Los Angeles Loyolan October 14th 2015

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Snyder named 16th President of LMU Timothy Law Snyder’s inauguration ceremony was held on Oct. 6. Amanda Lopez News Editor

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“I hereby install you in the office of the President of Loyola Marymount University,” said Kathleen Aikenhead,

Chair of the Board of Trustees, as she formally bestowed the Presidency upon a beaming Timothy Law Snyder at his inauguration ceremony on Oct. 6. LMU history was made last week as Timothy Law Snyder was inaugurated as the 16th President of the University. Aside from the ceremony itself, the day of inauguration was filled with various festivities, which all encompassed the overarching theme of “global imagination”. See Inauguration | Page 2

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The LMU community gathered in Gersten Pavilion on Oct. 6 to watch Timothy Law Snyder was officially inaugurated as President of Loyola Marymount University. The theme of the ceremony was “global imagination” and featured Snyder’s inauguration speech including well wishes from former President David W. Burcham, Mayor Eric Garcetti and more. Snyder’s wife, CNN Newsroom Anchor Carol Costello, looked on from the stage as he was honored.

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LMU gets ‘Reddi’ for new ‘Twine’ app The latest social payment app arrived at LMU this week with students’ support. Karis Addo-Quaye Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan

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The Delta Zeta Ninja Turtle Warrior event consisted of a relay race with five teams competing at a time. Parts of the relay included smashing a watermelon, knocking over water bottles and jumping into a pool of green jello to find a sponge. The fastest team to find a piece of bubblegum in a plate of whipped cream and blow a bubble won.

Described as “one of the first social payment apps out there” by senior entrepreneurship major Rohan Reddi, the brand new mobile app Twine launched at LMU on Monday, bringing students and faculty to Lawton Plaza for the promise of free pizza and swag. For Reddi, who cofounded Twine, the launch event was the culmination of over a year of combined efforts between him, co-founder Vansi Vallabhaneni and many others from the College of Business Administration (CBA) and the LMU community. Amid the bustling atmosphere, several faculty members in attendance praised Reddi for his diligence despite challenging circumstances while building Twine. The depth of the bonds between Reddi and the LMU staff speaking was evident in the relaxed tone and genuine words spoken on his and the Twine team’s behalf.

Reddi’s mentor, Professor Lewis Jaffe said “We [the faculty] have jobs and we feel like we work for him. ... As my people say, Mazel Tov.” He and the next speaker referenced the “it takes a village” mentality that Reddi heeded throughout the app’s development. Laughter and light-hearted humor complemented the congratulations and advice the speakers offered to Reddi, the Twine team, and the other students that made up the small crowd at the event. “Remember, when you start a company,” professor and the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship David Choi half-jokingly said to the onlookers, “when you do anything, always ask yourself, ‘[if] Paypal did it with its crappy software, and Rohan is doing it with his crappy software, ‘why not me?’” to which Rohan and the Twine team amusedly chuckled. “He jumped in with both feet,” said Associate Dean of CBA Renee Florsheim, who declared the launch a testament to the strategic approach Reddi took. She went on to praise his hard work in classes, on-campus involvement, networking skills and his resourcefulness in taking advantage of all that LMU offered him See Twine | Page 4


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