Government to investigate the legali- seems to be flexible." ty of the fee. Mary Jo Hughes, vice-president On the subject of waiving the surcharge in of student life and head of the committee, the event of a proven mistake on the part of did not think student pressure was a major the bank, however, a major concern of stu- For Building Expansion force in the administration's decision to low- dents, Kenny said, "We'll make an accom- er the fee. "I'm not saying they [the adminis- modation. I'd try to get the bank to pay it by Cathy Maroney space needs. He said this list was presented to trators] bent to student pressure, but they (the surcharge] though." The .University has, outlined tentative University administrators and the new plans realized it [thesurcharge] wasn't fair." "I just think since they've reduced it it's so building plans for a Law School extension are a "direct result" of the committee's find- According to USG President Vince DeMar- much better," Hughes said of the revised sur- and an adjoining auditorium to meet current ings. co, University President James Finlay, S.J., charge policy. But Hughes is still seeking to space problems, but the start of construction According to a memorandum issued by said the reason for the change was that "he consult a local chapter of the Consumer Af- will depend on the progress of the capital Financial Vice-President and Treasurer and [Executive Vice-President] Dr. Reiss de- fairs Office for a second opinion on the legali- gifts campaign. Brother James Kenny, S.J., the proposed ex- cided the $50 surcharge was inappropriate be- ty of the $50 surcharge on checks over $ 100. "The basic problem is the Law School [at tension includes two additional floors on the cause it was clearly an excess charge on the "The reason why we want to consult them Lincoln Center] was built in the early sixties west wing over the present library which will students." Walters said it was lowered "sim- is because we said we were going to do it." to house 650 students. Right now we are al- add 33,500 gross square feet to the building. ply to make it more proportionate to the val- She added, "I think we need a full-time con- most at 1200," said Law School Dean Joseph Outlined construction for the third floor ue of the check." sultant on the student body. We're trying to M. McLaughlin, who chaired a faculty and will provide three new classrooms, two levels The fee, DeMarco said, was not designed get legal counsel for other issues, also." student committee which developed a list of of library stacks, nine faculty offices, an ad- junct faculty office, and secretarial space. Plans for the fourth floor include another li- brary stack, a work and photocopying area, nine faculty offices, and the relocations of the reading rooms (replacing B24) and the Ralph Nader At CBA Conference cooling towers. The proposed additional li- brary stacks will provide shelf space for 150,000 volumes with the possibility of by Steve Hoffman is on the horizon, but it will not be as bad as doubling the fourth floor area "in the future Consumer advocate Ralph Nader spoke the one in our past." According to him, the by the addition of another stack level." Ac- about the impact of the energy crisis on the current war between Iran and Iraq is cutting cording to Executive Vice-President Paul American at the Energy '80 Forum last Fri- off eight percent of the world's oil supply. Reiss, "A lot of the work will be 'shifting day at the Pope Auditorium of Fordham's "Europe will be hurt and they will have to get around.' There is renovation, as well as new Lincoln Center campus. John Lichtblau, their oil from other sources," he said. space, involved here." president of the Petroleum Industry Research "The effect on the world will not be as Under the plan, existing areas will be reno- I'oundation, and Dr. Lester P. Silverman, as- bad. World oil consumption is dropping. vated and relocated. On the ground floor, a sistant secretary of the Department of Ener- Present oil stocks are exceptionally high and cafeteria and faculty dining room will replace gy, also spoke at the conference sponsored by Saudi Arabia has increased its production," one lower-level existing reading room which the College of Business Administration. he added. Lichtblau feels that if the war ends will be relocated to the fourth floor. The Nader, listing standards upon which the soon and production resumes, "the consum- present space of the cafeteria will be renovat- consumer should make energy choices, said er will see no effects." ed into a student lounge. Four faculty offices the energy supply should be "adequate and He noted, however, if the war forces the will be relocated to the new third floor and renewable." He also emphasized safety and closing of the Straits of Hormuz, "the world's this area will be converted to bookstore use. leaders would be forced to take some action. In addition, the current library work and the insusceptibility of the product to monop- Ralph Nader oly. According to Nader, consumers, not Thirty percent of the world's oil comes photocopy rooms will be redesigned to pro- corporations, must ultimately control pro- firms to develop new energy sources. "Peo- through this strait. A loss of this would crip- vide space for staff and lockers. On the first duction "to respect future generations' ple have a right to participate in government, ple the world's economy. floor, the existing student lounge will be con- health, environment, and resources." He regardless of wealth," he concluded. "In 1978 we were importing close to eight verted into space for student organization a'so i*-"'1 that federal conservation programs Lichtblau began by predicting "an oil crisis Continued on Page 3 and placement office interview rooms. There ;>re mismanaged. are no changes planned for the second floor. "Nuclear energy violates all of these stan- Construction of a new 250-seat auditorium '•auls," said Nader. "Nuclear plants are be- on the corner of Columbus Avenue and 62nd mV phased out. Over 200 plants have been Street is also planned. According to the mem- Pli.ised out in the last three years." He con- Ruling Causes Concern orandum, the auditorium will be connected sidered the Three Mile Island incident the to the northern wing of the Law School at the JUIIM disaster in United States history, with first-floor level and will have its own en- "Ml ^can-up costs to exceed $8.2 million. by Herman Lnerhurdl cators, librarians and administrators arc con- trance from 62nd Street. "I would prefer it to Nader also encouraged the development of The interpretation of a Supreme Court de- cerned the decision will lead to reduced schol- be accessible only to the Law School [as] a arly publication and increased difficulty in synthetic fuels. "OPEC will track our syn- cision made last year has recently caused pub- regular classroom for the larger clcctivcs," supplying quality readings for college courses lhe"c luel prices with the same prices on their lishers and others to worry about the future said McLaughlin. According to Reiss, how- and libraries. 0:|. and this will stabilize our prices," lie of specialized scholarly and technical books ever, "It will be accessible to the Law School vial. and has caused some to make grave predic- The Justices decided in the case of 'Dior and the Leon I.oweiistein Building." But, he Nader said consumers "should start a con- tions about the future of cultural life in Power Tool v. Commissioner of Internal added, "The Law' School will have priority." Revenue in January of 1979 that warehouse "The plan docs meet all the needs of space Miuicr tiUst fund to get the wealth back to the America.