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University plans new athletics pavilion The sports venue will likely be in what is now the Hannon parking lot. Jacob Cornblatt Editor-in-Chief @LALoyolan
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LMU plans to build a new home for its basketball and volleyball sports teams on the current location of Hannon parking lot. Shown above is the 2018 Family Weekend game at Gersten Pavilion, which was built in 1981.
LMU Athletics is taking the next step in a major expansion of its facilities, in hopes that the construction will modernize the program and bring it to the forefront of collegiate athletics. The University is looking to build a new basketball and volleyball pavilion in what is currently the Hannon parking lot, according to Mason Stockstill, assistant director of media relations and communications in Marketing and Communications. Gersten Pavilion, the current basketball stadium, will be renovated and kept as a practice facility. “Although we are making strides in enhancing our existing facilities, we are still behind many of our competitors,” said Craig Pintens, LMU athletic director. He noted how the current facilities' academic and training spaces are not big enough for the number of people using them. “With a new competition venue that can host basketball, volleyball and campus events, we can cease to use Gersten for events and renovate it into [a] useful practice facility,” he said. See Pavilion | Page 3
ASLMU pushes for access to period products The new initiative will provide free menstrual hygiene products on campus. Sofia Hathorn Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan
ASLMU is hosting Period Justice Week from Oct. 14 to Oct. 19, with a number of events focused on inequality relating to menstrual health, according to LMU This Week. This comes as ASLMU President Ken Cavanaugh works toward their initiative for the University to provide free period products in campus bathrooms and residence halls. This initiative was one of the central campaign platforms for Cavanaugh and Vice President Emily Sinsky when they ran in March 2019. It builds off of a larger movement regarding equal access for menstrual hygiene products that has been spreading across the country and globe. According to The New York Times, in the last three years there have been laws
passed in several states, including New York and Florida, to provide menstrual products in correctional facilities, schools and shelters. Activists are also pushing to get rid of the sales tax on period products that currently exists in 35 states, according to The New York Times. California Gov. Gavin Newsom backed a policy in May that would repeal sales taxes on period products and diapers, according to the Sacramento Bee. "This movement is something that has been happening on a lot of other college campuses for a number of years," said Cavanaugh. "It's about realizing that menstrual hygiene products are a basic need and should be provided just like toilet paper and paper towels." Cavanaugh met with Facilities Management (FM) to discuss the proposal on Wednesday, Oct. 9. ASLMU plans to implement the first phase of the process over the next month, according to Cavanaugh. In this phase, ASLMU
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ASLMU President Ken Cavanaugh has started a new initiative to provide menstrual hygiene products on campus. "Menstrual hygiene products are a basic need," said Cavanaugh.
will fund period products in a few bathrooms around campus. Martin Alvarez, the senior director of FM, said that FM offered “advice and
counsel” to ASLMU and that they “look forward to the opportunity to collaborate further” on the initiative. See Period Justice | Page 3