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The Laband Art Gallery features inhouse artist Antonius-Tín Bui, whose work focuses on social justice.

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Students cheer for this year's Fallapalooza headliner T-Pain. The concert, hosted by ASLMU, was held at Sunken Garden on Sunday, Sept. 29 from 4 to 7 p.m. Openers included students from the group Curbside and YoYo Nosa. Food trucks and student vendors lined up offering students a variety of things to purchase. See more photos on page 5 and page 8.

House's impeachment inquiry pushes forward Americans are split on whether they support the impeachment inquiry into Trump.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced on Tuesday, Sept. 24 that the House will begin a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, according to The New York Times.

Both the Senate and the House Intelligence Committees received a whistleblower complaint concerning President Trump on Sept. 25, 2019, according to CNN. The whistleblower complaint was made by a CIA officer who worked in the White House at one point. His identity remains anonymous at this time, but House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Sunday that an agreement has been reached for the whistleblower to testify before Congress, according to CNBC. The whistleblower complaint alleges that President Trump tried to get the Ukrainian president to interfere in the 2020 election, most notably by investigating one of President Trump's biggest political opponents, former Vice President Joe Biden as well as his son. Trump then attempted to cover up the request, according to the released complaint by the Officer of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG).

On Sept. 26, the Trump administration released a summary from the call with the Ukrainian president, according to CBS. On Sept. 27, three committee chairmen

scheduled several depositions for witnesses of government officials, including subpoenas for documents from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani for documents relating to Ukraine, according to two articles

by CBS news, one published on Sept. 27 and another on Sept. 30.

Pelosi stated that President Trump has "seriously violated the constitution" and "must be held accountable — no one is above the law," according to The Washington Post.

There have only ever been two presidents put through the impeachment process — Bill Clinton and Andrew

up with no evidence of illegal behavior, the impeachment proceedings will end there, according to The New York Times.

If the investigation findings show evidence of wrongdoing, the House will vote. If the majority of the House votes against impeachment, President Trump will remain in office. If the majority of the House votes for impeachment, the process will continue, according to The New York Times.

If the president is impeached, the issue will then be brought to the Senate for a trial.

After the trial, the Senate, which is currently controlled by Republicans, will vote. If

Johnson. Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached, according to The New York Times.

Impeachment is when the majority of the House votes in favor of a senate trial, on the basis of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors," according to Article 2, Section 4 of the Constitution.

According to The New York Times, "high crimes" can be defined as a high-profile government official abusing their power.

The impeachment process begins with the House, currently controlled by Democrats, and relies on their investigation into President Trump's offenses. If the investigation comes

two-thirds of the Senate votes to convict President Trump, he will be removed from office. If fewer than two-thirds of the Senate votes to convict President Trump, he will remain in office, according to The New York Times.

"Nancy Pelosi was reluctant to [start the impeachment inquiry] because of the [Republican] backlash," said Michael Genovese, a professor of political science at LMU who specializes in the American presidency and speaks on newsrooms like CNN and CBS. "In 1998, when House Republicans impeached Bill Clinton, in the next midterm election there was a major

reaction against that. The Democrats did very well." "[Impeachment] is a significant step ahead for the investigation and the potential remedies that might ensue from a president who may have violated either the law or abused power," said Genovese. "It starts the process. It can be a long process or it can be as short as five to six weeks."

"The only way that [Trump will be removed from office] is if he is impeached by the House, which is likely, and then convicted in a Senate trial, which is less likely, because the Republicans control the Senate," said Genovese.

"I think for both Democrats and Republicans, their votes are going to be hardened ... [they] will do what they were going to do anyway," said Genovese. "The real key is how will people like myself, the people who are no-party-preference ... independents ... soft Democrats and soft Republicans vote. Those people can be swayed by the evidence," said Genovese.

"If the evidence [in the House Judiciary Committee] is persuasive, people might jump on board and want to impeach or vote against Trump in 2020. If it's a weak case the president's hand is strengthened in 2020 when he faces a national election,"said Genovese.

Americans are still split on whether they support the impeachment inquiry, according to NPR. "It's hugely important. What happens now will stamp a character on us for the years to come," said Genovese.

Follow the Loyolan as we continue to cover the 2020 election.

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What’s it like being a rabbi on a Jesuit campus?

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I love this place. I think it’s an extraordinary institution. I oftentimes tell friends, family, colleagues, whoever will listen that I ended up at the most extraordinary Jewish congregation at [a] Jesuit Catholic University ... To be able to be [at] an institution of higher education, a robust place of education like LMU and to be a rabbi ... is just extraordinary ... I’m able to navigate and do the work as a rabbi in this space very, very comfortably.

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There’s no limits ... The work of interfaith [sits] at the heart of my job as a rabbi, in part because of being here at LMU. So, the opportunity to be able to study, learn from, work with everyone Jewish or otherwise is so exciting and scary and challenging … If you want to push back, if you want to have discussions, arguments, the door is always open and I get so excited about that. Beyond that, we do the Jewish sabbath … every Friday night at 6 p.m. in Malone 201... and it’s open to everybody.

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Pepperdine rejected by honors society that accepted LMU The society, PBK, cited Pepperdine’s strict religious clause for faculty tenure as the reason for the rejection.

This week, news intern Grace McCauley sat down with Rabbi Zachary Zysman to talk about Jewish Student Life and interfaith relations.

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Pepperdine University was sent a rejection letter by Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) on June 10 after applying to have the prestigious honor society on their campus. PBK said that the reason the school was rejected is due to their tenure policy and its application to “faculty autonomy,” according to the Pepperdine Graphic. LMU received a PBK chapter on campus last year.

Pepperdine’s Tenure Policy cites an “acceptance of Christian values” as one of the factors that is considered for tenure positions.

Dean of Pepperdine’s Seaver College of Liberal Arts Michael Feltner wrote a response to Frederick Lawrence, PBK CEO, voicing his concerns over the rejection. Feltner was unhappy that the rejection letter referenced Pepperdine’s Christian mission, specifically their tenure policy, as one of the reasons the school was rejected, according to the Pepperdine Graphic.

LMU’s tenure policy does not contain any religious clauses that would prevent faculty from being promoted, according to the faculty handbook.

PBK, founded in 1776, is considered to be the most prestigious honor society in the nation, according to their website. Only 10% of the nation’s universities have a PBK chapter on campus, according to their website. They also stated that PBK’s founding principles are “academic freedom” along with “free expression” and “free inquiry.”

Professor Christopher Soper, a Pepperdine faculty member and leader of the university’s application, responded to the rejection by questioning the existence of PBK chapters in other religious institutions, such as LMU and Baylor University. “The reality is that most of the religiously-based universities PBK has granted chapters to in recent years are ones that have made some different choices than Pepperdine,” said Soper, according to the Pepperdine Graphic.

“While they’re still connected to their religious tradition, the connections are more tenuous — less apparent in the day-to-day life at the institution.”

Soper said that when Baylor received a chapter, PBK had a “different set of values.”

Baylor University received their chapter in 1976, according to Baylor’s website.

José I. Badenes, an LMU Spanish professor and associate provost for undergraduate education, does not think that LMU’s religious relationship is tenuous. Badenes, who is a Jesuit, believes that evidence of the religiou relationship is found not only in the University’s mission, but in its core curriculum as well, as it asks undergraduate students to take courses in Theological Inquiry and Faith and Reason. He believes that at LMU, our faith is more of a “lived creative experience,” rather than a “dogmatic adherence to a creed.”

Badenes cleared up the misconceptions that can sometimes arise out of a misunderstanding of the Jesuit tradition. “What others within and outside the Catholic Church throughout history perceive to be the Ignatian tradition’s ‘tenuous’ relationship with faith stems partly from the Society of Jesus’ other-centered and creative missionary spirit to enter into a culture, rather than impose on it — ‘finding God in all things’ rather than bringing God to them,” said Badenes.

Professor Nicolas Rosenthal, an associate professor of history as well as president and member of LMU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, feels that this is an unfair response and that LMU has earned its PBK chapter. He emphasized that the application process was difficult.

The process took three years through multiple rounds and votes from PBK committees, according to Rosenthal.

Rosenthal does not agree that LMU received a chapter due to its more “tenuous” religious tradition. “Our mission is derived from our Loyola and Marymount traditions,” he said.

The PBK representative that visited LMU was impressed by how “pervasive [LMU’s] mission is, how it is understood and embodied in the work of our students, faculty and our administrators,” said Rosenthal. The mission, he said, is also “intentionally pluralistic” in a way that is “consistent with PBK’s focus on academic freedom.”

This past April, LMU welcomed nine students to join the 288th Omega of California chapter of PBK. The students “excelled in a wide range of liberal arts and sciences coursework, including foreign language study and mathematics,” according to a PBK press release.

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School newspapers serve as an incredible place for college students to gain practical experience in journalism and all that comes with it. Working on a relatively small scale with short deadlines and relevant stories provides us with skills that we can take with us later in life. For some student journalists, however, this small scale can grow in the span of one story.

Andrew Howard, a 20-year-old managing editor at Arizona State University (ASU)’s student newspaper, broke the news last Friday that U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker was resigning.

This news was the latest in a flurry of reports coming out of the White House in the wake of the House of Representatives opening an impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

The State Press, ASU’s paper, published news of Volker’s resignation even before The New York Times published the information as a breaking news story.

“We wanted to localize the national issue of the whistleblower complaint,” said Howard, a junior at ASU, on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “In that: our reporting led us to find that he was going to be leaving his position with the State Department.”

Volker is the executive director of the McCain Institute, an ASU program. Howard used this local connection to bring an international story to the halls of his university. In doing so, he discovered a scoop that dominated the weekend news cycle.

This all comes as Trump, an avid critic of the media, spent his weekend retweeting information about what he deemed fake news.

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The media has been and continues to be under attack by Trump’s administration. It’s gotten to be so much of a problem that The New York Times couldn’t trust the president to assist a reporter who was going to be arrested in Egypt. They instead had to turn to Ireland, who had the reporter protected within an hour, according to A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The Times.

Despite these attacks, the news media remains instrumental in keeping democracy alive. It’s a foundational promise of this country, so much so that the First Amendment promises a free press.

Though we often think of major media outlets like ABC, CNN and Fox as being the news media, we forget about our local newspapers and television outlets. These may not be on 24/7 or provide major interviews, but as shown by Howard and the State Press, they can discover stories that rock the political landscape.

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When reporters from this paper or any other come to talk to you, remember that they are there to tell your story. They are there to provide your peers with the most accurate, relevant and responsible news they can.

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he impeachment proceedings regarding Trump are a vital part of upholding the Constitution and protecting our democracy. The process of impeachment, whether or not Trump is removed from office, is necessary to ensure that everyone, no matter their status, is held responsible under the law.

President Donald J. Trump needs to be informed that he isn’t invincible.

He has broken his presidential oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” and that is not without consequence.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in her announcement of the inquiry, stated that “[Trump] must be held accountable — no one is above the law.” This statement is profound because it highlights the importance of the Constitution in a time where it seems a lot of the elements of government are no longer respected the way they once were.

The Constitution provides Congress the opportunity to impeach sitting governmental officials. The House has the power to call for impeachment and, if upon investigation, the crimes are deemed significant, the House votes. If a majority votes for impeachment, then the Senate is in

charge of the trial. After the trial they vote, and 2/3 have to vote to convict for the president to be removed from office.

Every president is different and approaches the office differently.

Trump approached the office not as an opportunity to be a man for the people, but to be a man above the people.

He is protected by Mitch McConnell’s actions in office; according to Vox, if McConnell were to investigate and take action, Trump would have no choice but to clean up his act.

Even before his first day in office, Trump reshaped what the presidency of the United States consists of.

His verbose, hateful language and employment of his family and friends in office have shaped his presidency to be groundbreaking — and this is without mentioning his bizarre background.

I could take the time to list Trump’s impeachable offenses, but the need for a list is proof enough that impeachment proceedings are necessary. The catalyst for the call for impeachment was Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine, in which he told him that he should work on investigating Joe Biden’s son, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

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The problem with labeling identity Speck and Spielmann Cristobal Spielmann Asst. Opinion Editor @LALoyolan

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t seems like some people think that there’s an easy way to fit an individual in a box based on a whole host of labels. There isn’t.

More often than not, I’ve seen bigotry manifest as a way to knock down a person at a fundamental level by saying they’re “not gay enough” or “not black enough.” It’s as if they can’t be something because they don’t seem to fit into a certain label; they aren’t allowed to talk about certain experiences.

But labels shouldn’t be shorthand for understanding who I am or who anyone else is, and they are not useful for that supposed purpose.

First of all, it can be difficult to explain what your labels even are, since many people have conflicting opinions on what they mean and whether they fit them.

For instance, because I was born in Santiago de Chile to Chilean parents, I identify under the banner of “Latino.”

It’s easy for those who don’t know where Chile is to understand that label, and groups on campus that use the label like Chicano Latino Student Services or Latinx Student Union can, in turn, be more inclusive.

In the U.S., though, that overarching label isn’t very popular.

Most Hispanic adults prefer to be known by their family’s country of origin instead of a pan-ethnic label, according to a 2012 study by the Pew Research Center.

To an extent, I can understand why that might be the case. Just because two areas of a continent generally have a population that speaks the same language means little across the lives of millions of people with differing histories and cultures.

On top of this, Latino is an ethnicity, not a race, so the overlapping layers of racism

To gain some perspective, I spoke with Kiana Liu, a freshman film and television production major, about her native Hawaiian identity. Liu classified having Hawaiian identity into three categories: blood quantum, hānai (i.e. adoption into a Hawaiian family) or being “Hawaiian at heart.”

“I don’t mean someone that moves to Hawai’i just to live in ‘paradise’ or demands that they get the ‘kama’āina’ discount for living in Hawai’i,”

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Labels like Hawaiian and Chilean are only one part of an individual’s identity.

Furthermore, they are not an effective way to understand others as a whole.

and colorism that nonwhite Latinos face is something I don’t directly experience as a white Latino, as explained by NPR. Do I still fit under the label of Latino?

Is it appropriate or accurate to put so many individuals with such different experiences under the same label?

Liu clarified.“‘Kama’āina’ means native-born, so if you moved from somewhere else to be in Hawai’i you are not ‘kama’āina.’”

There are also certain cultural factors that are expected to come with certain identities, language

being an example that’s particularly hard to deal with. For instance, as a Chilean immigrant in the U.S., one expectation of me is that I speak Spanish as well as I speak English.

While I am comfortable with most of my abilities, and I continue to push myself toward being bilingual, it’s still very much a second language for me. It’s a difficult task for someone who’s lived almost their entire life in the U.S. When I have conversations with close family members or friends who’ve grown up in Chile their whole lives, that’s when calling myself Chilean feels disingenuous.

“There is definitely a better way of understanding identity because I feel labels add a target on your back for hate,” said Liu. “There is so much judgment for being a Hawaiian in knowing the language, culture and stories. Other Hawaiians even judge each other for not knowing things.”

Coming to terms with my identity will be a life-long process as I learn more about my culture and myself.

One of the healthier steps is blocking out malicious attacks on your identity instead of buckling to every minute detail needed to fit someone else’s idea of who you are and what your experiences have been.

So long as we learn from one another in an open and non-accusatory dialogue, we can move past one-dimensional labels and fully realize the humans in front of us.

This is the opinion of Cristobal Spielmann, a sophomore environmental science major from Brentwood, Tennessee. Tweet comments @LALoyolan, or email editor@theloyolan.com.

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President Trump needs to be held accountable for his unlawful actions because, if not, it sets an awful precedent for future presidents.

“Will you live in a constitutional democracy or some kind of other system like a quasi-dictatorship and illiberal system, or a

system where centralized power dominates?” Michael Genovese, a political science professor, asked. “[Students] will inherit a system of government that we pass on ... so if we pass on a system of government that respects the rule of law, that’s one thing — if we don’t respect the rule of law then you inherit a very

different system.”

No matter the outcome of the impeachment proceedings, things will change. It is unlikely that Trump will be removed because of the Republican controlled Senate, but even if Trump remains in office, the fact that these impeachment proceedings occurred is

important for the integrity of our Constitution.

The House’s impeachment proceedings against Trump have the ability to completely alter our current system of government in terms of the supreme law of the land: the Constitution. The United States was founded on being a country for freedom

and democracy, with a foundation of laws and basic human rights. No one is above the rule of law, and impeachment lets Trump know that includes him too.

This is the opinion of Sally Dean, a sophomore political science major from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tweet comments to @LAloyolan or email comments to editor@theloyolan.com.

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T-Pain, Curbside, YoYo Nosa take the stage

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Sunday, October 6, 2019 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., PDT Discover all that LMU has to offer: • Tour campus and residence halls • Join discussions with faculty, staff, and students • Get an inside look at projects created in laboratories and studios by students and faculty • Learn more about undergraduate admission, housing, and financial aid For more details, visit admission.lmu.edu/openhouse.

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Fallapalooza graced Sunken Garden on Sunday as students danced the day away. T-Pain (top left) headlined the event, while Curbside (middle left) and YoYo Nosa (middle right), winners of Mane Entertainment’s Singer Songwriter Showdown, opened the show. To read more about Fallapalooza, check out pages 1 and 8.

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Antonius-Tín Bui brings paper to life Bui conveys social justice messages through art and traditional paper cutting.

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his fall, LMU’s Laband Art Gallery is hosting artist Antonius-Tín Bui in a unique way. While typically Laband artists showcase their work quietly from the sidelines, Bui, who goes by they/them, will be front and center, bringing their artwork to life in a multitude of ways. From Nov. 13 - 16, Bui will be the artist-in-residence at LMU working in partnership with Laband, LGBT Student Services and Asian Pacific Student Services to put on multiple artistic events for students to attend.

Bui is a self-described “queer, Vietnamese ex-Catholic American” who creates artwork inspired by their identity. Their current show, “Finding Heart (tìm tim),” consists of intricate paper cut-outs that tell fascinating stories. Much of the show includes larger-thanlife paper portraits of queer Asian American Pacific Islanders that Bui either knows in real life or has imagined. They like to recreate their ancestors through portraiture. Bui believes they “come from a lineage of queer ancestors,” and the artwork helps them to feel connected to the queerness present in their history.

Bui’s work has an important message. “Your work cannot be neutral. You either are perpetuating the status quo as an artist, or you’re advancing it. And you have to decide,” they said. They hope that their work is able to inspire some sort of emotion in others, be it inspiration or anger.

As a full-time artist, Bui spends two to four weeks cutting each

portrait, in addition to weeks of pre-planning. Each piece is “a combination of intuitive drawings, projections and a lot of mistakes,” they said. However, the end results will leave you in awe.

Bui said that through artwork, they are “trying to unlearn” the “passiveness and silence” that being a queer, Vietnamese-American of refugee parents has ingrained in them. Through a process of finding self-love and learning to take up space, they have been able to transform their history into beautiful art pieces that have been showcased for thousands of people. Their paper designs have been worn on bodies, used for runway shows and displayed in galleries — yet still retain their shape. Bui uses paper as their medium because of its simultaneous fragility and durability.

While grateful for the opportunity to work as an artist, they also are weary about how queer artwork has become a fad in recent years. Worried that queer artists will be “abandoned” after this “trend within the art world” dies out, they encourage young LGBTQIA+ members to continually organize together to work toward a better future.

Bui has advice for young artists, as well. “Your truth, your experiences are worth being transformed into artwork,” they said. They believe young artists should demand the space and resources they need and connect with people who are willing to support their passions, and that students should unapologetically maximize the resources available to them.

Additionally, Bui hopes to push the boundaries of the art world.

“The amount of artists in the world [is] the amount of ways to be an artist,” they said. They challenge traditional Western notions of art and believe it is important to showcase art pieces outside of art

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Bui dynamically poses in front of one of their installations on display in the Laband Art gallery.

Bui embraces all aspects of their identity and creates art based on what inspired them.

circles in order to initiate a largerscale conversation.

Bui will be living near campus from Nov. 13 - 16 to showcase local Los Angeles artists, take part in a class on movement and empathy and much more, including potentially organizing a dance improvisation group in the library.

The gallery is now open to the public during regular Laband Gallery hours until Dec. 14. For a full schedule of Bui’s events, see cfa.lmu.edu/labandgallery/.

American Sign Lions signals a message The club forms a community to raise deaf culture awareness.

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ith a plethora of clubs on campus, it’s easy to forget the unique characteristics and dedication it takes to run each and every student organization. Last week, we sat down with Richard Chavez, a sophomore biology major and Spanish minor, to talk about the American Sign Lions club.

Started in the spring of 2018, the American Sign Lions club focuses on deaf awareness and promotion of deaf culture.

Richard Chavez hopes that with this club, he can spread more awareness and get fellow students to become more proactive in learning American Sign Language (ASL). He also encourages the LMU student body to become more involved in engaging with those who are deaf or

who have other special needs on campus.

Personally, Chavez learned ASL because his brother became deaf at the age of 3 after a doctor misdiagnoses meningitis as the flu. “[My brother] taught me sign language, and it was personal to me, so I wanted to bring an aspect of myself to campus.”

Last week, the club members discussed the events that happened at Gallaudet University in 1988. Gallaudet University is a university with a predominantly deaf student body, and their students protested and successfully receieved a deaf president in 1988 in order to receive proper representation of their majority population.

As a strong advocate of the language, Chavez hopes to normalize the use of ASL. “I want to expose the students of LMU to a culture that they have probably heard about but haven’t had any experience with,” said Chavez.

During club meetings,

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American Sign Lions is spelled out in sign language. American Sign Lions hopes to encourage all students to learn sign language to communicate with each other and with those who are a part of the deaf community.

members will learn a few facts relating to deaf culture and history along with a few conversational ASL terms.

With over 40 members registered on LEO, American Sign Lions works together as a community to expose

others to deaf culture and raise awareness of the lack of representation for that group.

American Sign Lions meets every other week on Wednesday from 9-10 p.m. in STR 369. Their next general meeting will be held on Oct.

2. They are open to the public, and no previous experience or knowledge of ASL is needed.

Follow their Instagram, @theamericansignlions, for updates and more information.

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Drake Bell found a way into The Living Room Sammi Side Up Sammi Su

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rake Bell took to the stage in front of a room of excited students last Wednesday in the Living Room. He opened with his 2006 hit song “Do What You Want.” Throughout the night, he took the crowd on a nostalgic ride through his “Drake & Josh” era, making references and repeating classic lines from the show.

A simple “Megan!” was enough to send the crowd into hysteria. Near the end of the night, he transitioned into his newer music, with songs such as “Fuego Lento” and “No Perdamos Más Tiempo.”

Bell walked into the Living Room from the staff entrance in a loud yellow collared t-shirt, welcomed by excited cheers from the crowd. Bell performed a set of covers and original songs, accompanying his own songs with either a guitar or a digital keyboard.

Occassionally, he’d stop and chat with the crowd before moving on to the next piece. A couple times during the show, we heard an unidentifiable voice yell

from the crowd “Sing the opening song!” Bell laughed and acknowledged the comment but kept going

to the show, a large crowd of excited fans started to form, snaking from the entrance of the Living Room

major Jade Borg, sophomore history major Matt Ruggles and sophomore biochemistry major Lianlen Joy G. Distor

Ruggles commented on the pre-show experience and said, “We made new friends. I would do it again.”

However, when asked if they were big Drake Bell fans, all four surprisingly responded with confidence, “No!” Borg explained that “I’ve seen Josh Peck at another show before, so I’ve got to see Drake Bell.”

When asked what they would say when they meet Bell at the meet and greet, Ruggles jokingly shouted, “Hey! You’re Drake from ‘Drake & Josh!’

Where’s Josh?”

After the performance, sophomore communication studies major Mason Handa commented that “[it] was really cool that he embraced the ‘Drake & Josh’ era, and he made a lot of references and [said] quotes from it.”

Fans like Handa went to the concert in hopes of meeting a childhood idol, Photo: Sammi Su | Loyolan and if you were at the event, Bell performs many of his own songs to an excited crowd. Since his departure from the show “Drake & Josh,” he then you would know that has been creating music as a solo artist, adventuring into various genres. most in the audience were with his planned program. to the first floor entrance — agreed that nostalgia was probaby not disappointed.

Ultimately, however, the of Malone. The first five the main driving factor for crowd was not disappointed. people in line were given the their dedication. Daniel His final song was indeed chance to attend a meet and commented that she had the ultimate throwback: the greet with Bell. been sitting in front of the “Drake & Josh” theme song, The first four people Living Room since she got This is the opinion of Sammi “I Found A Way.” in line — freshman film, out of her class around Su, a s o p h o m o r e marketing However, the event did television and media 11:30 a.m. and the others major from West Covina, California. Tweet comments @ not just begin with the studies major Betel Daniel, noted that they arrived sammi_susu, or email ssu@ music. Over an hour prior freshman entrepreneurship around 4 p.m. theloyolan.com.

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A review of “Drump & the Handle any awkward Giant Impeachment” situation with class The Bluff welcomes readers feel 18 again, as well as for laying the to preview an upcoming book foundation for the #Metoo movement. release — new spin on a classic.

Bobby Meuller makes Drump apologize to him and the American people for Andrew Dazé making Meuller write a 500 page Roald Dahl Fan document on nothing. Vladmir TakeFifty-eight years after its original out smiles at Drump, earning the new publication, a more contemporary name Gladmir.

The new group of friends escapes version of “James and the Giant Peach” is in production. Later this the clutches of Congress and flies away month, “Tonald Drump and the Giant on the giant impeachment. On their Impeachment” will hit shelves across journey the passengers aboard the America. It is baffling how well the impeachment come across a plethora of dangers, from false claims and inflated original translates to today’s world.

Tonald Drump is a 4-year-old stories to reliable sources and facts incumbent president who lives in the that Drump successfully diffuses by White House with his Twitter, his only throwing sand in the eyes of the media friend. When his secret conversation and using confusing rhetoric.

As they cross the sea, the 2020 with the Ukrainian president is exposed by a whistleblower, he’s sent elections become visible through the to live with his aunt, Congress, who clouds. Will the giant impeachment blow does not love him at all. While there, up in the faces of Congress and liberals he discovers a giant impeachment. alike? Or will this be the plastic straw Congress locks Drump away, making that breaks the orange man’s back? Find money from the impeachment, out when “Tonald Drump and the Giant Impeachment” comes out some time holding rallies around it.

One day, Drump is tweeting and hopefully before the end of the year so we his phone falls out the window near all can have a normal day for once. the giant impeachment. Once there he discovers a hole inside the impeachment and climbs inside. There he comes across the previous scandals and close calls with impeachment he’s avoided over the past three years.

Skye Daniels, Bobby Meuller, Excess Hollywood and Vladmir Take-out all greet Drump with mixed emotions. Skye Daniels and Excess Hollywood, being past the peak of their respectable careers, thanked Harrison Klein | Loyolan Drump for putting them in the Trump finds himself on top of the giant impeachment spotlight and making them feeling uncertain about his fate.

A handy guide to help you thrive in awkward situations.

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If you’re ever in an awkward pickle-jamthing, fear not. With every possible situation comes the right thing to say — and Bluff has your back. With this list, you can survive any unforeseeable situation with both charisma and class.

You find out your two co-workers are secretly dating. Sure ­— it’s weird.

All you have to do to lessen the tension is ask if you can get in on the secret and date them too.

You mistakenly run over your neighbor’s cat. Oops! But lucky for you, Halloween is just around the corner. Just explain that if you didn’t sacrifice a cat this year, you would be ruining the spirit of the holiday. They’re sure to understand.

You swipe right — and then realize it was your professor. For this little conundrum, do what you’d always do: invite them back to your place (dorm?) for some underage drinking and some Netflix and chill.

Just make sure not to mention the homework.

You start dating someone new … only

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Making jokes at a funeral can help to relieve sadness about the event. Send the soul off with laughter. to find out they’re vegan. In this situation, the best thing to do is run. Run as fast as you can before you’re sucked in, too. If they’ve already got you, head straight for the slaughterhouse — you really need to reassert your dominance over animals.

You must attend a funeral. To handle this situation correctly, you need to put the fun into funeral. Prepare stand-up comedy for if you are asked to speak.

If you will not be given mic time, bring some dope speakers and start a flash mob. You’ll lighten the mood and be everyone’s hero.

The guy next to you in the library is crunching his chips waaaaayyyy too loudly. This is your

time to shine — pull out your own crunchy food and begin a Crunch-Off competition. Whoever annoys the most people (bonus points if you can get them to leave!) is the winner of the Crunch-Off. Your best romantic moment at the Lair is cut short when your date throws up from food poisoning. First, you have to make sure they aren’t embarrassed — so quickly finish the rest of the food so that you throw up too. Next, go order seconds, because literally nothing else is open on this campus.

There truly is a solution to everything.

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Surf Club makes waves on campus The club, with over 100 members, will be celebrating their 15th anniversary.

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LMU’s real estate near the pacific is ideal for one sport in particular — surfing. The University’s Surf Club is a perfect example of surfing culture in California. The sport has found a growing niche on campus, and the club is growing at an impressive rate.

Sophomore marketing major Kalea Vandeventer touched on what drew her to both the club and the sport itself.

“I was drawn to Surf Club at LMU because beyond the physical act of surfing, I love the surf world. I love the energy, the passion, the art and everything that surrounds it. I joined Surf Club at LMU in hopes of finding a community of people that felt the same way I did so I could keep surfing down here at school,” she said.

Surf Club will soon be celebrating its 15th anniversary. The club is currently led by President Andrew Denton, a sophomore accounting major from New Jersey. Denton began surfing when he was 13 years old after being introduced to the sport through a neighbor. Coming from New Jersey, Denton has a unique background in surfing. To make it to where he is today, he ventured through cold Jersey waters and even surfed during blizzards.

“We’re starting a competitive team this year. It’s going to be through the NSSA (the National Scholastic Surfing Association). We know a couple people over at the USC surf team, so I think it’d be fun to do a USC surf team versus LMU surf team [event], as well as a Pepperdine event because I know a couple kids over there.”

The club is close to officially adopting El Porto as its official beach, all they have to do is register one more beach cleanup and the stretch of sand will be the team’s official beach. El Porto is a short drive away from campus, located directly south of Dockweiler Beach.

“Usually we just try to go to El Porto.

It’s convenient, it’s close. It offers everything. If you go out the back you can get a nice, clean wave. For learning stuff, it’s super easy to just stay on the inside and catch white water to practice popping up,” said Denton.

Prospective club members do not need to know how to surf. The org is via Surf Club open to any level of experience, even The LMU Surf Club gathers on El Porto Beach before hitting the waves. The club is close to if one has never stepped on a board officially adopting El Porto as its official beach. before. A large focus of Surf Club is “I learned from my neighbor when I and around 20 returners, the rest of teaching any and all newcomers how was 13, so I’d be coming up on my sixth the club is entirely comprised of new to hit the waves. Vandeventer touched year of surfing now. Junior year [of high members. The organization’s first upon this as well as surf culture’s school] I was like, ‘you know what? I’m formal meeting of the year took place in general welcoming demeanor. really going to dedicate myself to this, Seaver lecture hall.

“No one should feel like they can’t I really love it.’ Every day after school Going beyond casual surf sessions, join Surf Club just because they can’t no matter what, I went out surfing. It the club also hopes to compete surf — the majority of our members included a lot of blizzards and a lot of regularly soon. Southern California can’t. We’re here to have fun, make cold times.” is ripe with potential opponents, friends and maybe pick up a few new According to Denton, the club such as USC and Pepperdine. Denton surf skills along the way.” currently has 102 paying members. has hopes of some intercollegiate Surf Club meets every Tuesday night Outside of the club’s executive board competition coming to fruition. at 10 p.m. in Seaver 200.

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And one player who has made significant contributions to the team’s success against these powerful opponents is sophomore goalkeeper Jacob Jackson, who won WCC Player of the Week on Sept. 23 and broke program records in number of games with goals allowed (six) and number of scoreless minutes (560+).

“I don’t think any of us really expected to come out [this strong] from the start,” said Jackson. “But we connected, we all are doing well, and I think we’ve been benefiting from it.”

In addition to Jackson, Krumpe is very pleased with the rest of his roster this season, especially the defensive group, compared to that of 2018.

“We’ve had a lot of guys that have stepped into roles and been really impressive, namely [Narciso Cervantes] on the right side in the back, [Christian Wood] on the left side of the back, obviously [Jackson] in goal, [and] also [Noel Caliskan] as our deepholding mid,” said Krumpe.

“I mean those guys have been amazing, and huge upgrades from where we were at this point last year.”

And while the Lions have seen a lot of success so far,

Krumpe knows there are elements to his team’s game that still need improvement.

“We’re still struggling to put balls in the back of the net,” said Krumpe. “I think we’ve been pretty good at creating decent opportunities, but the finishing product is not quite there yet. We’re working on it — we’re trying to do something every day to get better at that.”

And the group must work to resolve any weaknesses as soon as possible as the Lions prepare for conference play, beginning with Gonzaga (1-6-1) on Saturday, Oct. 12. The team wants to continue making noise as they begin facing these inconference opponents.

“I want to win the WCC, I want to win the national championship and I want us to just keep going,” Jackson said. “I just want to keep doing what we’re doing.”

And even with those goals and the team’s early success, the team still has a lot to prove, according to Jackson.

“We have a lot to prove, [and] we’re going to work every day to fight and prove to everyone that this is LMU,” said Jackson. “LMU soccer — we’re up there. We’re going to put a new name on it.”

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Men's soccer off to best start since 2013 The team looks to capitalize on early success heading into the second half of the season.

years where we’ve done a good job of being prepared for this opportunity.”

The Lions have faced a number of strong teams this fall, including three ranked opponents—No. 16 Virginia Tech, No. 23 Cal State Northridge and No. 13 Cal State Fullerton. The Lions lost, won and tied the three respective games.

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With nine games complete, the men’s soccer team has already notched a collection of accomplishments. The squad currently sits at 5-2-2, which matches their best start since 2013.

They’ve recorded a total of 12 goals on 11 assists, while opponents have only scored on the Lions five times, on five assists. And last week, the squad was ranked No. 24 in the nation in the NCAA national coaches’ poll.

It’s a big change from one year ago. At this point in the 2018 season, the team had posted a 2-9 record. They would go on to finish the year at 6-12. A year later, the 2019 squad has nearly topped that win total at less than halfway through the season.

“We brought in some really good players that have stepped in and contributed right away,” said head coach Paul Krumpe, who entered his 22nd season this year. “Six of our starters are new faces and [are] super athletic, quality players.”

Krumpe has seen a number of highs and lows while at the helm of the men’s

"We've done a good job of being prepared for this opportunity."

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Sophomore defender Corbin Mercado (21) moves across the field in LMU's 1-0 win over Loyola-Chicago on Sept. 8. The Lions have notched a 5-2-2 record so far this season.

soccer program. During his tenure, the team qualified for the NCAA National Championship Tournament for four straight seasons from 20012004 and then again in 2009 and 2013, in addition to two West Coast Conference championships in 2010 and 2013. Krumpe has also seen multiple single-digit win teams,

though he understands that the nature of college soccer means some seasons are far more successful than others.

“I've been involved in this long enough to know that there [are] years where everything rolls your way, and there [are] years where everything rolls against you,” said Krumpe. “And this just happens to be—so far—one of those

Krumpe likes the high difficulty of his team’s opponents this year and is proud of how his players have fared so far this season.

“Our schedule is one of the top in the country, because everybody we've played has a winning record,” said Krumpe. “Most teams can't say that. Most programs have played one or two games against some opponents that are not as good, and you're not sure where they’re at. We've been tested in every single match.”

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Volleyball coach instills culture of positivity in team Mansfield wants to make sure his players love the game of volleyball.

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At the end of practice on Aug. 26, the LMU volleyball team circled up. Much of the discussion was typical postpractice talk, such as strategy from coaches and logistics for an upcoming road trip. But the players also did something unusual — they wrote journal entries in notebooks.

Third-year head coach Aaron Mansfield told his players to write something they saw a teammate do well or improve on during practice. Then they read aloud what they wrote while specifically addressing the person they wrote about.

The routine is something that the team does after every practice. This is not a typical exercise for sports teams, but the players appreciate it.

“I have never journaled at the end of my practices before,” said freshman outside hitter Rose Booth.

“But I definitely think it helps me with what I take away from each practice, as well as setting clear intentions for tomorrow’s

practice and things I want to work on then.”

Journaling is one example of the way Mansfield has placed a stamp on the LMU volleyball program. He took over in 2017 following five years as a coach at Santa Clara. Once hired, he said that he made it a point to meet every player one-on-one.

“I just wanted to ask as many questions as possible,” he said.

“Not just about volleyball things, but [also to] get to know them, where they come from, what motivates them and why they’re at LMU.” Mansfield was aware that a new coaching system would mean some adjusting for the players, so he wanted them to get comfortable with him.

“I could tell that there was [some] uncertainty and I wanted to let them know at each individual meeting what I was about,” he said.

Throughout his first season as head coach of the volleyball team, he did not force a style of play upon his players. Rather, he made an effort to find strategies and solutions for everybody.

“It’s not a dictatorship. I’m not here to just implement a system and do it my way,” he said. “I have ideas of how I want to run things ... but I think what they learned really early on is I wasn’t just asking

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LMU volleyball head coach Aaron Mansfield calls instructions to players on the court. Mansfield is currently in his third year as head coach.

for their feedback just to ask for it. I implemented a lot of things based on things that worked for them.”

Gradually, he gained the trust of his players and posted a 16-13 record. However, it was his second season that was his breakthrough. LMU finished the year 21-10 and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. While reaching the postseason is a major accomplishment for

any college coach, the fact that Mansfield was able to do so in just his second year at the helm added a little extra to the run.

Adding to the magic was the specifics of how the team got there. The Lions dropped lateseason matches to Pepperdine and Gonzaga, at which point Mansfield wondered if postseason hopes were slipping away. But a straightsets home win over then-No. 1 BYU in the final game of the

season turned the tide, in the context of the season and the careers of many of the players.

“The players that were on the court that day when we beat [BYU] had a lot of five-set losses to BYU in their careers,” he said. “It was really special.

And the coolest part for me was just to see the joy of getting our name announced in the tournament when we knew we were on the bubble.”

Now, approximately halfway through his third season at LMU, Mansfield continues to emphasize joy and the importance of maintaining a positive attitude. His teaching of life skills shows that he wants his greatest impact to be not as a coach, but as a mentor to young women as they make their way through college.

“He doesn’t just care about us as volleyball players, but as people,” said senior outside hitter Savannah Slattery. “I can say with confidence that I’ve become a better person under his guidance and coaching.”

Between working in tandem with his players, his concerted efforts to make volleyball fun to play and the journal entries after practice, Mansfield’s plans for the program are taking the volleyball team in the right direction.