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Veterans Appreciation Week luncheon features wall memorial dedication

Former military personnel carry lessons from war as they acclimate to the civilian world.

Casey Kidwell

Interim News Editor @c_kidwell

They are military personnel in the field.

They are members of the Navy, Army, Marines and the Air Force. But once they are discharged, new veterans return to a different world. Some become students and some become working professionals, but however they return, veterans of the armed forces come back with memories of what might seem a distant life.

Because many enlist before reaching their 21st birthdays, it may seem to former armed forces members that the world was on fast forward from the moment they signed their papers. Adulthood is forced upon these men and women who take on more responsibility than just the day-to-day tasks of being in a classroom and going home to study.

Senior urban studies major Lance MacNiven was an information systems technician in the United States Navy stationed aboard the USS Port Royal, a guided missile cruiser out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Following in the footsteps of his retired Navy father, MacNiven’s desire to go to college, but inability to afford it led him to sign up.

“I joined to see the world and fund my education,” he said.

And see the world he did. With boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill., job training in Pensacola, Fla., and deployments in Guam, Palau, Timor Leste, Jakarta, Thailand, Singapore, Bahrain, Dubai and Oman, MacNiven’s wishes of seeing the world were granted tenfold.

While MacNiven says “some of the greatest moments of my life happened while I was in the military,” he does not discount the See Veterans | Page 3

Featured on the Veterans Memorial Wall (above) are the names of 53 alumni who served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The wall dedication was part of the Veterans Day celebration on Thurs, Nov. 7, in addition to a luncheon in U-Hall. The event was hosted by the Loyola University Club and the Division of Student Affairs.

Human Library offers unique conversations

M-School gains pace New school within CBA offers students a ‘revolutionary and challenging learning experience.’

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The Human Library, held on the William H. Hannon Library patio on Thursday, Nov. 7, gave participants the opportunity to ‘check out’ human beings instead of books, to engage in a unique conversation. Nine ‘books’ each had stories relating to the 2013 Bellarmine Forum theme of Restorative Justice. For more on the Human Library, see Page 8.

The College of Business Administration is hosting its first cohort class this fall for the M-School, an innovative and immersive branding and advertising program that allows students to take classes in real-world settings. The program began last year with its pilot course.

The class is composed of 26 undergraduate students from various disciplines who will take nine unique courses over the span of the next two years, according to the program’s website. M-School director and associate professor of marketing Andy Rohm is excited for the cohort class to yield further success.

“Our hope is that if we saw success with that one course, when our cohort students are exposed to all this different subject matter over two years, we will continue to see success. We’re really excited for them when they graduate,” Rohm said.

Overall, the program aims to offer students a revolutionary and challenging learning experience in pairing leading industry professionals with professors to co-develop content. This departure from traditional teaching strategies, Rohm will further advance the students’ educational experience, Rohm believes.

“The M-School is unique in that we’re attempting to transform the way we expose our students to the world of marketing,” Rohm said. “We’ve thrown out textbooks and we depend heavily on the industry to co-develop our content. We hold the classes off campus, so students will not only learn from these industry rockstars but they learn in different environments.

So, just by nature of the students being involved in these innovative workplaces, it changes the learning dynamic.”

As displayed on the M-School website and confirmed by Rohm, partners such as Deutsch LA, Electronic Arts, Ignited and Google are all getting involved. This way, students of the M-School will not only be subject to the cutting edge of advertising, but will also have opportunities to network with the best in the business.

Rohm attributed much of the program’s success to LMU’s unique location.

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Mob Days ‘one of most memorable weeks’ Carly Barnhill shares her experience as mob wife in Sig Ep’s competition.

Carly Barnhill Copy Editor

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Sigma Phi Epsilon (Sig Ep) puts on a weeklong event every year leading up to their fall formal: Mob (Men of Brotherhood) Days. Each member of the fraternity picks one girl to be his “mob wife,” and they are essentially attached at the hip for a week filled with constant competition, bonding and almost no sleep.

I hadn’t spent much time with the brothers of Sig Ep before I participated in Mob Days this year, but they made sure it was one of the most memorable weeks of college thus far.

Watching from afar last year, I had no idea what Mob Days was, and I didn’t take the time to understand it. But now that I have participated, I realize that it is more than a competition– it involves more than just a weeklong water gun fight on campus.

The week brought together not only the brothers of Sig Ep, but also various girls like myself who never had spent much time with them. They all took the time to get to know the people that they didn’t know,

welcoming us into the jampacked week. I don’t know why, but I really underestimated the event before I participated. I realize now that the boys in Sig Ep deserve a lot of credit, not only for this event, but also their fraternal values.

Sig Ep is made up of all different types of men that are dedicated to their fraternity’s brotherhood and principles.

Wives attended their chapter on Sunday night, “married” our husbands Monday night and attended their scholarship banquet on Tuesday night – all three were events that proved the moral respect the brothers have for each other and for their fraternity.

I realize now that the boys in Sig Ep deserve a lot of credit, not only for this event, but also their fraternal values.

I was asked to participate on the gold team, made up of just about the only members I know in the fraternity. I was hesitant because I had heard how timeconsuming the event is, and I didn’t know if I would be able to commit all of my time.

There are many responsibilities for mob wives throughout the week. Husbands can be “killed”

– shot with a water gun – if they are found around campus without their wives at any time, other than three-hour grace periods in the middle of the night, so it was important for all of us to walk our husbands to class, work or wherever else they needed to go. If a wife was unable to walk her husband, someone else from our team stepped up to the plate to protect him from being “killed.”

Our team had a text with the app GroupMe throughout the entire week, letting us continuously communicate with each other. Our whereabouts, other teams’ whereabouts or even funny pictures from the night before were constantly sent within the group, bringing the team closer together and making it easy to communicate.

This group text came in handy during the open kills from midnight to 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night.

On each of these nights, all of the teams traveled into LMU’s campus with their water guns, trying to find the other teams to shoot down. The wives went out as well to scout where the teams were, while trying not to reveal ourselves either.

After a husband is killed by someone on another team, he must give up his colored wristband and his team loses points, while the other team gains points. The kill is not definite, though, until it is

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Sophomore Chris Clifford is “publicly executed” at Foley Pond by senior Bella Mongiello after he shot her in open kill. reported to the appointed Godfather of each team, who reports it in a nightly meeting to the Dons – who were involved alumni members that ultimately decide if the kill will count for points.

At the end of the week, it didn’t really matter who won.

It was a good time for everyone that was involved no matter what.

The plus side? The gold team won.

MOB DAYS

THE RULES EXPLAINED Each team has its own color, designated by a wristband that is worn at all times.

In order to “kill” someone from another team, the killer must say a specific phrase and shoot a stream of water. When someone is shot, they must give their wristband to the shooter.

Wives obtain the right to avenge her husband’s death by killing his assassin if he dies. She may do so using the same rules that apply to all to other kills.

However, she still cannot be killed. Wives may not be used as a human shield during open kill.

No damage to personal property.

Wives cannot be killed, and any man in the presence of his wife may not be killed outside of open kill.

Open kill safe zones: U-Hall, Seaver Hall, Foley Building

No one may die or be killed between 2 - 5 a.m.

24/7 safe zones: St. Rob’s Computer Lab, William H. Hannon Library

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Joining the military the ‘best decision’ MacNiven made Veterans from Page 1

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News Editor Sonja Bistranin sits down with senior management major Ian Park, to discuss his MMA fighting career.

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What is MMA?

MMA is mixed martial arts. It’s a sport that consists of all martial arts. And you fight. You can fight in an octagon or a ring.

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How did you get involved in MMA?

I joined the military when I was 17 years old, and my first base was an Army and Air Force combined base. The Army had a combative gym, and I’d go there to take out my stress. I met my first mentor there, who was a Brazilian jiu jitsu instructor.

He was a purple belt at the time and he would teach soldiers Brazilian jiu jitsu. I started going to his classes and it turned into a beast from there. It changed my life.

How did it change your life?

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It literally re-formed everything. Confidence-wise, learning Brazilian jiu jitsu and Muay Thai and stepping into a cage made me take risks and gave me courage.

My mentor was big on success inside the cage and outside the cage. He was the one who pushed me to go to college while I was in the military. I would work and then go to school at night.

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Do you have a fight coming up?

Yeah. It’s going to be at Nokia Theater L.A. Live on Dec. 8. The event name is the U of MMA.

Why should students go?

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Well, you can drink and watch people fight. But it’s beyond just fighting. The fighters have to have a sharp mentality and spirit to get into the cage. If you don’t prepare yourself, you’re going to lose.

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Do you think there’s a stigma attached to MMA?

Yeah. Some people think it’s bizarre, but it requires strategy. It’s a sport, and it requires a lot of trust with the athletes. They have to stop when the refs tell them to stop. It requires a lot of training, and it’s a beautiful art.

hardships he faced. With 80-plushour work weeks, MacNiven said he was “homesick all the time and longed for freedom.”

But upon his return, MacNiven struggled with some of the changes of being away from the structured system that guides the lives of military personnel.

“It was difficult not being told and directed for everything. In the military you are sheltered in a sense. [You’re] guaranteed paychecks on the first and 15th, you wear a certain uniform and you do a certain job. In the civilian world, there are many curveballs that you aren’t prepared for,” he said.

The transition to civilian life is not a unique battle faced by MacNiven. There are thousands of individuals each year who face more than the fear of returning to an unfamiliar place upon discharge – they face the realities of civilian life.

In the National Education Association’s article titled “Ten things you should know about today’s veteran” by Alison Lighthall, the author shed light on the difficult task of returning to everyday life after service. She compared this return to that of laid-off workers, saying that “both groups may feel disoriented and suffer losses of identity and workrelated friendships.”

However, the feeling of loss or uncertainty following the return of a military personnel into the real world goes much deeper.

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While Lance MacNiven may not have ‘liked’ the military while he was in it, he is grateful for everything that this country does for its veterans.

“Former military personnel report feeling not just disoriented, but deeply alienated from the rest of America; not just sad over the loss of friendships, but devastated over the loss of brothers and sisters; not just a temporary destabilizing of identity, but a complete identity crisis,” Lighthall wrote.

This identity crisis can become the starting point for veterans to re-involve themselves in the civilian world and pursue goals away from the military. Following his honorary discharge in Nov. 2010, MacNiven moved back to Los Angeles and enrolled at LMU where he will be completing his urban studies degree in December.

MacNiven says he is “always busy”

studying for his GRE, applying for the urban and regional planning program at UCLA, working as a genius at the Apple Store as well as an urban planning intern in Culver City.

While MacNiven says he didn’t necessarily “like” the military when he was in it, he considers joining the “best decision I ever made and probably ever will make.”

The military gave MacNiven what he wanted to achieve from the start: the chance to pursue a college degree. Thanks to the G.I. Bill, everything at LMU, including graduate school, will be funded.

“I’m forever grateful for everything this country has done for its veterans,” MacNiven said.

similarly enthused about the courses it has offered. In a blog posted online, junior marketing major Allyson Watanabe reviewed a session with Radical Media headed by the company’s president, Frank Scherma.

“Frank showed us some of Radical’s work and I was in such

awe the entire time,” Watanabe wrote. “It’s truly amazing how they have transformed traditional advertising with their work.”

For more information these sessions, the program and how to apply, visit blogs.lmu.edu/ mschool/about.

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“LMU is very well-positioned to reach out to the Silicon Beach community,” Rohm said. “We are simply uniquely positioned geographically to have access to these companies.”

Students of the program are

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I would say when you get to use your strength to help other people. For example, I work with a lot of youth in Los Angeles, and a lot of times they grow up in communities with gangs. And we get them on track. I can let them know that that’s not the only life. You can go to school, go to church and do something positive instead. Sometimes it’s really hard for these kids, but I show them if I can do it, you can do it. There’s nothing that is unattainable.

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s we approach the end of the semester, a veteran or not, you can get involved by it’s safe to say we could all use a day contacting the Veteran Programs Office to off. Today, many schools and busi- see if there’s any way you can volunteer or nesses across the country are closed in honor get involved with veteran events on campus. of Veterans Day, while we at LMU resume LMU does a great job of providing support classes as usual. It’s easy to perceive this as and resources for our student veterans. The unfair. “Why don’t we get the day off too?” Student Veterans Organization is committed you might ask. Undoubtedly, taking today off to serving veterans, veteran dependents and educating the LMU community about veterwould have been nice.

But today isn’t about adding an extra day an issues. LMU also participates in the Yellow to the weekend. Today is about recognizing Ribbon Program, which provides financial assistance to our veterans on and appreciating the brave campus. men and women who have On a campus that These programs do a great fought for our country. is often flooded with job in aiding LMU student Our veterans have dedicatawareness efforts, we veterans in their transition ed much of their lives to protecting our country. Veterans could afford to be more into college life – and now Day is for them – as was last present for our veterans. it’s our turn. Take today as a day to contribute to the LMU week’s celebration of their contributions on campus during Veterans community’s dedication to appreciating our Appreciation Week. We can extend that veterans both on and off campus. But don’t appreciation into today by asking ourselves let your appreciation stop there. We encounter veterans every day, whether we’re conwhat we can do to make this day count.

How can we as LMU students use Veterans scious of it or not. Even on a campus that Day as a way to show our appreciation for is often flooded with awareness efforts, we those who have served and those who con- could afford to be a bit more present for our tinue to serve in the United States military? veterans – they are the men and women who If you know a veteran, your remembrance and give so much of themselves for our freedom, reflection can be as simple as taking the time after all.

LMU’s decision not to have class today out of your day to thank them for their service. We’re hoping that LMU students take shouldn’t cause an uproar, but rather an opportunity to truly recognize and apprecithat even further.

No matter whether you personally know ate those who have served.

D = mc2 Devin Feldman

Asst. Opinion Editor @d_fman

o I was walking through campus on my way to class, and suddenly, a young woman and I slammed directly into each other. Just boom, ran into her. Her iPhone hit the ground. My issue of the Loyolan smacked me in the face. And all flustered, she said, “OMG, I did not see you. I am so sorry.” And I’m all, “Whoa, where did you come from? The middle of nowhere?”

You see, I was knee deep reading my own writing, and she was sunk up to her crop top texting or Snapchatting or reading scholarly articles or something on her phone. It was at this point that I realized something: Being distracted while walking is more dangerous than we think.

Smart phones, with their interactive touch screens and unlimited streams of information, have destroyed what previous generations would consider a perfectly safe stroll to class. If I choose to engage in what’s on my screen, that’s really my only option; I can’t interact with Buzzfeed’s comprehensive list of potatoes that resemble Channing Tatum while also interacting with objects in front of me – no way.

I remember high school – the good ol’ days when T9 and tangible phone keyboards made it possible to walk, text and keep our eyes focused on more important matters, but those days are gone. That girl I bumped into? She didn’t deserve what happened, not at all – and me, I didn’t have that coming either, depending on whom you ask. Which is why we, with our bipedal locomotion and cellular distraction, represent the greatest threat to ourselves.

Growing up, we’re told by our superiors to look both ways before we cross the street, but I’ve noticed a recent trend in people looking only one way as they cross the street – that is, directly down at their

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phone. LMU, we suck. We’re a danger to our own well-being, and here’s why.

The Department of Transportation released some shocking statistics last summer, which showed a noticeable spike in pedestrian deaths as of late (up more than 300 from 2009 to 2011). Also, Los Angeles was named one of the most deadly cities for pedestrians, with 42 percent of motor vehicle deaths being pedestrian-related.

Now, LMU isn’t exactly a bustling metropolis, but during passing periods, it definitely seems like one. And that one road many of us cross on our way to class is enough to turn a walk to class into a ride to the hospital if we aren’t careful. This is especially true after dark, when our crossing guards are off duty; the Department of Transportation reports 70 percent of pedestrian deaths occur at this time.

Some will blame any impending danger

on drivers, skaters, cyclists or that one guy on inline skates, but they aren’t the problem. I mean, think about it away from the semi-ridiculous belief that bumping into each other could maim you.

Look both ways, and take a break from pics of Channing Potatums on your phone just for a bit. You might not think you’re in immediate danger, but better safe than sorry. Slamming into someone outside the library might be a great way to meet people, but slamming into a car is not. At least, not in my experience. Keep your head up, LMU – I’m not trying to die tonight.

This is the opinion of Devin Feldman, a junior communication studies major from Aurora, Ore. Tweet comments to @LoyolanOpinion, or email dfeldman@theloyolan.com.

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Shooting localizes conversation on guns Probably Eating

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ust last week, a gunman entered an LAX terminal and opened fire, killing a TSA officer and injuring civilians.

The suspect’s gun is believed to have been legally obtained. Each time an incident like this occurs, it is linked back to even bigger tragedies, like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and it raises the question: Do we need more gun control?

Obtaining a gun is fairly easy, moreso in some states than others, including in California, where you only need a background check – which mainly checks for past felonies – and to pass a gun safety test. Despite recemt tragedies, I think we should maintain our current right to bear arms.

There are two problems with trying to reduce or stop private gun ownership. The first is the pure futility of the effort. Look back to the Prohibition Era, when the very sale and production of alcohol were made illegal.

Not only did the booze business thrive, but Prohibition actually boosted organized crime. Now, you might argue that it’s a lot easier to create your own booze than your own firearm, but you wouldn’t be entirely right. With the Internet and the advent of

3D printers, it’s more than just possible to create your own firearms – it’s already been done.

Between the illegal sale of and the creation of new, albeit somewhat inferior, weapons, the only people who won’t be able to obtain a gun are those determined to use legal channels. If someone is planning to, say, commit a mass shooting, obtaining their gun from an illegal source will hardly be a hurdle.

The second problem is the one of existing guns. Short of searching every building in every city, there’s no way of getting rid of the millions of weapons already in existence throughout the world. Over time, they’ll slowly break, but putting new laws into place won’t impact anyone who already possesses a firearm.

I still believe in a citizen’s right to bear arms, and the Founding Fathers did, too.

Of course, problems like these shouldn’t stand alone as an argument against increasing gun control. I still believe in a citizen’s right to bear arms, and the Founding Fathers did, too.

So far, gun control laws have followed the Second Amendment to the Constitution, but there’s not much left for them to restrict without alienating

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Recently, an armed civilian opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a TSA agent and injuring others.

This brought the discussion of gun control, and the protection of the surrounding community, to the forefront. us from one of our guaranteed freedoms. That raises the question of whether we still need that freedom.

In the case of Warren v. District of Columbia in 1981, the judges ruled that police have no duty to provide service to individuals, except in the case of special relationships. The case was brought about after the police failed to stop the repeated

rapes of three women despite having the ability to do so. In other words, the police do not exist to protect you: They exist to apprehend criminals. Coincidentally, the assailant in the case was armed with a knife.

Had any of the women owned a gun, the incident would have undoubtedly turned out differently.

I’m all for gun safety. I’m all

for background checks that include mental health checks. But I’m also all for self-defense, and the ability of the common man –and woman, as guns are the greatest leveller – to protect themselves as danger presents itself.

This is the opinion of Hassan Abdulla, a senior biology major from Westchester, Calif.

Tweet comments to @LoyolanOpinion, or email cchenelle@theloyolan.com.

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Parrots

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Have obnoxious bird noises been robin you of your early morning beauty sleep lately? We may be going out on a limb, but the gang of parrots in the tree outside your window is probably to blame.

The flock of about six to eight birds that calls Leavey Circle home is actually a group of rose-ringed parakeets, a species native to India. If you’re lucky enough to lure one out of its game of hide-and-speak – they’re more often seen than heard – you’ll see just how beautiful these birds can be. The presence of this exotic bird is nothing to crow about, though – the species has had an established wild population in Los Angeles since the 1970s. The parakeets’ screaming, hollering, singing and calling at all times of the day is enough to ruffle anyone’s feathers. Even though you may want these birds to quit their noise-making cold turkey, they just don’t give a flock.

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Mr. Opossum

Kelly Kawaguchi

Copy Editor

Mr. Opossum, or Possum, as his good friends like me call him, and I go way back to my freshman year. I first encountered him as I exited Charity Ball: He daintily maneuvered his lumbering, scruffy self across a low wall, his scaly tail freely swinging in the cool night air. My elated screech at meeting such a campus celebrity might’ve frightened him off at first, but we share a laugh about that now. Our friendship after that fateful night progressed into spontaneous nighttime reunions, and although I wanted to flaunt our best-friendship during the daylight in the public eye, he never wanted to meet me for brunch in the Lair – and I thought I was nocturnal. Sheesh.

I’ve run into him and his posse of smaller possums many times throughout my years here at LMU, but they always seem to scamper in the opposite direction. That’s normal, though. Great friends play hard to get sometimes, right?

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Ninja Skunk

Khayla Golucke Copy Editor

The smell. The myth. The legend. Have you walked along the bluff and ever caught a whiff of a foul odor as the breeze shifted? Have you ever caught a glimpse of black and white leaping into the bushes late at night? During those fleeting moments when you’re not sure what you saw – or smelled – you might have just missed the ninja-like and ever elusive LMU skunk. Preferring the dark hours after midnight and slinking in the shadows around the bluff, this silent but deadly animal is known to dig holes around campus and generally stink up the place. If you’re trying to sniff him out, your best bet is hanging out around the William H. Hannon Library in the wee hours of the night – but just spray you don’t get too close!

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Alley Cat

Ryan Johnson

Copy Editor

Sketchiness is her game; Alleycat Jane is her name.

Often found behind Seaver Hall when the sky darkens, Alleycat Jane comes alive in the nighttime. Known for her signature black coat and unforgettable stare, this cat sparks the curiosity of any student or animal that she encounters. Last Tuesday, this LMU socialite was spotted having a late night walk with a local LMU possum. The possum’s name has not been identified yet, but rumors are beginning to spread amongst the student body. Will this evolve into a relationship or is it just a fling? Who knows if they will evolve into the next Jay-Z/Beyonce power couple?

Considerably fiercer than a number of well-known celebrities, this sassy cat does what she can to avoid the LMU paparazzi by lounging out behind the science building. Something tells me that she’s not too worried about her new fling, but only time will tell.

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They are many. They are widespread.

They are always watching. They know your secrets; they go through your trash. Always waiting, staring. Wait. He knows you've spotted him. His cover is blown. You've stopped him in his tracks, perched on top of the trash can, statuesque and fluffy. His nose twitches; does he drop your leftover food from the Lair or wait out this confrontation? He'll eye you up and down before he makes his decision, diving back down or majestically scampering away. That’s right – you’re being mean mugged by a squirrel.

More watchful than the Department of Public Safety and more persistent than your mom, these squirrels are everywhere. And they’re watching you – very, very closely.

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Raccoons

Julia Sacco News Intern

If you’re up around 4 a.m., you’ve probably encountered the pair of raccoons that’s always curiously out and about late at night. If you’ve ever run into these little guys, there’s no mistaking them. Their bushy, striped tails, beady eyes and long white whiskers aren’t the only things that give them away; they never go anywhere without each other and are usually on the prowl for a late night snack. These fuzzy critters are total foodies. They sometimes try to sneak in through apartment windows, and they are known to cautiously approach you and eat right out of your hand. Don’t be too fooled by their charm, though; raccoons are notorious for being quite testy. The twins probably want nothing to do with you after they’ve cleaned your plate, so I don’t recommend embracing them or trying to keep one as a pet. The next time you’re peacefully enjoying a late night meal, though, keep an eye out for the twin raccoons, and don’t forget to shut your windows.

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Hawks

Michael Busse Copy Chief

The Jesuits aren’t the only ones praying around LMU – not if you count the birds of prey, at least.

Westchester’s red-tailed hawks are anything but a birden, providing majestic flight displays and keeping the area’s rodent population in check.

If there were a book about red-tailed hawks’ hunting skills, it would be called “50 Shades of Prey.” This massive bird is the pinnacle of the food chain on the bluff, consuming everything from squirrels to lizards to smaller birds. That doesn’t mean they’re immune to a little bit of fowl play, though. These killers are often spotted being harassed by murders of crows.

You can see hawks soaring high above your head or diving for food around the wetlands. Though the hawks’ rapid change in altitude may look hazardous, they aren’t just winging it – they’re talonted experts at riding updrafts.

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Voles

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Danni Wilson

Opinion Intern

Out of all of the slightly menacing creatures running around LMU, the voles have the lousiest street credibility.

You may have seen these little guys being a nuisance to society in the basement of St. Rob’s or running around outside of the Burns Recreation Center. Voles resemble mice in an ugly cousin kind of way. They are also hunted by pretty much every predator out there: snakes, owls, the Department of Public Safety, falcons and larger rodents.

The only redeeming quality about them is that while they love going down stairs, they lack the leg power and height to climb back up them. Why do they insist going downstairs to the basement of St. Rob’s then? Are they starting a secret fraternity down there in their not-sosecluded headquarters, where food and company are plentiful. Who knows, but you better watch for them around campus. Quick hint: They are the ones falling off the curbs haphazardly like they had too much fun on a Friday night.

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HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THESE FRIENDLY ANIMALS ON CAMPUS?

Take a picture of one and tag #LMUZOO in your Instagram caption and/or tweet to enter our LMU Zoo Contest.

THE WINNER Extra points if you can sneak yourself into the picture.

WILL GET “$20 WORTH OF FREE FRESH BROTHERS.”

Please take your pictures responsibly and do not harm any animals in the process.

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Ducks

Tyler Franklin News Intern

Much like the couples that flock to our beautiful campus to tie the knot, Mallory and Philmore, LMU’s most beloved duck husband and wife, set up residence in this palm-filled paradise every spring.

Together they are cute and lovable – a reminder to even the hardest of hearts that love knows no bounds. However, that’s not to say they don’t have their problems. Every once in a while, whether the temperature of the fountains is too cold or Sodexo scraps weren’t enough to calm his appetite, Philmore gets upset, much to the dismay of Mallory.

Occasionally, when his temper gets the better of him, he has been known to bite and snap at his poor bride despite their love for each other. For their sake, we hope it works out. Maybe they should consider summering here? In any case, keep an eye out for this entertaining pair next semester, as they are sure to raise some eyebrows.

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Stories come to life at the Human Library Atendees checked out human ‘books’ to learn about their life stories.

Mary Grace Cerni Asst. Life+Arts Editor @LoyolanArts

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nstead of checking out a book at the William H. Hannon Library this past Thursday, I checked out a person.

As part of this year’s Bellarmine Forum, Hannon Library brought back The Human Library for the second year in a row. For the event, nine people with profound stories related to restorative justice acted as human ‘books’ for students to ‘read.’ ‘Reading’ meant sitting down

with a ‘book’ at a table on the patio of Jazzman’s Café & Bakery for a private conversation. Participants could ‘check out’ as many ‘books’ as they liked, and could talk to each one for 30 minutes.

The Human Library is a mechanism that helps people break down prejudice. “You can have a certain bias against somebody,” said outreach librarian and event coordinator Jamie Hazlitt, “but that can really change when you actually sit down with somebody face to face.”

The goal of the event was to allow students to talk to individuals involved in crime in order to gain a more complete awareness of its effects on people and the world.

The “books” included a former gang member, a victim of clergy abuse, a former entertainment in-

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Students checked out human “books,” such as a prison chaplain, a victim of violence, a public defender and a former gang member, among others.

dustry lawyer and a priest whosechild who is serving out a life sentence in prison. Each story was equally powerful and unique.

Out of the nine people available for checkout, I chose one named Rhonda Foster — a woman who lost her 7-year-old son to gang violence.

She opened up immediately and told me her story, explaining the impact that the loss of her son had on her life.

She had taken her sons, Evan and Alec, to the park to pick up Alec’s soccer trophy. While sitting with her children in her car in the parking lot, three young men walked in front of her vehicle. “The one directly in my view, he had a weapon, and the other one had a weapon, and I’m like, oh my God, They are going to shoot,” Foster said.

Foster immediately backed her car out and attempted an escape, but one of the men had already started firing. “As I’m backing out, the MAK-90 assault weapon shot off, and I came to a stop,” Foster recalled. “I turned around and I see [Alec] with blood on his face, and Evan was slumped down in his seat.”

“It happened in seconds, or minutes,” Foster said. The three men fled, and Foster called for help. After the paramedics confirmed that Evan was dead, Foster said she began to feel an intense anger toward America’s problem of senseless gang violence. “It wasn’t immediately the perpetrators I was feeling the rage [toward], it was our society and how we just had not done anything about this kind of thing going on.”

It has been almost 16 years since

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Mary Grace Cerni (not pictured) sat down with Rhonda Foster (right), a woman whose 7-year-old son was killed by gang members. the incident, and since then, Foster has dedicated her life to the prevention and elimination of gang violence. She shares her story with young gang members in California juvenile detention facilities and tutors troubled youth in Los Angeles.

“We got to reach these young people,” Foster said. “The number one thing is the message. We got to care about each other — love is still the answer, for real, you know.

That’s where it starts, and it’s so unfortunate that all this has to happen before we can continue to have change.”

Hazlitt hoped that students would gain a different perspective on crime and the justice system through talk-

ing to people with firsthand experience. The event was extended by an hour this year and only marketed on campus, due to popular demand.

Hazlitt hopes to bring back the Human Library every year in accordance with the Bellarmine Forum.

“I hope students get out of [the Human Library] what they come to it for. I hope they gain an appreciation for just how many different humans there are — how different we are but also, at the core, how similar we are,” she said.

This is the opinion of Mary Grace Cerni, a junior communication studies major from West Covina, Calif. Tweet comments to @LoyolanArts, or email mcerni@theloyolan.com.

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The Cab plays at the Living Room for first show in a year As soon as The Cab introduced, the crowd cheered for the Las Vegas pop rockers. The band performed an intimate acoustic set in the Living Room on Thursday night.

In the last tour, the band performed with five members, but Thursday night’s show was different. Instead of a full band, lead singer Alexander DeLeon and guitarist Chantry Johnson entertained the crowd with more than just songs of their own.

Throughout the set, DeLeon and Johnson covered some popular and catchy songs, giving everyone a reason to sing. The band intertwined covers of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Sweater Weather” by The Neighbourhood, Justin Timberlake’s “Suit and Tie” and “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5 with their own songs, which made for some unique mashups.

The audience consisted of more than just LMU students. Fans from all over L.A. traveled to LMU to see the special set. According to DeLeon, the show on Thursday was their first in over a year.

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Crucial games remain for the Lions M. Soccer from Page 12

“We dominated the play. We generated three times as good of opportunities as they did,” LMU Head Coach Paul Krumpe said.

“We were the way more dangerous team.”

The Lions’ best chance at winning the game came in the last three minutes of the first overtime period. Freshman forward Adrien Perez attempted a bicycle kick shot just within the 18-yard box, but missed to the right of the goal. Sophomore forward Pedro Velazquez followed the miss with a shot of his own, but Caballero made another impressive save to preserve the 0-0 tie.

Four different Lions logged four or more shot attempts including Seedman and Perez, who led the team with six attempts each.

“We kind of dominated the majority of the game,” Seedman said. “It just feels pretty bad to actually take the loss.”

Sunday’s result was the Lions’ first overtime loss of the season.

LMU is no stranger to close games and exciting finishes, but for the first time this season, they were not the team celebrating a gamewinning goal in the final seconds of the contest.

“I told the team that we’ve been on the other end of this several times this year,” Krumpe said. “We got to keep playing well, and we’ll find our way.”

The Lions played without several of their regular starters on Sunday who are all battling nagging injuries, including the WCC’s

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Senior forward Adrien Perez (right) and junior forward Dylan Seedman (not pictured) led the Lions with six shot attempts each in their team’s 2-1 loss to Gonzaga on Sunday. Perez and the Lions host the University of San Diego in their final home game next Wednesday. assist leader, junior midfielder John McFarlin. Senior forward Trent Clifton, junior defender Jack McCracken and redshirt junior midfielder Connor Hunsicker also did not play in Sunday’s match.

“We did a great job of stepping up with all these guys out with injuries,” Krumpe said.

The Lions remain in first place in

the West Coast Conference (WCC) with 22 points, but Santa Clara University’s (SCU) 2-1 win over the University of San Francisco has SCU (10-8-0, 7-3-0) right behind the Lions at 21 points. The two teams each have two WCC games left on their schedule including a season finale pitting the two schools against each other in Santa

Clara next Friday at 7 p.m.

If LMU beats the University of San Diego (6-8-4, 2-5-3) on Wednesday at home and Santa Clara either loses to LMU or San Diego on Friday or Sunday respectively, the Lions will clinch the WCC title outright. An LMU loss against San Diego will jeopardize both the team’s chances

of winning the WCC and making the NCAA tournament.

LMU and San Diego kickoff at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the Lions’ final home game of the season.

“This whole season, after a loss we’ve always come back stronger,” freshman redshirt defender Mark Dotseth said. “We just have to do the same thing again.”

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Lions drop season finale to Pepperdine Women’s soccer failed to win a conference game this season.

Jack Sullivan Contributor

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In their season finale on Saturday night, the women’s soccer team was unable to end its year on a high note, losing 1-0 to Pepperdine University.

LMU (3-16-1, 0-8-1) was in control for most of the game, but an early goal by the Waves (10-72, 5-4-0) senior defender Kristin Degrandmont was all that was needed for the victory.

“Oh, here we go again,” Head Coach Michelle Myers said about the early goal.

The Lions have struggled all season long in allowing early goals.

“It has been the story of our season,” Myers added. “I think [we] dominated the second half.”

The stats agree. The Lions outshot the Waves 7-3 and had a 3-2 corner kick advantage in the second half.

LMU’s players also had some on-field struggles to deal with.

The field and ball were slick due to a high concentration of moisture as a result of the evening start time at 6 p.m. at Sullivan Field.

“It affected our first touches and passes,” said senior midfielder Darien Pyka. “But we got used to it.”

Redshirt senior goalkeeper Brittany Jagger finished her

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LMU senior forward Tawni Martino (second from left) advances the ball against a Pepperdine University defender. Martino and her 10 senior teammates completed their careers at LMU last Saturday. Martino finished with 19 goals, ranking her second all-time for LMU in career goals.

LMU career with four saves and controlled her defense well throughout the majority of the match until a collision in the 84th minute took her out of the game.

Jagger still felt pain from the collision after the loss, but remained upbeat.

“It was the last game of the year so it was worth it,” she said.

Jagger will be remembered not only for her fortitude but also for her statistics. She is LMU’s record holder in career saves, with 335, and most saves in a game, with 17 earlier this season.

The Lions struggled all season

long, running a 14-game losing streak before earning a draw on the road against the University of San Francisco last week. LMU compiled an 0-8-1 record in the West Coast Conference.

Despite the disappointing season, the seniors did not let negativity bring down their overall perspective on their careers at LMU. “Anything can happen. It’s about your character after the season that matters,” Jagger said.

“Two years ago we had a bad season and came back to have a winning season.”

The Lions will graduate 11 seniors from this year’s squad, including senior forward Tawni Martino, whose 19 career goals are good for second all-time in LMU’s record books.

“They are such a good group of girls,” Myers said.

Pyka added, “I made some of my best friends here.”

The Lions are already looking forward to next season, hoping to bounce back from a disappointing 2013 campaign.

“We had a couple of younger players playing up front, so I’m excited to see them develop,”

Myers said.

The team also has several players coming back from injury who were sidelined for most of this season.

“We’ll be young, but there will still be a core of players here,” Myers said.

Though the team ended the season with a loss, the team’s seniors were extremely proud of their team and the camaraderie it built in their four years at LMU. “It’s about what’s in between the games that count,” Jagger said. Though this season was not successful, they have a long “in between” period to build.

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WCC | 4th place

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7-2-1

WCC | 1st place

WCC | 10th place

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2-3

WWPA | 5th place

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Men’s soccer faces uncertainty

LIONBITES W. BASKETBALL The women’s basketball team suffered a 69-65 loss to New Mexico University in its season opener on the road.

LMU Athletics Despite the tough first loss, senior point guard Hazel Ramirez put up 18 points, four assists and six rebounds for the Lions.

First-place LMU is only one point ahead of Santa Clara University in WCC standings.

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The LMU men’s soccer team dominated the Gonzaga University Bulldogs in every facet of the game – except for the final score.

A header in the 108th minute of the second overtime by Gonzaga senior midfielder Nick Hamer found the back of the net for the Bulldogs, breaking a scoreless tie and giving Gonzaga (9-53, 4-3-3) a 1-0 victory over LMU (114-2, 7-2-1) at Sullivan Field on Sunday afternoon.

M. BASKETBALL The Lions kicked off the season 2-0 by beating Grand Canyon University and South Dakota State this weekend at the San Diego Classic at University of San Diego tournament. This marks the first time the Lions have started 2-0 since the 2004-05 season.

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LMU 0, GONZAGA 1 Hamer’s golden goal also broke the Lions’ six-game win streak, undefeated home record and their first place cushion in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The Bulldogs completed a series sweep over the Lions after beating them 2-1 in early October in Spokane, Wash.

“It’s kind of hard to swallow,” said junior forward Dylan Seedman. “We came out. We knew we had to get the [win]. Both teams were battling. We were trying to get back at them for being the only team beating us in conference.”

LMU outshot the Bulldogs 26-10, including a 17-5 advantage in the second half and two overtime periods. Gonzaga senior goalkeeper Ryan Caballero did not let anything past him the entire match, logging 12 saves for his team.

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M. WATER POLO After trailing 11-9 with six minutes left, the men’s water polo team came back on Saturday, defeating WWPA opponent No. 20 California LMU Athletics Baptist 13-12. To win the game, sophomore attacker Milutin Mitrovic scored a goal with 36 seconds left on the clock to push past the 12-12 tie. The Lions are now 2-3 in conference.

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Redshirt freshman defender Mark Dotseth battles for possession against redshirt Bulldogs junior midfielder Ben Striar. The Bulldogs completed a season sweep over LMU on Sunday.

Lions sweep Saint Mary’s on Senior Day

Dekar and Magnuson succeed in dual meet Despite a team loss to the University of San Diego, two individual swimmers won.

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The LMU women’s volleyball team captured a win in three games on Saturday for Senior Day against Saint Mary’s College. The team graduates four seniors this season: defensive specialist Betsi Metter and outside hitters Taylor Scioscia, Kathleen Luft and Felicia Arriola.

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The LMU swim team lost a dual meet to University of San Diego (USD) on Saturday with an overall score of 160.5-127.5 in San Diego. Despite the loss, the Lions were able to attain two individual victories and five other wins.

Redshirt senior Rachel Dekar and junior Kjirsten Magnuson both contributed to the team’s overall score. Dekar won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events, while Magnuson won the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle.

“I went faster than I have been going the whole season,” Dekar said. “October is a difficult month and there is a lot of training, so to be able to perform faster than I usually have was nice.”

Dekar’s 2:22.84 time in the 200-yard breaststroke beat her time of 2:23.95 in the team’s meet at the University of Alaska Fairbanks last week. Dekar also beat her Alaska time of 1:06.65 in the 100-yard breaststroke, with a time of 1:06.51 on Saturday.

Magnuson won the 100-yard backstroke and the 50-yard freestyle with times of 57.99 and 24.32 seconds respectively.

The team does not see the loss as a huge

blow, and they expect to bounce back quickly after their upcoming recovery period.

“We were disappointed because we did lose, but we swam well as a team. There were so many close races,” Magnuson said. “I think we’ll be going into conference with the expectations of beating [USD].”

Dekar also mentioned USD held the upper hand because its diving team contributed more points to their overall score.

Regardless, both Dekar and Magnuson expressed their satisfaction with their team’s results, knowing that they were out-touched by opposing swimmers in a couple of close races.

“We won seven events, had girls swim season bests and personal records, so it was exciting,” Dekar said. “It was as good as we could’ve done.”

Magnuson emphasized how much training the team has been doing up until this past weekend. The team is excited to recover for the next couple of weeks before their meet at East L.A. College in the Arena Invitational.

“It’ll be the biggest meet yet. Because we do have a bit of rest going into it, we are expecting fast times. It’s a good meet to see where we are in relation to teams such as USC, Brigham Young University and University of the Pacific,” Magnuson said. “Those teams are rested too, so we can see what it will be like for conference.”

The three-day Arena Invitational begins on Nov. 21 at East L.A. College.

“It’ll be fun and we’re excited,” Magnuson said. “I’m happy where we are right now and I’m looking forward to getting better.”