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Parking fees to begin in spring 2013 LMU reflects on death of staff member

Facilities Management employee Richard Royce passes away.

By Brigette Scobas Asst. News Editor

University continues to discuss a proposed campus parking fee.

University’s decision to make students pay for parking last semester. At the time, Senior Vice President of Administration Lynne Scarboro informed the community in a University-wide email that the fee would be implemented in the fall of 2012. According to the email, she also anticipated the final parking rate to be determined by the end of the fall 2011 semester.

The decision to charge for parking was first made to help finance a new parking structure on the Seaver lot, which will add 190 more spots in addition to the

By Christopher James News Intern

Students and faculty will be charged to park on LMU premises beginning in the spring of 2013, according to Michael Wong, associate vice president for administration services. Wong advises students to “get their car registered right at the beginning of the fall 2012 semester,” to avoid the guest charges that will begin then.

The Loyolan first reported the

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Study explores political gender gap NEWS ANALYSIS

An LMU study finds women remain underrepresented in politics.

By Margo Jasukaitis Asst. News Editor

With the high profile campaigns of both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin leading up to the 2008 presidential election, it would seem women are gaining ground in their efforts to earn equal representation in politics.

However, according to LMU political science professor Dr. Richard Fox’s study “Men Rule: The Continued Under-Representation of Women in U.S. Politics,” the gap between the number of women in the United States who express interest in running for office compared to men is

just as large now as it was in 2001.

“This most recent study is the third national survey in 12 years charting the political ambition of men and women,” said Fox, who co-authored the study with Jennifer L. Lawless from American University.

Fox and Lawless surveyed thousands of men and women who could be potential candidates for political office: law partners, business leaders, educators and leaders of political groups. The men and women surveyed were of equal qualification, but substantially fewer women reported having any political ambition. The researchers identified seven factors they see as responsible for discouraging women from pursuing political careers.

Fox identifies two of these seven

factors as primary contributors to the gap between men and women in political ambition. First, women are less likely to think of themselves as qualified to run for office. “If you think you aren’t qualified to do something, you won’t do it,” said Fox. “We have to look at this psychological phenomenon and ask if women are socialized not to see themselves as senators and members of Congress.”

Secondly, Fox explains that women are far less likely to be recruited to run for office. “Women are less likely to have somebody suggest they run,” said Fox. “Men and women who are exactly equal – from the pool of people who run for office, the kind who go into politics often, they’re [all] equally qualified but the [female] law

Richard Royce, a Facilities Management employee since 1984, passed away on Jan. 11 due to an inoperable brain tumor. Royce was 60 years old.

His golf cart sits outside of the Facilities Management building entrance, where employees can reflect on his presence at LMU and the friendships they shared with him. Those in Facilities Management knew him as “Popeye” and “Richard the Lion-Hearted.”

Off campus, Royce was a Raiders fan and golfer. On campus, Royce began as a carpenter and then transitioned into the position of multi-craftsman, where he primarily worked in the Student Housing department.

According to Rick Harris, the director of Building Management, Royce would come in whenever the housing department needed him.

“He was the type that would get a call in the middle of the night [and] … was definitely our go-to guy for any after-hour emergencies,” said Harris.

In the Student Housing department, part of his job was to turn over rooms after the students moved out and order all of the supplies needed to fix the dorm rooms. “He had a system that he was very proud of because it’s a tremendous amount of work to turn the rooms over,” said Harris.

“He was skilled at his craft so you trusted his direction. You trusted his opinion. He was always more than willing to do what he had to do,” said Al Tipon, the director of Facilities Management who had known Royce since he first started working at LMU. Tipon said, “He was an LMU Lion.

He was here for 27 years and it’s hard for a staff member not to be a Lion.

We refer to students [as Lions], but there are also staff members that

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BELLARMINE FORUM

RELIGIOUS OF THE SACRED HEART OF MARY SYMPOSIUM

TODAY: WHAT: Gailhac Mass WHEN: Today at 5 p.m.

WHERE: Sacred Heart Chapel WHAT: Keynote Address WHEN: Today from 7-9 p.m.

WHERE: Von der Ahe Family Suite, William H. Hannon Library

FRIDAY: WHAT: Partnership Perspectives and Possibilities: Continuing the Conversation, Building Networks and Developing Partnerships WHEN: Friday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m.

WHERE: Collins Center, Leavey - Collins Suites and Grounds

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TO READ MORE ABOUT THESE EVENTS, TURN TO PAGE 2.

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AN LMU HOMECOMING KING & QUEEN? Applications are out for a University homecoming court.

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The next issue of the Loyolan will be printed on January 23, 2011.

Royce’s Facilities Management colleagues often referred to him as “Popeye” and “Richard the Lion-Hearted.”

TWO SENIORS DRAFTED INTO MLS Seniors Logan McDaniel and Tyler Krumpe of mens’ soccer have been selected in the 2012 MLS supplemental draft.

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Bellarmine Forum celebrates Marymount heritage New forum’s events are presented in partnership with Gryphon Circle and Marians.

By Zaneta Pereira Asst. News Editor

“Even though they may be a small order, their footprint is global,” said English professor and Bellarmine Forum co-organizer Kevin J. Peters, speaking of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (R.S.H.M). The society will be the focus of the upcoming Bellarmine Forum events presented in partnership with Gryphon Circle and Marians taking place from Jan. 19 to 21.

In light of LMU’s centennial year,

the forum has been extended from a week-long event to a year-long affair intended to be, according to Peters, “a celebration of each of our founding orders.” Additionally, the event is directly tied to the greater year-long Bellarmine Forum theme of “Ignatian Imagination in the World: The Future of Education, Faith and Justice.”

Both Peters and Sr. Frances Gussenhoven, R.S.H.M., a professor emeritus of English at LMU, are hopeful that students will come out to the symposium’s events Gussenhoven highlighted the keynote address by Sr. Veronica Brand, R.S.H.M. Gussenhoven stating that, “Sr. Veronica cares passionately about humanity and justice, and is a compelling speaker.

I think students will be inspired by her global vision and intellectual acuity.”

Gryphon Circle member and sophomore psychology major Kristen Trudo sees the symposium as “an opportunity to get back to our roots. … This symposium is an invaluable opportunity to get to know more about R.S.H.M., the values that these women stand for, and the wonderful work that they are doing in the world.”

Gailhac Mass – tonight The service will take place in Sacred Heart Chapel at 5 p.m. and professor of liturgical and sacramental theology at the Aquinas Institute of Theology and Ministry Sr. Catherine Vincie, R.S.H.M., will present a reflection.

The service will be followed by a reception in the Von der Ahe Family Suite in the William H. Hannon Library.

Keynote Address: “Transcending Boundaries: Working Toward a

Globalization of Solidarity and Hope … So That All May Have Life” – tonight At 7 p.m. in the Von der Ahe Family Suite in the William H. Hannon Library, Brand will present the symposium’s keynote address in response to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus Adolfo Nicolás’ challenge to Jesuit and Jesuit co-sponsored institutions to shape what he called “the future for a humane, just, sustainable globe.” Fr. Bagus Laksana, S.J., a visiting scholar and postdoctoral fellow at LMU, Pam Rector, director and founder of the Center for Service and Action at LMU, and Sr. Mary Therese Sweeney, C.S.J., director of mental health for St. Joseph Health System will present responses following Brand’s address.

Partnership, Perspectives and

Possibilities: Continuing the Conversation, Building Networks and Developing Partnerships – tonight In the concluding event of the symposium, which will take place from 12 p.m. in the Collins Center, Leavey-Collins Suites and Grounds, a panel will engage in a round-table discussion on the theme of “sharing of R.S.H.M. lived experience of transcending boundaries and building partnerships,” according to the Forum’s brochure. The panel will be comprised of Sr. Catherine Garcia, R.S.H.M., Sr. Catherine Minhoto, R.S.H.M., Sr. Joan Treacy, R.S.H.M., LMU animation professor Jose Garcia Moreno, LMU theology professor Amir Hussain and LMU alumna Mary Ellen Gozdecki. A question and answer session and further discussion will follow.

Gender gap in political aspiration remains Politics from Page 1 partner is less likely to have somebody suggest she run.”

This type of recruitment, however, is what Fox called “the great equalizer.” “Women hold 50 percent of high-level positions [in businesses, law offices and the education field]” he said. If both political parties made an effort to recruit women as well as men, more women might feel compelled to pursue careers in executive offices, said Fox. In addition to these two factors deterring women from pursuing careers in politics, the researchers also identified the following as further reasons women are less likely than men to hold political aspirations: women are much more likely to perceive elections and the political environment as highly competitive and biased, the candidacies of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin reinforced and aggravated this perception among women, potential female candidates are less competitive and confident than their male counterparts, women respond to aspects of modern campaigning more negatively than men and, finally, women are frequently still primarily responsible for most childcare and household tasks.

This unequal division of labor in the home is something that stands out to Dr. Patricia Oliver, a communication studies professor at LMU. According to Oliver, “women are pulled in so many different directions. Even if they wanted to run for office, they would still be expected to maintain, to keep up, their other relationships, their other obligations.” Oliver continued to explain that while women have the opportunity to run for office, they may not feel inclined to do so for fear a demanding campaign may hinder the development of their interpersonal relationships and their ability

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to meet society’s expectations of women as caregivers. In this way, according to Oliver, women will put their political aspirations on the back burner in order to meet other expectations.

Junior communication studies major Cory Lai said some of the other reasons identified by Fox and Lawless as deterrents to female entry into the political realm resonated with her. In particular, Lai explained she personally would not run for office because of the different standards to which women in the public eye are held, citing the media’s emphasis on females’ physical appearances. “I think being female, you’re held to a different standard,” she said.

“Females are judged more and one of the things about politics, or a lot of what politics is like, is you’re always in the spotlight. I think it’s

harder for women because people would judge them more.”

Fox explains that while women have gained substantial ground in striving for equality with men, the United States still does not “do a very good job” of electing women to high office.

When ranking countries worldwide based on the percentage of women in their national legislatures, Fox and Lawless’ study placed the United States 91st, with only 16.9 percent of the national legislature being female. The top three countries are Rwanda, Andorra and Sweden, who boast 56.3 percent, 53.6 percent and 45 percent women in their national legislatures, respectively.

“When you look across the U.S., it doesn’t do very well electing women to high office, yet things are pretty good here for women in terms of equality,” said Fox. “So

we say, ‘What’s going on, then?’

This study is trying to explain that conundrum.”

While the United States does not have a large percentage of women in elected offices, Fox explained there is no evidence that voters discriminate against female candidates. “Women certainly do better in certain types of districts and states,” he said. “Areas with large urban populations, areas that have elected a woman before, where there’s a sort of trailblazer.”

While one might expect the discrepancy between the number of men versus women with political aspirations to shrink as the everincreasingly large ranks of female college graduates begin their careers, the gap between male and female interest in political careers is present in women as young as high school. “When you look at young

female students with seemingly bright futures and compare them to male students with equally bright futures, the female students, even then, are still expressing less interest in running for office,” Fox said. Fox indicated the next study he plans to conduct will examine why women form this aversion to political campaigning so early on.

The catalysts and formative factors contributing to this attitude in women are due, at least in part, to what Fox describes as broad socialization patterns. For this reason, the researchers imagine it is difficult to alter women’s perceptions of the political realm quickly. Fox cited recruiting female candidates as one tangible way to facilitate female entrance into the political realm, but explains in order to see widespread change, society as a whole would have to collectively alter how it socializes girls from a very young age.

In an election year that is already being hailed by the media as a landmark one for female candidates, the reality is that even if the majority of female candidates running win their races, these victories will only create a 1-2 percent increase in the number of seats in Congress held by women.

Despite this somewhat gloomy picture of the immediate future of women in politics, Fox and Lawless conclude their study by identifying ways in which political parties can begin to address this issue now. “Our results suggest that recruiting female candidates and disseminating information about the electoral environment and women’s successes can help narrow the gender gap and increase numeric representation,” reads the study’s concluding paragraph.

The report continues to say, “The challenges in front of us are to continue to raise awareness about the barriers women face, and to continue to advocate for a more inclusive electoral process.”

passed away.

“He had a chance to come visit us in the early part of November, and we were ecstatically happy to see him. … His words were, ‘I’ll be back,’” said Love.

“The team that worked for Richard, Richard would be very proud of because they’ve kept things going in his absence,” said Harris. “That whole team had worked as if Richard was still there leading them, and they’ll continue to do that. I don’t think for the students we will miss a beat.”

Tipon, who had an off-campus friendship with Royce, was able to get to know his family, especially through cooking for Royce’s parents’ wedding anniversary and his daughter’s

wedding.

“He is going to be missed. Rest in peace, Richard,” said Tipon.

According to Love, Royce’s family, including his daughter, his partner, his two grandsons, his brother-in-law and his son-in-law came to Facilities Management last Friday.

“We spent about two hours in the front with the family,” said Love. “One thing about Facilities Management is we are family.”

Harris agreed and said, “When times are tough, this Facilities Management department is a family, and we do support each other, but it doesn’t mitigate how sad everyone is. It’s a really, really rough time and … it causes everyone to evaluate

what you’re doing while you’re here, not just at work, but in life in general.”

This is not the first loss Facilities Management has experienced in the past year.

In June 2011, multi-craftsman Luis Duarte passed away due to a heart attack. According to Tipon, Royce and Duarte were close teammates.

Student Psychological Services, Human Resources and Campus Ministry are providing support to those who are interested.

According to Tipon, a memorial service in Sacred Heart Chapel is currently being planned, as well as a private burial in which his ashes will be spread at sea.

The cart Royce used at LMU sits outside of the Facilities Management building, where people can reflect on his impact on and off campus.

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LMU mourns loss of Facilities worker Royce from Page 1 embody that spirit.”

Dorothy Love, the assistant director of Facilities Management, knew Royce for about 25 years and was his manager for a year. According to Love, she would always jokingly get on him about his smoking habit and him not shaving but said that he always had a good attitude about everything.

“He’s just a good person to be around [and] very seldom missed work. … That’s why it was such a shock the day he got sick,” said Love.

According to Harris, he was out several weeks before he

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Nativity scene update December 15 nativity incidents have been closed. Person/s of interest have been referred to judicial affairs.The Dec. 6 incident remains open.

New Associate Registrar begins work Jeffrey S. Seeger is now serving as the Associate University Registrar for Academic Records. He is an alumnus and began working at LMU in 1984.

Before attaining this position, Seeger worked on the University’s Information Technology Services team.

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Parking prices for next spring to be determined Parking from Page 1 existing 84 parking spaces and, according to Wong, was the result of a city mandate.

“There are only two ways to raise money for the parking structure ... to raise tuition [or] to charge a user fee for parking. This way, instead of everyone paying for the parking structure, only those who use the structure pay,” Wong stated in an article printed in the Sept.1 issue of the Loyolan.

While there is no current price for parking at the moment, administrators have been looking at other schools to make sure LMU’s prices are fair.

According to each school’s website, UCLA charges $1,008 per year for parking, USC charges $414 a semester for certain lots, and Chapman University charges $300 annually for full time students.

“The amount that LMU is going to charge is not going to be influenced by other schools’ charges. LMU only plans to charge as much as it needs,” said Wong. “However, [other schools’ prices for parking] were looked at to make sure we were being reasonable,” he added.

Although the initial fee announcement got a lot of people talking about the parking situation, students’ feelings remain mixed.

Sophomore business entrepreneurship major Scott Bryan is happy with the University’s decision. “I’d rather pay and have more spaces because I would like to get to class on time,” Bryan said.

However, not all students are as willing to accept the new fees the school is imposing.

“I think students pay enough to go here, let alone pay for parking,” junior recording arts major Terry Byrne told the Loyolan.

Students are not the only ones expressing concern over the parking developments.

The Westchester community is reportedly apprehensive that charging for parking will lead to more students parking in the residential neighborhood. Clarence Griffin, the director of Community and Local Government Relations, works to bridge the University with the neighborhood and larger community.

“The reaction has been mixed.

Most residents are interested in the University’s plan to address the potential impacts,” Griffin said.

He went on to cite part of the Master Plan, a framework for LMU’s progress, which says, “Property Owner agrees, in the event of community requests for permit parking, to support the formation

of a parking permit district, and to fund the cost of two annual parking permits per household for the area shown in Exhibit G, up to $24,000 annually, should a parking district be established by the Department of Transportation through the city’s standard procedure for establishing such districts.”

Wong asserts that despite any negative reactions, a paid parking plan is necessary in order for LMU to continue to progress.

“Free parking has been a great benefit, yet our commitments to the city, to the students and to the community mean we need to change this,” said Wong.

Students will have the advantage of not paying for parking during the fall semester in 2012. However, by this time next year, the parking lots will come with a price tag.

As for the final parking rate, Wong expects the decision to be made mid-semester.

“The final rate has to be approved by the Board of Trustees in a meeting in early March,” according to Wong.

Devin Sixt | Loyolan

Beginning in the spring of 2013, LMU will charge for on-campus parking, according to Michael Wong,associate vice president for administration services.

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11 Burning Questions with a Golden Globes attendee This issue, News Editor Tierney Finster talks with Emily Rome, a senior film production major, Loyolan copy editor and L.A. Times intern, about covering the Golden Globes on the red carpet.

1. What brought you to the Golden Globes?

I’m interning with the L.A. Times movie coverage team, so I went as part of that. I’ve been doing a lot of movie premieres with them, so I guess they were ready to send me to an awards show.

2. What did your job at the Golden Globes specifically entail?

I covered the red carpet along with Amy Kaufman, an L.A. Times staff writer. We would trade off covering people. After the show started, Amy, two other reporters and I were in the press room backstage, which is where they hold a mini-press conference with each winner.

3. What did you enjoy most about the night?

It was fun spending some time with Amy, because she had in a sense mentored me on [covering] carpets, but we had never covered one together.

4. Who did you enjoy interviewing the most?

Probably Pixar head John Lasseter. I just had a good chat with him. I had been covering the shorts category for the Oscars, so I knew their Pixar short “La Luna” pretty well, and I was able to talk to him about that, “Cars 2” and other upcoming shorts.

5. What was your go-to question while interviewing celebrities on the red carpet?

For the Globes, a go-to question that sometimes produced really fun answers, and other times produced really boring answers, was, “How are you going to celebrate if you win?” You get anything from funny answers about specific toasts that they are planning, or just more generic “I’m going to go to some parties,” responses.

6. Which celebrity’s winning reaction were you most struck by and why?

I really liked hearing what Octavia Spencer had to say – she played Minny in “The Help.” She was the most eloquent and intelligent with her responses and also mixed in some humor. She felt genuinely appreciative of her award.

7. Let’s play Loyolan fashion police. Whose look were you impressed by?

Kate Winslet always looks gorgeous. I’m not a fashionista and I wouldn’t even know how to describe her dress, but she just looked great. Rooney Mara cracks me up though. To see how much her fashion has changed since starting “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is so funny. Sometimes I wonder if she knows she’s not actually Lisbeth Salander, wearing black to every event and hair still dyed.

8. If you alone chose the Golden Globe for Best Picture, who would have won and why?

My favorite film of 2011 was “Super 8.” It’s totally not an awards contender type film, it’s just the one I enjoyed watching the most. [Director and writer of the film] J.J. Abrams is great with suspense, and all the kids in that movie were so great and real.

9. Did you feel like anyone was snubbed?

In terms of being snubbed, I guess Gary Oldman. His really understated performance in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” was not easy to do, but it’s hard when there are only five [nominees].

10. What do you see the benefits of student internships to be?

My dream career in entertainment journalism wouldn’t be feasible if I didn’t have these internships. I’m getting experience in the real world and networking. I know what it’s really like to be in a real newsroom, and know that I love it.

11. What advice would you give to LMU students searching for internships in their desired fields?

There are a lot of resources at LMU that I think people would be foolish not to use if they are interested in getting an internship. For film students, there is the Office of Industry Relations (OIR) which is like a film student specific Career Development Services (CDS). For a couple of the internships I’ve applied to, I’ve just brought them the company I was interested in working for and asked them to provide me with any contact or other information they could get.

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Angelica Cadiente Public Editor

Burger King will be testing out a new delivery service at some of its East Coast restaurants, according to the Washington Post. Though our most slothful selves might find it tempting to order tasty burgers and hot fries from the couch, this is definitely an instance of too much convenience. It just seems wrong to make fast food more accessible in a country suffering from a widespread obesity epidemic. Burger King has not said if and when the service will be available nationwide, but the Loyolan hopes that it does not catch on.

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Say no to SOPA

ozens of websites, including Wikipedia, chose to go offline for 24 hours yesterday as part of a protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

The bill, first introduced by Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas, aims to stop copyright infringement on the web, especially on foreign websites, and would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content illegal. However, the bill would also force all search engines and other websites to remove any and all links to pages that violate SOPA, forcing sites like Wikipedia, which are edited by multiple Internet users rather than select moderators, to monitor which sites are linked to on each and every Wikipedia page, weakening those webpages’ effectiveness.

The bill has been met with multiple protests since last November, but Wikipedia’s high-profile involvement led yesterday’s protest to be widely publicized. According to their own page describing the protest, Wikipedia’s staff chose to participate in the protest not only due to potential difficulties in the upkeep of their site but also because, in their opinion, SOPA is poorly written and will do a more effective job in damaging the Internet and violating the First Amendment

than actually stopping copyright infringement.

The Loyolan supports these efforts to fight SOPA. A bill like SOPA has the potential to cripple any site with user-generated content like Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia. If any one page on those sites posted any copyrighted material illegally, the whole site, each made up of millions of pages, would be in jeopardy of being shut down. SOPA creates a slippery slope that could lead to the Internet being run only by a select group of individuals rather than a collection of voices.

Additionally, as evidenced by the Loyolan’s annual First Amendment Week – which will occur this year from Feb. 2 through 9 – the Loyolan holds the First Amendment in high regard. Therefore, the Loyolan will always oppose potential legislation that poses a threat to the amendment.

The Internet thrives on connecting people and producing new ideas and innovations from those connections. The Loyolan will always support efforts to keep control of information free for the people. While the Loyolan does not support copyright infringement and piracy, SOPA goes about combatting this issue in a way that is too damaging to valuable First Amendment rights.

Abandoning ship An Italian cruise ship carrying 4,000 passengers capsized Friday, causing the ship to crash into a reef. Eleven passengers were killed. Twenty-one passengers remained unaccounted for as of Jan. 18. Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Schettino reportedly steered the ship too close to the island of Giglio and hit the reef, causing the ship to begin sinking. Such an event is, of course, a tragedy, and perhaps what is equally as disheartening is the fact that the Italian Port Authority is now providing evidence that Schettino abandoned the ship after it began to sink. Transcripts from radio transmissions between Schettino and the Italian Port Authority show the Port Authority demanding that Schettino return to the sinking vessel after the event occurred.

He reportedly did not adhere to these demands. Hopefully this will provoke the Italian government to strengthen their safety guidelines and regulations for cruise ships, as well as spur other governments to take a closer look at their own.

Lohan making strides?

The trainwreck that is Lindsay Lohan’s once-illustrious acting career turned misdemeanor meltdown could be nearing its end. On Tuesday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge told Lohan that nearly five years of non-stop watch by the courts could come to an end in March if she continued her progression towards finishing her probation requirements for driving under the influence and shoplifting convictions. It’s refreshing to see a troubled celebrity make amends for her self-induced troubles, but she won’t get a thumbs up from the Loyolan until she proves that she can keep her nose clear, breath fresh and hands clean.

Teachers, not statistics

t’s unquestionable that educators have an enormous impact on the future of the world. Who the children of the Earth become and how they contribute to society is contingent upon many factors, but a quality education is definitely among the top. The value of a good teacher is undeniable. But is it Run ‘n Tell Dat quantifiable?

And how can

By Kim Tran we determine Opinion Editor who, or what, constitutes a good teacher simply by empirical data, if at all?

A new study, “The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher ValueAdded and Student Outcomes in Adulthood,” conducted by Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard University and Jonah E. Rockoff of Columbia University and published in 2011, has found a way to assign numbers to the quality of a teacher. This “value-added” score is found by averaging the test-score gain for his or her students, adjusted for differences across classrooms in student characteristics.

The three economists followed 2.5 million students from an urban school district over a period of 20 years and found that teachers with high value-added measures foster children with lower teen pregnancyrates, higher college admission and attendance rates as well as higher adult earnings, according to the study. This study proves that there is huge economic value in quality teachers. Hypothetical calculations find that a teacher in the top five percent of value-added ratings can raise a child’s cumulative lifetime income by $50,000. Logically, a low value-added teacher would have the opposite effect. According to Friedman, “If you leave a low valueadded teacher in your school for 10 years, rather than replacing him

with an average teacher, you are hypothetically talking about $2.5 million in lost income.”

The connection can then be made between a good education and the economy. In a 2011 study conducted

by Eric A. Hanushek of Stanford University and EducationNext, he estimates that “closing just half of the performance gap with Finland, one of the top international performers in terms of student achievement, could add more than $50 trillion to our gross domestic product between 2010 and 2090.”

Perhaps a solution to the current economic situation lies in improving our education system. The data found in the first study can provide us with several ways to do so in a time when it is imperative.

The first is to get rid of bad teachers. With so much influence and power available to an educator, I have no problem with being heartless when it comes to those like my high school freshman-year Spanish teacher who did not speak English or my sophomore-year English teacher who spent our class period singing karaoke. After all, they hypothetically have each already cost me $50,000 in my cumulative lifetime income. In a time where I can’t even afford to go to the movies, that’s a big deal.

The second is to keep the kinds of teachers I mentioned above from schools. Even though Señora T was let go after I had her, I’m not going to get that time back, and she has already put a dent into the economy.

The third alternative is to help bad teachers improve. The economists found that replacing a bad teacher with an average one could raise a classroom’s lifetime earnings by about $266,000. Why not invest in improvement programs that will yield exponential returns?

But are these numbers conclusive or relevant to the intangible qualities that can make a good teacher? The data provided by the study “The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood” can teach us many things and pro-

vides a platform on which to make decisions about our country’s educators. The question is whether this is the platform upon which we want to evaluate and measure the teachers of America.

While a teacher’s value-added measure can quite accurately measure his or her effectiveness in the classroom, there is something to be said about the immeasurable quality of value. In a quest for efficiency and practicality, human beings are always searching for a way to quantify values, even those that perhaps should not be quantified. Obviously I don’t believe that the competence of a teacher is purely subjective as I’m pretty sure that singing to your students is not an effective teaching mechanism. However, measuring quality in numbers could have some serious ramifications.

Should we judge our teachers simply by the test scores their students achieve? We could be undermining the value of a true education. Test scores are only one indicator of a child’s learning, and often do not take into account students with identified learning disabilities, behavioral disorders or any other issue that makes standardized testing difficult. If teachers are simply measured by the test scores they yield, they could completely reform their methods to target higher performance, not higher learning. This could encourage cheating and leaving serious gaps in lower education if the focus is on the test.

What is necessary is to use this data in a constructive way. It is a good indicator of a teacher’s effectiveness, but a value-added measure must be coupled with peer and student evaluations to provide an accurate depiction of worth. The quality of a teacher should not be determined by the results of one test day, but rather the results of a school year and the ways that he or she has taught a student in ways that can’t just be measured through numbers.

This is the opinion of Kim Tran, a sophomore marketing and communication studies double major from San Jose, Calif. Please send comments to ktran@theloyolan.com.

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hree years into college and high school stigmas are still managing to creep onto the bluff. Just when we thought we had settled into a new home in Los Angeles, far away and safe from the high school lags still messing around back home, we have been reminded that, as much as our student population disagree, Pot of Gold would 21 isn’t so far

By Michael gone from 17.

In honor of Goldsholl centenAsst. Managing Editor the nial, ASLMU | Sports Editor is hosting an event that will honor a Homecoming King and Queen – a fun and mildly competitive achievement in high school, but a mortifying opportunity for students in college to relive their “glory days.”

To think that some people consider their high school and college days as “the best years of their lives,” isn’t just sad – it’s a concerning indication that some people will actually hit their prime – or peak – two decades in to what will likely be nearly a century of life. If that’s the case, something is terribly wrong with society (now that’s a list that will never end).

Superficiality is something that will always have its place in society – for better or worse. There are some aspects of life that simply need judging based on aesthetics and beauty that runs no further than skin deep, like choosing your life partner or picking out a puppy (just kidding). But

crowning a couple of college students as a Homecoming King and Queen annihilates the line separating tempered judgments from sewer-low standards paired with Kardashian expectations. It continues to ingrain, in the minds of young and developing individuals (not so dissimilar from “Toddlers and Tiaras” or “Jersey Shore”), that even as a young adult, a true sense of achievement and self-worth can be derived from parading oneself around while essentially getting on one’s knees and begging for validation and popularity.

Have the standards of our academic institution actually decreased so significantly that only a 2.75 GPA is required for those hoping to be “crowned” H o m e c o m i n g ’s finest in 2012?

Think about how many people at this school would lose their scholarship if their G P A dropped b e l o w a 3.0 for more than a semester?

Aside from being written in a distant cousin font from Comic Sans MS (a font that I’m pretty sure all teachers banned after the fifth grade), the applica-

tion asks applicants to promote themselves as a positive contributor to a campus organization or club [cue the line of LMU’s Greek Life population extending from Gersten Pavilion to U-Hall].

This is all swell and groovy, but if ASLMU is trying to honor students for their worth and contributions to the University, why not do so in a manner that doesn’t come with the connotation of “popularity contest” or require the submission of a head shot? (I’m not kidding, the application actually requests an up-to-date photo of the prospective Homecoming honoree.) I thought that getting trophies for simply showing up ended in elementary school, and awards actually had to be earned by way of providing a valuable presence. I guess not.

Why not laud the students who are paying their own way through college, without the help of financial aid, while competently handling a full course load and being a member of campus organizations? Or the students who aren’t just taking classes, partying on weekends and getting a degree, but are also using the surrounding area of Los Angeles,

with its endless opportunities and resources, to ensure a positive future for themselves?

The problem is not the fact that we’re still honoring people with an award that should have died, been buried and decomposed in high school (hopefully enough students will take it as a complete joke and see it for the embarrassment that it is to offset those who believe it will make or shatter their college memories to pieces). Rather, the issue is what the “award” means, not just for the future, but also for the ones who will be guiding it.

For those eagerly awaiting the

announcement of this prestigious honor, the 2012 Homecoming King and Queen will be announced at the men’s basketball team’s home game against the University of Portland on Saturday, Jan. 28. I’ll be at the game, but you’ll find me at the concessions stand when LMU time travels everyone in attendance back to the “best days of their lives.”

Graphic by Alberto Gonzalez | Loyolan This is the opinion of Michael Goldsholl, a junior English major from Santa Barbara Calif. Please send comments to mgoldsholl@ theloyolan.com.

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ROAR Network’s ‘Film Studies’ parodies varying cinema genres TV Spotlight

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ost college students know that falling asleep in class is always a disorienting experience. Besides the embarrassment of getting called out by a professor or waking up with incriminating marks on your face, you never know what sort of dreams you’ll end up having and which parts of your environment will make their way into them. Playing off of this relatable circumstance, “Film Studies,” a ROAR Network show created by Anthony Vogt and Luke Braun, both sophomore film production majors, follows protagonist Jack Browning as he falls asleep in his film class. In each episode he dreams about whatever genre was taught that day, while his professor and other students in the class act as a supporting cast of characters.

Like a 15-minute version of genre spoofs such as “Scary Movie,” “Film Studies” parodies a different genre of film each episode and, as director, executive producer and writer, Vogt claimed, “[it makes] fun of the bigger Hollywood clichés.”

Vogt and Braun came up with the concept when they were in high school together, where they filmed a horror genre spoof and other parodies that they put on YouTube.

Later, in their spring semester as freshmen at LMU while working on another ROAR Network show, “ROAR Dispatch,” they began to talk about expanding on their

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“Film Studies” star Jason Ott, pictured above in the show’s horror episode, adopts different personas based on each show’s theme. Three new episodes of the show are expected to air on ROAR Network this semester. original concept and turning it into their own series for the network.

“We had an idea in February of our freshman year, and we started talking about doing a comedy that we could make into a series of sketches. Then we got into the whole genre-spoof idea. So we wrote a script in the summer, which became the script for episode one, the noir, and gave it to ROAR,” Braun said. “They kept giving us tips, and we kept doing rewrites, and it went through a long process until we finally added the classroom idea and the slacker. So originally, it was just going to be a series of spoofs before it centered around a slacker

falling asleep in class.”

According to Vogt, because of changes and improvements the crew wanted to make, the script for the second episode, the horror spoof, took almost six months, compared to the three-month period it took to complete its predecessor, “Gritty Noir.” Still, in the midst of small changes from episode to episode including sound issues and color correction, the one thing that has remained constant on the show, and is perhaps its most unique quality, is that the cast of characters continues to remain the same, a rarity for the network.

Kate Remsen, a sophomore film

production major who works as a producer on the show, explained that the actors are not LMU students, but are actually actors from L.A. who auditioned after they responded to an advertisement on a casting website.

“On normal shoots, you only see people for a weekend, but with our show we have kept the same crew and actors for over six months,” Remsen said. “We’ve definitely grown as a little family, which is really cool. Spending so much time with the same people has really helped us form a connection and a bond with each other that has only helped the show develop.”

“Besides the actors being consistent, most of the crew already knew each other from working on another ROAR show, ‘Clashing Worlds,’ the year before,” Remsen said. Braun, who has worked with ROAR multiple times, expressed that this set compared to others he’d been on was in fact the most professional.

“This is leagues better than anything I’ve been a part of. We actually have an entire post team that consists of six people, instead of just an editor,” he said. “Essentially, I compare it to a Production 400 set, like a senior thesis. It’s nice to have a say in a show with this kind of professionalism and organization.”

The quick development and evolution of the show along with its positive reception has motivated the crew to enter the first three episodes – “Gritty Noir,” “Bloody Slasher” and “Romance” – into a few film festivals. The next three episodes slated to air this semester are the main focus of the whole cast and crew at this point, though.

“We’ve done so much in so little time, and I’m really excited for the next three episodes because we’ve got action, a sports parody and finally a musical. The musical’s going to be crazy big, with all of these extras and shenanigans,” Vogt said.

“Film Studies” will air its fourth episode, parodying the action film genre, on Tuesday, Feb. 21 on ROAR Network (channel 6 on campus TV). “Film Studies” is also available online at: roarnetwork.com.

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LMU Wine Club launches Club Spotlight

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rguably there is little reason to take a chemistry class for fun – unless we’re talking about “The Chemistry of Wine.” Not only is it likely the class of greatest interest to most students (other than “Physics for Poets,” of course), it also spawned the University’s first official Wine Club.

“I went in [to the class] liking wine but knowing nothing about it,” said senior biochemistry major Jonathan Perkins, who is also president of the LMU Wine Club. “Knowing the chemistry and all this other crazy stuff about wine gave me and a couple of my buddies enough knowledge about wine to take it a step further.”

They took the steps to start an official club on campus with chemistry professor and instructor of the aforementioned class Dr. Emily Jarvis on board as adviser, and they wrote a constitution and submitted the proposal for LMU’s approval.

“We were not going to be surprised if the school didn’t approve it, since [the club] revolves around an alcoholic beverage. But no, they were OK with it. Their mentality was, ‘We’ll give you guys the responsibility, just don’t mess it up,’” Perkins said.

However, the group did not expect the overwhelming interest they received from students. Perkins said he thought that initially it would just be some of their friends, with maybe 20 or 30 members. But as word spread, they have accrued a mailing list of over 100 people.

“Our whole goal is to educate our age, [to get them to] want to try different types of wine and knowing what actual good wine is all about

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The Wine Club held a gathering in early December at the Salt Creek Grille in El Segundo to celebrate the successful formation of the club. instead of just buying two-buck chuck,” said Nick Cuevas, senior biochemistry major and treasurer of the club.

The main aim of the club is not just to enjoy wine, but to learn more about it. “Because with wine, it’s not just how it tastes, but it’s the color, the transparency [and] the aroma,” Perkins said.

Because of regulations, meetings do not involve the actual consumption of wine, but are more informational. “We’re trying to teach it like an unofficial class. You actually learn; you do take it seriously,” Perkins said.

Cuevas added, “I talked to [the head of a winery], and he was talking about how at our age, having this kind of desire and knowledge of wine was something he wishes he had, because the younger you appreciate it, the better.”

Currently, the club holds meetings at The Loft every two or three weeks. These discussions about wine are open to all, but obviously the club itself has to have age restrictions. “It is a very upperclassmen club, just because it has to be

that you’re 21. It’s kind of a limiting factor but also what makes it cool,” Perkins said.

Unfortunately, it also means that the vast majority of members are currently seniors, which could spell doom for the club’s future beyond the class of 2011. Juniors are especially welcome to join. “We need people to take the reins after us,” Perkins said. “Literally almost every single member is about to graduate.”

As for this semester, the club’s primary goal is to hold a wine tasting event on campus. “A kind of graduation send-off for anybody in the club,” as Perkins described it. “We’d like to make it as large and as fun as possible for the community. We’d like to get professors involved.”

But don’t get your hopes up for a Dionysus-inspired, wine-soaked Bacchanalian display – it would be “very regulated, strictly for educational purposes. I mean, drinking wine is fun and being with friends is a great time, but it’s really to learn,” Perkins said.

The LMU Wine Club’s next meeting will be at The Loft on Wednesday, Jan. 25.

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‘Dynamically Oriented’ brings Television’s ‘Parks & therapy and art together Recreation’ problem L Art Spotlight

By Jackie Fischer Asst. A&E Editor

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oping to raise money for the funding of their summer program in Mexico, first-year graduate students in the Marital and Family Therapy’s Clinical Art Therapy department have collaborated to design their own exhibit in the Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery. The opening reception will take place this Saturday, and the exhibit will be open throughout the semester. Donations will be accepted and used to pay for their educational trip to Mexico over the summer, where they will be able to expand their art therapy training.

The idea of a group exhibit was proposed during a brainstorming session within the group this past fall to help raise money for the trip to Mexico. The Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, Mexico is a large attraction for students in the graduate program, as it “is designed to broaden the experiences of LMU students with art therapy training in the arts, language and culture of Mexico,” according to the LMU Marital and Family Therapy page at Cfa.lmu. edu.

“Each of us has a very special connection with creating art and jump at any opportunity to share that with others. I think that’s why we are each in this program,” said graduate student and marital and family therapy major Amber Helmstetter, who has taken on a leadership position for the group.

Students have been putting this exhibit together since they submitted the proposal in December. Each one has contributed in some way including collaborative pieces, sculptures, photography, textiles, prints, ceramics, glasswork, jewelry and paintings.

Amber Helmstetter

First-year graduate student Amber Helmstetter took on a leadership role in “Dynamically Oriented,”the newest exhibit in the Thomas P. Kelly Art Gallery.

“I think this will give an interesting glimpse of the art my classmates created leading up to their entry into the art therapy program,” Helmstetter said.

Helmstetter noticed the Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery was accepting a general call for submissions and went forth with one for the group. After being accepted to the student art exhibit, they needed to come up with a name for their show.

“The art therapy program is based in family systems theory, informed through a psychodynamic perspective. It has been such a challenge, yet has been very orienting. This is where the title of our show, ‘Dynamically Oriented,’ comes from,” explained Helmstetter.

One of the highlights of the show includes a collaborative installation “based on the four positive symptoms outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical

Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV): delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior. The concept was basically our idea of what it may feel like to have each symptom,” explained one of the artists, graduate student and marital and family therapy major Jillien Kahn.

Each of these students come from various backgrounds and differing school focuses, which has led to diverse work strongly influenced by these different approaches, explains Helmstetter.

The first-year graduate students in the Clinical Art Therapy program will host a reception for their pieces in the Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. All 22 artists will be present at the opening reception and donations will be accepted to help them raise money for their trip to Mexico.

Concert unites music and Family of Schools students Music Preview

By Raeesah Reese Staff Writer

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he music department will continue its 13-year-long tradition of engaging children in the celebration of music when it holds its Concert of Music for Children on Sunday, Jan. 22 in the Murphy Recital Hall.

The concert will feature a variety of music such as works based on an assortment of William Shakespeare plays and the popular children’s story “Babar the Elephant.” The musical selection is meant to appeal to children, stimulating their imaginations.

“I am looking forward to see the excited looks on their faces when they witness classical music being performed with other disciplines, including dance, visual art and theater,” said music professor Dr. Tania Fleischer.

As director of the event, Fleischer worked in collaboration with music professor Dr. Virginia Saya, head of the Sinatra Opera Workshop, to determine the musical selection for the concert. The Sinatra Opera Workshop endowment funds the event and members of the

workshop will be performing “The Cat Quintet,” directed by music professor Dr. Karl Snider and “The Rain Quartet,” directed by Saya.

The concert will weave together various forms of art by featuring dancers from The Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company, as well as members of the Actor’s Gang, including LMU alumna Molly O’Neill.

The audience will have the chance to hear the musical expression of a Japanese form of poetry when LMU music majors perform pieces that they composed based on haikus written by seventh and eighth graders from a variety of Catholic schools.

Hannah Bredberg, a senior music major, arranged music inspired by haikus that featured the theme of sadness.

Bredberg, who will perform her pieces on the piano, claims that while the process did pose artistic challenges, it was ultimately rewarding.

“The concert is a great concept because it not only brings music to children, but it also shows them that their work can inspire others,” Bredberg said.

The children whose haikus were chosen to be featured in the show attend St. Anastasia Catholic School, Visitation Catholic Elementary School and

St. Jerome School. The Catholic schools are a part of the LMU Family of Schools program, which functions as a partnership between the University and schools in the Westchester area. Outreach Coordinator Bryan Williams believes that the concert promotes a sense of unity between the Family of School students and LMU students and faculty.

Williams said the concert is significant in building a sense of community as “the arts bring people together from all walks of life.”

Fleischer hopes that the event will be engaging as well as educationally enriching for the children who will attend as she believes that the arts play an important role in a child’s education.

Although the concert is designed with children in mind, Fleischer maintains that the event will appeal to people of all ages.

“The concert is a great introduction to classical music and a chance to see top notch performances in dance, theater and music,” Fleischer said.

The concert will feature two performances on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. and at 3 p.m. Admission is free, but a reservation is required. Call 310-5686141 to reserve a seat.

ike most college students, I’ve got enough on my plate to do without watching too much television. Hulu makes it easy enough to keep up with the shows I want to see without worrying about catching up on critical darlings far into their later seasons.

Of course, stuIt’s K-OK! dents aren’t

By Kevin O’Keeffe the only ones who A&E Editor can’t get into longrunning series very easily.

The television landscape is becoming more and more serialized, and with that change comes less opportunity for viewers to follow a show that has developed its characters and backstory fairly thoroughly.

The problem with this dynamic lies in the programs that don’t quite hit their stride until later into their runs. No one, for example, would argue that the earliest episodes of “Community” are the strongest in the series, but those who tuned out when they got bored missed the show’s transformation into one of the buzziest among younger audiences.

However, no program showcases this difficult problem better than one I caught up on this past winter break: “Parks and Recreation,” the Amy Poehler-led NBC sitcom that, now in its fourth season, has never managed to land the high ratings it deserves. The show debuted in 2009 as a midseason replacement and something of a spin-off of “The Office,” NBC’s biggest sitcom hit, and was summarily ravaged by critics. The first season only lasted six episodes, but the ratings were, at the time,

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Amy Poehler has earned acclaim for her work on “Parks and Recreation” despite the show’s dismal ratings.

good enough by NBC standards to warrant a second season pickup.

As soon as “Parks and Recreation” returned to the air in fall 2009, the show had transformed from an illconceived spin-off to a fully realized program in its own right, filled with funny, realistic characters and heartwarming, hilarious plotlines.

However, ratings quickly took a tumble even as reviewers continued to lavishly praise the show. By the end of the third season, the show finished 116th highest-rated show on television, behind series like “COPS” and “Skating with the Stars” – not exactly a good sign.

NBC continues to be in bad enough of shape where renewals for shows like “Parks” are far more certain than they should be, but eventually the low ratings will have to be acknowledged. While programs can do their best to draw in new viewers and increase their audiences, ultimately the poor quality of the early episodes may forever keep shows like “Parks and Recreation” from being hits.

This is what I like to call “The ‘Parks and Recreation’ Problem” – shows that peak any later than their first seasons are doomed to a few low-rated seasons before their hardcore fanbases are disappointed by the programs’ inevitable cancellations. However, shows that peak early often flame out quickly (i.e. “Glee” and “Heroes”) and stick around far beyond their expiration date thanks to their passionate media followings, even as ratings erode.

What is particularly unfortunate about “The ‘Parks and Recreation’ Problem” is it ignores the ability of shows to grow and wilt over time. Audiences are equally to blame for this – who else could be at fault for the continued success of “Two and a Half Men” over such celebrated comedies as “30 Rock” and “How I Met Your Mother”? After all, services like Hulu and Netflix make it easy to catch up, so there’s no real excuse.

The core of the problem lies within the sheer variety of how much programming is out there and an inability on viewers’ part to take on too many must-see series. Unless a series can strike fire in the very early episodes and keep stoking the fire for the first few seasons, it’s likely that network television will be plagued by “The ‘Parks and Recreation’ Problem” for quite some time.

This is the opinion of Kevin O’Keeffe, a sophomore screenwriting major from Austin, Texas.

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The library’s Jewish Book Club kicks off the semester with “Lost in Translation.”

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Lions look to youth for success M. Tennis from Page 12 now it’s more of a deep team, and considering injuries it’s a little more secure than last season.”

Only two Lions graduated from last year’s squad, yet one was season long No. 1 singles player Aris Andreasian. However, Sceney is staying positive for the new season.

“We lost two guys, Johan [Berhof] and Aris, but every year it kind of evolves. It’s something guys get used to every year,” Sceney said. “You’re going to lose one or two guys every year, sometimes it’s more and sometimes it’s less; I don’t think it changes things too much.”

The transition into this spring is helped by Bjerke’s strong singles play from last year, where he went 11-10 (5-3 in WCC play) in singles play, mostly at the No. 2 position. Bjerke’s strong singles and doubles play also helped LMU win its final match at the WCC Tournament last April, earning Bjerke Second Team AllConference honors for singles and honorable mention for doubles.

“My personal goals are to do better than last year, have a better winning record than last year and maybe if I get a chance to play some ranked players beat them, both in singles and doubles,” Bjerke said.

Since returning to school for the spring semester, the team has been hard at work preparing for today’s match and the challenges to come.

“We’ve been doing a lot of fitness leading up to [today], playing a lot of matches, points, and doubles and singles as well, and we are getting into the match game and bringing the intensity to practice,” Bjerke said.

Looking on to a competitive season within WCC play and nonconference matchups as well, both Sceney and Bjerke have high expectations for a young team full of potential.

“We want to make top four in the conference, looking to go above last year’s record of 13-11,” Sceney said. “We have a chance to do that, and we want to make the rankings. Our goal is to make the NCAAs, and we probably need to be in the top 50 at least in the country to do that, but our goal first and foremost is to get ranked and go from there.”

Bjerke added, “I think we play about 14 ranked teams this season, as the rankings are now, so we have a lot of opportunities to get ranked. So that along with having a winning record, but also getting to the national rankings and doing well in the West Coast Conference, that’s sort of a culmination of the whole season.”

The Lions do not have to wait long for the first true test of their team this season. The ranked competition begins this Saturday with a trip to downtown Los Angeles to take on the University of Southern California, the nation’s top-ranked team and four-time defending national champion.

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Another pair of Lions head to MLS training camps M. Soccer from Page 12 I answered was my brother [sophomore and fellow LMU soccer player Cameron]. He said something kind of confusing about San José, and I didn’t really get what he meant. I was like ‘Hold on what are you talking about?’ and he said I got drafted.”

“It took a little while to sink in, then it was the most amazing feeling, something I’ve been trying to do my whole life,” Krumpe said. “I was kind of concentrating on school this semester and then here it is – I get to play soccer, I find out,” he said.

In San José, Krumpe will get the opportunity to join Baca, a former teammate of three years while at LMU. San José has been a recent haven for former LMU soccer players with Burling spending two plus seasons there before his recent selection by expansion franchise Montreal Impact, and Baca breaking into the starting lineup for the Earthquakes late this past season.

“I am so excited to play with [Baca] again,” Krumpe said. “He called me shortly after it happened and told me if there was anything I needed to let him know.”

Krumpe flies up north Sunday night and begins camp with the Earthquakes on Monday morning.

“I have no predetermined amount of time I’m going to be there. Basically as long as I’m playing and they like me I get to stay and maybe I get to sign a contract, maybe not, but either way it’s an opportunity, and I’m glad to have it,” Krumpe said.

McDaniel will join the Timbers when they start a preseason training camp in L.A. three weeks from now.

“First things first, I have to get as fit as possible. I’ve been working really hard for the past few weeks, but finding out this information, I definitely have to step it up a few notches,” McDaniel said.

With the immediacy of their new team commitment, the two seniors will have to leave school in their final semester and work on finishing their degrees from afar.

“The concern I have for [both of them] now is grades. I want them to get their degree,” Coach Krumpe said. “We’ve worked out kind of a plan for [them] to do it, but it’s going to be difficult for these guys to be in Portland and San José and try to graduate from LMU.” Out of LMU’s 10-man senior class, several more are still looking for professional opportunities either in the U.S. or overseas. Coach Krumpe hopes that their former teammate Baca can provide an example of the undrafted path to MLS. “On one hand I’m very excited about the fact that we got two guys drafted,” Coach Krumpe said. “And on the other hand I’m hoping that the guys that didn’t get drafted don’t give up on it and look at Rafa as an example

of a guy who didn’t get drafted and was still able to make an MLS roster.”

The MLS draft process is made up of two drafts, the first two rounds called the SuperDraft, followed by the four-round Supplemental Draft.

“It has always been a dream for me,” McDaniel said. “I always knew I could play at this level, but didn’t really know if I was going to get the opportunity, but now I’ve got [it] so I’ve got to make the most of it.”

Krumpe echoed McDaniel’s excitement about the opportunity to fulfill every athlete’s childhood dream. “It gives me chills. The fact that I get to start playing soccer as possibly a career path, which is what I’ve been trying to do my whole life, I could not be happier.”

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Sophomore guard Anthony Ireland scored 11 points and dished out five assists while playing all but one minute of the Lions’loss to Gonzaga on Saturday.

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Senior defender Logan McDaniel (pictured above) was selected in the fourth round of the 2012 Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft on Tuesday afternoon.

WCC schedule, LMU will complete its season series with BYU before meeting three other teams (Portland, Santa Clara and Saint Mary’s) for the first time.

“We know what they do. We know what they’re good at,” senior LaRon Armstead said.

“Playing them at their house might be a little different … but we’ll be real prepared for them. I think we’ll be ready.

We had them, but it slipped away.”

BYU (5-1 in the WCC and 16-4 overall) is led by a potent offense that averages a shade over 80 points per game, with four players increasing their scoring average after each contest. Noah Hartsock leads the way at 16.8 points per game (ppg) followed by Matt Carlino (14.6 ppg), Brandon Davies (13.4 ppg) and Charles Abouo (11.4 ppg).

In addition to outscoring opponents by an average of

16 points, the Cougars have dominated opponents on the glass, pulling down an average of eight more rebounds than the opposition.

Despite only scoring six points against Gonzaga, redshirt senior Drew Viney still leads LMU in scoring and rebounding with 15.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Ireland is close behind with 14.7 points per game while dishing out more than five assists per contest from the point position. Redshirt junior Ashley Hamilton is also averaging more than 14 points per game, including a team-high 16 in the loss to Gonzaga.

LMU will still be without redshirt junior Jarred DuBois who suffered a concussion against the University of San Diego on Jan. 7.

The 5:30 p.m. game is being broadcast from Provo, Utah on BYUtv as well as Fox Sports Prime Ticket.

LMU remains winless five games into WCC play W. Bball from Page 12 “I think there are a lot of reasons that we could pinpoint why we’re not putting it all together, but I think our youth has been a big issue,” said redshirt junior forward Alex Cowling, following the team’s practice on Wednesday morning. “I think that’s our biggest thing – we have nine freshmen and sophomores, and we’re really trying to teach them the college game and have them learn what it’s like to play 40 minutes at 100 percent. We’re getting it down though, and we’re learning. Believe it or not, we’re climbing. Our last few practices have been the best all year, and we’re ready to play 40 minutes together.”

Head Coach Julie Wilhoit and the Lions are also utilizing a week break from any official game action, as they haven’t played since last Thursday. For some teams, a lengthy break or extended time off can halt momentum,

but for the Lions, it’s just what they needed.

“I think for us, because so much of our growth is happening on the court and teaching, and I think we’re really able to teach, and our kids are able to feel fresh,” said Wilhoit. “We played Thursday, and we got in here on Saturday and Sunday and took Monday off, and then got back in on Tuesday and Wednesday. So we had two days off on this break. I think the off was good for rest and recovery for the kids playing a lot of minutes.”

Cowling has been shouldering a lot of the offensive load for the Lions through the first 17 games of the season, leading the Lions in points in all but three of their games.

However, in the most recent contest, sophomore guard Hazel Ramirez stepped up for the Lions, leading the way with 20 points and becoming only the second Lion to score double figures in LMU’s last four games.

“It’s motivation for me, because I really want to help the team out and beat BYU,” said Ramirez. “As long as I help the team, stay focused and motivated and encourage them, and we should be ok.”

Wilhoit is hoping that Cowling, who is currently the nation’s 11th-leading scorer with a 21.2 points per game average, can use the building frustrations of the season and channel it into performances familiar to another Los Angeles basketball player.

“I compared her to Kobe Bryant. … He’s a wounded animal right now, and you don’t pet a wounded animal. If you touch a wounded animal, they will bite you,” said Wilhoit. “I think Alex is learning right now – one of the things right now is elevating her game.”

The Lions will tip off action tonight against the Cougars, who are 5-1 in WCC play, at 7 p.m. in Gersten Pavilion.

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The Lions will continue to look for more offense from sophomore guard Hazel Ramirez (pictured above in a game earlier this season), who scored a season-high 20 points in the Lions’loss to the University of San Diego last week.

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Rematch will test road record Lions prepare for BYU Lions hope to avenge home loss to Cougars tonight in their first visit to the conference newcomer.

By John Wilkinson Asst. Sports Editor

Over the first two weeks of West Coast Conference (WCC) play, the LMU men’s basketball team has picked up all three of its conference wins on the road, faring better on hostile grounds than in two losses at home. Tonight’s trip to Brigham Young University (BYU), however, is another beast all together.

If the Lions hope to keep their perfect WCC road-record intact, they will have to do so on the biggest stage yet.

When BYU was added to the WCC this season, it immediately became the largest school in the conference. An enrollment over 34,000 makes it more than three and a half times larger than the second largest, LMU. Along with the huge enrollment comes huge facilities. BYU’s Marriott Center is the country’s third-largest on-campus arena with a capacity in excess of 22,000.

In 40 years at the Marriott Center, BYU boasts a .793 home winning percentage, including an impressive 16616 over the past 12 years.

“I’m sure playing at their facility is amazing, but we know what to expect and we’re going to give it our all,” sophomore Anthony Ireland said.

The last time the two teams met, LMU led at times in the first half, but BYU pulled away in the second half for a 73-65 victory at Gersten Pavilion.

Despite BYU leading by as much as 13 in the second half of that matchup, LMU had a chance to steal a victory from the conference newcomer when the lead was cut to as little as two in the game’s final minute.

“We owe them. We definitely owe them,” Ireland said of BYU. A slight quirk of the new nine-team

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The women’s basketball team aims to focus and play hard for the game against BYU tonight.

By Michael Goldsholl Asst. Managing Editor | Sports Editor

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Senior LaRon Armstead (pictured above) was second for the Lions in scoring last Saturday against Gonzaga,recording 14 points on 50 percent shooting,while converting two of three from deep.

The 2011-12 season remains a work in progress for the women’s basketball team. In a battle between the West Coast Conference’s (WCC) first and last place teams, the Lions, who are winless five games into conference play, will host conference-leader Brigham Young University (BYU) tonight at 7 p.m.

The Lions have struggled to put together a complete game in their last three contests – getting blown out in the first halves against BYU and the University of San Diego on the road, but playing nearly evenly against the two squads in the second 20 minutes of play. Then, when the Lions hosted No. 24 Gonzaga University on Saturday, Jan. 7, they played the Bulldogs within single digits for the first 24 minutes of action. However, Gonzaga outscored LMU 38-16 during the last 16 minutes of play and captured a 26-point win over the winless in WCC Lions.

Although the Lions continue searching for their first conference victory, they have maintained a positive outlook through the season, and have been taking the time to help their underclassmen learn and improve. With nine freshmen and sophomores on the roster, the Lions have been accepting a learning curve but don’t want to use that as an excuse for their record.

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MLS draft features two Lions Tennis Seniors Tyler Krumpe and Logan McDaniel recieve call to fulfill professional dreams.

By John Wilkinson Asst. Sports Editor

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Senior Tyler Krumpe (above) was a fourth round pick of the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS Supplemental Draft on Tuesday.

In a matter of minutes on Tuesday, the number of LMU men’s soccer alumni currently attached to Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs doubled when seniors Logan McDaniel and Tyler Krumpe were both selected in the fourth round of MLS’s supplemental draft. The two join Rafael Baca (’11) and Bobby Burling (’06) as former Lions in the top tier of American soccer.

The Portland Timbers, a recent addition to the league, selected McDaniel with the eighth pick in the draft’s fourth and final round. The San Jose Earthquakes picked Krumpe sixteenth in the round. There is no guarantee that the two will make their respective teams; they will still have to tryout and win a roster spot in training camp.

It is the first time that LMU has had multiple players taken in any one MLS draft.

“I think it’s exciting for the program,” LMU Head Coach and Tyler ’s father Paul Krumpe said. “I also look and think, had we had a little bit of a better year, we could have had several more drafted. I think the rest of our seniors that didn’t get drafted are capable of playing at that level as well.”

McDaniel, an All-WCC honoree twice in his career (second team 2009

and honorable mention 2011), played in both wide defense and midfield positions. The left-footed McDaniel tallied 18 assists and six goals while at LMU, including five assists last season, which tied him for the teamhigh.

“Logan is very crafty with the ball.

He has the benefit of being left-footed. He also probably will have an opportunity to play in midfield as well so he is a little more versatile,” Coach Krumpe said.

McDaniel was in class when he got a text message congratulating him on the news. “I called my mom and called my brother to tell them the news,” McDaniel said. “I was really, really excited when I first found out. I kind of ran out of class and celebrated by calling all my family and stuff. I was ecstatic. There’s still a lot of work to do, so I can’t celebrate too much right now.”

Krumpe, another speedy, wide player, was recognized three times in his career by the WCC, garnering All-Freshman team selection in 2008, All-WCC honorable mention in 2009 and All-WCC second team honors in 2011. Krumpe recorded a pair of goals and 10 assists in his four seasons at LMU, including four assists – two of them on game-winning goals – this past year.

“They both can serve balls very well, which is certainly a required trait for an outside back,” Coach Krumpe said.

“I was sitting in the library doing some homework and my phone started blowing up,” Krumpe said of hearing the news. “The first call

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Fueled by a young roster and tough competition, men’s tennis hopes for NCAA recognition.

By Nathan Dines Asst. Sports Editor The LMU men’s tennis team returns to action today at 1:30 p.m. against the University of Nevada Wolf Pack for the first match of the spring, ready to improve on its consolation bracket victory and fifth place finish at last year’s West Coast Conference (WCC) Tournament.

Led by Head Coach Brad Sceney, the team is looking for more success this season, helped by the depth of the talented young roster.

Five sophomores return from last year’s lineup, and with the addition of three new freshmen, the majority of the 11-man team is made up of underclassmen.

“The freshmen from last year that are coming back know what it’s all about,” Sceney said. “Last year was all their rookie season so we expect more.”

Junior Nicholas Bjerke added, “We got two really good new players, one German [freshman Felix vann Kann] and another one from Australia [freshman Todd Volmari], and with 11 guys

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