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Arrested Hello Dunlap, goodbye Good student pleads not guilty James Cogley’s arrest highlights the role mental illness can play in reckless behavior.

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“There are a few nightmares that every parent has with their children,” said Karen Cogley, mother of junior sociology major James Cogley. “This is on the list.”

James was arrested on the afternoon of Feb. 18. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers took him in on charges of grand theft auto and felony vandalism related to events that took place the night of Feb. 16 at the Southern California Gas Storage Facility in Playa del Rey, mere blocks from LMU. After the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) contained a gas leak at the facilities, “it was determined that an unknown suspect entered the location, damaged property and stole a vehicle belonging to the Southern California Gas Company,” according to a news release published on Thursday, Feb. 20

by LAPD. The stolen vehicle was driven into See Cogley | Page 3

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LMU announced the hiring of Mike Dunlap as the school’s men’s basketball head coach just a day after announcing six-year Head Coach Max Good’s contract would not be renewed. Dunlap, a 1980 LMU alumnus, was head coach for the Charlotte Bobcats in the 2012-13 season. To read the full story, see page 12.

Pilot program just first step Adjunct unionization halted for six months Due to SEIU’s withdrawal, adjunct faculty must wait to refile for a unionization vote.

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Women and Place, a pilot program that discusses women’s issues and the possibility of bringing a women’s resource center on campus in the future, meets Thursday nights at 6:15.

Women and Place meets every week to work toward building a space for women at LMU. Ali Swenson News Editor

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On LMU’s campus in the 1980s, a women’s resource center existed as a space for women to obtain women’s health information, education about women’s issues and general support from an institutional structure. It was shut down thirty years ago.

Today, the desire for a women’s resource center has returned, living and breathing on Thursday evenings in the Women’s Studies

department of U-Hall through the members of the recently established Women and Place program.

Led by visiting assistant professor of women’s studies Linh Hua and professor of psychology Sara Lederer, Women and Place is a five-week pilot program intended for members of the LMU community to discuss women’s issues. An exploratory program, it aims to stimulate conversation about the possibility of rebuilding a permanent space for women on campus.

“The name of the group is Women and Place because we wanted to see what it would be like to make a concerted effort at meeting regularly every week with a group of women students,” Hua said. “[We wanted] to see what See Women | Page 2

“I don’t wanna take it as a defeat,” professor of classics and archeology Chiara Sulprizio said in an interview with the Loyolan. “It’s just a sort of resetting of the clock.”

“I would characterize it as a strategic retreat,” theological studies professor Arik Greenberg told the Loyolan.

“This is not the whole picture, nor is it the end of our movement,” professor of political science Emily Hallock said in a letter.

These three faculty members, all leading voices in the campaign for an adjunct faculty union at LMU, framed their evaluations of the most recent development in their battle for unionization in a mostly positive light. But upon receiving that news – that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) withdrew its petition for election, halting unionization efforts on campus for the time being – there were most certainly mixed feelings among those who put major effort into this campaign.

“The administration made a free and fair election impossible, creating a climate hostile to organizing, which is antithetical to Catholic values,” Hallock charged in her letter.

“I think everything just happened so fast, for better or for worse,” Sulprizio said, in a more melancholic summary. “I think in this case, it did end up being for worse.”

On Friday, March 7, Executive Vice

President and Provost Joseph Hellige sent a letter to adjunct faculty reporting that the petition for election, as well as a previously filed allegation of unfair labor practices on LMU’s part, had been withdrawn. He also noted that, because of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s rules, it would be another six months until SEIU could file another petition.

So why withdraw now? Why halt a process that had been moving at a rapid pace since last semester? In short: SEIU was worried about the votes. Both Greenberg and Sulprizio attributed the weakened voting bloc to meetings with the University’s deans hosted with faculty during the run-up to the election’s initial date, with Sulprizio even referring to them as creating “a chill” effect.

“I will be candid that the deans meetings did some damage,” Greenberg said.

Having to withdraw both their complaint and the petition for election is an unfortunate combination for a movement about to take a forced six-month hiatus. However, adjunct faculty are planning to continue organizing efforts during the waiting period. One big change this will bring will be in pacing. As Sulprizio noted, the new development will call for a bit of downshifting.

“We always knew it was gonna be hard work. But the shifting of the timetable has really changed our perspective,” she said.

“There’s no clear sense of the timetable.”

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those regular meetings … generate in terms of community, conversation and collaboration.”

About 15 female undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of academic fields meet weekly. The program was developed, Hua explained, not “in a vacuum” but rather “in response to a lot of other movements that have taken place on campus.”

Focus groups led by the Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) and a proposal for a women’s center drafted by a group of students in a Feminist Theories course are some of the movements on campus this year that attempted to address the university’s lack of a program to help students with such issues as sexual assault and gender violence.

These types of women’s issues have also gathered a lot of attention and concern at other universities, Hua explained.

“Nationally, there’s been so much going on in terms of campus responses to sexual assault and rape and how we can better assist women on campus to take care of themselves and have clear protocols and clear support,” Hua said. “We get together, and we read about how other universities have created their women’s centers and what makes sense for LMU.” Junior mechanical engineering major and member of Women and Place Aisha McKee said of the meetings, “We have a reader, and we focus on a chapter a week …

about institutions that have been putting [women’s centers] in place, ones where they failed, ones where they succeeded and the different kinds that they have across the nation.”

The group has also been navigating what it means to support women institutionally on a Jesuit campus.

“One of the questions that’s often posed is: Is it a center that is going to hand out contraception, and what would our position be on that?” Hua said. “A women’s resource center on campus would be directly in line with the University’s mission to encourage learning, educate the whole person and serve faith.”

While both Hua and McKee acknowledge that the development of an actual women’s resource center is in the future and many questions still have to be answered, Hua stressed the strong need for its development at LMU. “Some things have happened on campus that have prevented women students … from feeling safe,” Hua said. “Students have left LMU because they haven’t had the support. What we have now is not adequate for women.“ Freshman political science major and ASLMU Senator Emily Staker is the ASLMU liaison for women’s groups and women’s issues; she also emphasized the importance of providing sexual assault and rape services.

“The raw statistic is about 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted and about 3% of men

are sexually assaulted on a college campus,” Staker said.

In response to these types of statistics and the growth of programs like Women and Place, Staker has been drafting a resolution and a letter to President David W. Burcham expressing the student need for a sexual health support and information center on campus.

In the resolution, ASLMU senators labeled their vision of a center as a ‘gender resolution center’ in order to invite both males and females from the community to get involved.

“Sexual assault happens to all genders,” Staker said. “It hopefully will be a resource center because not only will it be a reactionary figure to people who are sexually assaulted, but ideally preventative as well through education.”

With various campus groups taking action toward providing this type of service, Hua hopes that the campus’ goals will continue to become more defined and more people will join in the movement.

“Hopefully we’re slowly moving towards centralizing our efforts so we’re not all reinventing the wheel,” Hua said.

Just two meetings away from completing its original pilot program schedule, Women and Place’s next steps are disseminating information to the community and gauging student interest.

For interested students, McKee suggests keeping posted through Facebook, YouTube and upcoming campus events.

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This issue, staff writer Josh Grega sits down with Isang Bansa cocultural coordinator Micaela Asercion to talk about their culture night this Sunday.

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Have you ever been to the Philippines?

Yes. I went once last Christmas break for a couple weeks.

It was awesome.

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What is your position in Isang Bansa (IB)?

I am a co-cultural coordinator with Ejay Asuncion, and we are in charge of putting on Filipino Culture Night, which is Sunday, March 16. The pre-show starts at 4:30, and the show starts at 5.

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Why is it called The Misfits?

The play revolves around a group of college students from America that goes to the Philippines on an alternative break to do service, and they are each paired up with a college student from the Philippines. And it has a Breakfast Club-type feel where every person has such a different personality.

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How often do you rehearse?

All the time. Since it’s on Sunday, for the past two weeks we’ve been rehearsing every single night. But the whole process has been going on for a year.

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Does the main event for Filipino Culture Night change every year or is it always something like The Misfits?

I guess the play has the same structure every year, but because it’s an original script, the play is always different. So it’s whatever the cultural coordinators and scriptwriters want their emphasis on – that’s what the play will be about.

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How often do you interact with the other Asian Pacific Islander (API) clubs?

Pretty often, I would say. I think a lot of our members are in other cultural clubs, so we try to support each other as much as possible. Na Kolea is actually going to be in our pre-show. The API community is really big, and we try to get together.

What else are you involved with on campus besides IB? I’m in Belles service organization, and I’m an RA in Leavey 6.

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How has IB impacted your life?

Our tagline is “one nation, one family,” so IB is a family that welcomes anyone. Even if you’re not Filipino, we really encourage you to come out. We have great food at our events, but it’s just also nice to have a family away from home. We have a lot of people come to our retreat, and they just said that they really felt welcome and that they could fit in with IB.

Read the rest of Micaela MORE Asercion’s interview at laloyolan.com.

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equipment, resulting in the gas leak.

Detectives of the LAPD Major Crimes Division pursued a lead, directing them to a local hospital where James was “being treated for injuries consistent with being involved in multiple traffic collisions, linked with evidence left at the numerous crime scenes,” according to the news release.

Charges of auto theft and arson were later added by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office on Feb. 20, and Cogley pled not guilty to all charges, according to the L.A. Times article “Man charged with attempted arson in Playa del Rey gas leak.”

Police reports are public knowledge.

Charges and convictions are public knowledge, often having to be divulged in school and job applications for years to come. But the reasons behind and events leading up to an event aren’t always publicized.

James’ struggle with mental illness, however, is not something that his mother chose to keep quiet about.

“His father took him to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation,” said Karen. “So when LAPD arrived at the hospital, they were very professional. You know, they understood it was a mental health issue.”

James, a transfer student, was heavily involved in the Oxfam organization on campus. In his time spent at LMU, “he really was taken aback by the students and

their commitment to their service organization to work on social justice issues,” Karen said. “He really loved being at LMU for that kind of student support.”

Before coming to LMU, James dedicated much of his time to family, according to Karen. He enjoyed taking his younger sisters hiking and helping them with their homework and writing assignments. On and off campus and throughout his early life, he put his efforts towards raising awareness about poverty and hunger – something continued with his work in Oxfam.

“He’s just always been a regular kid,” said Karen. “He grew up playing Pokémon cards and GameBoys and did Boy Scouts forever and still likes going hiking with the Scouts. This has just taken us for a loop.”

When signs of mental distress surfaced in James when he was living at home, the family responded by seeking help.

“He was always very cooperative. He’d take the doctor’s advice and do whatever he needed to do, but you just don’t know,” said Karen.

According to Michael Doyle, the crisis coverage counselor for LMU’s Student Psychology Services, a combination of timing and circumstance at college “can challenge a student’s coping mechanisms and exacerbate underlying problems.”

From academic stress and social pressures to a separation from

In a study conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Abbott Laboratories,

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family and friends, college can contribute to the appearance of certain mental illnesses.

In a study conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Abbott Laboratories, a third of university students report having “experienced prolonged periods of depression.” A quarter of students report “having suicidal thoughts or feelings.” And “one in seven students reports engaging in abnormally reckless behavior.”

While NAMI implores parents and children to conduct open dialogue about mental illnesses throughout adolescence, the study also found that a disparity between parent perception and student perception coupled with the

aforementioned statistics points to a flaw in the line of communication.

“The majority of parents – nearly 75 percent – report that they or another family member discussed mental illness with their student prior to college; however, only 22 percent of students report receiving this education,” according to NAMI. While the cause of mental illnesses can’t be attributed to a lack of communication, a student’s ability to recognize a mental illness and feel comfortable asking for help is directly affected by knowledge and preparedness, or lack thereof, and once a student arrives at college, communication can be made even more difficult.

“Young people will say, ‘I’m doing great, I’m doing great. I’m excited about this.’ And this is going on. And so, you know, you just never know,” said Karen.

Although James is taking a leave of absence from LMU, Karen has high hopes that he will one day return to college and finish his degree, offering thanks to LMU’s student body and administration for the support shown.

Based only on a police report, James is allegedly an arsonist, vandal and thief. For those at LMU, he’s a fellow Lion. But for Karen, James continues to be her helpful and caring son, struggling with an illness that she feels is stigmatized despite its prevalence.

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Heck’s article “Student arrest prompts In Heck’s op-ed from earlier this year, “Not concern,” college students are no just a lazy day: A sibling’s story,” the effect of strangers to mental illness. In fact, according to an undiagnosed and untreated mental illness the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), was discussed. After junior sociology major a third of university students report having James Cogley was arrested on Feb. 18, his family “experienced prolonged periods of depression,” continues to navigate the impact of James’ a quarter of students report “having suicidal mental illness. As his mother, Karen Cogley, said thoughts or feelings,” and “one in seven students in regards to all parties experiencing a mental reports engaging in abnormally reckless illness, “Your life is disrupted.” behavior.”

But a disrupted life – a few awkward While those numbers might seem shocking conversations, tears shed, unwanted visits to to some, the truth is that, statistically, each the doctor – will eventually be mended. The and every one of us has personally struggled alternatives, however, can be far worse. The or knows someone who has University of Pennsylvania felt struggled with mental distress.

The only thing worse a major shock when freshman We hope that our close Madison Holleran jumped off a than the fear of friends and family feel wholly parking garage earlier this year, comfortable coming forward disappointing loved ones ending her life mere months after about anything they struggle is the possibility that they starting a new one in college, with, but the stigmatized nature just won’t understand. according to the New York Post of mental illness often results in article “Dad: Stress drove UPenn a fear of full disclosure. track star to suicide.”

This isn’t a broken arm or a runny nose. This is Holleran’s story brings attention to the fact the type of illness that no one can see. And when that college represents a perfect storm of it comes to speaking up about mental illness, the stressors and circumstances, which, coupled only thing worse than the fear of disappointing with separation from family and friends, can loved ones is the possibility that they just won’t often exacerbate or trigger mental illnesses. And understand. That’s why we here at the Loyolan while it’s impossible to know everyone in our want to get the word out. student body of 5,000 undergraduate students, Mental Health Awareness Week in October is we must work together to form new and strong great, but it’s not enough. support systems for one another.

We should constantly and incessantly be aware Being honest about your own mental health is of the mental struggles that our peers are going not embarrassing, and for those who are taking through, because a concerned friend will always the first step in telling a friend or are picking up trump a friend that feigns ignorance for fear of the pieces of a mental illness gone untreated, we overstepping boundaries. When it comes to the here at the Loyolan want you to know one thing: mental well-being of those we love, or even just You are not a failure. You are brave.

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Out of cash and out of patience for parking What the Heck?

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don’t like to complain. I really don’t. I also don’t like to complain about the same thing multiple times. But if I get one more parking ticket, I legitimately think my mother will love me less. When it comes to LMU, parking seems to be the dead horse that everyone continues to beat, so to speak. Except it’s not dead. It keeps rearing its ugly head again and again. On Tuesday, Feb. 25 at approximately 10:35 in the morning, I stared the beast straight in the eyes.

I am a leisurely morning person.

I enjoy waking up to the sound of my iPod, rolling out of bed and enjoying a cup of coffee. Usually, my mornings go off without a hitch; although, this year, I have to account for the time it will take me to find a parking spot.

When I got back onto campus at the aforementioned time and date, I waited in a line of cars for about ten minutes in order to be informed that I could not park in the Hannon parking lot. I asked the Public Safety officer working the area if I would be able to park in another sector without the risk of being fined, to which she replied that I might indeed get a ticket but that I should keep it and explain it to LMU parking enforcement.

So down the road I went to

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the freshman parking lot, which would’ve been fine had I not had a class that I was already late for and uneaten – now cold – food. I saw the anger on many student drivers’ faces as I walked across our sunny school, similarly seething due to the wonderful morning-turneddisaster.

I had to send my professor an email because I couldn’t make it to class at a reasonable time. Does anyone else think that is ridiculous? I mean, I went for a run at the beach to let off some steam, which kind of makes up for the oceanography class that I missed. But now my teacher probably thinks I’m coming up with weird excuses to

miss class. And when you do the math, one absence costs the big bucks – missing a class, especially unwillingly, is fiscally irresponsible.

To quasi-quote Kendrick Lamar: “I love good parking, I got a parking problem.” And yeah, I like to park, I got a parking problem. But jokes aside, LMU’s incapacity to appropriately deal with this fiasco of a situation is not my problem. And any way you cut it, the $50 ticket I get for parking in a 30-minute zone is devastating to a college student’s budget – devastating, I tell you. I will happily pay my parking tickets when I can happily and easily park. Until

then, will the school refund me for the class that I had to miss?

In the Feb. 24 article “Parking tickets prompt confusion,” director of parking and transportation Coby Wagman is quoted as saying “the time spaces have always been [enforced] 24/7.” This statement directly goes against the signage posted outside of the 30-minute parking lot that, up until recently, indicated enforcement from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Many of my less observant friends who didn’t see the new, temporary signs posted around the parking lot continued to use the lot after hours – something that was allowed per the original signage – and received expensive tickets.

So while my parking fiasco on Feb. 25 might seem like an isolated incident, the truth is parking has and will continue to be a major problem until major changes are made to fix it. Plenty of people joke about this issue, calling it a #LMUproblem. But highlighting these issues and talking about them in a public space is not bratty or ridiculous – it’s relevant.

The average LMU student pays plenty of money to go here, and I believe that institutions as well as people should be held accountable. And if we students are expected to be flexible when it comes to unfair and impractical parking situations, we have every right to demand that same flexibility from the institution that is charging us for parking as well as parking tickets. We pay good money to eat, live and park here, and in doing so, we

expect results.

As to the Public Safety officer – whom I do not blame for LMU’s inability to fix its parking situation and who so kindly reminded me to “wait patiently” – I only have one thing to say: If I wait any more patiently, I may very well be waiting my tuition away.

This is the opinion of Allie Heck, a sophomore business major from Dallas, Texas. Tweet comments to @LoyolanOpinion, or email aheck@theloyolan.com.

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I didn’t start running seriously until the summer between my sophomore and junior year, so less than two years ago. At that point, my best friend and I had halfheartedly started a bet to see who looked better at the end of the summer. I thought I would run to the gym everyday and lift weights to finally add some meat to my bones. Needless to say, that didn’t happen. For some reason, I kept running further and further past the gym. When my schedule built up, running became the only hour of my day I got some peace and quiet. Soon after, my competitive nature came out and I was racing in 5ks, 10ks, mud races and half marathons.

The only consistent thing about all of those things is that I didn’t know how well I would do. There was always a certain level of fear and apprehension that fueled me throughout the experience. It was new, it was exciting and I didn’t know what I was getting myself into.

Most people I talk to about the marathon start off with a quick “congratulations” before quickly saying how they would rather bite off their own leg than run a couple miles. It’s true; running isn’t for everyone – just like how every sport except for golf wasn’t for me and didn’t want me anyways. The key is to find what makes you happy, to always strive to be better and to

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James finished the marathon with a time of 4 hours 14 minutes. leave room for failure.

I will always remember mile 21 and the two thoughts that went through my head. The first was, “I need to quit. It hurts just as much to walk as it does to run and I want to do anything in my power to amputate these agents of pain I call legs.” The second was, “I will look like the world’s biggest loser if I quit at mile 21.” Then I started running and didn’t stop until I reached the beer garden. Find what drives you, find what scares you, and whether you succeed or fail, you will always be stimulated, you will always feel liberated and your life will always be interesting.

This is the opinion of Christopher James, a senior screenwriting and marketing double major from Lodi, Calif. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email cjames@theloyolan.com.

Ireland left everything he had all out on the court in his past four years as an LMU basketball player.

He sits third on LMU’s alltime scoring list with 2,169 points, behind Hank Gathers and Terrell Lowery.

Ireland is the only LMU player to ever amass at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 150 steals and is the only active player in the NCAA this season to achieve those career numbers. “[Ireland] plays with confidence; he makes the other four players on the floor better,” BYU Head Coach Dave Rose said. “It’s been a pleasure to watch him, except when we play him. He’s one of the WCC’s best players ever.”

Playing for a team defined by its litany of injuries the past few years, it’s ironic that Ireland never missed a game or a practice in his four-year career at LMU. “I think he’s had more burden than anyone else in the league, with all the guys we’ve had go down, but he never complains, never,” Good said.

Ireland played much of his junior season with a torn meniscus in his right knee and a broken left pinkie finger, but he didn’t make excuses.

Despite the impressive individual milestones, Ireland never played in an NCAA

tournament game. His team finished in last place in the WCC, struggling to consistently play high-level basketball.

Ireland picked his teammates up when they were down and kept an insurmountable amount of positivity amidst the losses, injuries and bad luck throughout his time at LMU. “We still continued to fight, and that’s the one thing I’m really proud of,” Ireland said.

“We didn’t hang our heads; we just continued to battle and pull for each other, but that’s what families do.”

After winning only one WCC regular season game in his junior year, Ireland helped his team to a shocking three-game win streak at the WCC Championships – proof that he never gave up on his teammates or coaches.

“He’s a tough little sucker,” Good said. “He has humility, he respects the game, he shows respect to everybody and conversely, he gets respect from everybody.”

For many LMU students, Ireland was the only reason they’d show up to games at Gersten Pavilion.

His explosive scoring ability and competitiveness were a marvel to watch in both wins and losses.

“We talk about his statistics in basketball, but what you don’t talk about very much or what we don’t have a chance to showcase about him is how hard he works academically, what a good

person he is, a high-character kid,” LMU Athletic Director William Husak said. “He’s the total package.”

A professional career awaits Ireland; whether it is in the NBA or overseas, the 5-foot-10 point guard will continue to play game he loves.

Ireland’s basketball career on the Bluff is finished, but he’ll be warmly welcomed back to campus when his No. 3 jersey is eventually raised to the rafters at Gersten Pavilion.

This is the opinion of Kevin Cacabelos, a senior history and Spanish double major from Seattle, Wash. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email kcacabelos@theloyolan.com.

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Timeline of max good’s tenure 2008-09 Jan. 12, 2009: Good became the 25th head coach of LMU’s men’s basketball team. He then helped Jarred Dubois earn All-WCC freshman team honors.

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Good led the Lions to their first ranked win since 1990. This was a recovery year, finishing with a record of 18-16.

Good coached Anthony Ireland to All-WCC freshman team honors, as well as Vernon Teel and Drew Viney to All-WCC team honors.

Good helped Ireland and Viney earn All-WCC team honors and was named WCC Coach of the Year.

Good leads team through Cinderella run in the WCC tournament, losing in the semi-final round.

Good has Ireland elected to All-WCC team, as well as getting Gabe Levin and Evan Payne elected to All-WCC freshman team.

Information complied by Jack Sullivan, asst. sports editor; Graphic: Sydney Franz | Loyolan

Crossword Puzzle: LMU Athletic Facilities

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Across 2. The Lions Athletic Center was opened in ______ and includes a 4,000 square foot weight room 3. The Higgins Short Game Center, named in honor of Thomas Higgins, S.J., the head coach of the men’s golf program for 30-plus years was opened in ______ 6. ______ is the host of LMU’s indoor athletic events 9. Number of courts at the LMU Tennis Center 10. Home of LMU’s softball team

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Down 1. Stadium lighting was installed in the summer of 2013 to ______, home of Lion baseball 4. The Burns Aquatics Center is home to the LMU men’s water polo, women’s water polo, and women’s ______ teams 5. LMU’s men’s and women’s soccer teams play on this field 7. The Jane Browne Bove Boathouse located in Marina del Rey is home to the LMU men’s and women’s ______ teams 8. The Burns Aquatics Center has been the host of ______ NCAA championships since the facility opened in 2000

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Before Charlotte, from 2006 to 2012, Dunlap served coaching stints for the Denver Nuggets, the University of Arizona, the University of Oregon and St. John’s University, the latter of which he was the interim head coach of for the 2011-12 season. At St. John’s, he compiled an 11-17 record.

According to an April 24, 2013 article in the Charlotte Observer

by Rick Bonnell, Dunlap’s coaching style might have played a role in his short tenure as an NBA Coach. “[Dunlap’s] stern style caused friction, particularly with more veteran players,” Bonnell wrote.

“Dunlap was quick to bench people for weeks at a time when he was displeased with their performance.”

Dunlap spent nine seasons as the head coach at Metropolitan State College from 1997 to 2006 in Denver, Colo., winning two Division II National Championships in 2000 and 2002. His teams advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament in each of his nine seasons.

During his 2008-09 coaching stint with Arizona, Dunlap declined

an opportunity to become the team’s interim head coach and instead served as the team’s associate head coach, helping lead the Wildcats to a 21-14 record and a place in the NCAA Sweet 16.

The Lions are coming off the heels of back-to-back last place finishes in the West Coast Conference. Less than a day after the announcement that Good’s contract would not be renewed, Dunlap was revealed as LMU’s new head coach.

Husak said the speed of the move was related to his effort to remove any uncertainty among the program’s current players.

“Everything has to do with the players and their families,” Husak said. “It doesn’t do anybody good to draw out the process.”

LMU is losing three-time AllWCC First Team guard Anthony Ireland and redshirt senior forward Alex Osborne to graduation, but Dunlap will retain a roster of nine scholarship players, including two All-WCC Freshman Team members: forward Gabe Levin and guard Evan Payne.

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SCORES UPDATE BASEBALL

LION

6-1 L

at USC

SPORTS

W. W POLO

9-6 W

vs. Hawaii

M. TENNIS

5-2 L

at San Diego St.

SOFTBALL

8-0 W

vs. Brown

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Lion returns as head coach

SOFTBALL LMU softball dominated their invitational this past weekend, going 5–0 and giving them a seven game win streak. They earned LMU Athletics three shutouts in the invitational. Sunday’s game ended in an eight run mercy rule with Sydney Gouveia’s shut out pitching.

She currently is 12-1 this season.

Gouveia has been named the WCC Pitcher of the Week for the third straight week. She has an ERA of .60, 133 strikeouts and an opponents batting average of .109.

W. WATER POLO Sophomore Ivana Castro is currently showing strength this season with 29 goals so far, 21 steals and 14 assists.

Castro scored 16 of her 29 goals in an eight game scoring streak, scored a hat trick against UCLA and scored two more goals against Hawaii.

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Pain and gain in first marathon Chris Culture

Christopher James Senior Editor

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walked off the plane from Haiti at 1 a.m.

Sunday morning. Two hours later, I got in the car to drive to the starting line of my first marathon (thanks again, daylight savings). I don’t know what kind of crazy pills I was on, running a marathon with no sleep and having not trained for a week and a half because of my Alternative Break trip, but I would gladly take them again.

The L.A. Marathon was one of the most painful experiences I have ever had. Granted, I look just about as athletic as a caricature of a screenwriter, so many might not think that bar is exceptionally high.

However, despite everything working against me, I crossed the finish line at the Santa Monica Pier four hours and fourteen minutes later in severe pain, unable to say anything but “Where is the beer garden?” I more than earned my free beer.

Why would someone do such a crazy thing and put their body through such physical distress for a cheap, shiny medal? It wasn’t for the free Michelob Ultra that came at the end, even if at that point it tasted like liquid gold.

It is important in all aspects of life that we challenge ourselves and do things that we don’t think we will be able to accomplish.

What’s the fun in doing what we know we can do and succeeding at things we know we can succeed at? If you aren’t scared of what you are doing, then you are living with an extremely narrow worldview.

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Associated Press

Mike Dunlap has been hired as the 26th head coach in LMU men’s basketball program history. Dunlap aims to improve upon the teams 13-19 record from this past season. LMU Alumn, Dunlap expresses it is a “great fit” and cannot wait to be “back home.”

LMU prepares to bounce back from rough season with the hiring of Mike Dunlap.

Kevin Cacabelos Senior Editor

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Mike Dunlap is the school’s new head men’s basketball coach, as announced by LMU Athletics Director William Husak Wednesday afternoon. Dunlap takes over the head coaching position for Max Good, whose contract was not renewed. Husak informed players of Dunlap’s hiring Tuesday afternoon.

“I love the challenge of coming to LMU, and love the fact I am going back home,” said Dunlap in a press release on the LMU Athletics Website. “I am really comfortable with the Southern California and Northern

California student-athlete that is going to end up at LMU, and I think this is a great fit.”

Dunlap, a 1980 graduate of LMU, is the 26th head coach in the program’s history and the seventh head coach since the school’s Elite Eight run in 1991 under Paul Westhead.

Dunlap finished his collegiate playing career at LMU during the 1979-80 season.

“He brings the right structure with him to go ahead and be successful here,” Husak said.

“He’s the right fit for us. We’re excited to have him, and he’ll hit the ground running.”

The LMU alum previously served as an assistant coach for the school from 1980 to 1985 under the tenure of Head Coach Ed Goorjian. The Fairbanks, Alaska native has 34 years of coaching experience in both college basketball and the NBA. “His reputation is founded on being an outstanding player development coach and a game strategist of the highest level,” Husak said in the release. “I would think that any

player we currently have in our program or is committed to LMU would want to have the opportunity to develop and play under Mike Dunlap’s tutelage.”

According to Husak, Dunlap’s coaching staff is in the process of being assembled.

A tweet posted to an account appearing to belong to Bodie DeSilva of SanDiego Preps read, “Was told that El Camino [High School] coach Ray Johnson will be heading to Loyola Marymount as an assistant coach under Mike Dunlap.” Evan Daniels of Scout also tweeted from what appeared to be his account that Johnson may end up on Dunlap’s staff.

An official press conference introducing Dunlap is scheduled for next Tuesday.

Dunlap was most recently the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats during the 2012-13 season, but was fired after his first season which finished with a 21-61 record.

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Ireland takes one final bow KC at the Bat Kevin Cacabelos Senior Editor

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For a moment on Saturday afternoon, coaches, fans and players at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas stood and applauded as senior guard Anthony Ireland walked to the bench near the end of his team’s 85-74 loss to Brigham Young University (BYU).

LMU Head Coach Max Good embraced his three-time First Team All-WCC selection, and Ireland proceeded to hug each coach and teammate on the LMU bench before taking a seat.

“I never thought this day would come for me,” Ireland said. “It was just a beautiful feeling.”

Ireland’s accomplished career came to an end in the West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships quarterfinal round after his LMU team failed to advance against the BYU Cougars.

The losses were plentiful and the frustration was tough to cope with, but See Ireland | Page 10

Associated Press

Ireland closed out his career last Sunday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vega. Ireland is the only LMU player to ever amass at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 150 steals.