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ASLMU campaigns kick off Candidates begin to make their values known for the ASLMU election.

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ASLMU elections are rapidly approaching, and the candidates have officially begun campaigning as of Monday. There are two teams running for the president and vice president positions, and 13 students campaigning for the 11 senate positions.

The contestants will have until the voting deadline to make their names known, and the upcoming debates will aid these candidates in that endeavor. The senate debate will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9 and the Presidential/ VP debate will be on Thursday, March 10 at the same time. Both events take place in St. Robert’s Auditorium.

Voting begins on Tuesday, March 15 at 9 a.m. and ends on Thursday, March 17 at 5 p.m. Senior political science major and Chair of the ASLMU Elections Committee Alyson Aguerrebere shared her belief in the importance of voting.

“Voting is hugely beneficial because it is one of the only ways for regular people to express their satisfaction [or] dissatisfaction with their governing bodies. As students, we have the opportunity and responsibility to choose the leaders who best represent our interests and who will advocate for those interests during their time in office,” said Aguerrebere. "Voting is a great way of expressing yourself and having your voice be heard on our campus."

Come Tuesday, students will find a link to the online voting polls in their Lion mail account. The voting process itself is expected to take about 30 seconds to a minute on average. This year, ASLMU has a goal of having 53 percent of the student body vote, and hopes that students understand the importance of voting as well.

“Whether you are a freshman or a senior, what is happening on campus impacts your student experience and the value of your education after you graduate. Voting in the ASLMU elections means speaking up for the issues you care about and having a say in the future of our institution,” said Briana Maturi, a third year advisor to the ASLMU Elections Committee.

"I have been very proud that in my three years as Elections Adviser, we have increased voter participation to over 50 percent of all undergraduate students. I’d like to see that percentage climb to show that all LMU students are invested in their community," said Maturi.

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The 3.94 percent tuition increase is the highest LMU has seen in recent years.

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LMU tuition and housing costs are both rising next year, which was addressed by an e-mail to the LMU community from President Timothy Law Snyder on Tuesday.

The cost of tuition at LMU is set to rise by 3.94 percent while there will be a .75 percent increase of on-campus housing costs. This increase came out after a vote by the Board of Trustees was finalized, approving the budget for the 2016 to 2017 fiscal year.

Annually, there has been an increase in

tuition and housing for LMU students, according to previous Loyolan reports.

The 2014 to 2015 fiscal year experienced a 3.4 percent growth in tuition with a .75 percent increase in housing. The increase continued in fiscal 2015 to 2016 with tuition officially raised by 2.94 percent, while housing costs grew by 1.5 percent.

This was the lowest tuition increase and the highest increase in housing since 2010, which is a stark contrast to President Snyder’s latest announcement, which is the highest increase for tuition, standing on par with the rising housing costs.

The LMU Financial Aid Office estimates on their website that the current cost of tuition and fees is about $42,576; the 3.94 percent increase would add $1,677.49, leaving the new cost of tuition at $44,253.49. The .75 percent surge in housing would increase the estimated cost of $13,630 by $102.22 for a grand total of $13,732.23.

The budget increases include tuition, housing, utilities and maintenance for new technology capital projects, as noted in the e-mail. The budget references a strategic funding pool to help LMU accomplish its strategic plan. There was no further comment, however, on what that plan is. The new budget also allots for a 2 percent increase in the merit pool.

The email also detailed how the scholarship initiative started by former LMU President David W. Burcham has reached a milestone.

“We recently crossed the $80 million threshold in our $100 million Scholarship Initiative, allowing us to assist more students pursuing an LMU education,” Snyder wrote.

President Snyder praised LMU’s achievements in maintaining its small class sizes as well as its ability to shape students. As noted in the letter, LMU has 13 Fulbright finalists, the most ever in the University’s history.

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Inside this issue

Read about Senior Editor Sarah Litz’s firsthand red carpet experience at the Oscars

Is Asst. Opinion Editor Cameron DeBoer for or against drones?

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This issue, news intern Sydney ThisMajd issue, satManaging down Editor Dan Raffety with Kate Pickert, sits down with Head journalism professor Coach Max Good, and former TIME head coachwriter. of the Magazine LMU’s men’s basketball team to talk about the upcoming season.

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My favorite stories are often the ones that tap into pain and personal challenge. I recently wrote a story about parents who treat their children’s severe epilepsy with medical marijuana. Their personal struggles, heartache and desperation moved me and made me want to work hard to tell their stories as honestly as possible.

Those are the stories that challenge me the most and are the most satisfying as a journalist.

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How did you get started working at TIME Magazine? What attracted you?

I started off writing web stories and short print stories for the front section of the magazine. I was attracted to the news legacy of TIME and the idea of working at a place everyone knows and most respect. When you work at TIME, people call you back, and that’s nice.

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How did you hear about LMU, and why did you decide to teach here?

I came across a job posting online. I had taught at Columbia and USC, and I really enjoyed working with young people and thinking and discussing the craft of journalism in a classroom. I believe, deeply, in the power of journalism, and I love being able to explain that and hopefully inspire students to want to pursue it as a profession.

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How do you feel about journalism going digital?

It’s been a rough decade in the news business, but digital has opened up vast new worlds and opportunities. Digital journalism is, in many ways, more creative and it has fewer institutional barriers, which is great for young people wanting to enter the business. There are far more jobs in journalism now than when I graduated from journalism school in 2003.

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How did you feel about the movie “Spotlight”?

I thought it did a great job of explaining how great journalism happens, who does it and why. Critics often accuse journalists of having hidden or unsavory motives, but I truly believe the vast majority are motivated by a search for truth and justice.

Do you have any advice for blossoming journalists graduating college soon?

Regardless of the job title, try very hard to find a gig at a journalistic outlet that publishes original reporting. If you work hard and follow your curiosity, you’ll get a chance to write and publish something that matters sooner than you think. But, you can’t report by Internet. You’ve got to pick up the phone and you’ve got to leave the office to do anything worthwhile. Also, read, read and read some more. You can’t become a better writer without reading constantly.

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Senior editor Sarah Litz takes on the red carpet as an assistant at the Oscars.

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We may all dream in gold, but there are some of us who make those dreams a reality. From Feb. 25 to 28, I was one of those dream weavers working behind the scenes at the 88th Academy Awards as an assistant with my employer, KABCTV. I’m not a movie buff, I don’t keep up with award-winning films and truthfully, I can barely match an actor’s name to their face. But, somehow I found myself at the Oscars, on the red carpet, rubbing shoulders with the big names. Day one was easy: picking up credentials and fact checking at the station.

Day two was learning the ropes on Hollywood Boulevard, where the red carpet was being set up and would be home base to the producers, directors, assistants, photographers, lighting directors, IT, talent and the many other people that it took to put on the show.

In truth, I wasn’t that excited. To me, it was just another Hollywood event. A bunch of people would come together to arbitrarily award each other trophies, but for what?

And then, I got it.

How many places could I walk around and hear reporters speaking in Spanish, Swedish, English, French and Russian all at once? Or walk Roshumba Williams and Yu Tsai to the balcony while chatting about fashion and photography? Or be helpful by just standing there so the pros can adjust lighting and audio?

How many times would I get a chance to be on the red carpet?

On day three, the red carpet was unveiled. Today was the day that media members from around the world were setting up and rehearsing for the big day: Sunday. By using stand-ins, red carpet stage manager, John Stewart, checked each of the “stars’” timings and allowed for reporters to ask the stand-ins questions, giving a mock practice for all.

My job was to assist talent with getting to the right places at the right times, refilling the snack table (an actually important job, because people get hungry) and bringing whatever was needed to the teams.

While I helped with production of shows, there were other young assistants doing stand-ins for the stars on the red carpet. Fellow senior English major KiMi Robinson was there with E! Entertainment for the

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Senior editor Sarah Litz had the opportunity to work the 88th annual Academy Awards in her assistant position with KABC-TV. red carpet rehearsals, too.

“While helping E! Entertainment rehearse for the red carpet on Sunday, I got the chance to pretend to be various celebrities like Rooney Mara, Emily Blunt and Jared Leto,” Robinson said. “It was definitely an unforgettable experience, looking a bit ridiculous while posing like them on the actual Oscars red carpet while hundreds of Hollywood Boulevard tourists watched from behind the barricades and took pictures.”

On day four, Sunday, Feb. 28, all of the hard work became worth it. The morning was spent shuffling talent to the right places: pose for photos here, get the right angle there, don’t forget to adjust the lighting, and then it was time to go live. Though other stations like E! and CNN may still have aired pre-recorded packages on their respective networks, only ABC is allowed to broadcast live during our pre-show time.

Five, four, three, two, one, and our pre-show, “On the Red Carpet,” went live.

During this time, no one besides talent and reporters were allowed on the red carpet, so I stayed inside the production trailer where the real action was taking place. The producer would yell out which element was next to air: to cut to the balcony to talk about fashion or to go to the carpet with entertainment reporter George Pennacchio.

You could feel the pressure and excitement of making the show perfect, seamless, of making that gold dream shine for all.

It seemed to end as quickly as it had begun. A final five, four, three, two, one, and we all cheered. Our production screens went black to commercial. We high-fived and hugged each other in our tuxes and

gowns.

The post-show preparation began. This event wasn’t just about the stars or wearing the right designer or any of the glitz and glam.

This event was about the dream — that painted gold dream. The red carpet transformed into a place where you could turn on your TV and be there talking to Whoopi Goldberg, Leonardo DiCaprio or Lady Gaga.

The carpet was where we could walk down together, being struck by the beauty that took days to create.

After finally winning his Oscar, Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t make his acceptance speech about himself. “Making ‘The Revenant’ was about man’s relationship to the natural world, a world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history,” DiCaprio said. “Climate change is real, it is happening right now, it is the most urgent threat facing our entire species and we need to work collectively, together, and stop procrastinating.”

Oscars host, Chris Rock, spoke about the ‘Oscars So White’ controversy. “Is Hollywood racist?

You’re damn right Hollywood is racist. But it ain’t that racist that you’ve grown accustomed to,” he said. “Hollywood is sorority racist.

It’s like, ‘We like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.’ That’s how Hollywood is. But, things are changing, things are changing.”

Whether behind the scenes, in front of the camera or assisting with production, the Oscars was not just another Hollywood event, and all the people involved proved me wrong — the night was about coming together, opening discussion, starting to chip away the gold paint and make our dreams a reality.

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Pulitzer Prize winner comes to LMU Mary McNamara gets paid to watch TV and share her opinions, and even winning an award for her work Kellie Chudzinski Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan

Getting paid to watch TV and share opinions may seem like an easy job, but it is more than it seems for Los Angeles Times television critic Mary McNamara, a 2015 Pulitzer Prize recipient for Criticism.

The acclaimed TV critic came to LMU on March 7, 2016 to share her views about television, feminism and journalism.

She won the Pulitzer Prize after being a finalist in 2013 and 2014. She admitted that this accolade was a relief, she is still waiting for a miraculous moment, but continuous with her work as usual.

An alumna of the University of Missouri, McNamara graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both journalism and women’s studies. She would go on to work for Ms. Magazine and the New York Times before settling at the Los Angeles Times in 1991.

“I thought [McNamara] was really inspirational. As someone who wants to get into writing and journalism, I thought she gave a lot of good information on how she got involved and things she is involved with,” said Kait-

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Mary McNamara speaks to students and staff in the McIntosh Center in University Hall about her career, television and feminism. During his event she held a Q&A session with students. lin Quigley, junior English major. “For me, I don’t know what I want to do and to hear the steps that she has taken and to know she has tried different things, I really like that she has experimented and figured out what she wanted to do.”

McNamara has worked at the Los Angeles Times for 25 years and was a film reporter before becoming what she is now: an acclaimed TV critic. She explained that she made the transition simply so that she could make her life with her three children easier.

“I took the job because I wanted to work from home, and it was the best decision I ever made because a couple years later it was the television renaissance and the critics were the first to see it,” McNamara said. “I thank my children for making me so overworked I had to work from home.”

McNamara also shared her thoughts on the idea that pop culture is becoming increasingly important in society. She believes that what we place value in speaks to society’s value system, and media such as television, heavily influences these value

systems and pop culture. She used the example of House M.D., the title character has an almost supernatural ability to find the truth in each medical case. McNamara chooses to observe such popular fascinations in her criticisms.

“We fell in love with the anti-hero. We fell in love with the [person] who tells the truth, and that’s a fictional character. But, that’s who Donald Trump is being. It’s not Celebrity Apprentice, it’s House, the guy who tells it like it is. We are conditioned to think that is what we want,” Mc-

Namara said.

With the current television industry boom, McNamara and fellow critics have trouble keeping up. She explained the exponential increase in the number of shows being produced and the points of interest calling to be reviewed.

McNamara and the Los Angeles Times view their duty to the television industry as higher than that of other media platforms due to most television studios being located in Los Angeles.

McNamara keeps her women’s studies background and selfproclaimed feminism in mind when reviewing pieces.

“I’m a feminist critic because I am a feminist and I am a critic. But, to me it is sort of always paying attention to: Why are we telling the story? Who’s not there? Who’s there? What’s different? Why are we seeing patterns?” McNamara said.

The importance of representation and having a strong voice resonated with some of the students in the audience.

“I really appreciated the fact that she is a feminist because I’m thinking about doing journalism and I’ll probably be coming from an African-American standpoint because that’s my major, so I’ll bring that in, in some aspect,” said Sumari Barnes, junior African-American studies major.

“But that is a worry that I have, that it will kind of structure how people perceive the things that I write about. Feminism is a minority group at the same time.”

Mission Day brings light to faith versus reason Mission Day to tackle faith versus reason in this year’s keynote address.

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Ken Miller, renowned cell biologist and biology professor at Brown University, is headlining Mission Day at LMU this year.

Miller’s primary topic for the day aligns with the title of his keynote address: “To Find God in All Things: Towards an Evolutionary Architecture of Life.”

Miller intends to discuss the interplay between science, religion, faith and reason, showing how those beliefs do not necessarily need to be mutually exclusive.

Mission Day began in 2004 and has taken place nearly every year since. Traditionally anchored in Convo hour, this year’s Mission Day is taking on a new structure.

The day will start off with a thirty-minute prayer service at the Tongva Memorial at 9 a.m.

Titled “In Praise of Creation.”

The service looks to examine

science and spirituality from an ecological perspective. There will also be, live traditional Native American music playing at the service.

Following the prayer service, students, faculty and staff are invited to The Cave —located in the basement of Sacred Heart Chapel — for a career discernment session.

The session, titled “At the Intersection of Science and Theology,” is an opportunity for students from different majors and religious backgrounds to openly discuss how faith, science, reason and all other spiritual commitments play parts in their career choices. Ken Miller, as well as members of the LMU faculty, will moderate the event and engage with students in their discussions.

Eric Strauss, executive director of CURes (Center for Urban Resilience), helped to organize the discernment section. He explained his view on the event, saying, “It’s about, how do you put the pieces together? How do religion, science and other modes of knowledge help to drive the choices you make regarding the career you want for yourself?

Those are the questions we want to answer.”

The career discernment session will last from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at which point there will be a break in the schedule.

At 4 p.m., attendees are asked to come back for Ken Miller’s keynote address.

Ken Miller is widely known for speaking on evolution, intelligent design and God’s role in science. Miller has authored

several books on these subjects as well as coauthored a series of high school and college biology textbooks. He appeared on The Colbert Report in 2006 to discuss the theory of intelligent design and currently serves as an advisor on life sciences to The NewsHour, a daily PBS television program with a focus on news and public affairs.

Respondents to the keynote address include Chris Chapple, Doshi professor of Indic and comparative theology, and Emily Jarvis, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

Vice President for the Office of Mission and Ministry, Robert Caro, explains the importance of Mission Day, as “an annual event that aims at bringing together

all the different segments of the campus community – faculty, staff, and students - to reflect on our identities as a Catholic Jesuit-Marymount University.”

Following the keynote session, guests are invited to a reception in the area adjacent to the Life Sciences Auditorium.

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“Out of order” emergency phones are outdated The prominence of cell phones replaces need for emergency phones around campus.

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Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan There are 50 emergency phones, which are often times also referred to as blue lights, on campus. Seventeen of these emergency phones are impaired and have brought attention to students’ safety due to the phones’ lack of power and effectiveness.

Thirty-one of the 50 emergency lines are call boxes that are strategically located on campus accommodating areas where there may be less phone reception, such as parking lots.

Along with the 31 call boxes, there are 19 blue poles that have been labeled with signs addressing which poles are out of order.

According to Devra Schwartz, Assistant Chief of Emergency Management and Security Operations in the Department of Public Safety (DPS), the emergency phones have been used once in an emergency in the last ten years. This one-time emergency was a student who

was testing what would happen if the button was pressed, meaning no actual emergencies have been transferred to DPS through the emergency phones.

Not only does the lack of usage bring attention to the need to find a new solution, but also to the technical problem of the fact that technology and cell phones are constantly being updated and reprogrammed, which leave the emergency phones essentially outmoded, according to Schwartz.

“Most of them that are out of order are out of order because they are analog phones, and there are no longer analog phone line capabilities in that area,” said Schwartz. “It’s a significant infrastructure situation where we have to repair the infrastructure or evaluate the location of those phones.”

Analog telephone lines come from the concept that a local phone company’s central office building gets you connected to your business’s location. This simply means that your phone company connects the call to your subscriber: in this case, DPS. DPS has referred to smartphones and cellular devices — as opposed to emergency phones — as being more effective in contacting them in the case of an emergency.

“We must consider whether other options, such as smartphone technology, offer a more cost-effective solution to calling for emergency assistance,” said Hampton Cantrell, Chief of Public Safety. “The vast majority of calls to Public Safety are from smartphones.”

The amount of money that can be put forth and invested into other campus safety protocols has also put DPS at a halt as far as deciding whether to fix this problem or find a different solution.

“We’re really trying to look at this holistically and think about the different ways that students

can contact us in an emergency, rather than just pouring money into e-phones that people aren’t necessarily going to use, and what tools are out there that students might use instead,” said Schwartz.

It has come down to the dependence on the scenario and predicament that a particular student may face. This what-if has made DPS face setbacks and has encouraged debates among staff and students.

“I think all of the blue lights should be working for the safety of everyone on campus. In the case of an emergency, I would feel safer if the blue lights worked if

I were near them and I couldn’t call public safety,” said freshman entrepreneurship major Paola Santana.

DPS will be forming a task force committee which will include both staff and student representatives to talk about emergency phones on campus.

They will focus especially on the comfort and safety that students believe the emergency phone boxes offer them.

DPS encourages students to program Public Safety’s phone number into their cell phones, and to remember to call 911 first and DPS second in a lifethreatening emergency.

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Emergency phones are often times located in places such as parking lots to ensure reception in case of an emergency. The phone box pictured above is located in the Drollinger parking lot.

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hile it may not seem likely that an active shooter situation could arise on LMU’s campus, the harsh reality of the situation occurring at college campuses around the country is one that needs to be addressed.

Last year, according to the New York Times, an FBI report revealed that the number of active shooters had more than doubled since the mid-2000s, with an average of 16.4 incidents annually from 2007 to 2013 compared to 6.4 annually from 2000 to 2006. The culmination of numerous incidents on college campuses across the country has resulted in universities taking more precautions to not only prevent these events, but to also teach individuals how to respond safely and effectively in the case of one.

LMU is taking that precaution by conducting an active shooter demonstration on Thursday, Feb. 25. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be partnering with the Los Angeles Police and Fire Department to address tactics — such as Run. Hide. Fight.

— through a personal safety practical training session following a demonstration, which will take place in the Lair. This will be following multiple in-class drills, during which professors were asked to facilitate a discussion about this serious subject and inform students about safety measures that could be taken if such a situation were to occur here on the Bluff.

As hard as it is to imagine that anyone would purposefully pose a danger to our LMU community, it has become a necessary measure to address the possibility of and be prepared for this type of scenario. While these drills and scenarios may feel unrealistic and far out of

the realm of possibility, seemingly constant gun control debates and large numbers of mental health problems among college students make this scenario feel more possible now than ever before.

According to the American Psychological Association, “Ninety-five percent of college counseling center directors surveyed said the number of students with significant psychological problems is a growing concern in their center or on campus, according to the latest Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors survey of counseling center directors.”

With the knowledge that mental health often plays a role in violent situations that have the potential to erupt on college campuses, it is important to remember the source of these issues when considering how realistic a tragedy like this could be.

Considering these new realities of our times, it is important to take these drills seriously and use them as opportunities to spark discussions regarding the broader issues surrounding active shooter situations. The issues of gun control and how we, as a society, address mental illness are impossible to separate from active shooter situations. Both of these complex and politically charged issues seem to be at the forefront of most conversations and news today, and deserve our attention and meaningful analysis as we search for tangible solutions for these abstract and widespread problems. Not only does taking these issues seriously make our campus safer and better prepared for the future, but it honors those who have suffered due to active shooters in the past.

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Erin Andrew’s photo scandal is a nightmare Feel My Rath Nikki Rathbone

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rin Andrews is a successful sportscaster, journalist, TV personality and, now, the victim of a stalking case that has turned her life into a nightmare.

In 2008, Andrews checked into the Nashville Marriott where her stalker, Michael David Barrett, requested to stay in the room next to her. After tampering with the peephole on Andrew’s door, Barrett secretly recorded her while she was changing and posted it online. Last October, Andrews filed a complaint against the hotel and Barrett. The trial began in February and Andrews obtained $55 million in damages.

Andrews is not responsible for what happened in that hotel room, and does not deserve the shame and victim blaming that has ensued. In court, Andrews testified: “The Nashville Marriott could have just called me and said, ‘We’re putting this man that requested to be next to you, is this okay?’ And I would’ve called the cops, and we would’ve gotten him.

I’m so angry.”

The Nashville Marriott’s actions were not only inexcusable regarding the confidentiality of one of their guests, but also negligent

in allowing a random man to secure a room targeting Andrews.

What’s worse is that the opposing legal team insinuated that Barrett’s video has actually contributed to Andrew’s success and income since its release.

Andrew’s privacy was invaded when her naked body was made into a four-minute video. Her personal life was further violated when the video was splashed across the internet with over 17 million views. After the shame and exploitation Andrews has already faced, the opposion wants to argue that all of this has made her better off. This is cyber-bullying and victim blaming undermines the criminal behavior of Barrett and the trauma Andrews has faced.

For months, many people thought the video was a publicity stunt, Andrews explained. Internet commenters told her she was being dramatic and that it was “the best thing that ever happened to her career.” Some believe Andrews is using this solely to profit, as she’s seeking $75 million in damages.

The amount Andrews has made from campaigns, jobs or anything else since the video does not matter, and neither does the amount she asks for in damages. What’s important is the fact that her private space was invaded without her knowledge or permission. How can hotel guests feel safe if someone can easily gain such close access to their room?

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Erin Andrews has been in constant fear and shame since naked photos of her were spread online by a stalker. says she is scared to meet new people or go on dates. Every time she opens her computer, she is harassed on all forms of social media. Whenever she stays at a hotel, Andrews checks the room for recording devices. The suffering and emotional distress she has faced from that visit at the

Marriott stays with her to this day.

No one should have to live in fear as a result of negligent actions that could have been prevented.

This should bring awareness to the type of damage anyone, especially women, can face even in their private lives. This perpetuates a culture that allows male predators

to feel entitled to exploit a woman’s body. It’s invasive and it’s wrong. The only people to blame in this case are Michael Barrett and the Nashville Marriott, not Erin This is the opinion of Nikki Rathbone a sophomore marketing major from Sacramento, California. Email comments to mgaydos@theloyolan.com.

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moking kills. It’s as simple as that. Take a minute to think about those you know who have died from something completely out of their control.

Cancer, other life-threatening diseases, car accidents — we should never take those we love for granted.

Now think of those you know who have died from things like smoking, driving under the influence, or from drug or alcohol abuse. They are equally as heartbreaking, but in some ways it’s also just as frustrating.

If smokers were fully aware of what each cigarette does to their body, one would hopefully stop to think before lighting up again.

Although nowadays, It would be hard to come by someone who doesn’t know the effects of smoking given the influence of today’s media. Anything from billboards to TV commercials constantly remind us of the dangers that come from smoking cigarettes. And yet, with all of these warnings, people continue to smoke.

With that in mind, it seems reasonable that governments would start to take action.

According to an article from NBC News, “San Francisco Raises Age to Buy Tobacco to 21,” San Francisco is the most recent city to join New York City and more than 100 other U.S. cities in the

implementation of this law.

As the NBC News article points out, some argue that 18 is the legal age for military and voting and should then be the same for cigarettes. However, I would argue that this is a shallow assertion. Yes, everyone has the right to live as they please, but that doesn’t mean that our country has an obligation to make dying accessible to a senior in high school who can simply stop at a gas station and buy a pack of cigarettes.

A fact sheet released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows some harrowing facts about smoking. It states that the number of people who have died prematurely because of cigarettes is more than 10 times the number of people who have died in all the American wars. It also points out that more people have died from smoking than from HIV, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries and firearmrelated incidents combined.

I don’t believe that groups like the CDC share such facts to shame people who smoke, because that would undermine the whole purpose of combatting the cigarette trend. Rather, I believe these facts are shared and deemed important by organizations like the CDC because our nation is one that cares for its people and strives to prevent death from avoidable causes.

Additionally, smoking cigarettes brings about a lot of side effects that hinder someone’s quality of life beyond a medical standpoint.

As freshman biology major Blake Colton points out, “Cigarette smoke is like a dark cloud that follows smokers around. It makes everything smell bad, stains their

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San Francisco’s new change in the legal smoking age has people rethinking their decisions to buy cigarettes. hands and affects those around them with second-hand smoke.”

With all the cons that come with smoking, it’s hard to imagine why anyone would argue that it benefits his or her life in any concrete way.

As someone who has never smoked a cigarette, perhaps it is harder for me to understand the draw of cigarettes. However, I do know that it has become a part of the social scene for people our age.

Seeing someone at a party with a cigarette in their mouth is nearly as

common as seeing someone with a drink in their hand. Smoking has has always been synonymous with what it means to be cool. Yet, even still, I am a lot more interested in meeting people who plan on living long, adventurous lives than those who would sacrifice that opportunity for the image of being a “cool” smoker.

Perhaps people could argue that San Francisco’s new law takes away people’s individual rights, but if it takes a law to keep people alive and healthy then I’ll support

it. I would hope that those between the ages of 18 and 21 will be able to think about whether or not they really want to commit to a life of smoking cigarettes before picking up that first cigarette. Maybe then less individuals will become just another statistic for the CDC. This is the opinion of Olivia Round, a freshman communication studies and Spanish double major from Missoula, Montana. Email comments to mgaydos@ theloyolan.com.

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Emojis contribute to digital interaction Deeksies’ Dish Daralyn Kee Chong Senior Editor

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n 2015, the Oxford Dictionaries named the emoji “The Face with Tears of Joy” as their final pick for The Word of the Year. This particular choice sent linguists, writers and the general public into a bout of anger. Many saw it as some sort of apocalyptic downward spiral of the English language. Such opposers argued that emojis are not even words, but rather trendy and lazy fads tainting the way we use words. Some predict that they will mode out as quickly as they appeared. Maybe there are other contenders for pinnacles of the English language other than a little crying icon, but emojis deserve more credit.

As silly as they appear, emojis deserve more recognition for the significant effects they are having in the way modern linguistics are evolving.

With the popularity of emojis invading modern language use, it’s interesting to ask ourselves to what extent we should consider the use of emojis as a valid and formal part of our communication. Emoji, which is a Japanese portmanteau of words meaning “picture” and “character,” was an idea developed in Japan as a way to appeal to new technology users.

Especially with digital forms of communication like texting and email, emojis and similar pictorial devices have weaved their way into mainstream communication to add tones and emotions into otherwise flat and unexpressive text.

Just a few weeks ago we saw Mark Zuckerberg release the newest reactions feature on Facebook to supplement the already existing ‘Like’ button.

This feature allows users to react to a post in five new ways, including sadness and anger, and are accompanied by familiar icons of faces that reflect their respective emotion.

With its release, Facebook’s product manager Sammi Krug stated, “When people come to Facebook, they share all kinds of different things, things that make them sad, things that

“...emojis deserve more recognition for the significant effects they are having in the way modern linguistics are evolving with our times.” make them happy, thoughtprovoking, angry. We kept hearing from people that they didn’t have a way to express empathy.”

Facebook spent over a year developing this new feature, as a response to user’s desires to respond to things in text with more emotion, something that is ever critical in the ways we communicate as human beings.

This is where emojis’ relevance is validated. Emojis add the necessity of emotion and feeling

to the way we interact with one another in cyber spheres — they add what’s lost when we are trying to send a message to one another when the face-to-face element is so crucially missing.

In his studies, UCLA professor Albert Mehrabian concluded that 55 percent of communication doesn’t happen verbally through our actual words, but rather through the context and perception of our emotive body language. When someone says “I’m fine” with an eye roll and a furrowed brow, the important communicative substance of the message being sent isn’t in the words, but rather in the body language and the emotions embedded within it.

How could we truly grasp the meaning of the message without the social cues of emotive indicators like body language? Similarly, it’s just as troublesome to try to interpret that same message when it’s just words on a phone or a computer screen. With emojis, people are able to navigate the more complicated emotional nuances of language that are easily lost in immediate forms of digital communication: humor, sarcasm, embarrassment, wit, annoyance and passion. These are all the benefits and flavors of language that are accessible through emojis.

Often times, our emails and texts require us to be succinct and to the point, removing the opportunity to convey more elaborative emotion we tend to

“Think about how differently you respond to a short text when there is a litle happy face at the end...” find in longer, more traditional forms of text like literature.

We’ve all received those emails and texts that are so concise that we’ve found ourselves initially interpreting them as terse or even curt. Sure, emojis may not technically be words, and the limited set of emojis lack the syntactical and grammatical capabilities that formal linguistics have, but don’t be so quick to discount them as frivolous or unnecessary elements of communication.

Think about how differently you respond to a short text when there is a little happy face at the end, how differently that makes you feel about the person sending it or even about your relationship.

It sounds trivial, but these emotional building blocks of interaction are the foundations of human communication that emojis add into non-physical communication. Emojis are changing the way we interact on the Internet and digitally.

Though they may not be their own language, they are definitely adding to the one we already use.

This is the opinion of Daralyn Kee Chong, a senior English major from Honolulu, Hawaii.

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tudents of LMU, the future is here. We have Apple Watches that make us feel like we’re in “Spy Kids,” hover boards like Marty McFly’s and now, the latest buzz: drones.

Despite their main use for military purposes, drones have become increasingly popular over the last few years. Visit LMU’s homepage and footage of our beautiful campus can be seen through the eyes of a drone.

So let’s start with the military.

Commonly referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), one of the first drone strikes occurred in 2002. Since then, the popularity and use of UAVs has quickly grown. They have many pros, the first being that UAVs have the ability to circle the skies for hours while continuously gathering information useful for performing more accurate strikes. Another reason drones seem to be such an enticing option is the countless American lives they save by preventing U.S. troops from having to be deployed on the ground. Since drones can spend so much time in the sky, their presence deters terrorist activity in certain regions for fear of being spotted.

If the simple presence of a drone

can discourage terrorist activity, I say keep ‘em flying.

However, while I support the use of drones as military assets, I do not feel they should be commercially sold to the average citizen. Here’s one key reason: Drones were invented for surveillance and to gather intelligence. The last thing I need is my neighbor trying to spy on me via drone. In the wrong hands, tech-savvy thieves could use these devices to monitor potential target houses.

According to The Atlantic, one woman complained of a man who flew his drone around her backyard and refused to leave.

He, however, claimed that he wasn’t breaking any laws and that it was perfectly legal for him to fly his drone over the woman’s yard.

This brings me to my next point. The rules for drone usage need to be made for the public.

Because they are so new, many people are taking advantage of the system and not following the rules. Furthermore, these rules are barely enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). One of the rules included states that drones cannot be operated without the FAAs permission, but I highly doubt that every person with a drone is going to wait for permission to fly. This means that despite the regulations put in place, a majority of people may bypass these knowing that there is no one to realistically enforce them.

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With the popularity of drones continuing to grow, it won’t be long before their buzzing sound fills the skies.

The FAA also outlines what commercial drones can be used for. For example, one rule states that drones may be used for geographic information systems and professional land surveys,

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although I don’t know many people who use theirs for those purposes. Call me old fashioned, but I’ll stick to some simple kites over today’s high tech drones.

This is the opinion of Cameron De Boer a sophomore economics major from Irvine, California. Email comments to mgaydos@theloyolan.com

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Student project featured in film festivals Rick Rack

one’s self is constant.

EL: What was your favorite part about making “Sparks?”

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film student at LMU is bound to witness the works of fellow Lion filmmakers at some point. A few weeks ago, I came across a student film in my production class that left me on the edge of my seat — a seldom occurrence.

What I saw was “Sparks,” a gripping fantasy short film made by fellow student filmmaker, Tancredi Di Paola. Di Paola, a sophomore film and television production major, has displayed his exceptional talent for filmmaking since his move to LMU from his native country of Italy. “Sparks,” a film Di Paola created for his production class last semester, has made quite an impression after being selected for four film festivals in California, including the Silver Scream Festival in Santa Rosa where it took home the award for Best Fantasy Short.

Since the creation of “Sparks,” Di Paola has begun the process of turning the 8 minute short film into a full length feature. I got a chance to talk to Tancredi about his project and filmmaking career.

Eric Lee (EL): What was the purpose of making this short film? Was there a specific class or prompt that started the process?

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Tancredi Di Paola’s “Sparks” recently won Best Fantasy Short at the Silver Scream Festival in Santa Rosa.

Tancredi Di Paola (TDP): If there is one thing I love in this world it is to motivate, inspire, and direct artists to do their best in order to create emotionful stories. “Emotionful” sounds like a word to me and I’ll use it. The purpose of “Sparks”, the short film, is to motivate people to join my team and me in our next fantastic journey: turning “Sparks” into a feature film.

I have been working on this story for the past five months, with the help of Professor Shane Acker (director of “9” and animator for “The Lord of the Rings”), and I quickly fell in love with these characters and their struggles.

Even though a story is never really finished, I am confident the script of “Sparks” the feature will soon be ready. Moreover, an extremely talented screenwriter that I know (LMU student as well) might become attached to the development process too, and he/she would

clearly speed up the pre-production process and improve the quality of the story. I cannot reveal his/her name just yet, but stay tuned.

EL: Was there anything that inspired you to create this story?

TDP: Oh my imaginary-friend!

Way too many stories, artists and friends to list. I already mentioned Shane, so I would add Martin Taube, whose breathtaking talent constantly forces me to push my limits to keep up with him. Nonetheless, I remember helping out on Blake Simon’s science fiction short film “Goldilocks,” and that experience as well opened my perspective on filmmaking.

When I was helping the production designer and other grips building a spaceship in the sound stage inside our own school, I said to myself: “Fantasy and science fiction filmmaking is possible.” Being ex-

posed to such amazing filmmakers and storytellers inspired me to challenge myself and push the boundaries of storytelling to the cosmos of fantasy.

EL: Is there a certain theme or message that is at the heart of your film?

TDP: Though I like to think of myself as a storyteller more than a message-teller, yes the story does have a theme to which I am deeply attached. “Sparks” narrates the journey that Maya has to endure in order to embrace her true nature and accept who she is. In the short film, we have externalized this inner conflict into the relationship between Maya’s curiosity towards magic and her anti-witchcraft activist best friend. Though I cannot reveal more about the potential feature film, I would say that the theme of acceptance and being true to

TDP: I really do not have an answer to this... Everything was awesome.

Writing the story was marvelous, and I am still enjoying it now as much as I was five months ago. Every morning I wake up early to meet the characters and have them face new and harder problems. And I love it! Shooting the short was amazing, as I got to work with such talented people. Working with Jess Gabor and Alexa Walters was awesome.

They are great actresses. The simple fact that they can understand my butchered English and translate it into physical actions makes them mighty. Nevertheless, post-production was fun as well. I love visual effects, they really are magic!

EL: Do you have any special projects planned for the future?

TDP: “Sparks” the feature film is where my heart is. I am looking for producers who can be interested in working with me on this film.

“Sparks” entered four festivals so far, and I am planning to attend all of them, since that would be a great way to network ... and look for motivated people who can help me to tell this story to a larger audience.

This is the opinion of Eric Lee, a sophomore film/television production major from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email nmuldoon@theloyolan.com.

Chekhov fest brings Russian theatre to LMU Asma Attack Garrison Asma Life+Arts Intern @LoyolanArts

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his March, the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance is celebrating the essential Russian playwright Anton Chekhov by bringing his work back to the stage at LMU. The highlight of the 2016 spring season, aptly titled Chekhov Fest, is slated to run March 9-19.

Chekhov Fest kicks off with the performance of the author’s classic 1901 play “Three Sisters” in the Strub Theatre. “Three Sisters” focuses on the complex relationships between three sisters caught in the midst of the social upheaval of 19th century Russia.

Directed and translated by theatre arts professor Diane Benedict, the production promises to deliver a moving portrait of Russian working class and high class life as well as a glimpse into some of Chekhov’s best work for those less familiar with the playwright’s legacy.

The second production in repertory during Chekhov Fest is in fact not a work written by the author, but rather an updated, comedic take on Chekhov’s classic themes and sensibilities in the form of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”

Written by American play-

wright Christopher Durang, the comedy riffs on the archetypes of some of Chekhov’s typical characters as if they were brought into our modern world. In 2013, the Broadway show won the Drama Desk Award and the Tony Award for Best Play, as well as garnering five other nominations.

Dramaturg for both shows and junior theatre arts major Nick de Los Santos explained, “Right now most students are interested in performing contemporary shows, but it is important that the basis of their training is rooted in classical theatre. ‘Three Sisters’ is a great show for students to gain experience, while next door we take Chekhovian styles and adapt it to a modern day setting in ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.’”

Chekhov Fest offers the opportunity for LMU students to get a fresh perspective on Chekhov by fusing the old with the new. By showing alternating presentations of Chekhov’s classic “Three Sisters” and Durang’s modern take on “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” theatergoers will have the chance to see a celebrated playwright’s work come full circle into our modern times.

“Three Sisters” runs March 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 at 8 p.m. and March 12 at 2 p.m in the Strub Theatre.

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” can be seen in the Barnelle Theatre and will run March 10, 12, 16, 20, and 19 at 8 p.m. and March 13 & 19 at 2 p.m.

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Strub Theatre will be the venue for several classical performances this March. Chekhov Fest will be celebrating the theatrical works of famed Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.

Both theatres are located inside the Foley Building on campus, and tickets are available online or by phone.

Tickets for students and faculty are $10; general admission is $15.

If you can’t make the Chekhov Fest, there will be a Chekhov Gruppa — featuring live entertainment, free food and more on March 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the Foley building.

This is the opinion of Garrison Asma, a sophomore film/television production major from Salem, Wisconsin. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email nmuldoon@theloyolan.com.

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California inmates: imprisoned but not inhuman A group of eight LMU students were admitted into several California prisons as a part of the spring Alternative Breaks Program.

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“If someone told me that [one day] I would sit with a group of men sentenced to a life in prison and be laughing, crying and connecting with them, I would have told them they were crazy.”

Leah Willover, a sophomore psychology major, is one of eight students who spent their spring break visiting several prisons. As a part of LMU’s Alternative Break program, students had the opportunity to tour facilities including Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, California Men’s Colony, the men’s prison of Soledad’s Correctional Training Facility, Central California Women’s Facility and San Quentin State Prison. The students also worked at a few restorative justice organizations including the Youth Justice Coalition, Ella Baker Center and Critical Resistance.

The group of eight students and one staff member embarked on a road trip up California in a large white van. The students began their trip in L.A., and then traveled North to Sylmar, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Chowchilla and San Fran-

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During this past break, a group of eight students traveled up California, touring several prisons and working at restorative justice organizations. The students were deeply moved by what they learned about the criminal justice system, as well as systematic injustices that happen behind bars. cisco. The group was given special access to several facilities, and were able to interact with a number of incarcerated people.

Madeline Gamero, a junior English and philosophy double major, was shocked by the problems with the U.S. criminal justice system.

“The idea that jails, prisons and the criminal justice system as a whole can alleviate all of our problems and that these institutions are actually working for justice is a falsehood deeply embedded in our society’s history and current state,” said Gamero. “We should not

blindly accept the images we see on a screen and the rhetoric used by our political leaders. We cannot fully actualize our own humanity until we have recognized the humanity in all others.”

Willover was particularly horrified by the treatment of inmates at Twin Towers Correctional Facility, the largest mental ward in the country. The students were admitted into a unit for inmated deemed suicidal.

“It was hands-down the worst thing I have ever seen in my life,” said Willover. “They had nothing but a small gown that they wore and a thick blanket and were left in solitary confinement in a glass box.

When they go to trial, they are taken in their gown because the correctional officers said it was too much work to change them — I do not know how that is supposed to make someone not suicidal. [It made me realize that] mental health plays a large role in the prison system.”

The students learned about the systematic injustices at work behind the imprisonment of many of these individuals.

“The current prison system only hurts [certain groups] in the system and their communities, and completely fails to provide the healing necessary to prevent future crime,” said Willover. “These people did not wake up one day and decide, ‘I want to go to prison’ — there is a cause for everything. Mass incarceration is the intersection of so many other issues: racial justice, mental health, immigration, poverty and education issues are all deeply intertwined with this issue.”

A central focus of the trip was the ongoing targeting of marginalized, minority communities by the prison system.

“Crime levels have stayed basically the same since the 1970s, but the rate at which individuals are incarcerated in the U.S. has drastically increased due to 40 years of toughon-crime, zero-tolerance and waron-drugs policies,” said Willover.

“This has actually done nothing to decrease the level of crime across the U.S. This targets marginalized communities, preventing them from breaking out of the cycle of oppression and poverty.”

Alexia Barbaro, a senior political science and philosophy double major, was troubled by the state of the criminal justice system in this country, yet also inspired by the strength

of those imprisoned.

“The [fact that] crime levels have stayed basically the same since the 1970s … leads to the question as to why the Prison Industrial Complex continues to operate the way it does,” said Barbaro. “[Yet] these individuals are resilient in trying to heal themselves from the political harms that have unfairly targeted their communities.”

Willover was also moved by the fortitude of the inmates she encountered: most were uneducated and had been neglected during childhood.

“These people were either surviving or trying to find an escape through substances,” said Willover.

“Yet, every person I met wanted more for their lives, and wanted to change, but were so aware of the current obstacles they faced due to the Prison Industrial Complex and the community they were from.”

The students learned to not assume the worst about those serving time in prison.

“I know there are exceptions, but for the most part these are good people who need treatment, therapy, and education, not to be locked up in a cell for the rest of their lives,” said Willower. “I feel like it is so often forgotten that the people behind those walls are human beings.”

Lizzy Grosvenor, a sophomore psychology major, was deeply affected by her interactions with the people she met throughout the trip.

“I will never forget their faces or stories,” said Grosvenor. “I sat alone and talked to men who have been in the same one building for a longer [period of time] than I have been alive. I might change the entire direction of my life because of this one week.”

Willover echoes Grosvenor’s statements and hopes to spread her knowledge to others at LMU. “Every single face [and story] of the men and women I had the opportunity to meet are burned into my brain,” said Willover. “It ... reminded me of my privilege of not living in a community marked with violence and being able to get a college education. Before this trip, I barely knew anything about restorative justice, and I am guessing a lot of LMU students are the same. This issue affects everyone and it needs to be talked about more.”

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Pixar: ‘Finding Dory’ but losing originality Darin’ Arun Arun Gulati

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hhis summer, 13 years after the original smash hit that won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature cementing Pixar Animation Studios as the gold standard for emotional, exciting Hollywood animated filmmaking, audiences will return to the deep blue sea for “Finding Dory.” Set six months after the events of “Finding Nemo,” the sequel follows everyone’s favorite forgetful Blue Tang, Dory, as she sets out on an adventure to find her family.

While the Pixar tentpole will undoubtedly prove to be a box office hit come June, there remains the question of quality — can “Finding Dory” live up to the extraordinary legacy of its 2003 predecessor? This is an issue Pixar has struggled with over the past decade, often delivering mixed results. “Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3” are both sequels that wildly succeeded as components of a franchise as well as standalone films. Both movies offered fresh, original storylines, unique new characters and elevated emotional stakes.

Other attempts at recapturing the success of Pixar’s classics have not been as successful. “Monsters University,” the prequel released 12 years after the original “Monsters, Inc.” boasted stunning new animation techniques but lacked originality and appeal to a broad demographic — Pixar’s universal-

ity to all ages is what makes them so successful, after all. “Monsters University” also chose to focus on the funny sidekick from the original film as its protagonist, a technique that is becoming something of a pattern for Pixar. “Cars 2,” which remains to this day as Pixar’s only universally negatively-reviewed film, gave goofy sidekick Mater a more prominent role.

This doesn’t bode particularly well for “Finding Dory,” whose protagonist is now also the ditzy sidekick from the original film — though, for the record, Dory, voiced by the affable Ellen DeGeneres, is a much more pleasant and wellrounded character than any of the other aforementioned sidekicks.

It’s tough to predict whether “Finding Dory” will be a good film. It may not be wholly original (the searchfor-family story arc recalls not only “Finding Nemo” but is also reminiscent of “The Tigger Movie”) but it does introduce unique new characters and many returning crew members from the original film, including director Andrew Stanton.

One Pixar sequel that may or may not live up to the hype isn’t the greater issue. If we look to Pixar’s slate of upcoming films for the next few years, four out of five are sequels: after “Finding Dory” hits theaters on June 17, “Cars 3,” “Toy Story 4” and “The Incredibles 2” follow shortly after on June 16, 2017, June 15, 2018 and June 21, 2019, respectively.

A few sequels now and then don’t hurt anyone, and it’s true that betting on an already-established brand bodes well for the company financially, but where is the artistic integrity in churning out an assembly line of franchises with no

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Sequels like “Finding Dory” may look great, but is Pixar compromising its artistic integrity to make money? original content? The reason why most money, rather than [coming Pixar’s entire upcoming slate, this the original Pixar films like “Finding up with] innovative and interesting film appears the most unique, as Nemo,” “The Incredibles” and “Toy new ideas,” said Morgan Hinshaw, most of Pixar’s original films have Story” were so successful is because sophomore film and television pro- been. Just look at “Inside Out”—a they were novel and wildly unique. duction major. non-spinoff film that just won the While “The Incredibles” might lend The extra money that Pixar Oscar for Best Animated Feature itself to a sequel, absolutely nobody makes off these sequels should be and earned $856 million worldwide. was asking for a fourth “Toy Story” used towards pursuing more inA company like Pixar, whose artafter the trilogy-capping sendoff dividual projects, but there is only ists are so talented at making inthat was the third film. And it’s ob- one original film on Pixar’s upcom- novative and emotional content, vious that after the negative recep- ing slate: “Coco,” directed by Lee should have no problem taking risks tion of “Cars 2,” the only incentive Unkrich (who also helmed “Toy to deliver that kind of content to for making a third film is the boat- Story 3”). According to Slashfilm, audiences, rather than settling for load of revenue that will come from “‘Coco’ follows a 12-year-old boy derivative franchise drivel. named Miguel who sets off a chain merchandise sales.

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Basketball stars fail to shine under Vegas lights Sully Speaks Jack Sullivan Senior Editor

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unior guard Brandon Brown and junior forward Adom Jacko were essential players for the men’s basketball team all season. In fact, they were probably the reason the Lions won as many games as they did. However, they were also the reason that the team lost their quarterfinals game in the West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships against No. 1 Saint Mary’s College.

Jacko was the team’s leading scorer throughout the season. He finished averaging 16.6 points a game — four points higher than the next player — and finished with 6.4 rebounds per game — over two rebounds higher than second place. Opposing teams could feel his presence on both offense and defense, as he could change the tempo of the game with one of his explosive dunks.

Unfortunately, that ended four weeks ago when Jacko played his final game of the season against the University of the Pacific. Since then, a back injury has sidelined him for the team’s last six games.

Though scoring went up for the Lions over this stretch (72.6 points per game compared to 71.2 for the season), it is only because the team had an overtime game against the University of San Francisco and a double overtime game against Pepperdine University. The extra

15 minutes added 42 points for the Lions, thus increasing their average by seven points in the stretch without Jacko.

The Lions sorely missed Jacko in the WCC Championships. The team was out-rebounded 66-54 in the two games and gave up 16 offensive rebounds — 11 of which were to Saint Mary’s. With junior forward Shamar Johnson and sophomore forward Petr Herman in foul trouble for most of the tournament, the Lions struggled to find a rotation of big men that would work on the court, but refused to risk losing a player early due to fouls. Jacko’s absence on the court prevented the Lions from playing to their fullest potential, and it crippled them in the tournament, particularly against the Gaels.

Brown has been the backbone of this team ever since he transferred to LMU this year. He has been a scorer (second on the team with 12.2 points per game) and a facilitator with 5.7 assists per game — more than a third of the team’s total. Brown also played great in the team’s opening round game against USD. He had 20 points and went 10-10 from the free throw line.

Brown was also making big plays on defense and finished with five steals and three rebounds. He has stepped up his game since Jacko’s injury and has been everything the team needed him to be — except against Saint Mary’s.

Brown had one of his worst games for the Lions in the quarterfinals.

While we typically see moments of “Brandon Brown basketball,” something the student section has

dubbed whenever he takes over games, that never came against the Gaels. He went 3-16 from the field and 1-5 from beyond the arc. He also never made it to the free throw line, despite his typical ability to draw fouls. He finished with only one rebound, two assists and a steal in the game as the Lions lost 60-48, tied for their lowest scoring outing of the season.

It is not necessarily problematic for Brown to have a bad game — everyone is going to have a bad game at some point. What makes this problematic is the situation. When you are the best or second best player on your team and the other half of the dynamic duo is out, you need to play your best to make up for that loss. Moreover, when you are in the conference tournament, your game should be elevated.

These two factors combined make it all the worse that Brown had his bad game at this time.

Another problem with his play is that no adjustment was made despite Brown’s struggles. Even after he was missing shot after shot, he was not distributing the ball to anyone else. Redshirt sophomore guard/forward Steven Haney was clearly the hot shooter in this game. He was the only Lion above 50 percent from the field and was the only player to make more than one three-pointer. With Brown struggling to find his shot, he should have started feeding the ball to Haney, who had clearly found his.

With Brown being the main point guard for the Lions, this burden falls even harder on him, as the point guard’s job is to get the ball into the

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Jacko and Brown were the obvious top performers this season, but the team will need additional production for the program to take the next step. hands of whoever can score.

Now, this is not a beat up Jacko and Brown article. As I said, they were the main reasons that the Lions finished with double-digit wins. However, this is about accountability. Jacko gets a pass with an injury, but Brown does need to learn from this moment. Just because he has been the guy to get a score when the Lions desperately needed in the past does not mean that he needs to be that guy in every game, especially when buckets aren’t dropping for him.

Jacko and Brown should still be the centerpieces for Head Coach Mike Dunlap’s program. They,

along with Haney, fill a role that the team has desperately needed.

However, when they are not playing their best or even not playing, an adjustment needs to be made to stay competitive in a game. If they did that, they might have been able to have the upset win over No. 1 Saint Mary’s. The team seems to have figured out how to play without Jacko in his six-game absence, but has yet to learn how to adjust when Brown has an off night. Luckily, they have the whole offseason to try This is the opinion of Jack Sullivan, a senior communication studies major from Las Vegas, Nevada. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email rhartnett@theloyolan.com.

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hile most LMU students were off celebrating spring break last week, many LMU student athletes were hard at work. This past week featured the West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams, amongst other spring sport competitions. Because we were off last week, this list will comprise of all games dating back to Feb. 22.

Here are your top athletes from the last two weeks.

5. Munis Tutu, freshman guard, and Marin Mornar, senior forward, men’s basketball: These two earn their spots on the list mostly for their performances in one particular game. The men’s basketball team’s final regular season game was against rival Pepperdine University.

The Waves led for the final three minutes of the game after a backand-forth matchup all day. With under a minute to go, Mornar nailed a big three that tied up the game to send it into overtime. In overtime, Pepperdine either led or kept the game tied for the whole period, but the Lions kept it close, never trailing by more than four. This time, it was Tutu’s moment to shine as he made a three-pointer to tie the game in the last 10 seconds of the overtime period. He also secured the next defensive rebound to send the game into double overtime. The Lions scored in the first three seconds of the period and never trailed again.

The Lions outscored the Waves 12-5 in the double overtime period, including six free throws by Mornar, to win 90-83. Mornar finished with 17 points, four rebounds, three assists and two blocks. Tutu finished the game with 13 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals. The two played decently in the WCC Championships as well.

Mornar scored 10 points, grabbed five boards, made one assist and three blocks in the two games to close out his LMU career. Tutu had two points, four rebounds, six assists and a steal in the tournament as well.

4. Joat Farah, sophomore, men’s tennis: The only athlete from a sport besides basketball to make this list, Farah had a great spring break. During that time, the LMU men’s tennis team played three games and went 3-0 over the week. In that span, Farah went 3-0 in singles play and 1-0 in doubles play with his partner, sophomore Errol Smith. Two of their doubles games were unfinished because the other LMU doubles teams had already won. Farah did not drop a set the whole week, defeating Ruben Montano of Northern Arizona University 6-3, 6-1, Trent Botha of the University of Arizona 6-3, 6-1 and Jeremy Moser of Fresno State University 6-1, 6-0. It was a great week for the men’s tennis team and Farah individually.

3. Sophie Taylor, senior guard/forward, women’s basketball: A familiar face on LMUTA, Taylor makes her final appearance as she closes out her playing career at LMU. She had a good game in the team’s final regular season match against Pepperdine, where she scored 13 points and had six rebounds, two assists, two

steals and a block. However, Taylor played well in the team’s opening match of the WCC Championships against the University of Portland.

She nearly picked up a doubledouble in the first half against the Pilots, and eventually secured it, scoring 15 points and 12 rebounds.

She also had an assist and a steal in the game. Taylor could have done more, but foul trouble slowed down her production slightly. She nearly had back-to-back double-doubles, but couldn’t quite get it in the team’s final game of the season against Saint Mary’s College. She scored nine points and had seven rebounds in the game, as well as an assist, a block and three steals. She finished her playing career at LMU as only the seventh person to score 1,000 points and have 500 rebounds in a career.

2. Steven Haney, redshirt sophomore guard/forward, men’s basketball: Haney has always been one of the go-to scorers for the Lions, but his role has increased since junior forward Adom Jacko has been out with an injury. These past two weeks were no different for him as he was a key player for the team. Haney had a decent game against Pepperdine but was mostly held back by foul trouble. He finished with 13 points, two rebounds, an assist and a steal against the Waves. He also played well in the opening game of the WCC Championships against the University of San Diego. He was second on the team in scoring with 12 points, shot 3-6 from beyond the arc and secured two rebounds.

Haney stepped up his game for the final match against Saint Mary’s.

He led the team in scoring with 19 points and was the only Lion to hit double figures. This made him

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Velasco gave a career performance in the WCC Championships. Her teammates wore purple ribbons to support her mother’s battle with cancer. the team’s leading scorer for the tournament with 15.5 points a game.

He also grabbed two boards for the Lions and shot 3-5 from three-point range. He was the only player with the hot hand against the Gaels and the only player to finish shooting above .500 in the game.

1. Andee Velasco, freshman guard, women’s basketball: Playing in your first conference tournament can be hard. Being a starter your freshman year during the conference tournament is a pressure-filled situation. However, none of that compares to what Velasco was dealing with off of the court. Andee and her sister, freshman guard Bianca Velasco, learned that their mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer near the end of the season. As a sign of support, the team wore purple

ribbons throughout the WCC Championships. It was impressive to see these two play during this difficult time, but Andee made the most of it. She finished the game against Portland with career highs in points (23), rebounds (6), field goals (7) and three-point field goals (5). She tied her career high in assists (8) and minutes played (36). Velasco also played well in the quarterfinals against Saint Mary’s, scoring five points and making six assists in the game. She added a rebound and two steals to her totals. Playing that well during troubling times earns you the top spot of LMU Top Athlete.

This is the opinion of Jack Sullivan, a senior communication studies major from Las Vegas, Nevada. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email rhartnett@theloyolan.com.

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A Legacy from Indianapolis to Denver Manning from Page 20

to be hard for many to stomach seeing Peyton in a different jersey the following season.

In 2012, Manning began his new career with the Denver Broncos. After an adjustment period, he silenced his critics once again when he scored his 400th career touchdown and added himself to a list of only two other quarterbacks to accomplish the feat. Manning was also named AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year that season.

Manning and the Broncos made their way to the Super Bowl the following season where they faced off against the new kids on the block, the Seattle Seahawks.

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who idolized Manning, and his stellar defense shut down the Broncos from the start of the game and went on to win Super Bowl 48.

Many believed that this would be Peyton’s last shot at winning a Super Bowl since he was getting older. Peyton stayed the course though and the next season he passed Brett Favre and became the NFL’s all-time leader in passing touchdowns. However, the Broncos would not make it past the divisional round of the playoffs, as they lost against Manning’s old team, the Indianapolis Colts.

Moving towards 2015, the Broncos got off to a dominating 7-0 start under coach Gary Kubiak, but Manning was starting to battle injuries and not play-

ing as well, especially in week eight. Kubiak benched him, and backup Brock Osweiler performed very well. The next day Kubiak stated that Manning was dealing with some injuries and Osweiler would be starting. Osweiler started every game for the remainder of the season. During week 17, Osweiler was struggling in the game, and for the first time since high school, back-up Manning came off the bench and led the team to a 27-20 win over the San Diego Chargers.

Manning then went into the playoffs and played some great football along with an excellent defense. The Broncos went on to win Super Bowl 50 this year. Manning became the oldest starting quarterback to both play in and win a Super Bowl.

The victory gave Manning his 200th overall win including regular season and playoffs, making him the only other starting quarterback with the most combined regular season and postseason wins in NFL history, snapping a tie with Brett Favre.

Manning’s history on the field and in making records are marvelous, and to recall some more eventful moments in his career; NFL career passing touchdown record: 539. Most comeback wins: 45. Most games throwing for 300+ yards: 93.

Manning was a class act on and off the field. He ran sports camps for kids and more notably, he held a special quarterbacks camp called The Manning Passing Academy where he, his brother

Eli — NFL quarterback for the New York Giants — and father Archie Manning taught young athletes the tools to be successful quarterbacks. These men have helped mold many quarterbacks that are in today’s game including Russell Wilson, who has said that attending this camp when he was younger taught him to understand not just how to prepare for the game of football, but how to love the game as well.

The thing about Peyton that I think many people should learn to respect about him, even if they root against him, is that he LOVES football. He has said it countless times in many interviews over the years and shown this through his hard work with young kids and young adults, as well as by pushing his teammates to learn and understand the game.

Those long hours of staying after practice working with his receivers to try and make his timing and their routes perfect, all those hours in the film room after everyone had gone home no one loved the game and the competition more than him.

Manning is a man that serves as a great ambassador for the game of football. Any person can look to Manning as a role model for work ethic in life, no matter what they do.

As a long-time Colts fan, it was a very tough goodbye to watch on Monday. I could not help but reminisce on my favorite memories of watching Manning.

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tivated my answer to that tough question.

LMU Loyalty made our way back to the Orleans Arena to watch our men’s team take on the University of San Diego on Friday and St. Mary’s on Saturday. We marched into the arena with L-M-U-U-UUU chants that could be heard a mile away.

We broke out the body and face paint for these games, as well as some creative outfits and signs.

A memorable moment for myself and the rest of the LMU Loyalty was when a large number of Gonzaga fans went out of their way to come up to us after the game and tell us what a great job we did. They noted

how funny we were and how our dance moves were better than the St. Mary’s dance team!

It is hard to explain why, but at the WCC tournament there are more Gonzaga fans in attendance than all of the fans of others schools combined. I guess any chance they get to get out of Spokane, they take. After an embrace I have never seen before with one of our arch rivals, I believe everyone who had traveled to Vegas from LMU felt it was all worth it.

For the time being, I have found the best feeling in the world here at LMU. For myself, the Loyalty team and LMU Athletics, that feeling makes

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Manning signed with the Denver Broncos in 2012 after he had surgery on his neck. Manning continued his success with the Broncos.

ery first down the Colts earned, feeling confident yet scared of many two minute drills late in the fourth quarter, enduring all the heartbreak games against the Patriots at Foxboro or even all the redemption games leading up to his first Super Bowl with the Colts and his last Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos, I loved every minute of it.

The debates are bound to begin about whether or not Manning is the greatest quarterback of all time. I will end with this: no other player prepared for a game

more than Manning did. No quarterback successfully confused defenses like him. With the game on the line with anything from two minutes to 30 seconds to go, there is no one I would rather have as the quarterback leading my favorite team than Peyton Manning. Omaha.

the days, weeks and sometimes months of planning worth it. It makes staying up until 1 a.m. and putting out anything that you see that says game day on it worth it. It makes all of the negative chirping I hear from some students mean nothing to me.

Our athletic program and teams are on the rise. I am going to make a bold prediction and say that next year will be the greatest year in LMU sports history. Women’s soccer and volleyball are coming off Sweet 16 appearances. Only two seniors will be leaving each of our basketball teams. Some referred to this year’s men’s soccer recruiting class as the greatest in LMU history. I also know that every other team I have not mentioned is going to tear it up as well, and LMU Loyalty will

be out there for all of them.

Don’t forget, those tailgates I was talking about won’t stop anytime soon, and the President of our University attends these events on the regular, which you can’t find at just any university.

I invite every student reading this to every single one of our home games next year, as well as to Las Vegas for the 2017 WCC Tournament. Find out if the best feeling in the world is waiting for you in the stands, just as it was for me.

This is the opinion of Daniel Palladini, a sophomore marketing major from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email rhartnett@theloyolan.com.

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After the women’s basketball season was sadly ended

by Saint Mary’s, I was still in bliss. St. Mary’s was the No. 2 seed on the women’s side of the tournament. We were down to them by only one point at halftime but continued to play hard the whole game. It was also an honor to see seniors Deanna Johnson’s and Sophie Taylor’s last game. Off the court, the LMU Loyalty was beyond hype.

We yelled our faces off, danced our butts off and made a name for ourselves as the craziest women’s basketball fans in the WCC. This game honestly mo-

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The LMU men’s basketball team took down the Universit y of San Diego in the first game of the WCC tournment, but then lost 60 -4 8 against Saint Mar y’s College, ending the Lions season.

This is the opinion of Pat Hoffman, a junior marketing major from Ventura, California.

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Nothing but love and Loyalty The Hofficer Pat Hoffman

WOMEN’S TENNIS The injury-plagued LMU Women’s Tennis team hosts a trio of matches this week, beginning yesterday against Georgetown at the LMU Tennis Center. Playing with just five of their eight players healthy, the Lions lost 4-3. However, they managed to win their doubles match before losing in the final game of the match, which lasted three sets. At 1:30 p.m., the Lions will look to get back on track as they take on Utah State, and will play again at the the same time tomorrow against Boston University. LMU will look to right the ship and return to full strength as they carry a 3-5 record in the young season.

BASEBALL Lions Baseball earned a 3-1 series win this weekend in Miami, facing Florida International in non-conference play.

The weekend got off on the right foot for the Lions, as freshman shortstop Niko Decolati’s double in the 12th inning broke a 4-4 tie and scored the go-ahead run. Saturday featured the first of the season’s two doubleheaders. Carrying the momentum from Friday night’s late game heroics, LMU won 10-3 to take a 2-0 series lead and guarantee no worse than a split.

Decolati continued his offensive success, going 2-for-3 with a game-high five RBIs. However, the Lions’ bats fell quiet in the second game, as they were shut out 6-0.

In the final game, sophomore right-hander/ outfielder Sean Watkins stepped up, delivering a 4-4 performance with three RBI’s to lead LMU to the series victory.

TRACK Both the men’s and women’s track teams took part in the Cal State L.A. Invitational this weekend. Junior Danielle Shanahan and senior Kayla de Bondt took first and second in the women’s 1500-meter run, respectively. Following them in the top-10 for the Lions were sophomore Kelli Capel in fourth and senior Samantha Garcia finishing sixth. On the men’s side, Brandon Vientos finished atop the Lions’ squad in sixth, followed by seniors Michael Duncan and Lance Capel in tenth and eleventh, respectively. Not far behind was freshman Koby Pederson, finishing his debut in 4:05.86, good enough for 22nd place.

Junior Grant Lapovich demolished his previous PR of 4:20.59, finishing in a time of 4:14.05. Next up is the Oxy Distance Carnival, beginning Friday in Eagle Rock, CA. WOMEN’S WATER POLO LMU Women’s Water Polo continued their grueling schedule over spring break, as they played four top-25 teams in the UC Irvine Invitational. This would make the Lion’s streak against ranked opponents an eye-popping twelve games long. In this tournament, every member of the field was ranked in the top-25, showcasing some of the best from around the country. The Lions are trying to prove they deserve a seat at the table, but finished just 1-3 over the weekend.

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he question “What is the best feeling in the world?” is one that we all may ask ourselves from time to time.

Funnily enough, the question came up while LMU Loyalty and I traveled to Las Vegas to watch our men’s and women’s basketball teams play in the West Coast Conference (WCC) Championships.

A small group of us were hanging out in The Orleans Hotel after our women’s team lost to St. Mary’s College in the quarterfinal. I am sure the the question “what is the best feeling in the world” came up because of us being in Vegas.

For some, the phrase “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” may apply to their responses, which I will leave at that. My answer also had something to do with Vegas. However, it may be for a different reason than you might think.

So far in my life, the greatest rushes I have felt have been related to sports. I have seen some notably cool moments: Lakers’ overtime victories, Dodgers’ walk-off home runs and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) live events. What trumps them all, though? The feeling I get every single time the LMU Lions hit the court, field or pool. If you have seen my energy at any of the home games, you know that me saying this is no cliché. I could not care less whether we win or lose. Watching an LMU game is a profound experience that I have learned to love in my three years here.

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LMU Loyalty (pictured above) traveled to Las Vegas over spring break to support both the men’s and women’s basketball teams in the WCC Championships.

There are two parts to the experience I believe a fan deserves at sporting events: what happens on the court and what happens off the court. We all know some of the things that happen on the court that get us fired up, and there is no shortage of these moments at LMU. I have seen golden goals by both of our soccer teams. I have seen Lion home runs. I have seen plenty of Sarah Sponcil kills, Leslie Lopez-Wood 3-pointers and Adom Jacko highlight reels, and every single time, I get fired up.

What I believe some may say has been lacking at LMU is the “what happens off the court.” It is all there, though — if you look for it. For me, it’s the tailgates

before games. It’s cramming into a small space with all of my closest friends and President Snyder. It’s yelling at the other team and watching an opposing player miss two free throws. It’s the endless dancing throughout a game. It’s the inyour-face cheering, the “might get us in trouble” shenanigans and genuine moments I experience at every game that I believe make LMU games unique. I am sure that I am more anxious on game days than some of the athletes. As long as I know I gave it my all in the stands, and the team gave it their all, win or lose, the contentment and satisfaction I feel after any LMU game is second to none.

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n Monday morning, the NFL and football world said goodbye to a man who ate, lived and breathed football since he was a small child throwing the pigskin in his front yard in New Orleans.

That man is none other than Peyton Manning.

The soon to be Hall of Fame quarterback was born and raised in Louisiana. His father, Archie Manning, was the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints and was regarded by many in the league as one of the best quarterbacks in the league at that time, even though he never won a Super Bowl.

Peyton Manning, along with his two brothers, was groomed to be a quarterback from a young age. As he grew up, his talent began to shine. He attended Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and during his three seasons as a starter, he led their football team to a 34-5 record. In high school, he was named the Gatorade Circle of Champions National Player-of-the-Year. He then went on to play college football at the University of Tennessee. He led the Volunteers to the 1997 SEC championship in his senior season and became Tennessee’s all-time leading passer with 11,201 yards along with 89 touchdowns.

He won 39 out of 45 games as a starter during his four-year career.

College was just the start of a long and prosperous career. The Indianapolis Colts selected Manning with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft. After his 3-13 rookie season as a starter, Indianapolis quickly transformed from an auto-racing and basketball town to a football city once Manning adjusted to the professional level of play.

Peyton, along with many other great Colts such as soon-to-be inducted Hall of Fame

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Peyton Manning retires from the NFL after 18 years in the league, 14 with the Colts and four with the Broncos. He won two superbowls, five MVPs and holds the most career passing touchdowns.

Wide Receiver Marvin Harrison and future Hall of Fame Center Jeff Saturday led a team that could beat anyone in the league.

Manning groomed himself into one of the best quarterbacks in the league. As the Colts flourished in success, he built a reputation for going above and beyond in preparation work for games, becoming known as one of the most committed players on the team at practice. His unique preparation for every game paid off during his next 14 seasons with the Colts.

Manning led the Colts to some impressive accomplishments, such as winning 12 games seven years in a row and winning Super Bowl 40 in 2006 against the Chicago Bears.

Manning was named MVP of that game.

Witnessing Manning win his first Super Bowl was a special moment for all Colts fans. He had beaten Tom Brady, a long-time rival of Manning throughout the years, in the AFC Championship game after losing twice to him

before 2006. Peyton had finally silenced his critics.

Over his 18 season career, Manning won five MVP awards — which are the most NFL MVP awards ever won by a single player in NFL history. With the Colts, he threw 399 total career touchdowns, which is the most in Colts history. The Colts had one more shot at a Super Bowl win in 2010 when they faced off against the Saints. The Colts fell to the Saints 31-17 in Super Bowl 44.

Then, sadly in 2011, Manning underwent surgery during the off-season on his neck that created uncertainty as to whether or not he would ever be able to play at the same ability to which fans had grown accustomed. He sat out the entirety of the 2011 season and the Colts did not resign him the following summer after the team finished the season with a 2-14 record. Peyton’s reign in Indianapolis had finally come to a close, and it was going See Manning | Page 18