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SG appoints 3 new senators Belushl and Brown work weD to fill vaeant seats together In "tAtntlnental Divide" ••• Page 5 ••• Page 6 Cincinnati, Ohio Wednesday, September 30, 1981 Schmidt resigns as pastor tQ seek year of Jesuit study By TERRI HAMER year o(prayer, work with the poor, through July. -­ News Editor and study of Jesuit constitution and "If they find a new director Rev. Edward W. Schmidt, S.J., history. This program is required sooner, I will let him take over," director of Campus Ministry and by the .Jesuit order according to commented Schmidt. pastor of Bellarmine parish, an­ Schmidt. nounced his resignation to the News After his tertianship, Schmidt Rev. Leo J. Klein, provincial of Monday. has no specific plans. Chicago, the Most Rev. Joseph L. "This is my eighth year at "Needs and openings will come Bernadin, archbishop of Cin­ Xavier," said Schmidt. "I came her up," he said. "The Jesuits commis­ cinnati, and Rev. Robert W. thinking I'd be here for a year." sion you but you have a lot of input Mulligan, S.J., Xavier president, "I'd like to move on to other along the process." will collaborate to choose They don't make doors like they used to! things," Schmidt stated. "The pro­ Schmidt expects to stay at Xavier Schmidt's successor. An unidentified man broke the glass window between the doors of Alter Hall gram needs change and I need when he mistook the window for a slldlrig door. Before security arrived, the change." man had lett the accident apparently uninjured. · Schmidt plans a tertianship - a Shots offer _protection By KIM PARSONS for those who have not had one in .N~Ili•-R'fi.O~'r" . over three years. The second shot Nagy's meeting·with the Board The McGrath Health Center is would be given ·a month after the offering flu vaccine shots as pro­ first. tection from A-Bangkok, B­ "Most participants are staff and fails to receive· response Singapore, and A-Brazil types of faculty members," said Brown. "The students have no concern." "They (the Board members) of: managing larger scale events such flu. By LISA KERN Side-effects include slight sore­ Nawe R•port•r fered no comments," said Nagy. as concerts in the fieldhouse or The vaccine will not protect ness in the injection site and a possi­ "They asked no questions. You coordinating items for smaller someone who has had the flu or has Student Government (SG) Presi­ bility of fatigue. dent Julius Nagy described his would think a board with five times interest groups according to Nagy. been exposed to it, according to Ann Brown, director of the Health A flu vaccine shot costs $3. The September 16 meeting with the as many members (as the Student The Board asked Nagy to submit McGrath Health Center is located Board of Trustees as basically in­ Life Committee) would ask five a job description of the Activities Center. times as Officer. According to Nagy, the Because the serum is grown in in the basement of Kuhlman Hall conclusive. and is open weekdays 8:30 Without making any formal pro­ Board expressed no comment on eggs, people allergic to eggs cannot the SG stipend or increased student have the vaccine. a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 9 posals, Nagy discussed the need for a.m.-12:30 p.m. more student involvement with the involvement in budget and finance Two vaccines are recommended budget, the establishment of an matters. Activities Officer who would coor­ "I have absolutely no idea how Grill errs in tax laW dinate student events, and a SG sti­ the Board of Trustees received these pend for SG leaders. concepts at all," said Nagy. Due to a. misunderstanding in Ohio taxation law, the Musketeer (Grill) In a morning meeting with the Nagy recalled that the Board did has been charging customers 5 Vz percent sales tax instead of the state re­ Student Life Committee of the make a recommendation to the SG quired 4Vz percent. Board of Trustees, committee representatives. One Board member The Ohio sales tax was temporarily raised from 4Vz percent to 5 Vz per­ members fgcused on student in­ commented that the film series cent hnuary I, 1981, according to a spokesperson from the Department of volvement in budget and finance should be altered for older films. Taxation. The temporary tax was dropped June 30, 1981, and sales tax according to Nagy. Nagy placed Julius Nagy Rev. Robert W. Mulligan, S.J. were restored to 4Vz percent on July l. more emphasis on the SG stipend Nagy is still optimistic for pro­ declined comment, according to his Rex Lainhart, assistant food service director, was unaware that 5 Vz and the. Activities Officer in the gress in the Activities Officer issue. secretary, who said that Fr. percent tax was still being charged. He said that the Grill was closed during afternoon presentation to the entire This hired university officer would Mulligan plans to meet with Nagy the summer when the tax was reduced back to 4 Vz percent. Lainhart said Board. oversee many student activities, later this week. he would inform The Grill about the1changc in the law. Special Report: CAMPUS SECURITY (First of a series) In response to various minor 8)' JOHN M. fOGARTY cases of harassment last year, the domain of campus security. Throughout the 80-81 school passable from both sides," Becker News Reporter Residence Hall Council organized In fact, Xavier's security only year, security received only a said. "We've had a fire inspector One of the most prevalent a voluntary escort service that extends to those areas which are handful of theft reports. Many of look at the doors and he has made . issues on college campuses today would be available to any student designated to be part of the cam­ these resulted from students who some proposals which we think concerns university security. who.did not like the idea of cross­ pus. This excludes the park area did not lock their doors when will help." In an age of rising crime rates ing the campus at night alone. along Victory Parkway which is leaving their rooms. Concerning problems of dorm and increased public skepticism However, according to Residence sometimes used by students as a Officer Young commented that students, Officer Young com­ toward individual safety in both Hall Council Member Gerry short cut when they are enroute "the major problem with ~hat lit­ mented, "The GA's (graduate the city and its suburbs, it is not Berger, ''The service was not used between the dorms and Ratterman tle campus theft we do have is one assistants) usually take care of any surprising that many college even once last year and has since or Marion Halls. of common sense. You just don't general rowdiness in the dorms administrators and students have been discontinued." Since the park is city property it leave your room unlocked when unless things get out of hand." had to take a stand against theft, A more recent threat was raised is patrolled by Cincinnati police you're not there." In the opinion of campus vandalism and violence that last year when it was rumored that though campus security suggests Becker responded to the pro­ police, XU is a peaceful campus, plague many campuses today. a student was harassed when re­ that while there is no imminent blem dealing with the doors especially in comparison to some Even at a relatively small campus turning from Dana Gardens one danger, students should use com­ adjoining the men's wing to the of the country's larger campuses. such as XU, the question has night. No official report was mon sense and travel the more women's wing in Kuhlman Hall. "I think that if you compare, often been raised: Is our campus made either to XU security or lighted streets at night. Some women in Kuhlman have you would probably find that XU safe? Housing Director Bob Becker. Although harassment may be a complained that the doors are not has one of the lowest campus XU is a relatively tranquil cam­ It should also be noted that problem that is frequently talked locked at night as a result of city crime rates in the country," Offi­ pus, yet there is no denying that while campus policemen Dan about on cnmpus, statistically, fire code laws. cer Young said. certain problems do exist. Prob­ Wood and Amos Young say they very few such instances have ·''The code states that occupants Officers Young and Wood ably the most publicized or these can't divulge their exact security occurred. must not only have access to the agreed that actual danger is "not problems is the one concerning routes, the walk from Dana's to A slightly more common prob­ doors but also egress as well; really a serious issue at all" on the harassment on campus. the xu campus is not within the lem is theft in the dorms.