ESTABLISHED 1921 March 22, 2012 Volume 90, Issue 37 Your Home. Your Voice. Your News.
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Gym Class Heroes to headline Collegefest ASLMU has not confirmed what the opening act will be for the event this Sunday. By Adrien Jarvis Editor in Chief
Gym Class Heroes will headline this year ’s Collegefest, ASLMU announced late Monday night. Who will open the March 25 event remains a mystery, as the most recent choice fell through Wednesday afternoon. After Gym Class Heroes was announced, ASLMU President and senior English major Art Flores told the Loyolan that they planned to reveal the opening band Tuesday morning. It was not until Wednesday morning, however, that singersongwriter Eric Hutchinson was named. Later that same day, ASLMU posted on their Facebook page that Hutchinson’s management “notified ASLMU … that he will no longer be able to perform at Collegefest due to family obligations.” The post stated that the new opener will be revealed “as soon as a contract has been fully executed.” “It’s unfortunate that Eric Hutchinson can no longer come,” Flores said, mentioning that ASLMU has a list of approved artists and that they are going through to find a replacement. “We are doing our best to be transparent without getting people’s hopes up,” Flores added. Prior to Hutchinson’s cancelation, ASLMU’s Chair of Programming Katie Styles, a junior communication studies major, told the Loyolan that they had considered about 40
Ruiz and Caserio ready to serve after winning ASLMU election
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Derby Days unites Greek community to support rape and sexual assault victims Delta Gamma sorority members celebrate their win in “Derby Dash,” a capture-the-flag event, which kicked off Sigma Chi fraternity’s week long “Derby Days” fundraiser in support of the Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center, Herbert Darling Foundation and an ABsponsored trip to Panama. For more photos of Derby Days, as well as Pi Beta Phi’s Arrowspike and the Senior Banquet, see Page 2.
Voter turnout at all time high as Ruiz and Caserio are elected as president and vice president. By Jay Lee Asst. News Editor
“We’re really humbled and ready to serve the LMU student body,” said Bryan Ruiz, a junior business marketing major, who was voted into office as ASLMU president on Thursday, March 15 along with his running mate Vincent Caserio, a junior sociology major, who will serve as vice president.
Voter turnout for this election was the highest ever, according to Art Flores, outgoing ASLMU president and a senior English major. “We broke the all-time voter record with 38 percent [turnout],” Flores said. “It’s a huge jump [from last year], and a lot of that is up to the candidates themselves, and also our elections chair, [senior communications studies major] Krista Colley.” Ruiz and Caserio began to consider running for ASLMU president and vice president during their freshman year, and even had a code word for their ambitions.
“It was called the ‘big kahuna.’ We used to have lunch and talk about our ideas and see how serious we were about running,” Ruiz said. Now that Ruiz and Caserio have realized the dream born during their freshman year, they plan to get to work as soon as possible. “We definitely want to get to the bottom [of the] De Colores and parking issues. That’s something we want to tackle before the next school year starts,” Ruiz said. “We want to make sure that there is greater transparency between the administration and the
LMU mourns passing of community members Mechanic who worked in Facilities Management passes away, colleagues remember him as “willing and able.” By Kenzie O’Keefe Senior Editor
Frederick “Fred” White Sr., a mechanic in Facilities Management, died Sunday, March 18, at his home. He was 69 years old. According to Bridgette Ingram, a facilities management project manager, “They’re still trying to determine if [his cause of death] was complications of diabetes or natural causes.” Al Tipon, Facilities Administration Director, described White as having a “wonderful, remarkable character,” and said, “Fred’s passing was a shock. He was one of those friendly, compassionate and reliable guys that embodies the spirit of the LMU mission and the Ignation Spirit of Cura Personalis. … He was a warming face
after a tough day at the office.” Kristen Freeman, Facilities Management Administrative Assistant, got to know White when she was an LMU student, especially after she was hired by Facilities Management. “When I think of Fred White, I think of a genuine and reliable Bridgette Ingram man. No matter the nature Fred White of the job or need, if you called on Fred, he was there – willing and able. He had an awesome sense of humor that was always echoed by a hardy laugh that could be heard throughout the
GUITAR ENTHUSIASTS COME TOGETHER The Eighth Annual Guitar Festival is set to fill the campus with music this weekend.
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2011 Opus Prize winner and HEAL Africa co-founder dies due to terminal cancer. By Adrien Jarvis Editor In Chief
2011 Opus Prize winner Lyn Lusi passed away on March 17 in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) from terminal cancer. She was 62 years old. “My parents would say – make your life count,” Lusi said during a panel on LMU’s campus last November. It was this positive mentality that helped Lusi win the 2011 Opus Prize, an annual award of $1 million given to “unsung heroes of any faith tradition, anywhere in the world, solving today’s most persistent social problems,” according to the organization’s website. Lusi won the award the year LMU partnered with the Opus Prize Foundation. Lusi received the award
Index Classifieds.............................6 Opinion...............................7 A&E...................................12 The Bluff.........................16 Sports..............................20 The next issue of the Loyolan will be printed on March 26, 2012.
for her work in the DR Congo, where she co-founded HEAL Africa with her husband, Dr. Kasereka M. “Jo” Lusi. Originally from England, Lyn Lusi moved to the DR Congo in 1971 to teach with the Baptist Missionary Society. Three years later, she met and married her husband, and the two quickly became involved HEAL Africa in humanitarian work in DR Lyn Lusi Congo. Along with some American friends, they founded an organization that trained young doctors, with whom they worked for 19 years. After Lusi earned her master ’s degree in human
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THE BLUFF RETURNS The Loyolan's humor section makes a splash with stories about McKay, basketball and distant cousins.
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