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LMU alumna shot in Las Vegas attack Ariel Romero-Sbarounis (‘16), was shot in the face during Sunday’s attack in Las Vegas. Her friend died. Matt Gaydos Managing Editor @LALoyolan

Thousands of people were in the crowd of the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a three-day country music festival in Las Vegas, when Stephen Paddock fired an automatic assault rifle from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. One of those shots hit Ariel RomeroSbarounis in her face. Romero-Sbarounis was in “good” condition following a surgery yesterday at 3:30 p.m., Mikey Duarte, Romero-Sbarounis’ boyfriend, told the Loyolan. Her aunt, Perla Arellano, told the Daily Breeze that the bullet entered through RomeroSbarounis’ cheek and left through her neck. Arellano also said that RomeroSbarounis was able to write her Romero-Sbarounis mother’s phone number on her hand for the emergency responders before losing consciousness due to her injuries. Christina Duarte, who is Romero-Sbarounis’ friend and Duarte’s sister, did not survive. After a search led by her brother, Christina Duarte was confirmed to be dead. Mikey Duarte, who was also Romero-Sbarounis’ boyfriend, played baseball for UC Irvine and was drafted this year by the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox commented to the Chicago Tribune that “Members of the White Sox front office were in touch with Mikey Duarte and his family beginning Monday morning.” They provided Duarte and his family with “any resources we could offer, while sending them our thoughts and See Shooting | Page 2

Action taken to support DREAMers The events encourage students to register to vote in support of the DREAM act. Kayan Tara

Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan

Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced the recession of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). This follows the protest, ASLMU held a Lions with DREAMers rally on Sept. 6. To further support DREAMer students, LMU will be holding a “DREAM ACTion Week” from Oct. 9 through Oct. 13, students are encouraged to take action in support of the DREAM Act. DREAM ACTion week will include educational events and a campus wide effort to inspire students to register to vote. The DREAM Act of 2017 was introduced to Congress in July as an effort to protect immigrant youth who entered the United States as children. The bill offered immigrant youth with the path to “conditional permanent resident status”

and eventual citizenship, protecting an “estimated 780,000 individuals who received temporary relief from deportation and employment eligibility through the Department of Homeland Security’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program,” according to a statement by the Ignatian Solidarity Network. Student body presidents from all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States penned a joint statement publicly standing in solidarity with all of the undocumented students and the specific action that will be taken to protect DREAMers. The call to action, which was sent out as an email to all students on Oct. 2., was orchestrated by ASLMU President Hayden Tanabe. The document is the first time such a statement has been produced since March 2016, according to Tanabe. “This is truly a human issue that we should come together to take action and be with and for those communities at the margins,” said Tanabe. “Now more than ever it’s time to mobilize. Engaging with some of the DREAMers that we have here, it’s important to acknowledge that See DREAMers | Page 2

Megan Karbowski | Loyolan

LMU: University of Silicon Beach The community gathered for a discussion and networking reception on Sept. 26 at LMU’s new Playa Vista campus. The discussion was led by President Timothy Law Snyder, Patrick J. Cain (‘79), Claudine Cazian Britz (‘00) and Sean Kane (‘99). The new campus is set to open in fall 2018. “Silicon Beach is our game-changer. While Silicon Valley has a lot of chip level nerdy activity, Silicon Beach is bursting with digital media, creativity, and content creation,” said Snyder in an interview with Bloomberg News, according to the LMU website.


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