In this Issue ... • WTTG to Telecast Hoya Basketball ...... page 12 • Flying High on Federal Funds .......... page 7 • Woody Allen and The Front .......... page 6 56th Year, No.5 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C .. Friday. October 1, 1976 Revive Interschool, Commiltee. Will Not Be Put to Referendum by Ed La Tour academic policy. guidelines, however, were, according effective and will allow more effi­ Citing "obvious need and inter­ The re-establishment of the com· to one MCFC member, "so vague as cient commu nicaLions between the , ;1 to be useless. The committee school on campus. q est," Executive Vice President for mittee was to be included in "the Academic Affairs and Provost, Fr. October 20 student referendum. (MCFC) was in effect working Slone said the committee would ,jl Aloysius Kelley, SJ has reinstated the Kelley decided to re·establish the without gUidelines." be "a facilitator of academic policy," ';'1 Interschools Academic Committee: committee himself because "the Kelley agreed that the MCFC was and added that he is enthusiastic The committee, which last met; vehicle already exjsted." setting academic priorities through' about the possibilities of the com­ two years ago, is composed of Student Body President Bob Gage the budget process rather than mittee. ::~ students, faculty, and administrators said that he had planned to put the shaping the budget to meet academic ':~ guidelines. ") from the five undergraduate schools. matter on the referendum because he' It advises Kelley on questions of thoght that the committee's com­ Student Support position was going to be changed. '~1 Gage stressed that the committee. Gage supports the re·establish· -:)1. GULC Rolls may be put on the referendum if its ment of the committee saying that it . f ' , ~ -'.-;' .'/ make-up or structure is altered . "is the most important committee ! The SEC was forced to move its movie series to Gaston While the committee's compo­ established since the MCFC," adding after the loss of LA-6. Show Fewer sition will remain constant, with five that "by having faculty, students and. faculty members, five students and administrators together you will be five deans, its functions will be able to grapple with the really tough Minorities different, Kelley said. matters, like the four course plan, and rank and tenure." SEC. Movies Still Adrift by Greg Kitsock Planning More minority students were According to Kelley, the com­ The committee will be involved in mittee will most likely consider the accepted by the Georgetown University Law School this year than academic planning, whereas the old course critiques, academic dis­ Med Deans Blamed in 1975; however, the number who committee "reacted to specific ques­ honesty, rank and tenure and the tions" on an ad hoc basis, according academic calendar. by Alan Fogg these films a quality presentation. We actually enrolled decreased from the previous year, the Law Center to Kelley. The five academic council chair­ "It's the Lions 7, the Christians need LA-G." The committee will also develop men, who are the student members 0," declared Billy Schlosser, Student Morkan also noted that he saw a Admissions Office revealed. The decrease has puzzled Law academic guidelines that will be used of the committee, Tony Alvarez, Entertainment chainnan, on the fight memo out of Dean Murto's office in the drawing up the of the Business; John Prescott, College; Pete to get Medical Center room LA·6 stating that at least "Dean lI4urto was School officials, who intend to survey those students who paid the University budget. Academic guide· Slone, Foreign Service; Bill Miles, back into the weekend movie busi- more than willing to give up the lines were sent to the Main Campus Languages and Linguistics; and Patri­ ness. room for the movies. Apparently, acceptance deposit but decided not to attend GULC. Finance Committee by University cia Latan, Nursing, concurred in the Schlosser is spearheading the drive that was before he knew that he President Fr. Timothy Healy SJ. The opinion that the committee will be Aloysius P. Kelley to return the weekend movies to wasn't going to get those 150 In 1975, 622 minority students room LA·6 from which the Medical spaces." applied for admission either td the School evicted them three weeks ago. Schlosser claimed he was being full time program or evening classes. Both Schlosser and Student Body barred from LA-6 because the Of the 250 accepted, 138 chose to President Bob Gage have tried to Undergraduate Student Government enroll in the Georgetown Law Krogh Opposes Four Course Plan meet with Dental School Dean couldn't come up with an additional School. Charles Murto and Medical School 150 parking spaces for the Medical Unofficial figures for 1976 are: by 'Cary Fulbright that the system would permit greater He acknowledged that the SFS Dean John Utz. Commenting on his School students that it promised last 704 minority applications, 313 ac· Dean of the School of Foreign concentration and expertise on each had several times in the past efforts, Schlosser said, "I was bounc- year. ceptances and an enrollment of only Service Peter Krogh said he is subject than presently possible. considered four course semesters for ed around." He added, "The med students 111. The last figure represents a opposed to a proposal which will be However, Krogh expressed doubts two of the four undergraduate Murto cancelled a scheduled me~t- shouldn't be talking to us about decrease of 27 from the previous brought before the Main Campus that the requirements of the Foreign years: either the first two, or the ing with Gage on Tuesday. Gage is to parking spaces; they should talk to year, although 82 more minority Finance Committee, that would Service School for the .first two years first and the lasL, but not for four meet with Utz today to try to solve the Med School administrators. They students applied this year and 63 change. the course schedule from five of study could be met under a four years. the dispute. are, building a new parking complex more were accepted. courses per semester to four. Krough course scheme. Currently, freshmen Krogh also stressed that changes in If a settlement can't be put over there, and the students aren't On the other hand, non-minority contended that it would seriously and {)ophomores are required to take curriculum almost always were left together, Schlosser. said that he. wilL _.being given use of any of it. They eorollml!nL.has- .risen .1;0,. • .&28, in alter the current SFS curriculum. one.-course per semester of govern· to the discretion of the curri,culum appeal to President Healy. "Father should talk to their own people contrast to last year's figure of 511. He said that any changes in the ment, economics and history, plus committees of the individual schools. Healy is a good man. He'll be the about it " Assistant Det'n of Admissions curriculum of the Foreign Service the basic humanities required of all "I wouldn't know what to do about only one who resolves this because He continued, "I'm at my wit's David Wilmot speculated that many School should be made by the undergraduates. They must also de­ a decision made elsewhere about our he's the only one who ... doesn't end; there's too much red tape, too minority students are enrolling in school's own Curriculum Committee. mo~strate proficiency in a foreign curriculum," he said, "The day just have to play politics. I hope to rely much politics involved here. This state.supported schools where tuition Under the proposal, most students language, which usually requires two wouldn't be long enough for our on Father Healy's judgment" should simply be a matter of sharing and the cost of living are lower. He would take four courses worth four years of study. A four-course sched­ program." Schlosser said, "The med school space, not of playing politics within noted that law schools in the credits each instead of the current ule would cause serious problems Dean Krogh also discussed the wants to charge us $200 for use of divisions of the University." Southwest, such as those of the five courses wo 1:h three credits each. and the dropping of one of these change in careers chosen by SFS that room. It is inconceivable to me (Continued on page 2) Sponsors of the proposal contend essential courses, Krogh asserted. graduates. With the State Depart­ that it would cost $50, let alone ment . Foreign Service hiring 50 per $200_" cent fewer people than five years The alternatives open to the SEC ago, more and more graduates are if LA 6 can't be had are Gaston HaIL Ung~r to Advise Presidential Debates turning to the private business sector, and Reiss Science 103. However, to the foreign services of other Schlosser complained that there are by Mary Lou Hartman compose for the AP will be wired to tion, and shorter answering periods. departments of government, and, as problems with each. "We used If Georgetown University foren­ all AP papers and is an evaluation If direct questioning is allowed, the always', to law. Because of this, the Gaston last weekend, but I'm afraid sics coach James J. Unger had his sheet for the debates. Through it advisor claimed that the results would International Business and Eco­ that the wear and tear of 700 people way, the FordjCarter debates would citizens gain the opportunity to rate favor Governor Carter, "because he's nomics sections of the curriculum are packed_ in there every weekend be shorter. the debates themselves. In addition, had more experience in that area." being expanded, and more students would be too great," he said.