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ESTABLISHED 1921 November 15, 2012
Volume 91, Issue 19
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Student actors portray oppression SAE focus of Senate debate Greek Council visits ASLMU Senate to participate in offcampus fraternity SAE discussion. By Kevin O’Keeffe Managing Editor
Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan
LMU students took on various roles to present diverse forms of oppression, including negative body image (left), homophobia (top right) and school shootings (bottom right). The event was intended to demonstrate the realities of such situations and prompt reflection.
FIRST-PERSON FEATURE Students take interactive journey through Malone to learn about various forms of oppression. By Jenna Abdou News Intern
After waiting nearly an hour to walk through the “Tunnel of Oppression” on Tuesday night, I felt like I was ready for whatever oppression issues were coming my way. As I walked into the first scene with my seven other group members, leaving behind a large crowd in the Living Room still waiting their turns, I quickly realized that this would
be a much deeper experience than I had expected. All I knew about the event was that each level of Malone would have LMU students acting out scenes of oppression to expose community members walking through to important social issues and hopefully encourage them to take action. “What’s your password? Why did you change it? What are you hiding from me?” said the LMU student in the first scene as he questioned his girlfriend about who she was texting. The first scene my group and I walked through was designed to demonstrate the harsh realities of domestic violence. As the girl attempted to get her phone from her boyfriend’s hands, he violently pulled her back and slapped her across the face.
When she fell to the ground sobbing, my group members and I stared wide-eyed at the events unfolding before us and felt deeply impacted. The “Tunnel of Oppression” event addressed issues that are prominent in society and made them tangible by having students act out scenes ranging from a classroom shooting to body image awareness. Another scene featured an LMU student talking on the phone with her friend as she thanked her for letting her stay at her home. The girl, who was in between homes, told her friend that she hasn’t figured out what she’s going to do yet since her dad is unable to find a job, and she has nowhere to go. The girl quickly dialed another friend to asking to stay with them while she sorted
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LMU commemorates anniversary of deaths Crosses erected on campus and Foley Pond dyed red in honor of six Jesuit martyrs.
By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor
Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan
White crosses draped in fabric are displayed across campus at various locations, including near the U-Hall bridge (above) in memory of the six Jesuit martyrs. For photos of the candlelight vigil held in honor of the martyrs last night, visit the Loyolan’s Facebook page.
WORLDLY TRAVELS The Loyolan staff suggests hot spots across the world for your next vacation.
Travel, Pages 6-7
The off-campus colonization of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE), first reported in the Nov. 12 Loyolan article “Unofficial fraternity colonizes off campus,” was a big topic at yesterday’s ASLMU Senate meeting. Introduced by Speaker of the Senate Ceci Rangel-Garcia, a sophomore psychology major, the Senate debated whether it was a student concern. Two of the most vocal senators were sophomore political science major Alex Petosa and sophomore accounting major Roy Dilekoglu. In accordance with Section 6 of the ASLMU Bylaws, both declared their conflicts of interest (Petosa is a member of Alpha Phi, while Dilekoglu is in SAE), then argued the issue’s potential significance to students. Petosa said that it was the Senate’s job to stand by the administration, and that the Greek community’s response to SAE’s colonization, signed by all 16 fraternity and sorority presidents, was a clear indication of the University’s decision. Dilekoglu disagreed, comparing this situation to the debate over the LGBT Student Services Office in Fall 2010. In that situation, he said, the University wasn’t entirely supportive of the office’s formation, yet the Senate stood behind it. Greek Council President Joe Dzida, a senior marketing major, was in attendance and stated that in the expansion process last spring, when asked if they would continue colonization off campus if denied, SAE indicated that they would not. ASLMU President and senior managemnt major Bryan Ruiz, who is also the president of SAE, was also present. When asked by senator and junior political science and sociology double major EJ de Lara to comment, Ruiz said, “I’m just here to answer any and all student concerns on behalf of ASLMU.” Ultimately, no vote was held or decision made regarding SAE.
Six lives were brutally taken and the memory of the blood spilled runs in the LMU fountain this week. Last Monday, Nov. 12, Foley Pond was dyed blood red to commemorate the lives of the six Jesuits who were murdered at their residence at the Jesuit university, the University of Central America (UCA), in El Salvador. In addition to the annual color change of Foley Pond, this year there are six white crosses placed across campus, four of which feature a red priest stole. It was Nov. 16, 1989, when the U.S.trained commanders of the Salvadorian army entered the UCA campus and brutally murdered the six Jesuits living
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there in addition to a Salvadorian cook and her 16-year-old daughter, according to resident minister of McCarthy Hall, Laura Martin. Taking place in the middle of El Salvador’s civil war, Martin says that the Jesuit community was outspoken about the violence and injustice that was occurring every day in the community around them. Receiving a significant amount of aid and training from the U.S., the army “tried to silence the Jesuits and then blame the murder on the guerrillas,” Martin said. The Jesuits were attempting to “work toward the end of violence, oppression and injustice,” and for that reason Martin believes that even though they were silenced for these attempts, they would want to be remembered as “catalysts for the many who have continued their work.” Junior civil engineering major Britney Calucag visited the site of the murder
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GO PLAY A VIDEO GAME A&E Editor Chris James reports on a class that trades in pencils for Wiimotes.
A&E, Page 9