March 29, 2012

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Today kicks off the Division of Student Affairs’ first ever “Take the Challenge,” a weekend-long event that offers alternatives to drinking and encourages students, faculty and staff members to engage in a sober or binge-free weekend. Because of this, the Loyolan spoke with two students, both of whom have struggled with drug and alcohol addictions, and both of whom have asked to remain anonymous. One, a male sophomore business major, continues to drink and smoke marijuana in moderation. The other, a female sophomore business major, is approaching a year of sobriety. These are their stories.

This 20-year-old sophomore business major used to drink, smoke marijuana and use ecstasy. After being expelled from LMU – but readmitted in Fall 2011 – he sticks to alcohol and marijuana.

Sunday marks a year of sobriety for this sophomore business major. The 19-year-old used to drink alcohol, smoke marijuana and use other drugs recreationally before becoming sober.

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Story One: The possibility of two paths

It was just over two years ago, but he can still tell you the exact date. For one male sophomore business major, the spring semester of 2010 was life changing.

“I got kicked out [of LMU] a night when I was … drinking and smoking [marijuana] and took E [ecstasy] and was very belligerent with P-Safe [the Department of Public Safety]. It was not really the straw that broke the camel’s back, but it was the boulder that did,” the 20-year-old said.

He added, “I had a lot of things already not going too well, a lot of trouble with P-Safe. It was not normal. … The morning came, and I didn’t really remember why I was there or what exactly I had done.”

This altercation prompted the University to expel him, and he returned home to the Midwest. He stayed with his grandparents for a few months and then moved into a sober living house.

“It was like living in a frat house, but everybody’s sober. Well, for the most part,” he said of the experience.

He stayed clean for a year and a half, not drinking any alcohol and not smoking or using any drugs. Now, he drinks about once a week and typically smokes marijuana every day, but ecstasy is a thing of the past.

“I guess at the point I was most disconnected, I drank every other week, smoked weed every day and did ecstasy about four times a week,” he said.

It was during this period of heaviest use that he could really see the negative impacts of his addiction. It ruined the relationship he had with his father. “Pretty much all my relationships were in pretty bad standing in one way or another. I really couldn’t do college in that state. … On a deeper level, I really couldn’t live life; I couldn’t function properly,” he said, adding that he has since rebuilt his relationship with his father.

Still, he’s torn about his current substance usage.

“Not really. No, that’s a lie. Yeah, I feel lazier … and maybe a little forgetful sometimes.

Not a little. Forgetful,” he said about how his alcohol and marijuana use plays into his life now.

He began drinking and smoking at 16 and cannot say how. “I don’t know. The day before I was very anti-drug, and the next day I decided to experiment,” he said. Since then, he’s been to rehab three times – all in-patient programs – 30 days the first time, 20 days the next and six days the last. He was allowed back at LMU in Fall 2011, after he “worked hard, stayed sober the whole time and … showed them that [he] was doing things that [he] wasn’t doing before.”

Getting back into LMU meant a lot to him.

LMU had been his first choice while in high school, even though attending originally seemed like a “long shot” to him. And although his time in sober living impacted his drug and

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Students must register for emergency alerts

Ensuring all students receive alerts is “imperative” for officials behind the change.

By Kevin O’Keeffe Managing Editor

Registration for LMU’s Alert System (LMU Alert) will now be required for all students enrolled at the University in the Fall 2012 semester, according to a letter sent out Tuesday morning

by Chief of Public Safety Hampton Cantrell.

The recently mandated system, which was first discussed late in the 2010-11 school year, will require students to sign up before registering for classes in the Fall 2012 semester.

According to the message students received, the compulsory registration is designed “to promote safety and security.”

LMU Alert, according to Cantrell’s email, “is a system that allows the University to send important information and instructions during a campus or area-wide incident or emergency.” A system like LMU Alert for sending messages (through texts and emails) to students in case of emergency is required of all universities due to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), which was passed in 1989.

Officials behind the change consider the greater reach of the system to be imperative. “We believe students being aware of an immediate crisis to campus is helpful to them in order to protect themselves and to keep them out of harm’s way,” said Cantrell in an interview with the Loyolan. “We have about 50 percent that are signed

DEBATING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Opinion Intern Amanda Kotch calls for a modernized affirmative action policy that still embraces diversity without racial discrimination.

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DPS discovers vandalized cars in Drollinger Twenty-three cars in Drollinger Parking Plaza were vandalized with large graffiti markers, according to Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Hampton Cantrell. The vandalism included profane language and was discovered by DPS around 10 a.m. last Sunday morning.

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Mayoral candidate Jan Perry discusses the future of L.A. News Intern

Current Los Angeles mayoral candidate Jan Perry visited a packed Ahmanson Auditorium this past Tuesday night to discuss the upcoming race and the state of the city.

The event was held by the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles as a part of the Spring 2012 Urban Lecture Series. The night’s discussion was moderated by the head of the center, Dr. Fernando Guerra.

Jan Perry is one of the 11 current candidates for mayor and represents the ninth district of Los Angeles. She is competing against only one other female in hopes of replacing incumbent mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to become the first female mayor of Los Angeles.

However, she faces an uphill struggle, as she must contend with a city, a district and a population in a fragile state.

“Relationships between people’s communities are still not where they should be,” Perry said. “I think it’s really important that as we move forward as a city, everyone’s community has the opportunity to feel optimistic, to look forward to growth.”

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other candidates, Perry chose to highlight the fact that she sees herself as “a fighter.”

When pushed to expand upon this idea by Guerra, she expressed her determination to “fight beyond the pale,” stating, “I don’t like to leave people behind, and I will do it on the record.”

Perry was eager to address the recent rumors of a football team coming to Los Angeles.

When Guerra asked if she was pro-NFL football, she beamed, saying, “Absolutely, and I hope we can get two teams. I think it will not only bring an enormous amount of revenue that we desperately need, … but [it] will put over 20,000 people to work.”

“I enjoyed what she had to say,” said senior urban studies major Lori Moore, who particularly liked what Perry said about “her experience as a woman in the council.”

While discussing her policy and service to Los Angeles, Perry began to reminisce about earlier days working with non-profit projects, remembering why she seeks the mayor ’s office in the first place.

“Every time I go to any of one these projects, people will stop me ... and they’ll say ‘I got a job.’ That is what differentiates me. … This is what I work for,” she said.

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Perry stresses the importance that “we move forward as a city” and that “everyone’s community has the opportunity to feel optimistic.”

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But she claims this fragile state not only lies within the city, but also within its government. On March 6, the Los Angeles Times reported in the article “L.A. mayor candidate Perry claims corruption in redistricting fight” that Perry accused fellow Councilman Jose Huizar and Council President Herb Wesson of corruption.

She believes they are “are behind a redistricting proposal that would strip much of downtown L.A. from her ninth district,” the article states. She claims that this redistricting is solely “to fulfill the political agenda of city hall insiders, special interests and future candidates for public office,” her campaign email states.

When asked by Guerra whether the corruption is evident in the city right now, Perry replied, “People now make decisions based on what’s good for them in the short term but not what is necessarily best for the city in the long run.” Perry also highlighted the need to police public officials as currently, once they leave office, “they won’t be accountable. They won’t be around to face the consequences of their decisions.”

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Tapingo adds ‘convenience’ Mobile food app allows students to order food via their smart phones.

By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor

Imagine that you are sitting in class when your stomach growls, reminding you that it’s already 9:30 a.m. and you’ve had nothing to eat today. A coffee and muffin from Jazzman’s would be great right now, but you only have ten minutes after this class to get to your next class in U-Hall; there’s no way you could stand in line for coffee and make it there on time.

By using the free new app Tapingo, you can place your order at the end of this class, pay for it now and pick it up on your walk to U-Hall.

As of Monday, Mar. 26, LMU’s campus has introduced the Tapingo app to the Crimson Lion, Lion’s Corner Cafe and Jamba Juice. According to Tapingo Vice President of Marketing Guy Bauman, the LMU OneCard staff members saw the success that Tapingo had upon its launch at Santa Clara University and wanted to implement it on LMU’s campus.

The app itself stemmed from the fact that “today’s students – consumers in general – but mainly students are mobile and always ‘on the go,’ however dining wasn’t included in that,” Bauman said. By using Tapingo, students will be able to avoid standing in line when they are pressed for time in between classes or before meetings.

“It’s as if you were invisible in line,” Amyna Mamdani, marketing director of Sodexo, said. Using their smart phones, students are able to place their orders from anywhere on or off campus and pick up their order once they receive the confirmation as

if they were standing in line the entire time.

“It fits the LMU lifestyle. It makes your schedule and your day more efficient and makes life easier for students and staff,” Mamdani said.

While this app offers students another convenience delivered to them by their mobile devices, it will also be a “great deal for merchants because it frees people up from answering the phones and allows them to focus on making

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food and getting it out there,” Bauman said.

Tapingo also caters to students with or without a meal plan. Lion dollars, Flexi dollars and credit cards are all acceptable forms of payment for the food items, and the app will store the payment information students use so they can avoid taking the time to reenter it every time they order with Tapingo. This also applies to reordering something a student purchased before. The app

has a reorder feature in which students can view their purchase histories and select a meal from there should they choose to get it again.

Mamdani said that the goal of this app is “really to make things easier for students. It’s all about convenience.”

The team at Tapingo recognizes, however, that this option of ordering food via smart phone isn’t easier for all students, namely for the students who don’t have smart phones. With that in mind, there is a web address where students can create an account and go through the same process.

“We don’t want to exclude people without smart phones,” Bauman said of the capability to receive Tapingo’s service via the internet. Students using the online site can also link their online accounts to their phones’ account so no matter which device they log on to, their information will remain the same.

As of Wednesday, Mar. 28, the app became available to use for pre-order at the Crimson Lion, Lion’s Corner, Jamba Juice, World of Wings, Iggy’s Diner and Jazzman’s Cafe.

William Sisk, the assistant director for Off-Campus Student Life thinks that this app will have a “positive response [at LMU]. It may take a couple months because students may not know about it,” but Sisk expects the overall reaction to be in support of Tapingo.

The positive reaction showed itself in the statistics after Tapingo’s launch. Mamdani said there was an influx of 150 new LMU users within the first 30 hours of the app’s release.

“This app is moving in the right direction because of the way our University is trying to communicate with the population … it’s on the breaking edge of communicating,” Sisk said.

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up now. … Right now, only half are getting the message, and that’s problematic.”

According to Senior Vice President of Administration Lynne Scarboro, the new obligatory system has been part of the plan for some time.

“We’ve been talking about it for a while,” Scarboro said.

“I think that we’ve always intended it to be mandatory.

It was just about thinking through how we wanted to do it.”

“This is a process that has involved people from across the University … to make sure that we are taking into account everybody’s interests in terms of the departments and the students,” said Director of Emergency Management Devra Schwartz.

“I think it’s a good idea,” said sophomore Spanish and sociology double major Bianca Villasenor of the change. “Their number-one concern should be our safety, and I feel this system makes

it easier for us to keep in contact with them and can only help us know what’s happening on campus.”

Of the decision to link the LMU Alert sign-up to class registration, Scarboro said, “There are a number of things that fall into the category of being a student here and what we’re going to require of you. … It’s our responsibility to warn you. We have to require it.” Linking the LMU Alert sign-up to class registration keeps students from registering for their classes until they sign up. “[The hold] is really our most effective way to make sure every single student registers for LMU Alert,” Schwartz said.

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a reality, Scarboro stressed that the system for sending emergency messages should be much more reliable now.

“Public Safety really doubled down on their training to make sure anyone that touches that system is trained. They’ve got to have two eyes on the message if it’s sent out,” Scarboro said.

“We’ve got to be able to rely on it, and we’ve got to know how to use it.”

Any technical glitches, though they may be “annoying,” as described by Scarboro, shouldn’t hamper the ultimate goal of LMU Alert – that is, students’ safety.

“In an emergency, no one is likely to save you. The biggest help you can be is to yourself, but you have to have information to save yourself,” Scarboro said.

“Your action in an emergency, your best chance of surviving, is what you do. That’s what the emergency system does: It puts a tool in your hands.”

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Fr. James Martin, S.J. , speaks to students and faculty about his recent book and appearing as Stephen Colbert’s chaplain on “The Colbert Report.”

11BURNING QUESTIONS with Stephen Colbert’s chaplain

This issue, Human Resources Coordinator and Asst. News Editor Brigette Scobas talks with Fr. James Martin, S.J., about being Stephen Colbert’s chaplain, an author and an uncle.

1. Why did you come to campus last Sunday night after Mass?

The Jesuit Vocation Office invited me to speak to Jesuit novices and men interested in entering the Jesuits, and then the Campus Ministry office invited me to speak to students after the 8 p.m. Mass. ... I thought no one was going to come to this thing [because of Collegefest], but the room downstairs was packed. I was really tired that day because I had already given two talks, but as soon as I started and I saw the responses from the students, it filled me with all sorts of energy.

2. Why did you decide to write “Between Heaven and Mirth” as well as your New York Times best seller “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything,” which you spoke about on Sunday?

“The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything” was written to introduce Ignatian spirituality to the widest possible audience and to encourage people to find God in all things. “Between Heaven and Mirth” was written to remind people that true faith leads to joy and that if you’re deadly serious you’re probably seriously dead. Both are meant to be accessible to anyone – to the doubtful agnostic, to the devout believer.

3. What stands out to you most on LMU’s campus?

Every time I come, I find the students very enthusiastic about their faith and ... bright and engaged. And frankly, the campus itself is very beautiful.

Coming from the East Coast where all the college campuses are pressed for space, it’s wonderful to see a bright, open campus. ... And at the Mass ... the congregation was completely engaged – or at least they seemed [to be].

4. What prompted you to become a Jesuit?

I graduated from Wharton School of Business and worked for GE [General Electric] for six years but found myself increasingly dissatisfied with that life. I read a book about [a] monk, Thomas Merton, which prompted me to think about religious life, which led to the Jesuits and was the best decision I’ve ever made.

5. How did you become Stephen Colbert’s chaplain?

They saw an article I wrote about Mother Theresa in the New York Times and asked me to be on the show. We both had fun. ... It’s a riot.

6. How long have you been with him?

I’ve been on the show six times, I think, and I think he called me the official chaplain a few years ago. And interestingly, nothing that I do gets more responses on college campuses than that. I think I could win the Nobel Prize and people would still be more interested in “The Colbert Report.”

7. What does that job entail?

It sounds much grander than it is. It basically entails going on the show when they need someone to talk about the Catholic matters. I’m not counseling him outside of the show.

8. Do you find Colbert is quite different on and off camera?

Yes, because he plays a character on his show. Off camera he is much more relaxed and down-to-earth and obviously, he’s not the blow-hard that the character is.

9. Do you feel like he crosses the line a lot?

All the time. That’s his job. It’s his character that crosses the line and says the most outrageous things, but that’s part of the show’s humor. The real Colbert is a devout Catholic, and the character says things about the Church that the real Colbert would never say, but he’s playing a role.

10. Many people have the opinion that Jesuits are more liberal than other priests. What is your opinion of that?

There’s an old saying: If you’ve met one Jesuit, you’ve met one Jesuit. Jesuits devote their lives to Christ and the Church, but they interpret things in different ways. You can find Jesuits that would differ with one another on different topics, but on the essentials they are all united.

11. Besides being a chaplain and an author, what do you do in your free time?

With the little free time I have, I like to go to the movies ... and dinner with friends and spend time with my family, especially with my two nephews who are 13 and six and who are hysterical. My six-year-old nephew, for example, is playing Pontius Pilate in a Lent pageant, and the other day during the Creed during Mass, when I got to the part where they said, “For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate,” my nephew yelled out, “Yay! Pontius Pilate!” He also was disappointed when he found out the Pontius Pilate was not a pilot.

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One student continues use, one maintains sobriety Addiction from Page 1 alcohol use, to him, it is now just about “relaxing and it’s an activity me and my friends enjoy doing together.” He added that the key to his recovery was learning from his own experiences, rather than being told about the harmful effects of drug and alcohol abuse.

“I’m a pretty big believer that … it would take somebody saying something pretty special for an addict to change their mind if there weren’t a personal tragedy,” he said of how others can seek recovery.

He sees LMU’s drug and drinking scene as no different than that of any other school he has been to.

While ecstasy appears to be more common in Los Angeles than his original home in the Midwest, he “wouldn’t say LMU is any more extreme or any less extreme than any other school. If a person wants to find the drug scene, they’ll find the drug scene,” he said.

Following graduation, he hopes to get into investment banking, either in the Los Angeles or Orange County areas.

“Yeah, I’m interested in stopping,” he responded when asked whether he would like to be sober again or continue drinking and smoking. “I mean … both paths I can see, both paths I can be satisfied with.”

Story Two:“I know who I am now”

Sunday marks one year. For one 19-year-old sophomore business major, a female from the Bay Area, April 1 signifies a year of sobriety.

“It’s harder than some people think it is,” she said, adding that she still attends meetings at least three times a week to keep up with her sobriety.

“I have a sponsor, who is of service

to me, and I just picked up a sponsee so I can be of service to her. It’s just a cycle, you know?” she said.

Battling an addiction is never easy, especially when rooted in use that has spanned nearly one’s entire life.

“I smoked weed for the first time when I was like six,” she told the Loyolan. “Somebody close to me made it available, and I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. But when I started on my own, I was closer to 11, and that’s around the same time I started drinking.

It became a daily problem in high school.”

When she was 14 or 15, she began using cocaine and Xanax as well – although her daily use of those two drugs stopped prior to arriving at LMU. “I used it recreationally [at LMU],” she said of cocaine and Xanax. “If I was at a party and someone had it, I would [use], but my main issue was with alcohol and smoking weed.”

In the beginning, the use of alcohol and marijuana was about fitting in for her. She had older friends, and she saw using as the way to make sure “they wouldn’t stop being my friends,” she said.

But shortly after reaching 18, her addiction took a turn.

“When I was around 18, the beginning of being 18, I started to drink on my own. … It was no longer about fitting in,” she said.

From there, two major incidents shaped her transition from user to sober.

“One of them was before I came to LMU, and I was living in my parents’ second home by myself,” she said. “One time, my mom came in, and I remember her telling me that – I don’t exactly remember the

day – she came in and I was just passed out on the floor with a bunch of empty alcohol bottles, some I had taken from them, some my friends had gotten for me, and hearing that from my mom was just so low. I couldn’t imagine what she had to go through just seeing that and not knowing if I was alive or dead, just passed out on the floor at noon.”

This prompted her to try and become sober, and she was for her first two weeks at LMU. She attended Alcoholics Anonymous

it took a few weeks for her to stop drinking completely.

The day after she woke up from the coma, she met with an LMU staff member and he laid out a plan that detailed her ability to stay at LMU for the rest of the semester, so long as she remained sober and sought treatment at the end of the semester. When summer came, she entered sober living for eight weeks as a part of an intensive out-patient program. The experience was so positive that she continues to visit the center at least once a week and she hopes to work there and go into counseling following graduation.

“I don’t know exactly what I want to do, but I know I want to be involved with helping people who are like me,” she said. “I want to work at the treatment facility that I went to. They are like family to me. There’s a special bond with the people you got sober with. I want to keep that going.”

Part of her work includes helping newcomers at the treatment center.

“I feel like, in general, drinking and using drugs is glamorized, especially in our generation,” she said, adding that she thinks there should be more student concern at LMU for the hospitalizations due to excess alcohol intake.

She continued, “I think it should be upsetting how many people are transported to the hospital every semester, but people think it’s funny. I heard one girl the other day laughing to her friends about how cool it was that she had to be taken away in an ambulance, and I was just sitting there, silently, thinking this girl has no idea what this really means. I’m not judging,

“I heard one girl the other day laughing to her friends about how cool it was that she had to be taken away in an ambulance, and I was just sitting there, silently, thinking that this girl has no idea what this really means. ” meetings off and on for a few months, but she found that she could not stay clean.

“I tried to be sober, and then that didn’t work so I tried controlling it, and then that’s when I ended up in the coma,” she said.

The coma, which she labels as her biggest turning point, happened on a school night about four months after the incident at her parents’ house. She drank herself into an alcohol-induced coma that she stayed in for two to three days.

“That’s when I really knew I had to get help,” she said, adding that

and I’m not any better than them.

I was there once too, but at this point in my life, it scares me that that is so acceptable, almost even encouraged.”

One of her main focuses right now is doing well in school, as LMU was her top choice, and it was a long battle for her to get into the University. She was not originally accepted, and it was only after appealing that LMU let her in for the spring semester of her freshman year. LMU was the only school she visited where she felt a connection.

“I actually really enjoy the relationships with professors,” she said. “When you get it and you understand and they are actually proud of you, you are not just one face in a sea of people.”

And, of course, keeping sober and making it to Sunday, the one-year anniversary of her drug-and-alcohol free life, is another priority for this student.

“It’s nice to be 100 percent drug free of any kind,” she said, stating that she hopes participants in “Take the Challenge,” which lasts through Sunday, realize that sobriety is not a bad lifestyle.

She added, “Some people think sober people are very judgmental of people who aren’t, but it’s just as easy for them to be judgmental on us. We still have fun, we’re still good people.”

Despite everything, she doesn’t regret her life experiences.

“I’m so glad I went through all of this,” she said. “I am a different person than I ever thought I would be, but I’m not lost anymore. I was constantly lowering my standards before I could break them, but now I keep my standards and I feel like I respect myself so much more. I know who I am now.”

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Community remembers civil rights activist Event pays respects to César Chávez’s life and highlights worker appreciation.

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Students serve the “very hardworking people who really keep our campus beautiful and literally make our meals every day,” junior urban studies and political science double major Nestor Pimienta said.

A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of César E. Chávez analyzed the legacy and impact of the MexicanAmerican activist.

The event took place on Tuesday, March 27 in the Sacred Heart Chapel.

Campus Ministry and Chicano Latino Student Services (CLSS) sponsored the event.

The annual Workers Appreciation Lunch, organized by Students for Labor and Economic Justice (SLEJ), followed the celebration.

Chávez was instrumental in the labor rights movement and promoted nonviolence in order to achieve change and protest poor working conditions – specifically the working conditions of poor migrant farmers.

Along with fellow activist Dolores Huerta, Chávez co-founded United Farm Workers, which played a role in improving workers conditions and strengthening labor.

After the celebration,

students served LMU campus workers at the luncheon outside the Sacred Heart Chapel in order to show appreciation for “the very hardworking people who really keep our campus beautiful and literally make our meals every day,” said Nestor Pimienta, a junior political science and urban studies double major and member of SLEJ. The speakers at the event included Director of Campus Ministry James Erps, David Sánchez, a theological studies assistant professor, CLSS Associate Oscar DeLeon, senior liberal studies major Alexandra Martinez and senior Spanish major Miriam Franco.

Erps reflected on the importance of “faith that truly makes a difference in the world” – on how Chávez impacted labor rights through his faith and actions.

“It is this kind of faith that is so central to our mission here at LMU,” Erps said. He then thanked the campus workers by saying, “Your labor is so important to us, and we very much appreciate it.”

Pimienta said Chávez’s legacy is important because it reminds people “to be there for those in need who may be

easily overlooked” – similar to how Chávez assisted in the plight of farm workers.

Ramon Franco, Sodexo Roski employee and speaker Miriam Franco’s uncle, believes in Chávez’s significance because he thinks “it’s very good for everyone to be aware of the situation of the world,” and for people to be conscious of the needs of others.

He also stressed the importance of having good relationships between both employer and employee, and for both to be just and honest.

Sánchez commented on the importance of words, and how in today’s society words seem to have an impermanent nature due to the immediacy and constant updating of websites like Facebook and Twitter.

However, Sánchez quoted Chávez and said, “I take [the] words of Chávez very seriously” when regarding their implications of social justice and compassion.

The service concluded with LMU students, faculty and staff members reading Chávez’s Prayer of the Farm Workers’ Struggle, which embodied his legacy by saying: “Grant me courage to serve others; for in service there is true life.”

Beta, Rise Above raise money and awareness

Junior biology major Sarah Carratt pelts members of Beta Theta Pi with water balloons. Each pair of balloons cost $1.

Participants in the Rise Above event gather at the Bird Nest Wednesday afternoon to release their personal balloons bearing inspirational messages into the sky.

Freshman theatre arts major Isidor Pollak gets hit by At Rise Above, senior business major Jeff Palomino fills in the blank on a water balloon at this past Tuesday’s Balloon a Beta his balloon, indicating that he is going to rise above bullying. Other event, an event supporting Beta Theta Pi’s philanthropy. participants wrote words like ‘sexism’ and ‘racism’ on their balloons.

LMU community members participate in Wednesday’s Rise Above event by carrying balloons with them throughout the day that display inspirational messages.

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Join us in taking the challenge

LMU – and the Loyolan – is hoping students will put down their fifths and Coronas this weekend to raise awareness of the college drinking culture.

The Division of Student Affairs is sponsoring an initiative called “Take the Challenge: Binge-free or sober weekend,” in which participants pledge to remain sober or bingefree from today through Sunday. As an alternative to drinking, LMU will offer such activities as a mystery bus, movie night and comedy show.

It is commendable that LMU has created a weekend that, according to the Take the Challenge: Kickoff Facebook page, will get people to “realize that they don’t need alcohol to have an enjoyable weekend, and … get binge drinkers to realize that they do not need to binge drink to have fun.” To show our support, all members of the Loyolan’s Executive Editorial Board have signed up for the challenge. The Loyolan encourages the community to pledge as well and hopes that students will see it as a way to recognize that “college” and “alcohol” don’t have to be synonymous, and it is possible to have fun while sober.

The Loyolan recognizes that the decision to hold “Take the Challenge” this weekend is a bold one, considering its timing in relation to other LMU events. The second semester of school is always filled with an influx of

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activities because many students, especially freshmen, have found their niche at LMU. Clubs and organizations recruit and host their biggest events of the year during the spring – fraternity formals this weekend are perfect examples. While such events may deter many from participating, this also makes the challenge even more prevalent.

Not only does it test students’ self-control, it also forces students to question the necessity of drinking at these events.

There’s little to lose and something much greater to gain from taking part in the challenge. It’s a chance to realize that binge drinking isn’t required to have a good time and exerting self-control can evoke a strong sense of individual empowerment.

The Loyolan hopes that “Take the Challenge” will be instituted again during the fall semester, especially for those freshmen who are overwhelmed trying to find their place on campus. It’s a way to show the freshmen – and all students – that there is more to a social life in college than drinking.

An anonymous sophomore female business major told the Loyolan (the same student from “Addiction: roads to recovery,” Page 1), “I’ve heard if you’re not having more fun or feeling better in sobriety than out of sobriety, then what are you doing here? And I think that’s so true.”

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Show me diversity, but update the policy

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ffirmative action has found it’s way back into the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving Abigail Fisher, who claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas due to her race. The fact that affirmative action, which factors race into the admissions and employment processes, is once again Over a Glass being debated

By Amanda Kotch at this level proves the Opinion Intern necessity of re-evaluating of a policy that has ample room for improvement.

With the 1996 ruling in Hopwood v. Texas, the University of Texas was barred from using race as a consideration factor in admissions. The school adopted two raceneutral alternatives: automatically admitting Texas high school graduates in the top ten percent of their class, as well as an affirmative action program that was class-based to aid students of all races who were economically disadvantaged.

The case Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003 saw the Supreme Court uphold the use of race as a consideration in admissions for all uni-

versities. Texas decided to retain its two race-neutral programs while reinstating consideration of race in the admissions process. Yet the university saw slightly more diversity on campus during the period of solely using race-neutral policies.

In 1996, California voters passed Proposition 209, which barred state government institutions from using race, sex or ethnicity as a consideration factor in “public employment, public contracting or public education.” Within the UC system, California also saw an increase in diversity on campuses by giving a leg up to economically disadvantaged students. The argument that race-based affirmative action is the best means for achieving diversity on college campuses has proven faulty over time.

It is true that the effects of racial discrimination in America’s history remain a valid flaw in our nation. Senior fellow at The Century Foundation and author on affirmative action policy, Richard Kahlenberg, notes, “It’s not whether we should have affirmative action or whether we shouldn’t, it’s what kind of affirmative action should we stress: race-based or race-neutral?” in his Feb. 21 Slate article “What Obama Should Say About the Texas Affirmative Action Case.”

Despite claims that affirmative

action, as it currently stands, is the best means of helping disadvantaged minorities, inequalities persist. Proponents of race-based affirmative action argue it is necessary to address past discriminations. It is undeniable that these have a powerfully adverse effect on the lives of many minority groups.

Discrimination has led to unfortunate socioeconomic divides that have placed many minority stu-

affirmative action conducted by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok. A system that considers economic background over race in college admissions would continue to help disadvantaged minority students but would ensure that the select group of affluent minorities are not benefiting from a system that does little to provide an equal opportunity to underprivileged whites.

“Polls by the Los Angeles Times and Newsweek have found that Americans oppose racial preferences in college admissions by 2:1 but favor income preferences by the same margin,” reported Kahlenberg in the same Slate article.

Even President Barack Obama has made it known that he believes “affirmative action should be less of an issue than it is made out to be,” according to a July 2009 Associated Press interview. “It hasn’t been as potent a force for racial progress as advocates would claim.”

From the president to the polls, it seems America is open to the possibility of change when it comes to affirmative action. Moving away from race-based policy will not have race-based ramifications. If anything, it has been proven, as in the case of the University of Texas, that a change placing the focus on economics will have a positive effect on racial diversity in schools.

In the December 2006 TIME

“We have reached a point where a policy that transcends race should be considered when it comes to the college application process. ” dents in situations where access to quality education from an early age is nonexistent, and our current education system only perpetuates these divides that originate from birth.

The reality is that race-based affirmative action does not always benefit whom it is meant to. Today, those who benefit most are middleto-upper class black students, who comprise 86 percent of their race at top U.S. universities, according to “The Shape of the River: LongTerm Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions,” a definitive study on

magazine article “Can We Improve On Affirmative Action?” by Joe Klein, it was stated, “Even the most passionate advocates of affirmative action agree that it’s a temporary fix, that writing racial discriminations into law is corrosive and illogical in a society that presumes racial equality.” We have reached a point where a policy that transcends race should be considered when it comes to the college application process. Diversity achieved through other means will ease many of the tensions felt by those who disagree with the use of racial preferences to garner the same results.

“The best thing the Supreme Court could do is make universities focus on the looming class divide in higher education,” stated Kahlenberg. The ultimate goal is to make affirmative action obsolete.

Maybe our society is not yet at a place where equal opportunity for all is a reality, but affirmative action as it stands is not facilitating the opportunity for students who need it. An affirmative action policy based on economic factors may be a better means for ensuring diversity and equal opportunity on campuses. When Fisher v. Texas is debated in the fall, there may be hope for our nation to update an outdated stance on affirmative action.

This is the opinion of Amanda Kotch, a sophomore art history major from Huntington Beach, Calif. Please send comments to akotch@theloyolan.com.

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No denying race factor in Martin death

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f I can agree with Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on one thing, it’s this: The murder of Trayvon Martin is, indeed, an American i s s u e .

Martin’s death on Feb. 26, at the hands of George Zimmerman, the self-appointed neighborhood watch captain of Don’t Quote Me Sanford, Fla., has elicited a

By Joseph Demes national stir, Asst. Opinion Editor due to controversial circumstances of the incident. Whether you’ve followed the reports closely or not, two things have become obvious over the last month: This is an issue where race is inexorably intertwined with the killing, and where assumed authority has led to an egregious misuse of state law.

Let’s, for a second, consider Gingrich’s comments, from a March 23 ABC News report

by Devin Dwyer and Elicia Dover, titled “Gingrich Calls Obama’s Trayvon Martin Remarks ‘Disgraceful,’” in which Gingrich said the death “would have been a tragedy if [Martin] had been Puerto Rican or Cuban or if he had been [white, Asian American or Native American].” Yes, regardless of race, the death would be a tragedy in any circumstance.

You would have to be both comatose and heartless not to admit this. But even if the boy Zimmerman shot was of another ethincity, that factor might still have implications of racial motivation.

The question is not how obvious racial motivations may be, but how strongly the behavioral evidence leads us to believe that they exist.

There are certain elements in Zimmerman’s behavior

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that have led to have one’s critics to prehands in one’s sume such pockets, but suggestions. not threatenMultiple ing to reach for news sources a “phone” when have released one has a loaded reports on weapon on their Zimmerman’s person (granted, phone call to Martin wouldn’t police. David know this, but Moye’s March considering the 21 report in the circumstances Huffington Post it might appear article “Trayvon threatening).

Martin 911 It’s appalling that tape reveals this kind of thinkpossible racial ing prompted slur by neighsuch rash actions borhood watchsolely based man George on the fact that Zimmerman” Martin looked details how “suspicious” Zimmerman walking around appears to wearing the hood utter a racist of his sweatshirt. remark on the What’s even more tape, when he ridiculous is that, says: “[racial due to the “Stand slur deleted], Your Ground” they always law in Florida, get away,” just Zimmerman can’t before pursuing be prosecuted for Martin on foot – shooting Martin. a decision which The law states, police tell him according to the should not be Florida Senate’s made. official website, E a r l i e r that persons “[do] in the call, not have a duty Zimmerman to retreat” and also remarked can stand their that Martin ground with the looks suspiuse of deadly Associated Press force if they cious because he “has his A protestor in Fort Mellon Park in Sanford, Fla. holds up a sign demonstrating have reasonhand in his the concern of racial implications in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. able belief that waistband,” their own peryet Martin was simply carry- Zimmerman claims that after son is under mortal threat, ing a bag of Skittles and a can losing Martin and returning without prosecution. This law of iced tea. Clearly, if this is to his SUV, Martin approached underwent a great deal of the defense that Zimmerman and asked if he “had a problem,” public scrutiny, and it’s a is using to defend his actions, which prompted Zimmerman law that Zimmerman should there is a serious double stan- to reach for the phone in his have been well aware of condard here, considering that pocket. This, Zimmerman sidering his decision to carry Zimmerman was the one carry- claims, prompted Martin to a loaded weapon. I can only ing a loaded gun on his person. begin assaulting him, where- assume that Zimmerman Zimmerman’s own account of by Zimmerman pulled out the would pursue Martin with the night’s events also demon- gun and shot in self-defense. a weapon if he understood strated a blatant double stan- Apparently, by Zimmerman’s the malleability of the law dard. In his report to police, flawed logic, it is suspicious and intended to misuse it.

“Skateboarding on ramps [and] half pipes, going to the skatepark with my boys and working at my job.”

Music major

Drake Morinaka Senior

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This is the opinion of Joseph Demes, a junior English and philosophy double major from Clayton, Calif. Please send comments to jdemes@theloyolan.com.

“I’m going to Florida for Easter break.”

Lindsey Gerber

“I will be going back home to Dallas, Texas to hang out with my family.”

Chandler Weisbart

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“Going to church with my family and then probably going to Easter brunch afterwards and eating some ham since that is what people do on Easter.”

The fact that Zimmerman repeatedly identifies Martin as “black” during the initial phone call, when the police already knew this information, hints at alternative underlying motives.

Zimmerman’s repetition of Martin’s race suggests it was at the forefront of his mind. Zimmerman performed his duty as a neighborhood watch captain quite zealously, making roughly 50 calls to Sanford police in the last year, according to a March 20 Los Angeles Times article by Rene Lynch, “Trayvon Martin shooting: George Zimmerman dreamed of being a cop.”

Being a part of the neighborhood watch, however, does not make one part of a police force, and Zimmerman ought to be treated as a civilian, and not as a figure of authority absolvable by power of the law.

Is it explicitly the case that Martin’s death was a hate crime? No. But details of the killing, along with the presence of an easily manipulable law, point in that direction.

It doesn’t necessarily matter if Zimmerman did not have an explicit history of racist behavior; this kind of serious incongruence in character only suggests a well-hidden personal agenda that manifest itself that night. There is no arguing that Zimmerman killed Martin. But it does not take very elaborate reasoning to see that race might have had a heavy hand in the affair. If this goes ignored, coupled with the fact that the “Stand Your Ground” law lets Zimmerman go unpunished for his actions, then we stand to let future behavior of the same nature skate by on mere technicalities without taking deeper circumstances into account.

“Going home and seeing my family.”

“I’m going to write and play music over the break.”

Taylor Carter

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fell in love with a dress I knew that I could never afford during my junior year of college. It was as though an entire night sky (as viewed on the Fourth of July from Griffith Observatory) had been draped expertly over a human body.

But the beautiful space photography dress didn’t O’Keefe’s O’Pinion come in SalvaBy Kenzie O’Keefe tion Army Senior Editor prices, and at the time I was left wondering: How could I wear a galaxy for under 10 bucks?

The answer came to me a few weeks later when I was shopping for a nail file at CVS. As I made my way down the makeup aisles, my eye stopped suddenly at the Wet ’n Wild display case. For just 99 cents a pop, I had my pick of sparkly nail polish in various shades and glitter speck sizes. I had nothing but a few bucks to lose and a whole galaxy to gain, so I bought a black

base coat, a sheer, silvery top coat and several differently-colored sparkles for in between the two.

That night I went home and layered all of my new polishes and settled down in front of the television for a night of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” while I waited for my heavy nails to dry. By morning, my fingers were ten tiny windows into the Milky Way, and I walked to class, decked out like the night sky and weighed down by a wallet still full of cash.

Unbeknownst to me, I was participating in an economic phenomenon called the “Lipstick Index.”

Forced to forgo fancy new cars and lavish beach vacations in tough economic times, people tend to trade these expensive extravagancies for smaller luxuries, such as lipstick and nail polish.

Leonard Lauder, the chairman emeritus of cosmetics company Estée Lauder explained: “We have long observed the concept of small luxuries, things that can get you through hard times and good ones.

And they become more important during harder times. The biggest surge in movie attendance came during the 1930s during the Depression,” he told Roya Wolverson in a Sept. 14, 2011 TIME Maga-

zine story titled “What lipstick tells us about the economy.”

Historically, lipstick sales increased as our country’s economic health decreased, and Lauder coined this phenomenon (as he observed it in the makeup industry) the “Lipstick Index.”

The phrase was definitely better suited for the ’90s, when lip

liner and a deep burgundy hue was the difference between Marge Simpson and Carrie Bradshaw, and according to Adam Davidson from NPR’s (National Public Radio) “Planet Money,” “For reasons nobody quite understands, the lipstick indicator doesn’t hold up anymore, though nail polish sales now seem to reflect the economy

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very clearly (albeit inversely). A rise in nail polish sales indicates that we’re searching for bargain luxuries as the economy craters and sales of nail polish are way up right now.”

A quick trip to the nearest nail salon or Target displays the growing popularity of wild nail polish abundantly clear. The decision is no longer between shiny red polish or a French manicure; there’s magnetic lacquer, gel shellac, crackle and instant dry. Hands are a rainbow of colors with color block splashes. Essie and OPI bottles have names like “Midnight in Moscow” (a deepy reddish black sparkly hue) and “My Boyfriend Scales Walls” (a white color that is part of OPI’s Spider-Man themed collection). Even men are getting in on the action: Amazon is currently selling a brown hued nail polish made by ManGlaze called “Santorum.” It promises to be “Formulated for ugliness.”

Though our wild nails might not save the economy, they can definitely tell us a lot about it.

This is the opinion of Kenzie O’Keefe, a senior English major from St. Paul, Minn.

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Trends in men’s style to watch for this season

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hen it’s time for spring and summer, my heart sinks a little bit. The arrival of spring means it is time to pack away my sweaters, cardigans, trench coats, pea coats, jackets and long, f a n c y j e a n s for tank tops and shorts. For girls, the two items work; for men, it Aesthetics just looks

By Ryan Meng sloppy. If Staff Writer you’re like me and don’t want to wear basically beachwear, I have gathered a list of trends for this spring-summer season. Hopefully, they can serve as an inspiration for you.

Neon: There’s really nothing more attention grabbing than neon colors. This spring-summer the design teams at Prada, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors are eager to encourage men to retreat from standard, mundane hues and embrace the bright. Nothing is wrong with basic sweaters and T-shirts, but these items can be made statement-worthy with a simple touch of neon. Standard blazers with bright neon pants and a pair of plain leather shoes with shining, neon soles are great ways to feature this trend, as seen on the Marc Jacob’s runway this season. Prada was a little more subtle hiding the neon, layering it between navy blue suits and shirts. Prada’s take is perfect for the workplace. Neon is the perfect way

to brighten up your days, even if the Los Angeles weather isn’t always sun-shiningly perfect.

Not-So-Basic Prints: Prints are in again this summer. Versace for H&M featured printed jackets and pants in the H&M pop-up shop. Perhaps due to seeing how fast the shoppers bought these two brands’ collections, multiple other brands this spring have shelved out some of the best prints ever. Jean Paul Gaultier with his over-the-top beach, floral and mysterious logo prints caught the attention of many at his brilliant show. Likewise, labels like Burberry Prorsum, Bottega Veneta, Givenchy (Kanye’s favorite) and the familiar Tommy Hilfiger all presented bright prints to prevent men from simple color blocking this summer. Of all the prints this season, camouflage reigns supreme. It has appeared in a few designer collections, but is extremely prevalent on all of the hottest street style blogs such as Fashion Beans, Streetfsn and jak & jil.

White, Blue and Gray: Just imagine those three words together ... don’t they already sound like a good ensemble? Designers thought so this season. Labels like Viktor & Rolf, Tom Ford and 3.1 Phillip Lim featured wide arrangements, using white, gray and the most glorious of all colors, blue. If you have the time, you must check out the runway finale of Bottega Venetta (hello, jeans, leather and mixed shirts).

Always the master of simplicity, Calvin Klein presented a series of modern white outfits that will certainly influence the public’s style. Although gray is a little somber for spring, Louis Vuit-

ton and DKNY did not bring the mood down with their luminous ways of presenting the subtle shade. If white is a little too glossy for you, this season’s gray will do just fine as a palatable starting point.

If you’re daydreaming of these collections while shopping on a budget, head over to H&M. Their collaboration with Marni will most definitely satisfy you, and the collection is still available at the H&M at the Beverly Center.

Check-In: You might think “check-in” is a cheesy title for this section, but I cannot think of a better way to describe how “in” checks are this season. John Varvatos, Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger and Costume National all presented diverse takes on traditional checks. Checks are used on pants, scarves and suits, a departure from their standard placement on shirts. My personal favorite approach to this style is Gucci’s pairing of a checkered

blazer with a casual gray shirt; the whole look is easy and most importantly, comfortable.

This is the opinion of Ryan Meng, a freshman communication studies major from Taipei, Taiwan. Please send comments to rmeng@theloyolan.com.

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Alumna contributes to theatre scholarship Professor Q&A

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lumna Gloria Calderon Kellett never lost her love for LMU’s theatre arts department. Kellett is a working television writer, producer and screenwriting professor at LMU. As a resident of Westchester and a person who remembers the steep price of higher education, she jumped at the chance to contribute to the Sam Wasson Theatre Scholarship. Donating both her time and her talents, Kellett is bringing her play “Dinner and A Movie” to the Virginia Barnelle Theatre this Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. A&E contributor Michelle Badillo sat down with Kellett to discuss her upcoming play, charity preferences and experiences as a student at LMU. Michelle Badillo (M.B.): How long ago did you attend Loyola Marymount?

Gloria Calderon Kellett (G.C.K.): I graduated in ’97. I feel so old!

Don’t even tell me how old you were in 1997. I’ll punch you in the face.

M.B.: Did you put on any plays while you were a student at LMU? G.C.K.: My very first play that I ever wrote was here at Loyola, and it was called “Plane Strangers.” I wrote that in my senior

year, in maybe March or April. It went up in the playwrights’ festival that Del Rey Players were doing, and the KCACTF [Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival] came and saw it, and I won. And then I kind of won some awards for it, whatever.

Maybe I won the Del Rey Players Award. Maybe the department of theatre gave me an award as well. I don’t like to toot my own horn. But anyway, that’s when I discovered I had this thing I could do, which was write. Then I took a year off to work, paid my way through grad school at the University of London, came back to L.A. and became a professional television and comedy writer and producer, currently working on the CBS sitcom “Rules of Engagement.”

M.B.: How long have you been doing plays for charity?

G.C.K.: I’ve been doing plays for charity ever since I started making enough money to pay bills.

M.B.: Do you always choose a different charity?

G.C.K.: I do. For the last four years, in October, I’ve been doing it for the Snapshots benefit for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

I did a show for Haiti when the earthquake happened. There’s a really good organization called Food on Foot in Hollywood that I’ve done shows for a couple of years, and for the past two years I’ve done shows for the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center for the Baby

Dragon Fund, which works to prevent drug addiction and suicide. It’s my favorite thing ever to do, it really is. Everyone has such a generous spirit, and it’s a great way for people who don’t usually get to see theatre to see a show.

M.B.: How did you become interested in the benefit for the Sam Wasson Theatre Scholarship?

G.C.K.: My dear friend Jason Sheppard, who I went to Loyola Marymount with, is the Tech Director here now, [and he] knew Sam Wasson. Through Jason, who puts the benefit on every year, I found out about the scholarship fund in Sam’s name, and how it helps the theatre department and theatre kids. Well, I love the theatre department, and I know how helpful a scholarship can be. So we talked about it, and I told him about this play I have, “Dinner and A Movie,” that I wanted to do, and he told me he would find a time for me to put it on.

M.B.: You teach the “Writing the TV Sitcom” class in the screenwriting department here now. What did you study as a student?

G.C.K.: Although I write for television now, I went here way before there was a School of Film and Television. I was a communication [studies] major and a theatre [arts] minor. I always loved the theatre.

M.B.: How much money do you expect to raise with this play?

G.C.K.: We’ve already raised over one thousand dollars and the tickets keep selling, so I’m confident we can at least double that. I’m a resident of Westchester, and I really love this community, so I’d like to do what I can for it.

M.B.: Where did you reside when you were a student at LMU? G.C.K.: I lived in McKay. For two years, if you can believe it.

General admission is $20, with $10 tickets available online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/234769.

Enter LMUSAM in the discount code box. There will also be tickets available at the box office on a firstcome, first-served basis each night of the performance.

Gloria Calderon Kellett

Above is a scene from a previous production of Kellett’s play “Dinner and A Movie,” being performed this weekend at Barnelle Theatre.

‘Dissonance’ showcases graphic design majors Art Spotlight

By Khayla Golucke Staff Writer

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hen walking through the Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery anytime from March 15 - April 4, it may feel as if the pieces presented around the room tend to clash with each other. This is precisely the effect each of the five student artists of the gallery’s latest show wanted to achieve, as their appropriately titled “Dissonance” collection aims to express each artist’s personal unrest with a different societal issue through their own mediums.

The idea came to organizers Jennifer Donohue and Kevin Ma as they started their senior year as graphic design majors. Wanting to leave their mark on LMU, they decided to put together the first show in the gallery’s history to specifically showcase graphic design students. After working out a theme for all the designers to focus on, they invited a handful of artists whose work they felt communicated messages relating to this theme.

Donohue explained that they decided on “Dissonance” because of the strong feelings both she and Ma have about how they relate to society today.

“We do not feel entirely connected to the world and find that there are problems and issues which need to be resolved,” Donohue said.

“All of the works are similar in the sense that we all focused on this main theme, yet they are all different in execution and media.”

The artists’ collective work involves a range of topics that include bullying in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) community, the desire to travel, the changes in human interaction due to technology and body image issues. To explore her obsession with the United Kingdom, Donohue mixed photography and typography through a collection of luggage tags with writing on them from her journals abroad, an interactive map tracking her heritage and a digital collage of pictures of her and

iconic landmarks in England.

“Since traveling abroad, I have had this unexplainable attraction to the U.K. and Ireland,” Donohue said. “My process included revisiting my photographs and journals from being abroad. I also mildly delved into psychology books to understand why solitude is important for survival and how that is a component related to wanderlust.”

For Ma, his personal struggles in the LGBT community inspired his designs. Using the movable white walls in the gallery, he created a room filled with posters as a commentary on the discriminatory blood donating rules still in place in the United States. His work also includes childhood photographs of his homosexual and bisexual friends, his own spin on work done by the gay rights activist David Wojnarowicz, as well as five large images masked with words such as “love,” “pride” and “faith.” He hopes that the variety of media he used will allow people to better connect with him and the community he represents.

“There is such a variety of design aesthetics that I feel no matter what their stance is on homosexuality and all the politics that come with it, they can at least, on an essential human emotional level, truly see how we feel about the inequalities we face on a day-to-day basis,” Ma said.

Senior graphic design major Noah Nathan found the inspiration for his first show in the conflict he feels due to society’s ever-growing reliance on technology. Through his minimalist posters and simple graphics, Nathan aimed to convey his belief that increasingly advanced technology has dehumanized the population.

“From my work specifically, I really want people to think about the things that make our lives convenient now and whether they’re re-

ally benefitting us or not,” Nathan said. “The whole point of design is to effectively communicate a point of view or idea. I think that everyone who visits the show can find something that they relate to.

Perhaps they have their own feeling of dissonance with mainstream culture as well.”

Simply putting his controversial work up for others to see was a huge achievement for Nathan, as he mentions graphic designers rarely get to see their work in a gallery space. Indeed, the creators of the show are most proud of the fact that this is the first show to ever highlight graphic designers alone.

“It’s something to take note of that designers are not just people who create items that are visually appealing for mass markets, but that through our design, we can communicate important messages to the masses,” Donohue said.

In fact, after their well-received opening last Thursday, the artists witnessed a large amount of people beginning to converse with each other about the issues presented in their work, even coming up to them individually to ask questions about their experiences.

“The whole purpose of the different styles of design was to infiltrate human emotion and thought through different approaches,” Ma said. “Not everyone receives an explanation the same. To see this interaction and to hear peoples’ feedback was most definitely my favorite part of it all.”

As curator, Donohue feels the show’s greatest achievement is its ability to get people reflecting on their own lives through each of the artist’s personal focus.

“We as designers focus on our individual messages and then communicate them ... in hopes that people will be inspired to ask questions and take action,” Donohue said.

Clarification

In the March 26 article “Alumna to discuss her novel,” author Graciela Limón was referred to as Professor Emeritus, reflecting the information posted about the event on William H. Hannon Library’s website. Her proper title is Professor Emerita.

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Mahoney from Page 12 are going through. I show up and play hard everyday, but I also have fun because if you don’t have fun playing a sport that you love, then it’s just not worth it.”

Throughout the tragedy, Mahoney, his sister, who is a grad assistant in the art department at the University of Kansas, and his mom and dad, have stuck together and helped each other get through the difficult time.

“We became closer as a result,” Mahoney said. “I have felt a lot of love and support from my sister and mom and dad, who try and make it to as many games as they can.”

Mahoney praises his coaches’ attitude during the tough first-half of the season.

“They say that you find the most out about someone through times of adversity

and [Head Coach Jason] Gill and all the other coaches have never stopped believing in us and know the talent we have as a team,” Mahoney said.

“They show up and stay posi-

tive. I want to win for them after all they have done for me and all of my teammates.”

As the Lions begin West Coast Conference play against St. Mary’s College this Friday at 3 p.m. at Page Stadium, the attitude of the offense will change from a stagnant offense to moving parts.

“We are best when our offense is dynamic and in mo-

tion,” Mahoney said. “We are going to get back to small ball and moving runners into scoring position, but it all comes down to execution. If we execute, this offense can explode, but we haven’t done that yet, myself included.”

Gill shared similar sentiments.

“I know this team can hit. I don’t know when they will on a consistent basis, but I promise you that this team will be more consistent at the plate,” Gill said. “We are going to try and spark that offense by utilizing small ball, but I have faith in how this team can perform, especially at the plate.”

The Lions lost two straight games, most recently against the University of Nevada, Reno where the Lions won the first game of the series but could not hold a lead in the second game, and lost 6-3 in the final game of the series.

The Lions now enter confer-

overcome Meehan, 6-2, 6-2.

However, moving forward, Sanchez remains optimistic. “Our main goal has always been conference, especially April 25, when the conference tournament starts. That is our goal. Everything is centered around conference matchups; this is a nonconference match. Did we want to win this one? Yes. But we want to do things here that will help us prepare for our conference match-ups, which start this weekend.”

Sophomore Miya Jin said, “We work the entire season for the con-

ference tournament and there is a differnt intensity amongst the team.

Our conference schedule is important becuase it defines our conference seeding for the tournament.”

Despite the difficult start to the season, Finnell echoed her coach’s confidence. “Most of the season, we’ve had a really rough patch.

We’ve been right there every match, we just haven’t executed. We are all supported, but we’ve been inconsistent, going up and down like waves, but we are getting better, and we will be ready for conference.”

“Mahoney is the type of player that you hate if he is on the other team, but love if he’s your teammate,” said Head Coach Jason Gill.

Women eye conference play W. Tennis from Page 12 is, you’ve got to have that framework in your head before you step on the court.” He noted, though, that “those are the learning experiences in regards to it’s right there in front of us. Are we going to go out and take it or are we going to let it get away from us? We let it get away from us.”

In the other singles matches, Parravi was knocked off by Lozano, 6-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-3), Razzeto fell to Novak, 6-1, 7-6 and Reka Rohonyi could not

ence play, they were picked to finish fourth in the conference in the preseason.

“People are frustrated. We all want to win and we know we can win, so with conference play starting, we all want to turn this season around, but we can’t go about it and tense up. We have to relax and just play baseball,” Mahoney said.

Mahoney’s other best friend on the team, redshirt senior Nick Devian, described Mahoney as a player who knows when to be serious, but doesn’t let his competitiveness get in the way of building relationship with his teammates and coaches.

“Mahoney is a confident baseball player. He’s a character,” Devian said. “He’s one of our best hitters and if he can get on base, the rest of the guys can drive him in. He’s a pretty even-keeled guy off the field and is a great motivator based on the way he plays the game of baseball.”

Gill is excited that Mahoney sets examples for the rest of the team as a leader on and off the field.

“Mahoney is the type of player that you hate if he is on the other team, but love if he’s your teammate,” Gill said. “Well, he’s on ours and we love every minute of it.”

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Lions fill final scholarship spot with verbal commitment from center.

Getting back to work within a week of its 2011-12 season ending, the LMU men’s basketball team made a move earlier this week to improve for next season.

After adding a three-man recruiting class during the NCAA early signing period, the Lions received a verbal commitment from a 6-foot-11 center, Patson Siame, who is expected to be the final piece of that class.

A native of Zambia, Siame is currently playing at the Impact Basketball Academy in Las Vegas, Nev. Recently, Siame was named to the World Select Team for the upcoming Nike Hoop Summit game. Taking place in Portland, Ore. on April 7, the game is believed to be one of the elite showcases of young talent, with “the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Select Team, comprised of the top high school boy senior players, playing against a World Select Team, comprised of top players 19-years-old or younger from around the world,” according to the game’s online description.

Siame cannot officially sign a national letter of intent (LOI) to attend LMU until April 11 when the regular signing period opens up. He can officially pledge to join the Lions anytime from then until May 16. Because of his status as a prospective student-athlete, LMU coaches and staff cannot comment on Siame until he is officially signed to a LOI. ESPN.com’s Mike LaPlante had positive things to say about Siame in a March 27 blog post titled, “Loyola Marymount gets big man,” writing, “Although he still has work to do, Patson is more advanced offensively and has a better feel for the game than the usual young African big men that come to play in the States.”

The rest of LMU’s 2012 recruiting class is made up of local forwards Nick Stover (Windward School) and Taj Adams (Fairfax High School) as well as fellow African-born big man, center Tobe Okafor (Maine Central Institute).

Visit laloyolan.com for an extended version of this story and a video link to some recent, brief highlights of Siame.

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Payton ponders Parcells Payton from Page 12 columnists and talking heads praised the commissioner for taking such a strong stance in support of the players’ safety. Goodell has been very proactive in showing his intolerance for violent behavior in the sport, doling out heavy fines and suspensions for inappropriate conduct and helmet-to-helmet collisions before – whether accidental or not.

Critics of his decision have questioned why it has been only the Saints who have been penalized when there has been an unspoken acknowledgement of bounty systems among teams for years.

As FOX 8 correspondent Lee Zurik tweeted, “Former Saint Joe Horn says every NFL team has a program like the Saints bounty program. Says in KC (Kansas City) and ATL (Atlanta) players were paid for cartoffs.” The Washington Redskins have also fallen under suspicion of running a bounty program under the same defensive coordinator during his previous time in Washington. There have been no sanctions against the Redskins as of this time, and some reports say that the investigation has been suspended.

With the announcement of Payton’s suspension, questions ran rampant about who will run the team this coming year. Lately, the rumor is that Payton’s old sensei Bill Parcells may bring himself out of retirement to be the head coach.

This would make sense, as Payton worked as a quarterback coach under Parcells in Dallas, and Parcells would already be somewhat familiar with the system. The other two candidate names floating around have been the offensive and

defensive coordinators of the Saints – Pete Carmichael and Steve Spagnuolo, respectively. But both gentlemen are known specifically as specialists in their fields and it would make more sense to keep them at their best positions. It also becomes a personnel problem further down the line, because when Payton comes back, it becomes confusing about who is doing what job. Whoever is chosen to replace him might gain more prestige than his fellow coordinator, creating an imbalance of respect in the locker room and among the coaches that some may stuggle to get used to. This leaves no option but to go outside of the organization, and Parcells, known as the “The Big Tuna,” would be a perfect alternative. If the Saints sign him to a one-year deal and the team struggles, oh well, it was only to be expected. And if the team does

well, Parcells is only under a oneyear contract and can go back to retirement – or perhaps even take on an advisory position like he held with the Dolphins until 2010.

Regardless of whether Parcells decides to come back for one more season or not, this controversy has been positive for his reputation. It is reinforcing and reminding the sports community – especially the younger part – of what a great coach Parcells was. Coaches are worried that Parcells may come back, and for good reason. People are afraid of “The Big Tuna.” And I don’t think that last sentence has ever been written more seriously in the history of the English language.

This is the opinion of Cruz Quinonez, a freshman English major from Bakersfield, Calif. Please send comments to ndines@theloyolan.com.

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Because of Saints Head Coach Sean Payton’s (left) one-year suspension, former Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Bill Parcells is among the candidates to replace him.

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Junior transfer finds home at LMU SPORTS FEATURE Second baseman Cullen Mahoney leads the Lions’ offense with an intense and enthusiastic attitude.

By Dan Raffety Asst. Sports Editor Three colleges; three collegiate baseball teams; three years.

Junior transfer second baseman Cullen Mahoney has seen it all when it comes to different styles of college baseball. The once University of Nevada, Reno freshman turned South Mountain Community College sophomore has become one of LMU’s top hitters in his junior year , this season, and has finally found his home in Westchester, sporting the crimson and navy.

“I love LMU,” said Mahoney who grew up in Phoenix, Ariz. and attended Brophy College Preparatory. “Because I went to a Jesuit high school, I knew what it was all about. It was an easy transition for me coming to LMU.” After an uncomfortable freshman year in Reno and a productive season in community college, Mahoney explained why he ultimately chose to sign with LMU and why his recruiting class was ranked No. 23 in the nation.

“We play in one of the best conferences ... the WCC. We have an ideal location in Los Angeles, and we have coaches that have been around winning their entire lives. This is a collegiate baseball player’s dream,” Mahoney said.

Mahoney’s toughness and intensity on the field makes him a desirable teammate and player to coach.

“He brings a lot of energy to the team,” said senior third baseman Alex Guthrie, who is one of Mahoney’s best friends. “He is a hard-nosed player who does a lot of chatter on the field, which often annoys opposition.”

But Mahoney has not always played with reckless ambition. It took a traumatic experience his junior year of high school with the passing away of his brother due to a heart condition that put things in perspective.

“We play a sport,” Mahoney said. “There are a lot more problems in this world than what we

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Junior transfer second baseman Cullen Mahoney (4) is currently in a 12-game hitting streak. This season, Mahoney is hitting .364 with 24 hits, 12 runs scored and one homerun for the Lions. LMU is Mahoney’s third school in as many years.

WCC agrees to add Pacific Saints’ scandal hits hard Yesterday’s announcement will make the West Coast Conference a 10-team league in 2013-14.

By Michael Goldsholl and John Wilkinson Loyolan Staff

The count is now set to reach an even 10.

By accepting an invitation on Wednesday to join the West Coast Conference (WCC) for the 2013-14 season, the University of the Pacific becomes the WCC’s 10th team.

Located in Stockton, Calif., the University has an enrollment of nearly 7,000 and is the oldest university in California (founded in 1851). It was also one of the founding teams of the WCC (then the California Basketball

Association) in 1952-53, and stayed part of the conference until 1971. Currently, the Tigers compete in the Big West Conference.

“The University of the Pacific is an outstanding fit with our membership as an independent institution with a strong academic reputation and rich athletic history,” St. Mary’s College President and WCC Presidents’ Council Chair Brother Ronald Gallagher, F.S.C., Ph.D, said in a conference press release. “It is a great opportunity to bring one of our founding members back into the Conference and once again extend our footprint.”

Pacific competes in nine of the 13 sports that the WCC supports. Starting in the 201314 season, Tigers’ teams in the WCC will include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis

and women’s volleyball teams. Pacific Athletic Director Dr. Ted Leland also said during Wednesday’s press conference that the Tigers plan to add men’s soccer in the fall of 2015.

While Pacific’s women’s volleyball team holds the school’s only two national championships (1985 and 1986), the men’s basketball team had a stretch of three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 20042006, including a No. 8 seed as an at-large bid in 2005 when the Tigers knocked off the University of Pittsburgh in the opening round. The Tigers defeated LMU’s men’s basketball team in the first round of the Collegeinsider.com Tournament in 2010.

Advantages of a 10-team conference include more balanced scheduling and opportunities for conference tournaments in additional sports.

“We’re out here to compete, and we’re only competing for one reason, and that’s to win, not to be second best, not to come close.”

College tennis involves a round of three doubles matches, where the school with the most matches won earns a single point. After, the teams play a second round, this time with six singles matches. Each victorious match is worth a point in the singles round, making seven the maximum total points a team can obtain.

UC Santa Barbara claimed all three doubles matches. Lions Pironkova and sophomore Reka Rohonyi fell to Natalia Lozano and Dockendorf, 8-5, on court one. Anderson and freshman Tory Parravi nearly snatched a win over Erica Cano and Sofia Novak, 9-8 on court two.

Junior April Bisharat and sophomore Claudia Razzeto dropped to Scatliffe and Kiersten Meehan on court three, 8-4.

The singles round began with an injury, leaving the Lions in slight disarray “We had to

alter our lineup. … We had someone I was concerned about, so we pulled her out. That should not be a concern because we have a strong enough team that we can compete and win,” said Sanchez.

Unfortunately, that player turned out to be LMU’s top singles player, Bisharat. The injury pushed every player up one court and moved freshman Logan Finnell into her first collegiate start. Despite a tough 6-2, 6-1 loss to Cano, Finnell saw positives from the experience.

“We had some good battles, long rallies, but I got a little impatient. She gave me a good run, and it was a good first match, I was right in it, but the score didn’t really reflect that,” she said.

However, she did admit, “I was caught by surprise a little bit. As the seventh player, I need to be ready for everything.”

Sanchez was also frustrated by a perceived lack of readiness by the team. “You’ve got to be able to adapt to certain situations. The problem

iolence in football cannot, and will not, be tolerated.

This is the message that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants the world to understand from his recent one-year suspension of New Orleans’ Saints Head Coach Sean Payton.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Payton’s suspension came in the aftermath of an NFL investigation into the Saints team for allegedly having a “bounty system” operating within the team. These bounties consisted of payments

By Cruz Quinonez doled out to defensive Contributor players who performed well on the field (i.e recovering fumbles, interceptions, etc.), but players were also rewarded for injuring players on the opposing team, and were encouraged to do so. Nearly a week ago, on March 21, Goodell announced that the NFL would be suspending Payton without pay for the entire 2012 season. This is the first time that an NFL head coach has ever been suspended for an entire season.

There have been both critics and advocates for Goodell’s handling of the situation. Many

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Gauchos outduel Lions

Despite multiple chances, UC Santa Barbara defeats the Lions 5-2 on Tuesday.

By Connor Hartley Contributor

The LMU women’s tennis team suffered a setback on Tuesday at home to UC Santa Barbara (7-10), falling 5-2 to the Gauchos. The Lions (3-11) contested the match closely, with LMU senior Elisaveta Pironkova winning 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) over April Scatliffe and LMU senior Ashley Anderson handling Jordan Dockendorf 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The entire team battled hard in each match but ultimately faltered against the non-conference foe.

“We had four points out on the court where we could have won this match, but it got away from us,” Head Coach Jamie Sanchez said.

After a New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, Head Coach John Payton is suspended for a full season.

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