December 5, 2013
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Going the distance
Boston Marathon champion turned educator Jacqueline Hansen keeps up the fight for equality in sports By Gary Walker Social justice, one of the core tenants of Loyola Marymount University and its Jesuit tradition, can manifest itself in numerous ways. For Jacqueline Hansen, an LMU graduate turned faculty member, it was fighting for gender equality in sports on her way to becoming a marathon world-record holder. At the peak of her running career, Hansen became a champion on the streets, as a winner of one of the nation’s most prominent marathons; on the world stage, helping to make women’s marathon running an Olympic sport; and on the front lines of the battle to give women full access to collegiate athletic programs. Boston and beyond At 65, Hansen is a distance running coach at St. Bernard (Continued on page 11)
Jacqueline Hansen, left, leads some of her student runners in a practice at St. Bernard High School in Playa del Rey
A window to The Doors Vacation rentals a hot potato Wendell Hamick journeyed into rock for neighborhood council history when he photographed the band for its ‘L.A. Woman’ album By Michael Aushenker
Photo by Jorge M. Vargas Jr.
Wendell Hamick and his art from "L.A. Woman"
It’s impossible to imagine Jim Morrison as an old man. The Doors’ front man is burned into our collective consciousness as the thin, shirtless, 23-year-old with a puka-shell necklace or the black-clad Lizard King reigning over the Hollywood Bowl in 1968. Wendell Hamick, who photographed The Doors for their 1971 album “L.A. Woman” only months before the singer’s death at age 27, encountered a different Morrison — a man who was quiet and reserved. Had he lived, Morrison would have turned 70 on Sunday. Hamick took the occasion to reflect on his experience working with The Doors on their final (Continued on page 22)
Whether to regulate short-term leases becomes a long-term question as Venice leaders decide not to get involved By Gary Walker Venice residents in favor of pushing Los Angeles city officials to craft tighter rules governing short-term housing rentals didn’t get very far at a Venice Neighborhood Council meeting last month. Advocates for short-term vacation rental property marketing services came out in full force to persuade council members against formally
requesting that City Councilman Mike Bonin call for his council colleagues to establish a new regulatory structure. The neighborhood council voted seven to three against pushing for further regulations at its Nov. 19 meeting. Three members of the council — Abigail Myers, Sylvia Aroth and Max Slone — recused themselves from the vote because they are involved with (Continued on page 14)