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Posters shared on LMU campus to honor #DayWithoutImmigrants Support for LMU’s community of undocumented students was shown throughout campus.

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On Thursday, Feb. 16, hundreds of employees and students across the country, including at LMU, participated in the #DayWithoutImmigrants protests by skipping work and showing their faces on the street to protest for their rights, according to NBC News.

Stores, daycares and restaurants nationwide greeted customers with locked doors and signs expressing their stance in solidarity with workers who participated by striking.

This movement aims to show the impact that undocumented immigrants have on the U.S. economy and what would happen in their absence.

A rally in Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) took place on Saturday, Feb. 18, which focused on the decrying of mass deportations and the raids by Immigration and Customs Enfocement (ICE) that have happened this past week.

The goal of these activists was to ensure that a new fund to provide legal assistance to immigrants would not exclude immigrants with criminal convictions. They were also asking for

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Students put up posters around campus in show of support for LMU’s undocumented community after the #DayWithoutImmigrants.

the county to invest in programs to help immigrants.

“One of my favorite things about the march was seeing how many street vendors weaved in and out of the crowd selling chili-powdered fruit and hot dogs,” alumna Diana Delgado Cornejo (‘16) said about the DTLA march. “Street vending was just legalized in L.A. a couple

of weeks ago to protect undocumented vendors from getting arrested for just trying to get by; we’d been fighting for years to make that happen. It was perfect to support immigrants with our voices and our cash, marching and chanting and eating delicious hot dogs.”

American, Mexican and LGBTQ+ flags were in the air, Latin music was playing

on stereos, shirts that stated “Not My President” were worn and many homemade signs were held.

“Once we got to the main event in front of City Hall, the speakers were pretty diverse. Bamby Salcedo from the Translatina Coalition was there speaking out against injustices See Immigrants | Page 2

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against undocumented trans women in detention centers.

And Black Lives Matter was there speaking talking about the u n d o c u m e n te d - w h i l e - b l a c k experience,” Cornejo said.

RESILIENCE, a club that offers a safe space for undocumented students and their allies at LMU, showed their support the day after the protest for #DayWithoutImmigrants by putting up posters around campus that included phrases such as “We love you, undocumented Lions,” “We won’t let them take you” and “You will be safe here.” Some specific locations were University Hall, the Seaver Science Hall, Foley building and the Lair Marketplace.

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posters [on campus] was something more uplifting than explicitly political, something we felt could help a lot of students who’re feeling fairly scared right about now,” Quinn Bailey, a freshman film and television production major said. “We don’t see social justice actions like these as specifically left or right-wing issues. Every student, no matter their origin or identity, deserves to feel safe and represented on campus, and we’re committed to doing everything within our jurisdiction as allies to ensure that sort of equality.”

Some students on campus also participated in this strike by not attending work to protest the ban against undocumented immigrants in the work force and the lack of legal support.

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Students hung posters to support the #DayWithoutImmigrants around the LMU campus on Feb. 17.

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BURNING QUESTIONS

Students build connections at SFTV networking event

This week News Intern Jaqueline McCool sat down with Mara Ley, This issue, Managing junior environmental Editor Dan science major, Raffety president sits downPhi with Head of Alpha sorority, student outreach for Coach Max Good, Green andof former headLMU coach the ASLMU senator.

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team to talk about the upcoming season.

What made you decide to run for Alpha Phi president while balancing all your other commitments?

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Ever since high school, I have always been extremely interested in leadership. It has always provided me with a sense of involvement on my campus and has allowed me to meet people that I would never otherwise get the chance to.

But funny story — before I even joined a sorority, I told all my friends that I wanted to be president of whatever sorority I ended up joining. It was never a spur of the moment decision; it has always been something I have dreamed about!

What is the most rewarding part of being president of an organization on campus?

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The most rewarding part of being president of Alpha Phi is that I am able to take an active role in defining a large aspect of our members’ LMU experiences. These four years are such important and life changing years of people’s lives and the fact that I am able to help shape strong and amazing women is such a blessing.

As student outreach for Green LMU, what have your goals been for this semester?

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As student outreach for Green LMU, my main goal has been to spread the word about Green LMU. So many people still don’t know that LMU has a Sustainability Office, so my main goal has been to inform people. Along with that, I am trying to bring awareness to major issues like climate change and the global water crisis during the current political climate of this country.

As student outreach for Green LMU, what do you observe to be LMU’s greatest sustainability challenge?

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LMU’s greatest sustainability challenge is awareness. People need to be more aware of things that are going on in our environment and as a result of that, desire to instill environmental change on our campus. LMU does a really great job at being sustainable already (look at our recycling program) but students don’t necessarily know that. It is a work in progress and something that I am actively looking towards transforming.

What is the most rewarding part of being in ASLMU?

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The most rewarding part of being in ASLMU was that I was actively involved in the campus climate. I had first hand access to how students were feeling about certain issues, and utilized my platform to help enact campus wide change for years to come.

Why did you choose LMU?

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I was deciding between the University of Washington and LMU; they both were great schools and had so many things to offer. But being from Tucson, Arizona the rain and gloominess of Seattle worried me; I didn’t know if my happiness would be affected and happiness is a big factor in my life. I did so much research on happiness and weather it was crazy but at the end of the day when it came down to it I knew that I would be happy at LMU so that is what I decided!

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A networking event called “SFTV Pathways in Entertainment” took place in University Hall Tuesday night, where LMU alumni such as David Murkin (‘78), producer of “The Simpsons,” gave advice and insights regarding the entertainment workforce after graduation. Other alumni who attended the event to advise students included Erik Stiller (‘09), writer for “Criminal Minds,” Brandon Tanori (‘13), writers’ production assistant for CBS’ “Elementary” and Stefano Agosto who works in scripted programming for AMC & Sundance TV. Students were able to engage in conversations to build further connections outside of LMU and learn about potential career paths. This event welcomed students from all class levels.

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Fargo Bank in protest of their involvement in providing credit to Energy Transfer Partners to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. The first of these was Seattle, Washington, which voted to divest from Wells Fargo on Feb. 7, according to CNBC. Shortly afterwards on the same day, the City Council of Davis, California followed suit, and a week later so did Santa Monica on Feb. 15. According to a staff report from the City of Davis Banking Services, both Minneapolis and Philadelphia are considering the same move — and frankly, it’s about time that cities start to stand up for the causes of the people.

Under the administration of President Trump, the Dakota Access Pipeline is set to continue construction at an accelerated pace. Even now, there are several hundred protesters encamped in North Dakota expecting a face-off with law enforcement as they approach their deadline to leave, which is today at 2 p.m. according to Fox Business. While the Army Corp of Engineers announced that it would reroute the pipeline around Lake Oahe in North Dakota in December 2016, according to CNN, that seems less certain with the Trump administration taking over. With such an uncertain future for the Dakota Access Pipeline and its routing, it’s important now more than ever for cities to stand up and stop supporting institutions that fund the pipeline. We vote and speak with our dollars, so it’s imperative that cities carefully consider the financial institutions that they work with and support. It’s great that Santa Monica, Davis and Seattle have divested from Wells Fargo, one of the more problematic banks in the U.S. and one of the biggest lenders to Energy Transfer Partners.

However, there are many more areas where cities could protect the interests of its citizens.

Raising the minimum wage has been a big

$7.25 per hour — much lower than many argue is necessary. Some cities have voted to raise the minimum wage up to $15 per hour, with Seattle being the first to do so in 2013, and others including Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City. In Los Angeles County, wages will gradually increase over time and will eventually reach $15 per hour by 2020, with the rest of the state following by 2022, according to USA Today. With housing costs being so high in Los Angeles, we simply can’t afford to have a minimum wage that’s any lower — and $15 isn’t even enough when you break down the figures.

According to the N.Y. Times, in order to spend 30 percent of your income on housing — which is the threshold for “cost-burdened rent” for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — you would need $145,000 in after-tax earnings per year just to afford an average two-bedroom apartment in L.A. And with the median household income at only $55,909, it turns out that half of all Los Angelenos spend 50 percent of their income on housing, according to a 2014 study by UCLA. We need a higher minimum wage to compensate for these ridiculous housing costs — not to mention all the other expenses that come with living in L.A. Cities have to start taking responsibility for their actions. By working with groups like Wells Fargo, these cities are indirectly supporting harmful causes, and by not raising minimum wages, cities allow their citizens to struggle from paycheck to paycheck. We applaud cities like Seattle and Los Angeles, both for their refusal to continue working with Wells Fargo in the future and for their efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Having seen these cities step up, we now challenge the rest to do the same.

“Having seen these cities step up, we now challenge the rest to do the same.”

There’s no justification for pay gap A Sam Dunk

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ome say that feminism isn’t needed anymore, that feminism has accomplished its goal and that women are now equal to men. In many aspects, I think that we are. I think that we’ve come a long way in granting women equal rights and providing de jure equality, or equality before the law. While I admit we still have a ways to go in bringing women to full unrestricted legal equality, such as giving women access to birth control and safe abortions, we’ve come much further in that regard than we have in terms of de facto equality, or social standards that enforce gender inequalities regardless of the law. We see these social inequalities play out everyday: in victim blaming, in the hyper-sexualization of women in the media and in women’s thoughts and ideas being cast aside in favor of men’s. This past week, such social inequalities were reminiscent of those dominant in the 1950s, in the world of Betty Friedan — the world that sparked second-wave feminism.

James Green, the now former vice chair of the Wasatch County Republican Party, penned two letters regarding equal pay for

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The disparity in pay between men and women will never be justifiable. women. While there is some debate over whether or not the pay gap exists, it’s evident that most people adhere to the idea that such a pay gap should not exist, and that if it were to exist, we should work to admonish it. Green, however, did neither of these things. Green condemned equal pay for women.

He stated that men are traditionally the breadwinners of families, and that if women were paid equally, it would provide an incentive for women to go to work and thus disrupt the household. If men and women were paid equally, that would force employers to lower wages for men in order to make up the difference for paying women

what they rightfully earn. With these men earning less, their wives would have to leave the household and work in order to compensate for the man’s lower wages. Thus, we should not pay women the same as men, for mothers leaving the comforts of the household and entering the dangerous, masculine workforce is definitely the most problematic social injustice in Green’s opnion.

Whether or not men and women are paid equally is another matter.

Reports about the prevalence of the pay gap are contradictory. While the studies that I’ve seen indicate that it does exist, I’m not a statistician or an economist. I don’t like to

make claims about things I don’t have a lot of experience with. I do, however, take issue with Green’s comments about women needing to stay at home to be mothers, where he thinks women may prefer to be.

His comments suggest that women staying home to be housewives is such a vital tenet of society that discriminating against people on the basis of gender would be admissible in order to protect such an institution.

I don’t doubt that some women would prefer to be stay-at-home mothers – but I doubt that even more women would be fine with a man telling them what they should and should not do with their lives.

I doubt that more women would be fine with someone supporting a wage gap at all, especially in order to perpetuate rigid gender roles. I think it’s problematic that someone genuinely believes that women in the workforce should not be paid equally in order for housewives to remain housewives. If there is any justification for gender-based discrimination, I highly doubt that incentivizing women to be housewives comes anywhere near close to the top of the list.

This is the opinion of Samantha Davis, a sophomore philosophy major from La Cañada Flintridge, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan, or email mgaydos@theloyolan.com.

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Kellyanne Conway: The face of modern politics Clay by Clay Clay Sontag

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t’s always in a person’s eyes. I promise you; almost everything you need to know about a person can be expressed through those two vessels, leading right into a person’s soul. My parents have always told me this, my friends have always told me this and life has always proven this to be true. It just comes down to a person actually taking the time to look — and Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, has tiresome eyes, reflecting both the unforgiving political climate and the media hurricane in which she stands at the eye.

Conway became President Trump’s third campaign manager when he asked her to take the position on Aug. 12 of last year.

According to The New Yorker, Conway was steadfast on gaining a Republican presidential win and being the first female Republican campaign manager to do it. “I’ve been in a very male-dominated business for decades,” Conway said. “I found, particularly early on, that there’s plenty of room for passion, but there’s very little

room for emotion.”

Apparently, this attitude was that of a victor — or, at least, the mastermind behind a victor.

Donald Trump is now the President of the United States. But Kellyanne Conway, believe it or not, has been in the hot seat more often than President Trump himself — well, at least as far as we viewers can see. While President Trump and his team change the course of our country behind closed doors, Conway appears on national television and defends each and every move that President Trump makes. Unlike most political interviewees, however, Conway is a force to be reckoned with; she performs like a well-oiled machine during every televised conversation, manipulating the questions in one hand while bearing the hate toward Trump’s presidency in the other.

Take what some say is her most infamous interview, for example.

According to TIME Magazine, this refers to when Conway appeared on NBC’s television series “Meet the Press.” In the interview, Conway dismissed the words of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer as “alternative facts.” Host Chuck Todd was given this response after confronting Conway about Spicer’s previous statement claiming that

Trump’s inauguration garnered the largest in-person and global audiences ever. Spicer repeatedly called this a “falsehood,” but Conway disagreed. “You’re saying it’s a falsehood. [...] Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that,” Conway said.

That moment in the interview is what woke me up. That was when I could finally see the woman who has outsmarted not only American citizens but also the media at large.

This is when I became genuinely confused by the English language, for allowing oxymorons to exist.

This is when I finally saw Conway’s exhausted, powerful and indifferent eyes glaring back at a country that is almost entirely left in the dark and strung along by hollow claims.

In this moment, Kellyanne Conway became the human symbol of 21st century politics — a time where the truth is neglected, the media is an almighty powerhouse, the president is making rapid change and celebrity status has smashed the prospect of political authenticity to pieces.

But there is a science behind every move she makes in each interview. When an interviewer asks a question, she’ll throw keywords back into her response — all while changing the course of

the conversation in her favor. For example, in The Washington Post’s manuscript of the Chuck Todd interview, Todd asked Conway if it was “right” for President Trump to compare intelligence agencies to Nazi Germany. Conway responded by asking Todd if it was “right” for Todd himself to release “fake news.”

In one swift move, the heat was placed back onto Todd and away from her, and the finite length of their conversation became partially wasted on banter. That’s the Conway way.

In the process, Conway reflects the underlying nature of politics in the 21st century: a web of deceit, avoidance and hunger for power, spun by the very spiders who claim that they are best for everyone and everything in the ecosystem.

In every dodged question and confusing comeback, Conway is both a product of this turmoil and a sign of what more is to come.

As long as I’m a citizen of this country, however, I refuse to get trapped in the web. Despite what her mouth might be doing, Conway’s eyes definitely don’t lie.

This is the opinion of Clay Sontag, a sophomore screenwriting and psychology double major from Smithtown, New York. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan, or email mgaydos@theloyolan.com.

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Artificial intelligence is a threat to human jobs Cup of Joe Joseph Bellavia Opinion Intern @LALoyolan

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umankind continues to advance technologically, and while those advances come with many benefits, they also come with many drawbacks. Most people neglect to realize these drawbacks when they hear the terms “robot” or “artificial intelligence” (AI).

One of the scariest and most forthcoming drawbacks is the inevitable loss of jobs for human beings. In the United States, this has only been seen in factories and assembly lines thus far, but that could change very soon.

When people think of robots working jobs, they normally think of unskilled labor. They think of industrial occupations.

Since robotic labor is usually cheaper and far more efficient than human labor, it is obvious why corporations are willing to adopt the strategy. Recently, Amazon has built upon this, taking jobs from cashiers in the form of Amazon GO, which allows customers with Amazon accounts to simply walk into an establishment, take the goods that they’d like and walk out.

They are charged through the app on their phone. While this seems far more convenient

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The more that technology advances, the more Americans should be weary of the rise of artificial intelligence. than waiting in line, its very existence is detrimental to millions of Americans.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3.5 million Americans work as cashiers and 4.6 million more Americans work in retail sales. That is approximately 6 percent of all U.S. employment. All of these jobs could be negatively affected by services such as Amazon GO. Is convenience worth the mass unemployment of these workers? Some say

yes, some say no and some say that it doesn’t matter because there really is no stopping this movement.

Another response to this argument is that these robots are only affecting manual labor jobs. According to a CNN Money article, that may no longer be here. The article cites a Bank of America study that states “by [2025] nearly half of all U.S. jobs will be at high risk of being lost to computers.” Half of the country could be at risk

for unemployment by as early as 2025. That is only eight years away, and that is terrifying.

If this change is as inevitable as it seems to be, then we need to find a way to at least slow it down. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, came forward a few days ago with his idea – not to stop the movement, but to possibly slow it down by form of tax. According to The Washington Times, Gates said, “right now, the human worker who does, say, $50,000 worth

of work in a factory, that income is taxed. [...] If a robot comes in to do the same thing, you’d think that we’d tax the robot at a similar level.”

Gates said that this federal tax on companies that use AI rather than human labor is a much better alternative to banning them because it allows for job-funding elsewhere. If we tax these companies for using robotic labor, then we can use the money to better train workers in areas that will still rely on human labor in the future. That is what is most important when it comes to this topic — better preparing for this inevitable future.

This tax is a temporary fix, but it does not solve the problem.

Unfortunately, that may be the best that the American people are going to get. Over the next few decades, many countries will see rapid unemployment.

This tax on companies using AI may be the only thing the government can do to slow this down for the time being.

Finding other means of slowing down this process must be a top priority to conserve American jobs, because once those jobs are lost, they are lost permanently.

This is the opinion of Joseph Bellavia, a sophomore screenwriting major from Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan, or email mgaydos@theloyolan.com.

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Loyolan staff harboring Confused students left wing radical ideology stranded in U-Hall

Opinion section turns out to be communists, bent on revolution.

Matt Gaydos Opinion Tzar

At long last, the Loyolan’s very own opinion section has revealed their true colors — and they’re red and yellow. After many comments on the Loyolan’s website by angry readers, the opinion section has come forward to admit that they are indeed pawns in the left-wing media’s conspiracy to brainwash college students. “The greatest joy I’ve gotten

from my college experience is to try to convert my fellow students into comrades for my antiman, anti-religion Communist movement,� Damantha Savis, sophomore Russian history major and assistant opinion editor said. “The opinion section has been a great way to spread that message.�

R.J. Bellabia, sophomore theatre arts major and opinion intern, said while maniacally laughing, “It may seem that I’m the most conservative writer in the opinion section, but it’s all been a ruse. I can’t believe our readers fell for it. I’m actually the most left-wing writer in the whole section.�

So what are the opinion section’s plans for the future?

They plan to build a literal echo chamber in Lawton Plaza where they can do their print productions and article writing.

They are also planning to change the wallpaper of every computer in the library to a portrait of Joseph Stalin. If you’re a concerned citizen, there’s no need to worry. The FBI’s official investigation into the Loyolan’s opinion section has revealed that, aside from holy water and silver bullets, the weakness of these left-wing radicals is copying and pasting Ben Shapiro think pieces in the comment sections of their articles.

The escalators in U-Hall have broken down, causing panic.

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Digital Editor All six escalators stopped moving early Wednesday morning in University Hall, leaving students stuck on the fourth floor with no other way of navigating around.

Hundreds of students were heard debating on whether to scale down the walls to other floors or just give up, go home and hope their professors would cancel class.

Mathematics professor Gordon Seward was in University Hall before the breakdown and was confused about the lack of attendance. Upon being informed of the traveling dilemma students were facing, he responded with an understanding nod before canceling class.

Senior theology major Jamie Roy was one of the only students to make an effort.

“I got my car from Drollinger and drove down to U-Hall level P2,� Roy said. “I somehow made it out of my car and up the elevator to the first floor.�

Facilities Management has been unable to get through the crowd of panicked students backed up all the way to the bridge to fix the escalators.

Junior mechanical engineering major Jillian Harlan applied her knowledge in engineering to fix the problem. She claims to have created a series of platforms at different elevations that students can use to traverse the different floors. Harlan’s invention requires no motor, making it a greener alternative to the escalators. She plans to call these “Students Traversing Around Interval Room Space,� or S.T.A.I.R.S. for short.

These S.T.A.I.R.S. will be placed in and around U-Hall to help students navigate the different levels.

Students in Einstein Bros.’s Coffee have attempted to throw up bagels and waters to the stranded students at higher floors.

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Comedy and scandal in Moliere’s ‘Tartuffe’

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ast Saturday, I witnessed heresy and sexual infidelity all wrapped up in family drama at an on-campus event.

Was this some scandalous controversy? See for yourself: The Theatre Arts and Dance department’s production of Moliére’s “Tartuffe” opened last Friday, Feb. 17 and will run again this weekend.

First performed in 1664 in France, the classical comedy follows the story of a high ranking family who falls into the hands of a slimy, religious fraud named Tartuffe. Orgon, the head of the household, is blinded by Tartuffe’s deceptive show of Christian piety and welcomes him into their home like a dear brother. He even offers Tartuffe his daughter Mariane’s hand in marriage. Despite the frantic

urging of his wife and children — who see through Tartuffe’s frilly lies — Orgon does not recognize his gullibility until it is too late.

The originally controversial play critiques the hypocrisy of clerics and Christians alike, poking fun at social status and customs in 17th century French society.

LMU’s production of “Tartuffe,” translated by Richard Wilbur and cleverly directed by theatre arts professor Katharine Noon faithfully reproduced the hilarity of the comedy of manners, complete with period accurate costumes.

These costumes, designed by theatre arts professor Leon Wiebers included full corseted gowns with regal patterned fabric, colorful coats with breeches and long haired wigs for both the men and women in the play.

“All of the women were put in practice corsets, petticoats and shoes at the beginning of the rehearsal process,” Nichola Marick, senior theatre arts major, said. “We had to get used to them and feel comfortable enough to move and breathe in

the costumes.”

The set, designed by David Offner, also stunned with its practical but immersive stage.

Audience members were seated right on the Strub Theatre stage, surrounding the semi-thrust playing area on three sides. A long dining table sat on the extravagant marble patterned floor, and Baroque still lifes decorated the walls of the set. Two large white and gold parlor doors served as the main entrances and exits throughout the play. A large white and gold beveled cross hung above the stage — a motif to the overarching and laughable hypocrisy of Christian values in the play.

As the house opened each night, the audience found themselves immediately encountering the characters as the actors sat at the dining table. They conversed and interacted with each other for a solid 10 minutes before the actual play started, as straggling audience members were ushered in and everyone settled down. I became piqued at each character’s personality and

story from the moment I entered entranced by the classical dialogue of rhyming couplets.

Marick shined as Dorine, the family maid and the brains of the plan to expose Tartuffe. Her bold and cheeky character generated many laughs, and her command over the poetic dialogue was consistently conveyed. She explained that the actors worked on vocal techniques such as intention, articulation and emphasis and had to keep these in mind all the while acting on stage.

“Working with rhyming couplets was difficult at times because we had to focus on the intention, rather than the rhyming,” Marick said. “It’s not supposed to sound like you’re reciting poetry.”

And indeed, the whole cast succeeded in their immensely comedic performance.

Sophomore English and theatre arts double major Louie Enriquez played Tartuffe, whose snake-like, creeping physical acting paired well with his greasy wig and grimy black teeth. Freshman theatre arts

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major Tim Toole committed to the fanciful Orgon, and his occasional squeals and abashed expressions delighted many.

Audience members were very satisfied and pleasantly surprised by the performance. “The play is not an easy one to tackle, but the cast and crew did it so well,” said Javier Navarro, a senior English and philosophy double major,.

He explained that the language of the play is difficult to translate, but the actors “clearly played out the storyline without hesitation” with well-thought-out and precise acting choices.

Performances of “Tartuffe” will continue in Strub Theatre in the Foley Building this weekend from Friday Feb. 23 until Sunday Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. The play runs for about 90 minutes with no intermission. General admission is $15 and $10 for students and faculty.

This is the opinion of Isabel Ngo, a junior theatre arts major from Monrovia, California.

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s much as we all love indulging in our routine Lair Marketplace cuisine — burrito, stir-fry and the occasional vegan enchilada — we all crave a break from our carbbased Sodexo lifestyle.

The beginning of each semester means low levels of homework and high levels of Lion dollars to fuel on-campus dining. There’s noting more dreadful than discovering you only have $30 on your meal plan during the last month of school – trust me, I know the feeling.

This semester, I’ve adopted a more frugal attitude and have realized that I don’t need five meals a day plus dessert. When it comes down to it, our options for on-campus dining are pricey and not always filling. Through hard work and experience, I’ve figured out some of the best ways to stretch your Lion dollars and keep your mini-fridge stocked.

Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day and our fruit cups are priced by weight, snag an oatmeal container and fill it with yogurt and fruit so that you can skip the weigh station and just pay for the unit price. On Thursday night — the night of everyone’s favorite,

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Before you realize it, your meal plan balance can drop to zero, but there are some helpful loopholes on campus.

Community Table — we get to run free and stuff as much food as humanly possible down our throats. Grab a soup container and fill up on Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs for the week ahead.

Also, did you know that you can order granola on top of any Jamba Juice smoothie? If you’re

not hungry enough for a full açaí bowl, pile some on for an extra crunch to your snack.

If you’re in the mood for something greasy, order your fries separately from your burger or sandwich — it’s not much different in price, and you end up with way more. At Iggy’s,

you can bulk up your quesadilla by adding chicken strips to your order and adding a new level of tasty to your ‘dilla. You can order a grilled cheese pretty much anywhere on campus, but you can also add tomato, bacon, avocado, chicken and grilled onions to the sandwich. A grilled

cheese with American cheese and grilled onions tastes almost like an animal style burger from In-N-Out...kind of.

Looking for something that won’t add to your love handles?

In the Lair, you can order a chicken breast from Ignite, then grab a salad from the Natural station while it grills. It’s cheaper than creating your own salad by weight and tastes delicious. If you want another option for a more refined salad, order chicken or steak plus lettuce from Caliente, then load up at the salad bar.

If you’re just looking for a food recommendation that doesn’t require cutting some corners, the arrival of Einstein Bros. Bagels in University Hall has created more options for our dietary needs.

The mini bagels are delicious and come in a variety of flavors and fun combinations.

Lastly, don’t forget about the elusive Crimson Lion, located on the first floor of U-Hall. If you’re in the mood for a sit down meal, the Crimson Lion can help you out — they’re also available via Tapingo if you feel like pigging out in your dorm room.

Don’t be afraid to get crafty with your meal planning, and when in doubt, just add avocado.

This is the opinion of Natalie Godby, a freshman marketing major from Mercer Island, Washington. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to tmarom@theloyolan.com.

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Up and coming events worth attending Eye of the Tygre

Tygre Patchell-Evans Life+Arts Intern @LALoyolan

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pring break is fast approaching, but before it comes, here are some events for you to check out. Lots of them are free and they are all sure to be an entertaining break from studying from midterms.

12. Live in the Living Room: Bowling for Soup’s Jaret Reddick Jaret Reddick will be performing a private acoustic show in the Living Room today at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 8 p.m. Be sure to check it out to hear songs such as “1985” and “Girl All the Bad Guys Want.”

11. Waiting Out Traffic If you live off campus, instead of driving home in the middle of rush hour – especially in the rain – come to Malone 101 every Wednesday for free food and fun activities from community gatherings to casual hangouts.

10. Seven Habits for Healthy Students Join personal trainer and nutritionist Jennifer Cassetta, as part of Body Image Awareness Month in Malone 112 today from 7-8:30 p.m. for a discussion

about how to improve physical and emotional health even when you have little free time, as many of us students do.

9. The Studio Series features “Moana”

Today at 7 p.m., come see a screening of “Moana” sponsored by the Center for Asian Business, Mane Entertainment and Asian Pacific Student Services. The screening will take place in DejaView Movie Lounge and will be followed by a panel discussion, as well as free food and refreshments.

8. Kawaii: Fraught Innocence in Asian (American) Commodity Culture Talk with Christine Yano, professor of anthropology from the University of Hawai’i about the science of cute on Feb. 23 from 4:30-6 p.m. in Ahmanson Auditorium in University Hall.

The talk is part of the inaugural lecture series sponsored by the department of Asian and Asian American studies.

Panelists include Charlotte D’Evelyn, visiting assistant professor of Asian and Asian American studies at LMU, and communication studies professor Victoria Newsom from Olympic College.

7. Bowling with the PAs On Thursday from 7:4510 p.m., go bowling with the Program Assistants at Bowlero in

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Westchester. Be sure to register through OrgSync and meet at Hannon Field at 7:45 p.m.

6. President’s Day of Service

will be food trucks and a beer garden for those over 21.

4. Grand Central Market and the Last Bookstore

Help clean up and paint a local elementary school alongside President Timothy Law Snyder, ASLMU President LaShyra Nolen, City Year volunteers and 100 other Lions. Sign up online at tinyurl. com/presdayofservice and come help give back. A free lunch and T-shirt will be provided.

Sign up through OrgSync to go with the PAs this Saturday to Grand Central Market in downtown L.A., as well as The Last Bookstore. If you sign up, meet at Hannon Field by the back gates at 10:30 a.m.

5. After Sunset

Come perform on Feb. 27 and show off your talents or express yourself at Open Mic Night.

This week’s edition will focus on body image issues, positivity and awareness and will be in The

The annual festival headliner will be a DJ set by MGMT this Friday from 6-9 p.m. at Lawton Plaza. Hosted by ASLMU, there

3. Open Mic Night

Living Room from 8-9:30 p.m.

2. Celebrating the Gospel: Let’s Have Church!

In honor of Black History Month, come see the LMU Gospel Choir performance in Huesman Chapel on Feb. 27 from 8-10 p.m.

1. Remodel Me On Feb. 27, there will be a multimedia presentation on media manipulation and how advertising subconsciously affects our minds.

This event is sponsored by the Fitwell Center and will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. at the HIll on the fourth floor of Malone.

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Impactful classes are not always academic

to have taken and almost failed that high school English class. It taught me more about life than any other class has, and I am incredibly grateful for that.

So take that strange class on your roster – It may end up being worth it, and incredibly insightful in the end.

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n high school I never understood why we ever did what we did in class — especially math. At least in English, I expected to basically know the value of what we are learning in the real world — and for the most part I did, until I met one particular teacher, Mr. Braithwaite.

I had heard good things about him so I enrolled in his class; it was a higher level English and I really wanted the AP credit.

I began to realize soon though that this was not the rigorously academic English class I thought it would be before. One of the first things we did in this class was watch “In Bruges,” which was one of the most bizarre movies I had ever seen about the personal purgatory of an assassin sent to die. It had fair doses of sex, drugs, depression and characters that defy normal onscreen personalities.

We had to discuss all these things in class of course, dissecting the nature of the film, which was a difficult and awkward thing to do in a room full of adolescent teenagers still immature enough to laugh at a ‘69’ joke. The tension this teacher infused in his classes didn’t end there; we had field trips to traipse green mountains in the rain, we had to write Yates-style poetry and act

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Beyond the books and academia, classes can also teach you lessons about living life and being human. out plays like “Macbeth” in drag.

At the time I was beyond mortified. While I enjoy a fair dose of weird in my life, I never expected it in the classroom — especially not in my AP English class. As a shy and socially inept high schooler, I was terrified by improv, especially Shakespearean style improv.

I’m not going to lie; I almost failed the class. I stopped trying because I wasn’t comfortable. I didn’t think I could handle being pushed out of my zone, in a subject I was so familiar with. I ended up giving him bad comments on his teacher review; something I now regret years later.

Why? Because I remember everything he talked about. I

recently raved about the play, “Waiting for Godot” to my friends and explained to them the connection between that and another play, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,” a spin off of “Hamlet.”

These kinds of topics wouldn’t have ever been discussed before.

His class is a talking point now, and has bonded me with my classmates from back then. Because of this class I can say that I’ve made a YouTube video of a ballerina dressed like a fairy dancing to Celtic folk music set to a reading of traditional Irish poetry. Who else can say that?

In hindsight, his class wasn’t about learning how to pass the

AP test, it was a class about being human. It explored the absurdity of life, and let us see it all with no filter.

It wasn’t a standard class where I took tests and passed with flying marks; I struggled and wondered “what’s the point” — and I think all of that was the point.

I look back on his class fondly and know that the most impactful classes aren’t always functional.

They aren’t always strictly academic and can at times be confusing. You can’t fit knowledge into little boxes and name them Honors English, AP English Language and AP Composition.

Where’s the place in that to learn anything about why people write, create and exist? I am so thankful

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t was a week of upset wins for the Lions. The women’s basketball team started it off on Thursday when they defeated Saint Mary’s College, which is tied with Brigham Young University (BYU) for second place in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The baseball team had its season opening series against the No. 19 UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) Gauchos.

After losing their first game and winning their second game, the Lions won the final game of the series to win their first series of the season.

5. Senior infielder Phil Caulfield, baseball With the series tied at 1-1, the Lions had to step up at home for the final game of their series against UCSB. Caulfield led the way for the Lions in their 8-2 win over the No. 19 Gauchos. The senior went 4-for-5 in at bats as the lead off hitter, scoring three runs. He also had three of the team’s seven stolen bases.

4. Senior guard/forward Steven Haney, men’s basketball The men’s basketball team took quite the beating against No. 21 Saint Mary’s College — the Gaels defeated the Lions by 33 points. LMU needed to bounce back from their 81-48 lost as quickly as possible. Haney led the Lions to that win two days after their Thursday game by scoring a season-high 25 points against rival Pepperdine University. LMU won 82-61 in one of their final home games of the season. Twenty-one of Haney’s 25 points came from behind the three point line, and he also recorded five rebounds.

3. Sophomore forward Cheyanne Wallace, women’s basketball In one of the women’s team’s biggest games of the year, Wallace led the Lions in scoring with 22 points. Her seasonbest performance helped LMU defeat Saint Mary’s quite easily as they won the game 72-57. The team can hope to see more solid performances from Wallace as they finish conference play and head to the WCC tournament, where they will play for a chance to make it to the NCAA tournament.

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Senior forward Jackie Johnson (43) has scored 20 or more points for the Lions in eight games this season.

2. Senior pitcher Brenton Arriaga, baseball LMU baseball hasn’t thrown a shutout since April 2015 — at least, that was the case until Arriaga shutout No.19 UCSB in the Lions’ second game of the 2017 season over the weekend.

The senior went all nine innings and only gave up three hits and no runs. He also struck out nine batters. The Gauchos had scored six runnings the day before.

Hopefully Arriaga can continue

to serve as a solid and consistent starter for the Lions as they face off some of the top teams in the country with their difficult schedule.

1. Senior forward Jackie Johnson, women’s basketball She’s back: Johnson is the women’s basketball team’s knight in shining armor.

The senior has put in stellar performances week after week, and this time is no different.

She started the week off with a

double-double (19 points and 12 rebounds) against Saint Mary’s.

Then, she went on to lead the team in points on Saturday against Pepperdine when she scored 31 points of the team’s season-high 87 points. Saturday marked the eighth time Johnson has scored 20 or more points in a game this season.

This is the opinion of Ryan Hartnett, a sophomore recording arts major from Fullerton, California. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email rhartnett@ theloyolan.com.

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SCORES UPDATE M. BBALL

LION

82-61 W

W. BBALL

vs. Pepperdine

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BASEBALL

8-2 W vs. UCSB

87-78 W

at Pepperdine

SOFTBALL

6-2 L

vs. Utah

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Softball slated for second place finish in WCC Big Time Timmy Jim Tim De Vries

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eb. 10 marked the beginning of the 2017 LMU softball season, with the Lions notching a 5-2 win in their opener against North Dakota State. The Lions now sit 10 games into a packed three-month, 52-game schedule, and hold a record of 4-6.

LMU began the season with back-toback tournaments, participating in the Cal State Fullerton tournament on the weekend of Feb. 10 and the Mary Nutter Palm Springs Invitational last weekend.

In the final game of the latter, the Lions earned a 2-1 walk-off victory when junior outfield Taylor Lockwood stole home on a past ball against CSU Northridge.

Within the past week, LMU was set to take on Utah in a two-game home series, but the home game at Smith Field was cancelled due to heavy rains. The second game was moved to Long Beach Stadium, and the Lions fell 6-2.

Thus far, LMU has not played a true home game. Last season, the Lions were 16-7 at home ­— a significant step above their 6-7 road record and 10-7 neutral site record. If the trend of home field advantage continues for the Lions this season, then they’re in luck. In its next 30 games this year, the team will play 27 of them right here at home. That’s no small number, and the numbers from last year dictate that it should favor the Lions.

Included in the 52 game schedule are non-conference matchups against teams from the Southeastern, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 Conferences, giving LMU a chance to test their mettle against teams from

power conference. This year, the nonconference schedule feature University of Mississippi, University of Arkansas, UC Berkeley, University of Utah, Michigan State University, University of Arizona, University of Texas - Austin and University of Oklahoma.

Two weeks ago, the West Coast Conference released its Preseason Coaches Poll for softball, and LMU found itself ranked second to begin the 2017 season. With 21 points, the Lions sat evenly between first place - defending conference champion Brigham Young University - with 25 points, and the thirdplace University of San Diego Toreros with 17 points. It is the highest preseason WCC ranking ever for an LMU softball team.

Leading the charge for the secondranked Lions are junior third-baseman Alicia Brown and senior infielder Alex Finie. Both women were selected to the preseason All-WCC team. In both seasons as a Lion, Brown has been selected to postseason All-WCC teams, and her teammate Finie has earned All-WCC honors in each of her three seasons. In 2016, Brown was a constant catalyst in the heart of the order for the Lions, batting .388 and slugging .687, the latter good for first place on the team. In addition, Brown recorded a school-record 20 doubles in the 2016 campaign. Finie batted .316, and drove in 12 runs during WCC play. Five of those 12 RBIs were home runs.

Through 10 games, both Brown and Finie are batting .241, with five and six RBIs respectively. Finie leads the team in defense, recording 93 putouts on 98 chances thus far this season. Atop the team in batting average is junior catcher/outfielder Irma Sanchez — who transferred from Long Beach State — with a .316 average in eight games.

Junior outfielder Caitlin Harmon ranks second with a .313 average, already with

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LMU scored 21 points in the WCC Preseason Coaches’ Poll to earn a second-place projection. two home runs. Junior first baseman Aria Pogni, freshman catcher/outfielder Katie Manley, and junior outfield Brooke Christensen fill the gap between the top two hitters, Brown and Finie.

For Head Coach Sami Strinz-Ward, having five players hit better than allconference players could be the sign of a deep lineup. However, Brown is hitting more than 140 points below last year’s mark, and Finie is about 70 points below hers, meaning their starts have been slow.

If both women return to All-WCC form, the Lions may have a formidable lineup in the making.

Returning to the circle for LMU is sophomore pitcher Hannah Bandimere.

Bandimere led the Lions in innings pitched

a year ago, throwing 156.2 innings on her way to 125 strikeouts and a 3.17 Earned Run Average (ERA). Thus far, Bandimere has thrown 29.2 innings, posting a solid 2.48 ERA. She is joined in the starting rotation by senior pitchers Andy Wellins and Rachael Farrington, both of whom are off to a relatively slow start.

After falling to Utah on Monday, LMU will make their home debut this Friday, when they take on non-conference opponent Michigan State in the first of a four game series.

This is the opinion of Tim De Vries, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Lake Oswego, Oregon. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email rhartnett@theloyolan.com.