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Roski America Ferrera asks students to ‘show up and speak up’ reels in four-star success U-Hall’s dining spot was recently recognized for its commitment to environmentalism.

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LMU is the only campus on the West Coast to have two 4 Star Certified Green Restaurants from the Green Restaurant Association (GRA), according to Laura Kissinger, marketing manager of LMU Hospitality by Sodexo. Roski Dining Room earned the title on Jan. 28, following the Lair Marketplace, which was certified in April 2014.

GRA uses a point system that assigns GreenPoints to restaurants for environmentally-friendly practices across the categories of energy, food, water, waste, disposables, chemical and pollution reduction and building materials. The categories are broken down into smaller sections that are then divided into subcategories, each of which allows for a limited number of points awarded.

With over 300 points, LMU Hospitality has the highest third party certification in the nation for sustainability and green operations. The two highest categories are energy, with 108.22, points and chemical and pollution reduction, with 43.28 points.

GRA reached out to Kissinger saying, “Your forward thinking and drive to reduce the environmental impact of See Roski | Page 3

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Actress and activist America Ferrera was featured as the keynote at this year’s First Amendment Week on Tuesday, Feb.9.

In a Q&A with student moderators Ali Swenson (Loyolan) and Jasmin Delgadillo (ASLMU), Ferrera expressed her views on everything from the millennial vote to diversity in Hollywood. She also shared her personal journey as a young, first generation Latina woman seeking to combine her passion for international relations with her acting career.

Lunar New Year celebrations bring cultural awareness to LMU campus Lunar New Year celebrations were hosted on campus by Asian Pacific Student Services.

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Han Tao and Asian Pacific Student Services (APSS) shared an example of a cultural Lunar New Year celebration with LMU students and faculty. The event was filled with traditional music, lion dancing and informational sessions about Chinese culture.

Han Tao and Asian Pacific Student Services (APSS) hosted their annual Lunar New Year Celebration, an event filled with festive music and traditional Chinese New Year activities, on Monday at 1 p.m. in Lawton Plaza. About 60 students and faculty attended the event.

The hour-long event consisted of student and faculty representatives answering questions about the traditions of Chinese culture. Passers-by stopped to listen to the Chinese music playing and watch the bright blue, decorated lion dance around the crowd.

The lion dance is an established cultural act in China meant to scare away bad spirits.

Attendees were invited to write their most desired wishes on small pieces of paper

and place them in an envelope to see if the dancing lion would devour their wishes.

“If the lion snatches your wish, then you are granted with good luck,” said Jake Harbison, a sophomore modern languages major and Han Tao representative.

Han Tao, established at LMU in 1967, is a Chinese club affiliated with Ethnic and Intercultural Services (EIS) through APSS. APSS is dedicated to raising awareness within the LMU community about the “issues, cultures, and experiences of the Asian Pacific Americans through advocacy, community building, education, resources, programming and the development of leaders,” according to its homepage on the University’s website.

Many APSS members have established close-knit relationships by spending time together on and off campus, according to junior communications studies major Glennda Hou, co-president of APSS. “We are involved in many activities together such as numerous meetings and off-campus events like dim sum nights,” she said.

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At a time when the U.S. debt is twice the historical average and we are projected to add another $8 trillion over the next decade, Mr. Stebbins will share his insights on how we got here and what we can do to fix it.

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your restaurant has positioned Lair Marketplace and Roski Dining [Room] at LMU as leaders in the industry.”

LMU Hospitality has put forth many recent efforts to increase green practices, including renovations to all Energy Star rated equipment, LED lighting and waste disposal.

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This issue, Managing Editor Sarah Litz Thissat issue, Managing down with Editor Dan Raffety Naomi Klein, sitsan down with Head environmental Coach Max journalist andGood, activist head coach of participating inthe the LMU’s men’s Change basketball Climate team to talk about the series. upcoming season.

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mathemtatics major, hopes to see changes that affect the students in a more direct manner. “To be honest, their efforts for a greener dining situation may be very effective and we may be a very ‘green’ school, but students don’t really see this firsthand.”

Matthew Eisenberg, a freshman film and television production major, has mixed feelings about the ratings, “I would say that the food from Roski’s deserves this rating,

as every time I’ve eaten there, the food tastes fresh and is prepared in a timely manner.” The Lair on the other hand is hit or miss for me. Sometimes when I’m ordering food from La Vincita pastas, the food comes out decent. Other times, I’ll be waiting in line for over 30 minutes to get my food, and by the time I finally get my pasta dish, the shrimp ends up being undercooked.”

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Can you give me an overview of yourself, how you got started in journalism and what drew you to the environmental movement?

I got started in journalism while in university writing for my school’s newspaper. I got a job right after at a big newspaper and sort of stayed with it. I had an idea for my first book, which was “No Logo.” I had gotten a column focusing on the youth issues and I was writing a lot about marketing to young people and the jobs young people were getting, and my first book came out of that. It’s really related to the work that I’m doing on climate change because that book was about a lot of different corporate abuses —labor, also environmental and human rights.

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What do you hope to be the main takeaway from your books? What do you hope people hold on to?

I think the most important message from this book is that we aren’t going to deal with the crisis of climate change, which is a really existential crisis for humanity. It’s not just a little issue to put in the corner — it’s everyone. We aren’t going to do that until there is a revolution in values and in worldview because climate change is a byproduct of a worldview that tells us that profit is more important than everything else. The changes that we need to make are not going to happen unless there are changes to the bigger story we tell about ourselves.

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I think the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed as a human being was when I was in Argentina. Argentina experienced a very severe economic crisis that came to a head in 2001, and it was so severe that the banks shut down and the people just couldn’t access their savings. And there were massive, massive demonstrations. They overthrew four governments in three weeks — four presidents had to step down in a period of three weeks. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen because basically people had an idea of political change of, “Okay we’ll just change the guy at the top,” and well that doesn’t change anything because we’re just cycling through and end up with the same problems. So it’s deeper than that. How do we actually try to change things from below in a different way?

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You’re here at LMU for the Climate Change Series. What are you hoping the students will take away from your conversations with them?

A big focus of what I’ll be talking about is what a justice-based transition off of fossil fuels is, because I think that more and more we realize that there will be a response to climate change.

We’re debating basically timelines — where the fossil fuel companies are trying to slow us down and milk every last profit out of the old way of doing things. And that matters because the longer we wait, the worse it is. But there’s also a really important debate to have whether we’ll seize the opportunity of the transition off of fossil fuels to fix a lot of other things that are wrong at the same time. And so, what I really hope is that I can help make concrete the idea of a just transition — what it might look like in L.A. where there’s so many examples of environmental racism, such double standards in terms of who deals with the bodily impacts of pollution, fossil fuel extraction.

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his week, we celebrate the First Amendment; that is, we celebrate our freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, of peaceful assembly and of petition.

As a student-run publication, we hold these rights particularly close and pride ourselves on our freedom to practice these rights. We try out best to do so in a way that represents the voices of the LMU community. For us, practicing these essential rights means allowing all standpoints and opinions to be included in our publication. It means speaking out without fear when we see or experience something that we don’t agree with.

It means challenging the administration when necessary.

To promote better understanding of our rights as American citizens and to remind the LMU community of our power to speak out, the Loyolan and ASLMU are co-hosting First Amendment Week from Feb. 8 to 12, with actress and activist America Ferrera as this year’s keynote speaker.

The First Amendment protects the fundamental right of all Americans to express their voices, regardless of personal background, race, religion, income or ethnicity. In the midst of an election cycle that has seen particularly divisive rhetoric, particularly in regard to minority voices, it may seem that some people’s voices matter more than others. However, we believe that America’s voice is strongest when it is diverse. With that in mind, we arrived at this week’s theme: “Voices of America.” Just as the Loyolan attempts to represent the diverse voices of LMU, the First Amendment attempts to protect the immense number of diverse voice in the United States.

Ferrera, both in her advocacy and in her artisty, has come to embody the value of the First Amendment. Born and raised in Los Angeles, the “Ugly Betty” star received a degree in international relations from USC. Congress has saluted her for her work to empower the Latino community by representing Latinos in popular culture and being a role model for young Latinas.

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Last SPORTS summer, she made political waves when she wrote an open letter to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. She wrote, “You’ve said some pretty offensive things about Latino immigrants recently, and I think they’re worth addressing. Because, you know, this is the United States of America, where I have a right to speak up even if I’m not a billionaire. Isn’t that awesome?” Her comments brought about a vital discussion regarding immigration and her own right to state her opinions, making her wellequipped to discuss the First Amendment rights at yesterday’s keynote event.

At Tuesday’s keynote event, Ferrera spoke directly to an LMU audience.

“That’s what’s so amazing about your generation: the unprecedented access to your freedom of speech, the unprecedented access to say what you want to say to your peers, to you country, to your world, and watch it catch fire,” she said.

Ferrera said that voting is one way to begin making one’s voice be heard. “It is my full belief that democracy cannot work without mass participation,” she said. Ferrera is passionate about registering young Latinos to vote, and works closely with an organization called Voto Latino.

“If we opt out of government for the people by the people, then who is it by? It’s by the people who choose to show up,” she said. “So things won’t change for us as women, things won’t change for us as people of color, things wont change for us as first-generation immigrants ... until we decide to show up and speak up for ourselves.

Just as we aim to give a voice to the LMU community, Ferrera is using her voice to bring attention to issues that affect people across the nation, all thanks to rights provided to her by the First Amendment. We hope LMU students take this week to think about their First Amendment freedoms, and where those freedoms have taken them so far.

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LMU has a campus specific safety rating of D and an overall safety rating of C, according to collegefactual.org. One may ask how one of the most beautiful and well-kept campuses in the nation has such a low safety rating. According to numerous students and faculty, the dim-lit LMU walkways make it so.

“Lighting is definitely important. I have heard people complaining about how dim it can be on campus,” said Daniel Higuera, LMU Department of Public Safety (DPS) attendant and freshman political science major. “You find yourself walking in the dark at times and I don’t feel that that situation is as safe as it could be.”

While LMU has established a security system with gates and safety attendants that are always nearby, the problem is that they are just nearby. Personally, I have found myself to be almost completely alone on campus when walking back from latenight meetings or long weekend nights. The casually-lit tree lights on Palm Walk don’t give students the safe feeling that

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Students are left in the dark and feel unsafe when walking through campus at night due to low lighting .

they deserve.

“I feel relatively safe at night because we are on a bluff and there are gates and night security,” said junior English major Alyssa Bruell. “While this is the case, I do think it is too dark in places, such as St. Rob’s and VDA.” Student comfort and safety should be the number one priority of any academic institution, yet it appears to be lacking here, according to many students.

A recent policy change implemented a $150 fine for students who call DPS to unlock their rooms, leaving students to either walk across campus at any time of night to retrieve a temporary card or pay the fine.

In a previous Loyolan article, “Students spar with Public Safety over new lockout policy,” published on Feb. 3, about the walk to DPS due to this new rule, junior communication studies major Maddie Canales said, “It also feels dangerous. I’ve seen people around this campus at night who I’ve never seen before.” When asked how she felt about the lighting or lack thereof around campus, Canales said, “Lighting around St. Rob’s and Von Der Ahe is dim if there is any light at all. It’s hard to feel safe when I can barely see in front of me.”

There are many benefits that a safer lighting system would bring. A big one would be reduced

crime and assault. The darker the campus or surrounding area is the easier it is for crime or assault to occur. The website campbellcollaboration.org — a research network on social issues — said, “Improved street lighting increases surveillance, thus deterring potential offenders.” A community with well-lit areasis a more conscientious community — one that takes care to create.

It is time that the comfort and safety of students is LMU’s main priority. I’d like to see our safety rating go from a C to an A. This is the opinion of Sydney Majd, a junior English major from Malibu, California. Tweet comments to @ LALoyolan or email comments to jjones@ theloyolan.com.

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L.A. is still the most dangerous place to walk Open Mike Michael Busse Executive Editor @mrbusse

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didn’t see how it happened, but I’ll never forget the sounds — the screeching of the brakes, the skidding of the tires, the crunch of the two cars crumpling into each other and then the whir of the other vehicles, passing at 50 miles per hour as if nothing had happened.

I had just crossed the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and 83rd street on foot where the collision occurred. While the accident itself looked awful, I couldn’t help but be thankful I had made it across the street safely seconds earlier.

Walkers, runners and cyclists getting injured or killed in collisions with cars is not unheard of — especially in Los Angeles. In fact, Los Angeles County is the most dangerous place for pedestrians in the nation, by a long­shot.

More than 200 pedestrians were killed in L.A. County in 2014, according to a study recently released by the Auto Insurance Center that analyzed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s data. The runner up — Phoenix’s Maricopa County — didn’t even even experience half the number of deaths. What’s more, San Bernardino County and San Diego County are also in the top seven.

Here’s the thing: I love walking. I love the fresh air, I love the exercise

and I love the connection it gives me to the neighborhood. Plus, it’s free and good for the environment.

I discovered the value of walking when I studied abroad in London.

My apartment was a five-minute stroll from several grocery stores and a train station, 10 minutes from the London School of Economics, where I attended class, and 15 minutes from the Houses of Parliament, where I worked.

While living in L.A. without a car is possible, it isn’t easy. As if the sheer size of the city doesn’t make walking in the city hard enough, we also have to worry about dying.

Last summer, I decided to put my love of the pedestrian lifestyle to the test. I spent the break at LMU but left my car at my parent’s house in Oregon. I stopped bumming rides from friends. I walked to buy groceries, I walked to get haircuts and I walked to friends’ houses and doctor’s appointments.

What I found was not the glorious, convenient, safe walking experience I had abroad. Instead, I found sidewalks dramatically buckled because of tree roots, major intersections without crosswalks and places where the sidewalks ended altogether.

Then I saw that car accident on Lincoln Boulevard, right outside LMU’s front gates. I did some research and found that, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 5,000 pedestrians are killed in the U.S. every year, plus an additional 600 cyclists.

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Los Angeles was recently rated one of the most dangerous cities to walk around in. But, are we really surprised?

While the data doesn’t say, I wondered how many of those 15 deaths a day — that’s right, 15 pedestrian deaths a day — are because of poor sidewalks, nonexistent sidewalks or unsafe crosswalks. Considering the sad state of pedestrian options in L.A., I’d be willing to bet that it’s too many.

At my job in London, I spent a good deal of my time reading and responding to letters written by concerned citizens to their Member of Parliament (MP). Every letter was read, researched and given a thoughtful response detailing what action the MP was taking on the specific issue.

Here in L.A., faced with dire pedestrian safety, I found myself taking on the role of the concerned, letter-writing citizen. I set up a website to get the word out about a specific stretch of Lincoln and Culver Boulevards that has no sidewalk at all. Every LMU student knows the one — it’s the stretch that deprives us of the most direct walking route to the beach and Mendocino Farms. Nearly 100 people sent letters to L.A. Council member Mike Bonin, called his office or attended hearings to petition for a sidewalk in that area.

Despite the lack of action — or even a response — from our elected officials, I still hold close the belief

and hope that all those pedestrian deaths are preventable. As drivers, let’s be aware that we have no more of a right to get where we are going than the people on the sidewalk.

As citizens, let’s hold our officials accountable for creating dangerous infrastructures that favor the rich, who are more likely to drive.

And if we, drivers and pedestrians, work together, someday Los Angeles will no longer be the most dangerous place in the country to walk to the grocery store.

This is the opinion of Michael Busse, a senior entrepreneurship major from Eugene, Oregon. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to jjones@theloyolan. com.

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pring break is less than two weeks away. If you’re like most students, by now you’ve surfed the web for reasonably priced airline tickets and searched Hotwire and Airbnb for cheap places to stay.

However, you’ve also probably realized how expensive a proper spring break vacation can be, especially if you’re trying to maintain some type of college student budget. Skipping the plane ticket is a great way to save on spring break, so I’ve compiled a list of some of the best road trip destinations for spring break 2016.

5. Joshua Tree National Park Distance from LMU: 148 miles Located a couple hours east of Los Angeles, Joshua Tree National Park provides a backdrop as one of the most serene and peaceful locations outside of the city. The rocky desert terrain isn’t the most comfortable to sleep on if you’re choosing to camp, but if you’re on the adventurous side, this popular campsite should definitely be on your radar this spring break season.

4. Big Sur Distance from LMU: 295 miles Big Sur is known for being home to some of the best beaches on the

West Coast. Its beautiful location along the ocean makes it one of the best places to camp for spring break, as well as one of the most appealing places to drive to. You can even stop at Hearst Castle, a historic 20thcentury hilltop mansion, located along the way to the coastal stretch.

“There’s such a different vibe you feel while camping in Big Sur. You’re surrounded by so much beautiful nature that you can’t see here in Southern California,” said sophomore marketing major Michael Mariscal.

gas certainly has a lot to offer, making the price most definitely worth it.

“I enjoy going to [Luv-It Frozen Custard in Las Vegas] for frozen yogurt with friends because it’s located in a trailer in a really bad area of town, and you basically risk your life for the best custard of your life,” said sophomore entrepreneurship major Jasmine Ezzatian.

1. Salvation Mountain

Distance from LMU: 205 miles Salvation Mountain is far from a normal road trip destination.

Close to the slightly eerie Salton Sea, Salvation Mountain is the perfect destination for those looking for an out-of-the-box vacation.

Artist Leonard Knight painted the

mountain as a tribute to God and themes of love and peace resonate throughout the 50-foot masterpiece mural.

This is the opinion of Elliot Britt, a sophomore finance major from Maple Grove, Minnesota. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email ebritt@theloyolan.com.

3. Grand Canyon Distance from LMU: 402 miles For some of you out-of-staters, the Grand Canyon may provide a scenic view from above in-flight on the way to Los Angeles. Now is your chance to see the Grand Canyon up close, as spring break is the perfect opportunity to make the drive to one of the Seven Natural Wonders.

The canyon offers hiking and rafting with some of the best views in the Southwestern United States, and you can even take a helicopter tour if you’re looking for an even more extensive view.

2. Las Vegas Distance from LMU: 288 miles What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas (unless you’re an avid Snapchat user). This resort town features some of the most luxurious hotels and entertainment experiences in the country. It’s not necessarily the cheapest option on the list, but Ve-

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A broad abroad: the perks of studying in London Main Mang

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t’s easy to assume that studying abroad is just an excuse to travel and party under the guise of broadening one’s horizons. However, as corny as the latter is, in my experience it’s been more than true. I studied abroad in England, and I couldn’t recommend it more. According to the Institute of International Education, London is the leading location for American students to study abroad — and for good reason.

Considering many students are making the difficult choice as to where they’ll spend four months of their college life, I wanted to weigh out the positives and negatives of the London abroad experience.

Positives: 4. London-focused study I love that I mostly had British instructors, save for the program’s single LMU professor. We focused on topics I was truly interested in that intertwined with my English major: Studies in Shakespeare, Master of Mystery: Sherlock Holmes and Media in Britain. Where else are you able to go to Shakespeare productions at the Globe Theatre and take walking tours of Brick Lane during class?

3. Internships Something that I still find truly insane is that LMU’s London program has a guaranteed internship included with your regular class schedule. Students have a full class schedule for the first half of the semester, then the second half, you balance an internship with the 1-2 classes remaining. I had the chance to be an editorial intern with the Church of England Newspaper, right around the corner from Parliament. Despite my complete lack of knowledge of the Church, it gave me

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an entirely new perspective of England and its inner workings. I developed personal relationships with my co-workers — we went to local museums together and frequently indulged in lunchtime pints at the local pub. While I was missing my position back at the Loyolan, I still got solid writing experience — my stories were published in both print and online editions of the paper.

2. Location This is a little more personal — I’ve always been an Anglophile.

As far back as high school I’ve dreamed of living in England, doing what I assumed would be watching “Doctor Who” and drinking tea all day with beautiful English men. When I finally got to London, it was a dream come true. I spent so many weekends exploring everything the city had to offer: unlimited free museums, hundreds of years of history, the wondrous Tube and of course, pub culture. Best of all, my program lucked out and got to live in South Kensington, one of the most luxurious and storied neighborhoods in London.

Senior political science major Keana Flores spoke of the immersive experience of London.

“You have to put effort into growing to be comfortable in London,” Flores said. “Quickly appreciate urban solitude and solo adventures and you will come to appreciate London through your own lens.”

No matter what you’re looking for in a city, this bustling, cosmopolitan center of the world will have it.

1. Language This is one huge bonus for the London program: no foreign language mastery needed. As a result, I navigated throughout the country without issue, communicated with locals on a daily basis and best of all, made lifelong friendships with British people my own age.

Negatives: 3. Location To be honest, London was

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Studying abroad in London provides an endless array of opportunities for exploration, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington. From left to right, Kelsey Mangan, Mary Densmore and Jackie Jones. so incredible that I truly never wanted to leave. When I’ve discussed my experience in London with those in other programs, they were shocked that I spent so much time in my home city.

A lot of them used every single weekend as an opportunity to travel to a foreign city to maximize their experience. While I did travel plenty, I spent a majority of weekends soaking in every part of London that I could.

Sometimes I wish I loved London a little less, so that I could have explored a little more of Europe while I had the chance.

2. Language While the lack of a language barrier was an incredible positive for the opportunity of meeting people, I do wish that I could

have developed a deeper understanding of a foreign language.

Incorporating the colloquial terms “telly” and “bugger” into my daily vocabulary just isn’t the same.

1. A Sense of Home Honestly, the biggest downside of studying abroad in London is the sense of belonging and love I developed while in the city.

I loved London more than I’ve loved any other city in my life; it’s inexplicable. I miss the city and my experiences within it every single day, and I’m constantly plotting ways to go back. If that’s the biggest downside I’ve found, I’ll take it.

experience. There’s one qualification, though: you have to be open to anything. Studying abroad isn’t all world traveling and having the time of your life — it’s also getting lost, missing your flight on the weekend and dealing with roommates, a truly international issue. If you’re prepared to push yourself out of your comfort zone and have almost every single one of your expectations shattered — often in the best way possible — then no matter where you study abroad, you’ll never regret it.

This is the opinion of Kelsey Mangan, a senior English major from San Jose, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email kmangan@theloyolan.com.

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told, a 15-point defeat seems relatively tame despite what the box score shows —that LMU shot the ball well and stayed competitive throughout the game.

LMU then got on the road to Oregon where they faced off against the University of Portland. Saturday’s game proved to be a breakthrough for the Lions as they completed the season sweep of Portland beating the Pilots, 77-62.

For every category that plagued the Lions on Thursday against Gonzaga, Saturday was a 180 degree turn, and a comprehensive victory for the team to get back in the win column.

Four players tallied three assists for the Lions, accounting for 12 of the team’s 14 assists. This led to four Lions in double figures, with Johnson and junior forward Bree Alford falling just short of that mark, adding nine and eight points respectively. Lopez-Wood led the way with 20 points including six three pointers for just one short of tying the school record. Three of those LopezWood three-pointers came in the first quarter and helped the Lions jump out to an early lead.

From there, they would never relinquish it, despite some scoring runs from the Pilots.

Doing their best Gonzaga impression from Thursday night, the Lions managed to pull down a whopping 18 offensive rebounds and converted

them into 19 points. Additionally, the team was able to turn 17 Pilot turnovers into 22 Lion points.

In every facet they failed in on Thursday, LMU redeemed themselves, and then some, on Saturday.

Hot shooting gave the Lions a 12-point lead after the first quarter. In each quarter after that, Portland went on scoring runs that would bring them within four points of tying the game. But, a strong team performance from Elliott’s bunch was enough to dispatch the one-win Pilots.

After a tough stretch, LMU is finally back to winning form after a northwest split this weekend. Now, with a little boost in momentum and confidence, the team will come home for their final homestand of the regular season. The final stretch tips off Thursday, as the Lions host Pacific in the annual Play4Kay breast cancer awareness game.

The WCC is starting to heat up here as we are looking into getting into tournment time.

Their next two games are home against the University of the Pacific and Saint Mary’s College. Then they go on the road for the final three games of the regular season with their last game at Pepperdine.

This is the opinion of Tim De Vries, a freshman undeclared major from Lake Oswego, Oregon. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email jsullivan@theloyolan.com.

The women’s tennis team went 1-1 during their two-game stint in the Pacific Northwest.

Daniel Palladini

Assistant Sports Editor @LoyolanSports

While everyone was getting ready for the Super Bowl this past Sunday, the women’s tennis team had a match of their own against the Sacramento State Hornets. This was also a test for Head Coach Agustin Moreno, who is in his first year with the Lions.

The game started out with a doubles match featuring sophomore Anna Romeka and her doubles partner freshman Tatijana Sheikhan against Mouzes/Bulatovaite from Sacramento State.

Romeka and Sheikhan ended up beating the duo 6-4. When asked about getting the early win with her doubles partner, Romeka said, “Because it is the beginning of the season, we have been moving around and changing the doubles teams quite a bit to see what teams work best together.

But, I think the entire team is so in sync with each other that everyone would manage playing with everyone.”

Going into singles, LMU was on top of it, even though Romeka began with a struggle against opponent Sofia Wicker. She stayed consistent, however, and got a 6-1, 6-1 victory.

“My opponent fought really well throughout the match. I think I did a good job at pressing her and controlling the points,”

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Freshman Tatijana Sheikhan won both her singles and doubles matches against Sacramento State. She is 2-1 in singles and 1-1 in doubles this year.

said Romeka.

Andrea Crespo was the next one to come off the court with a win, defeating Loaziza Esquivias of Sacramento 6-4, 6-2. With that, LMU was just one more singles win away from grabbing its first victory of the year.

Tatijana Sheikhan found herself in a 2-2 tie before jumping out against her opponent winning the tie-breaking game 7-2.

Freshman Elvira Juravliova also added to the win total as she continued her 3-0 record in singles matches yesterday.

With this being LMU’s third game of the season so far, it was nice for them to pick up the win after losing their first two match-ups of the season, and it had to be a great feeling to for head coach Agustin Moreno to finally get his first win. Moreno helped the Lions improve their controlling points and also had a lot of momentum in singles

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matches, both of which contributed to their success.

Looking towards the next match-up, they will be taking on the CSU Long Beach 49ers, and if they win, the Lions could go back up to being a .500 team.

Long Beach is a very well balanced team that has a lot of fight.

When asked about how she thought LMU would fare, Romeka said, “Long Beach is a very competitive team. They will not let any team beat them easily.

So, we need to go into the match on Saturday hungry and ready to win. We have to want it more than they do, which is something I truly believe we can do. Also, with the match being at Long Beach, we have to be extra loud with our cheering and pumping each other up because they always have a crazy crowd.” It will be interesting to see if LMU can maintain the momentum they have from getting this win.

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Panthers declawed at Super Bowl 50 The No. 1 offense in the NFL was stopped repeatedly by the No. 1 defense in the league.

Jack Sullivan Sports Editor

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Super Bowl 50 is in the books, and it was not even close.

The Denver Broncos’ defense repeatedly shut down the highoctane offense of the Carolina Panthers and came out with a 24-10 win. This marks the second Super Bowl win for Broncos’ quarterback Peyton Manning and his first with the team. In what may be his final game, Manning went out on top.

The Broncos started the game with a methodical drive down the field to pick up a field goal. After that, their offense mostly stalled, as they could not seem to get anything moving. This is when the defense took over. The Broncos smothered Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton all day. By the end of the game, Newton had been sacked six times. The Broncos also recorded another sack to total seven for the game, tying a Super Bowl record. One of those sacks came in the first quarter when Broncos’ linebacker Von Miller stripped Newton, resulting in a

defensive touchdown for the team to put them in the lead 10-0.

The Broncos shut out the Panthers in the first quarter, and it was the first time that they had been trailing all postseason.

However, they finally started to get things going and Jonathan Stewart scored with a 2-yard rushing touchdown to pull within three.

Unfortunately for the Panthers, a 61-yard punt return, the longest in Super Bowl history, set up another Broncos field goal to give them the lead 13-7 at halftime.

The Panthers tried to rally at the start of the second half, driving down the field. However, their efforts were for naught as Graham Gano missed a 44-yard field goal attempt on the team’s opening drive. Denver then rubbed it in Gano’s face as their own kicker, Brandon McManus, made his third field goal of the game, making the game sit at 16-10 entering the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, nothing seemed to change for the Panthers.

Though they were able to make it a one score game by making a 39-yard field goal, turnovers continued to plague them. Miller once again stripped Newton inside the 10-yard line, which led to a Denver Broncos rushing touchdown by C.J. Anderson. A two-point conversion sealed the game and the Broncos won 24-10.

This was an uncharacteristically

slow Super Bowl. The Broncos had the fewest total yards (194) of any winning team in a Super Bowl. Manning only threw for 141 yards and had no passing touchdowns. The defensive side of the ball, which stuffed the high scoring Panthers — they scored 500 points in the regular season — and capitalized on thier mistakes, won this game. The Super Bowl MVP was Miller, finishing with six tackles, two and a half sacks and two forced fumbles. He is the 10th defensive player and fourth linebacker to win the MVP. One of the main stories coming out of this game is Newton’s demeanor. He is a young player in this league, and it clearly showed.

Newton lost his composure multiple times during the game and even stormed out of a postgame press conference. He has always performed well in high stakes games, such as the National Championship game for Auburn back in 2011, but he did not pack a powerful performance in this game.

This game once again confirmed the old saying, “Defense wins championships.” Despite one of the greatest players of all time leading the team, it was the big men on defense that secured the win for Denver. Their efforts helped send Manning off in style, a two-time Super Bowl champion — now tied with his brother Eli.

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Denver Broncos’ linebacker Von Miller won the Super Bowl MVP. His two forced fumbles led to a defensive touchdown and set up a field goal.

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eginning the back end of their WCC schedule, the LMU women’s basketball team traveled north to the rain and fog for a pair of road games in the Pacific Northwest last weekend. The Lions took on Gonzaga University in Washington at McCarthey Athletic Center last Thursday.

They dropped their seventh straight loss in conference play, losing 83-68, despite a balanced scoring effort and good shooting.

This loss was a frustrating one to say the least. As a whole, the Lions played well on the offensive side of the ball. They were able to get open shots early and knock them down. A team whose ball-sharing has been key to their own success saw more of the same, as four Lions scored in double figures.

However, offense is not what sunk the Lions. In this case, it was something that coaches and analysts love to talk about, but hardly ever quantify — it was the little things that led to an LMU defeat. Foul trouble, turnovers and offensive rebounds plagued the team all night long.

Thirty-nine free throw attempts for Gonzaga led to a whopping 30 points just from the charity stripe. LMU scored nine points on 15 attempts.

Fouls hurt the Lions in other ways as well, as senior guard

Deanna Johnson had to sit on the bench for the majority of the first half with three early fouls.

Johnson would return later to score 12 of her 14 points in the second half, finishing second on the team behind senior guard Leslie Lopez-Wood, who had 16. Johnson’s presence as a strong ball-handler and her senior leadership have all played integral roles to the Lions’ success this season, so having her sidelined for an extended period definitely hurt the Lions in Spokane.

Unfortunately for head coach Charity Elliott, foul trouble wasn’t the only issue the Lions found themselves having on Thursday. Gonzaga excelled on the offensive glass, as well as disrupting the Lions’ offensive rhythm. Sixteen Lion turnovers led to 22 Bulldog points, and 15 offensive rebounds for the Bulldogs resulted in 15 secondchance points.

Free throws, rebounds and turnovers. All three categories are usually good barometers that decide the outcome of the game. Those categories distinctly decided the outcome of this game. A 20-point deficit from the free throw line, allowing 20-plus offensive rebounds and not taking care of the ball usually all mean a defeat on their own. Put all of those together, and the result usually isn’t pretty.

There is a silver lining for the Lions though. Every one of these statistical categories is 100 percent controllable.

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