November 8, 2012

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November 8, 2012 Volume 91, Issue 17

What now?

To read Asst. News Editor Allison Croley’s news analysis of the election and the results of the Loyolan’s Exit Poll, see Page 2. For the Loyolan’s Board Editorial on what happens next, see Page 5.

No charges for students in sexual assault case A Judicial Affairs investigation into the assault is ongoing but expected to conclude this week.

By Adrien Jarvis Editor in Chief

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office declined to press charges against two LMU students arrested earlier this semester for sexual assault, according to one of the accused students.

The same source told the Loyolan that LMU Judicial Affairs’ separate investigation into the matter is ongoing. He expects the investigation to be over this week.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office confirmed to the Loyolan on Nov. 6 that neither of the students arrested had charges filed against them.

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, a female undergraduate student called the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to report that she was a victim of

sexual assault. She told DPS that the alleged sexual assault occurred at approximately 3 a.m. that morning, and that it was in an on-campus residence hall. She named two male LMU students as the perpetrators.

Upon receiving the call, DPS contacted the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). After conducting a number of interviews, LAPD arrested the two male students.

At the time of the alleged crime, LAPD, DPS and Judicial Affairs all declined to release the names of

the students arrested or the specific location of the alleged assault, other than the fact that it happened on campus in a residence hall. However, following the arrest, DPS emailed the student body regarding the case to explain “Los Angeles Police Department activity continuing on campus.”

According to a report published by the National Institute of Justice in February 2012 titled “Policing and

Despite being at LMU for only four years, students and faculty remember Bosson fondly.

four years, but he left his mark in the hearts and minds of those he encountered. In a letter addressed to the LMU community sent out Nov. 5, President David W. Burcham said that Bosson will be remembered as a “highly esteemed teacher.”

Born in Charleroi, Pa., Bosson attended Florida State University, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Diploma Design, L’École des Beaux Arts and received his Master in Fine Arts from Cornell University. Upon obtaining his MFA, Bosson worked as a freelance illustrator and practicing and exhibiting fine artist for 35 years.

“After many years of painting, I

Community mourns death of professor

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Orioles pitcher visits LMU employee father Fresh off a postseason clash with the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Miguel Gonzalez visited his father, Facilities Management worker Miguel Gonzalez.

To read Sports Editor Nathan Dines’ column on Miguel’s visit to LMU, see Page 12.

WHERE’S YOUR PRIDE? Staff Writer Michael Goldsholl explains the importance of fans in the stands.

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LMU animation and fine arts lecturer John “Jack” Bosson passed away in his home in Hollywood, Calif. last week. He was 75 years old.

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Students reflect on Obama’s re-election NEWS ANALYSIS

Loyolan exit poll results indicate a majority of LMU students support Obama.

By Allison Croley Asst. News Editor

Barack Obama has officially been re-elected as the President of the United States of America and LMU students are responding in many different ways.

According to a Loyolanadministered exit poll, which surveyed over 400 students, 68 percent of students voted for President Obama and 28 percent of students voted for Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney.

“I’m happy,” Ryan Zambrano, a sophomore chemistry major, said.

Some student residents living in the Tenderich Apartments hosted an election party to follow the results on TV, but by the end of the night, it turned into an election celebration.

“We love Obama,” junior English major Secily Barragan said. “We are so happy that he won.”

“Yeah, we don’t like cuts on education,” added Alexandra Meeks, a sophomore political science major.

Celebrations were not limited to the Tenderich Apartments. Edward Bramanti, a sophomore computer science major, noted that students were chanting “Obama” outside of Rains Hall. Later in the night, he posted a comment on Facebook stating, “People are screaming Obama on my campus everywhere.”

However, senior screenwriting major Brian Birmingham was not as happy with President Obama’s re-election.

“I thought it would be really close,

so I was surprised they called it so early,” he said. “I am very surprised at the results.”

Sophomore marketing major Jenna Reese, sophomore health and human sciences major Alix Traeger and sophomore dance and natural science double major Tegan Hayek showed their dissatisfaction while watching th election in their apartment and went so far as collectively saying they were “very upset.”

“We are starting to stock up on Cup O’ Noodles now,” Reese joked.

“But in all seriousness, I feel that Obama will destroy our economy.”

In addition to agreeing that Obama was the wrong candidate to elect, all three girls said that they felt an unsettling pressure to support Obama amongst the LMU community.

“We are all from really conservative areas, so it is different to be surrounded by a more liberalthinking community,” Hayek said.

“My Facebook news feed is definitely split between my LMU friends and my friends from back home,” Traeger added. “It’s a little weird for me to be part of the minority.”

When asked by the Loyolan their opinions about the election results, a group of five students walking out of the Hilton Center for Business glared and continued walking.

“We are happy that it’s over,” one of them said as the group walked away.

While some students celebrated Obama’s victory and some felt disappointed in Romney’s loss, others looked toward the divine for peace and comfort.

“I know God’s purpose will be fulfilled either way,” Caity Dickson, a sophomore business management and economics double major, said. “[The election] didn’t turn out how

I necessarily had hoped, but I know God has a plan,” said Kailey Hutter, a freshman communication studies major.

Many LMU students seem to be happy with the election results, but those who weren’t had no problem discussing their concerns.

Regardless, President Obama will hold office for four more years.

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Top: Students celebrate President Obama’s success in Sullivan Lounge.

Bottom: Students vote at the polling station in Burns Back Court.

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Students express grief and respect on Tumblr Bosson from Page 1 continue to be intrigued with the balanced dichotomy between control and spontaneity that have consistently been a characteristic of my work,” Bosson said in his artist’s statement on his personal website.

Bosson also revealed on that same site that growing up in western Pennsylvania and St. Petersburg, Fla., as well as reading The Saturday Evening Post, greatly influenced the kind of artist he desired to one day become. These illustrations and newspaper adventures in the pages of the Sunday comics are what Bosson greatly attributes to his artistic foundation.

LMU animation professor José Garcia-Moreno, a close friend and colleague of Bosson’s, addressed his own letter to students, faculty and staff upon hearing the news of Bosson’s death.

“A highly valued and longtime instructor at LMU, he greatly enjoyed teaching the animation and fine art students in Figure Drawing, Animal Drawing and Drawing for Animation,” GarciaMoreno said.

While LMU may have been the last place he taught before passing away, Bosson had a

fruitful teaching career, teaching drawing and painting classes at Cornell University, College of New Rochelle, University of Southern California, Otis College of Art and Design and Woodbury University.

Ian Zell, a junior animation major and student of Bosson’s, said that the professor was “extremely talented, patient and helpful. I feel pretty lucky to have been able to have him as my teacher.”

Other students of Bosson’s have anonymously taken to his Tumblr, some declaring a day of silence in his honor and one student saying this is the first time they have ever cried over the loss of one of their teachers.

“The world has lost a truly incredible artist and teacher. I don’t think any art teacher I’ve had in my life has touched me as much as Jack, who was not only supremely talented and wise but kind, gentle and supportive.

He recognized the benefit in instilling confidence, a positive attitude and genuine passion for drawing in his students,” one Tumblr user posted.

Bosson’s level of talent and passion in his art is displayed throughout his various selected exhibits stretching from New York to Japan. Receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to study

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in Paris, France, Bosson said on his website that he “spent a year in Paris endeavoring to find a personal idiom that would express my feelings while struggling with linear structure and gestural expression. It was a struggle that has continued during which my work has evolved and gone through many changes.”

This past Tuesday during Convo, students, faculty and staff met in the Drawing Workshop Lab with of Fr. Randy Roche, S.J., director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality, to hold a special time of reflection for those who will miss Bosson dearly. “[He] embraced his students with professionalism, joy, care and compassion,” GarciaMoreno said. He went on to say that Bosson was a dear friend and will “remain in our hearts forever.”

While members of the LMU community mourn the loss of one of their own, Bosson’s inspirational words to budding artists will live on in the hearts of those he touched: “While the painter’s subject is the painting, the painting’s subject is the artist himself as his experience is consummated in the making.”

Bosson’s family has stated that the date for his memorial will be announced shortly.

In the Nov. 5 issue of the Loyolan, junior psychology major, Nick Warner’s last name was incorrectly listed as Warren in the “Community reacts to Hurricane Sandy” article on Page 1.

Joseph Telushkin

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin will be speaking today during the annual Kristallnacht Commemoration at 7 p.m. in U-Hall.

11BURNING QUESTIONS with a Rabbi and author

This issue, News Editor Zaneta Pereira sat down with Rabbi Joseph Telushkin to discuss Judaism, writing and this year’s election.

1. For those who don’t know, what is Kristallnacht?

Kristallnacht, or the Night of the Broken Glass, was the night that people became aware that there were going to be no restraints on what the Nazis were going to do and what they were capable of doing.

2. Why do you think it’s important that we continue to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht?

Because human beings [must] become aware of how dangerous hatred is, and how there is violence within human beings. And the difference between civilized and uncivilized people very often is that civilized people ... can put restraints on their anger, and people who have no sense of civilization don’t put restraints on themselves.

3. What do you think is the importance or relevance of an event like this on a Catholic campus?

Oddly enough, I would argue ... that competition in religion is a good thing like competition in business. ... We don’t do well when there’s a business that has a monopoly, and I would argue that religions evolve in a more tolerant way when they have competition.

4. Your talk is entitled “‘Why the Jews?’ Ethical, Spiritual [and] Historical Lessons.” What are some of these lessons?

The two doctrines of the 20th century that most targeted the Jews were Communism and Nazism. And what they both had in common was that they were aggressively atheist regimes. So it’s not surprising that one of the groups against which they expressed their anger was the group that made known the idea of God to the world.

5. You live in New York. Was you family badly hit by [Hurricane] Sandy?

We were fortunate. ... I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which really was not hit ... but many people we do know were hit and we’ve been putting up people in our house.

6. What role do you think religion can play in the rehabilitation process after a disaster like Sandy?

Very early on in the Bible, after Cain murders Abel, God says to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” and Cain answers, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” The whole rest of the Bible, in my view, is an affirmative answer to that question. So yeah, that’s our responsibility.

7. What role do you think religion played in this year’s election?

We have something that would have been inconceivable when I was a kid growing up in the 1950s. We have a black man running for president against a Mormon, and I’ve been struck by how little attention has been placed on this fact, and ultimately, I think this is a positive thing.

8. As we move forward, what is the key thing you believe Americans should keep in mind?

The key thing I think that people have to work on – this is going to sound funny – is on themselves. People have tended to put a big emphasis on political change and on the presumption that major problems will be solved, but the origin of all problems are ultimately human beings, and the biggest struggle we have is to work on our own character.

9. Did you always want to be a rabbi?

Judaism and Jewish studies has always been a passion in my life. So I ended up deciding to work in the field because I realized if I took another vocation and left Judaism to be my avocation, my passion would be with my avocation, so I might as well turn it into my line of work.

10. You mentioned you’re primarily an author. When did you decide that was something you wanted to do?

Very early. [I was] in my mid-20s [when] I wrote my first book ... called, “The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism.”

11. You’ve also written for film and television. Do you prefer this to working in print?

I prefer print. But television is exciting. What you get in television, number one, it’s always exciting to take an idea and dramatize it in a plotoriented way and you get a very large viewership, but the long-term impact tends to be of a more superficial nature.

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Week highlights military-affiliated students NEWS FEATURE Veterans encourage LMU community to ‘take notice’ of military personnel around.

By Adrien Jarvis Editor in Chief

For senior liberal studies major Daisy Casillas, being a student at LMU has not always been easy. Shortly after arriving on the Westchester campus in 2008, she was told that she needed to put her education on hold. The reason? She was headed overseas to Kuwait.

Casillas is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army, currently serving in the Reserves. She has been enlisted since Jan. 9, 2003, when she was 17, with her contract expiring in March 2015. She plans to re-enlist.

That doesn’t necessarily mean transitioning between active duty and being back gets easier.

“It’s really hard [to transition to being back after active duty], it honestly is, because you get used to it. Even though it sucks out there, you get used to the suck, as weird as that sounds,” said Casillas, who returned to LMU in Fall 2010.

During her first deployment in 2006, she went to Germany and worked in a hospital where soldiers were transferred after being injured in Iraq.

Casillas is one of 53 known military veterans, active-duty military personnel and/or dependents currently enrolled as students at LMU. The Veteran Programs, which has just really began to grow over the last year – according to Coordinator for the Veteran Programs and Interim Coordinator for Student Engagement, Retention and Transition Jennifer Ellspermann – is working on ways to get a more accurate reading of just how many veterans attend the University, and to distinguish between veterans, active-duty military personnel and dependents. Dependents can refer to any individuals who are either spouses or children of veterans.

Rufus Cunningham, a senior sociology major, is also a militaryaffiliated person on campus, having served in the U.S. Air Force as a certifying officer for military pay. He was enlisted for six years – from 1979 to 1986 – with his first contract being four years, and then re-enlisting for an additional two years. Like Casillas, he sees the value in staying – he left the Air

Force for family reasons, but he wishes that he had stayed in the service longer.

Although he has been out of service for 26 years, he is still greatly impacted by his time spent in the Air Force. Following graduation in May, he plans to attend a Master’s program at the University of Southern California and eventually work with veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cunningham’s father and two brothers – all veterans – have PTSD, and he has seen firsthand what it is like living with the disorder.

“War does something to people that you never recover from fully,” said Cunningham.

Colleges across the nation are experiencing an influx in veteran students, largely thanks to the post-9/11 G.I. Bill, which provides financial support for education and housing for eligible individuals.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, over half of the 923,836 service members who received federal education benefits last year served after 9/11.

LMU is no exception, which is why things like the Veteran Programs have started to develop and grow. In just three years, the number of military-affiliated students at LMU has almost doubled, from 30 recorded during the 2009-10 academic year to the current 53.

To accommodate this growth, the Veteran Programs are working to implement things like a Christian Life Community (CLC) group specifically for veterans, and a wall funded by the Loyola University Club that will honor alumni who died while serving in the military since World War II, according to Ellspermann. She and others in the program hope to continue finding ways to build up awareness and resources.

Casillas has noticed the changes the University has been making in terms of working with veterans and other military-affiliated individuals. When she first came to LMU in 2008, she said that she felt as though she was the only military service person on campus. Now, she notices more of an awareness on campus.

Part of this has come through her work with the Student Veterans Organization (SVO), of which Casillas is the vice president and Cunningham is the president. SVO – a relatively new club on campus – aims to unite the military-affiliated

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prosecuting sexual assault in Los Angeles City and County: A collaborative study in partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office,” fewer than one in 10 sexual assault cases reported to LAPD result in the filing of charges. The same report says that if acquaintance rape occurs, it is particularly challenging to investigate and prosecute.

Dr. Cassia Spohn and Dr. Katharine Tellis, the authors of the report, write that a “sizable majority of detectives” told them: “Acquaintance rapes are the most

difficult because there is rarely any witness, corroboration or evidence because even if you have evidence of sexual activity, proving consent is the hard part. He says, ‘Yeah, we had sex and she is OK with it,’ and she says, ‘No.’” During a Sept. 27 interview with the Loyolan, DPS Manager Cristina Martin emphasized the need for students to be aware of their surroundings and the people around them to help prevent sexual assault.

“Most often times in these cases, it’s an acquaintance. It’s not the stereotypical … stranger. … It’s making sure that you know who your acquaintances are – that you know them, [and] that you trust them,” she said.

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community on campus and spread awareness. Currently, it is hosting a Veterans Appreciation Week, with the next event being a luncheon scheduled today during Convo.

Although SVO and the Veterans Programs are more recent additions, the University has had a long history with the military. In fact, as Ellspermann said, there’s a “direct link” between the military and the University’s ability to stay open following World War II. As historian Kevin Starr wrote in his book on LMU’s history, “The University, in fact, reduced its debt, thanks to ... a profitable, though brief, Army program.”

“St. Ignatius of Loyola [whom the University is named after] was a solider of Christ and had a military background,” Ellspermann added.

Casillas became involved with SVO to help ensure that no veteran feels alone on campus, as she did in 2008. Being a smaller institution, she has found it a “little harder here” to fit in with the general student body, but she enjoys being recognized for her military connection.

“Personally for me, because I’m a girl ... it always shocks other people here. They always ask me what I did, and I kind of like that people do that because it sparks interest and it gives a different face to what people normally think. People normally think a guy and someone who didn’t go to school, and that’s why they joined the military. ... I put a different face to what they would think of as a veteran,” Casillas said.

Oftentimes, Ellspermann told the Loyolan, veterans choose community or state schools over private institutions like LMU, and accordingly, a lot of those types of universities have more measures in place to aid veterans in enrolling as students. However, being a Yellow Ribbon Program school has helped LMU attract such students.

Essentially, the Yellow Ribbon Program “allows degree granting institutions in the United States to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). Under this agreement, the school may contribute up to 50 percent of tuition expenses, and the VA will match that amount,” according to LMU’s Financial Aid website.

Ellspermann also attributes word of mouth by militaryaffiliated students at LMU as a large recruiting tool. According

to her, many of those students first attend another institution, like a community college, and they encourage other students from their previous schools to consider LMU. Both Casillas and Cunningham attended other institutions before coming to LMU, at West L.A. College and Santa Monica College, respectively.

For Cunningham, part of the attraction of LMU was the ways in which he saw the University embracing change and expanding its diversity, and he credited the selection of the first non-Jesuit president – President David W. Burcham – as being an example of that.

“That change opened up LMU to see the greater picture of diversity,” Cunningham said. “If a school can do that ... [and] make that change, ... that’s the epitome of diversity.”

He added, “It’s not an accident that I’m here.”

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Members of the armed forces gathered on Alumni Mall during Convo last Tuesday as part of Veterans Appreciation Week.

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Daisy Casillas (right), is shown being sworn in during her re-enlistment in Kuwait. “Even though it sucks out there, you get used to the suck,” she said.

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For Casillas, there’s always the chance she will get another call to return to active duty. When she was called back in 2008, she had a few months before shipping out.

However, the situation varies, and she could have as little time as less than a day to prepare to leave.

But for now, one of her focuses is encouraging the LMU community to take notice of the veterans and active-duty military personnel amongst them.

“Regardless of your politics, these are people who serve,” she said. “I want every veteran to feel appreciated.”

Cunningham added that he hopes that through Veterans Appreciation Week “the community will remember those who have gone before us, the ones who are coming home that are injured are not forgotten and honor the sacrifices we all made. ... Life is not something to be taken for granted.”

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BOARDEDITORIAL

Board Editorials represent the voice of the Loyolan. They are written in collaboration by the Executive Editorial Board.

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What’s needed now: the first 100 days and the next four years

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resident Barack Obama has been re-elected; he will be president for four more years. As we asked on Page 1: What now?

We have some things we’d like to see happen in these next four years – things that would prove beneficial for college students and young people in the real world alike. We’d like to see Pell Grants – which are grants from the federal government aimed to help eligible individuals pay for college – protected and more jobs created.

We’d like to see all people have equal rights and have our country remain safe in the face of terror and threats.

But above all else, we need a concrete plan.

We want to know what Obama plans to do in his first 100 days, and we want a list of goals and priorities.

In 2009, Obama’s administration got lost in a battle over health care, and the economy was left languishing.

None of that this time. America needs to take care of its priorities – and quickly.

On the economy: We need Obama and his administration to continue the trend of job growth the October jobs report indicated. As college students who have spent most of our time in school worried about an uncertain future, it is vital that this time Obama makes the economy a priority so that we can hope for suc-

cess post-graduation.

Obama’s first term – we need to hold Additionally, as it was noted sev- on to those relationships while focuseral times during the election cycle, ing on our domestic affairs.

Obama will likely appoint two new But the central component to the Supreme Court justices in this term, “what now?” question boils down helping to shape this country’s judi- to party lines. The margin between cial future. With so many issues like Obama and Republican candidate Mitt marriage equality and affirmative Romney in the popular vote was small, action headed for the High Court in and the race up until Election Day the upcoming years, it will be vital for was especially polarizing. Supporters Obama to appoint justices who will on either side of the line seemed to use their wisuse the other dom and judgparty’s titles ment to legis- “Obama – and all newly elected as slurs and late on these insults rather politicians – need to look past than identifyissues. Equal rights are an marks. party identification to determine ingInstead issue many of college stuglorifying a what is right for America.” dents are pasvictory for the sionate about, “liberal” party, and we hope that Obama’s appointees focus needs to be placed on narrowing will rule on the just side of history. the gap between the parties. While it Rumor has it that Secretary of may seem like an idealistic or cheesy State Hillary Clinton is set to step suggestion, the race is over. The victor down from her role at the end of has been named. Now, the call comes Obama’s first term. The newly re- for all politicians, regardless of affilielected president will have to appoint ation, to address the central issues someone to the position – someone mentioned earlier. This is a crucial who will bounce back from the intel- time for America, and these issues ligence failure in Libya that led to an do not have four years in which to ambassador’s death. The new secre- be resolved. This is not the time for tary will have to execute policy that compromise – compromise often leads will inspire faith in Obama’s foreign to bad politics – and there is less presgravitas. Our strong relationship sure on the president to do so, now with other countries was an advent of that he cannot be re-elected again.

Instead, collaboration is needed.

Obama – and all newly elected politicians – need to look past party identification to determine what is right for America and its people now.

It’s like the theme put forth by much of the pre-election programming on LMU’s campus: It’s about being wellinformed and using that knowledge to make the right decision. Obama must lead by example and show that he is more than a Democrat. He must show that he knows how to identify a good idea, regardless of its party origin.

To his credit, Republican candidate Mitt Romney ended his campaign with this idea. He streamed Obama’s victory speech on his website. He signified the end of the battle and the need to, as Obama’s campaign says, move forward.

No matter who won on Tuesday night, there will without a doubt be uncertainty in America’s future.

Obama faces a lot of problems in the next four years; we hope he can provide tangible solutions. There’s no reelection on the horizon for him. This is the time to abandon politics and truly govern.

We support President Barack Obama and cheer his victory, but the time for celebration is over. Now is the time for action. The best we can do now is hope for real solutions, and keep our faith in America alive.

An in-between feeling on first-time voting

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atriotic” is not the label I would assign myself in describing how I felt voting for the first time.

There were no long lines to the polls; there was no drawing of the curtain to shield my vote from unwanted stares; there was not a m o m e n t where my A Short Story pen lingered

By Joseph Demes above the balAsst. Opinion Editor lot. I filled mine out in front of the television and deposited in the mailroom slot in U-Hall, before going on my way to try and talk to teachers about grad school applications and do the rest of my day’s reading.

“Apathetic” isn’t the proper label for characterizing the process, either. I’d like to think I cared about this election – why else would I have even sent in my ballot? But I can’t, in good conscience, say that I had a passionate investment in the goings-on of the election. It was just another errand, plain and simple.

But does that even matter, the whole being-passionateabout-politics thing, when it comes time to put pen to ballot? I think the need to feel something when we vote is a cliché and a poor motivation for voting.

The lack of a youth vote was

old news this election term; a Sept. 28 Pew Research Center study found that the percentage of voters younger than 30 who followed the election “very closely” was at 18 percent – a significant drop from last presidential election’s 35 percent. Overall, the percentage of adults ages 18-29 who planned to vote was at 63 percent this season, as opposed to 72 percent in 2008, according to the same study.

But what does “very closely” even mean? The study leaves this pretty up in the air; it could mean a daily following or a weekly check-in with the campaign world, or anything even further outside that scope. I know my coverage was sporadic, but I have other responsibilities that demand my time.

Of course, we also had our fair share of on-campus election coverage, such as the Oct. 30 Student Debate Panel.

Other colleges, as well, put on a good show and attempted to get more students registered.

The University of Washington reported a massive surge of 1,500 students registering within a two-week period, and Washington Bus – a Seattlebased non-profit – saw, according to a Nov. 2 Seattle Times report, “Seattle youth defy national voter apathy trends,” its largest turnout for Trick-or-Vote: a costumed door-to-door patrol reminding Seattle residents to turn in their ballots.

So maybe it’s just me.

Maybe there was more I could

have done to make myself connect with this year’s election.

Except, I think there’s a certain principle about the election this time around that I felt like avoiding and was something that pervaded the one in 2008: public fervor about a candidate and the process as a whole.

The aforementioned Times article noted a pattern that “young Generation Y-ers who came of voting age during the 2008 election were swept off their feet by promises of radical hope and change, and then were crushed when Obama’s presidential term wasn’t as electrifying as his dramatic run for office.” I don’t think this is inaccurate.

It does seem to simplify the results of the 2008 election into this stratified scale of either having been elated and then deflated, or of never having cared at all. There’s no middle ground for someone like myself, who sees voting as nothing more than a civic duty without the need for being handed a pin or a sticker after doing the deed that says “I Voted” or for wearing a T-shirt with a candidate’s campaign logo slapped on the front.

To point towards the reverse corollary: an Oct. 10 Technician Online article, “NYU voting guide attempts to combat voter apathy,” briefly profiled freshman Peter Wright, who didn’t “really see a point” to voting in this year’s election on the basis that it wouldn’t “make a huge differ-

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ence in the grand scheme of America. I mean, it’s just four more years. The world won’t be destroyed in four years.”

In both cases, instant gratification abounds. Either students seem to get swept up in the moments leading up to the election – not that being excited about something is a bad thing – and then fizzle out, or the passivity of not being able to see efforts reciprocated immediately deters the vote. Therein lies the cliché of voting: We choose on the principle of affecting only

the here-and-now, without the patience to see those decisions play out over the long haul.

In a way, I like that all I did this election is vote. It didn’t feel like I had to prove anything to anyone; I just put pen to paper and let the chips fall as they may. So if apathy is recognizing that politics is a marathon, and not a sprint, then pardon me while I put my running shorts on.

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

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The polls can take a toll

n the barren parking lot of St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church in Los Angeles, my fellow exit poll surveyors and I baked on the black concrete, willing for the fall season to show up. (It is November after all.) Per the regulations of the research for the Center for the Study of Los Angeles (CSLA), we All Things were relegated to this empty Written asphalt lot to

By Erica Lopez ensure that Staff Writer we kept our 25-foot distance at all times – a line strictly enforced by a very serious polling coordinator.

Bored, fried and exhausted from the 5 a.m. wake-up call, the three of us counted the hours until the lunch hour time-marker. The world’s smallest violins were playing for us, forced into working the polls for our respective class assignments – which ultimately defeated the “volunteer” purpose of the cause.

Understanding the importance of the election, we bore the service but resented hurried voters’ continuous rejection, the amount of homework that awaited us at home that night and the relentless summer heat in what was supposed to be autumn.

Finally, we reached the halfway point in our day. At 2 p.m., the designated “lunch

rush” was over, though it never really began at our voting precinct. This theme carried on through the rest of the afternoon. Rejection was no longer the main issue, since voters did not show up to the polls at all. Of the 1,327 citizens registered to vote at St. Peter and St. Paul, by 4 p.m. only 324 had cast their vote for a presidential candidate.

At the beginning of the year, the prospect of voting in the 2012 election was not compelling enough for me to register to vote. I was under the misguided impression that I was too uninformed to responsibly participate in the decision to elect America’s leader.

I defended this selfish viewpoint and developed a pseudorebellious mindset that politics were generally corrupt and that I would not endorse a flawed political system. I thought myself legitimized by keeping my political complaints neutral, deciding that no candidate is entirely in the right.

In one of life’s classically ironic turn of events, there I was, spending the entire day working at the polls, participating in the election process.

While I roasted in the effects of climate change, bored by our precinct’s struggling voter turnout, I felt the embarrassingly flawed error of my own ways. Apathy is not powerful.

By the end of the afternoon, all that I wanted was an “I voted” sticker.

According to a Wednesday Inquisitr.com report, the 2008 election boasted a record-

breaking turnout of 131 million eligible voters – roughly two-thirds of all eligible voters in the country. It begs the question: In a country with the unique right to democracy and the freedom to choose our leader, why wouldn’t all American citizens exercise this power?

In the 2012 election, I underestimated my knowledge of the issues presented by both sides and I did not cast my vote.

I sat at my polling precinct, hypocritically growing frustrated at the poor voter turnout, thinking about how many voices chose to go unheard and those that have not been accounted for in this election.

I thought about the people who fought for my right, as a woman, to be able to vote for the president of this nation, and for those around the world who are still fighting to achieve this right. In this turn of events, life forced me to see my poor judgment by showing me what I was missing and what I had taken for granted.

Voting is not just a right, but also a privilege that we have as Americans. By the end of the day, a sense of accomplishment came over me for finishing both my volunteering requirement and for earning my redemption in my role as an American citizen. I will be there again in four years – not as a grumpy, forced volunteer at the polls, but in line as a registered voter.

This is the opinion of Erica Lopez, a senior communication studies major from Orange, Calif. Please send comments to jdemes@theloyolan.com.

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You don’t own me: Sexism in the election

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ven when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen,” said Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock of Indiana in a political debate on Oct. 23.

I couldn’t believe that a person could think that – let alone say those words out loud – and President Barack Obama to have What the Heck aseemed similar reacBy Allie Heck tion to mine.

Opinion Intern “Let me make a very simple proposition: Rape is rape,” said Obama on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Oct. 24. He continued, “It is a crime. And so these various distinctions about rape don’t make too much sense to me, don’t make any sense to me.”

Obama’s statement, while a breath of fresh air, felt out of place only because it seemed odd that the need to make a clarifying comment on rape would even arise in a political setting.

The worst thing about this situation is that it isn’t the first time these kind of remarks have arisen.

Sexist, insensitive and otherwise ignorant comments plagued this recent election. And while there are plenty of people to counter these outrageously inconsiderate assertions, they shouldn’t be happening to begin with. Even more disconcertingly, comments like Mourdock’s have not been limited to senatorial elections. Phrases like “forcible rape” linked to bills supported by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan

reinforce that even potential members of the executive branch have expressed insensitivity on a highly sensitive topic.

Clearly, there’s a reason that this political election was deemed a “War on Women,” and it doesn’t just stop at ignorant comments made by politicians. Earlier this year in my home state of Texas, funding for reproductive and preventative services for roughly 130,000 women in the low-income cohort was cut off, according to an April 2012 People for the American Way publication, “The War on Women.” While the extent of similar legislation varies from state to state, the national government and those that represent the general public set the overall mentality for or against easy access to reproductive services for women across the country, and that’s what this election has focused on.

Even media outlets apart from the realm of politics have been contributing to this sexist sentiment. In March, Rush Limbaugh, a radio talk show host infamous for his rude and outlandish comments, called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute” for her support of easy access to contraceptives.

The idea that we are still having to fight against double standards and misnomers such as “slut” in day-to-day life is ridiculous, but the fact that an argument being made against a woman in a political and professional environment can be based entirely on slurs against her sexuality rather than counterpoints to the content of her argument is disgraceful. Worst of all, Rush Limbaugh’s radio show continues to be the number one most-listened-to radio program in the nation, according to a March

5 New York Times profile, which translates to a whole lot of people tuning in to a relative fountain of misinformation and discrimination.

Sleep soundly, though, for there have been plenty of people to speak out against ridiculous situations like these. On a segment of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” titled “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Gross,” Stewart denounced Limbaugh’s absurd comments, stating, “This isn’t about paying women to have or not have sex. It’s about an insurance mandate from the government covering contraceptive medication.”

You might say that the emphasis placed on human rights and social issues is an easy way for liberal politicians to gain a following, but that argument holds little ground.

The fact that such tactless comments are being thrown around is a testament to the fact that social issues are important, and it is up to the voter to determine just how important those issues are and how much they will affect their ultimate choice.

The sexism that has infected this election cannot be boiled down to one person. Contrary to what some people make it out to be, these attacks on women is not an antimale, anti-conservative plea, but rather a reaction to recent threats on our rights as women. The reaction against such threats is not about hating men just as the civil rights movement was not about hating white people; it is about publicizing and changing outdated views that hinder the happiness and well-being of all citizens.

My main problem with this election is that key figures were talking about women’s rights as if they weren’t rights at all, and I

cannot support any person that holds or voices discriminatory views. Even though Obama won the election and Mourdock lost the senate race, I believe it is our job, as a new and hopeful generation, to vote for people that represent our

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Fed up with the fat stereotype in movies and TV

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’ve always been fat. Blame it on genetics, my diet or whatever Dr. Oz told you today, but no matter the cause, the effect is the same. Growing up was a constant struggle as I tried to balance being bullied, going through p u b e r t y, and my diet. While I have come to terms with my body, I can’t help but notice everyUnPOPular one around Opinion me who

By Chelsea Chenelle s t r u g g l e s Asst. A&E Editor to come to terms with the one and only vessel they’ve been given.

Why? When did negative judgment get put on being fat? Then I take a step back and look at where I’m at: Los Angeles, where self-confidence goes to die.

Hollywood has a long history of shaping not only the aesthetic val-

ues of our society, but also the roles we are allowed to play within it. If you are thin and conventionally attractive, you can be the vixen. If you are ripped with a cleft chin, you’ve got the lead. But if you are fat, you are the asexual butt of the joke.

Make a list of fat actors and actresses in your head, separate the comedic from the dramatic and compare the lists, and then I think you’ll see where I’m going with this.

While many people have tried to subdue my weighty anger by telling me that fat people are “working their way” into Hollywood – only highlighting the idea of it being a system that must be infiltrated – I remind them that being laughed at and laughing with someone are two separate things.

Take for example Rebel Wilson, comedy genius. Her performance in the recent “Pitch Perfect” was a showstopper, but we also need to recognize it as problematic. The majority of her one-liners stemmed from the socially accepted and extremely ignorant views on fat people. Her “horizontal running” plays on the idea of fat people as lazy, while her line referring to her

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Overweight actress Melissa McCarthy (center) won an Emmy in 2011 for her show“Mike and Molly,”which follows a couple who meet at“Overeaters Anonymous.”McCarthy’s win was accompanied by a questionable mock beauty pageant. multiple boyfriends relies on the audience’s inability to accept that a fabulous chick with some extra weight couldn’t possibly be the love interest of anyone.

There is also Melissa McCarthy, who killed it in “Bridesmaids.” Her new film “Identity Theft,” where she plays – you guessed it – a simple, middle-aged, fat woman, looked as promising as it could be until I saw the trailer. In this “comedy,” the slapstick goes one step farther by showing Jason Bateman beat the crap out of McCarthy. The willingness to show this man-on-woman violence stems from the defeminization of fat women, because let’s be honest, we would never see a dude wailing on Megan Fox. Now, of course, these two women are laughing all the way to the bank.

On one hand, I applaud their ability to fill theaters and take advantage of an oppressive system. But we plebeians aren’t as lucky. The fat-

phobic comedy only reinforces the negative identity we are brought up to have. It complicates our identity and sends us the message that all the hate, all the bullying, is totally warranted because that is our role in the larger picture.

What about Gabourey Sidibe and her flawless dramatic performance in “Precious”? While one fierce, fat actress broke the boundaries and received an Oscar nomination, she went on to do “Tower Heist” and “Seven Psychopaths,” throwing herself into the neverending fatand-funny stereotype. Maybe the TV show “Drop Dead Diva” is the change we need. Yeah, right, the only way we can have a confident fat girl on TV is if she is a reincarnated model.

The larger-than-average actress – but in no way fat – Christina Hendricks was recently repulsed by the idea of being considered “plus-size.”

While at first I was furious at my

favorite TV babes, I began to think maybe she did it out of fear. Fear for her career, fear of being turned into another joke rather than being seen as a multitalented artist.

“You fat people can’t take a joke,” you must be thinking. But we are the kings and queens of jokes because we have never had another choice. I believe that size discrimination is one of the final frontiers in equality and one that we are so quick to dismiss. What we need to realize is that “fat” is not a judgment or character trait, it is an adjective.

I want to see fat people fall in love or win the football game on the silver screen. But more importantly, I want all the fat kids to know that their life doesn’t begin and end as the punch line.

This is the opinion of Chelsea Chenelle, a sophomore art history major from San Diego, Calif. Please send comments to cchenelle@theloyolan.com.

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People are books at Allione gets in the mix Student Spotlight “Human Library”

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ave you ever wished you could make money off of having great taste in music?

Senior entrepreneurship major Alex Allione, better known as DJ Allione to some, is making waves as a popular DJ, both on and off campus.

A&E Editor Christopher James sat down with Allione to discuss the humble beginnings of his DJ life, where all the cool new songs are coming from and advice for aspiring DJs.

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magine if the book you checked out of the library could engage in a conversation with you, explaining its contents without you having to do any reading – this is the concept behind “The Human Library” event to be held this afternoon from noon to 4 p.m. as part of this year’s Bellarmine Forum.

The event, held internationally, began in 2000 as a way to reduce prejudices, promote dialogue and encourage understanding, according to the organization’s website, Humanlibrary.org.

Senior English and sociology double major Alex Newgard, who brought the idea to LMU, explained that “the concept [revolves] around the idea of instead of checking out a book to read, checking out a person to talk to.”

Keeping in line with this year’s Bellarmine Forum theme, Health Now, each of the 10 “books” available to check out “has questioned health or has dealt with something healthrelated and can talk on behalf of it,” Newgard said.

Books will range from a cancer survivor who recovered through a plant-based diet rather than with traditional medicine, to an LMU professor living with Parkinson’s disease, to a crossdresser to a mental health advocate.

The “Human Library” works as a normal library would: Students can reserve a book beginning at 11:30 a.m., or can come to the Jazzman Café & Bakery patio at anytime while the event is going on to see if any books are available. Once a book is checked out, the reader and the book will have a 30-minute conversation. Up to three people can check out a book together at one time, so students are invited to come with friends. If the conversation is going well, readers have the opportunity to “renew” the book for an additional 30 minutes, as long as the book agrees and is available for the next time slot.

Faculty adviser for this project and outreach librarian at the William H. Hannon Library Jamie Hazlitt added, “I would also hope that people are open to the idea of talking to some of our books just for the heck of it, because they don’t know anything about the idea.”

Hazlitt and Newgard worked together, along with Hawley Almstedt,

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Students are able to check out people instead of books at “The Human Library” event.

the chair of the Bellarmine Forum planning committee, to make this event happen. They initially planned the event for April 2012. However, they decided to postpone it in order to have more time to ensure that it would be a success.

Over the summer, Almstedt and Hazlitt worked together to find books, beginning with people they knew personally.

“We talked to about 30 people, starting with the people we knew who had great stories to tell,” Hazlitt said. Books include LMU alumni, professors, lecturers and one current LMU student, as well as adults from the L.A. area unaffiliated with LMU. Only one of the books has participated in a “Human Library” event before: Brian McCloskey, a transvestite. McCloskey heard about the project when it first started in Europe and told his co-workers at the Santa Monica Public Library about it. In 2008, the library held the first “Human Library” event in the United States, and last year, McCloskey decided to volunteer as a book.

“In previous experience, I thought everyone would ask me three questions … [but] none of those questions were asked. No one had an agenda,” McCloskey said. “Those people just wanted to speak to someone who was a little bit different, but not really.”

Hazlitt will provide a list of conversation starters for students worried about not knowing what to say in order to get things going. As previously mentioned, students can begin putting books on reserve at 11:30 a.m. and the last checkout will be at 3:30 p.m.

Christopher James (CJ): What got you interested in being a DJ? Alex Allione (AA): Coming to LMU. People are really interested in music here and around L.A. and it sparked an interest. I found something on Craigslist with a bunch of equipment and drove down to USC and bought it.

CJ: How did you feel the first few times you had a gig?

AA: I was pretty nervous consistently for the first handfulplus performances. You put a lot into it and, especially when people are paying you, you really want to do your best and make it turn out really well. It’s kind of nerve-wracking. You don’t want to [screw] up. You want to make it fun for everyone [and] play the right songs at the right time. I’ve gotten more relaxed with experience.

I’m a little better at judging when something is working and when something isn’t working. You play a hip hop song and nobody is dancing, you play techno. If no one is dancing to that, you play some rock music.

You keep messing around because every audience is different.

CJ:Where do you get all of your music?

AA: Blogs are a pretty universal tool nowadays. The music industry doesn’t make money too much anymore by selling music, because it is out there for free so everyone is trying to push “what’s the new sound, what’s cool?” All these blogs

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Senior entrepreneurship major Alex Allione explored his interest in becoming a DJ upon arriving at LMU his freshman year and has continued ever since. are up saying, “This is what’s cool to me.” I have my favorite blogs that I check and follow and try and get the newest sound, the newest cool sound.

CJ: What was your most exhilarating experience as a DJ? AA: My favorite memory of being a DJ would be Halloween my sophomore year. We had this big party, and I had it all tricked out. It was one of my first bigger gigs, and it was a lot less stress because it was a house party so I wasn’t getting paid, it was all for fun. I had all this new music that I was ready to play.

We tricked out the house with black lights and got the speakers going and literally hundreds of people showed up to the house. It was one of the craziest nights [because] being there for a huge house of people who were loving the music and I was having a great time.

CJ: How much time do you set aside to prepare for each gig?

AA: It depends. Music has a really fast turnover, especially for electronic music. It is always changing, there [are] always new songs being released. If I kinda stay up to [date] and consistently get the new music and listen to music, then it is not too

bad. It will take me a couple of days, or actually just a day. But if I haven’t been quite on top of it, then I will have to sit down for hours and go through and just keep listening. It’s like midterms – the longer I haven’t been studying or paying attention, the harder it is to get it together.

CJ: What is some advice you would have for anyone looking to be a DJ? AA: Don’t be afraid to play cheesy pop songs or the same song twice.

It’s really easy to take the job really seriously. You work super hard and you’ve got all these crazy remixes you want to play them because you know how cool they are. Sometimes it is better to just have fun with it. That was my mistake in the beginning. You go in with all these songs that you think you have got to play and that Katy Perry sucks.

But damn, “Firework” is catchy, and when people are dancing and enjoying the music you are playing, it is hard not to like it. [That’s why] I’ve become a fan of pop music even though it’s a very sellout thing to say.

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spark for LMU spirit Ferrari’s Finest from Page 12 out the back gates.

The reason fantasy sports websites are so popular is because of the fans’ desire to have personalized relationships with the players they watch. We don’t need LMU fantasy. At a small school, we have reality when it comes to player-fan relationships. Lion sporting events are a community activity that students should try harder to embrace.

The athletes do it for the fans and are proud to represent their school.

“I think at a small school we should all be connected and support each other,” said men’s soccer Assistant Coach Michael Erush.

But this community does not exist if fans do not show up, and lately it has been disappointing.

“Overall it’s pretty poor. I think we could get a lot more people coming out,” said Nitti.

“To be honest, I feel that our fan base could be better,” added De Rada.

“I’d like to see that improve. We need to get in the classrooms and let the fans know we need support,” said Erush.

And they could use it this Friday and Sunday for their final two matches of the year.

The boys have gone through their fair share of struggles this year with a pileup of early injuries and a lack of veteran personnel.

Starting off conference play at 1-51 because of these disadvantages led to a lot of frustration around the soccer program.

But the Lions have stayed together. This team loves each other off the field and they fight for each other on the field.

“We’re a family,” said Nitti “We do everything together, whether it’s going out on the weekend or going to get lunch at the Lair.”

One draw and two wins after that subpar start, the Lions are bringing some momentum back to Sullivan Field. I’m expecting the season to end in true Lion pride with two more upsets in their final home stand this weekend.

To do this, they will have to beat Santa Clara University and St. Mary’s College, two teams the Lions feel they should have beat earlier in the season. “It’s going to be a very important and exciting weekend,” said Erush. Both opponents are still fighting for the WCC title and LMU would love to get in their ways.

So stop complaining that we don’t have a football team and make basketball or baseball or soccer our football team. “Just because we don’t have a football team here, that doesn’t mean fans can’t go out and enjoy other sports,” said De Rada.

I think you’ll be surprised to see what a little effort in the spirit department will do for you. No athlete wants to play for an open arena.

They want to score a goal in front of a sold-out crowd and send roars that will ring around Westchester.

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Maybe it’s not the recruiting and talent that gives LMU sports a bad reputation. Maybe it’s you. After all, school is what you make of it.

Go Lions.

This is the opinion of Ray Ferrari,a sophomore communication studies major from Eugene, Ore. Please send comments to ndines@theloyolan.com.

W. Tennis from Page 12 “We have good chemistry for tennis, especially because you have to make it yourself,” Rohonyi said.

The tennis team works together to promote the idea of teamwork to the tennis community outside of LMU. Recently, the team went to Westport Heights Elementary School to mentor students in tennis skills.

“Off the court we do a lot of com-

munity service, so I think that helps us bond as a team and give back to the community,” Parravi said. “We went to mentor fifth graders and taught them tennis. It makes them really happy and gets them interested in tennis.”

This weekend, the team will compete in the Jack Kramer Tennis Club Fall Invitational in Palos Verdes, Calif. Coach Sanchez believes that the level of competition at this tourna-

ment will be much higher than the team has seen so far.

“Our mentality is to compete,” Sanchez said. “We’re going into a tournament that, next to our region, has probably the highest level of competition that we’re going to face in this semester. It’ll be a test in regards to what we will probably step into in the spring. I think it’s a good situation and I think they’re ready.

I’m looking forward to it.”

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Testmans’ actions speak louder than words Testman from Page 12 the beach, but just hanging out,” said Kyle. “The freshmen [on the team] come over to our house all the time, and so we mostly hang out in a big group.”

Tyler had other options to attend school and play water polo, but chose LMU for its combination of academics and water polo success.

“I love the small class sizes,” said Tyler. “I’m a business major, and the professors are awesome. When I came on my recruiting trip I really liked the guys, and it helped me that my brother was already here. I love it here so far.”

“I love that he’s here,” said Kyle.

Kyle has been one of the leaders for the 2012 team, recording 220 saves through 22 games.

“My communication has gotten better,” said Kyle. “I’m a pretty quiet guy outside the pool, and I have to really make an effort to vocalize what thoughts are going inside my head.”

Quiet is an understatement. His teammates and coaches like to poke fun at his subdued demeanor.

When asked how he would describe Kyle Testman, senior attacker Collin Walters said, “Stoic. No other word, just stoic.”

“Kyle Testman is a man of few words, but no adjectives,” said Head Coach John Loughran.

During the process of the interview, Loughran joked by saying, “Hey Testmans, do you have enough words to finish a sentence?” Assistant Coach Marty Matthies added on: “Both quotes combined won’t even fill a sentence.”

Despite the constant joking harassment, both Loughran and the team appreciate the work ethic Kyle brings to the pool. “[Kyle’s] an extremely driven player and it has been a joy to coach him the past two years,” said Loughran. “As for Tyler, he’s a great athlete, a strong athlete, who is a great swimmer. He is looking to be in

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Brothers Tyler (left) and Kyle (right) Testman characterize themselves as best friends.

Despite their quiet demeanors, they have proven themselves as leaders in the pool. the mix next season.”

The redshirt process is an interesting one, because students still proceed academically and condition with the team, but do not play in games, thus saving a year of eligibility. According to Tyler, he had an idea that redshirting was a possibility when he came to LMU. “We are a part of the team,” said Tyler.

“We go to the weight room, often times practice, but we specialize in setting up and taking down for practices and games.”

Kyle describes the role in simpler terms: “They are the slaves of the teams.

If we need water, they’re there. It’s worth it, though, because you can still get stronger in the weight room and still save a year of eligibility.”

Kyle did not redshirt because he was a transfer student, but does have experience with sharing time as a goalie for both his junior college team and here at LMU. “When I came here I was splitting time with Gavyn [Wild]. It’s tough for a goalie to share time, because we want to be the

leaders of the team and when you have leaders interchanging. It messes with the continuity of the team,” said Kyle. “But I learned from those experiences and it has made me a better player.”

Both players cited their successes to their family, specifically their mom, dad and younger sister.

“They are extremely supportive, and our parents come to every home game,” said Tyler. “They were the reason why we are both here receiving an education and playing the sport we love.”

Water polo as a sport is often misunderstood because of its stop-and-start nature and a lack of description on the calls made by referees.

Kyle likes that the sport isn’t as mainstream as others: “I like that it’s unique and not everyone can do it. It gives me more of a sense of accomplishment.”

Tyler likes the sport for a different reason: “I love the competitive nature of water polo. Whether it is in practice, beating the swimmer next to you or in a game, being extremely physical without getting caught by the refs. I love the physical aspect.”

This 2012 season has been filled with injuries and integrating young players into the LMU system. The team is gearing up for the conference championships, which will take place Nov. 16-18. The Lions will most likely be the second seed in the tournament.

“This year has been different,” said Kyle. “With all the injuries, getting [teammates] back, but more importantly, we have a lot of young guys on this team and watching them develop has been great to see. Last year was a bunch of older guys so with younger players, it takes time. It’s been a weird season.”

Kyle will be graduating in the spring and had one piece of advice for his younger brother: “Don’t let coach [John Loughran] get to you. Don’t be lazy, go to every practice and give it your all. But criticism is for your benefit, to build you up, not to tear you down.”

Father-son bond strong

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player – dreams do come true,” Miguel said.

Soon enough, the dream grew into a reality. In this year’s first stint against top-tier hitters, Miguel posted a 9-4 record, with a 3.25 ERA and 77 strikeouts. Not bad for a pitcher whose future was so uncertain coming into the season.

“I didn’t know where I was going to go, actually,” Miguel said. “I was in Mexico playing down there and did well down there, had a good year. After that, I didn’t know where I was going.”

After not being asked to play winter ball with the O’s, Miguel has time before returning for spring training. In addition to a heavy workout regime, he had the time to visit his dad here at LMU. Hearing of Miguel’s visit, I was thrilled at the chance to sit down with father and son.

The buzz surrounding Miguel’s visit was astounding. As I was led to the interview, numerous workers asked my guide, Patricia Castañeda, safety and compliance investigator at LMU, if we had yet seen the MLB talent. When we eventually found the Gonzalezes and I was given the chance to sit down with them, the atmosphere was still electric.

I quickly learned two things about Mr. Gonzalez and Miguel. One is that Miguel is in no way a typical sports star. Humble to the bones and with an engaging personality, I was quick to forget I was talking to someone who was a professional athlete, let alone stared down the vaunted Yankees in last month’s American League Division Series (ALDS). And second, I became immediately aware of the pride Mr. Gonzalez had in his son. Whether or not I could understand his every word, there was no need to translate the glimmer in Mr. Gonzalez’s eye.

Miguel came to the U.S. when he was three years old, and remembers loving baseball from an early age. Not surprisingly, his dad was there playing with him for many of the crucial years.

“I started baseball because of my dad,” Miguel said. “He was always there for me.

After work, he would go and we would spend time together. And he would never rest. He

would come home and I was already playing catch. … We used to play until the sun came down.”

To put a face to the name, anyone watching that hard-fought ALDS between the Orioles and the Yankees is guaranteed to have seen Miguel play. But this was not the same man whose gem of an outing (seven innings, five hits, eight strikeouts) was scrubbed from memory by Raul Ibanez’s 9th inning gametying and 12th inning walk-off homeruns.

Well, it was still Miguel, but his path to the Orioles has had a major impact on his baseball outlook.

“I felt the same as when I pitched the first time I went down there,” Miguel said. “But I had the advantage of having the confidence there, and they knew I could pitch in Yankees Stadium. Facing [Derek] Jeter and [Robinson] Cano and those hitters, Alex Rodriguez, not a lot of people can say that. Just for me to have the opportunity to pitch against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, it was a blessing. I would get the chills every time I go out there, and just motivated and focused on what I was doing.”

With a lot of athletes today there is a sense of sincerity that seems lost, but not so in the case of Miguel. And I think a lot of that comes down to a healthy childhood. I know what it feels like to be supported by your parents, and the younger Miguel certainly felt that from his father as well.

“I learned a lot of things with my dad,” Miguel said. “If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be where I’m at right now.”

While Miguel did most of the talking, Mr. Gonzalez made sure to say at least one line I could clearly understand. After quipping “Once,” he interrupted Miguel, saying, “My sport, my son in the Major Leagues.” before trailing off.

But no more words were necessary. The bond between father and son was clearer than ever before my very eyes. And the fact that Miguel was playing the sport that both he and his father loved? Icing on the cake.

This is the opinion of Nathan Dines, a senior communication studies major from Medford,Ore.Please send comments to ndines@theloyolan.com.

For the Record

On Page 13 of the Nov. 5 issue of the Loyolan, Steven Douglas’ water polo team photo was mis-credited to Xiaoyin Liu.

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Brothers bond in and out of pool SPORTS FEATURE

Despite not leading vocally, the Testman brothers have made an impact on the water polo team.

By Dan Raffety Asst. Managing Editor

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Men open season with two games this weekend, women play two away

Both men’s and women’s basketball seasons start this weekend, with Anthony Ireland (left) and the men taking on Pacifica University at home and Southern Methodist University in Dallas on Sunday.On Saturday,Alex Cowling (right) and the women face University of Texas,El Paso in El Paso and continue traveling to New Mexico State on Monday. Check out the special basketball section for an extensive preview of both teams’seasons.

What is brotherhood all about? For some, it involves giving advice. For others, it’s a pure annoyance that is too deep for words. But for Kyle and Tyler Testman, two members of the 2012 LMU water polo team, it is so much more – it’s friendship.

“I’d say we’re best friends,” said Tyler. “We hang out all the time and we get along great.

Yeah, we are best friends.”

Tyler is redshirting his freshman year, while Kyle is currently in his second year at LMU, after transferring from Golden West Junior College following his sophomore year.

Despite the gap in age and playing experience, the two still find time to hang out and just be, well, brothers.

“We love watching Lakers’ games, going to

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Gonzalez pride shines bright Familiarity

key to LMU school spirit

Nathan Dines gets a chance to sit down with an Orioles ace and witness a father’s pride.

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n a scale from one to 10, “once,” or 11 in English, is usually reserved for exceeding the limits. As I sat down with Miguel Gonzalez and his son, also named Miguel, last Friday for an interview, it was clear that “once” was quite the understatement.

“Del uno a diez? Once,” Mr. Gonzalez said when asked how proud he is of his son. Miguel was kind enough to translate for me, but in this case it wasn’t necessary. My provisional Spanish skills aside, I could see in an instant how proud this father was of his son.

Droppin’ To put into context Dines this pride, however, cerBy Nathan Dines tain circumstances need to be explained. The faSports Editor ther, Mr. Gonzalez, is a Facilities Management worker here at LMU. On Friday, his son Miguel came to campus to visit his dad. But this visitation came with a price: Miguel needed to be ready to pose and talk baseball, as he is coming off his eighth – and most successful – year as a Major League Base-

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Miguel Gonzalez (right) visited his father at Facilities Management last Friday afternoon.The younger Gonzalez is fresh off his first season as a starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. ball (MLB) player.

After four years with the Angels and three with the Red Sox, the Baltimore Orioles gave Miguel his first shot in the big leagues. Approaching journeyman status, Miguel jumped at the opportunity. And on May 29 of this year,

he pitched in his first career Major League game.

“Just stepping on the mound and thinking of when I was little and all that stuff growing up, always wanting to be a Major League baseball

Parravi, who also competed in the tournament, was recently named West Coast Conference (WCC) Women’s Singles Player of the Month for her accomplishments in tournaments. Parravi said she was surprised when she heard the news, but knew she had accomplished a lot in October thus far. She won the top-flight singles competition at the CSU Fullerton Tournament. She continued the momentum at the University of Memphis Tournament, in which she swept three straight sets.

“I had a really good October; I won the [CSU] Fullerton Tournament and then did pretty well in the other tournaments,” Parravi said. “It was a surprise, but I was hoping to get something. I’ve been working really hard so it obviously paid off.”

This season, the Lions have played in many tournaments, including the Bulldog Classic, ITA Regional Tournament, University of Memphis Fall Tournament and the CSU Fullerton Tournament. Although the team has been focusing on each tournament to get better, the ultimate goal for the season comes down to West Coast Conference tournament, which includes teams like Santa Clara University and Pepper-

dine University. However, the Lions believe that the focus will be on their play.

“I think our biggest competition [in conference play] is going to be ourselves,” Head Coach Jamie Sanchez said. “Ultimately, we have enough talent on this team to play with anybody in the conference. If we’re competitive with them, we can beat them. Truthfully, I pretty much told the team it’s on them. It’s their accomplishment to be successful.”

This weekend, at the Bulldog Classic, Rohonyi and Parravi competed in doubles together and hope to play as a team during the conference season. Parravi describes the different mentality it takes when playing a singles match versus playing with a partner.

“Singles, it’s all on your own,” Parravi said.

“But in doubles, you have to put 100 percent effort, but you have to hope that your partner does the same. It’s completely different.”

Although tennis is not as much of a team sport as basketball or volleyball, Rohonyi describes that the team has a lot of chemistry despite these physical divisions on the court.

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Women hope for competitive spring The women’s tennis team closes fall play at the Jack Kramer Invitational in Palos Verdes, Calif.

By Sam Borsos Sports Intern

Although it has only had a preseason fall schedule so far, the LMU women’s tennis team has been working hard this season. The Lions just competed in the 13th annual Bulldog Classic tournament this weekend in Fresno, Calif., which included many teams from the West Coast.

The Lions prevailed in the singles draws, where sophomores Tory Parravi, Logan Finnell, Lisa Piller and junior Reka Rohonyi represented in both singles and doubles matches.

Rohonyi was able to make it all the way to the Flight A semifinals to play an opponent from Fresno State with scores of 6-2, 6-1.

“I always try to do my best on the court,” Rohonyi said. “I’ve been practicing really hard in the past months and I think I’ve improved a lot.”

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s a sports writer here at the Loyolan, an assistant to the LMU sports information directors, a blogger for lmulions. com and a member of the ROAR committee, I have to say: I love LMU sports.

As such a big sports guy from Eugene, Ore., I get a lot of questions on why I would go to such a “bad sports school” when I could have easily gone to the University of Oregon or some other place with great athletic programs. Let this be my response: It is easier to get involved with anything Ferrari’s Finest at a smaller school, and athletics is no exBy Ray Ferrari ception.

Staff Writer Having friends or seeing familiar faces on teams makes it so much easier to follow and get behind a team, which is the biggest reason why I love LMU sports. So, let me be the one to tell you that LMU is a great sports school. And it is due to my time following the men’s soccer team that I have realized that.

“I feel like people know each other here,” said redshirt sophomore defender Craig Nitti.

“If you know and get close to the student-athletes that you’re watching, you should come out more and show your support.”

Most of the team feels the same way. “If you’re a student-athlete here you’re closer to everyone else here, not just the other athletes.

[Being at a small school] gives a better opportunity to get to know everyone here,” said sophomore midfielder Juan De Rada.

This spirit allows for me to have a conversation with a freshman midfielder in the Lion’s Den, or get a wave from the senior captain while walking to U-Hall, or get a text from a sophomore defender who loved my stand-up routine. I don’t have too many friends back home who have played Madden in De’Anthony Thomas’s apartment, but I know I’m always welcome for a game of FIFA at the soccer house

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