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When women came to Loyola How one sister's vision inf luenced the creation of LMU as we know it today.

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Part two of a two-part series.

The women were welcomed onto the Loyola campus with male students waiting at the entrance, making enough noise to echo throughout the neighborhood.

“Most of them were really excited the day we arrived here at 2 a.m.,” said Sister Raymunde, the president of Marymount College at the time. “They had chimes.”

Upon the arrival of the Marymount women, a lot of construction was needed to make the merge possible, including the construction of the Foley building, made possible by the donation of Edward Foley. However, he would often instigate arguments regarding the merger, according to Sister Raymunde.

The first year of the affiliation led to a great deal of shenanigans by the two rivaling sides — ­ the Marymount girls and the Loyola boys, who referred to themselves as such.

Loyola Marymount's "A Centennial History" described a particular late night trick in October of 1968. After a false fire alarm went off in the boys' dorm at 11 p.m., the Loyola boys hosted a “1950s-style panty raid." They yelled “merger” throughout the chaos as the women looked down from their own dorm room windows.

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2018 marked the 15th anniversary of Loyola University and Marymount College merging into a coeducational institution, a coming together of two rivaling sides — the Marymount girls and the Loyola boys, as they named themselves.

Email migration to Outlook has been completed Over the break, email servers for students switched from Gmail to Outlook.

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For over six months, Information and Technology Services (ITS) worked on a migration from Gmail to Outlook email servers, completing the transition over the students' winter break. ITS has cited security and ease of access as reasons for the switch.

On Jan. 4, 2019, ITS sent emails to the 15,000 undergraduate students, graduate

school students, law school students and alumni with Lion emails about the transition and what to expect.

The department predicted that the email migration would begin the evening of Jan. 6 and end by the evening of Jan. 7.

Students were given helpful tips to make the transition as smooth as possible, as well as contact information if students needed help. From Jan. 12 to 18, ITS will set up help desks on campus to help students with their questions and concerns. From Jan. 16 to 18, the drop-in location will be on the second floor of the library at Tech on 2 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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From Jan. 12 to 18, ITS will have help desks on campus for students with questions and concerns.

we communicated as best we could," said Michael Carty, the manager of the Help Desk and student technical support, who has been helping students with their emails in person, over the phone and by email.

Carty said by far the biggest issues he's seen have been minimal, which he believes is a good sign that such a large transition did not have significant issues, such as missing emails or calendars.

"There are the students who either didn't read [the email] or forgot about the transition and are trying to get into Gmail," said Carty. He said that was an easy fix that involved reassuring students to log in on Outlook instead.

Another issue a lot of students have been sharing is the inability to add their new student email address to their iPhone mailbox, however, students with Androids do not have the same issue.

"There's a couple different options and a lot of people just naturally choose Outlook.com [to log in], which is not the correct one," said Carty. "The correct one [to select] is [Microsoft] Exchange. And so, once you do that, everything's fine. It's minor things like that."

In a previous article on the migration, ITS discussed how the student email switch was a decision made with GSLMU and ASLMU. Furthermore, it acts as the third phase of the larger Outlook transition. Originally, LMU faculty and staff had their email accounts switched in May 2018, followed by a second phase See Email | Page 2

Over 30,000 L.A. teachers on strike Several months of unsuccessful negotiation resulted in the first teachers' strike in 30 years.

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On a rainy Monday morning, over 30,000 Los Angeles public school teachers walked out in protest. For the first time in 30 years, L.A. teachers are on strike, protesting for smaller class sizes, better pay and more support staff at schools, according to The New York Times.

While roughly 500,000 students are enrolled in the L.A. school district, only about 141,631 students attended school on Monday, as reported by the L.A. Times.

Since 90 percent of the district’s funding comes from the state of California, the district has lost about $25 million in attendance and saved $10 million in unpaid wages, according to Los Angeles Daily News.

The strike became inevitable when negotiations came to a standstill on Friday afternoon, Jan. 11, between United See Strike| Page 2

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Students adjust to new email in July 2018 where law school faculty and staff were moved.

“That was a real test of how the student migration would go. And so we learned a lot from that as well,” said Carty. Overall, for the number of accounts moved, Carty said he is very pleased with the minimal issues coming forward.

The student response to the change has been mixed. Carty said that many students approach

him asking how to better take advantage of Outlook, wanting to incorporate the account as much as possible into their school life, while others have negative opinions on the switch.

“I’m not really a big fan of [the switch]. I have a personal Gmail account and it’s easy to switch between the two Gmails, versus Gmail and Outlook,” said Madeline Hogan, a junior graphic design and history double major.

In the future, ITS is planning on adding the extended features of Outlook to students’ Microsoft accounts. Carty said he has been meeting with LMU students’ Community Advisory Committee to see what features students want next.

For students looking for more information on the transition and Outlook, ITS has additional information on their website.

support for the teachers on strike, including California Senator Kamala Harris, who is a potential 2020 presidential candidate. However, California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that the strike disrupts too many families, urging all parties to find a solution at the negotiating table that “puts kids back into classrooms and provides parents certainty,” as reported by The New York Times.

Director of LMU’s Family of Schools, Darin Earley, voiced his

support for Governor Newsom’s encouragement of both sides to resume negotiations and recognition for the need to support education in a fiscally tangible way. Earley stated his hope is that the strike results in a compromise that is not only beneficial for students, teachers, families and the District, in addition to being sustainable over the long run.

Earley described education as a civil right and a civic responsibility. Educators in

the LMU Family of Schools are some of the most “committed, passionate, innovative, caring and intelligent people in this profession,” Earley said. “Moving forward as a community, I believe individuals and organizations must purposefully commit our time, talent and resources to ensure students, teachers and schools are equipped to do their best work.”

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Teachers have started protesting for fair wages following a LAUSD funding cut. Pictured above is a group of women protesting the school conditions in Los Angeles.

Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and the L.A. Unified School District.

After 20 months of bargaining, negotiations ended with no compromise, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“The teachers’ strike calls all of us to commit to increase support for public education for the protection of our democracy,” said Mary McCullough, Interim Dean of LMU’s School of Education.

McCullough hopes for a quick resolution between the district

and UTLA that ensures teachers get the support they need and students receive the education they deserve.

Roughly 500,000 students at 900 schools in the district have been affected by the strike, which could last days or even weeks. The Los Angeles public school district is the second largest public school system in the nation, as reported by The New York Times.

Several democratic senators and politicians expressed their

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Lane Bove, a Marymount college senior during the first year of the coinstitutionalization of Marymount with Loyola, and now senior vice president of student affairs, told the Loyolan on Oct. 21, 1968, “The boys have made improvements in their relations with Marymount College, but they still have a hell of a long way to go.”

Bove recalls gathering paint in Marymount’s blue color to paint around campus.

“I think the nuns were secretly pleased with us as well, as none of us got into any real trouble,” said Bove in a Marymount Reflections speech.

Disregarding the pranks, many students felt the co-instruction was efficient and took the lead on the merger, combining the two schools’ student governments before the schools had finalized the merger in 1973.

The two schools had to gain approval from their boards of regents and other prominent members of the Jesuit and Los Angeles communities before official negotiations regarding the merger could begin. As many members had daughters in Marymount college and sons in Loyola University, the majority of their boards supported the merge.

The only initial hesitations came from the rest of the religious community. The Jesuit community was unsure about the merging “I will tell you Mary and Joseph are getting on fine together but Jesus is giving us a bit of trouble — and that was about it,” said Sister Raymunde.

The tentative plans for the merger began soon after the Jesuit community accepted the idea. However, for the time being, the two schools remained individually autonomous, only having some overlap in summer courses.

Two years of negotiations followed before the affiliation was possible, and another year before the official merger took place.

“It was co-institutional instead of coeducational,” said Renee Harrangue, a Ph.D. student from Marymount college who was influential during the negotiations and later took on the role of first provost.

On Aug. 10, 1966, the president of Loyola University, Father Casassa, issued a Letter of Intent with 19 points to Sister Raymunde, kicking off negotiations that resulted in the beginning of the affiliation. The points, however, undermined a lot of previous discussions regarding the even joining of the two schools. She sent it back steadfast on the fact that Marymount was offering as much as Loyola was.

“[Sister Raymunde said] ‘No Marymount, no merger.’”

“The tone reflects ‘sufferance’ rather than ‘equality,’ and the overall effect is unpalatable,” said Raymunde in a letter to Marymount trustee Thomas Leavey.

With outside influences from Loyola alumni wanting to keep the male culture of the school prevalent and pressure from the Marymount board for a more equal proposition, negotiations continued.

After multiple letters were sent throughout the next year, another problem became apparent: whether the institution’s name would remain as Loyola or change to include the Marymount name.

Sister Raymunde was particularly assertive with keeping the Marymount name during the negotiations. Harrangue recalls Sister Raymunde’s unfaltering dedication.

“She would send me right back into there and tell me to fight harder. Finally, she told me ‘No Marymount, no merger.’”

In 1973, it was decided that the official name would become Loyola Marymount.

Sister Raymunde and Father Casassa acknowledged the dangers of mixing two completely separate schools. They had already begun the slow integration of students and had established a balanced curriculum, mixing Marymount’s Liberal Arts education and Loyola’s STEM education before the merger was finalized. Through weekly meetings between the Loyola and Marymount staff, it became evident that the merger needed to be held throughout the whole school, not just for its students.

“It really became very evident that it was rather ridiculous to run two sets of administration. They had two missions and two deans,” Sister Raymunde said in a video interview. “Students were merged in their classes already.”

Before negotiations, Marymount College had 90 percent of their 300 plus students living on campus, at the isolated Palos Verdes campus. This was a prevalent reason why Loyola University was the clear choice for affiliation with its centrally-located campus.

There was also no public transportation around the Marymount campus, making it very difficult for students to attend without living on campus.

“There were no recreational activities in the area: no movies, no discos,” said Sister Raymunde. “There were no young men around.”

The dorms remained separated by gender after the merger. The night sign-in sheets ensured that although the students were coeducational, they were not involved after dark.

“I think that’s why parents like the university — there were the young men

around, but at the proper time,” said Sister Raymunde.

While the affiliation was mostly accepted by the students, coducational institutions were frowned upon by the Jesuit community.

“Early in the ‘60s, Father Casassa wanted it to be co-ed but the Cardinal pulled the women’s colleges because it would be too detrimental,” said Sister Raymunde.

A precedent for the affiliation at LMU began during the early 1950s, when Roman Catholic nuns began summer school sessions directed by Father William McIntosh. This offered an opportunity for sisters who had to put their educations on hold to finally be able to complete them in a religious and affordable setting.

The summer school sessions allowed students to gather a preliminary feel for coeducation as they took the same curriculum in the same classes.

It was then that Sister Raymunde developed the idea that soon evolved a full affiliation with Loyola. She claims her strong educational concepts were developed from her time studying in Europe and working at the Sister Marymount New York campus, allowing her to help lay the foundations for the affiliation later on with Loyola University.

All this resulted in the beginning of an affiliation, then laying the framework of a merger.

“The brilliance of Father Casassa and Sister Raymunde making this happen is fabulous and bringing those traditions together and complementing each other excellent,” said Bove. “I like to think we brought a certain amount of style and finesse over…kinda reigned in the savage men.”

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Queer artists of color, there’s a space for you outside of LMU Rioting Robyn Robyn De Leon

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s a queer person of color in a world where everything is built on a white system, it is often 10 times harder to find where you, and those like you, can thrive best together. That feeling is no different for those especially involved in the arts at a small institution like LMU. LMU leads itself by putting social justice and genuine spirituality at the forefront, however, despite the good faith and intention sometimes mantras and mission statements aren’t enough.

If you have heard of Art Hoe Collective–whether that’s through KXLU, Instagram or other mutually artsy peers–then you’ve heard of the authentic energy and passionate action that laces through the foundation of this widely loved and underrated community. The

collective serves many groups in Los Angeles and nationally. According to their Instagram, they are a collective that “was started by QPOC [queer people of color] to provide a safe space for creatives of color.”

Senior marketing major as well as Promo Director and DJ at KXLU, Erica Brown said, “I was there because the rest of the KXLU crowd was there and we actually wanted to use that space for something else, [but] I really enjoyed it. The thing that stood out to me the most was this photo series [by Jerrod La Rue] of a black man in the shower and the way he was photographed–he just looked like a person–there was no aggression to it.”

This month Art Hoe Collective orchestrated an exhibit at the Lei Min Space in Chinatown, a family owned fine art gallery and event venue. Schelsey MahammadieSabet, runner of the venue, shared deeper detail of her affiliation to the collective, “Every time Jheyda [McGarrell, photographer and curator of the collective] or Sage [Adams, artist and curator of the

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The photography showcased above is by photographer Gabriel Lopez for Art Hoe Collective’s exhibit.

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“Tactile Memory” woodwork by Adan Leon for Involuntary Evolutions.

collective] hit me up and ask to do an event here, I am stoked because every single time they have an energy [and] I think the people that they attract have that same energy and everyone respects it. That’s why I’m always really happy to have them.”

The two-day exhibit, which debuted from Jan. 12 through Jan. 13 focused on themes like growth, development and the environments that affect that growth and development, specifically within the lives of QPOC. The significant importance of these themes is to acknowledge how QPOC reflect and internalize or externalize these themes from their own perspectives. Artists of varying medias, like Jheyda McGarrell, Sage Adams, Gabriel Lopez, Frankie Home and performers Nyallah and Halle Alice, among others, expressed their truths and vulnerabilities to encapsulate the exhibit titled “The Involuntary Evolutions.”

Junior film production major Nate Rynaski, also known as Narcissus on KXLU which airs Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., expressed their initial feelings in regards to the

event: “That was the most packed I have seen that place and it was so beautiful just to see everyone there having a good time and all these different queer bodies–bodies of color–being together.”

“ [The exhibit] focused on themes like growth and development, specifically within the lives of QPOC.” There seems to be an awareness for the importance of acknowledging QPOC as artists and lovers of art, as well as just people who can exist and enjoy life together.

The positive ambiance and sense of safety that Art Hoe Collective and the community created specifically for the QPOC is palpable and intentional. That attention to what matters is what I believe, as a QPOC myself, made the event and

continuous to make the collective so powerful. It seemed as those in the community had the intention to understand others, whether they related to the issues presented in each individual piece or not.

Everyone provided something to the community — whether that was their art or their attention. There is a clear understanding that we are all in this together – that we are all a family and the team behind Art Hoe Collective definitely had a hand in mediating that experience.

The opening debut felt like magic and maybe there was a little bit of that sprinkled in, but as a whole, Art Hoe Collective is a group with a clear purpose – a mission set in unconditional and rightful love with an equally responsive and supportive community. No matter who you are or what you do, artists or not, there is something to learn from that.

This is the opinion of Robyn De Leon, a sophomore Spanish and English major from Thousand, CA. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to bdeleon@theloyolan.com

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Last year, similar to most, had plenty of ups and downs. Our campus dealt with an active shooter situation (which turned out to be a hoax) and grappled with how the University keeps us safe. We saw a new brand initiative face significant community backlash when announced, yet still be granted approval in December. We said goodbye to some familiar faces, but we also welcomed a new one: Buster the therapy dog, who will work to help students starting in 2019. Another successful Fallapalooza was celebrated with headliner Jeremih, and we saw our basketball team get off to one of their best starts in school history.

2018 was busy. In 2019, we at the Loyolan are still here dedicated to you, our community, bringing you news that matters to you and enhancing student voices. While our varied sections will be following up on some of 2018’s biggest stories that affected our community, we want to provide our lists for what we want to see in 2019 and what we want to leave in 2018.

What we want to see: Clear follow-ups on campus: Following the active shooter hoax, LMU had a third party conduct an investigation and distributed the findings of the investigation to students, just as break started. The findings are significant.

We would like to see more of these factual releases of investigations after the initial hysteria of the event. LMU also released names, in part with Jesuits West, of former Jesuits who worked at the University who were reported in relation to sex abuse. This issue, as well as any others that may arise in the future, deserve full dedication and explanation to students and the community as a whole.

Mental health awareness: There has been an increase nationally, especially among college students, in the discussion of mental health. On campus, we have seen Student Psychological Services work to be more diverse and strive to increase accessibility to students.

Recently, LMU CARES has also tried to be more accessible by offering online services. Thirty-

five percent of college freshmen struggle with mental health, according to CNBC. Schools and universities should continue this discussion and make resources available to both students and staff.

What we want to leave behind: Blame politics: We are currently in the middle of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. This shutdown has lasted so long due to politicians’ unwillingness to compromise.

The D.C., Maryland and Virginia area, as well as the nation as a whole, is suffering serious economic and safety ramifications due to the number of people out of work and the number of businesses whose processes have been delayed by the shutdown.

There have been reports of vandalized and trashed national parks, as they have stayed open with no workers. These workers’ economic security should not be a pawn for a political game of chicken.

No politicians in Washington want to give in, and everyone is either chanting “yes” or “no” about the wall, rather than discussing why yes, why no. The two parties’ goals are not diametrically opposed, because the U.S. can improve their immigration policies to facilitate more legal immigration while working to stop illegal immigration.

The villainizing of refugees from Latin/ Central America: With another caravan of around 2,000 people departing from Honduras Monday night and Tuesday morning, the continual fleeing of Latin Americans from their home countries needs to be regarded as a humanitarian crisis of those fleeing — not as the dangerous mob Trump has depicted in speeches and tweets. The Trump administration created a partial government shutdown in order to insist on building a wall, but they must consider the morality of denying entrance to people who are risking their lives to leave dangerous conditions and poverty.

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he federal government is currently engaged in the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

According to CNN, the shutdown is the direct result of a “standoff over Trump’s demand that Congress allocate $5.7 billion to build a wall at [the] US-Mexico border.” President Trump’s wall was not only a key point of his 2016 presidential campaign, but remains a heated political and moral issue.

Aside from Congress and the President’s differing views on immigration policies and policing tactics, the cost of the wall is what worries me the most. Statistician Liberty Vittert estimated in an opinion piece published by Fox News that the wall in total will cost approximately $25 billion, meaning that this $5.7 billion in funding is only the tip of the iceberg. The Editorial Board at The Press Democrat described it as “a ridiculous demand,” in reference to both the cost and the impact that it

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Robins Air Force Base delivers water to Flint which has been suffering for nearly five years.

will have on border security. The U.S. national debt is currently $21 trillion and increasing with each second, according to USDebtClock.org (you can watch the national debt rise on their website, or even on the mobile app). That comes out to $66,000 per citizen. Without clear statistics on the impact a wall would have, I’m left to wonder: what else could $5.7

billion do? It may sound like a lot of money, but how much is it really?

Here are four other ways that $5.7 billions could be spent.

4. Replace Flint, Michigan’s water supply pipes — 103 times over.

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$5.7 billion could do a lot more than build a wall

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Flint, Michigan’s old lead pipe water system combined with a new water supply lacking proper chemicals exposed 100,000 residents to lead poisoning, as reported by The Guradian. The poisoning led to multiple deaths and affected the development of Flint’s

children. The Guardian reported that the city estimates it will cost $55 million to replace the city’s old lead pipes.

3. Build 215 brand new high schools, or 350 brand new elementary schools.

School Planning and Management reported in July 2015 that the average cost spent on building a high school

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for 1,000 students was $26.5 million, and the average cost of an elementary school for 624 students was $16.2 million.

2. Feed every homeless person in America for three and a half years.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report released in 2017 estimated there were 554,000 people living on the streets in America.CreditDonkey.com estimated that the average American spends $3,000 on groceries and other dining expenses. With these estimates, $5.7 billion has the power to feed 554,000 people for three and a half years.

1. Pay for the four-year education of 20,955 LMU students.

This one may hit a bit too close to home. LMU’s Financial Aid Office reports an average yearly cost of attendance of $68,000.

A four year education then costs $272,000. To put nearly 21,000 students into perspective, LMU reports currently serving 6,557 undergraduates — that would be over twelve generations of Lions.

With so many problems to be solved, taxpayer dollars can be used

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This money could end hunger in the U.S. for several years. in better ways than beginning to build a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. It’s a lot of money for a controversial move. This list demonstrated just how much money it is, and the power and impact it can have on so many individuals’ lives.

Consider the two: steel pillars and fencing in the desert or feeding the

hungry. Which would you rather see happen? Let’s focus on the issues at home first — that’s how we can make America great again.

This is the opinion of Rebecca Singleton, a freshman chemistry major from Palmdale, Kansas. Tweet comments @LALoyolan, or email jlee@theloyolan.com.

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wo English queens reigned over the box office this winter: Queen Anne, played by Olivia Colman in “The Favourite,” and Queen Elizabeth I, played by Margot Robbie in “Mary, Queen of Scots.”

“The Favourite,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, is an eccentric, wickedly funny drama-comedy about the struggle for power between Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough (played wonderfully by Rachel Weisz) and her cousin, Abigail (played by Emma Stone). The film follows the intrigue during Queen Anne’s reign over Britain in the early 18th century and focuses on the love triangle between Anne, Sarah and Abigail shortly after Abigail came to court.

Colman’s performance as Anne is strikingly vulnerable. She portrays a shy queen, prone to bursts of rage or depression—sometimes completely erratic and unreasonable—but Colman lends a tenderness to the role that makes it nearly impossible to root against her as the court gets swept up in intrigue.

Weisz’s Sarah, at first seeming to be a master manipulator—capable of advising the queen personally and securing a position of power through her social expertise—is the first victim of this intrigue. She is introduced to us immediately as a

formidable figure, a woman with strong opinions who has no qualms expressing them, even to the face of the queen. Sarah occasionally wears men’s clothes, often speaks for Anne when the queen is unable to leave her bed and has no problem tearing to shreds the fragile egos of the powerful men around her. Weisz paints her as a matter-of-fact, honest woman, who knows Anne better than anyone else at court and is unafraid of the monarch’s occasional fits of hysteria.

Weisz’s Sarah is also adept at recognizing threats when they appear — especially the looming one that her once disgraced cousin, Emma Stone’s Abigail, poses the moment she steps into court. Unlike Sarah, Abigail knows how to lie, and lie expertly. After witnessing Sarah and Anne in a moment of passion, Abigail realizes exactly how to use this information to her advantage.

Stone plays this double-crossing social climber to perfection.

The tug of war between Abigail and Sarah is thrilling to watch, and the naive queen caught in the center of it all only adds to the tragedy of court politics. The men in the film— A hilarious Nicholas Hoult as the flamboyant advisor Harley adds humor, while Joe Alwyn plays a devilishly charming Baron Masham, who falls for Abigail’s womanly wile—seem to orbit entirely around the women at its center, something rare for characters in film, much less a movie about the monarchy.

Its abundantly clear that the key players in “The Favourite” are its trio of leading women, and Weisz,

Colman and Stone give incredible performances that anchor this witty, wacky tragi-comedy.

The stories of two more British monarchs unfolded on the big screen this winter in “Mary, Queen of Scots” — the so-called “sister queens” Elizabeth I of England and the titular Mary, cousins who were caught in a bitter contention for the claim to the English throne. Josie Rourke, the director at the helm of the film, made this her cinematic debut, and her experience as the artistic director for the Donmar Theatre in London is visible across every sweeping frame of her visually striking debut.

Saoirse Ronan stars as Mary, and the film follows her life from the moment she steps foot on Scottish soil for the first time after an adolescence spent in France up to the moment of her beheading at the hands of her cousin, Elizabeth.

Ronan plays the young monarch as fierce and steadfast in the face of all opposition, even when her pride and stubbornness contribute to her downfall. Ronan’s Mary is a striking woman who commands both her court and the film screen.

While occasionally rash, she loves her country, her throne and even the cousin that kills her.

Margot Robbie plays Elizabeth I, and the transformation required for the role is extraordinary (including a prosthetic nose and smallpox scars).

Robbie’s Elizabeth is a monarch who is painfully aware of the confines of her throne and prepared to sacrifice both her love—Robert Dudley, also played by a starry-eyed

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Abigail (Emma Stone) watches her cousin Sarah (Rachel Weisz) take a shot in director Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”

Alwyn—and her fellow queen in order to protect it. Robbie delivers a poignant portrait of a queen trapped by circumstance, pitted against the only other woman who could possibly know what her life is like by petty politics and the decisions of men.

“Mary, Queen of Scots” shines a light on the blatant misogyny that’s pervaded politics throughout human history in a way that “The Favourite” did not. While it centers around the lives of two women in positions that might seem to possess absolute power, “Mary” exposes the men who actively work to usurp them at every turn.

“Mary, Queen of Scots” is a beautiful film, in regards both to its visuals and the story it tells, and Ronan and Robbie deliver performances that might be the best of their already illustrious careers.

Both of these films showcase the strength of women, the impossible decisions that these monarchs were forced to make and sides to these stories that might have otherwise been lost to history (including the fact that many historical figures might not have been as heterosexual as we are lead to believe).

Directors Yanthimos and Rourke have turned out wonderful films with some of the best performances I have seen, and which both provide striking commentary about what it means to be a woman in a sphere dominated by men. Whether you’re a fan of history or not, both films are must-sees.

This is the opinion of Ally Boulas, a senior theatre arts major from Sacramento, CA. Tweet comments to @allyroseboulas or email comments to jcornblatt@theloyolan.com.

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Achieving your New Year’s Resolution Sweet Caroline Caroline Iglesias Life+Arts Intern @urban_cuban

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ew year, new me. We all say it, we all think it and we all even swear by it. Something about counting down and jumping into the new year gives people hope and relentless ambition. The feeling of power and invigoration, to be able to do all things and truly convince yourself that this time you will follow through.

Many view the new year as a restart button, a perfect opportunity to start over and

make right with all the wrong in their lives. As a result, millions of Americans spend loads of money on different equipment or programs that promise to reinvent the part of themselves they feel most displeased with. Whether it’s on fitness equipment, eating habits or even trying to learn a new language, the fact of the matter is: we all end up back in the same place we started... disappointed.

But why? Why can’t we seem to escape this constant cycle of being let down?

The answer lies within the mindset that the “new year, new me” concept unveils.

We’re setting goals and not attaining them because we’re seeing them as something

long term and within miles of reach. We give up because we’re accustomed to speed, agility and responsiveness. Need answers to a question? No worries, Google will have it for you with just a push of a button. Do you feel starved and in need of an instant meal? No problem, it’s within the name of the answer: “fast-food.” But you see, as the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait.

And that which is worth waiting for takes more than anything involving instant satisfaction.

If you want to see the results you set out to achieve, the key is understanding that the aspects that will help you get there must be embedded into your everyday lifestyle. Rather than seeing goals

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Everyone sets New Year’s resolutions, but very few keep them. However, through planning, consistency and remembering to keep yourself in mind, your News Year’s resolutions may be more possible.

as temporary tasks, they need to become part of your permanent life regimen. These tasks should become second nature.

However, these ideals are much easier said than done. As students, we envision this bigger and better new year to come, but in the end, we wind up falling right back into our unhealthy cycles as a result of our hectic schedules. I’m here to attempt to find a resolution to sticking to your new year’s resolution and how to make for a better semester in general. Without further ado, here are three vital tips on how to be the best version of yourself this new year: Plan Plan Plan Although planning out your schedule may seem like a hassle, we are human and inevitably forget things. Purchasing a cheap planner from your local Walmart or Target will definitely help with minimizing your stress in the long run. Writing out your tasks and getting organized pushes you to do things at certain times and allows for more time to take care of yourself. Not only should planning become part of your daily regimen so that you have a more satisfactory life, but planning will also allow you to reach those New Year’s resolutions you’ve been trying to achieve for years. It essentially fills two needs with one deed.

Consistency We all have different ambitions and goals, but make sure that whatever it is you set your mind to, you’re consistent with it. As cliche as it may sound, consistency is key. If we are consistent, consistency

turns into a habit and habits turn into lifestyles. I’m not saying that it will be easy, but it will definitely be worth it. Planning will also aid with your ability to be consistent because writing something down validates it, pushing you to make your goals a reality. If we do nothing but think about goals, goals will only ever be a thought. We need to write it, believe it and no matter what, never give up on it.

YOU are a priority Always remember that you are the most important person in your life and it is not selfish to put yourself first. Saying no for your personal sanity is more than a sufficient excuse. We often get caught up in trying to please others and make sure we don’t let anyone down; we end up letting down the person that matters the most — ourselves. Our lives are so valuable, and it is important to step back at times and analyze our bodies.

It is important to understand what we are and are not capable of in a moment and comply with our bodies’ needs. Start putting yourself first, and you will soon see how the universe will give back in more ways than one.

The year of 2019 is filled with new surprises. Whether they are good or bad is (partially) up to you. Instead of going into the year with a “new year, new me” type mindset, try “new year and same me, but better.”

This is the opinion of Caroline Iglesias, a sophomore communication studies and political science major from Riverside, CA. Tweet comments to @C_Iglesias99 or email comments to jcornblatt@ theloyolan.com.

Lions divided on Outlook Laband opens ‘Confess’ Cormac ‘n Cheese Cormac Dolezal Life+Arts Intern @cormacdolezal

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he beginning of every new year is often a time in which people strive to change themselves. However, this year it seems that people are not the only ones looking to change. While students were away on holiday break, LMU switched the entire campus from a Gmail based email system to a Microsoft Outlook email system, and LMU students had plenty to say on the matter.

Jeremy Owens, sophomore film and television production major, said, “Personally speaking, it’s worked out fine for [me] so far, but I know quite a few peers have their grievances regarding it. Maybe LMU could have done a better job explaining what the move required of us so that this confusion could have been limited.”

According to an email sent to all students from LMU ITS, the email switch happened on Monday, Jan. 7. In addition to a notification of the upcoming change, ITS also included several informational videos intending to help students make a smooth transition. The four videos have a combined view count of 3,712 as of Monday, which shows that most students have not watched even one of these videos.

Some students seemed to be much more receptive of the switch. Jose Camacho, freshmen studio arts major, said that “despite all the hassle of having to switch platforms from Google to Microsoft, the only difference is an extra app on my phone. I like the interface of Outlook,

and it has its pros and cons. Although it would be nice to have everything on the same platform as Google Drive, Docs and Gmail, there are bigger things to be upset with than this switch.”

However, with every positive response, there seemed to be an equally negative one.

Haley Fletcher, senior computer science major, took issue with the timing of the switch. “I don’t know why they made the switch in the middle of the school year because it doesn’t make any sense to throw people off like that,” she said. “If they need to save money, I understand that, but it’s really careless to do so in the middle of the school year.”

Kai Affolter, sophomore screenwriting major, agreed: “It’s not working on my computer, and I’m not getting emails,” he said. “I can’t access my Venmo because I had it under my school email and now I can’t login because my Outlook is not receiving any emails.”

Personally, I don’t think that the change is that big of a deal. It will be irritating for the first couple of weeks getting used to new apps and pages, but with time I think people will get used to Outlook. It’s definitely an inconvenience, but there are sources for those looking for help.

LMU ITS has provided students with a helpline for those seeking technical troubleshooting. Students can email helpdesk@lls.edu or come to a designated drop in station between Jan. 14 and 18 for additional help.

Overall, it seems as if LMU students are pretty divided on the switch. Hopefully, like all good New Year’s resolutions, this change ends up fizzling out.

This is the opinion of Cormac Dolezal, a sophomore film and television production major from Woodbury, MN. Tweet comments to @cormacdolezal or email comments to jcornblatt@theloyolan.com.

LMU’s on-campus gallery opens an installation on abuse by the Catholic Church.

Jacob Cornblatt Life+Arts Editor @jacobcornblatt

The Laband Art Gallery opens its new installation “Confess” this week, which grapples with the relevant and painful sexual abuse committed by the Catholic Church.

Artist Trina McKillen created a multi-part piece to express her outrage, anger and grief concerning the Catholic Church, all while giving visibility to its victims.

The gallery has transformed since its Judy Dater exhibit last semester: red curtains drape the walls and a large clear box stands tall in the center of the room. This box, upon closer inspection, is a full size, entirely seethrough confession booth. On the left side sits a simplistic yet powerful white chair; on the right side is a kneeler facing the chair.

The title of this sculpture is “Bless Me Child for I Have Sinned” (2010-18).

If it is not clear from the centerpiece of “Confess,” McKillen attempts with her work to deliver a cathartic, visualized response to the reports of molestation and cover-up coming out of the Catholic Church.

Behind “Bless Me Child” are dozens of First Communion dresses and altar boy vestments. The dozens of vintage uniforms depict the hidden stories of the children of the Catholic Church who were the victims of abusive adults. The bodiless clothing alludes to the horrors these children faced, as well as the ability of the Catholic Church to hide them.

McKillen “felt compelled to make something that would make the children visible,” she told the Lisa Sette Gallery, which both represents her and displays her work. “I had the idea in my head of what would God do if He came down and saw this,” she said, “and then the glass confessional just came to me.

I thought, ‘I’m going to make the [Catholic] Church kneel in front of the child.’”

John T. Sebastian, LMU vice president for mission and ministry, said, “While the artist confronts a painful and troubling reality within the [Catholic] Church, our hope is that this exhibition will open the door to discussion and deep reflection.”

“Confess” is shown in partnership with the Irish Studies Program in LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Dean’s Office in the College of Communication and Fine Arts. There will be a conversation with the artist in the Murphy Recital Hall from 5:006:00 p.m. on Saturday, followed by the installation’s opening reception in Laband from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

The installation will be on display from January 19 to March 23 in the Laband Art Gallery.

Trina McKillen and Lisa Sette Gallery via CFA

The Laband Gallery transformed for its new installation by Trina McKillen.

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Women’s March to demand the impossible Nevertheless, they keep persisting... giving the rest of us quite the handful.

Jordan Boaz Unnatural

This Saturday will mark the

third annual Women’s March. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again … go home and cook dinner. At least that’s worth something.

I mean, it’s not like women could possibly need anything else.

After fighting for voting rights and property rights and the ability to wear pants, don’t you think they’ve asked for enough? If you take a look at the ‘50s, women were perfectly happy single-handedly doing the housework and raising the children. Dick-and-Janeesque. Golden retrievers, white picket fences, a man who comes home at half-past-five … the purest era of U.S. time. And we’ve given it all up for what? Angry women wanting more.

On Saturday, swarms of women wearing pins, holding signs and chanting will be bra-less and unshaven as they march the streets of this country. They could at least pretend they don’t have nipples or natural body hair, but apparently that’s oppressive or whatever.

Some of them will even be breastfeeding in public. Now you tell me, is there any good reason that their babies can’t eat lunch privately in the port-a-potties instead of out where everyone can see? It’s simply indecent — nobody needs to know that their child is getting fed.

And the me too’s … don’t even get me started on the me too’s. All these women banding together into one big sob-mob of me too’s is simply too much. Yeah, yeah — something weird or uncomfortable happened, we get it. I had to use a genderneutral single-stall bathroom once.

That was weird and uncomfortable too, but you don’t see me making a big fuss about it.

Anyway, what do they even have to march for? They complain about

making 80.5 cents on the dollar to men, but logic dictates that they just must be doing a subpar job. Equal pay for equal work, isn’t that the law? If they were doing as good as the men, then they’d be making as much as the men, too. Nobody has this so-called “internal prejudice”.

If the law says to pay fair, employers pay fair. Obviously.

The weirdest part is, there will be guys at the march too. Not just the gay ones, either. Real-life, cisgender straight men will be there to support the ridiculous demands of women.

Imagine! A man risking his strong, masculine image to support people that aren’t even other men! What someone would do that for, I just can’t say.

The whole situation is just preposterous. Women wanting out of the house to be able to live purposeful lives without judgement, women demanding realistic body standards (personally, I prefer everyone to feel that they must look like photoshopped supermodels), women asking for reasonable money when they work

and guys endorsing all of it … I really don’t get it. If anyone out there feels like having a nice little counterprotest on Saturday, I’ll meet you

at Planned Parenthood. Because, oh yeah — they want access to reproductive healthcare as well.

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This women from the ‘50s is a perfect example of the glory of home life.

She is all smiles, and for good reason.

Government shutdown — longest paid vacation to date The police force is the next thing to go.

Andrew Dazé Will Not Move

Graphic: Diana Raynes | Loyolan

As of Wednesday, Jan. 16, the government has been shut down for 26 days, leaving this writer (who lives paycheck to paycheck) with diminishing incentive to work rather than back pay. The first fortnight felt as if it stood for a couple purposes — one being able to hold it over my employer’s head at a later date that I showed up when my pay wasn’t guaranteed, and two as a proxy stick-it-to-the-man in the house that nothing is less important than border security.

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As the weeks go by, we see the public world around us dwindle into utter chaos. Hue Kaushal, an international LMU freshman, speaks to how the shutdown affected his return to campus. “Four hours is how long it took me to get through security at the airport! It was beyond belief, I missed my initial and connecting flights because the one lane at TSA stopped an old woman with metal hips and flagged her as a flight risk.”

The recent rains have caused further problems for the southland, specifically in this government shutdown. Hidden potholes under puddles of water are wreaking havoc on L.A. drivers. Sharon Thurman was checking out her tongue piercing in the mirror when she

hit a pothole, resulting in an inch long bite being taken out of her tongue. She declined to quote. Alongside deteriorating road conditions, mud slides occurring in forest fire zones have no reparation in sight, leaving those who live in such hazardous zones without homes, again, for the third time in a year.

This article is brought to you by candlelight, cup of noodles and Department of Water and Power (DWP) shutting down heating and electricity to federal workers who couldn’t pay the bills this month. #Livelikeastudent is trending on twitter as a humorous way to lift spirits. With guaranteed back pay, enjoying your day off is the best way to go about this convenient conundrum.

The Bluff is a humorous and satirical section published in the Loyolan. All quotes attributed to real figures are completely fabricated; persons otherwise mentioned are completely fictional.

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Finding solace and identity in fighting

Martial arts program provides stress relief for students.

Matthew Rodriguez Sports Editor @LALoyolan

As a kid growing up in Southside Chicago, fighting was a part of James De Vries's daily routine.

“When you were a kid you always fought,” De Vries said recalling memories from his childhood. “I remember one little kid named Ronnie Kopp — he lived down the street next to me.

Every day, we’d go to school and I’d challenge him to a wrestling match on the playground … He knocked me down and pinned me every day for a year, but I kept coming back.”

It would be another 30 years until fighting came back to his life. He began to train in martial arts in 1990, at 38 years old. At the time, De Vries was running his own businesses and was trying to find a new hobby to distract him from work. He signed up for everything from acting to tennis lessons, but those activities did not manage to grab his attention.

It was not until he received a flyer from LMU’s Adults Continuing

Education program that he finally found the community that will always have a place in his heart.

The Integrated Martial Arts program (IMAS) was created by Grandmaster Kambiz “Kami” Moghaddam in 1984 and focused on Korean martial arts, such as Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. “[De Vries is] extremely selfdisciplined and self-motivated,” said Moghaddam. “He has a lot of perseverance and he doesn't give up.”

This perseverance is what put De Vries ahead of the rest.

Moghaddam recalled that in 1990 there were about 15 to 17 people enrolled in his class, including De Vries. A few years later when De Vries was testing for his blue belt, there was only one other person enrolled in his class.

“Most people quit,” De Vries said. “I’ve learned that about life ... most people aren’t going to continue, but the people that do will be the ones that get the most out of it.”

De Vries viewed martial arts as much more than just learning how to fight — he viewed it as a form of personal development.

The challenges that he faced reinforced his desire to persevere, even though it was hard.

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Above, Master James De Vries (right) trains with other black belts in a dance studio in LMU's Burns Fine Arts center. The group consists of black belts from Grandmaster Kambiz Moghaddam's school. “[I got] into martial arts because I felt it was a great challenge,” said De Vries. “I wasn’t doing it to be a tough guy or to be stronger.”

De Vries drills into his students that martial arts serve as training for the mind, body and spirit — an education of the whole person. In that respect, De Vries viewed martial arts, specifically training, as a form of therapy. Martial artists are trained to forget everything that is happening in their lives and to focus on perfecting certain techniques.

A Dojang is a place of training for those training in Korean martial arts. When a martial artist walks into their Dojang, they bow at the door before entering. This is to pay respect to their place of training and as a way to live in the present — to forget the outside world and focus on the now.

“I would go there just to clear my head,” De Vries said. “There were days when I would be totally stressed out. [But] after you start training, kicking and [are] drenched in sweat … you forget about it.”

De Vries continued to train under Moghaddam’s guidance, attending tournaments and events in both the United States and Korea. It soon became apparent that De Vries’ longtime mentor planned to make De Vries his replacement. In 2004, after 20 years of teaching martial arts at LMU, Moghaddam began to consider moving on, and asked De Vries to be his replacement.

De Vries rejected the offer.

“I was burnt out,” said Moghaddam. “I was grooming

James to become my successor for 10 years and he said no to me.

I was not happy.”

At the time, De Vries was invested in his businesses and did not want to take over the program.

“I was happy with what I was doing,” said De Vries. "[I] was pursuing my nutrition business where 90 percent of my focus was. I thought [teaching] would just get in my way.”

After Moghaddam stepped down, one of Moghaddam's students took over for a few semesters, but the program was in jeopardy of closing without a more permanent instructor.

Moghaddam explained the situation to De Vries that, without him teaching the program, it would no longer be able to continue at LMU. Out of respect for his Grandmaster, De Vries agreed to try it for one semester.

“Guess what? That one semester turned into 18 semesters," Moghaddam said. "Now he loves it.”

Samantha Merevick was a part of the very first class that De Vries taught in the fall of 2009.

Merevick viewed the class as an opportunity to forget about issues happening in her life at the time.

“I just thought, 'you know, this might be a nice way to blow off some steam,'" said Merevick.

“It was one of my fun classes.

[I thought] it’d be fun punching things.”

De Vries taught his class the same lessons that he learned when he was a white belt. He taught them everything that he learned from his practice of martial arts and showed them that training can be therapeutic.

Merevick decided to continue with the course after she graduated as it helped her get through one of the toughest times of her life.

“I was in a really bad relationship,” said Merevick.

“I had been verbally abused and physically abused. I was hospitalized.”

Merevick did not tell anyone she was training with about her situation. She remembered what De Vries taught her.

“You got to leave [your worries] at the door,” said Merevick. “You train and focus on what you’re doing at the moment.”

Merevick claimed that being able to train consistently helped her through the abusive relationship. When she was finally comfortable to talk about her abuse, she felt this familial support from the people she trained with.

“I knew I had support,” Merevick said. “Not just from my master, but from the other masters that were in our circle …

I felt like [their] little sister.”

Since then, De Vries and Merevick have continued to train together, with Merevick receiving her first two black belts from De Vries.

De Vries continues to teach this class, providing an outlet for students' stress.

"I had a great time taking a class that relieved stress instead of causing it," senior engineering major Michael Mudy said.

Starting as a kid from Southside Chicago, De Vries turned something that he used to do for fun as a kid into something to not only better his own life, but the lives of everyone he teaches.

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SCORES UPDATE

LION

M Basketball 76-64 W

W Basketball

71-60 L

W Basketball

vs. Portland

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M Basketball

vs. Saint Mary's

66-58 W vs. San Francisco 83-75 L vs Santa Clara

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