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LMU hosts Neighbors distribute parking flyers TEDx on Two neighborhood residents claim they have identified education 400 parking violations. and reform By Adrien Jarvis Senior Editor
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For nearly a month now, several neighbors have been distributing flyers – labeled as an “advisory notice” – to LMU students, faculty and staff members who are parking in the neighborhood area surrounding LMU’s back gate. The flyer states that “Gonzaga Avenue is Zoned R-1.1.2,” and informs anyone whose car is towed to contact the law offices of Ronald A. Slater “in accordance with the [Los Angeles Municipal Code] L.A.M.C., the L.A. Planning Code and the L.A. Zoning Code.” However, according to Clarence Griffin, director of community and local government relations for LMU, “There’s no zone in which someone would be able to legally just tow your vehicle for parking in front of their house. That’s just not legitimate.” The neighbors are Robert Sawyer and Dennis Tripp, both of whom live on Gonzaga Avenue and make up the “Taxpayers Association” that is listed on the distributed flyers. Sawyer added that they have gotten strong support from others in the neighborhood who are “frustrated as homeowners.” So far, they said, they have not requested that any cars be towed. The men stated that with the codes listed on the flyer, they have identified 400 violations. Slater explained this
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Innovative, cutting-edge education reform was the overall theme of TEDx LoyolaMarymountU (TEDxLMU), a city-wide event that brought together educators and education enthusiasts for speeches and activities. Sponsored by the LMU School of Education along with other LMU colleges and individuals, the event took place on Saturday, April 6 in Murphy Recital Hall. In a short introductory film at the beginning of the event, the curator of TED, the mother company of TEDx events, said that the goal of any TED event is to “experience the power of ideas.” And that is exactly what the five Teach for America (TFA) corps members – the creators of TEDxLMU – intended their event to do. “We want to build a stronger education community; we want to share completely new ideas about education … and we want to inspire some kind of action,” said Chris Coraggio, a TFA corps member, LMU graduate student and the communications director for TEDxLMU. With speakers like Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent John Deasy, the event attracted L.A.’s leading education reformers, scholars and implementers. The TEDxLMU planners hoped that this event would put LMU’s School of Education “at the forefront of the Los Angeles education conversation,” said Coraggio. TED originated in 1984 as a conference where people with big, innovative ideas gathered to share those ideas, according to TED’s website. The speeches from the conference appear on the TED website for people around the world to watch. With its growth of popularity in the past few years, TED extended its conferences by creating TEDx – independently organized TED conferences. This is what TEDxLMU was. Hosted by actor and musician Rob Benedict, the event was split into three sessions with a Homegirl Café and Catering catered lunch and a final reception. Each session had four speakers who were given 20 minutes each to share their ideas about education. Not every speaker had been directly involved in education, but according to one of the event planners, TFA corps member Jordan Templeton, the idea was to take big concepts from outside professionals and incorporate them into classrooms, school administrations and school districts. “It’s all of these big ideas that education is all about and pulling from the people that have mastered this – not really in education at all – but in their own worlds,” Templeton said. The first session’s theme was “The Power of Cohesion” and the speakers shared their ideas about in-classroom strategies. The speeches were a variety of success stories from the cultural evangelist for Zappos to a Homeboy Industries member now in the
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Conference celebrates interfaith dialogue The 2013 Western Jewish Studies Association Conference brings recognition to LMU Jewish Studies. By Jenna Abdou
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Special Games brings LMU students together About 400 students volunteered at the 36th annual Special Games on Saturday. For hours, LMU students coached their special athletes through games and activities. Morgan Clemenson, a sophomore psychology major, said that the day “changed [her] life.”
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FEMINISM IN ACTION Members of both genders sound off on the value of feminism.
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by saying, “Every time a student’s parking and they are not residents of the community, they are in violation of the use of the codes.” The neighbors have been photographing the cars that regularly park in the area as a part of their documentation. Given that Gonzaga Avenue and the other streets outside the back gates are public, students are allowed to park on the streets and outside of neighborhood homes, according to Griffin. The only merits for a tow would be if the car was violating parking laws for public streets. In short, someone cannot be towed outside LMU’s back gates simply because they are parked in front of another person’s home. “These are public streets, and so all the laws that protect free usage of public space apply here,” Griffin said. “There are no current restrictions on public streets in the Westchester area.” Slater, who is an LMU alumnus, said that he was hired by Sawyer to assist with the situation, but he said he has only done “very cursory research” thus far. Sawyer admitted in an interview with the Loyolan, “I don’t think that we would be able to [legally tow cars]. I don’t think we’ve been able to uncover anything that would give us legal authority, unless they’re obviously in a red zone [or] they pose a danger.” But later in said interview, Sawyer added, “If the student body thinks that it’s maybe illegal to park in a residential zone, which it actually is,
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LMU’s Jewish Studies Program hosted the 2013 Western Jewish Studies Association Conference this weekend to celebrate its fifth anniversary of being a part of the University. Dr. Holli Levitsky, the director of the Jewish Studies Program at LMU and event coordinator, expressed the University’s excitement to be hosting the conference. “What it means for us is recognition as a program, nationally and internationally, and also recognition as a serious academic program. We put on events for the public but we also have a really strong academic institutional affiliation here,” Levitsky said. The conference’s main event was a screening of the film “Children Without a Shadow,”
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SOFTBALL WALKS OFF The women’s softball team won all four games against Saint Mary’s College over the weekend.
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Residents aim to discourage off-campus parking Neighborhood from Page 1 it’s best that they don’t really know the ‘where fors’ and ‘how tos.’ It’s just basic education. The right thing to do is to pay to park on campus.” The zoning for Gonzaga Avenue that is listed on the neighbors’ advisory notice refers to the residential nature of the street. According to the cited codes, no commercial vehicle can park in the neighborhood. As section 80.69.2 of the Los Angeles Municipal Codes explains, a commercial vehicle is “(1) a truck tractor; or (2) a motor vehicle with commercial license plate; and (A) exceeding 22 feet total length including bumpers, or (B) 22 feet or less in length with the name of a business enterprise or establishment or a sign advertising a product or service painted, attached, or otherwise affixed on or to the exterior thereof.” Sawyer explained that they still define LMU community members parking in the neighborhood as a commercial use. “We’re saying that it is a commercial use in that the University is charging you to go to school, so you are coming here only because they stand to gain commercially,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that it’s a commercial use of the parking. ... It does make them contributors to the commercial gain of the University.” Later, he added, “Imagine how we feel when we go and we have no place to park. Would you resort to something that gets your attention? Or something that does not? We feel that the statement, ‘Your car may be towed,’ is legally valid if they’re improperly parked. So, it’s a matter of interpretation, but it’s effective because somebody reads that and they think twice about coming back to park on the street.” Tripp and Sawyer started handing out the flyers because, as Tripp explained, “When I come home, I can’t park outside my house.” Sawyer added that sometimes visitors to their homes have to park blocks away, and they needed to be driven to their cars when they leave. Gonzaga Avenue has seen a sharp increase in parked cars since LMU implemented parking
fees this semester – a problem that LMU students who reside on the street have noticed as well. Senior finance major Ashley Thompson, who resides on Gonzaga Avenue, called the parking situation “quite the inconvenience.” “There’s absolutely no parking on [Gonzaga Avenue] during the week,” Thompson said, adding that sometimes, cars are parked so close to her driveway’s edge that its difficult to pull in and out. Sawyer explained that he and Tripp have identified a “four-block radius” outside the back gates that is most impacted. Their plan is to hand out the flyers while collecting video documentation of the parking situation outside the back gates to potentially hand over to the Los Angeles City and County Planning Commission and zoning departments. But, Sawyer said, he hopes that they have a chance to communicate with the University and broker a solution before reaching that step. “What we want is to bring awareness [to LMU] and propose a solution,” Sawyer said, emphasizing that he is trying to stay positive and is optimistic that a solution can be worked out with the University. The University’s recently approved Master Plan addresses the parking situation and proposes adding parking spaces over the next 20 years. Information on the official LMU Master Plan website states that the 609 spots would increase the number of parking spaces on campus to 4,742. But for Sawyer, that’s not an adequate solution. “I think that’ll address [the parking problem] in 20 years,” he said. “We need to address it today.” Tripp added that the University-proposed solution to make the neighborhood a permit zone would not work well for the neighborhood. “The [Los Angeles] Department of Transportation put a two-year moratorium on permits. They’ve indicated that it’s possible to get the permits, but it might take two years to do it. ... That’s not OK for us, and the University has created the impression, at least in my mind, that they don’t care,” Tripp said.
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This flyer (above) was distributed on LMU community members’ cars off campus to discourage them from parking on the streets.TrippandSawyersaidthattheirplanwastohandoutflyerswhilecollectingvideodocumentationoftheparkingsituation. Tripp estimated that he alone has already distributed 100 flyers in the neighborhood with plans to hand out more. As Sawyer put it, “If I got that [flyer], I’d park farther away to be less of an impact. ... That’s just common sense.” He added, “You’ll hear from us again. And again and again, until we have a resolution.”
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Program showcases Jewish traditions and practices Jewish Studies from Page 1 which tells the story of Professor Shaul Harel, a young Jewish boy who was saved and hidden by a Catholic woman in Belgium during World War II. A panel discussion featuring Bernard Balteau, the filmmaker, Cooper Union Professor for the Advancement of Science and Art and leading scholar Anne Griffin, and Harel, the subject of the film, followed the screening. Levitsky expressed the Jewish Studies Program’s honor in hosting the film. “We are a Catholic university that has been chosen to premiere an important film on the West Coast,” she said. “There are a lot of international and interfaith issues that we want to discuss that are primary in this film.” The film screening was accompanied by a special commemoration of the Holocaust for Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Four LMU students who were competitively chosen by the University to participate in a yearlong fellowship lit the candles for Yom HaShoah,while a Holocaust survivor sang.
Although the film screening was the highlighted event, the weekend consisted of many more, including a panel discussion on Saturday, April 6. A panel of artists and scholars discussed “Midrashic Mirrors: Creating Holiness through Imagery and Intimacy,” a book compiled by nine women over three years. USC Professor in the Keck School of Medicine’s Department of Preventative Medicine Donna Spruijt-Metz, writer and Torah teacher at Temple Israel of Hollywood, Darcy Vebber and Rabbi Anne Brener are among the nine women who worked on “Midrashic Mirrors” and served on the panel Saturday evening. Dr. Bryant Alexander, dean of the LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts, and marriage and family therapist Sister Linda Buck also participated in the panel. “Midrashic Mirrors” was initiated and organized by Professor Debra Linesch, who works in the LMU Marital and Family Therapy Department, to present art based on the exploration of the Torah. According to Brener, the book provides “an incredible grounding in the past while still reaching into
the future.” Linesch expressed that one of the most important lessons the group learned is that “there is no separation between the study of the Torah and the lives that we are living.” Vebber echoed this sentiment when she shared that the women find the Torah text to be so valuable because it allows them to have private conversations about “deeper things that are really hard to talk about. Questions like, ‘What does it all mean?’ and ‘Why are we here?’” The conference was warmly received by members of the LMU community and attendees from around the world, which Levitsky shared she was most excited about while coordinating the event.
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One solution proposed by the University to improve the parking problem is to make the area outside the back gates a permit zone. This requires a surveying of the neighborhood to determine whether or not the majority of residents would like permit parking to be allowed on their streets. It’s also a complicated process. Below are some of the specific steps and details involved.
If a permit-only district is established, LMU will pay $24,000 annually in residential parking permits. In order to designate the district as permit only, 67 percent of a street block needs to be in support. To pass, there must be at least six blocks with 75 percent of the parked cars from out of the residential area. The process could take two to five years. Three annual parking permits would be provided to each household for $34 each, as well as two visitor permits. Daily permit options are also to be available for $2.50.
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For the Record In the April 4 article“LMU reflects on Pope’s leadership and actions,”the deck head incorrectly stated that the poll showed that half of the U.S. Catholic population was supportive of the pope. Actually, about half of the population was in favor of keeping Catholic tradition in papal leadership.
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Drug Abuse Parking Lot H On April 7, there was a report to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) of marijuana use. Nonstudents were escorted off campus, and the case is now closed. Drug Abuse LMU Drive Booth On April 6, a male visitor was not permitted to enter campus because his vehicle had a strong odor of marijuana. The case is now closed.
Alcohol Violation O’Malley Apartment On April 6, an intoxicated student needed medical attention and DPS was called. The case has been referred to Judicial Affairs.
Trespass 1 LMU Drive On April 3, DPS interfered when a trespasser previously banned from campus was reported to be on campus. The case is now closed.
Alcohol Violation Desmond Hall On April 5, DPS was called because an intoxicated student needed medical attention. The case has been referred to Judicial Affairs.
Larceny Theft William H. Hannon Library On April 3, a student reported the theft of a laptop charger. The case is now closed.
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Garcia says that he has been able to use his internship at Fox 11 to go public and “raise some awareness” regarding cancer.
11 BURNING QUESTIONS with a cancer survivor
This issue, Staff Writer Kimmy Smith sits down with senior graphic design major Nick Garcia to talk about his personal battle,including his cancer research and awareness efforts. 1. What did you present on at the Undergraduate Research Symposium? I did a bunch of info graphics because I am a graphic design major, different stats. I broke down how many people are diagnosed with cancer every year, the types of cancers that affect men and women. I looked up statistics on Livestrong, for example, and Stand Up to Cancer.
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2. What inspired you to do the research? One thing I noticed going through [chemotherapy] is a lot of people going through cancer are not as strong as I was going through it. I was healthy before I was diagnosed so I wanted to go public with my cause. I’m not afraid to talk about cancer. I think it’s a good thing that I’m going public and exposing what I had to go through, because a lot of people don’t know anything about cancer until it affects someone they love or themselves. 3. What is your story with cancer? It was finals [week] last year, [and] I started coughing up blood. I didn’t know what that was, [so] I continued to do my finals. I went to the doctor and got a chest X-ray. Turns out it was a lot worse: I went in with a cough and came out with cancer, basically. The cough had nothing to do with it. It was pneumonia, but if I wouldn’t have had that, they wouldn’t have caught it. So after that I got a CT scan, they diagnosed me with stage two Hodgkin’s lymphoma. 4. What has recovery been like? Different biopsies, lots of surgeries, bone marrow surgeries. I have scars on my chest. You finally start the chemo and then the scans. I am in full remission now but have to continue to get scans for the rest of my life. 5. How has it affected your studies at LMU? Last semester, I didn’t go into school. I had a very helpful department chair in graphic design. I stayed in contact with him, he helped me with getting in contact with my teachers. I did all of my work from home. When I was well enough towards the end of the semester, I started going back into school, getting into my schedule.
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6. What is your dream job? Right now, my dream job would be to become the vice president of Fox 11. 7. How do you like to relieve stress? Going to the gym, working out. I like to play video games and I like to relax and watch TV. Going to the gym mostly though because after what I’ve gone through, exercise and health are really important. 8. How did you use the media to raise cancer awareness? I was diagnosed last May and figured I could use my position in my internship at Fox 11 to raise some awareness, so I went on the news, went public. I went to the news director at Fox 11 and typed up a news proposal to him. I used the news media to go on and got an interview for myself and got the story out there. 9. What do you hope your presentation at the symposium brought to the audience? I hope my presentation just showed people the process of cancer. A lot of people don’t want to know what happens because they don’t think it will affect their lives. I never thought it would affect me but that’s the sad truth. It’s going to affect someone, and it’s better off knowing what you’re going to expect because I had to learn everything as I went through it and that was difficult. 10. What is something that you are obsessed with? Just trying to do everything I can to be healthy and successful. 11. If you had to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Turkey sandwiches. Turkey, avocado, mayo, spinach. Has to have avocado.
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TEDx hosts talks TEDx from Page 1 entertainment industry. Each had their own thoughts about their professional fields and how that could work in the education system. Casey Whitson, a United States Air Force operations flight commander, talked about the importance of discipline and how even the smallest habits translate into bigger actions. “I found the discipline talk interesting,” said audience member Lina Kim, a middle school math teacher at MSA-6, a charter school in Culver City. “It’s difficult to get students to get along.” “Shaping People and Places” followed, where speakers talked about the importance of learning space and person-to-person
communication. During this session former Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers NFL scout Bucky Brooks discussed his experience as a professional football recruiter and how administrators can apply that to recruiting both teachers and students. The third session was titled “A Blueprint for the Future.” LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy reflected on the talks throughout the day and encouraged educators to push forward and implement some of the things they learned into their classrooms and schools. Kim said she enjoyed the conference, and that many of the topics discussed were “surprisingly applicable.”
Cesar Chavez to be celebrated in Sacred Heart Chapel Campus Ministry, Chicano Latino Student Services and Students for Labor and Economic Justice are sponsoring a celebration mass of Cesar Chavez in Sacred Heart Chapel at Convo on Tuesday. After the service, there will be a worker’s appreciation luncheon in the Sculpture Garden. Grants awarded to LMU faculty and staff Intercultural Affairs and the University Intercultural Council announced the recipients of Inclusive Excellence Grants on Friday, April 5. Grants were awarded to Leslie Ponciano, Jamie Hazlitt and Raymundo Andrade, La’Tonya Rease Miles and Melvin Robert to pursue higher education research aimed at infusing diversity interculturalism on LMU’s campus .
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Neighbors’ advisory warnings coercive
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ue to the institution of an on-campus parking fee this semester, there has been an increase in complaints from Westchester residents about LMU community members parking on the streets of the neighborhood surrounding LMU. Now, these neighbors are taking matters into their own hands. As described in the Page 1 article “Neighbors distribute parking flyers,” neighborhood residents Robert Sawyer and Dennis Tripp, are distributing flyers labeled as advisory notices to community members parking in the neighborhood. As stated in the article, the flyers establish that “Gonzaga Avenue is Zoned R-1.1.2,” and inform anyone whose car is towed to contact the law offices of Ronald A. Slater “in accordance with the L.A.M.C. [Los Angeles Municipal Code], the L.A. Planning Code and the L.A. Zoning Code.” While the Loyolan recognizes the inconvenience an increase in parked cars in the neighborhood can pose to neighbors like Sawyer and Tripp, we do not believe that these men are addressing the issue in an appropriate manner. While Sawyer admitted that he didn’t think they would be able to legally tow cars, he described the flyers as a deterrent, stating in the article, “We feel that the statement, ‘Your car may be towed,’ is legally valid if they’re improperly parked. So, it’s a matter of interpretation, but it’s effective because somebody reads that and they think twice about coming back to park on the street.”
This tactic comes off as coercive and underhanded. Sawyer and Tripp have admitted that they have been unable to uncover anything that gives them legal authority to tow cars, yet they have persisted in passing out flyers insinuating that they have the power to do so. As stated in our aforementioned article, Gonzaga and the streets surrounding LMU are all public roads on which all community members are legally entitled to park. Moreover, the codes cited in the flyers refer to the fact that the neighborhood is a residential area and, as such, commercial vehicles are prohibited from parking on the streets. Implying otherwise may not be strictly illegal, but it certainly isn’t ethical. However, despite the fact that we consider this an inappropriate way to deal with the situation, LMU community members also need to be respectful of the neighborhood residents. For example, there is parking along both 78th Street and Fordham Avenue, which also border LMU. Small actions like parking there and being mindful of red zones and people’s driveways can go a long way to improving interactions with the Westchester community. The aforementioned article quotes Sawyer as stating, “What we want is to bring awareness and propose a solution.” It is the Loyolan’s belief that the flyers accomplish neither of these goals. We urge the neighbors to discontinue their campaign and rather than intimidate LMU community members, attempt to communicate with them instead.
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Re: “The real America,” April 4 Dear Executive Editorial Board: Having read the opinion piece by Contributor Michelle Varinata in the last issue of the Loyolan, we would like to affirm the fact that the culture shock she described is entirely normal and valid. However, the assumption that the Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS) does not provide the support needed to address the difficulties and unique experiences felt by international students is not accurate. During international orientation, there is an entire lecture about culture shock and it was incredibly informative. It covered everything that Varinata had a complaint with. Although OISS strongly advocates the importance and benefit of attending orientation, students cannot be forced to attend the sessions. Subsequently, their absence could result in a feeling of unpreparedness for the upcoming school year. In fact, being an international student would be so much harder without the support and care that the OISS offers. In addition to the week-long orientation catered to prepare international students for their studies at LMU, there is also an iMentor program that every international student is invited to participate in. By choosing to participate in the iMentor program before her arrival to the United States,Varinata would have been assigned a mentor to whom she could communicate her concerns and ask questions.This person would remain her mentor upon her arrival to the United States and would be available for office hours throughout the remainder of the semester. We ask that there be a piece written about the numerous resources offered by OISS because the current piece shines a negative, baseless light upon the best support LMU has to offer international students. International orientation is available to all incoming international students: freshmen, transfers and DSAs (domestic students living abroad). To learn more about events from OISS, visit the Facebook page and the organization’s web page on the LMU website.
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have always been the kind of person who likes to figure out a system that works and then sticks to it. After being at LMU for a year and a half, I was pretty sure I had the perfect system for classes figured out. The more simple, traditional and to the point a class was, the more likely I was to enjoy it. All About Z I’m still By Zaneta Pereira not entirely Managing Editor sure what I was thinking, though, when I signed up for a class this semester that was interdisciplinary, team-taught and featured an alternative break component. Despite its faintly confusing and rather unwieldy title, “Psychology, Spirituality, and Liberation” (PSYC/THST 398), ended up being one of the best experiences of my educational career. The class was taught by LMU psychology professor Jennifer Abe and LMU theological studies professor Douglas Christie, and was essentially a once-a-week discussion-based class that drew on the ideas of liberation psychology and theology to work towards an understanding of the Jesuit ideal of contemplation in action. If that doesn’t sound nontraditional and up in the air, I don’t know what does. In fact, the first time I described this course to one of my older family friends,
he looked at me askance and asked if I was attending “one of those artsy-fartsy schools that teaches airy-fairy classes about things like ‘Harry Potter.’” There were a lot of repetitively rhyming phrases in that statement (it’s an Indian thing, I’m afraid), but I understood the sentiment. Going in, I really wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into with this class. I was more than a little apprehensive starting this class. I’ll admit, I like to succeed in school and I wasn’t sure how useful a class about spirituality would be to me in the long run. I took the class to fulfill a requirement for my major and I did often go back and forth about whether I should take a more traditional class that I could see would be directly useful for my career plans. Additionally, an essential
component of the course was an alternative break where we, as a class, spent our entire spring break at the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur and the Catholic Worker house in Guadalupe, Calif. The thought of spending my spring break in a monastery was something that actually scared me. I consider myself religious, but spending a whole week in prayer seemed a little too ambitious. When I pictured a monastery, my mind conjured up ominous images of gothic buildings and dour monks who walked around chanting as the waves crashed against harsh cliff faces. Incidentally, I later found out that this overly sensational mental image was one that several of my other classmates shared. Thankfully, our actual time at the monastery was
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less Wuthering Heights and more Disney classic – it was all very loving and affirming, and actually involved a frightening amount of group sing-alongs. Far from the restrictive, difficult-to-understand experience I initially saw this class as being, it was actually one of the most grounded and real things I’ve had the privilege to be a part of. Our stay with the monks and the Catholic Workers allowed me to connect with people whose lives were rooted in service and faith. Their joy and peace flowed out of every interaction we had with them and were deeply embedded in the atmosphere of the communities they worked together to build. In class, my mind was opened to incredible ideas about living as a contemplative in action. At the mon-
astery and in Guadalupe, I saw these ideas lived out concretely by those who opened their homes to us. I found this class by accident as I was trying to fulfill a requirement, but you don’t have to wait for something to fall into your lap. Look around. Almost every department has course descriptions posted somewhere; the walls of St. Rob’s are papered in fliers advertising new classes, and if you ask around, you never know what hidden gem your roommate may have discovered. Although it can be daunting to sign up for a class that doesn’t fit our preconceived notions of what a university course should look like, don’t let your fear hold you back. You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn when you embrace non-traditional options and challenge yourself. I ended up taking this class essentially because of how well it fit into my schedule, which is ironic, because the amount I’ve learned and grown as a result has made me determined to actively plan my schedule for content instead of convenience from now on. Ultimately, what I’m trying to say this: Consider a class you might be tempted to dismiss for being too complicated or experimental. Take a chance, and maybe you too will walk away after a semester with more than a grade and academic credit. This is the opinion of Zaneta Pereira, a sophomore psychology major from Pune, India. Please send comments to zpereira@theloyolan.com.
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Up in arms as UCLA cigarettes up in smoke
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e have all seen the advertisements on TV featuring the raspy voices and unnerving tracheostomies of throat cancer victims, as well as the crowded and stifling designated smoking areas in LAX saturated with tobacco fumes. We Californians, a n d Americans in general, are no strangers to the By Tyler Franklin p e r v a s i v e Contributor non-smoking campaigns and policies employed by state and federal government agencies. But where does health advocacy end and an invasion of personal decision-making begin? Though the battlefield of such a principled and long-debated legal controversy has been often entrenched by higher courts of governing bodies around the world, it has arrived at the doorstep of the California college student through the actions of a local campus administration: UCLA is set to ban the use of all tobacco products on its campus later this month. In an attempt to promote health within the student body and faculty, UCLA and the greater UC system are taking decisive action. A letter dated January 9, 2012, addressed to the Chancellors of the 10 UC campuses across California, was sent by Mark Yudof, the standing president of the UC system. A call to action was made in the document, “asking that each Chancellor form a committee that is charged with the task of implementing a smoke-free
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policy on their campus within the next 24 months.” In accordance with this request, Chancellor Gene Block, the presiding head of UCLA, informed the campus community on Oct. 30, 2012, “UCLA [will] become a tobaccofree campus effective April 22, 2013.” It appears that UCLA is leading the initiative by taking action well before the proposed deadline set for January 2014. In light of this, opposition has grown not only from students on UCLA’s campus, but also students from USC who find fault with the movement and the restrictions it will put into effect based on the principle of individual freedoms. As covered by Jordyn Holman in the Daily Trojan article “As UCLA goes smoke-free, some ask if USC will do the same,” “Emily Frank, a junior majoring in business administration [stated] … ‘We are all college students so we have the right to choose if we want to smoke or not.’” The main concern students have is what seems to be
an overt infringement upon their freedoms of expression and decision. Many have voiced similar opinions as the date of the ban draws closer and the anticipation of change causes more ripples in campus communities throughout Southern California. Interestingly enough, Block continued further in his notice, informing students, “UCLA is preparing to announce the ‘Healthy Campus Initiative.’” The movement seems to be a part of a more general framework to “promote the well-being of our entire community,” as Block proposed. Despite the volume of students upset in anticipation of the consequences of the ban, the ban is not intended to be disciplinary, but “primarily educational, with an emphasis on cessation” instead, according to President Yudof ’s letter. As such, it seems the community can rest assured (for the time being) that fines will not be introduced to tackle violators of the new rule. The policy,
in this way, is a notably reasonable and moderate solution to the very real and preventable health complications resulting from persistent use of tobacco products that the world is well aware of today. With this in mind, the policy takes both sides into account by approaching the change with a respect for personal decision, but an emphasis on the importance of health. Smokers will be prohibited from smoking on campus by the awareness of the new ban promoted by faculty and students. However, they will still be able to smoke off or on campus, the latter at the expense of constant disapproval and reprimand from passersby. Clearly, the new community standard is meant more to promote cultural change than bar students from making independent decisions well within their own right. As UCLA leads the UC community towards implementing tobacco-free policies, many tobacco users on nearby campuses are
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just as worried as their UCLA counterparts. Though the larger plan has not seen much execution until now, it appears that the coming change in the UC system could set a new precedent for college campuses locally and across California, or at least cause other regional university officials to question the current status quo. However, while this may seem radically invasive to some, the number of colleges and universities adopting smoking bans on campuses across the United States is far from insignificant. According to website information presented by Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, 530 campuses have taken action in putting similar policies into place from 2011 to 2012, bringing the total number of nationwide smoke-free campuses to 1,129 as of Jan. 2, 2013. The statistics underscore a significant trend of a much larger scale towards smoke-free campuses, one that could very well be inevitable and necessary as a strategy to continue the attrition of the number of new tobacco users in the young demographic as a way to promote change going forward. All things considered, I believe that the ban of tobacco products at UCLA, in conjunction with the overall non-smoking trend in higher learning institutions across the country, has a high probability of inspiring significant change within our own policies here at LMU in the name of nationwide efforts to reduce smoking-related deaths and disease. And, as a private institution, they have the power to do so.
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What exactly does a feminist look like?
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hen someone mentions feminists to you, what comes to mind? Do you imagine an angry, man-hating woman who doesn’t shave on principle, has a short haircut and regularly participates in bra bonfires? Maybe you picture a liberal girl always preachBy Hassan Abdul i n g a b o u t an issue or Contributor inequality that needs righting. Regardless of what you imagine, I’m willing to bet that when you think of feminists, you don’t picture guys. And why not? I’m a guy, and I’m also a feminist. More accurately, I am an egalitarian, but the two are not mutually exclusive. Save for my unshaven armpits and short hair, I don’t quite meet the stereotypical expectations for a feminist. Come to think of it, not many feminists do. I could get side-
tracked by why the stereotype of sex-based discrimination. and being nice, as if the girl is exists, but that doesn’t matter, Allow me to give you a few obligated to sleep with him in nor does the appearance of the e x a m p l e s . Wo m e n i n v i t e exchange for his kindness. feminist, as their appearance rapists to attack them and Promiscuity is generally doesn’t discount the legiti- shouldn’t dress in a certain a virtue for men and shamemacy of the issues. way. The average woman’s ful for women. Whether or So what is feminism about? dress size in America is a 14, not promiscuity is wrong is One could define it as a move- but the average mannequin irrelevant; the double stanment for the equal treat- size is a six. I won’t get deep dard exists in both groups. ment of women. Simplifying into the expectations of attrac- Women cannot participate the definition makes in the United States it difficult to appreciArmed Forces to the ate the many subtlesame extent that men ties of inequality that can. Gender isn’t a nonThe goal isn’t to take rights women suffer through issue in politics, either, on a daily basis. I’ll away from men, but to ensure where the power continassume the ladies readues to be held by men. I that women get them, too. ing this don’t require could spend the entirety the reminder; so guys, of this article listing the I’m talking to you. various obstacles femiFeminism isn’t about nism strives to overthe glass ceiling of wage earn- t i v e n e s s a n d a p p e a r a n c e come and not scratch the suring or an attempt to be seen as for women, but will restrict face, but I hope I’ve made my equally abled to men, though myself to saying that men and point by now. those are parts of the issue. women are all but assaulted Now, some of you may argue It most definitely is not about with images of how women that men face their own forms women thinking they are bet- should look, creating unrea- of sexual discrimination: the ter than men, wanting to be sonable expectations in men ideal of male attractiveness, treated better, or rejecting and forcing women to change the notion that a man cannot femininity. I’ve heard it put t h e m s e l v e s o r b e d e e m e d be raped, even the responsibest as this: Feminism is the unattractive. The idea of a bility of a man to pay for child radical notion that women are “friend zone” seems humor- support or alimony, regardpeople. ous, but I can’t help but see less of the situation. Men Now you’re probably think- it as sexist now. All too often, have their own issues. But ing, “Of course women are you’ll hear a guy complain of not only are the issues that people!” But you’re also prob- being “friend-zoned” despite women face more pervasive ably missing the many shades always being there for the girl and extensive, they are not in
contest with men’s issues. The goal isn’t to take rights away from men, but to ensure that women get them, too. I am a feminist. I believe in equality. That is what feminism is all about. Feminism is not about trying to bring men down. It is about bringing women up. It is about levelling the playing field, not just for the women, but for the men too. As I said before, feminism and egalitarianism are not mutually exclusive. They are tied together. Feminism is about equality for women, but that entails equality for men, too. In the present day, especially in the country we live in, there’s no good reason – not even a bad reason – to imagine an angry misandrist as representative of feminism. Feminism is not an ideology to stigmatize; it’s an idea we should value and uphold. You should be able to say “I’m a feminist” and hear nothing but a chorus of assent and approval. I’m a guy. I’m a feminist. And I’m proud of it.
This is the opinion of Hassan Abdul, a junior biology major from We s t c h e s t e r, C a l i f. P l e a s e s e n d comments to aheck@theloyolan.com.
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“It’s easily and often misconceived as the extremes of it. ... It is achieving a sense of equality, but you don’t have to be against supporting men. More people should consider [the] true definition.”
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“Women are moving toward what they deserve in their rights. ... You do have extremists but on the whole, their work is effective.You have things that are happening now that weren’t 50 years ago.”
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“I think feminism is being able to be a strong woman and not take a man into consideration in the choices that you make.”
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“I think everybody who goes to college is a feminist, because if you’re here and you’re a guy, you go to a co-ed college – you believe in women’s rights. That makes you a feminist. So everyone’s a feminist.”
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“I don’t really think it exists. Everyone has the same rights; everyone’s a person. So it’s like the same thing. I don’t think there’s feminism or masculinity; they’re all people.”
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“Feminism may be important, but some people take it to the extreme. I do think it is necessary.”
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Grow a pair, Hollywood: embrace NC-17 I
s Hollywood losing its edge? Fede Alvarez’s remake of “Evil Dead,” opening this weekend, scored an NC-17 rating, only to be quickly re-edited to fit an R rating for strong bloody violence and gore, some sexual content and language. W h i l e many films have had the same sort of battle with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), what is weird Chris Culture is how nonBy Christopher chalant the filmmakers James were about A&E Editor having to re-edit the film. According to Comingsoon.net, Alvarez said he “was proud of scoring a NC-17 when submitted. ... But we had to cut stuff out to get a R and get the film in theaters.” What worries me about hearing this is that it seems the point of the project and the vision of the director was to have this film be a gory smorgasbord of limbs flying in every direction. While I don’t think many people would consider “Evil Dead” to be ‘high art,’ I do feel it should be released as an NC-17 and theaters across America should be able to play the film. Having seen the film, I have to say it delivered
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Many films have had to battle with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to secure an R rating as opposed to a restrictive NC-17 rating. “Evil Dead” is the most recent film to have to make edits to appease the MPAA. on its promises of shock and fear. Yet, a part of me wonders: What more did the filmmakers’ imagination initially have in store for thrill seekers in the audience that had to be cut? For students here at LMU, this debacle may not seem to impact us except for missing an extra scene or two of violence in the latest horror film. However, if more films decided to take the NC-17 rating in stride, the stigma behind films such as these would be removed and the possibilities for students going out
in the world to exercise their creative vision would be broadened. We are taught in our classes that we should be able to express our vision in a way that is interesting and new to audiences. Students not content writing for Disney that would like to push the boundaries of taste, should have the opportunity to enter a marketplace that won’t rubber-stamp it with what has become a kiss of death. According to a Dec. 1, 2011, article in the Los Angeles Times titled “Word of Mouth: Fox Searchlight
handles NC-17 rated ‘Shame’ with care,” Cinemark, the third largest theater chain in America, has a policy against showing films rated NC-17. In a perfect world, filmmakers should be able to execute their cinematic visions without thinking that theater chains will protest it being shown to a wide audience. Only one NC-17 film has played in wide release – 1995’s infamous disaster, “Showgirls.” There have been countless films that have fought tooth and nail to be rated R so the studios would not lose a great
deal of money on their investment, such as “Pulp Fiction,” “Scream,” “American Pie” and “Blue Valentine,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. Since its inception in 1990, NC17 was created to replace the “X” rating, which many saw to denote such films as pornographic. However, today’s NC-17 films still have that same stigma. In 2011, “Shame” very publicly braved the marketplace with the dreaded rating. Yet, the headlines focused on the explicit sex and nudity in the film, and it only made $4 million. Some even believe Michael Fassbender was robbed of an Oscar nomination that year because the discussion of his performance shifted from praise over his talented portrayal of sex addiction into an endless barrage of jokes about his penis. If “Evil Dead” were to take the NC-17 rating in stride and enter the wide release arena, it would send a powerful message if the film did well that there is no reason to fear presenting more explicit content in film if it serves the film’s message. Wouldn’t it also be great if we were able to graduate into an industry where Hollywood felt that we could be a little risky, a little risqué and still have the ability to turn a profit or even get our films seen? This is the opinion of Christopher James, a junior screenwriting and marketing double major from Lodi, Calif. Please send comments to cjames@theloyolan.com.
‘Arbitration’ is a funny scandal Theatre Review By Mary Carreon A&E Intern
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hen thinking about a college theatrical production, the first thing that comes to my mind is cheesy. To my surprise and delight, however, the performance of Menander’s “The Arbitration” last Thursday night was anything but. The cast performed in the intimate Barnelle Theatre to a sold-out crowd and instantly captivated the audience as soon as the lights went down. “The Arbitration” was written in the fourth century by the famous Athenian playwright Menander. The dramatic comedy touches upon many timeless themes that have not lost their relevance, making the plot entertaining and the storyline powerful. The play features a pregnancy, societal double standards regarding women’s sexuality and the discovery of what seems to be an illegitimate child. The play maintains a perfect balance of intensity and humor, which made for an exciting performance. The basic problem in the play revolves around the central male character, Charisios, played by sophomore film production major Michael Klingner. Charisios has discovered that his wife, Pamphile, was pregnant prior to their
marriage and doesn’t know if he can forgive her for her promiscuity. Little does Charisios know, however, that he is the father of his wife’s baby. My love for humor makes it hard for me to not give praise to freshman communication studies and theatre arts double major Joey Glyman, who played Smikrines, Pamphile’s father. Glyman played an old man role really well and looked as if he were 75 years old. He walked with a massive staff that he stomped around with and had the best one-liners throughout the performance. Not only did Glyman master the role of the old, crazy man and protective father, but his comedic timing was right on point. Several times throughout the play, Glyman had the entire theater in hysterics for his stubborn, elderly humor and demeanor. Needless to say, the performance was extremely well done, and it undoubtedly exceeded my expectations. Simply from observing the laughter in the theater, it’s clear that everyone in the audience had an excellent time on the opening night of “The Arbitration.”
This is the opinion of Mary Carreon, a junior English major from San Clemente, Calif. Please send comments to cjames@theloyolan.com.
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Mane Entertainment teams with Sperry for Spring Fling bash Mane Entertainment’s third annual Spring Fling was sponsored by Sperry Top-Sider this year. The last time an on-campus concert was sponsored was 2003 by Ford. From there, CollegeFest, now SpringFest, became an annual tradition. This year, Spring Fling featured three bands performing for students. The bands were Capital Cities, Vacationer (bottom left), and Gold Fields (bottom right). The performances took place at Founders Pavilion outside Whelan Hall.
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Exceeding expectations, “The Arbitration” by Menander delves into the effects of scandal and illegitimate children in ancient Greek civilization.
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‘CSI’ writer and alum speaks at Filmcraft Alumni Spotlight By Mary Grace Cerni Asst. A&E Editor
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ou never know where your connections will take you,” LMU alumnus Michael Daley told the crowd assembled in Mayer Theater last Friday. Daley, who recieved his MFA in screenwriting from the LMU School of Film and Television in 1996, spoke at the second installment of the School of Film and Television’s new “Filmcraft” series. Daley has written episodes for shows like “Reaper,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Big Love” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” With the help of casting and set photos, examples of script notes and personal anecdotes, Daley gave an in-depth look at how he cracked into the business and what it takes
to bring the script for a crime show like “CSI” to life on screen. Daley got his foot in the door during grad school. “I bartended with a guy who was a [production assistant], and I ended up getting an internship on a really bad sitcom as a writer’s assistant,” said Daley. “[The show] got cancelled, but I was working with 10 writers and I just moved on with them to the next show. You start building the people you know, and it’s easier to get the next job.” Daley kept moving up and eventually co-wrote his first episode for “CSI” in 2007. Daley walked the audience through the process of writing and producing the most recent episode he created for “CSI,” titled “Sheltered.” Daley discussed the process of pitching a script while trying to make it fit the network’s standards. “One thing you have to remember about television writ-
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Daley shows samples of his script for the “CSI” episode “sheltered.” He told the story of the writing process in its entirety.
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Michael Daley, LMU alumnus and writer for “CSI,” speaks to students during a Q&A session following a screening of an episode he wrote titled“Sheltered.”Daley went over his inspirations for the episode and how his script came to life. ing is that you’re writing someone else’s show,” he said. After a complex process of rewrites, research, building sets and countless casting changes, Daley said he could finally “break a story” that worked for ‘CSI’. Daley has gotten used to the challenges and joys of collaborative television writing. “I enjoy the bounce with people – television is great with that. That’s what you do all day long: You talk out stories. I like trying to be creative within those confines.” Matthew Mills, a program coordinator for SFTV, told the Loyolan that “The ‘Filmcraft’ series is a way for students to get more of a firsthand look with alumni who are directly involved in the creative process. This is something new where we can show students more of an in-depth look at the process of how to make film and television.”
One film and television production major, freshman Nicole Scheiner, found the event refreshing and interesting. “With a lot of these talks, you’ll end up hearing the exact same thing every time, but this was different,” Scheiner said. “I thought
it was good how [Daley] walked us through every step of the process, and he gave us behind-thescenes info, which I always enjoy.” Mills hopes the Filmcraft series will become a permanent installment, and he plans to host more speakers for the series in the fall.
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In the April 4 article,“Spring Fling attracts Sperry as sponsor,” senior management major Angelica Cadiente was mistakenly identified as a marketing major.
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Midrashic Mirrors fuses religion and art
Faith, music, culture and art have intertwined throughout the ages, but in a unique opportunity, LMU students and the general public were given a chance to see this intersection unfold in the on-campus art event “Midrashic Mirrors: Creating Holiness through Imagery and Intimacy.” Featuring an art exhibit, panel discussions, book signings and live music, the event took place in the MacIntosh Center in University Hall on April 6. Speakers included Dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts Bryant Alexander, and special guests Anne Brener, Dr. Debra Linesch, Donna Spruijt-Metz and Darcy Vebber. For more coverage of this event, visit laloyolan.com.
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Redefining the meaning of a bandwagon fan L akers or Clippers? Angels or Dodgers? These questions are common amongst Southern California sports fans. As a Los Angeles native, I know my city has many options to choose from outside of the sports realm. Hop on the Interstate 105, and in less than an hour and you’ll find yourself at the happiest place Win or Lew’s on Earth. Head By Carlton Lew towards Orange County and find Asst. Sports Editor yourself laying on one of the many beautiful SoCal beaches. With so many things to do, it can leave you with some tough decisions to make. Would I rather surf or hike? Or should I go snowboarding? I find myself facing the same dilemma when it comes to picking my sports team. With multiple teams in each professional sport, it can be frustrating to determine which team to support. Whereas in places such as San Antonio or Oklahoma City there is only one professional team in town, L.A. boasts eight professional sports teams. In addition, USC and UCLA athletics might as well be considered professional because of their high-profile status. Some call L.A. sports fans “bandwagon fans,” but I like to think of this as having too many teams to choose from. I’m an avid Lakers supporter, but I have nothing against the Clippers. I prefer the Dodgers, but my love for the Angels is still prominent.
Here’s my philosophy: It is possible to root for every team. Let’s start off with basketball. With 16 world championships, the Lakers are hands down the more successful organization in the city, but the recent resurgence of the Clippers has captured the talk of the town. The difference between the two organizations is a perfect example of why the people of L.A. should root for both teams. On the Lakers side, you have a roster that is littered with seasoned veterans. The average age of their starting lineup is 33 years old, with eight NBA championships between Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace. Five of the last 12 NBA championships were won by the Lakers, including back-to-backto-back championships from 2000 to 2002. The team has also only missed the playoffs twice since 1976. For the Clippers, the acquisition of superstar point guard Chris Paul in December 2011 and selection of Blake Griffin in the 2009 NBA Draft forever changed the dynamic of the franchise. The team went from disaster to dream team seemingly overnight. Since their inception as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, the Clippers have never won a championship. Over the course of its 43-year history, the team has recorded only eight 40-plus-win seasons. But with a talented, deep and young roster, the squad currently ranks as one of the best teams in the league, reaching 50 wins for the first time in franchise history this season. The combination of a seasoned Lakers team and a young but talented Clippers team makes
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol smiles as Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin hangs on the rim in a recent game between the two teams. choosing one franchise over the other nearly impossible. With both teams currently seeded to make the playoffs, it should be an exciting spring for all L.A. basketball fans. On the baseball diamond, we have the Dodgers and the Angels – organizations that have struggled in recent years, but
have recently spent a significcant amount of money to return to glory. The Dodgers have been around for over 100 years and are definitely the more established of the two organizations. They have won six world championships and captured 22 National League pennants. But arguably the big-
gest milestone in all of sports is Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947 as a member of the then Brooklyn Dodgers. With the new ownership of the Dodgers, now is an even better time to be a Dodger fan. The 2013 squad is filled with superstars and a payroll that adds up to $230 million. The addition of pitchers Zack Greinke and HyunJin Ryu in the offseason, along with the acquisition of first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and outfielder Carl Crawford last season, has every Dodger fan hungry for a World Series Championship. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are just as ever changing as the culture of L.A. Since its founding in 1961, the team has changed its name four times and has only appeared in the playoffs nine times. The team hasn’t returned to championship form after its first World Series Championship in 2002, but has shown glimpses along the way. This season, however, looks to be different, as the team signed outfielder Josh Hamilton in the offseason and brought in first baseman Albert Pujols along with former LMU starting pitcher C.J. Wilson last year. With so many teams to root for, now is the perfect time to be an L.A. sports fan. The Lakers and Clippers are primed to make playoff runs and the Dodgers and Angels both have talented rosters that can go all the way. Who do I root for if these teams meet in their respective championship series? I don’t know, but that’s a problem I’m willing to embrace. This is the opinion of Carlton Lew, a freshman business major from South Pasadena, Calif. Please send comments to clew@theloyolan.com.
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Softball from Page 12 lined out and freshman shortstop Stephanie Maciel hit a fly out, LMU Head Coach Gary Ferrin pinch-hit Nelson for freshman catcher Nicole Clowdus with two outs. Nelson drew a full-count walk, setting up for senior center fielder Danielle Smith to convert on a bunt single to move Nelson to second base and set up the eventual game-winning run. Senior starting pitcher Dana Waldusky (7-14) collected the win, pitching a complete game and only allowing one earned run over three hits. Waldusky came off of an impressive Saturday performance in the Lion’s 5-1 win over the Gaels where she had a complete game and only allowed two hits. “Today, it was about [sticking] with the same plan. [I] was able to jam them on the inside and
keep the ball low and hit spots,” Waldusky said. “If I can keep runners off of the bases, then we’re good.” Heading into this past weekend’s series against the Gaels, the Lions had only played five home games, with 34 of their other games either coming on the road or on neutral fields. “The fan base, the support we get is phenomenal. Everybody feeds off of that,” Ferrin said. Suffice it to say, the Lions were happy to be home. LMU bolstered its Pacific Coast Softball Conference record to 8-4 after this past weekend’s set of games. “I definitely think that having all of our fans here and the atmosphere of knowing this field and playing here every day helps us,” Waldusky said. “We just came out with a demeanor that we’re going to win and that this was our house and no one was
going to take a game from us.” The Lions got on the board early in the first inning with Smith scoring from third after a poorly fielded routine ground ball by Gaels senior first baseman Megan Smith. Saint Mary’s scored its only run of the game off an error in the third inning to tie the game, 1-1. Gaels freshman second baseman Erica Musgrave scored after LMU sophomore second baseman Sterling Schuster failed to cleanly field a ground ball. LMU travels to Provo, Utah, for a four-game series this weekend against conference opponent Brigham Young University. “This past weekend was probably our best weekend of the year,” Ferrin said. “Not only for the wins, but also because of the camaraderie, the team effort and the energy we put out for four straight games that maybe we’ve been lacking.”
ters. “I knew they were going to try and throw me off speed, but once they got to three balls, bases loaded, I knew a fastball was coming so I sat on it,” said Cheek. But USD did not let up as it came back in the top of the sixth with a hit batter and a base hit to set up power slugger junior infielder Kris Bryant with no outs. Griffin had Bryant’s number early in the game, striking the third base slugger out twice in two at bats, but Bryant drew a walk in his third at bat to give the Toreros a bases-loaded scenario with no outs. USD cleanup hitter senior catcher Dillon Haupt chased a slider in the dirt for a strikeout, giving Griffin six punch outs on the afternoon, but Robinson singled home a run
to left field to trim the Lion lead to 3-1. Griffin then induced Joe to hit into a double play. Connors chopped a ball that hovered over the foul line, but Garcia snatched it out of the air, touched third base and fired to first to get Griffin out of the jam. That was Griffin’s final batter of the afternoon. Through six innings he gave up one earned run and five hits. The Lions return to action on Tuesday when the club faces Big West opponent UC Riverside at 3 p.m. at Page Stadium. “We have been playing good baseball and playing tough opponents going 3-1 in the last two weekends,” said Gill. “There is a lot of season to go, but I would say that there is no walkovers in this conference.”
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Lions left fielder Skylar Segura drove in three runs and went 4-for-13 in the team’s four victories against Saint Mary’s College.
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pitcher Wes Judish, who inherited the mound with the bases loaded and two outs. “Leadership is leading by example,” said Gill. “Cullen Mahoney had one pitch to hit in that at bat. He put a good swing on it, fouled it back, but had the discipline to draw a walk and load the bases for Tommy [Cheek] to drive in the other runs. That’s leadership. If we continue to get at bats like that then we have a chance.” Cheek turned the game around and energized the Page Stadium crowd with a single to center field, driving in two Lion runners and advancing to second base on the throw. The hit capped off a fifth-inning rally that saw two pitching changes and eight Lion bat-
W.Water Polo from Page 12 score 16 goals per game, and give up 5 goals to opponents. “I expected a competitive game in the fourth [quarter] and we gave one quarter,” Witt said. “That’s it. Everything that happened out there was really disappointing.” Although sophomore driver Laura Lopez was able to have a standout performance scoring one goal per quarter, the team as a whole could not bring it together offensively or defensively to catch up with USC. “I think we made a few mistakes, and their team is good enough to where they just capitalized on it,” freshman 2-meter Ashtynn Nelson said. “We need to play like the first quarter all throughout the rest of the game. The little details that we missed, we need to focus on more than we do.” Thursday’s loss to the Trojans was the largest margin by which the Lions have been defeated this season, with a difference of 11 goals. “I learned a lot about our team, but it depends what they take away from it,” Witt said before the Bronco Invitational. “Right now, obviously what they’re doing isn’t acceptable, and if they want to actually win something, they better show up.” The Lions turned it around this weekend at the Bronco
Invitational with wins against both host Santa Clara University and CSU Monterey Bay. The Lions had an 8-2 win against the Broncos and a 12-3 victory against the Otters. “Generally we focus on moving forward. Whatever happened in the past, happened in the past,” Witt said. “Usually we just talk about what’s happening next.” In the two games, the Lions had standout performances on offense and defense. Defensively, freshman goalkeeper Claire Wright had 17 saves between the two competitions. Offensively, junior Alexandra Honny had seven out of the Lions’ 20 goals. In the game against Santa Clara, the Broncos were only able to score a pair of goals in the first quarter, and from then on, it was only the Lions scoring on offense. The Lions lost again to UC Berkeley on Sunday, pushing their overall record to 17-9. LMU is currently first in the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA), with a 6-1 record and .682 winning percentage, and will face its next conference game in the first round of the WWPA Championships on April 26 in Santa Clara, Calif. The Lions play next against UCLA in a non-conference match-up on the Bruins’ territory on Friday, April 12 at 7 p.m. The Lions only have four more games before the conference championship tournament.
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Home sweep home, LMU downs Gaels Water polo splits last four games
The Lions (17-9) fell to No. 1 USC and No. 5 UC Berkeley, but went 2-0 on Saturday. By Sam Borsos
Asst. Sports Editor
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Senior starting pitcher Dana Waldusky (center) winds up for a pitch against Saint Mary’s College on Sunday afternoon. Waldusky pitched two complete games and only allowed two total earned runs and five hits against the Gaels last weekend.
Lions (25-18, 8-4) return home and dominate the Saint Mary’s Gaels in PCSC four-game series. By Kevin Cacabelos
Sports Editor
LMU’s softball team gave its fans a reason to celebrate on Sunday afternoon. In a rare weekend home series, the Lions delivered, capping off a four-game sweep over the Saint Mary’s College Gaels with a 2-1 walk-off win on Sunday. In the bottom of the seventh inning, tied 1-1
with two outs and runners at first and second base, Lions freshman right fielder Hannah Montalban hit a line drive over Saint Mary’s freshman shortstop Loralie Fitzpatrick. Lions junior outfielder Samantha Nelson sprinted from second base, rounded third base and slid into home plate for the game-winning run, successfully beating out a throw from Gaels’ sophomore left fielder Lahela Usui. “I’m in shock right now,” Montalban said after the victory. “I needed to make adjustments, and I came through in this final at bat.” Montalban said she scooted up in the batter’s box to counter the low and outside pitches she was receiving earlier in the game from Saint Mary’s freshman starting pitcher
Lujana Mussadi. Prior to Montalban’s game-winning single, the Lions struggled at the plate against Mussadi (8-8). In the bottom of the fifth inning, LMU had runners on third and first with only one out, but Mussadi got out of the jam, forcing the Lions into two consecutive ground ball outs. The Lions knocked Mussadi for five runs the day before, but the freshman bounced back and held the Lions to one earned run and four hits leading into the bottom of the seventh inning of Sunday’s game. In the bottom of the seventh inning, after LMU senior first baseman Oliva Alvarez
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The LMU women’s water polo team (17-9, 6-1) split its last four games, losing twice to ranked opponents No. 1 USC and No. 5 UC Berkeley on Thursday and Sunday, respectively. On Saturday, the Lions won backto-back competitions against Santa Clara University and CSU Monterey Bay, both conference competitors. On Thursday, the team suffered its second loss at home to the undefeated Trojans at the Burns Aquatic Center in a non-conference matchup. The last loss the Lions had at home was on March 14 against No. 15 UC Santa Barbara. “[USC] does have Olympian and national team players on it, so USC is number one for a reason,” LMU Head Coach Kyle Witt said. “But with that being said, we’re 20-some-odd games in and we’re not young any more. As much as we’ve got some kids that are freshmen and sophomores, it’s no excuse.” LMU kept up with the Trojans in the beginning of the game with back-and-forth play between the two teams, leading to a close 3-2 Trojan lead at the end of the first quarter. However, despite offensive efforts, USC proceeded to out-score LMU in the third quarter with six goals, pulling away with a greater lead and less opportunities for the Lions to make a comeback. On average, the Trojans
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Baseball wins two against No. 23 San Diego After beating USD twice, LMU will face UC Riverside at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Page Stadium. By Dan Raffety Managing Editor
The men’s baseball team (16-15, 7-5) took two of three from No. 23 University of San Diego (USD) this past weekend, as the Lions won the rubber game 3-1 on Sunday afternoon. Senior starting pitcher Aaron Griffin (3-3) went six innings, and redshirt junior first baseman Tommy Cheek capped off the Lions’ fifth inning rally with a two-out single. The victory gives the Lions eight wins in their last 11 contests. “We have played some really good opponents,” said Head Coach Jason Gill. “The win gives us a lot of confidence. We played them in three tough games. It puts us in a better position to win conference and a better position to put us in that top four for the conference championships at the end of the season.” With the Lions leading 3-1 at the top of the eighth, USD attempted to rally for the series victory in both the eighth and ninth innings. The Toreros put runners on first and second and advanced to second and third on a sacrifice fly in the eighth. The Lions then intentionally walked USD senior right fielder AJ Robinson to load the bases with two outs. Junior relief pitcher Patrick McGrath got out of the bases-loaded jam after USD sophomore first baseman Connor Joe flied out to center field. In the final three at-bats for the Toreros, USD put more pressure on the
Lions. With a runner on first with two outs, USD’s Lucas Hagberg doubled high off the left field wall, advancing runners to second and third. Gill made a pitching change with two outs, bringing in sophomore reliever Brandon Horth. Horth struck out the only batter he faced on three pitches. “We have nothing to lose. Rico [Assistant Coach Danny Ricabal] came up to me, he handed me the ball and told me I had nothing to lose so went out there and threw strikes. I saw the pitch called and just threw it,” said Horth. “Today was a big game to decide whether we were going to continue this streak or fall apart and I think the win today means a lot.” The first four and a half innings pictured a classic pitchers’ duel with LMU’s Griffin only giving up three hits in that span. USD’s junior starting pitcher Max MacNabb matched him pitch for pitch and gave up only two hits in four innings. But the momentum changed in the bottom of the fifth, when the Lions scored three runs to break the scoreless tie. The inning began with a oneout walk to sophomore shortstop David Edwards and a single up the middle by senior outfielder Matt Lowenstein. With two on and one out, sophomore catcher and designated hitter Chris Barnett struck out, but both runners stole bases and advanced on the play. USD elected to intentionally walk senior catcher Colton Plaia to load the bases with two outs. Senior infielder Cullen Mahoney then drew a two-out walk to score sophomore outfielder Tanner Donnels, giving the Lions a 1-0 lead. That was all for MacNabb on the day, as he was replaced by redshirt freshman relief
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Senior infielder Cullen Mahoney throws during the men’s baseball team’s third matchup against the University of San Diego at Page Stadium. The Lions won the game 3-1.