November 29, 2012

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By Kevin O’Keeffe Managing Editor

The discussion over parking has surfaced again as this semester draws to a close.

The possibility of a permit parking system in the Westchester neighborhood was the subject of a recent L.A. Times article (the Nov. 25 article “University’s neighbors complain about student parking”). Additionally, an email was sent by Off-Campus Student Life (OCSL) Program Coordinator Brandon Azbill to commuter students outlining the specific parking zones on campus.

The new discussion has made clear that many students are confused about the assigned parking sectors on campus, though according to LMU’s Director of Parking and Transportation Mario Inga, this map has been available since the beginning of the year on LMU Parking’s website. He also said that the sectors have remained the same since the beginning of the 2011-12 academic year.

The sectors were listed in the rules and regulations agreed to by all students who registered cars on campus, under a section titled “Payment Methods and Instruction.”

Additionally, Inga said he met with ASLMU Senate “a month and a half ago” to discuss the map and give the senators a copy, expecting that it would be distributed to students through a mass email.

However, several senators said during their weekly meeting yesterday that it wasn’t clear from the meeting with Inga that the parking sectors took effect this semester, expecting it to begin next semester.

To raise awareness of the parking concerns, sophomore psychology major and Speaker of the Senate Ceci Rangel-Garcia and junior urban studies major and Senator Shawn Troedson said ASLMU is planning to create a parking quiz for students to inform them of the rules and regulations.

To read the Loyolan’s Board Editorial on this subject, turn to Page 4.

– Additional reporting by Adrien Jarvis, editor in chief

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Increased alcohol education for freshmen may have contributed to decrease in student violations.

By Allison Croley Asst. News Editor

As the semester comes to an end, the University has seen a decrease in alcohol violations at on-campus events. According to Department of Public Safety (DPS) statistics, there were fewer alcohol-related incidents

during on-campus events this fall than there were last fall.

“This year we have noticed a reduction in [the number of] students who require transporting due to intoxication, so that’s good news and we are happy about that,” DPS Assistant Chief Patricia Coffelt said.

It is difficult to determine the exact reason for this decrease, but when asked, DPS Chief Hampton Cantrell agreed that every year a large part of alcohol-related incidents during events involve freshmen. “As a

university, we try to prepare for that,” he said.

This effort is most directly seen in First Year Experience (FYE).

Although she said that she cannot directly correlate a decrease in alcohol violation to FYE’s alcohol education, Jennifer Belichesky-Larson, the director of FYE, said that she can think of a few areas where FYE has made a better effort in educating the freshman class.

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Students employ various mediums to comment on manipulation and contamination in art show “Tainted Ideals,” an art show that features work by senior studio arts major Monzie Nackard and senior graphic design major Nikolai Berrones, as well as an installation piece by senior graphic design major Cooper McKenna, is currently on display in the Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery. For those interested, the show is open for viewing Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Dec. 7. To read A&E Intern Tyler Barnett’s coverage of the show, see Page 6.

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N ews LMU welcomes back De Colores trips

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Started by former LMU students, De Colores returns to campus with fall trips.

By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor

The foundation for the current De Colores service trips program was laid on a trip to an orphanage in Tecate, Mexico in 1986. On Oct. 14, Julianne North, a sophomore at LMU, met Chris North, a recent graduate. Together, they painted the dormitory at an orphanage, and upon their return to LMU began an organization known as De Colores.

To this day, De Colores is a successful service opportunity for LMU students, making monthly trips to help build schools and homes in Tijuana. However, last year, De Colores hit a roadblock. On Feb. 8, 2012, the U.S. State Department issued a warning against travel in northern Mexico, according to the March 8 Loyolan article “University suspends De Colores trips.”

About a month after the announcement on March 6, the Minister for Social Justice at LMU, Marty Roers, posted in the De Colores Facebook page that “We have been instructed by the President’s office to suspend the De Colores trips and any travel to Tijuana for six months effective immediately.”

The current interim director of the De Colores programs, Patrick Furlong, said that from what he heard, dealing with the suspension of the program was hard on everyone.

Furlong said that not only were students, faculty and staff feeling the loss, but the Mexican community was as well. Everyone felt they “needed to get down there as soon as possible. … [The community] knows those students and people and expect to see them, so it was hard on the community as well,” Furlong said.

However, that six-month suspension wrapped in August and as of Nov. 30, the first De Colores trip since its renewal will officially be underway.

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As part of the De Colores service trip, students go to a children’s orphanage in Tijuana where they have the opportunity to play with, cook for and teach the children.

Students who take part in De Colores trips typically leave LMU Friday afternoon and return Sunday afternoon or early evening. For three days, students engage in various service, reflection and bonding activities in Tijuana, Mexico.

On Friday evening, upon arrival at a Jesuit parish where the students will stay for the night, Furlong said that the students will have the chance to reflect on their upcoming experience as well as focus on “building comaraderie and community.”

The main focus of the weekend is a construction project. Usually taking place on Saturday, Furlong says that it is a unique experience in which students are able to do service “with the community, not just for them.”

In addition to laying the foundation of a house alongside the community, Furlong said that at the end of

their trip the team will head to the border to do a reflection on the “stark contrast between the American flag and the Mexican flag. [We] want to teach students more about border issues so we sit and have dinner with many of the men here who have either recently been deported or are trying to cross the border,” at Casa Immigrante, an immigrant shelter for men and women.

Students also visit an orphanage where they are able to play with the children, make them food and spend more time with members of the community in Tijuana. Raeann Cooper, a junior film production major, has been on two De Colores trips, one in December and one in July of last year. She said that not only were the trips incredible, but she was thankful for the opportunity to meet fellow LMU students who she may not have met otherwise.

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“The trips have become one of my favorite things about LMU. I am really grateful for the opportunities I’ve had to serve alongside the community in Tijuana and I hope to go on more trips in the future,” Cooper said.

It is that very community Cooper spoke of that draws a lot of students and alumni back to the De Colores programs, Furlong said. Visiting the same people and the same community allows students on the trips to develop friendships, according to the ROAR Network video “Two communities, one heart.”

De Colores originated from two individuals’ passion for Mexico and helping the community. Now married, Julianne and Chris North have their own home-building organization, Build a Miracle, with which De Colores works hand-inhand. The duo began in the 1990s

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by building one home each year for single mothers struggling to keep jobs and their kids in school, according to the Build a Miracle website. These women also volunteered at the local Esperanza Community Center and Chapel run by Sister Gene McNally.

The idea of helping build permanent homes for these families in “squalor” was a “contagious desire” for their family and friends and built great excitement, according to the North’s website. Donations began flooding in and Build a Miracle was officially born in 2001, according to their website.

With the revival of the De Colores program, Furlong encourages students to attend one of the upcoming De Colores trips. As an LMU alum and De Colores trip frequenter, Furlong said that he still has a connection with the students who have gone on De Colores, even those that went on trips when he wasn’t there.

“We’re all talking about the people in the communities who mean so much to us,” Furlong said. He encourages current LMU students to take the chance to “discover who they are and who they want to become” on a De Colores trip.

“It’s a unique ability to be able to go down and have such a completely different experience just two hours away,” Furlong said.

Sophomore psychology major Christina Dodson has never experienced a De Colores trip.

However, she said, “[I] really like the idea of going to another country with the sole purpose of helping out a community. I feel like I’ve been privileged with so much, the least I can do is help their situations become better.”

Spots are still open on the Nov. 30 De Colores trip, but if that one does not work into students’ schedules, Furlong and Campus Ministry have tentatively planned trips for the following dates as well: Dec. 14-16, Jan. 18-20, Feb. 22-24, March 22-24, April 12-14. Check the De Colores page on the Campus Ministry website for more up-to-date information.

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Students ‘more knowledgeable about alcohol’ this semester Alcohol from Page 1 “We have done a really good job the past couple of years at orientation communicating to students that underage drinking on campus is not tolerated,” she said. “However, this year I think we were able to streamline our efforts in a very effective way.”

Between two different orientations (one in June and the other during move-in weekend) and the AlcoholEdu program online, FYE has made a significant effort throughout the past two years in making sure students make informed decisions and understand the consequences of drinking.

“I have seen that students are a lot more knowledgeable about alcohol and knowing what they do and do not want to do,” Belichesky-Larson said.

“A few years ago, I feel like students didn’t know why they drank too much or why it is consequential.”

There is much involved in the general alcohol education of students here on campus, but Coffelt noted that, with regards to on-campus events, there has been “a focus amongst the student leadership to reduce that,” in turn creating safer events.

“Ultimately, the goal is to make sure that the event is successful,” Chief Cantrell said.

DPS works in certain ways at specific events to ensure that specific on-campus events are safe and effective. For each event, DPS works with the student leadership and event sponsors involved to make sure the event can be successful without an “oppressive security” presence, according to Cantrell.

Coffelt said that DPS prepares differently for each event.

They look at the history of the event, whether or not alcohol will be served at the event and the number

of students and guests that will attend, as well as a number of other factors. With these in mind, DPS prepares accordingly with an increased number of staff, but they make sure that the overall safety of the campus during events is not compromised.

“We have dedicated staff that work specific events, and there is a cost for that. We do not take away from our regular campus incident support staff. That is always available,” Coffelt said.

Although there is no clear reason alcohol violations have decreased this fall, FYE and DPS have continued to better their services regarding alcohol education and event safety, which could very well be related to this decrease.

Ultimately, Cantrell said that he would tell students to “know their limits.”

“The goal is that everybody graduates,” Cantrell said. “We have been pretty successful in making sure that happens.”

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Jake Tanner

Tanner jumps for joy on the bluff to celebrate his cookbook’s success. He mentions his excitement about getting ‘lots of fan mail.’

11BURNING QUESTIONS with a student cookbook author

This issue, News Intern Ali Swenson talks with freshman entrepreneurship major Jake Tanner about food, publishing and his“kitchen nightmare.”

1. What originally sparked your interest in cooking?

I loved eating, and I loved eating good food. It was partially that and it was partially getting to be in the kitchen and playing with kitchen gadgets and knives especially. I think it was knives that mainly got my interest in cooking.

2. When did you first come up with the idea to make your own cookbook?

I always thought [it was when] I was 14, but my friends tell me in elementary school I was chatting about it. I wanted to have something that would bring my culinary career to the next level and something that would be really unique and something that young kids have never done before in the food industry.

3. Why did you title it “Stick it in your Pie Hole: A Book of California Cuisine?”

My brother, who is a senior at UCSB [UC Santa Barbara], we were just chatting one time and it just came out, and we were like “That’s it.” Three years into the project, that was it. So, why? Because it’s provocative, and it gets peoples’ attention.

4. What were the biggest challenges you faced in writing the book?

For writing, it was probably the amount of grammatical errors that are in a 150-page document. Every time that you thought you were ready to go to print, you would find one more error. So that was probably the toughest part about actually writing it.

5. You published the book by yourself without a self-publishing company. Why did you decide to take this route, and was it difficult?

Yes, it was difficult because the success of the book is really realized on how many sales you have, ultimately. The reason that I did take the completely self-everything route for the book is that, you know, I’m 18, I’m a first year and as much as the book is an accomplishment, I really wanted stepping stones of things that were going to teach me.

6. What kind of feedback have you gotten about your cookbook thus far?

Really great things, which I am speechless and incredibly happy about.

I created a personal email and put it in the back of the book, so after people have flipped through and they come to the end [and] see my email. So, I’m getting a lot of fan mail.

7. You have been quoted about wanting to help battle the world’s hunger. What makes you so passionate about this issue, and what are you doing to fight it?

The thing that inspired me to do that is that I was fortunate enough growing up to have the resources available to me to have the support to write this book. A portion of all the sales of the printed book and the sales of my e-book and anything else food-related in the future that I do goes to food charities and to personal people sometimes.

8. What is your favorite recipe to make? To eat?

My favorite food is shrimp, so to eat, definitely good shrimp. Of course, since shrimp is my favorite food, shrimp is my favorite thing to make from the book.

9. Do you have any funny kitchen nightmare stories? Have you ever lit a kitchen on fire?

I was going to make a gourmet popcorn stand. I had it all planned out with three different types of popcorn. I put it in the broiler, closed the oven and set the timer for, like, one minute. After thirty seconds, it started smoking so I opened the oven to just an incredible amount of flames. That was my worst and most discouraging story.

10. If you had to use three words to describe your cooking, what would they be?

Healthy, unique, flavorful.

11. Do you have a favorite chef?

My favorite chef that I look up to is Wolfgang Puck.

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BOARD EDITORIAL

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

Kevin O’Keeffe Managing Editor

Adrien Jarvis Editor in Chief

Dan Raffety Asst. Managing Editor

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Brigette Scobas Asst. Managing Editor Joseph Demes Opinion Editor

Prepping for the a-park-olypse

ike it or not, paying for parking at LMU is reality that is closing in quickly. With just 46 days between now and the start of Spring 2013, there seems to be a lot of confusion and frustration regarding the current parking situation at LMU, let alone the added madness that will come when residents on campus join visitors in being charged to park.

As reported in the News article “Confusion surrounds parking sectors” (Page 1), OffCampus Student Life sent out an email on Tuesday “in light of recent tickets given to commuter students.” Attached to the email was a map listing where commuter students can and cannot park on campus.

The need for this email is a clear indicator of confusion among the student body that parking is still sectored on campus.

The whole situation indicates a greater communication breakdown between the University and its students. We know that parking was sectored the previous academic year, and we are not saying that blame rests entirely with the University in this situation. However, the breakdown needs to be addressed before the fees are put into place next semester.

Any student who registered his or her car this semester most likely did so through the online process, which included a step where he or she signed off on the parking rules and regulations. Within these rules and regulations, the sectors are only broken down under the header “Payment Methods and Instruction,” not a similarly-sized one that said “Assigned Parking Zones” or

something more obvious. Additionally, on the “LMU Park” portal through MyLMU where students registered to park, there is no direct mention of sectors.

Where students can and cannot park on campus will ultimately be a huge factor in whether or not they will get a ticket during their tenure at the University. This deserved more publicity throughout the semester – not now, three weeks away from its end. A better idea would have been to send out the map at the start of the semester and include something on the actual “LMU Park” portal.

So, let this be a lesson to students and LMU parking administration alike. To our fellow students, note that there are still restrictions on where you can and cannot park on campus. If you have further questions about the rules and regulations, don’t hesitate to ask them – that way, you can avoid racking up $50 citations because you were uninformed.

To the LMU parking administration, please communicate with us. This is a big, costly change that the student body is overwhelmingly against. We are going to need clear communication from you to help ease the transition. It’s a two-way street, but we are asking that the information be given as directly as possible.

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Look invested: a revisiting of Black Friday

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y feelings on Black Friday are well-documented.

In an editorial last year (“More like Macabre Friday,” find it on laloyolan.com), I expounded on how I found it a somewhat reasonable economic practice in theory that both succeeds enormously, in terms of profit, and in demonstrating a horrible cultural and consumer trend.

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By Joseph Demes told me, at Thanksgiving Opinion Editor dinner, that he was going to a midnight sale at Best Buy, I had to see what it was like. Just once.

For the sheer voyeurism. I couldn’t pass up the possibility of watching the maddening effects of “the perceived value of whatever junk retailers put out” – as an article from Motherboard (a sub-publication of Vice) published last Friday put it – come to fruition.

While my friend had only one thing in mind (an external hard drive), I hadn’t the slightest inkling of whether I wanted anything. An hour later, I walked out with the latest album by the Texas-based band Explosions in the Sky. (By latest, I mean it was released last year and just never got around to buying it at the time.) However, as I stood in the line that snaked through the home appliance section of the store, I felt out of place and found myself wishing I hadn’t come.

I was clearly out of my league.

Some shoppers in line had brought personal push-carts to haul their loot around; many talked shop

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A Best Buy store in Tyler, Texas has its customers form a snaking line towards checkout after it opened at midnight, which marked the beginning of “Black Friday” shopping on Nov. 23. about the big-screen TVs they straddled awkwardly between their legs or about the fridges that loomed overhead, making a kind of stainless steel cornstalk maze towards the cashiers. And most of them looked happy – or at least, they felt a certain ease about it all that I simply couldn’t comprehend.

There was no suspicious guarding of merchandise that I thought everyone would be engaged in, nor was it an excitable atmosphere.

Everyone seemed relatively passive towards the sheer weirdness of being out so late to just buy stuff.

I arrived at 10:30 p.m. with a full cup of coffee and without expectations. We immediately began following the queue down a block and to the back of the shop. My friend

and I caught up for a good while, taking lulls in the conversation to text other people back and blow vapor clouds with our breath, as if we needed to keep reminding ourselves that it was cold. Employees strolled the lines with magazine inserts full of coupons, asking if anyone was purchasing a certain brand of television or phone and, if so, could they come with them to an express line.

That last part isn’t accidental; a Nov. 16 New York Times Magazine report commented on how some stores “mark down only a few highprofile items – even selling them at a loss – in hopes that customers will also throw a few full-priced items in their carts.” Again, more privileging and that whole “per-

ceived value” thing. What earnest customer isn’t going to love the feeling of being able to jump the lines, albeit to another line?

So, after an hour and a half outside and who knows how many minutes of flicking my way through the music department’s shelves, I finally found my place in a line that extended halfway through the store. Most customers were with people they knew; my friend had gotten into an express line inside the store. Going through the ordeal with family or friends might make the experience that much more enjoyable, but the pervasive nonchalance still got to me. I figured if everyone’s going to be doing this to themselves, they might as well look invested.

On the drive home, I didn’t feel disappointed at not having seen a full-blown riot and having my Black Friday prejudices confirmed, nor was there a kind of overstuffed-from-too-much-turkey guilt about my purchase. (There are two things I never feel bad about spending money on: books and music.) I think there was more the realization that everyone might have had equally happy looks on their faces at home, but chose to go shopping – and that I was no better, and maybe even worse.

While my view was dominated by those double-door, gunmetalgrey monoliths, I just couldn’t feel any holiday spirit. I knew I did it to myself. The perceived values just didn’t match up with mine – though that’s no judgment on anyone else. We all have to make the holidays our own. It’s just that now I know why I never made mine at midnight in the back alley of a store, chugging cheap coffee. I could have been staying up with my parents or playing with my dog, or just talking on the phone with someone and trying to fight sleep.

Instead, I got a CD and a silent wait in line amongst strangers. It was what I had imagined it would be like, and I think that made it all the more lonely. I didn’t really need the music or the experience.

Oftentimes we let a want, which we perceive as a need, overshadow what we already have – and rationalize it only in virtue of an arbitrary price drop. Or, in my case, a whim of proving something to myself. It made me glad I couldn’t see my reflection in the doors of those behemoth refrigerators.

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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How a computer illiterate hacked a Facebook

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once hacked and took over a Facebook account.

Before you shake your head, know that it was for a good reason.

But let me begin by saying why my ability to hijack an online account is particularly shocking – and why this highlights the need to be smart online.

I am close to technologically illiterate.

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By Adrien Jarvis Loyolan proEditor in Chief duction have helped me with this over the years, but I am largely inept when it comes to electronics. After graduating from high school and getting my first Mac, it took me a month to find Finder.

(In my defense, I wasn’t sure what it even was, just that I needed to locate it.) I have yet to successfully download a program from the Internet to a computer. The list goes on.

So, the fact that I could hack Facebook – and a Gmail account to get to the Facebook account – is pretty scary. If I can do it, almost anyone can.

This incident happened in the summer of 2011. When I was 7 years old, my mom’s best friend adopted a baby girl from China, and I have been babysitting and/ or tutoring the girl on a regular basis since I was 12. Even when I am at LMU (I’m originally from Massachusetts), I keep in touch with her. In a lot of ways, she’s like a little sister to me.

So, naturally, when I heard that someone had created a Facebook account posing as her, I was pretty upset. What made it worse was

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that when her family contacted Facebook, the company agreed to take down the account – so long as the girl’s family provided extensive documentation that she was the actual person. Not only did the girl not have any state-issued ID – she was only 13 at the time – but her family was apprehensive about sending such information to Facebook, and rightfully so.

I never seriously considered hacking the account – I had no real idea how to do so. Both of the girl’s brothers are well-versed in technology, and I expected them to come up with a solution. However, weeks passed without the account coming down. And, well, a long day at an unpaid internship can inspire anyone. After two hours of nothing to do at work, I decided to give it a shot.

It really was quite easy. I became friends with the fake account on Facebook, which showed me the email address used to make it. I

went to Gmail and clicked the “forgot password” option, which had the security question: “What color are my eyes?” Being particularly proud of my blue eyes, I guessed that, and I was in.

I couldn’t believe it. Simple egotism meant it took all of five minutes for me to gain access to the account. Seeing as there aren’t too many options for eye color, I have no doubt that even if my first guess wasn’t right, I would have gotten in eventually.

From there, all I needed to do was send a “forgot password” request from Facebook, and a link was delivered to the hacked email account through which I could change the Facebook password and gain access.

I was able to send the new Facebook and Gmail passwords to the girl and her family, thus blocking the imposter’s entry into either account again.

Obviously, they also did not put in

as many precautions against being hacked. But that’s exactly the point: Far too often, we all fail to take simple, reasonable precautions.

Digital hacking is no joke, and there are people out there far more skilled than me just looking for accounts to hack. An Aug. 6 Wired article by Mat Honan chronicles how his entire digital presence was hacked and destroyed in one hour.

Hackers were able to access all of his digital accounts, and they wiped all his electronics.

One of the hackers, self-identified as “Phobia,” communicated with Honan via Twitter and gave a simple reason for why: “I honestly didn’t have any heat toward you before this,” he told Honan. “I just liked your username.” Considering my Twitter handle is pretty great (@ Rockyncharlie), I immediately was troubled by this.

A Nov. 7 article in the New York Times by Nicole Perlroth highlights

the ease with which someone can be hacked. She writes, “It is absurdly easy to get hacked. ... Chances are, most people will get hacked at some point in their lifetime.”

But there are ways to lessen your chances. In her article, Perlroth lists a number of suggestions, ranging from creating passwords that cannot be found in the dictionary to having “throwaway” email addresses to use when registering for online accounts.

The biggest key is being smart.

There are a number of things that come to mind – don’t click mysterious links, even if sent from people you know, and frequently back up all your files somewhere else. But even though we know this, it doesn’t mean we always remember these tips when we are online.

Sites are also coming up with better ways to be safe. After looking into hacking, I downloaded an authenticator app onto my Android.

Now, when I log into my Gmail account on a different computer, I not only need my username and password, but a code that is sent to my cell phone and lasts for 30 seconds. Sure, it adds 10 seconds to my login process, but if it means I am less likely to be hacked, I am all for it.

I figure that if someone is dead set on hacking me, they will find a way – there’s no chance I can outsmart them. However, I will continually look for ways to make it as hard as possible for them to access my accounts. Because hey, it can be as simple as Honan’s case – a bored, talented individual could decide he/ she likes my Twitter username and the next thing you know, my entire online life has been stolen.

This is the opinion of Adrien Jarvis, a senior communication studies major from Bedford, Mass. Please send comments to ajarvis@theloyolan.com.

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Student casting page links schools

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he relationship between an actor and the director is often an integral part in a film’s success. However, few realize the length one has to go in order to pair the right story with the right director and the right actors.

With film students constantly making films and theatre arts majors always open to doing more work for their reels, it seemed logical that film production majors would draw from the talent in the theatre arts department.

However, with no casting forum linking the two schools together, junior theatre arts major Dani Gregorie and junior business management major Hannah Hauserman took initiative and created LMU Casting, a Facebook group that helps film majors find actors and theatre majors find productions seeking actors.

“I was lucky enough that many of my friends were film majors and would ask me to be in their films. However, I knew there were other theatre majors who weren’t getting the same opportunities,” said Gregorie. “I went to talk to Hannah [Hauserman], who wants to be a talent agent and was basically like ‘We need to fix this.’”

Hauserman found this disconnect concerning as well.

“There seems to be a disconnect between the film department and the theatre [arts] department,” said Hauserman. “The film majors were using the same actors for every project instead of choosing

who best fit the role. Many film majors did not know a lot of actors, and they needed an easier way to do so.”

In an industry where connections are key in finding jobs and getting steady work, many find that building these relationships is one of the hardest parts. Being an LMU Lion is a start, but finding those students and alumni who would be able to help in getting a job or help build one’s reel or resume can seem like a maze. Gregorie and Hauserman said they created the page to help form an LMU community where networking was easier.

“The purpose was to create an easier way to network with all of the entertainment majors on campus,” said Hauserman. “This is a page that will stay around and make networking with LMU students after graduation a little easier.”

Students who used the group have offered positive feedback.

Junior screenwriting major Johnathan Robinson utilized the casting page while filming one of his films for his Production 200 class. “My experience was efficient because it helped bridge the gap between film students and theatre majors,” said Robinson. “I find it reassuring that the students were the ones to take on this task of bridging the two schools together, since the University doesn’t take the initiative.”

With a service such as this encouraging dialogue between the different schools on campus, some feel that more can be done on the part of faculty to encourage the use of networking in such fashion. Gregorie spoke on how interac-

tions with faculty helped her come up with the idea for the site.

“I had a really great professor last year named Mary McCusker [who] works in the [film] industry and was constantly mentioning how important it is for theatre majors to get film experience,” said Gregorie.

Gregorie hopes faculty will take notice and maybe implement more classes that will help students in the networking department.

“Unfortunately, I feel like there are a few theatre professors that kind of turn their noses up at the idea of film and television, which is so sad,” said Gregorie. “If we had a class where people who wanted to direct could work with actors, it would be so helpful.”

Today, the group has over 400 users and is regularly utilized by both film and theatre arts majors. Gregorie and Hauserman hope that the site will not end with them and keep growing post-graduation.

“I hope that the actors will continue to use it even when they have graduated because having on-camera experience is extremely important,” said Gregorie. “We want to make connections, and we hope that those connections follow us into our careers.”

The page is not just for majors of the School of Film and Television and the College of Communication and Fine Arts. Hauserman feels that there are other connections the page can make in terms of uniting more majors across campus.

“My hopes are to also start including the business school

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Junior business management major Hannah Hauserman (left) and junior theatre arts major Dani Gregorie (right) created an online casting page on Facebook. through the students who want to work in the entertainment business,” said Hauserman. “We have such a small school, and we should be making as many connections here as possible before we graduate.”

The Facebook page, LMU Casting, is available to anyone who is in need of finding

actors or filmmakers. There is no admin approval needed to join the group. Those with experience with the site feel that even more can be done to make the service known to students.

“There should be more flyers and promotions in both schools to make underclassmen aware of [LMU Casting],” said Robinson.

Students depict ‘Tainted Ideals’ in art

“An Exploration of Religion, Beauty, Love, Tragedy, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” are the words boldly shown in the center of the Thomas P. Kelly Student Art Gallery. The newest show at the gallery has brought yet another intriguing student-made art exhibit to LMU. The gallery’s current exhibit is titled “Tainted Ideals” and delves into the way these common aspects of life can be tainted and manipulated.

“Tainted Ideals” features artwork by senior studio arts major Monzie Nackard and senior graphic design major Nikolai Berrones, with an installation piece by senior graphic design major Cooper McKenna. Berrones and Nackard express images in society through a “tainted” lens. The artwork employs a variety of mediums, including photographs, pencil, ink, crayon, digital print, sequins, newspaper and acrylic paint, all used in an abstract way.

“My work is mostly paintings that reflect life experiences that may not be perfect or the ideal situation we desire – tainted experiences,” said Nackard.

One piece reflecting tragedy is titled “Damaged Goods” and is a distorted image of a clown that Nackard found at the Six Flags New Orleans theme park after Hurricane Katrina. In response to this piece, Nackard said, “An amusement park that intended to bring excitement and joy was horribly tainted by the significant natural disaster.”

One piece titled “Used & Abused” covers the ideal of beauty. This painting shows the full body profile of a Barbie doll covered in blood and bruises. Student gallery employee and junior art history major Sarah Beaumont said, “This piece could be perceived as commentary on society’s obsession with perfection of looks and how tainted that is, and even domestic abuse, which is definitely a tainted ideal, seeing as it defies the ideals of marriage and relationships.”

McKenna’s installation,“Light Cast Blue,”hangs elegantly in the center of the art gallery. Inspired by Guatemalan and Tibetan traditions, McKenna’s piece is a light installation sculpture made of wire hoops and hand-painted strips of tissue. This chandelier-like structure carries a deep message with several strips of tissue displaying McKenna’s handwritten thoughts such as “inspiration comes in waves” and “be my most genuine self.”

The famous propaganda image of Rosie the Riveter was transformed

by Nackard to express liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This piece, done in Nackard’s Painting II class with Fr. Michael Tang, S.J., is titled “Can We Do It?” Nackard said it “reflects [his] doubt in the classic image of Rosie the Riveter.”

The ideal of life is expressed through an acrylic painting titled “The True Fortune,” which displays a cracked open fortune cookie revealing a fortune composed of a collage of actual fortune cookie papers. Across the fortune in large bold letters read the words “the only constant in life is death.”

The “Tainted Ideals” show runs until Dec. 7, and is available for view Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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hile some people spent the year preparing for the world to end on Dec. 21, I was gearing up for the end of the “Twilight Saga” movie franchise.

Just as the “Harry Potter” age came to an end last year, the last movie in the series, “Breaking Dawn – Part 2,” marked the end of the “Twilight” era.

The finale on Nov. 16 sparked Rockin’ a time of reflection Robinson

By KiMi Robinson for me; this saga has Copy Editor been a significant influence on the past five-plus years of my life, so much so that I believe “The Twilight Saga” deserves a eulogy (which is ironic since the tagline to “Part 2” is the “epic love story that will live forever”).

When I searched “Twilight” back in 2007, Google came up with the covers of the first three books followed by pictures of beautiful landscapes at twilight. Now, “Twilight” has 441 million results on Google. It’s been an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime adventure watching this series gain attention over the years – more and more people around the world read the books and joined in the obsession.

“Twilight” was inescapable, and I loved it – I couldn’t get enough of the romance, the characters and most of all, the story itself. I fell in love with “Twilight” not because I wanted to find my own Edward who would love me unconditionally, or because I think Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will make beautiful babies someday, but because it became my home, something I could always return to when times get rough.

So, it’s not surprising that I had mixed emotions about the release of “Part 2.” After watching “Part 1,” I was depressed about the year I’d have to wait, but excited about how epic this last one was going to be: Bella, in her new vampire form, was finally taking charge and wearing the pants in her relationship with Edward, who transformed from brooding recluse into a proud, happy dad. Jacob was no longer a third wheel. And beautiful Renesmee was going to charm the pants off of everyone. I tried to remain upbeat and enjoyed every second of the past year, from the last Comic-Con cast appearance to our last first trailer, our last promotional tour, our last everything.

My friends and I were equally worried about how I would handle the finale – would I go catatonic?

Taken over by hysterics? Die? Surprisingly, I was calm the day of the epic finale, simply smiling and nodding every time my friends asked me if I was excited.

I was still fine as we sat down for the 10 p.m. pre-midnight showing.

The moment the movie was about to start, however, was a different story.

“It’s only a Coke bottle and I’m already crying!” I exclaimed as

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“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2” marks the end of the popular vampire romance series that began as books in 2005. the trailers ended. The last “Twilight” movie ever was about to begin, and I didn’t know what to do with myself except clutch my wad of tissues in one hand and my roommate’s arm in the other as the opening credits began. I was a mess of laughing, crying and screaming throughout the movie.

Amazingly cheesy at times, the movie was a love story for the fans, a “thank you for your support” from director Bill Condon. The score gave a nod to the other “Twilight” movies by implementing pieces and songs from the previous movies, like “Bella’s Lullaby.” I appreciated all these subtle elements as a die-hard fan, but I believe that even past fans who’ve moved on and people who are watching unwillingly would appreciate the movie as well, especially the twist at the end that left my entire theater screaming, shouting and chattering for at least a minute.

And then it came. The last scene.

All five movies were wrapped up in a neat package for the fans. The credits perfectly summed up the entire series and left me sobbing for five minutes because it really is over; there will be no more “Twilight” movies to obsess over.

Though “Twilight” is officially over, I look forward to following Pattinson, Stewart and Taylor Lautner as well as many of the other cast members, especially Anna Kendrick and Mackenzie Foy, in their future endeavors and wish the best for them; they brought this incredible story to life for me, and the least I could do for them is support their careers in return for giving life to my obsession.

So even if you’re not a fan of the series, go out and see “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” to be a part of this popular franchise, support your favorite actor – Lee Pace was a fan favorite – or just laugh at the super-fans watching the movie with you. I promise I won’t take offense.

This is the opinion of KiMi Robinson, a freshman English major from Glendale, Calif. Please send comments to krobinson@theloyolan.com.

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Based on a true story: recycled ideas in cinema “S

ilver Linings Playbook,” “Lincoln” and “Les Misérables” have all gained Oscar buzz before their opening weekends.

They are all rumored to be the cream of the crop, and while they seem drastically different – modern romance, the life of one of America’s favorite presidents, singing UnPOPular tuberculosis-ridden Opinion

By Chelsea Chenelle prostitutes – they all Asst. A&E Editor have one thing in common: their complete lack of originality.

Without getting too far into post-modern theory, this year’s round of blockbusters seem to reverberate with Hollywood’s love of referencing and relying on anything other than a refreshing story. The worst part is that while I want to build a soapbox and complain, I long to be yet another audience member sobbing as Daniel Day-Lewis delivers the Gettysburg Address.

It has always fascinated me how, despite the fact that people have read the book or seen the play, they go to see the movie adaptation. Movies do not promise alternate endings to the books, nor do they offer new songs for your favorite musical. Yet the curiosity of how the material was handled keeps us coming back for more.

Maybe we hate our money. Or

maybe, and more likely, we want to be the first people to say, “The book was better.”

Whatever the reason, it seems like every year more and more movies come from other forms of media. As I struggled to make the decision between going to see “Lincoln” or “Hitchcock,” I found myself too frustrated to see either of them. No matter how Steven Spielberg or Sacha Gervasi handled the subject’s lives, respectively, nothing would save Honest Abe from John Wilkes Booth and Alfred would still have a rocky relationship with his wife. More importantly, we all knew that Bella chose Edward long before the final installment. Nothing is new.

When I sat down to write, I intended to type out a decree against mainstream cinema and its reliance on tired, recycled ideas. Why look to books when there are plenty of screenwriters? Someone has to have some sort of new approach to the self-referential genres. I planned to declare cinema a decaying art form that had been infiltrated by money-grubbers rather than “artistes.”

At the height of my pretentious fervor, a commercial for “Les Misérables” came on TV and Anne Hathaway’s version of “I Dreamed a Dream” reminded me of how excited I am to go see all of these recycled movie ideas because today, it is not creativity of story that matters, but creativity of how that story is told.

We are a by-product of the digital age, a time of impatience and a time of face value over subjectivity. As our gen-

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Daniel Day-Lewis (center) takes on the iconic role of Abraham Lincoln in Spielberg’s new film, “Lincoln.” The film reflects this season’s overwhelming trend of dressing up history, novels and plays. eration becomes the dominant consumers of movies, they become tailor-made to these principles. We cannot sit and read a whole series of books, but we can have each of them told to us in neat, three-hour packages. Rather than watch a History Channel documentary filled with dry professors and zooming in and out on photos, why not enjoy the romanticized and aesthetically pleasing take on America’s 16th president?

Movies are not meant to tap into our wit or strengthen our verbal skills. Instead, they dazzle our senses with saturated color, booming sound effects and, unfortunately, 3D. The reason these “uncreative” movies do so well is because they are told with such thrilling visuals that the scripts

could have been written by apes. Go ahead and make Lincoln a vampire hunter, as long as you do it sensationally.

I want to blame society for popularizing films that don’t make us think and for eliminating the importance of a creative storyline. I feel like someone should pay for having dialogue-heavy films considered “cerebral” and “edgy.”

However, the fact of the matter is, the moviegoing experience has become more of a spectacle over the years, and I can’t do anything other than hop up on the bandwagon and slip on my 3-D shades. You can’t fight anti-intellectualism in film any more than Lincoln can fight vampires.

Instead of complaining about the sad state of affairs in Hollywood, I think it is time

to loosen our skinny ties and buy into the cultural markers of our generation. Of course, we have our David Lynch-es who stay on the fringe and refuse to let go of their “art” approach, but why not let our brains take a breather to enjoy the razzle dazzle of films that do what books and stage plays only dream of?

Long gone are the quick-witted slapsticks our grandmothers made us watch; here to stay are the tired, washed-up concepts with a shiny new coat of paint. They say you can’t put lipstick on a pig, but the multi-billion dollar film industry keeps proving them wrong.

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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Heisman race points to one clear winner With the Heisman award coming up, who will be taking home the trophy?

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ere it is: the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas – it’s Heisman Season! Ah, the smell of 60 dirty jockstraps in a confined college locker room, the dazzling splendor of the upcoming Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas – all of these pale in comparison to the annual Heisman Race.

The 78th Annual Heisman Memorial Cruz Control Trophy PresenBy Cruz Quinonez tation is coming up on MonAsst. Sports Editor day, Dec. 10 in Times Square, New York. The award is meant to designate the best overall player for that season. It’s college football’s equivalent of an MVP award, albeit with a much cooler-looking statue.

There is no real limit on how many players can be nominated for the prestigious award. With only one more week of games left, it’s generally accepted that certain players are headed to New York.

According to ESPN’S Heisman Poll conducted by its experts, Ohio State quarterback (QB) Braxton Miller, USC wide reciever (WR) Marqise Lee, Kansas State QB Collin Klein, Notre Dame linebacker (LB) Manti Te’o and Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel will be the ones taking a trip to the ceremony. However, a closer look at the players makes a pretty clear case for only one player.

Ohio State’s savior, Miller, will not win the Heisman. Looking at his stats, you could make a legitimate case for him. With 3,310 total yardage and 28 total touchdowns, Miller has done a lot to carry Ohio State to being one of two undefeated teams left in the NCAA. Though Ohio State is graced

by Miller’s presence, they are also cursed with NCAA sanctions preventing them from attending a bowl game and souring voters’ view of the school. So all of the courage and skill Miller has displayed this year in leading Ohio State to 12-0 will mean very little in the end.

USC’s WR, Lee, has had a fantastic season with 1,786 total yards and 14 touchdowns on only 112 catches.

He’s a playmaking monster who is almost always double-teamed and manages to produce even without his star QB Matt Barkley.

Lee might have won the Heisman if he wasn’t a wide receiver. This is only partially meant as a joke. The Heisman committee has historically been biased against skill players, and as a result, wide receivers very rarely get the nod for the Heisman.

No WR has been given the Heisman since 1991, and for at least one more year, this pattern will continue.

Kansas State QB Collin Klein led his Wildcats to a sterling 10-1 record and racked up 3,093 total yards, 34 total touchdowns and a pass completion percentage of 67 percent.

Klein’s stats look pretty impressive, but if you take away his rushing touchdowns, Klein comes up with a paltry 14 touchdowns and with 6 interceptions on the season, making his touchdown-to-interception ratio only a little better than 2:1.

Three of those interceptions came in Klein’s first game with Kansas State ranked No.1, when they lost to an unranked Baylor squad 52-

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24. It makes me wonder how well Klein will play against quality competition, considering his only wins against ranked teams were against West Virginia, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. Of those teams, only Oklahoma State is still ranked, lessening the impact of those other wins.

Klein will have another chance to prove his worth against a No.18ranked Texas team, but it may be too late for this quarterback.

The only defensive player on the list is Manti Te’o an absolute monster of a linebacker. With 101 total tackles, 46 of which were solo tackles, two sacks and seven interceptions, Te’o is the main force behind the second ranked defense in the NCAA and one of the main reasons Notre Dame is ranked No. 1. The Los Angeles Times went as far as to say “Manti Te’o is the heart of Notre Dame,” and there aren’t many peo-

ple who would disagree.

The rate at which Te’o delivers concussions is beyond impressive, and there is no denying his dominance – unless you are the Heisman committee. In 78 years, only one player defensive player has won the Heisman – Charles Woodson, a defensive back in 1997 – and though Te’o has made a strong case for himself, it’s hard to see the committee going against their natural inclinations.

Lastly, there is Johnny Manziel, or as he is better known, “Johnny Football.” Being marketed as the epitome of football seems pretentious, but if anyone has earned that nickname, it’s Manziel.

The redshirt freshman didn’t really get full recognition for his abilities until his Texas A&M Aggies became the first and only team to beat the then-ranked No.1 University of Ala-

bama. In that game, Manziel submitted a spectacular performance of 24-31 passing, for 253 yards and two touchdowns, with another 92 yards rushing. He’s had games like that all year with an unbelievable 3,419 yards passing, 1,181 yards rushing and 35 total touchdowns all while maintaining a 68 percent completion percentage.

The Heisman has never gone to a freshman player before, but in this case the committee might break tradition. They did it to give the award to a sophomore QB Tim Tebow when he reached 3,970 total offensive yards. Manziel has eclipsed that mark with 4,600 total yards.

He’s even broken former Heisman winner QB Cam Newton’s South Eastern Conference record of 4,327 total yards. Manziel has broken all these records all while dealing with the No. 2 toughest schedule out of all schools this season.

ESPN’s Edward Aschoff wrote, “It was Johnny Manziel a week ago. It’s Johnny Manziel today. And it should be Johnny Manziel when the Heisman Trophy is presented on Dec. [10].”

If Te’o is the heart of Notre Dame, then Manziel is the heart, brain, lungs, spleen and femur of Texas A&M. Manziel is going down in the record books as one of the greatest offensive forces the game has ever seen. In a system such as the BCS that is based so much on marketing, it makes sense that the best player in the game is also the most marketable. It would be ludicrous for the committee not to give him the award.

This is the opinion of Cruz Quinonez, a sophomore English and screenwriting double major from Bakersfield, Calif. Please send comments to cquinonez@theloyolan.com.

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Junior forwards Mackenzie Kerins (top) and Melinda Gomez (bottom) have been surprises for the women’s basketball team this season.

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Coming into the season, there were more questions than answers for the women’s basketball team. After all, they were coming off an 8-22 record in a season with

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Cowling, who led the Lions in virtually every offensive category last season, was one of the constant components heading into the 2012-13 campaign. She was the one bright spot on a team that had few people believing it could make a legitimate run to a conference title in the near future.

Things have fallen into place eight games into the young season. The Lions are above .500 with a 4-3 record, despite losing their first two contests of the season.

The pace has been intensified on both ends of the floor, creating easy basket opportunities on the fast break.

“We want to play at a pace that makes the opponent feel uncomfortable,” said Elliott.

“We want to create havoc on both sides of the ball. That being said, we have to be smart in our execution and although we want to run, we have to limit our turnovers, giving them easy opportunities to score.”

One of the emerging superstars on the team is junior point guard Hazel Ramirez, who came into the season with high expectations and has answered and surpassed every single one.

She matched her career high of 12 assists against Utah State University and CSU Fullerton, respectively. She leads the offense that averages 68 points a game, having scored 98 and 85 points in two of their eight games.

Despite the success of Ramirez and Cowling, it is the addition of Kerins, Gomez and others that has allowed the Lions to win half as many games so far this year as they did all of last season.

“I play for my teammates,” said Ramirez. “I’d rather find my teammates and have them score than me look to shoot.”

When asked the biggest difference between this season and previous seasons, Cowling said, “We are in this for each other. This is not about who leads the team in scoring, but winning with a collective effort. We have done a great job of that so far, but there is still a lot of basketball to be played.”

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Forcing 23 turnovers, women’s basketball (5-3) wins its fourth straight home game.

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Sophomore guard Danielle Pruitt recorded seven points, three rebounds and two assists in the Lions 69-52 victory over Colorado State yesterday.

The Lions (5-3) defeated the Colorado State University Rams 69-52 Wednesday night behind 23 forced turnovers and 41 percent shooting from the field to win their fourth consecutive home game to start the season.

Redshirt senior Alex Cowling, who scored 16 points on six of 10 shooting, led the Lions while junior forward Melinda Gomez also chipped in with 12 points off the bench.

The game was never close, with the Lions extending their lead to as many as 23 points with three minutes to play in the second half. The Lions led by 12 at the break, after shooting a dismal 28 percent in the first half, but limited the Rams to an even worse 16 first-half points.

LMU was consistent with its scoring average on the season. Its 69 points were only one point over its season average of 68 points per game. Despite a relatively low point total, the Lions were constantly in transition, converting many of the turnovers into points.

The Lions did have 14 turnovers of their own, which stopped potential points in the transition offense.

Junior forward Mackenzie Kerins had another standout performance, adding seven points and seven rebounds for the club.

This is the second consecutive victory on the season for the Lions after a 75-74 victory over Tulsa University in the Junkagoo Jam over the Thanksgiving break.

The Lions are next in action against No. 19 UCLA on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. The Bruins are the only nationally ranked team the Lions will play in the non-conference this season.

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Lions look for win against Long Beach State M. Bball from Page 12 of forwards and three guards – which really spread us out – and shot threes, which isn’t typical of the teams we play,” said LMU Head Coach Max Good. “They really spread us out and took advantage of our bigs, and they are a great 3-point shooting team.”

Long Beach State (2-3) comes to LMU with a 2-3 record and is led by redshirt senior guard/ forward James Ennis, who leads the 49ers in scoring (15.6 PPG) and is second on the team in rebounds (7.0 RPG).

“He’s a slasher – he’s not a great 3-point shooter,” said LMU Assistant Coach Jason Levy. “So what we want to do is contain his penetration, keep him off the free throw line and block him out. He’s effective when he’s getting to the rim and when he gets to the line, so we’ve got to take him off the glass as well.”

Similar to LMU, the 49ers have a diminutive starting backcourt, as their two guards, sophomore Mike Caffey and senior Peter Pappageorge are both listed at 6 feet flat. LMU has started both the 5-foot-10 inch junior Anthony Ireland and 6-foot-1-inch transfer sophomore Chase Flint in its backcourt in each of the team’s six games this season.

However, the 49ers’ pair of guards doesn’t even combine to score as many points as Ireland does. Ireland, who is currently one of the top 10 leading scorers in the NCAA, boasts a scoring average of 23.5 PPG, including individual efforts of 30, 23 and 26 points in the Lions’ three games in Alaska.

“I gotta bring the intensity every game. I’m the floor leader out there,” said Ireland after the team’s practice and film session on Wednesday. “I try to lead by example. If they see me going hard, I feel like that rubs off on everybody else and my confidence rubs off on everybody else.”

The Lions’ lone tournament win over Texas State University came on Friday and saw Ireland cross the 1,000 career-point threshold. And while Ireland has been one of the best in the country at putting the ball in the hoop, the rest of his team has struggled to produce offensively.

Take away Ireland’s 49 percent shooting from the field (48 for 98) and the Lions are only converting their field goals at a 42.2 percent clip (112-265) – down from 44.1 percent with him.

“It’s definitely frustrating, because I depend on them so much, and we all depend on each other,” said Ireland. “We’re still working on a couple things and a couple people are still coming back. We just gotta continue to get better and keep working at it.”

However, offensive production is not lost for the Lions, who have the 52nd highest-scoring offense (77.2 PPG) in the NCAA, as redshirt senior forward Ashley Hamilton is averaging a career-high 13.5 PPG (along with a team-leading 7.3 RPG) and junior guard/forward Ayodeji Egbeyemi is also posting career numbers across the board, posting 12.8 PPG on 46.2 percent shooting, in addition to grabbing 5.8 RPG.

On the bright side for the Lions, they finally made their signing of 6-foot-10-inch forward/ center Patson Siame official on Nov. 20. Siame, who is currently attending Trinity International in Las Vegas, hails from Zambia.

When his verbal commitment to LMU was made in the spring of 2012, the No. 21 center in the class of 2013 was dubbed as a “program changer” in an April 2, ESPN article.

“He’s got potential, but I hate to put that label on anybody because sometimes, all that does is amp up your opposition,” said Good. “I’d rather him sneak into L.A. and have people find out who he is on the run instead of being prepared for him. Unfortunately, he’s not going to be able to do that. He’s obviously a player of terrific size, stature and talent. Someday, he’ll be a terrific player for us. But how soon remains to be seen.”

Although he is noted as a member of the Lions 2013 recruiting class, there’s a chance he may join the Lions midseason.

“He could be. That’s a decision that we’ve got to make, whether we want to use him for half a year or have him for a full four years,” said Good. “There’s time to still make that decision. Obviously, he’s a quality person and player. We just got to see what’s best for him.”

The matchup between the Lions and 49ers tips off at 7 p.m.

PST in Gersten Pavilion. The Lions have won the previous two matchups with Long Beach State; however, in each contest, it took an overtime period for the Lions to come away with the win.

Junior guard Anthony Ireland (3) has led the Lions through their tough start to the season,averaging 23.5 points to register as a top 10 scorer in the NCAA.

The Lions will face No. 17 Western Kentucky University (32-3) this Friday, Nov. 30 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. This will be the first time LMU has ever been matched against the Lady Toppers, who have seen the NCAA six times before, but have never made it past the first round of play in the past. From scouting Western Kentucky, Black expects a competitive match.

“Their systems are a little more traditional,” Black said. “They’re a really long, physical team. They’re go-

ing to hit it hard and play hard, so a lot of it’s going to be similar to what we’ve seen in conference. It’s just another tough match like we’ve played all year.”

Six teams from the WCC qualified this year, including No. 16 Brigham Young University, Pepperdine University, No. 19 University of San Diego, St. Mary’s College and Santa Clara University.

LMU has defeated both Pepperdine and St. Mary’s this season.

“It’s been a while since we’ve been to the NCAA

playoffs, but it’s a big opportunity for our program and for us to go out there and show them what we have,” Metter said. “We have nothing to lose. We just fight for every day.”

Although LMU has not been to the prestigious tournament in years, Tedrow does not believe this will change the team’s competitive nature.

“It’s what every team dreams of in this conference and the whole country,” Tedrow said. “They haven’t seen us in seven years and we’re

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Volleyball one of six WCC teams in tournament Volleyball from Page 12 Freshman setter Hannah Tedrow received a spot on the All-WCC Freshman Team this season, an award that Keil earned last year.

“It was really awesome saying that I made the AllFreshman team, but I’m not content with it,” Tedrow said.

“We have bigger goals as a team, and I wasn’t looking for it as an individual thing.

I’m looking more at what I can do for the team and how we can get better and move on towards playoffs.”

back. We’re going to show them what we’re about. It’s a great opportunity. We’re ready to go after it.”

The winner of Friday’s match will play the victor of the matchup between Jackson State University (24-11) and host No. 2 Stanford University (27-3), who face each other at 8 p.m. that night.

“I’m expecting a battle,” Tedrow said. “Both teams want it. It’s going to come down to who’s going to stick together, and that’s what we have as an advantage. We know how to stay together.”

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Lions make NCAA tournament Kerins,

Gomez step up for Lions

Mackenzie Kerins and Melinda Gomez have been surprising stars for the women’s basketball team.

By Dan Raffety Asst. Managing Editor

ing 511 digs and 39 aces this season but has been working against a torn labrum in her shoulder as well.

“She’s going to have to get surgery as soon as the season is over,” Black said. “For her to be even close to her numbers last year with this, I don’t know many people that can do that.”

Metter also received honorable mention All-WCC honors, but was not alone in this award – sophomore middle blocker Litara Keil also received it for the first time.

“We knew she was going to be a big time player,” Black said. “I think a lot of her growth came during the sand season too. She was on the USA junior training team over the summer.

I think that really expanded her IQ.”

The women’s basketball team’s dynamic duo no longer exists.

Yes, redshirt senior forward Alex Cowling and junior point guard Hazel Ramirez are still very much in the fold for this year ’s team. However, junior forwards Mackenzie Kerins and Melinda Gomez have added a layer of depth to the team, which was picked to finish third-to-last in the WCC Preseason Coaches Poll.

Kerins, who is averaging just shy of 10 points per game, has added a much needed boost for a club that does not have significant senior talent. You can find Kerins around the rim fighting for offensive and defensive rebounds, diving for loose balls and hustling back on defense. She has been everywhere this season for the Lions.

“I give it my all every second I’m on the floor,” said Kerins, who is averaging 9.9 points and 8.7 rebounds per game.

“This team does not consist of just one or two players,” said Head Coach Charity Elliott. “This is a team effort and multiple players other than Hazel and Alex have stepped up for us so far.”

An additional surprise for the club was the emergence of Melinda Gomez, who has been a part of the club for three seasons and has come into her own.

Against CSU Fullerton on Nov. 20, Gomez had two fast-break buckets within about a minute of game clock to put the Lions up six points midway through the second half.

“Melinda plays with an intensity that we need,” said Elliott. “She’s a

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The Lions celebrate their 3-1 victory over Pepperdine University on Nov. 8 at Gersten Pavilion in West Coast Conference play. Both teams are two of the six WCC teams who have qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament this year.

The women’s volleyball team takes on No. 17 Western Kentucky tomorrow at Stanford University.

By Sam Borsos Asst. Sports Editor

Since its loss to the University of San Francisco on Nov. 17 to finish West Coast Conference (WCC) play, the LMU women’s volleyball team has had little to be sad about. On Sunday, the Lions (18-12, 8-8 WCC) found out that they earned an invitation to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament this season, marking the first time LMU will make an appearance in the competition since 2005.

“We took the last few years and took every single WCC match and broke it down,” Head Coach Tom Black said.

“We knew exactly how many points we needed to score to get here. It’s one thing to plan for it, but for it to actually happen, it doesn’t seem quite real.”

Not only has the 2012 team had a monumental season, but individual players have recently had shining moments as well. Junior redshirt outside hitter Kathleen Luft has had a standout year for the Lions and was recently named to the first All-West Coast Conference team. Her 459 kills on the season was the highest in WCC, averaging 4.14 kills per set.

For the second straight year, junior defensive specialist Betsi Metter received Co-WCC Defensive Player of the Year. Metter posted an outstand-

Ireland shines while men falter The men’s basketball team looks to turn around from two losses in Alaska during its homestand.

By Michael Goldsholl Staff Writer

Having played its last five games away from Gersten Pavilion, the men’s basketball team returns to Los Angeles for a two-game homestand, facing Long Beach State University (LBSU) tonight and Portland State University on Saturday, Dec. 1.

The Lions (3-3) are coming off a frustrating loss to Division II University of Alaska-Anchorage, where they missed 16 of their 38 free throw attempts and allowed the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout hosts to hit 15 of 27 three-pointers (55.6 percent), en route to an 83-77 loss. They went 1-2 in the three-day event that kicked off on Thursday of last week and extended through Saturday, Nov. 24.

“Alaska Anchorage played a couple

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Three LMU swimmers make National Swimming Championships Senior Camille Hopp, redshirt junior Rachel Dekar and freshman Kristen Clarno (from left to right) will all compete in the AT&T Winter National Swimming Championships in Austin,Texas, today through Saturday.The Lions will join Olympic standouts and collegiate swimmers from around the country in the first meet since last summer’s Olympic Trials.Hopp will compete in two events,while Dekar and Clarno will each compete in one.