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AFROTC annual flag ceremony LMU concludes Veterans Week has first
Startup Weekend
LMU and the Entrepreneurship Society host Startup Weekend for aspiring entrepreneurs. Amanda Lopez Asst. News Editor @amandalo
Emilia Shelton | Loyolan
The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) annual flag ceremony on Friday, Nov. 14, at the Alumni Mall flag poles concluded the events of LMU’s Veterans Appreciation Week from Nov. 10 to Nov. 14. The week included several other activities including a Veterans Day luncheon, a night event at The Loft Sports Lounge, a candle-light vigil to honor the veterans on the memorial wall and a clothes and food drive to honor, support and appreciate LMU and U.S. veterans.
“Veg Week” promotes sustainable lifestyles ASLMU hosts vegetarian week to promote alternative and healthy eating habits. Kaitlin Perata Copy Editor @laloyolan
In honor of its annual pre-Thanksgiving celebration, ASLMU will be hosting Veg Week from Nov. 17 to Nov. 21st to promote sustainable, earth-conscious eating habits and provide students with information about alternative diets such as vegetarianism and veganism. The event coincides with World Vegan Month, which takes place annually during the month of November and celebrates and promotes veganism. Senior European studies major and ASLMU’s Director of Environmental Responsibility Ari Fields, who is in charge of planning Veg Week, explained that students should consider the effects of their food choices on the environment and be open to exploring other dietary options. “The purpose of Veg Week is to promote a greater understanding of sustainable lifestyles and diets that are beneficial both for individuals
and the environment. We at ASLMU would like to make it easier for students to see the connection between what they eat and how it affects our world and its resources,” Fields said. The four-day-long festivities will kick off on today with Meatless Monday in Malone 100 from 5:30-8 p.m. The event will be catered by Veggie Grill and will offer students a variety of healthy vegan options to choose from. Fields is also currently collaborating with the organization Thinking With, which describes itself as “a social justice student organization that uses creative empathy based design methods to approach social justice issues.” Thinking With is partnering with ASLMU and Veg Week “to educate the student body about the impact of animal agriculture and to offer Meatless Mondays as an option to help address this problem” on campus in the future. According to senior communication studies and women’s studies double major Miriam Vega, who is the director of social justice at ASLMU, social justice plays an important role in Veg Week. “Bringing awareness to issues such as vegetarianism and veganism is just as important as discussing any other topic. It See Veg Week | Page 3
LMU Startup Weekend (LMUSW) is nearing and will provide hands-on experience for those who have considered launching their very own startup. LMU and the Entrepreneurship Society have collaborated to present LMU’s very first Startup Weekend, which is to take place from Friday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 23 on the first floor of the Hilton Center for Business. For those interested in attending, there is a $25 cover fee to enter the event, which has been reduced from $120 to give more students the opportunity to attend. Students from LMU, the University of Southern California, the University of California at Los Angeles, Cal Tech, Santa Monica College, Woodbury University and Illinois State University have all been invited to attend LMUSW in an effort to bring students from various backgrounds together to foster new and unique ideas. Junior computer science and entrepreneurship double major Christopher Viglietta is the coordinator for the Center for Entrepreneurship and the lead organizer for LMUSW. He originally shared the idea of the event with Assistant Entrepreneurship Director Bryson Ishii, who thought the event would be important and helpful for students. Viglietta made it clear that while all students are invited to LMUSW, on average usually half of those who attend startup weekends have See LMUSW | Page 3
Foley Fountain honors martyrs
Lelie Irwin | Loyolan
The Foley Fountain has been dyed red to honor the 25th anniversary of the death of the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America in El Salvador, their housekeeper and her daughter on Saturday, Nov. 16. The crosses in front of the fountain also serve to honor and commemorate the martyrs. [For more information see the graphic on Page 2.]