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Scholar Thomas Plate. Plate will teach the class, “Media and Politics of Asia,” to two groups of students who will be in classrooms more than 7,000 miles apart. These students, who will be connected via Internet, will be able to easily communicate and interact with each other during each session. “We’re breaking new ground,” said LMU senior Asian Pacific studies

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The 2010 Annual Security Report recently released by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) displays data that show an increase in seven categories. To account for these increases, DPS Chief Hampton Cantrell said that over the past three years, the department has “increased our reporting of these incidents on campus in terms of actually making sure that our public safety officers take a report.” DPS Assistant Chief Patricia Coffelt added that there seems to be an increased willingness for Student Housing to call DPS following these incidents.

Class connects LMU and Middle East remote, Arab-Islamic school. Despite the 11-hour time difference and the tremendous dissimilarity between students attending the universities, LMU will be introducing a course in the upcoming spring semester which will bring the two contrasting campuses together. “It’s the first time ever where, instead of civilizations clashing, civilizations are cooperating in an educational mode,” said LMU Lecturer and Asian Pacific Studies

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Youthful boys and girls toss tightly-rolled papers onto green front lawns while riding their bikes, information-hungry parents pour over the morning paper at breakfast, and sentimental mothers clip out interesting articles to show to their children or friends later. Although these idealizations are very familiar to many Americans, recent studies and reports indicate that individuals today feel extremely disconnected to print newspapers, possibly due to a strong presence of online news outlets and aggregating sites. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism recently conducted a news consumption survey which revealed that 69 percent of the Americans questioned asserted they would have no problem keeping up with local news if their community’s newspaper no longer existed. “I think it’s sad but not surprising given the trend of the last decade or more,” said LMU English professor and award-winning journalist Lynell George in reaction to this statistic. Director of Student Media and former journalist Tom Nelson pointed out that a reliance on non-traditional sources for news is just one aspect of a larger cultural shift. “The way you buy plane tickets, order pizza and watch a movie – that has all changed in the last 20 years. It’s even changed in the last two years. Those services are based on how people send and receive information, which in today’s society changes quickly. … There is this informational agnosticism that is going

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Apple co-founder and former CEO passes away Students react to inventor and entrepreneur Steve Jobs’ death. By Kasey Eggert and Monika Kim Loyolan Staff

Apple Inc. announced the death of its previous CEO, Steve Jobs on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. He was 56 years old. According to the Associated Press, his death has been attributed to pancreatic cancer, a disease he had been afflicted with since 2003. Jobs was the creative and innovative force behind Apple for several years, having founded the company in his family’s garage in 1976 with his longtime friend, Steve Wozniak. “The way Steve Jobs implemented technology really made the company what it is today,” said junior theater and history double major Lindsey Scanlon.

Although Jobs was the initial founder of Apple Computers, he departed from the company in 1985 after a number of executives pressured him into leaving his position. However, he returned as CEO in 1997, and reinvented the corporation’s image as well as restored its popularity around the globe. He resigned again in August 2011 due to health concerns related to his ongoing battle with pancreatic cancer. Immediately following Jobs’ passing, Apple Inc. honored his contributions to the corporation with a full-page spread on its homepage. “People will naturally lose trust in Apple [because of Steve Jobs’s death], but I don’t think the quality [of Apple products] will drop,” said junior business major Lisa Nicchi.

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11 Burning Questions with green LA girl This issue, staff writer Erika Gill talks with Dr. Siel Ju, a lecturer in LMU’s English department, about her blog,“green LA girl.” 1. What is “green LA girl” about? It’s an environmental living blog. Really it’s about living green in the city. It’s not about policy, it’s more about lifestyle. I want to show people that it can be easier and more fun to live sustainably than to live a polluted life. 2. Have you been recognized on campus/do any of your students read your blog? I did have a couple people tweet me, but no, not really. 3. What is the strangest piece of fan mail or item you’ve had sent to you? Someone once offered wallets made of duct tape to give away to readers, which is very strange, because it’s duct tape. 4. What brought you to LMU? A lot of things. I went to a small undergraduate school like LMU, and it’s nice to return to that. I live in Santa Monica, so it’s nice and close. Also the campus is beautiful, and the resources are great. 5. In your opinion, what small changes could LMU students (and Angelenos in general) make in their day-to-day lives to live more sustainably? Reuse anything you can. If you get coffee, use a reusable mug. It reduces spillage. It also keeps your coffee warmer, if you have a good mug. A lot of students worry about the freshman 15. If you get a reusable water bottle and stop buying soda, that alone has less calories. You’ll feel better and healthier. 6. What is your opinion of the University’s sustainability efforts? I don’t know what all they’ve tried, and I don’t know what the University was like before. I do feel there are a lot of low-hanging fruit they could pick, [they could discourage] students from buying single-use water bottles, that sort of thing. I don’t feel like sustainability is embedded in the lifestyle of the students. 7. Policy changes involving plastic bag bans have been enacted in parts of Southern California. Do these changes affect students, and if so, do you have any tips to help them to adapt? LMU is in Los Angeles, so right now it doesn’t affect LMU directly. Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica have a ban, which means no plastic bags period, but recycled paper bags can be purchased for 10 cents each. It just went into effect on Sept. 1. One of LA.’s council members introduced a motion to ban plastic bags, so it could be coming down the pipeline, but it could take nine months to implement. I recommend carrying a bag that can fold up, and students usually have backpacks, which are good to put things in. 8. What would you say is your greatest personal achievement since becoming an activist? I’d say the biggest achievement is self-discovery. It took me a while to discover [an attitude of] “I’m going to enjoy this instead of gritting my teeth and saving the planet.” I wanted other things to change a lot, instead of what would be easy for [others] to do. If you think about your life holistically, it’s a better choice to move closer to work instead of sitting in traffic for hours. 9. What is the best (or worst) item you’ve reviewed for your blog? Well, after a certain point I stopped reviewing products I didn’t like. … The weirdest emails I get are about baby stuff. I get a lot of it, and it’s usually about breast pumps and baby bottles. Because I blog about issues like BPA [Bisphenol-A], which has been proven to cause hormone disruption in infants, a lot of companies email me about BPA-free baby products. 10. What is your eco-kryptonite (something not so environmentally friendly that you can’t live without)? My car. I use it less than most people, but I still own one. I was car-free for two years, but I brought it back after they pulled the Zipcars from Santa Monica. 11. Is there anything you do that could be considered “weird” or “odd” in order to live more sustainably? Well, I do still have a car, but I use it really grudgingly. My car is really, really, really dirty. You know, whenever you wash your car there is water use, but I’m not saying: “Stop washing your car to save the planet.” I just say that if your car is dirty you might want to drive it less.

the chair of the University of California, Santa Barbara’s English department, and head of the UC Multi-Campus Research Group on online reading habits “Right now, networked digital media does a poor job of balancing focal and peripheral attention. We swing between two kinds of bad reading. We suffer tunnel vision, as when reading a single page, paragraph, or even keyword in context without an organized sense of the whole,” Liu said. As far as news on the LMU campus goes, Nelson confirmed that the Loyolan will continue to run both in print and online throughout the “foreseeable future.” Nelson explained that the Loyolan’s niche audience and complimentary cost frees the student-run paper from some of the issues that corporate papers face. While the status of the newspaper in our society is currently in a state of flux, the work that newspapers do play key roles in the information people obtain – regardless if they’re reading an article on their Blackberry, skimming a news website on their iPad or perusing a newspaper’s Twitter account.

com stated that in 2010, the number increased to 70 percent. A survey of 200 LMU students conducted by Loyolan staff illustrated the popularity of Apple commodities in students’ lives. The results demonstrated most students owned at least three Apple products in his or her lifetime, and only five of the 200 had never purchased any of the establishment’s popular devices. “Apple products [make] students more connected with each other,” said junior business major Cullen Barr. Despite Jobs’s lack of university schooling and formal education, he was

a successful entrepreneur who turned a small-time project into one of the most well-known and established companies in the world. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life,” advised Jobs to students at Stanford University’s Commencement in 2005. “Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

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Steve Jobs leaves lasting mark on the technology industry Jobs from page 1 Today, Apple is the ingenious producer of devices such as iPads, iPhones and iPods. Statistics from an Asymco report showed that the three products generated more revenue than all of Microsoft’s products put together. According to a press release issued by Apple in 2009, over 75 million individuals use Apple products worldwide. In addition, Mac computers represent about 5 percent of the computer market. A poll managed by appleinsider. com indicated that about 40 percent of university students planned to acquire a Mac computer in 2008. Osxdaily.

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which means that people don’t care how they get their information. Whether it’s from their phone or from their computer, most people are satisfied as long as they get the information they want,” Nelson explained. As more people access news on free newspaper websites, news aggregating sites and smart phone applications, the newspaper industry faces tough economic times. L.A. Times pressman Edward Padgett commented about the Times financial turmoil in the Frying Pan News Organization’s Sept. 23 article titled “Paper Tiger: Q&A with L.A. Times Pressman Ed Padgett.” During the interview, Padgett said the L.A Times is “expecting a really bad fourth quarter.” Padgett then elaborated on this claim saying, “The senior vice president told us we’ve got three years more of printing the hard copy Times before they shut it down. Our plant manager says five years.” L.A. Times spokeswoman Nancy Sullivan denied Padgett’s claim, declaring that there are no current plans to stop publishing print editions of the Times. However, many individuals believe that numerous staff layoffs at the L.A Times

and its shrinking paper size indicate the financial issues that the company currently faces. Nelson believes the financial crisis newspaper companies currently face is rooted in the initial decisions executives made when first introducing their work to the Internet. “One of the worst things that executives in the newspaper industry could have ever done was to try to sell a printed paper that costs more to the consumer, comes out slower and is less convenient for the reader to get. They are charging for a slower delivery model, when it is faster and free for the consumer to access the same content online. Fifteen years ago when people were making decisions about how they should use the web, they decided to put everything up for free, and they haven’t been able to get away from that since,” Nelson said. Despite the benefits Nelson noted, some researchers are now studying the differences between the way people read stories and retain information online versus in print. Alan Liu’s New York Times blog post on Oct. 14, 2009 titled “A New Metaphor for Reading” explains the unfocused way that many readers obtain information from digital sources. Liu is

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After hearing news of Jobs’passing, the Loyolan conducted a survey of 200 LMU students, asking how many Apple products students have owned during their lifetime. On average, students have owned 4.5 Apple products.

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ASLMU’s Unity Fest returns for a second year The annual celebration of diversity on LMU’s campus takes place today during Convo. By Margo Jasukaitis Asst. News Editor

Planning for ASLMU’s Unity Fest started long before Sean Krimmel, director of Intercultural Affairs for ASLMU and a senior screenwriting major, began his senior year at LMU. “It start[ed] all the way back in the spring of last year,” Krimmel said. Those months of planning are coming together today at Convo when ASLMU, in conjunction with Ethnic and Intercultural Services (EIS) and Mane Entertainment (ME), will be hosting the second annual Unity Fest. The event came to campus last year as an ASLMU initiative spearheaded by ASLMU’s former director of Intercultural Affairs Julie Ann Fan ’11. Fan told the Loyolan last year that the inspiration to develop Unity Fest came from the success of another ASLMU program, “Wear What You Are.” The program provided students with the opportunity to airbrush a T-shirt and display their personal conceptions of their own identities. The goal of the program was to cultivate both awareness about students’ unique identities

and help members of the LMU community reach a deeper understanding of one another. Building on the success of that event, Fan developed Unity Fest in an effort to continue to promote unity on campus and increase awareness of diversity within the University community. When Krimmel was appointed to be ASLMU’s director of Intercultural Affairs last spring, he immediately knew Unity Fest was a tradition he wanted to continue. “I really [think] it’s a good event [so I] decided to continue putting it on,” he said. Students attending the event will receive a passport, which they can then take to different tables sponsored by LMU’s various cultural organizations. After learning about the individual organization at a given table, participating students will receive a stamp on their passport. Once attendees have 10 stamps, they can receive a free T-shirt to airbrush – a nod to “Wear What You Are” and the historical inspiration of Unity Fest. According to Krimmel, in addition to the passport program, this year ’s Unity Fest will also have a stage featuring performances by different cultural groups on campus like Isang Bansa and Shin Kanarazu Daiko. Due to the inclusion of a large stage for the event this year, in addition to

partnering with EIS, ASLMU is also working with ME to put on Unity Fest. Tiffany Hunter, ME’s Signature Events manager and a senior communication studies major, is working with Krimmel to help plan and publicize the event. “Mane Entertainment is working with ASLMU to … coordinate a diverse group of campus performances to showcase during the event,” she said. “We are looking to spotlight student singers, dancers and other diverse talents during Unity Fest at Convo.” While Unity Fest is the effort of significant collaboration between three distinct offices on LMU’s campus, representatives from all of the groups expressed the goal of Unity Fest in the same way. “I think [on] any college campus there are always a lot of different cultures around, and it’s really important to work together and really celebrate those cultures,” said Krimmel. “With LMU particularly, there is a lot of over-programming and different events going on, and [I think] Unity Fest is a great way for all the groups to come together for one event. It’s a chance to really highlight different cultural groups on campus,” he said. Hunter echoed Krimmel’s sentiments. “Even though LMU is such a small campus, we still are challenged with making everyone on campus aware of all the different

utilities and resources LMU has to offer. … I think it is important to take advantage of Convo … for an event like Unity Fest, so that we can really broadcast to the student body what LMU is all about,” she said. Ultimately, Krimmel hopes Unity Fest, in addition to increasing awareness and encouraging a broader understanding of what the

LMU community has to offer, will inspire students to get involved in one of LMU’s culturally based groups. “I hope students get an interest in something that’s here,” he said. “I hope [Unity Fest] will pique their interest – inspire them to go to a GSA [Gay Straight Alliance] meeting or a Hillel meeting or go to EIS and see what else [LMU] has and learn more about it.”

Emergency drill to take place Oct. 27 According to a University-wide email sent yesterday afternoon, LMU will hold an emergency drill Oct. 27. The shelter-in-place drill will be an opportunity for members of the University community to practice how they would react in the case of an actual emergency. Beginning next semester, students will need to provide emergency contact information before registering for classes.

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Students road trip to college gardens Gardening enthusiasts bring back ideas and plans for LMU’s garden. By Brigette Scobas Asst. News Editor Hidden behind Sullivan Hall and Pereira Hall is a little garden unbeknownst to many LMU students and faculty members. Those who tend to the garden take pride in it and work to promote sustainability, food justice and environmental awareness. They are also interested in turning it into a bigger and more positive aspect of LMU’s campus. LIONS Garden Club and the Human Rights Coalition collaborated and decided over the summer that the LMU garden that opened last spring needed to reach the community in new ways. To accomplish this, they planned an Urban Garden Road Trip that took place this past weekend. Ten students, along with Campus Ministry’s Minister for Social Justice and trip staff advisor Marty Roers, went on the road trip and visited six gardens and farms at other universities, including CSU Monterey Bay, UC Santa Cruz and University of San Francisco to gain some ideas to bring back and possibly implement in the LMU garden. According to Natalie Hernandez, a junior urban studies and Spanish double major, as well as the Urban Garden Road Trip coordinator, the planning process for the trip began with a group of students that came together over the summer to expand on what the garden already is and how to serve people with food from the garden. Before the trip, Hernandez said

University engagement and obtaining food for sustainability was their focus. Hernandez wants to make “healthy options … available to everyone.” “Urban gardens are outdoor classrooms and need to be utilized as [such]. With urban gardens popping up around our neighborhoods, it is important to learn how food grows and how it can build community,” said Hernandez. The participants took more from the experience than simply learning about expanding and publicizing LMU’s urban garden. According to Hernandez, the site leaders at the universities were knowledgeable and passionate about what they were growing but, “laid-back in that there was no pressure to get it right the first time.” Kim Tomicich, a senior environmental studies major and member of the LIONS Garden Club, said, “Something that most of our hosts repeatedly emphasized is that gardening is a long-term learning process. Failure is a given when working directly with nature and all external factors like weather and pests, but it is not such a big deal because it’s all part of the learning process. That took a lot of pressure off of us. Here at LMU, as students, we strive to make everything run perfectly in our lives. But knowing that we will face failures and challenges beyond our control, and that the most important part of gardening is learning from trial and error, relieves a huge amount of pressure.” Each participant had a favorite garden out of the six that were visited. Hernandez’s favorite location was the University of San Francisco because according to Hernandez, “It

was cool to see a sister Jesuit university’s garden [which was] about twice as big as ours. We had a potluck and were able to talk to faculty and students about how gardening was important to food issues and food justice on campus. We also exchanged seeds from our gardens.” Tomicich’s favorite location was the Kresgé Garden at UC Santa Cruz because, “it provided us with a model very similar to what we hope to enact here at LMU … [and] it was a more approachable and realistic model for us.” Daman Coffman, a senior business major who went on the trip as a service requirement for his environmental ethics class, said, “The [Alan] Chadwick Garden [at UC Santa Cruz] hands down was my favorite [because] it was ridiculously lush and fruitful [and] I ate so many apples.” After visiting those university gardens Tomicich said, “LMU is way behind the times [because] some of the gardens we visited have been in operation since the 1970s.” Prior to going on the trip, Hernandez also said, “I really hope that this trip, if anything, inspires us to bring back [ideas] to the garden.” And the trip did just that for many of the participants including Coffman. “The trip inspired me to take action [and] … we are all in the beginning stages of our garden so it helped us tremendously from logistics to philosophy,” said Coffman. Coffman hopes that LMU will have a sustainable living community where students can “actively be a part of growing healthy, nutritious food while having a great time with friends and learning a ton.” While he enjoyed the trip, Coffman said,

“I would love to see a weeklong trip up the coast visiting gardens and attending D.I.Y [do it yourself] workshops.” Yoni Carnice, an undeclared freshman agreed with Coffman and said, “It would be great to see a Living Learning Community centered around a garden like … [the one] in UC Santa Cruz.” Tomicich said, “The trip sparked so many ideas … [such as] the immediate possibility for the LIONS Garden Club to utilize gardening as a teambuilding opportunity for student groups on campus … [and] we encourage faculty to consider to utilize the garden as part of their curricula.” Upon coming back from the trip,

Hernandez said, “For now, I would really like people to come out to the Garden Workdays [to learn about gardening from members of the LIONS Garden Club] on Fridays from 12:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. [and] later it would be cool to offer consistent workshops on gardening. … Then maybe one day we can have an academic class on community gardens and growing food.” Coffman said, “I had little interest in becoming involved before this trip, much less growing food, but now I have tasted the delicious benefits.” To learn more about the trip or the garden, email Green@lmu.edu or visit the Garden Workdays on Friday at 12:30 – 3 p.m.

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Students on the Urban Garden Road Trip visited six gardens, including University of San Francisco’s garden, pictured above. Here students tended to the garden and learned from site leaders how USF maintains their garden.

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studies major Victoria Cuartero. According to Plate, colleague and provost Wyatt Hume contacted Plate with the proposal of starting a live and interactive class between the two schools in December 2010. At LMU, Plate received positive feedback about the idea and found his coworkers were “enormously enthusiastic and supportive” about the class. “It’s an effort to build a bridge,” said Plate. “I know that on both sides, the hope is that this [class] will be successful and that it won’t be a one-time thing. We would like not only to continue this, but discuss ways of expanding it,” he added. Although Plate has previously taught interactive, Internet-linked classes, it is the first time he will be educating two groups of pupils with thoroughly distinct cultures. The class is an opportunity for both LMU and United Arab Emirates University students to broaden their horizons and learn more about a culture outside of their own. “We are really excited for this partnership with the United Arab Emirates University,” said Associate Dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts Curtiss Rooks. “It will give LMU students the opportunity to understand another people’s viewpoints

while intellectually framing our own.” In addition to cultural differences, the class also seeks to overcome the history of conflict between the Islamic and Catholic communities, dating back as early as the 11th century. According to acommonword. com, a website dedicated to restoring peace between Muslims and Christians, repeated complications have strained relations between the two factions, although both parties are now working to improve and repair severed bonds from the past. “It’s an effort to think positive[ly] rather than negative[ly] about our differences,” said Plate. “There’s going to be differences in political outlook and culture, but rather than get the negative out of that reality, you make a positive out of it.” The LMU class is scheduled to meet Tuesday nights on the third floor of the William H. Hannon Library, where a special room has been set up to accommodate the unique class’s technological needs. At the same time, the United Arab Emirates University class will be gathering on Wednesday mornings to adjust for the 11-hour time difference between the two institutions. “In this time and this day and age, it’s of utmost importance that we give to this project,” said Cuartero. “It’s going to be monumental.”

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Giving blood: What would Batman do?

Angelica Cadiente Public Editor

At one point in your life, it’s likely that you aspired to be a hero in some capacity. Maybe that career path has yet to take shape, and you have moved on from that dream. However, those who still possess the inkling to be a hero and save lives while wearing tights and a cape (OK, you don’t need to wear tights and a cape) had the opportunity to realize their aspirations, as LMU’s blood drive began this past Tuesday. The drive allows students to donate their blood in effort to help save lives. Did you know that donating blood just once can save the lives of up to three people? (Definitely a Batman-worthy accomplishment.) According to the drive’s Facebook page,more than 38,000 donations are needed every day, and in the United States, a person is in need of a blood donation every two seconds. If you’re interested in donating, the drive will continue through today, beginning at 10 a.m. and going until 4 p.m. in St. Rob’s Auditorium.

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Reporting crime and increasing trust

simply more crime has taken place over the past two years. If the assertion that students are beginning to report crime at an increased level has validity, this is something that the Loyolan commends not just because it means that crime is being reported but also because it illuminates an important idea that is often overlooked on a college campus: Law enforcement is not an enemy and, instead, should be used as a resource to provide stability and an environment in which we’re all comfortable living. On campuses where liquor and drug laws are often breeched, dealing with DPS or R.A.s can cause feelings of apprehension or dread, especially when students associate those authorities with citations for code violations. But it’s important to remember that those agencies are operating and enforcing law with students’ safety in mind.

NBA lockout: such a letdown Basketball fans get ready, because the 2011-12 season is less than a month away from starting! Just kidding – the league is still stuck in a lockout between the owners and the Players Association, which has already resulted in the cancellation of training camp, which was supposed to start this week. As of this past Tuesday, the NBA decided to cancel the preseason schedule in its entirety, putting the start of the 2012 season in significant doubt.While both sides deserve to receive a fair deal (which is possible) in the new collective bargaining agreement (CBA),the owners need to realize that asking the players to take under 50 percent of basketball-related income is not a fair arrangement,and the season is going to be lost if they continue to let greed blind them.

Mo’ money, mo’ (eTime) problems If you’re a student employee at LMU, you probably don’t know what it’s like to receive a paycheck on a normal schedule. In fact, in some cases, you might not know what it’s like to be paid for working at all considering the massive struggles that eTime (the work-hours filing system for employed students) sometimes gives students. Year after year, students face the same problems that arise with attempting to file their hours into eTime. But hopefully, the days of eTime struggles will soon be over. With MyTime, the new SEA system scheduled to be implemented at the end of December, students will (hopefully) face fewer problems when it comes to getting paid.

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tatistics released by the Department of Public Safety reveal that reports of crimes have increased over the past three years, something that Chief Hampton Cantrell of DPS believes is due to the fact that students are more willing to report crimes and have an increased trust in the department [see “2010 Crime Report” graphic, P. 1]. In an interview with DPS on Oct. 3, Asst. Chief Patricia Coffelt told the Loyolan that “one of the things that we’ve noticed is that ... the housing staff is more willing to call us.” Whether or not such a statement truly accounts for the increase in numbers, one of three variations are likely true: either students are more willing to report crime to Public Safety, organizations on campus feel more inclined to work together with Public Safety to get crimes of these natures reported or

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Collegiate success: It’s all mental

e have been in school for a little over a month now, and as we get deeper into the semester, I am beginning to embrace being a senior with each passing day. I remember my first day of classes this semester as I walked from my apartment on the west side of campus to my By Justin Aquino ecology class in Seaver. Contributor The familiar faces of recent graduates I once saw on my way to class have been replaced by new students. This prompted me to reflect on my past three years here at LMU and what I have found to bring me success. During my reflection, I asked myself, what advice or suggestions would I provide if approached by any underclassmen. In true Jesuit fashion, I thought of three simple “tudes” that I would enjoy sharing with everyone, freshmen and seniors alike. The first is attitude. You should exhibit positivity and openness in all that you pursue. If you want to do better in your classes, constantly remind yourself to put down the Xbox controller and pick up your textbooks. If you want to eat healthier, repeat to yourself that you will eat a more balanced meal. If you want to serve others in the surrounding community, tell yourself to drop by the Center for Service and Action to find out how. You get the point –

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attitude is everything, and it can become a catalyst for action. You will be surprised by how much better your day will be if you wake up and say, “Today I will have a good day,” as opposed to being brought down by the overcast weather in the morning. See the light and beauty in things even if it may be obscured. Black Student Union President and my fellow Magis brother Terio Ruiz (’13) once caught me off guard on a hot day last spring. It was nearing 90 degrees in Hollywood when I noticed Terio was wearing a hoodie sweater outside – a black one, I might add. In disbelief, I

asked Terio if he was roasting inside that hoodie and he responded, “It’s all mental, Justin.” The second is gratitude. There are moments when I forget just how privileged I am to be studying at this University and pursuing a college degree. I’m blessed to have the financial and emotional support of my family. So my second suggestion is to be grateful and, in doing so, ensure that you take nothing here at LMU for granted. Be thankful for each experience, each new memory and each new and lost opportunity. Be grateful for a University that encourages learning and the

education of the whole person. Also remember who has helped you in your journey so far, whether that includes your parents and family, teachers, friends or mentors. If you continue to work hard in school and in the extracurricular activities in which you are involved, you will continually make those who have helped you get to where you are now happy. That, in a sense, is gratitude. My last suggestion is to embrace fortitude. I remember my freshman year and the talks I would have with friends and other students who lived in my building. Shout out to Del Rey South

2008-09! I clearly remember the stressful days and nights when they would tell me how confused they were about their decision to stay in the major they signed up for when they came to LMU. The school days were especially long for those contemplating switching majors. St. Ignatius, in his spiritual exercises, instructs us on how to approach those difficult and confusing times: “In a time of desolation, one should never make a change. Instead, one should remain firm and constant in the proposals and in a decision in which one was on the day before the desolation, or in a decision in which one was during a previous time of consolation.” By fortitude, I mean embracing challenges. We will all encounter adversity during our time here at LMU, and similarly to St. Ignatius, I pray that we approach them with open arms. Learn from this experiences and do not view the challenges as setbacks or obstacles. Rather, view them as learning experiences, from which you can grow. By possessing the correct attitude, displaying gratitude and embracing fortitude, I believe that we verbally affirm and physically express our University’s mission statement which nurtures us as Lions through the encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice.

This is the opinion of Justin Aquino, a senior natural science and environmental science double major from San Diego, Calif. Please send comments to ktran@theloyolan.com.

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Feeling lucky doesn’t always work out well

h, Google. I love that you can always read my mind. I love how I can just type in keywords, and what I’m looking for will come up within pointsomething seconds. When I need a question answered, or when I’m writing a paper or report, you’re my go-to guy. Above is a little excerpt from what I have expertly named, “Ode Run ‘n Tell Dat to Google” by students of By KimTran my generaOpinion Editor tion. Sweet as it is, I’ve come to realize it’s pathetic as well. This generation of students has become so accustomed to using Google and trusting its results for everything, that we do not take the time to sort out reliable information from Wikipedia-esque information. Why? Because it’s easy. Now that teachers are cracking down on the use of poor sources, students begin to get lost. I’m assuming that at least once, some of you have changed your research topic for a paper or project because you felt like you couldn’t find enough quality information for it. I know I have, and quite frankly, that’s shameful. What it boils down to is that we’re lazy, and we don’t know how to research effectively. In an article from August of 2011 published on Inside Higher Ed, a website catering to professionals in the higher education industry, it was found that most college students severely lack effective research skills. The

ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) Project, a series of studies conducted at five different universities, collected data that provide deep, subjective accounts regarding how students, librarians and professors think of the library and one another at the institutions. They found something very alarming: We college students suck at finding and evaluating sources. Only seven of 30 students observed in the study “conducted what a librarian might consider a reasonably well-executed search.” Throughout the interv i e w s , students mentioned Google 115 times, but what is of more concern is that students were not even good at using the beloved site. Students “were basically clueless about the logic underlying how the search engine organizes and displays its results. Consequently, the students did not know how to build a search that would return good sources.” Because Google is so easy to use, we have been handicapped by the luxury of using random keywords. While this method of searching is effective for simple questions,

when it is time to gather sources for a research paper, it becomes inefficient — often leading to frustration and consequently, replacement of the research topic. These findings are a testament to the “just enough to get by” mentality employed by many university students today. More than ever, consumed by time pressure

and laziness, students often simply just do what they can to get by, with grades — and not learning — in mind. If we can’t find the information we need for the topic we are truly interested in, we’ll just switch to a new topic of less interest but requiring less work. That’s embarrassing. We attend an institution of higher learning so that it will educate us and mold us into intelligent individuals in society. If we simply do work “just to get by,” the competence of our future doctors, lawyers and

figures of academic authority is something to be worried about. However, the blame for our lack of research skills does not lie solely in our lack of zeal. This problem stems from the lack of training in good research habits, and should be reviewed by the University and taken into account by our professors and librarians. That’s right, I said librarians. This mysterious group of people that frequent the library social scene are not just there to tell you where the bathroom is. Did you know that all of the librarians at LMU have a master’s degree in either library or information science? Librarians Ian Zell | Loyolan are the secret untapped resource that we have and should use here at LMU. Our beautiful William H. Hannon Library is more than just a study room with a view (or a place to watch “Grey’s Anatomy” with a study group during finals) — it is a mine of information at our disposal. You don’t even have to physically be at the library to use its resources. There is an online chat service available 24/7, and you can even text the librarians for help. Yet, according to Susan Gardner of the LMU Reference

and Instruction Department, the librarians don’t get as many questions as they could or should. The ERIAL Project found that students did not have any interest whatsoever in seeking assistance from librarians during the search process. Sadly, even of the students observed who “struggled to find good sources, to the point of despair — not one asked a librarian for help.” Librarians are underutilized, and this is a result of our dwindling thirst for knowledge, and the fact that we are unaware of their abilities. Luckily, LMU is taking new steps to improve our essential researching skills. The new Core Curriculum being developed “will formalize and require the incorporation of important information literacy skills that are currently only optional.” This way, the information that we students have available will be easier to access and faculty and librarians “can partner more to ensure that students learn the research skills and underlying concepts about information that they need to excel.” While the curriculum is being developed, it would behoove us to take an initiative ourselves to bolster our learning. We should pick research topics that we are interested in, and we should pursue them with effort and zeal by utilizing our resources to the best of our abilities. We pay a hefty sum to be here at LMU, and we should not let it go to waste. Learn with a passion and a thirst for knowledge, and use a librarian to help you along the way. This is the opinion of Kim Tran,a sophomore marketing and communication studies double major from San José, Calif. Please send comments to ktran@theloyolan.com.

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love my job here at the Loyolan. Not because all my co-workers are great people, or because it allows me to write about a myriad of subjects, or because I enjoy when people tell me they liked my article. Those factors are all meaningless. I love my job because whenever the pay periods roll around, I get giddy thinking about how negDon’t Quote Me ligible the taxes By Joseph Demes are on each paycheck. Asst. Opinion Editor That is a lie. I love my job immensely for all the other reasons besides money (but after my bosses see this, I may not be working here much longer). I brought up my paycheck, however, for a reason. Taxes in real jobs, to use the technical terminology, suck hard. For those who have paid internships, this is a painful reality. To your credit, you will probably be better at handling this later on than those of us who are “unemployed” outside of school. But whether you are a student that earns enough money to have the privilege of filing tax returns every April or just someone like me with work study, taxation has become a sensitive and widely debated topic within politics. As part of the plan to reduce the $14.3 trillion deficit that our government has accrued, President Obama has proposed to increase the amount of taxes that the wealthiest Americans must pay. The “Buffet Rule,” a title the president manufactured, has been seen

by some as class warfare. The Los Angeles Times, in an effort to promote public discourse, released two articles on Sept. 20 that gave a sample of reader insights from its discussion board. The articles were simply divided between those who were for and against taxation of the super-wealthy. In “Waging ‘class warfare’?” posts on the article’s discussion board ranged in the degree in which writers advocated increased taxation. One of the more mild posts discussed how “the rich are entitled to their gains because they worked for them. But this ignores how structural changes in the economy such as globalization, financial deregulation and the rise of the knowledge-based economy, has disproportionately rewarded the wealthy.” Another contributor was more begrudging towards Republicans, stating that the GOP has been operating an “undeclared but devastating war against middle-class, working-class and poor Americans for decades. Now they scream bloody murder at the notion that long-suffering victims might finally hit back.” “Reasons against taxing the super-rich” on the article’s discussion board, demonstrated similar rhetoric as well as valid arguments. Again, a reasonable poster noted that increases in taxation would not be the ultimate solution, but that “if [Obama] wanted to reverse the job killing policy of NAFTA, signed into law by Clinton, and offer incentives to business that hires here in America, I would support that. If he wanted to tax goods manufactured overseas and shipped into the U.S., I would support that.” And then there was this post: “A rich person buying five houses has nothing to

do with your inability to buy one house. Get an education, work hard and you can own a home too ... ‘Time to share a little.’ How about earn something for yourself. And people call the rich greedy.” Just as the black-and-white division of the issue itself might imply, posts in each article proved to hinge on equally extreme viewpoints. The problem with this is that the discussion doesn’t really focus on the problem, which is: What is the best solution to fixing the deficit? Unfortunately, the majority of posts simply attack the supposed faults of the other side. If the difficulties of both sides are not addressed and a more reasonable solution is not worked out, then the debate becomes stagnant. There is nothing bad about being firm in one’s views, but that does not mean you can be blindly one-sided. In order to better understand any issue (be it campus-wide or global) we have to objectively understand the situation and then debate the issue together. This is essentially what we do when discussing texts during a lecture, be it economics or philosophy. There is no reason that we cannot apply this same method when looking at world issues. What we as students need to consider, since this issue will eventually affect us even more, is that this is not an us or them issue. Our country’s deficit does and will affect the entire country, not just individual echelons. Concrete stratification is an illusion that will keep us divided, whereas serious, objective debating and compromise can mitigate our economic issues.

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

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‘Night’ shines as simple approach to a classic Theatre Review By Emily Bettencourt Contributor

MU theatre arts professor Ron Marasco’s new production “In Love with Night,” put on in conjunction with the LMU theatre arts program, is visually uncomplicated. The cast is populated by few actors, the stage is set with few props, the lighting design is straightforward and the costumes are anything but extravagant. Every element of the performance is to the point. But on a live stage, simple performances are often the hardest to give, and as such, every area of the production deserves to be acknowledged. Working within the confines of the black-box style Barnelle Theatre seems to have been both the production’s greatest limitation and its greatest strength. “In Love with Night” is based on Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” a play that demands large spaces and grand designs, and in many cases is performed in precisely that manner. To many, Shakespeare plays seem inaccessible, set in a time far removed from today and using language labeled as archaic. However, Marasco has defied those expectations, and doing so has allowed him to mold the story of “Romeo and Juliet” into something unique, relatable and minimalistic. In a word, the technical design of the production is straightforward. The lighting alternates between dramatic highlight-

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Scott Bosely and Nick Poehls share a microphone in a scene from “In Love with Night.” ing and subtle emphasis, but never distracts from the scene; only a handful of color gels are used and, more often than not, the lights are directed only to emphasize an area of the stage. The sound design is remarkably accurate in timing, underscoring dramatic, poignant or funny moments without seeming contrived or unnatural (the way sound effects often do). There are no more props used than are strictly necessary – and every prop on stage gets used at least once, except a couple of cups on an end table. Each and every element in the play’s technical

design has a purpose, which in turn creates a heightened focus on the actors themselves, without additional frills to take away from their performances. Besides creating a space devoid of distractions from the action, the minimalistic design of the stage also gives the actors an opportunity to fill the space – and fill it they do. The cast itself is as sparse as the design, with nine actors playing 11 roles – junior theatre arts major Nigel Neumeier plays three – but each character contributes something specific. With such a small cast, one unfocused actor

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would be enough to destroy the production, but there wasn’t an actor in the cast whose performance didn’t hit hard. Marasco’s reworking of the traditional “Romeo and Juliet” story is set as a 1939 radio drama, bringing Shakespeare out of the 1500s and into the modern age. The change of setting, however unique, poses an additional challenge to the actors: They have to slip between their roles as radio actors playing Shakespeare and their roles simply playing Shakespeare. Acting is difficult, but metaacting even more so – yet each

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he Department of Archives and Special Collections, located on the third floor of the William H. Hannon Library, has created a series of three exhibitions dedicated to 100 years’ worth of donors and the important artifacts that they have contributed to LMU. The first exhibit, “Sustaining Splendor: Art and Artifacts from the Library’s Special Collections,” which opened Oct. 1, features sculptures, paintings, drawings, paintings, medallions, postcards and objects from Robert and Miriam Kinsey’s Japanese Art Collection, as well as Werner Von Boltenstern’s Postcard Collection. Over the past three months, Archives and Special Collections has prepared for this exhibit with the help of everyone in the department. When trying to find a name for the exhibition, Cynthia Becht, head of Archives and Special Collections, said she discovered a “quote by Michelangelo, who talks about the ‘sustaining splendor of beauty’ when he wrote about art. I selected this quote because the word ‘sustaining’ describes everything I want to say about the objects on display. We, as human beings, are sustained by the beauty of art. We, as an academic community, are sustained by the library’s research collections. We, as a library, are sustained by the gifts which

tudents can expect more variety, more laughs and a new image as LMU’s award-winning, student-run TV network ROAR gears up for its sixth season. With three new shows in production, this season of ROAR is shaping up to be promising. Junior film production major Ryan Kelly, general manager of ROAR Network, is looking forward to what the new season has in store. “As a whole, this new block of programs is the best block ROAR Network has ever broadcasted,” Kelly said. “They look better, sound better and are more focused than in years past.” Kelly expects that the new variety being added to the network will help attract more viewers. “The more variety we have in our programming, the more people will tune in to watch us. We strive to expand beyond what we’ve done in the past and hope to produce shows you wouldn’t expect to see on a student TV network,” said Kelly. Among them is “Choose Malone’s Adventure,” a parody on college life that promotes viewers’ involvement by basing each episode on a viewer ’s recommendation. The network is also bringing back some old fan favorites. “The Amanda Show,” a cooking program hosted by junior communication stud-

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Christian medallions are just one of the many special artifacts now on display at the “Sustaining Splendor” exhibition. created our research collections. In the end, it comes back to our donors. And all of this, for me, is ‘splendor.’” Robert and Miriam Kinsey donated one of the highlight pieces from their eponymous Robert and Miriam Kinsey Japanese Art Collection. This collection was originally donated to Marymount College before it merged with Loyola University, and was brought over when the two united. The display will feature a couple of ivory-based netsuke, which are Japanese miniature sculptures, as well as Chinese papercuts and a scroll. Another large collection is the Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection donated by Werner Von Boltenstern. There are almost a million

postcards in this collection, which is “the most heavily used artifact collection by students,” Becht explained. Unfortunately, students will not be able to see all of the postcards at the exhibit, but they are in the archives for student use. “This is the year you can find out about your University’s history all around campus,” Becht said. “This is the year to visit Special Collections because we are bringing out our best materials. We should all take pride in that LMU has this collection.” The exhibit will be open until Dec. 22. This first exhibit, which focuses on the art and artifacts donated to the University, is available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

actor rose to the challenge. Together they create a performance where the lines between radio drama and Shakespeare’s play itself are so blurred that the actors slip seamlessly between the parts. There are only two parts of the performance that deserve even mild criticism. The first is the presence of smoke in the theatre. Even though it’s an understandable contribution to the performance, in a small space like the Barnelle Theatre, the smell lingers and can be uncomfortable for people with allergies, asthma or easily-irritated throats. The second is a sequence of loud noises immediately before intermission: a gunshot and the thud of something heavy hitting the floor. Though the sounds are both unavoidable and contribute to the overall production, audience members should be prepared for a spike in decibels at the end of Act I. Despite the limitations of the performance space and the demands of the source material, “In Love with Night” is an adaptation of a Shakespeare classic that meets and then exceeds expectations. A minimalistic set and sparse cast make the performances hard-hitting and focused, and audiences should expect to be impressed, moved and genuinely amused at intervals throughout the performance. “In Love with Night” will run from Oct. 5-8 in the Barnelle Theatre, and tickets are available at the LMU Central Ticket Agency, in person or by phone at (310) 338-7588.

ies major Amanda Womack, offers tutorials on healthy alternatives to many of the not-so healthy dining options on campus. What else can students expect this season? Comedy, and lots of it. “We are producing more funny. Whether it takes place in our talk shows, our game show or our sitcoms, there is most definitely more funny to go around this year,” said Kelly. Students looking for comedy can check out “Perfect Match,” the new series featuring LMU students looking for love. Kelly is proud that in the past year, ROAR has made so many improvements in hopes of increasing the production value of its programs. This means that students can look forward to crisper graphics, dynamic promos and even a new voiceover. “Expect to see programming that looks and sounds ... professional. Expect to see people you know on our programs,” Kelly said. “Expect to laugh ... expect to learn and expect to stay informed.” ROAR has won more than 10 awards since 2006. It has been honored as one of the four “Best Student-Run Campus TV Networks” by the Association of Higher Education Campus Television Administrators (AHECTA). To learn more about ROAR Network’s new season, tune into Channel 6 on campus or check it out online at www. roarnetwork.com.

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The ‘90s really were all that Kevin O’Keeffe takes a look at the ’90s and explores why

the decade holds such magic for today’s college students.

here is a Nintendo 64 system sitting below your TV. Said TV is playing an episode of “Hey Arnold!” And you’re left wondering just why they don’t make pop culture like they used to. You are in the middle of what I like to call a nostalgia trip. This one is a It’s K-OK! favorite By Kevin O’Keeffe among college stuA&E Editor dents today: a remembrance of the ’90s. Please keep all hands, arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. It’s unclear what exactly caused it — the new decade, perhaps, or the general quarter-life crisis that comes about in college — but this year has been overdosing on ’90s nostalgia. It all started when Nickelodeon launched its brand new late-night lineup, titled “The ‘90s Are All That,” featuring shows like “Clarissa Explains It All,” “The Amanda Show,” “Doug” and, yes, “All That” every night from midnight to 2 a.m. on its sister channel TeenNick. Nickelodeon explained that major support for the shows on social networking sites like Facebook led to the development of the new programming block that immediately provided a 47 percent boost in viewers, according to Entertainment Weekly, after its debut. College students were reportedly the driving force behind the new programming block, and walking around LMU’s campus, it’s not difficult to see why. Conversations about how much better Nickelodeon’s and Disney Channel’s programming was in the ’90s are plentiful. Several dorm rooms house fervent gamers who, in addition to their “BioShock” games, will indulge in a little “Super Mario 64” to relive the past. Student Netflix queues are filled to the brim with episodes of “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.” Even during the production of this article, a 10-minute conversation about “Pokémon” broke out, with most participants admitting to keeping binders full of the trading cards inspired by the original pocket monsters. What is it about the ’90s that holds such significance for this generation? Was there something about the period that simply makes it superior? While the sheer number of collectibles from the ’90s, from said Pokémon cards to the seemingly infinite number of Beanie Babies, may never be explicable (or worth anything

at all, so feel free to rip those tags off), some of the music and TV shows really were at a higher standard than those of today. Where would our generation be without boy bands and girl groups? *NSYNC gave us Justin Timberlake and the addicting “Bye, Bye, Bye.” Destiny’s Child gave us Beyoncé and the kiss-off jam “Bills, Bills, Bills.” (There was a lot of repetition in the ’90s.) And where would we be without the innovator of modern dance-pop, Britney Spears, who first asked us to hit her just one more time in the ’90s? In fact, you can chalk at least four major pop culture icons of our generation to the ’90s version of the Mickey Mouse Club — Ryan Gosling would never have blown us away in “Drive” without that exposure! Sure, these songs were cheesy, but that’s what made them so great! Before Disney found a strict model for all of its Disney Channel shows to follow (see: “Hannah Montana,” “Sonny with a Chance”), the network created shows with greater heart than any network sitcom. “Lizzie McGuire” made you want your own animated alter ego. “Even Stevens” made having annoying siblings seem fun, and of course, the Nickelodeon shows were what really solidified the ’90s as a golden age. “The ’90s Are All That” could run for years off the brilliance cultivated in that time period. They had game shows (“GUTS,” “Legends of the Hidden Temple”), sketch comedies (“All That,” “Amanda”), brilliant animated sitcoms (“Rugrats,” “Rocko’s Modern Life”) and the horror masterpiece that is “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” There was a diversity of programming not seen before or since, and that shows exactly why TV was superior in the ’90s. The ’90s were the last time the world considered kids more than one homogenous group with exactly the same tastes. If you didn’t like one kind of program, you could easily find another. These days, all Nick and Disney series fit the same model — all far too generic, not really capturing the spirit of yesteryear. That spirit is something our generation can claim that the current generation cannot. Yes, maybe the music was cheesy. Maybe we put the TV shows on a pedestal they don’t deserve, and maybe we won’t ever get any good bids on eBay for our massive collections of Beanie Babies. But these things had heart, and we can hold those memories in our hearts forever. This is the opinion of Kevin O’Keeffe, a sophomore screenwriting major from Austin, Texas. Please send comments to kokeeffe@theloyolan.com. Photos: Flickr, Creative Commons

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ulver City will host the sixth Annual IndieCade, an independent-focused gaming festival thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hosted by industry professionals and open to the public. First started in 2005 and described by the Los Angeles Times as being â&#x20AC;&#x153;the video game industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sundance,â&#x20AC;? IndieCadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to build a public perception of games as an artistic and diverse medium in an industry saturated with rehashes of the same limited styles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Indieâ&#x20AC;? games usually push the boundaries of interactive media and strive to create projects that can be seen as art through inspired styles and imaginative gameplay. During the festival, independent developers come together with their latest artistic creations and showcase them before the public, as well as enter them into juried contests for awards that range from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most Innovativeâ&#x20AC;? to simply â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most Fun and Compelling.â&#x20AC;? Attendees are encouraged to stroll around exhibits in the festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GameWalk, play each game for a few minutes and vote for their favorites for the Audienceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award. Professionals arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only ones competing for prizes, though â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a large part of IndieCadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities is the celebration of all games, including street-corner hide-and-seek style amusements and scavenger hunts hosted each day of the festival for the general public. These aptly titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Gamesâ&#x20AC;? include clever amusements like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humans vs. Zombies,â&#x20AC;? a modified game of tag where

designated â&#x20AC;&#x153;human playersâ&#x20AC;? must hide and defend themselves with socks from â&#x20AC;&#x153;zombie players,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alphabet City,â&#x20AC;? a scavenger word game where players are given the locations of local bars and restaurants in Culver City and must make as many anagrams as possible from their names for points. Winners are awarded prizes and collectibles for their participation. A large part of IndieCade is also the IndieCade Professional Conferences. The conferences, which are by and for independent developers, feature speakers and presentations that celebrate the independent game development community. PlayStation Home, which, along with LG, is a premiere sponsor for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, plans to demonstrate their new Home2 product at the conference before its release on

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Sony, the creators of the PlayStation Home, will present the Home2, a new gaming product, at IndieCade 2011 in Culver City. Oct. 13. Also included is a temporary art installation centered around the artistic merit of games. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s installation is â&#x20AC;&#x153;INVADED!â&#x20AC;?, an outdoor set of sculptures by Jason Torchinsky that takes the wellknown alien sprites from the 1978 game â&#x20AC;&#x153;Space Invadersâ&#x20AC;? and enlarges them to life-size figures that are placed all across the streets of Culver City. IndieCade is evidence that the widespread popularity of video games make them not only an entertainment platform, but also an educational one. As a result, all games included in the festival are designed to be fun for all ages. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IndieCade will run Oct. 8-9 at various locales in downtown Culver City. For more information, visit www.indiecade.com.

ot to be mistaken with the beloved TV show, Mane Entertainmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (M.E.) Friday Night Lights will be hosting a casino night-style event in The Living Room this Friday, Oct. 7. The event will be something for students to do on campus on a weekend night, and it will be filled with games and prizes. M.E.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Special Events Manager and junior sociology major Sharon Aguilera said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We like having a variety of events to cater to everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests and hobbies. Casi-

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no Night is just another fun event we do for the students.â&#x20AC;? The casino theme means that formal attire is appropriate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were really going for a James Bond â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Casino Royaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; theme,â&#x20AC;? said Aguilera. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If people want to take advantage and get all flashy and dressy that is fine, but jeans and a T-shirt are just fine [too].â&#x20AC;? In addition to music, snacks and mocktails, there will be a variety of casino games from blackjack to roulette and incentives for high rollers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; prizes for the first through third place winners will be a Kindle, a Flip video camera and an iPod shuffle. The event is free and open to all LMU students. Doors open at 8 p.m.

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LMU ICE HOCKEY HOME OPENER on October 7 @ 6:00 p.m. versus UCLA! FREE BUS! Our season is just underway and we have one of our strongest teams ever! Admission is free to all LMU faculty, staff, and students. Games are played in Harbor City. http:// www. lmuicehockey.com. LMU ICE HOCKEY: the fastest game on campus.

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Soul-searching on a 26.2 mile run O’Keefe’s O’Pinion from page 16 weeks into training and was so wiped out that I had to sleep the entire day after it. To detail the highs and lows of starting there and ending at the finish line of a 26.2 mile race would take a very long book (one that many people have already written). Instead, for this column, I’ll describe my training with just one image that I think does a good job of encapsulating the whole experience: I lost all of my toenails. My friends often stare at my blackened toes and dented shins like I’m crazy. “Why?” is etched all over their faces. My answer

is simple. Running has been a life-changing spiritual journey; I’ve found no better place to soul search than inside my own head after 26 miles. Every run begins more or less the same way. The world outside my own mind and body starts to appear in slow motion, and I suddenly have time to appreciate all of the things around me as I feel my to-do-list stresses melt away. I begin to sweat, and I’m suddenly conscious of every salty pore on my body. My pupils snap into pinpricks as I tilt my head up towards the neverending sky and my heart beats like a metronome. Steady and heavy, I’m acutely aware of my

own mortality. Whenever my mentality starts to get negative, and my physical pain begs me to quit during a run, I replay a scene from a yoga class that I went to in Santa Monica last summer. In a thick Southern accent, the instructor scolded a young guy who complained about his aching muscles. “You’re young and healthy!” the instructor reprimanded. “Some day you might get in accident and be paralyzed, or maybe you’ll just get old and weak, and then” he looked around the room, making a point to meet every eye, “you’ll pray to God for muscles that hurt just to remind you that you’re alive!” It wasn’t until mile 23 of this past weekend’s race that I found myself needing to conjure up the

man with the thick Southern accent. The three miles in front of me seemed to unfold into the distance forever. Waves of nausea crashed over me with every painful step, and my fairy wings drooped. Not even the packets of vanilla flavored energy gel tucked into my shorts could help me now. I locked my eyes on the road and willed my cramping legs to get me to the end. Then, as I gazed at my throbbing ankles, I heard the Southern accent in my ears, and I stopped feeling self-pity. Suddenly, I felt thankful. I am thankful for strong legs that continue to support me after hundreds of miles. I’m thankful for family members who run and bike alongside me, entertaining and motivating me every step of the way. I felt thankful for the thousands of

people that screamed motivational fairy jokes from the sidelines all day long. I felt thankful for the realization that I should feel thankful for all of the great luck and privilege I’ve had in my life that led to the moment that was suddenly upon me, as I tumbled through the finish line. Four days later I’m still maneuvering the broken escalators in U-Hall like an awkward scarecrow. But every time I look at the medal from this weekend’s race that now hangs on my desk, I remember what it felt like to cross that finish line, and it makes me want to go for a run. This is the opinion of Kenzie O’Keefe. Please send comments to kokeefe@ theloyolan.com

Viney likely to miss start of season after surgery Even in the offseason, the LMU men’s basketball team can’t seem to avoid the injury bug that has plagued Head Coach Max Good’s squads for the better part of the last three years. On Monday, senior forward Drew Viney underwent surgery on a stress-fractured left foot. Viney was the Lions’ leading scorer (17.2) and rebounder (6.6) during his junior season, but even then he was hampered by severe migraines that kept him out of multiple games. Viney led the Lions in playing time with 33.7 minutes per game, while appearing in 27 of LMU’s 32 contests. In a Twitter post on Sept. 30, an account appearing to belong to Viney said, “gettin surgery on Monday, out 6 to 8. I’ll be good though no worries” During the one season he spent at the University of Oregon, Viney missed time with a stress fracture in his right foot. There is no officially released timeline for Viney’s return yet. The Lions are set to officially open the season 36 days from now on Nov. 11 in a cross-town showdown with national powerhouse and Pac-12 foe UCLA. A six to eight week timeline would place Viney’s return anytime from the Lions’ third game of the year against Harvard to the Centennial Classic tournament that LMU is hosting at the beginning of December.

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Lieb honored for Hoover Cup success during 1930s Lieb from page 16 University and the University of San Francisco. The Lions’ home field was located in nearby Hollywood, Calif. at Gilmore Stadium, which was replaced by the Farmers’ Market on Third Street and Fairfax Avenue. As seasons continued, Loyola continually performed on the field. However, Lieb, a Minnesota native, wanted to bring his Midwest love of hockey to Loyola. He recruited many Minnesotans to come to the West Coast and continue playing hockey in Southern California. Lieb II said, “Los Angeles and the West Coast in general was a booming place, with many people from the Midwest coming to the West

Coast. It was desirable for these players to come to Loyola.” Just as on the gridiron, Loyola developed a longstanding rivalry with USC in hockey. At the same time Lieb was recruiting Minnesotans to come to Los Angeles, the Canadian USC head hockey coach was recruiting many Canadians to USC. “Southern California is not a hot bed for college hockey, but because it was the Minnesotans versus the Canadians, it was definitely a heated rivalry,” said Lieb II. Both USC and Loyola University competed for the ultimate prize in college hockey at the time, the Hoover Cup, which was played at Yosemite National Park in Northern California.

Led by Lieb in 1933, the Lions ended the USC winning streak in hockey at the Hoover Cup. The Lions continued their winning ways and from 1935-38, the Lions went an overwhelming 475-3, winning four-straight league titles and four straight Hoover Cups. Despite no longer having a football team, the contributions of Lieb and his family will forever be remembered by LMU, especially when we commemorate the university’s alumni this centennial year. Overall, Lieb’s son said that Loyola and the people he met here impacted his experience: “My father’s roots ran deep with Loyola,” said Lieb II. “He had a 10-year career there, and he loved every minute of it.”

LMU Hockey takes on Chapman Univ. for home opener: •Tom Lieb II, son of LMU’s Ice Hockey founder, will drop the puck at the start of the game. • Friday, October 7 at 6p.m. •Free round-trip buses from Burns Rec Center (leaving at 5 p.m.) •LMU is looking for first win of season (0-3). First of three-game home stand. •Junior Jim MacDonald leads the team with two goals in the first three games.

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Life without the NBA Two Plus the Foul from page 16 players (or financially reckless veterans) with little little financial security, they are going to have to find a source of income while their NBA paychecks are on hold. Some players, in anticipation of the lockout blocking their paychecks for an extended period of time, have already made arrangements to keep themselves afloat. Boston Celtics guard Delonte West for example, recently landed a job at Regency Furniture Showrooms, according to a post that appeared on a Twitter account registered to his name. Aside from live-tweeting and photo-documenting his first day on the job (a fineable offense in the NBA), West tweeted on Sept. 28, a picture of his job application (it’s hysterical if you haven’t seen it) and “I am now an official employee of Regency Furniture.. Check me out on my first day.” Less prominently, Toronto Raptors swingman and Los Angeles native DeMar DeRozan also got his feet wet as a “retail specialist,” earlier this week, as he landed a job as the assistant manager of a Foot Locker in Compton, Calif., according to a tweet that appeared on his verified Twitter account. He tweeted, “Looking like I’m going to be the assistant manager at Footlocker. Everybody come thru for some gear. I got y’all. #LockoutTweet.” While West and DeRozan’s new careers may not offer the salary of their former jobs, it’s

great to see players being responsible and finding a source of income during the lockout. Smoke weed: Lockout or not, the prevention of off-the-court issues among players hasn’t been dependent on whether or not the season takes place. However, some players may have seen the lockout as a free-for-all. Already, there have been a couple of instances of legal troubles as Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley and Marcus Camby of the Portland Trail Blazers have both been at the center of drug-related offenses. It only took five days for Beasley to get caught for possession, as Minnesota police officers found 16.2 grams of marijuana in his car after he was pulled over for speeding on July 6. With that amount on hand at once, either Beasley’s a chimney or he’s found a job that requires no application (probably helpful in his case). And although the charges were dropped this week, Camby was arrested last month in Texas after police found roughly an ounce of marijuana in his car during a traffic stop. The Blazer (coincidence) center and former Defensive Player of the Year will have his record cleared, as his cousin Kendal Johnson, who was also in the car, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge. Jump Ship: Some athletes just want to keep playing ball. And for those who can’t get their fix (or a paycheck) from glorified streetball games in the Drew or Goodman league, some players have decided to take their

talents overseas. New Jersey Nets guard Deron Williams was the first major name to take his game to another country, as he is currently suiting up for the Besiktas of the Turkish basketball league. Other players, such as Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith and forwards Wilson Chandler and Keynon Martin have signed contracts to play professionally in China. Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant is also entertaining the idea of playing overseas, as he is currently in negotiations to sign a multi-million dollar contract with Virtus Bologna of Italy. If more high-profile players opt to play professionally overseas, it could put pressure on the owners to kick their greedy desires and get a deal done, as the chance of injury to all-stars rises greatly with them suiting up overseas. Whatever the players choose to do (or tweet) during the lockout is up to them. They no longer have the law of David Stern set before them, so it is essentially free reign for the players of the NBA. However, when the lockout does eventually end, the teams with the players who spent their off time staying prepared and ready to go will surely prosper. Although, with the elimination of this cyber freedom at the players’ disposal, Twitter will be much less entertaining. This is the opinion of Michael Goldsholl. Please send comments to mgoldsholl@theloyolan.com

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‘‘Jekyll and Hyde’ team’ looks for first WCC wins The men’s soccer team travels to take on Portland and Gonzaga. By John Wilkinson Asst. Sports Editor With an offense that has gone M.I.A., the LMU men’s soccer team looks to get back on track this weekend after dropping its first two conference games as the team continues a six-game losing streak. The Lions hope to find their struggling offense as they travel to the Pacific Northwest for weekend matches against Gonzaga University tomorrow at 3 p.m. and Portland University on Sunday at 1 p.m. At the beginning of the season, the Lions seemed poised to make another West Coast Conference (WCC) title run with a potent offense that returned its top three goal scorers from a year ago. The conference’s coaches even picked the Lions as the preseason favorite to win the title for the second year in a row. Things have not gone as planned for Head Coach Paul Krumpe and the Lions, as LMU has been shut out five times and has only scored multiple goals in two of its 10 games

this season. The Lions’ record is now 2-8-0 on the season. “We’ll find out what we’re made of when we go up to Gonzaga and Portland this next weekend,” Krumpe said. “It would be so easy for these guys to just say ‘Hey, we’re completely out of this thing now.’ To be honest, we’re not. We’re still a very good team, we just have to start ticking things off in the right direction and get some breaks to go our way.” The weekend in the Pacific Northwest will provide a chance for the Lions to get out of the WCC cellar. Gonzaga and Portland are both tied with LMU for last in the WCC at 0-2-0 after the first week of conference play. It is no surprise the three teams sitting at the bottom of the standings also boast the three worst goals against averages in the conference. “We’re a very ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ team. We’ve had some of the best halves played in my time here, and we’ve played some of the worst halves in my time here,” Krumpe said. The Gonzaga Bulldogs have scored even fewer goals this season than the struggling Lions. The Bulldogs have given up 13 goals on the year while only netting six themselves. The Gonzaga offense has been

led by sophomore Nick Hamer and senior Colin Flynn, who have each netted two goals for the Bulldogs. In goal, sophomore Ryan Caballero has recorded the majority of the minutes, averaging just over six saves per game and three shutouts on the year. The Portland Pilots have been shaky on defense as well, but have also sported a potent offense. The Pilots were 5-2-1 in non-conference play before dropping their first two WCC games last weekend. They find themselves last in goals allowed, an average of 1.6 per game, but at the same time they are second in goals scored with 13, an average of 1.3 per game. Before the current two-game losing weekend, the Pilots’ sophomore Steven Evans was named WCC Player of the Week and National Soccer Coaches Association of America Player of the Week. After returning from injury, Evans scored three goals and tallied two assists to help the Pilots end non-conference play on a three-game winning streak. For the Lions, last Sunday’s 1-0 loss to the Saint Mary’s College Gaels may have been the low point so far for the Lions, as they fell to a team that had only won one other game this season. In the 25th minute, freshman Dylan Seedman’s

home, as they are currently averaging 3,213 fans per game so far this season. Only Portland comes close to matching the attendance figure of BYU, with 2,024 per match so far this season – every other WCC team averages less than 1,000 fans at its home games. Senior Jennie Marshall, junior Carlee Payne and freshman Jaiden Thornock currently lead the team with three goals each. Along with a balanced offensive attack, the Cougars have an experienced defense led by senior goalkeeper McKinzie Olson. Olson is 12 saves away from becoming the team’s all-time career saves leader.

game. Brown comes in as a transfer from Arkansas State and has led a stout Bulldogs defense to a leagueleading six shutouts. Forward Sarah Rhodes recently became the all-time assists leader at Gonzaga. Gonzaga was picked to finish eighth in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll but performed well during its nonconference schedule, winning eight of 12 games.

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Freshman John McFarlin (pictured earlier this season) got the second start of his collegiate career in the Lions’ 1-0 loss to Saint Mary’s on Sunday. error resulted in a foul inside the LMU 18-yard box. Attempting to clear a bouncing ball from the danger of the Lions’ own defensive third, Seedman missed his first attempt to clear and on his second attempt, brought down a Saint Mary’s player. The penalty kick taken by Saint Mary’s freshman Riley Hanley was blocked by freshman goalkeeper Vince Paldino diving to his left, but the rebound was not controlled and Hanley knocked it back in for what would be the game-winner. It looked like LMU could get back into the game when Saint Mary’s junior Trevor Newquist was shown a straight red card for an elbow that caught LMU senior Artur Jozkowicz above the eye and knocked him out

of the game. The Lions, however, could not penetrate the compacted 10-man Saint Mary’s defense over the last 29 minutes. “I feel bad for the guys, because they’re doing all the right things, but they’re seeing no positive results. Whether that be scoring a goal, getting back in a game or getting a result. It’s very, very frustrating for us right now,” Krumpe said. “We’re in a lot of trouble with 10 games left in our season and in conference.” After this weekend’s trip, the Lions will return home the following weekend for WCC matches against conference-leading No. 24 Santa Clara on Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. and second-place University of San Francisco on Oct. 16 at 3 p.m.

Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the Waves have gone without a loss during their non-conference schedule.

Conference Outlook: The Toreros will be looking to make their fifth straight NCAA Tournament this year. After starting the season with three straight victories, USD has lost six of its last eight matches and is currently trying to break out of a four-game losing streak. The Toreros rank last in the conference in saves and shutouts. Senior forward Stephanie Ochs is leading the team with six goals. The first team All-WCC selection has gotten some help from senior midfielder Elissa Magracia, who has five assists and senior defender Natalie Garcia, who has scored four goals of her own.

Women’s soccer set to battle for WCC title WCC play is set to begin this week, with BYU added to the conference. By Kevin Cacabelos Staff Writer A look at the nine women’s soccer teams of the West Coast Conference (WCC) as they head into conference season, in alphabetical order: Brigham Young University Cougars 2010 Overall Record: 16-3-3 2010 Conference Record: 2-3-2 (Second place in the Mountain West Conference) Postseason: Lost in NCAA Tournament First Round 2011 Record: 6-3-2 Conference Outlook: After a successful last season in the Mountain West Conference in 2010, the BYU Cougars now bring their talented squad to the WCC. The team has a strong presence in the stands at

Gonzaga Bulldogs 2010 Overall Record: 8-11-1 2010 Conference Record: 3-4-0 (Sixth place) 2011 Record: 7-4-0 Conference Outlook: The Zags enter the conference season on a threegame win streak. Gonzaga’s main strength so far has been its defense. Senior goalkeeper Susan Brown leads the league with 4.91 saves per

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Sophomore Tawni Martino leads the Lions’ offense this season with four goals and two assists during non-conference play.

LMU Lions 2010 Overall Record: 10-6-2 2010 Conference Record: 2-3-2 (Tied for fifth place) 2011 Record: 6-4-1 Conference Outlook: LMU enters the conference season reeling from three straight losses. The Lions started out the non-conference season well, winning six of their first eight games but weren’t able to find enough offense against UCLA, CSU Northridge and UNLV in their final three non-conference matches. Seven starters return from last year’s team including All-WCC conference selection sophomore forward Tawni Martino. Martino is the leader of the Lions’ offense, as she ranks in the top 10 in all major offensive categories in the WCC. Freshman Linda Bakker and senior midfielder Brittney Sanford have offered their help in this category, scoring two and three goals respectively. Sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Jagger, who has the third best save percentage in the league at .831, leads the team’s defense after redshirting last season. Pepperdine Waves 2010 Overall Record: 9-6-5 2010 Conference Record: 2-3-2 (Tied for fifth place) 2011 Record: 8-0-4 Conference Outlook: The Waves are off to the best start in the school’s women’s soccer history with an undefeated record after 13 games. Pepperdine is currently ranked No. 8 in the nation by NSCAA Coaches’ Poll and is now the consensus favorite to win the WCC. Junior forward Anisa Guarjardo currently leads the team with eight goals, a mark that also leads the WCC. Fellow forward freshman Lynn Williams also leads the team and conference with seven assists. The team has taken a league-leading 183 shots and has made a league-leading 2.25 goals per game. While the team was picked to finish sixth in the WCC

Portland Pilots 2010 Overall Record: 6-0-1 2010 Conference Record: 19-1-2 (First place) Postseason: Lost in second round of NCAA Tournament 2011 Record: 5-5-1 Conference Outlook: Tabbed as the seventh best team in the country entering the season, the Pilots have struggled, entering conference play with five losses in 11 attempts. Portland lost three straight matches at the beginning of September against San Diego State, Seattle University and Boston University. The Pilots rank dead last in the conference in both goals and assists. The team’s most dependable sources of offense so far have been senior forward Danielle Foxhoven and sophomore forward Amanda Frisbie. The two players have accounted for nine of the team’s 10 goals this season. Defensively, the Pilots are led by senior goalkeeper Hailee DeYoung. Saint Mary’s Gaels 2010 Overall Record: 8-7-4 2010 Conference Record: 2-4-1 (Seventh place) 2011 Record: 9-2-1 Conference Outlook: The Gaels notched their first winning season since 2001 last year, and are currently carrying that winning attitude out into the 2011 season. Third-year Head Coach Kai Edwards led his team to an 8-1 record in the month of September – its biggest non-conference win was the 2-1 victory over No. 15 UC Irvine on the road. Sophomore midfielder Jordan Marada leads the team with five goals and seven assists. Junior forward Christina Tognetti is the second main piece to the Gaels’ offense; she already has four goals, matching her career high for goals in a season. Marada, Tognetti and the rest of the Gaels offense are sharing the ball, averaging 2.08 assists per game, the highest average among all WCC teams entering the season. San Diego Toreros 2010 Overall Record: 11-7-2 2010 Conference Record: 4-3 (Tied for second place) Postseason: Lost in first round of NCAA Tournament 2011 Record 5-6-0

San Francisco Dons 2010 Overall Record: 5-13-2 2010 Conference Record: 1-4-2 (Eighth place) 2011 Record: 3-8-0 Conference Outlook: Head Coach Mark Carr is trying to improve upon last year’s eighth place finish in 2011. The fifth-year head coach has so far benefited from the play of sophomore midfielder Christina Moberg and freshman forward Mackenzie Krieser. The pair accounts for 17 of the Dons’ 34 total points this season. Krieser currently leads the team in both goals and assists. The team has accumulated eight yellow cards, the most of all WCC teams, entering conference play. Santa Clara Broncos 2010 Overall Record: 13-7-2 2010 Conference Record: 4-3-0 (Tied for second place) Postseason: Lost in NCAA Tournament Second Round 2011 Record: 7-1-4 Conference Outlook: Now in his 25th season, Santa Clara Head Coach Jerry Smith is looking to keep up the momentum for last year’s success and make the NCAA tournament for a second year in a row. The team, which was picked to finish second in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, returns six of its players that were named to the 2010 WCC All-Conference teams. All-American Bianca Henninger and fellow captain Margueritte Aozasa are the leaders of the No. 14 Broncos. Freshman defender Sofia Huerta is also off to a strong start at Santa Clara, as she was named the WCC player of the week last week for her hat trick performance in a 5-0 victory over San Diego State.

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A year of running marathons

No NBA paycheck, no problem

Kenzie O’Keefe recounts the effort it takes to run three full marathons in less than a year.

Michael Goldsholl takes a look at the endeavors of NBA players during the lockout.

ast Sunday I woke up at 5 a.m. and put on a lime green tutu and sparkly fairy wings. Then, I slipped into a massive, undulating sea of 10,000 people and (here’s where the story deviates from a rave narrative) ran 26.2 miles. Interestingly enough, it took me exactly 262 minutes. I was never a competitive distance runner before last spring when I began training for my first marathon. My athletic prowess peaked when I O’Keefe’s O’Pinion was an elementary school sprinter, and By Kenzie O’Keefe that, paired with Editor in Chief four years of casual junior varsity soccer in high school, is the athletic foundation upon which my marathon ambitions were laid. In fact, what motivated me to run my first marathon in Chicago last October was when I told a friend that I had always wanted to run a marathon. He looked at me dubiously and said, “You?” Nothing motivates me like someone else’s doubt, so I quickly began training. I was going to prove to him, and really more to myself, that I could do it. I thought of the great lesson I learned from A.J. Jacobs in “The Year of Living Biblically” (the required freshman summer reading for the class of 2012) that cognitive dissonance works. If I tell myself I’m a marathon runner, I’ll be one. How hard can it be? When I began training, I could barely run interrupted for a mile, and that was at an absolutely glacial pace. I ran a 5K a few

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Volleyball drops two of its last three at home The LMU Volleyball team came up short last night, as the Pepperdine Waves knocked off the Lions in three sets. Freshman outside hitter Caitlin DeWitt (pictured above in a game earlier this season) had four kills, but the Lions lost, 25-11, 25-15 and 25-18, as they fell to 3-2 in conference play.They also lost to Brigham Young University Thursday, Sept. 29, 3-2.

ave you ever wondered what an NBA player does during a lockout? Other than spending way too much time on Twitter and loitering on LMU’s campus, there wasn’t much of an answer to this question until this past summer, when the league and the players entered a lockout on July 1 that has yet to see a resolution. With no positive movement towards an agreement (the Two Plus the Foul preseason schedule was canceled in its By Michael Goldsholl entirety this week) Asst. Managing Editor | and the scheduled starting date of Sports Editor Nov. 1 drawing considerably closer, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the beginning chunks of the 2011-12 season will be lost. But if the season is in fact canceled, what will professional basketball players do with no required practice or scheduled games? When not locked out, the NBA employs over 400 athletes, and without the luxurious financial security of an NBA contract, how they spend their extended offseason is going to vary for each player. So, when they aren’t going on 140-character cyber rants or hoping to be mistaken for a student at Burns Rec, here’s what some of the NBA players have been doing in their newfound free time. Get a real job: Let’s be honest with ourselves, nearly every NBA player has been preparing for a professional basketball career for the majority of his life, and as a result, has likely little to no experience as a blue-collar worker. For the league’s younger

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LMU remembers coaching legend The son of former football and hockey coach will drop the puck at Friday’s hockey game. By Dan Raffety Asst. Sports Editor Tom Lieb II, son of Loyola University’s former athletic director, head football coach and founder of the hockey team, will drop the puck at LMU’s hockey game on Friday to commemorate the beginning of Loyola hockey. The game is on Oct. 7 against Chapman University at 6 p.m. With the influence of Hank Gathers and the magical run of 1990, LMU is considered a “basketball” school as both the men and women’s teams are some of the most popular athletic programs on campus. However, at many schools that have a football team, such as a USC, Notre Dame or even Boston College, the gridiron typically reigns supreme. Believe it or not, Loyola used to bask in football glory, also. In 1930, Loyola University and its alumni board, just after moving to the Westchester campus from Downtown Los Angeles, decided that they wanted a football program to compete with UCLA and USC, two schools that surrounded Loyola University. Not only did they want to start a program, they wanted to jump in feet first and hire a big-name coach to spark excitement for an all boys’ university, with no paved roads within five miles

of campus and less than 1000 students. Their first choice was Knute Rockne, the former Notre Dame football coach who is often regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history, posting 105 victories with only 12 losses and five national championships for the Irish. Rockne respectively declined the invitation from Loyola but recommended one of his assistants, Tom Lieb, for the position. Lieb, who played and coached for Notre Dame, agreed to take on the challenge and move to Los Angeles. Lieb’s first season came in 1933, with the first game against USC in the Coliseum. For those who are curious, a blown-up picture of a quarter back being sacked in this game can be found inside Iggy’s Diner. Despite losing the contest by a slim margin, Loyola was off to great things on the gridiron, winning seven games that first season, which was good for No. 28 in the country. The following year, the Lions started the season 7-0, but lost to UCLA in their final game, giving them the same national ranking as the previous year. Lieb II made it clear that because of Loyola’s success on the field compared to its student body size and popularity, USC vowed never to play Loyola again in football as a loss to the Lions would hurt their reputation as a legitimate football contender. Apart from USC and UCLA, Loyola developed long-standing rivalries with Saint Mary’s College, Santa Clara

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Photo: LMU Archives and Special Collections

Head football Coach Tom Lieb (left) led the Lions to a 7-2-1 record in 1933, his first of ten season as head football coach. Lieb also was responsible for beginning the Loyola Ice Hockey program.