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Student workers share their experience and what they have learned from the program. Sonja Bistranin Asst. News Editor @sonj_b
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Dance majors took the stage to partake in their faculty-choreographed fall dance concert, which ran from Wednesday, Nov. 20 to Saturday, Nov. 23. Sophomore Josh Rivera, junior Carly Kelleher, junior Libby Wolf and junior McKenzie Cochran (left to right), pictured above, danced in choreographer Sidra Bell’s “Beyond the Edge of the Frame.” See Page 7 in the Life+Arts section for more pictures from the performance.
LMU sees increase in ambulance transports The number of ambulance transports is atypical for this time of the year. Allie Heck
Managing Editor @allieheck1
The last few weeks of the fall semester have been full of events, including Charity Ball and other formals hosted by service and Greek organizations. During this busy time of year, there has been an increase in medical transports on campus. According to Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Hampton Cantrell, there were at least four transports on the weekend of Nov. 15. “For this time of year, it is unusual to have that many transports,” said Cantrell. Medical transports can be due to alcohol and drug-related incidents, but also because of standard medical emergencies. However, that same weekend, LAPD was involved with two transports, according to Cantrell. “Generally, LAPD is called if there may be the possibility of some violence or a crime committed, or even a psychological emergency,” said Cantrell. Cantrell and DPS’ manager of investigations, Captain Christina Martin, both maintained that no single organization can be faulted. When asked why transports
have been more frequent, Cantrell stated that he is “not entirely sure,” saying that midterms “may be a factor.” Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Development (SLD) and Greek Adviser Dan Faill similarly referenced the short amount of time allotted for these events. “I think it feels like finals is a week earlier,” said Faill. “Because University policy says that you can’t do anything in the evening starting the Friday before finals, I think that shifted a lot of people’s calendars.” While Faill stated that the crunched schedule was more of a “burden on the institution,” the Greek community worked closely with Public Safety in order to cover all of the events. In addition, Greek Life has been working on dealing with alcoholrelated issues for seven years, according to Faill. “They’ve been doing a really good job, to their credit, with dealing with their guests,” said Martin. Faill emphasized the importance of handling these issues within the context of safety, and accredited much of their success in dealing with these issues to a good relationship and understanding with DPS. DPS has “been responsive to our needs and requests and have been an amazing partner over the past several years to educate and empower our organizations to hold their members more accountable,” said Faill.
Even though LMU’s Student Worker Program will enter its 57th year on campus in 2014, some may not know of its existence. J.J. Galvez, a senior economics and entrepreneurship double major, said that the reason the LMU community doesn’t know about the Student Worker Program is precisely because of the term “student worker.” “I think the biggest misconception might be that people confuse us with any other student worker on campus because of our name,” said Galvez. “You think ‘student worker’ and you could think, ‘Oh yeah, I’m a student worker too. I work at the front desk or whatever.’ So I think when a lot of people hear the name they don’t distinguish it as a program.” The program consists of 24 students who work year-round for the University in order to pay tuition and attend LMU. According to Juliana Cadena, a senior communication studies major, the work that student workers are assigned to ranges from sorting materials in the recycling yard to setting up for university events. “We work the Wine Classic every year,” said Cadena. “We also set up [for commencement]. It’s a lot of stuff you See Student Workers | Page 2
Freshman travels globe as professional kendama player
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Freshman film production major Matthew Ballard (left) performs tricks with a kendama in front of kids in Burundi. Ballard is a professionally sponsored kendama player. Read more about Ballard on Page 12 in the Sports section.