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Tropical Storm Harvey leaves Texans scrambling Harvey has flooded much of Southeast Texas and Louisiana with record rainfall.

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Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan Tropical Storm Harvey has hit the southeast coast of Texas with over 30 inches of rain and winds of up to 130 mph.

Officials have reported at least 30 deaths; the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, called the storm, “one of the largest disasters America has ever faced.” According to the New York Times, some areas in Texas may see more than 50 inches of rain by the time the storm is over.

The University of Houston was forced to close on Friday, Aug. 26. Rice University, also located in Houston, is set to be closed through Labor Day, according to the Washington Post.

Lamar University, located in Beaumont, near Louisiana, has also postponed the start of classes.

Nathan Dines, an LMU alumni of the class of 2013, has been living in Houston, Tx since May of 2016 and has seen the effects of the storm firsthand. In a phone call to the Loyolan, he reported that although he has not been told to evacuate, he has coworkers who have already evacuated out of the city.

His workplace is closed, with highways and businesses nearby closed as well.

An administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Brock Long, reported that FEMA is shipping two million liters of water and two million meals to the region. The Texas National Guard has been put to work in rescue and recovery of survivors, according to the New York Times.

Paige Prevost, a senior flim and television production and English double major from Beaumont, Tx, has family in Beaumont

and Houston. Although her family has experienced flooding, she says they are all doing well.

“At first I was fine because I was excited about this year, and for all the past hurricanes, it’s actually kind of fun to evacuate and go somewhere else,” Prevost said. “I knew Houston would get the most of it. But this morning I saw my friend’s mom talking about how Beaumont was flooding too [...]

So I wasn’t worried until I saw updates from my actual friends instead of just in the news.”

Prevost also said LMU reached out to her, offering aid if she needed help adjusting.

Tropical Storm Harvey first hit Texas on Friday as a Category 4 hurricane, the

strongest storm to hit America in over 10 years, according to the New York Times.

Since then, it has hit Austin and San Antonio, with even parts of Louisiana feeling its effects.

“Whenever something drastic happens in Texas, politically or when a tragedy occurs, I always check on my family friends who live in Texas,” Bri Ortiz, sophomore communications and Chicana/o studies double major from El Paso, Tx, said. “It leaves me feeling helpless being so far from them. The best thing I can do right now is to continue to check up on them and send my blessings, love and support.”

President Donald Trump and First Lady

Melania Trump visited Corpus Christi, Tx on Aug. 29, where Harvey first made landfall on Friday night. Avoiding Houston, where the storm is still raising floodwaters, Trump met with local officials to discuss current relief efforts. Trump has signed a disaster declaration for Texas, and an additional declaration for Louisiana on Monday, according to NPR. Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center is currently hosting about 9,000 survivors, with the CNN weather center reporting additional rain to the already record-breaking 48 inches in southwestern Louisiana and Houston area.

LMU community comes together in time of grief LMU supports Ryse Williams and family after he passes away from cancer.

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Interim News Editor @LALoyolan Ryse Williams had one foot in the door on his way to becoming an LMU Lion. Only his high school graduation and college orientation stood in the way. But he was a Lion nonetheless.

In the middle of June, Williams was diagnosed with a rare form of stage four cancer and faced the task of fighting for his life.

Head Basketball Coach Michael Dunlap said he got to know Williams through the sport’s recruitment process, regularly talking with him on the phone. But as soon as Dunlap heard of Williams’ diagnosis, he was by his side in his hospital room.

He provided food for the family, decorated Williams’ room with LMU gear and met his family and friends.

Dunlap describes this period of time as being one of the strangest of his life, never having seen someone get so sick so quickly. But even during this difficult time, Williams’ personality shone through. Dunlap, reflecting on Williams’ last few days, said he was impressed with the way Williams and his family handled the news, relying

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Coaches, players and faculty rallied around Ryse Williams’ family in the wake of his death. on their faith in such a trying time. Even more impressive, was the way Williams’ humor and strength rose to the surface.

Dr. Lane Bove, senior vice president for student affairs, said that as soon as she heard Williams was sick, she immediately contacted a family member at the hospital who could give her any updates on his health.

The next day, Williams passed away at the age of 18 years old.

It was hard on the rest of the team, Dunlap said, especially the handful of players who knew Williams well — at such a young age they didn’t fully understand what it was like to lose one of their own. The players were sad, he said, but strong.

Coach Dunlap, Dr. Bove and Dr. William Husak, LMU’s athletics director, attended a candlelight tribute on June 22 at 8 p.m. at the basketball

court at Dominguez Hills Village in Carson. Coach Dunlap, who spoke at the ceremony, invited the whole men’s basketball team to attend. Dr. Bove remembered Dunlap’s speech as a touching testimony to Williams’ character. Rather than boasting about the LMU commit’s skills on the court, he fondly recalled the traits that impressed him when the young man stepped off the court.

When asked, Dunlap recalled a few specific things about Williams that caught his attention: his incredible relationship with his parents that showed he was a person of character; his integrity and courage to be his own person; his ability to walk into a room and lift everyone’s spirits; his hard work in the classroom and finally; his raw talent on the basketball court.

In the wake of Williams’ death, Dunlap and the team plan to keep Ryse close to their hearts this season. They will keep an empty chair for him at the games and will wear black patches on their jerseys in his memory.

Additionally, Williams’ father, O’Brey Williams, will take part in a road trip with the team. Coach Dunlap now considers O’Brey, along with his wife, Lana, and their daughter, Sierra, to be close friends of his.

“That family has this whole institution behind them,” Coach Dunlap said.

As the saying goes, once a Lion, always a Lion.

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BURNING QUESTIONS

This issue, News Intern Kayan Tara sat down with Loyolan Editor-in-Chief Kellie Chudzinski, a junior communication studies major.

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What drew you to Editor-in-Chief?

We’re in such a unique moment, and great journalism is really leading the way of understanding for so many people. I love the Loyolan, the staff and I see so much potential in the paper to be a great voice. I want to be a part of elevating voices in the LMU community and I’m sure you will see that this year from the Loyolan.

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What successes of the Loyolan do you draw on or use for inspiration?

I’d say there’s been a couple; for instance, like [the Mental Health and Sexual Assault] special issues that the Loyolan has done, and I think that [they are examples of a] great form of journalism that we do. That highlighting one issue and diving in, is one of the best things we do. And we of course want to keep that going forward.

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What is your main goal for the Loyolan during your time as Editorin-Chief?

I think in the paper it’s a little hard to measure success because it’s updated every week, and every day online … so [it’s hard to know what to focus on]. So for me I think if the staff is successful, that will be how I know that I have been successful. If the stories are done correctly and are journalistically sound, then we know we’ve done our job.

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Especially in the time we are currently living in, why do you think journalism and good reporting is important?

Journalism has never been, it seems, so important in our lifetimes.

The need to be right has never been higher, you know — there’s really a pressure on the media, and student media, to not make any mistakes. That’s something that journalists have to really, even more than before, be vigilant about. The hope is, that the truth will rise to the surface and I think journalism is the greatest medium for showing what the truth is.

What are important skills you think any good journalist should have?

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I think, for one thing, all journalists should be good listeners. You have to want to listen and tell those stories. I think so often it is something intrinsically within a writer. I think that good journalists are people who are great storytellers, can do it accurately and really captivate people, to take them to a place they weren’t themselves.

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What is your favorite class you’ve taken at LMU and why?

I am going to offer you two. One is the class I’ve always told people is my favorite class and that is Professor Tracy Tiemeier’s Comparative Theology class, Hinduism and Christianity. That class was just amazing. It was the only theology class I’ve taken so far and I loved everything about it. And over the summer I took a recording arts class called How Music Rocks and Rolls. Those are definitely two high quality classes.

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LMU recognized for its compost program and other environmental intiatives.

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LMU was ranked the sixth “Coolest School” nationally, in terms of environmental sustainability due to its conscientiousness practices and initiatives by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club is one of the nation’s largest environmental organizations.

LMU has taken many initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint.

According to GreenLMU, the campus has approximately 90,000 square feet of solar panels in order to make use of renewable solar energy. The school also has its own recycling and composting programs. The campus even has its own recycling plant, which has won awards in RecyleMania contests for over two decades.

This year, an online sustainability pledge has been requesting LMU students to reduce their carbon footprint, with 117 signatures to-date.

“The pledge is a way to educate the on and off-campus community on ways they can reduce their carbon footprint,” Dillon Rinauro, junior biochemistry major and ASLMU director of environmental responsibility, said. This can be achieved through simple tasks, such as turning the lights off upon leaving a room, Rinauro elaborated. With the pledge, “students can have a stronger understanding on how modifying their day-today routine in the slightest way can really have a larger impact

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Each apartment in Hannon and Tenderich was given compost bins with the hope of increased participation in the program. if it is put into place by the whole community,” he said.

Student Housing played a huge role in the creation of this pledge. “The idea came through our desire to be the greenest campus in the country,” Trevor Wiseman, associate director of resident services in the Student Housing Office, said. “We want sustainability to be a part of the student experience from day one.”

Apart from the pledge, compost pails have been provided to students living in Hannon and Tenderich. While the apartments’ composting program has been ongoing for three years, this year is the first time the buildings got to have a composting pail in each unit.

The function of the compost bin is to provide a disposal unit for organic materials — namely biodegradable food products — which can be used as fertilizer.

These pails may be emptied in the compost collection bin in Hannon. Wiseman hopes that having a pail in each apartment will increase participation in the composting program.

The program’s infrastructure currently only allows for compost bins in Hannon and Tenderich. However, LMU is in the final stages of having the resources needed to support the entire university. “Our goal is to launch the composting program in all apartments and the LMU community during Spring 2018,” Wiseman said.

Another measure that Student Housing is taking to reduce its carbon footprint is ensuring that all buildings have LED lighting, low flow toilets and other systems that can help reduce water usage. A Sustainable Living Experience (SLE) poster has also been put up in Tenderich’s basketball court.

The SLE program is open to all residents in Hannon, Tenderich and off-campus houses.

“Do I think LMU has a lot to work on when it comes to environmental responsibility?

Yes. And that is kind of my goal for the year; to make sure that LMU can overcome the smaller barriers that we have as an institution.” Rinauro said.

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nother school year is upon us. For those of us returning to LMU after a brief, muchneeded break, the routine feels familiar: review your class schedule, buy your books and enjoy your last few moments of summer.

We’re eager to return to our on-campus jobs and organizations and reunite with out-ofstate-friends. There are hundreds of new, shockingly young faces crowding freshman quad, navigating campus with tentative looks.

For many upperclassmen, it’s difficult to remember what LMU felt like without our various activities. With a few semesters under our belt, we’ve found our home-away-fromhome in Sorority and Fraternity Life, service organizations, athletics or one of the countless clubs across campus. These experiences have become college itself—we’ve learned nearly as much from them as we have from our courses.

Often these communities form early on in our college careers. Club fest is targeted at freshman during move-in weekend, encouraging new students to get involved before the first day of classes. Younger students may hesitate to join clubs or organizations because they’re shy or worried about time management. But for upperclassmen, we’ve become so comfortable with the structure of our college lifestyle that we don’t feel the need to seek something new. We also tend to stretch ourselves too thin, attempting to be academic, service-oriented, fun and professional. We want opportunities that check all the right boxes, and we don’t have time for anything else.

For freshman and returning students alike, I encourage you to try something new and

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Engaging with campus through clubs and organizations is important, no matter your age. getting bored with your honors society. Too daunting. If you’ve always been an athlete, often we limit ourselves with arbitrary rules check out Green LMU and try your hand at of how things ought to be done—you can’t growing vegetables. If you’re into graphic get hired without this internship, you won’t novels, give Surf Club a shot. It may seem get into medical school without that research counterintuitive to look beyond your most position. But if you pursue that which you prominent passions, but in reality those want, rather than what you think you should things will always be a part of your life. LMU do, you’ll probably end up in a better place. provides us with hundreds of opportunities Freshman, remember this: the applications that we won’t have access to after graduation. you turn in and club meetings you attend Take advantage of the ones that make you probably feel like the beginning of something uncomfortable, where you can learn and grow important, full of potential friendships and in a supportive environment. adventures. More often than not, they are For upperclassmen in particular, try to shake the first step to altering your LMU career— the complacency you may feel. At a certain consider this exciting, not intimidating. But, point, many of our commitments become when it comes down to it, every semester routine instead of challenging—the hard part is a fresh start. If you’re unhappy with your is managing to juggle them all. We won’t involvements, changing them isn’t a failure allow ourselves to let go of organizations we’ve but a form of progress. As you will hear for grown out of, even if they become a hindrance the next four years: college flies by, so take to our new interests. To you I say: it’s okay to advantage of your time. change your mind. Your path through college, and throughout your life, doesn’t need to be This is the opinion of Emma Lane, a senior English linear and clean. major from Portland, Oregon. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan, or email It’s not too late to learn film photography or sdavis@theloyolan.com. pickup guitar. Go join the Scuba Club if you’re

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Heritage is not an excuse for oppression A Sam Dunk Samantha Davis Opinion Editor @LALoyolan

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n California, we may feel that issues surrounding the Confederacy and white supremacy don’t particularly concern us, or that they’re not applicable to our deeply blue state. After all, California was established as a free state in order to prevent the spread of slavery.

We may think that this debate is confined to those below the MasonDixon line, but in reality it’s much closer to our community than we realize. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there currently exist at least eight spaces dedicated to the Confederacy in California, including monuments and roads.

Californians, however far from the South we may be, are definitely involved in this discussion.

Regardless of where one lives, we’re all more than familiar with the “heritage not hatred” argument.

This argument, cleverly reduced to three words, has continually been used to justify Confederate monuments and memorials across the United States – to signify that keeping Confederate monuments is done so in order to preserve our history, as opposed to attempting to preserve hatred and racial inequality.

The argument entails that being proud of one’s Confederate heritage doesn’t mean that one is necessarily racist. In California, while we may be familiar with this argument, I doubt most of us have really encountered anyone with a personal connection

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Confederate monuments that take up space in public areas represent oppression, not heritage nor history. to it. Heritage? Whose heritage is it?

Well, it’s mine.

I have family that fought in the Civil War on both sides. Yes, that includes the Confederate army. If I wanted, I could claim my ‘heritage’ and get scholarship money from the United Daughters of the Confederacy. But I don’t. It is not a part of my family’s history that I’m proud of or that I commemorate in any way. In my family, we don’t celebrate my great-great-great grandfather who owned slaves and served as a colonel in the Confederate Army. Rather, we choose to celebrate my great-greatgreat-great uncle, who had the moral imagination to oppose slavery and the personal bravery to put these values above his family relationships and fight for the Union.

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in a prime position to make the heritage not hatred argument, I say take them down. Every single one.

In addition to having ancestors who fought for the enslavement of other human beings to better their profit margins, my grandmother was an Irish immigrant. My grandfather was an Italian immigrant. My uncle’s family fled Palestine in 1949, and much of my extended family practices Islam.

I’ve spent the last 16 years of my life living in the diverse metropolis that is Los Angeles, growing up with a number of people whose first language was something other than English, whose parents and grandparents were detained in Japanese internment camps in World War II, whose grandparents survived the Holocaust, and whose

parents had fled Poland when the Nazi’s invaded. Having these stark contrasts in my family tree and in my formative experiences as an Angeleno has given me a unique perspective that many people who can trace their roots to the Confederacy don’t have, for one reason or another.

To me and many others, monuments, statues and memorials represent memorialization and idolization. When I drove from Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia a few summers ago, passing by multiple Confederate monuments and highways didn’t give me a rich history lesson; instead, I felt shame to be driving on a freeway named after Robert E. Lee and to pass numerous houses proudly flying a flag that represents slavery, racism

and white supremacy.

The analogy I tend to draw is to modern Germany. There are no statues of Hitler or other ranking members of the Third Reich in Germany; in fact, Nazi salutes, memorabilia, etc. are illegal in Germany. While I don’t agree with those particular laws, my point is this: we remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis against European Jews and ethnic minorities without erecting statues and monuments in their honor. We learn about Adolf Hitler and members of the Third Reich by reading a book or going to a museum. I contend the same can be said for Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and the like. They belong in private museums, not in the public sphere.

Sure, the Confederacy is some people’s heritage. It’s a part of our nation’s history. But that doesn’t mean it’s not also hatred. Perhaps hatred is the wrong word – you don’t have to hate someone to oppress them. And that’s what the Confederacy stands for – the oppression of African Americans.

That is precisely the reason these public monuments have no place in the United States. As a nation, our efforts to create a “more perfect union” are unfulfilled, and time wasted bickering over monuments for racist white men could be better spent solving more pressing issues of racism today, such as mass incarceration and discriminatory housing policies.

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

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elcome back sweeties.

It’s that time of year again when the Lair is full of naïve first years excited to try the Mexican bowls and the distribution center is spilling out fans ordered on Amazon by concerned parents. It’s the first week of class, and I am here to present you with the best methods to avoid ruining it.

My first and arguably most pertinent piece of advice is to cop all the free food you can.

You’re gonna get sick of Lair food real fast, so make sure to take advantage of any on-campus events where free food is an incentive. P.S. let me know if you find something vegan and gluten-free.

Don’t be afraid to take Tinder for a test drive. Tinder may be notorious for contributing to youth hook-up culture, but it has its benefits. Plenty of relationships have sprung up from a seed planted on a Tinder chat that probably started with something like, “I’m going to Whole Foods, need anything?”

Try out any clubs, activities or jobs that speak to you.

There are so many diverse and energizing opportunities here and it would be a shame if you did not try out for the improv team or play quidditch with L.U.N.A (Lions United Nerds for Activism), LMU’s Harry Potter Club. I often have fond memories my experiences of

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The first week of classes can be difficult to navigate, but these helpful tips from a seasoned upperclassman should help get you through it.

the Irish Dance club freshman year often. Although the teacher was good, my rhythm was not.

Drop a class if you need to.

Taking a class that may not be the right fit for you can be hell on Earth for both you and the professor. Actual advice: there is a week-long period after classes have started wherein you can drop a class without receiving a “withdrawal” on your transcript. So don’t wait too long if you need to drop.

Stop wearing Stan Smiths. Not to be dramatic but they needed to go yesterday. And while I’m here can we also veto chokers. Mom jeans are here to stay though.

Listen to KXLU for some music inspiration. Many of the DJs are students, possibly even ones you know. It’s pretty easy to spot them as they are usually toting KXLU swag and/or wearing all black.

Attend Mass in our beautiful chapel every once in awhile, or don’t. Practice whatever religion you so desire or abstain entirely. Just because we are a Jesuit institution doesn’t mean all students are Catholic, and just because we are liberal doesn’t mean we hate the concept of religion.

I felt very compelled to try out Catholicism when I first arrived here.

Don’t steal from the Lair.

They do not appreciate it.

Don’t get caught breaking the rules or doing something genuinely stupid. Sometimes smashing glass bottles in the street and breaking into the pool are made to seem wicked cool and hella lit, but that is a false reality. P-safe will find you or your RA will write you up.

Be friends with your RA. Whether or not you have interests in common, you are both just students trying to get through another year of college. The tough recruiting process for RAs produces only the most friendly and caring stu-

dents on campus. Not to mention, they are literally paid to be your pal.

Don’t wait until the last minute to buy books. It might be too late for this piece of advice, but we all know professors will assign reading or a project the first day of class. I’m not sure why. I guess it’s part of a curriculum or something — but that doesn’t make it any better.

This is the opinion of Jennifer Lee, a junior screenwriting major from Sacramento, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to sdavis@theloyolan. com.

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t’s that time of the year ­ — move-in weekend. This past Friday, thousands of students crowded LMU’s campus as they moved in for the new school year. A big portion of them were freshman, as LMU welcomed around 1,515 students this fall, according to Lisha Maddox, Associate Director of Student Success. Not only did I witness the tiny freshman struggling to carry their boxes and suitcases up the stairs, but I also got the pleasure of seeing their moms ordering their dads where to hang their mirrors, posters and other dorm room essentials.

Usually, the Life+Arts staff browses the incoming students to document their back to school fashions. However, this year, we decided to switch it up a little and bring you: Moms of MoveIn. I went around surprising the college moms of LMU with questions from “You look fab, just who are you wearing?” to “Are you sad to see your student go or did you all but kick them out of the house?” Check out these adorable moms posing with and without their students. Make it more fun by guessing with your friends who’s the student and who’s the mom. If you’re a lucky freshman, you might see a familiar face.

Jaida Macklin (JM): What are you most nervous about regarding your student?

Karen Briones (KB), mom

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of Rebecca, undeclared freshman: Her feeling at home away from home.

Lucy Peters (LP), mom of Sophie, freshman business major: Her time management.

Annette Schubert de Cori (AS), mom of Stephanie Cori, freshman business marketing: That she finds friends.

Brigitte Donkers (BD), mom of Adriana Donkers, freshman computer science: That she’s nervous.

KB: This is a brand new chapter in her life. I also went to LMU, and it was an amazing chapter in mine.

experience without me.

LP: She’s ready to spread her wings. I’m excited for her to have space, freedom, flexibility and the new opportunities.

LP: I have a lot of mixed emotions. You’ll love your baby, but when it’s time for them to go, you gotta let them go. Kahlil Gibran writes a beautiful poem about how our children are not really our children.

Christina Martinez (CM), mom of Christine Martorano, undeclared freshman: The new possibilities that she’s going to encounter.

AS: That she starts a new chapter.

Gerrie Williams (GW), mom of Tony, undeclared freshman: That she’ll be homesick.

BD: I’m excited for her to be exposed to new things and make friends and thriving at LMU.

JM: What are you most excited about?

GW: I’m most excited about her being on her own and the adventure, and all the new things she’s going to

JM: Are you sad to see them ago?

JM: What makes you proud of your student?

GW: I’ve been proud of her since the beginning. She’s just a great kid, determined. This is where she wanted to go and she got here.

This is the opinion of Jaida Macklin, a sophomore English and theatre arts double major from Chicago, Illinois. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to tgage@theloyolan.com.

Last Friday, moms of LMU pose confidently, showing off their comfortable and fashionable move-in gear. Many of the moms were excited to be featured in the newspaer alongside their student.

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n the midst of excitement, new environments and a full workload, it’s easy to forget that the people around us have busy lives too. At LMU — especially if you’re new here — the point is to take in anything and everything around you: leadership opportunities, the view from the Bluff and the diverse community.

From studying in a dorm to allnighters in the library, there’s always someone who’s there to help in an unexpected way.

Actually, a lot of us spend our time in the on-campus Starbucks and I think we should all know how helpful these baristas really are.

A major lesson I learned when getting to know them: Not all heroes wear capes. This team does so much for us and, even though LMU is a small school, there are a lot of us for one Starbucks staff.

From making a Tapingo pickup ten times less of a struggle to staying open past midnight, they’re here to help us succeed in our endeavors — one double shot latte at a time. In the spirit of starting a new academic year, let’s start fresh and get to know the people that give us life when we’re too burnt out to function.

Cory Hutchinson (CH): What was the most interesting part of working here over the summer?

Teriana Butler (TB): My favorite part about working here in the summer was working the register and getting to meet different kinds of people who are different from my race and getting to know them a bit more beyond the usual customer interaction.

Also, I enjoyed being able to put a smile on everyone’s faces.

Tatiana Salia (TS): I really liked getting to see all of the students from different countries.

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KenNeisha Graves, Sandy Medina and Kimberly Mendoza aren’t just here for the lattes and iced teas, they’re about to be your new best friends.

There were so many different nationalities and languages, speaking with them about their experiences was just really cool for me.

CH: Are there any particular things you are or aren’t looking forward to with all the students coming back this week?

Kimberly Mendoza (KM): I’m excited to meet the new students and also see all of the familiar faces. It’ll be interesting to see if they’re all getting the same drinks, and I’m excited to get a little update on everyone’s lives.

KenNeisha Graves (KG): With the semester back in session, I’m looking forward to meeting new people and learning new names. I make it a challenge remembering names and orders, so it should be pretty fun.

CH: What’s your least or

most favorite part about working in such a busy environment?

TS: I would say my least favorite part would be wishing to meet everyone’s expectations when we’re really busy and maybe not fulfilling everyone’s wants. My favorite part about it would be how fast the day goes by.

KM: My favorite part is that it’s busy, I hate just standing around.

My least favorite part is actually when it’s too busy and I’m stressed out.

CH: Who’s the most outgoing of the team here?

TB: KenNeisha, my sister. She’s friendlier than I am and she knows everyone and their drinks. I’m almost there, but not fully there.

KG: I would say I’m the most outgoing person, but who wouldn’t

say that? I tend to keep the bar at a flow because sometimes we get hit with plenty of drink orders and it can be stressful for the team, so I like to keep the smile and laughs going in the bar so time can fly by.

CH: Do you have any advice for incoming freshman?

TS: Get your coffee early and anticipate a lot. Also, get to know everyone because you’ll build great relationships no matter what. We may not be tutors or teachers, but we can help you in a coffee kind of way. Most of us on the team are young and we understand, so I suggest creating a friendship with us because it’ll go a long way when you need somebody to be there for you.

KM: Enjoy your time here and know we’ll be here when life gets rough. We’ll have a cup of coffee waiting for you.

CH: What’s one thing the students should know about you?

KG: As a person, I’m very easy to get to know and I love laughing.

Although I can be a meanie at times, I love people and I’m sure you’ll love me.

TB: I would say that I’m nice and funny, definitely a go-withthe-flow kind of person. I’m not at great at describing myself, so I

don’t know how else to say that, but yes I’m just very good at going with the flow of things.

Next time you’re in Starbucks, I highly recommend taking the time to introduce yourself to your barista and just strike up a little conversation. Back home, you probably have your favorite coffee shop where you can just walk in and they already have your drink ready for you. Trust me, the same thing happens here. Even after three months away, they all made me feel incredibly welcome and we got to catch up on each others’ lives. I used to not be a Starbucks coffee fan, but the smiles and good conversations have convinced me otherwise.

I mean, hey, we all get it — you’re busy, tired, overworked and you don’t really feel the desire to socialize some days. But if you’re up for it, just say ‘hi’ and build a little relationship with them. It can make a great difference in how you view your day. This team is here for you no matter what, even if all you really need is a burst of energy.

If you want to learn more about the baristas, check out the full interview online.

This is the opinion of Cory Hutchinson, a sophomore sociology major from Palm Desert, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to tgage@theloyolan.com.

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On his role as a mentor to Clark, Dunlap was quick to provide support and credit the success of his former pupil and long-term friend, while adding his take on their dynamic.

“I like to think that I can be good when times are tough,” Dunlap said with the same measured conviction that he approaches basketball with. “That’s the making of a lifelong relationship.”

As an assistant, Clark is known for being a recruiter and a player developer. Both Clark and Dunlap credited much of their success to the players they were able to recruit and develop at MSU, and will likely be an integral part of LMU basketball’s philosophy going forward. The Lions — as many Dunlap-led teams have before them — want to run and gun, and want to play defense in the full-court.

Clark’s job will partly be to find and develop the right personnel that can fit into this mold.

“You’re only as good as your players,” Clark said, crediting much of his success at MSU to the recruiting pipelines they were able to develop. “Coach [Dunlap] set the standard there for finding and going to get players from different pockets.”

The evidence is immediate, even if not directly connected to Clark. Going down the Lions roster, the team is much longer, much more perimeter-oriented, and generally more athletic than the past few seasons. In the

first couple years of Dunlap’s tenure, the Lions survived on scrappy defense and insideout play in the half-court. This year, the defense and tempo will remain, but look for the game to tend more towards the small ball style that this generation of basketball has adopted.

The team is also one of the most diverse teams in the country, on many levels, something that Dunlap takes great pride in as his team seeks to find its identity before the season opener on Nov. 11 against University of Texas at Arlington. Dunlap likened the diversity of the team, which features players from all corners of the country and abroad, to the diverse demographic found on LMU’s campus. He described this year’s group as having a “global diversity,” one which he hopes will appeal to students and fans alike, bringing them through the doors of Gersten Pavilion to watch the Lions play.

Aside from recruiting, Clark will look to excel in another one of his comfort zones: being there for the players in the gym and improving the program from within.

For all three coaches, the roots run even deeper than just coaching basketball. Both Clark and Hays played for Dunlap at California Lutheran University in the 1990s, and Clark and Hays were teammates for a season. There, they learned Dunlap’s style, one that has found its way into every program that he has been a part of. In this shared basketball

philosophy, and in the years upon years of dynamic relationships, ever elusive continuity can be found for LMU basketball.

With a foundation built on past experience, LMU’s coaching staff appears poised to continue the upward trend of the program, which has seen an improved record in each successive season since Dunlap’s arrival.

The Lions’ head coach recently inked a contract extension that will keep him at his alma mater until 2021. By then, this season’s true freshmen will grow up and graduate — if they follow the trend of the last crop of young Lions.

The team’s young core assembled this season did not all arrive at LMU directly because of Dunlap, and almost the entire team was on board before Clark joined the staff. In one season as an assistant, former coach Reggie Morris Jr. proved to be a key recruiting tool in attracting this season’s talent. Morris Jr. made the jump back to high school basketball, where he is lauded in the Southern California basketball community. Whether or not the players have adapted to the new staff is yet to be seen.

Clark is known as a recruiter, and as a former player under Dunlap, he can relate with the players.

Dunlap and company will hope this plays in the team’s favor.

From a personnel standpoint, perhaps the greatest challenge the Lions face is turning the somewhat eclectic crew of freshmen, transfers, and senior

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Head Coach Mike Dunlap hopes to create a buzz around the team with his signature high-tempo, high-pressure system. leaders into the high-octane experience of Hays and Clark, machine that the staff envisions. will be the identity of the Lions With a coaching staff built on this year and in the near future. years of the same philosophy “Good, bad, or indifferent, — and who have won a lot of [millennials] want to see and play basketball games together — the something that’s fast-paced, and program will undoubtedly look we don’t mind that,” Dunlap said. one way for the next couple of “We like that, we embrace it, they years. Dunlap promised the team can expect to see that.” would press, spread the floor, try For LMU basketball, they’ll to get out in transition, and play hope for a new day. A refresher, what he called “the most exciting not a rebuild. With their roots brand of college basketball in planted firmly in the thinking of a storied coaching staff, Dunlap can the league.” His run and gun begin — if slowly at first — to build style, conveyed directly to the the program he envisions. players through the coaching

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double-double with 19.3 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. In his senior year, Williams was named the Press Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year.

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from the University of Oregon.

There were high hopes that the No. 3 player out of Michigan was going to help the program in big ways, which he did in big games against league rivals such as Saint Mary’s College (SMC) and Brigham Young University (BYU).

Manuel provided the offensive spark off the bench for the Lions, scoring 19 points against SMC and 16 against BYU. Men’s basketball adds two transfers: Pensacola State College sophomore guard Cameron Allen and North Dakota State College of Science junior guard James Batemon With the news of junior guard Munis Tutu transferring, the men’s basketball team has decided to bring in sophomore guard Cameron Allen from Pensacola State College. While at Pensacola, Allen averaged 14.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists — all while maintaining a 3.9 GPA. His stellar season at Pensacola also earned him the honors of being named to the first team AllPanhandle conference as a point guard.

Along with Allen, the men’s basketball team brought in another guard via transfer: junior guard James Batemon. Batemon tore up the competition at his old school, North Dakota State College of Science. He averaged 20 points, 5.7 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game last season, earning him fifth place in points scored and eighth in field goals made while only playing 29.4 minutes per game, which was the 67th most in the NJCAA. The two time NJCAA All-American proves

Men’s basketball adds more length to the roster with the signing of 6-foot-8-inch forward Mikail Simmons In June, LMU basketball announced the signing of twostar freshman forward Mikail Simmons from Plano East High School in Plano, Texas. Simmons averaged 3.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and nearly two blocks per game, earning the honors of all-league and all-region his junior and senior seasons along with being named the Defensive Player of the Year in 2016-2017 Loyolan Archives

Junior guard Munis Tutu (3) left LMU after two seasons, returning home to finish his schooling in his native Ontario. to be a capable floor general, as he led NDSCS to a record of 28-7, along with a Mon-Dak Conference and NJCAA Region 13.

Assistant coach Derrick Clark rejoins Head Coach Mike Dunlap With the departure of Assistant Coach Reggie Morris Jr., men’s basketball head coach Mike Dunlap has reconnected with former colleague Derrick Clark.

Clark played for Dunlap while at California Lutheran Univeristy during the 1993 & 1994 seasons.

During Dunlap’s tenure as the head coach of Metropolitan State University of Denver, Clark served as a part of Dunlap’s coaching staff. Most recently, Clark was the head coach of Metro State, where he led the Roadrunners to an outstanding 90-11 overall and a 61-5 conference record from 2012-2015. During his tenure

at Metro State, Clark recorded an outstanding 137-26 record.

Along with leading his team to an excellent record, he also captured three consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles, and led his team to five straight NCAA Division II tournaments.

Lions sign the “Draymond Green” of Chino Hills, threestar forward Eli Scott With the departure of five seniors this summer, the Lions’ men’s basketball team had many holes to fill with this year’s incoming freshman class.

The most prominent recruit for basketball this year is the athletic forward from basketball powerhouse Chino Hills High School, Eli Scott. In a school dominated by the famous Ball brothers — the eldest of which was just drafted second by the Los Angeles Lakers — Scott has

made a name for himself through his athleticism and knowledge of the game. While at Chino Hills, he had a breakout season his junior year, averaging 15.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game. His tenacity and hustle has led him to be described as a young ‘Draymond Green’ for the Chino Hills team.

Lions recruit local talent three-star forward Zafir Williams In addition to an already stellar freshman class, the men’s basketball team also signed forward Zafir Williams from the local Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Williams turned heads while at Long Beach Poly, playing varsity all four years. In all but one year, Williams earned all-league and all-region honors every season in high school. In his junior year, he averaged a

LMU women’s basketball deepens their front court with sophomore forward Meghan Mandel With a team that already boasts five six-footers, women’s basketball looks to add another player to their already stacked front court. In June, Head Coach Charity Elliott announced the signing of sophomore forward/ center Meghan Mandel. Mandel saw little action at her former school, Marquette University, only playing in nine games while averaging 2.7 minutes per game.

While she was at Orono High School, she played varsity all four years and broke school records in amount of double-doubles and blocks in a single season. Coming out of high school, she was rated as the No. 15 center in the class of 2016, per ESPN’s Hoopgurlz.

Because of NCAA transfer rules, Mandel must sit out this season, but will be eligible to play next year.

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ontinuity is a rare commodity in modern college basketball. In the era of one-and-dones and off-seasons full of transfers, rosters prove to be dynamic and programs become known as basketball factories.

Nationwide, the goal is essentially the same each year: Assemble the best 15-man roster and coaching staff, try to win every game and to make the postseason.

In a college basketball landscape that is constantly rebuilding itself, continuity rarely comes in the form of rosters full of fifth year seniors. LMU men’s basketball has had the good fortune of retaining many of its players over the last few seasons. Last year, the Lions boasted five seniors, many of whom were key contributors on both ends of the floor. Notable losses include point guard Brandon Brown, and last season’s breakout scorer in guard/forward Buay Tuach. This year, the roster boasts just two seniors: senior guard Steven Haney and senior forward/center Petr Herman. On the other hand, more than half of the roster will pull on an LMU uniform for the first time.

“They just need to understand that we’re one group, and that we’re still solidifying as a group,” said Head Coach Mike Dunlap of his young players. “The instruction is ‘keep it simple’ while they acclimate to the normal climate of campus.”

Dunlap mentioned that he wanted his players to scrimmage often to further help them find their roles within the team and familiarize themselves with the way the program works. He plans to start the season with a rotation of 10 players, allowing the Lions to keep fresh legs on the court.

With such a drastic shift in personnel, Dunlap has planted the roots for his program elsewhere — his coaches. In particular, in new assistant coach Derrick Clark.

For a coach who has always held the mindset that basketball is a players’ game, this bears a bit of irony. Clark and Dunlap are far from strangers. In fact, the two go back for years, as does current LMU Assistant Coach Brannon Hays, who served as director of basketball operations for the last two seasons.

“He brought me into the business,” Clark said of Dunlap.

“Our relationship is tight. We know each others’ weaknesses and strengths, and we’ve accepted it.”

Both Hays and Clark were basketball pupils of Dunlap, serving underneath him during his time as the head coach of Division II

Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU). During Dunlap’s tenure as the head coach of the Roadrunners, the program won 248 games in 298 outings, an impressive .832 winning percentage, and won two Division II National Championships while being a staple in the late rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

“He’s been a head coach, so he has the wisdom coming out of that chair,” Dunlap said of his recent hire. “He understands the tough decisions a head coach has to make... He can complete my sentences, and see things and do them without having me line them out to him.”

Upon Dunlap’s departure to the NBA, Hays took over at MSU, largely picking up right where his predecessor left off. After four winning seasons, Hays moved on and Clark stepped in as the lead man. As a head coach, Clark amassed a 137-26 record with the Roadrunners, leading them to two national championship appearances.

Despite an impressive history on court, there have been questions swirling surrounding the Clark hire. He was fired at the end of last season after taking a leave of absence from his previous team.

Prior to taking his leave, Clark was suspended for three games for “personal reasons” undisclosed by

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Assistant Coach Derrick Clark (Left) and Head Coach Mike Dunlap (right) reconnect after a nine year hiatus.

MSU. He was arrested for driving forward.

“I can’t control people’s under the influence on campus in perception of me,” Clark said. “If the spring of 2015, leaving some people really want to know me, be members of the LMU basketball community concerned about the around me and get to know me. At the end of the day I’m a big fan of hire. For Clark, it’s all about moving forward. Basketball is his business, moving forward on things; I don’t and this opportunity to reunite like to be moving backwards.” with a mentor in Dunlap and start anew at LMU has him thinking all-

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ver the summer, many familiar faces in the LMU athletics program decided to pursue their playing and coaching careers elsewhere.

As a result, the LMU athletics have brought in a few new faces to fill the holes created. Here are few of the old faces leaving and the new ones replacing them: Junior guard Munis Tutu returns to Canada to finish his college career After playing two seasons with the Lions, junior guard Munis Tutu will return to Canada to finish his college degree and basketball career at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While at LMU, the Toronto native came off the bench as the backup point guard for his freshman and sophomore years.

In 60 games, Tutu averaged 3.3 points, 2.3 assists and 1.6 rebounds per game. With the departure of Brandon Brown, it seemed that Tutu was set to be the prospective starting point guard.

Assistant coach Reggie Morris Jr. returns to coaching high school basketball After spending one season at LMU, Assistant Coach Reggie Morris Jr. decided to return to high school basketball. In an interview with Eric Sondheimer of the Los Angeles Times, Morris said that he wanted to return to his roots as a head coach. With his wide success at Redondo Union High School, Morris was hired as an assistant coach at LMU and managed all aspects of recruitment. His illustrious career as a head coach and as mentor to young basketball players put him in the perfect position to improve a basketball team that was on the cusp of being a contender in the West Coast Conference. Morris will continue his career at the nearby Culver City High School.

All-American senior setter/ outside hitter Sarah Sponcil transfers to UCLA Over the summer, AllAmerican senior setter/outside hitter Sarah Sponcil announced her transfer to UCLA, creating a hole in both of the volleyball and beach volleyball teams. After spending her last three years here, Sponcil decided to leave the Bluff for the school down the 405 at UCLA. While at LMU, she earned the AVCA Collegiate

Beach All-American twice, along with winning the gold medal for United States in the Four Nations U21 competition.

Without Sponcil, the Lions are predicted to finish eighth in the West Coast Conference (WCC), according to the WCC preseason

poll. In comparison, the team was predicted to finish fourth in the WCC a year ago.

Junior forward Trevor Manuel finds a new home in Olivet, Michigan After bouncing around the

west coast, junior forward Trevor Manuel has transferred out of LMU in favor for the men’s basketball program at Division III school, Olivet College. This will be Manuel’s third school in three years, after transferring to LMU See Who’s Who | Page 21

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Assistant coach Reggie Morris decided to part ways with LMU, beginning the new era of assistant coach Derrick Clark.

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New beginnings: Freshmen start a new chapter The freshmen class of 2021 officially joined the LMU community. Move-in day, Aug. 25, saw 31 percent of the campus population move into student housing.

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