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The coaching staff of the women’s basketball team is excited to see the players work together this season while riding off of last year’s success. The players who’ve been on the team the longest are a bright spot that Kellie Kennedy, Loyola women’s basketball head coach, has been focusing on, but also getting the seven newest players on the team up to “basketball shape.” The ladies face off against four Division I opponents this season and are optimistic about their suc-
cess and what they can accomplish. “We have juniors and seniors with a lot more experience on the court and are mentally and physically driven. They’ve had glimpses of brilliance in the past, but now I’m putting them in the position of a leader. I’m really excited to see how they perform this season,” Kennedy said. The ladies have been practicing for four weeks and haven’t been doing anything new or drastic to their regimen in hopes of recreating last season’s success. The coaching staff brought in seven new players, six of which are freshman. The new members of the team are hitting the weight room,
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and said that they are still adjusting to the speed and physicality of basketball at this level. Megan Worry, psychology freshman, is one player who’s contributing to the Pack as early as her first semester. “Running more and lifting weights everyday makes us better. In high school, you weren’t really required to do that as much. Getting even more in shape is a process that coaches here stress to us. I feel like we freshman can improve more, and can definitely contribute to the squad,” Worry said. The development of conditioning is seen by many coaches and players not just as “getting into
shape,” but as a team building exercise. Getting through the drills and pressure brings the team together. Every year, the ladies have had players they’ve looked up to. Seniors like Jazmine Brewer, Janeicia Neely, and Meghan Whittaker stepped into those roles last year. They were also players Shayne Charles, psychology senior, looked up to personally. She has now become one of the vocal leaders on the team and looks to help the young basketball team through another strong season -- only she will be doing it from the sidelines. Charles is currently in rehab from a knee injury she suffered before the ladies started practice. It’s
a small setback for her, but she’s not finished with basketball. She will be a redshirt athlete this season, meaning that she will spend a year on the sidelines and will look to come back stronger next season. “This is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to deal with. I don’t have time to worry about me not playing. That’s why, as a senior, I’m focusing on being mentally and physically tougher through rehabbing and on being that voice my teammates can rely on even though I’m not on the court with them,” Charles said.
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Loyola recognizes assault victims with Take Back the Night event By Haley Pegg hapegg@loyno.edu @haleypegg
The Loyola community is preparing for Take Back the Night, an annual event which calls awareness to sexual violence against women by publicly recognizing and empowering victims. On Oct. 29 at 6 p.m., Loyola will join the Tulane and Dillard communities to host a candle-lit vigil for the Crescent City’s Take Back the Night. The ceremony will begin on the Marquette lawn on Loyola’s main campus, where a survivor of sexual assault will give a keynote speech. Participants will march down St. Charles Avenue to Tulane’s campus. At Tulane’s Lavin-Bernick Center, there will be an open mic portion of the event, where anyone is welcome to share personal stories and experiences with sexual violence. According to Patricia Boyett, director of Loyola’s Women’s Resource Center, Take Back the Night is an
important event pertaining to women who have been victims of sexual violence. “Take Back the Night gives victims a voice, honors their courage in joining the resistance and empowers them to help others,” Boyett said. Take Back the Night protests began in the 1970s after women became victims of a series of violent crimes. Many campuses, including Loyola, focus on the month of October to raise awareness about violence against women. In addition to sexual assault against women, Take Back the Night also aims to raise awareness about violence against LGBT communities. Olivia Diaz, biology pre-health junior, said she is excited to attend the event for the third time. This year, she is the Loyola University Community Action Program representative for the Take Back the Night planning committee. “Take Back the Night allows victims to speak out about their expe-
riences without having to defend themselves from the doubt or victim blaming that is usually included in conversations about sexual assault,” Diaz said. Asia Wong, Loyola staff counselor, is a co-chair of the Take Back the Night committee this year. She said she is looking forward to being a part of the event. “We are building collaboration with the community groups involved in Take Back the Night, creating an inclusive event that reaches beyond our campus to raise awareness of sexual violence and support survivors everywhere,” Wong said. Boyett said Take Back the Night is especially important because it is in compliance with the values highlighted at Loyola. “The march demonstrates the deep commitment to social justice that is at the heart of Loyola’s mission and emphasizes the power of a moral community to foster great changes,” Boyett said.
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Last October, Loyola’s Take Back the Night featured speakers, a candle-lit vigil and the march through Loyola and Tulane’s campuses. This year’s Take Back the Night event is on Oct. 29.
Committee on sustainability meets and calls for change in university practices By Nick Ducote naducote@loyno.edu @naducote89
The Sustainability Committee of Loyola University met to discuss the eco-friendly movement of the uptown campus, including a campaign for educating the campus through future classes for undergraduate students and what Loyola is currently doing to stay green. The panel included Bob Thom-
as, director for the center for environmental communication, faculty from around the university and a representative from Sodexo. They also met with Laura Kurzu, Loyola’s vice president for marketing and communications. Topics of discussion included what the university plans to do not just on campus, but around the city of New Orleans to promote sustainability. Loyola is acquiring land from the West Bank for ecology class use. They
hope to gain property through the Sisters of St. Joseph in the near future. Recycling on campus has been happening for a while, but the committee also plans on expanding and promoting it more. “Step two is getting rid of plastic water bottles on campus. Some plastic bottles such as Dasani contain petroleum in the plastic and charge customers $11 a gallon for recycled New Orleans water. You can use the water, but the bottle it-
self is not recyclable,” Thomas said. Jesuit universities such as Santa Clara University have been shifting toward changing campus lifestyles with a focus on social justice and critical thinking, something that Thomas and the committee plan on doing. They also plan on revising or changing their contract with Coca Cola. The company has been feeding campuses all over the nation plastic for years, and the plan is to
hopefully switch back to aluminum cans without any adverse effects to the environment or students. “In a time when students are trying to get by with their tuition, we don’t need to be making them overpay for water on campus. We also need to start stressing energy conserving on campus. We’re simply trying to reduce wastefulness and make our school and the city better,” Thomas said.
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Neuter program fixes feral cat overpopulation By Starlight Williams slwillia@loyno.edu @star_lightw
Kiro didn’t quite expect the bowl of food to be left outside when his new neighbor moved in, but he gladly accepted it. As the years passed by, he grew closer to his neighbor. In return for food and a warm place to sleep on cold or rainy nights, he got rid of his neighbor’s rodents and provided the occasional cuddle. Janet Winchell, Kiro’s neighbor, said that she enjoyed having his presence nearby. “He was here when I moved in about a year ago. I look out for him because he has no one else to care for him,” Winchell said. “He is my friend.” Kiro the Cat is one of the hundreds of neutered feral cats that roam the streets of New Orleans. While some members of the community appreciate cats like Kiro, others, such as Bre Castex, feel like cats in Uptown are more of a pest than a friend. “We actually have a neighbor who feeds not one, but 11 feral cats that
live in our neighborhood,” Castex said. “A litter of cats were born under the house about two years ago. They were using our house as their home and kind of their safe area.” Castex didn’t have the same experience with the kittens as Winchell had with Kiro. “After a year, we ended up having fleas that were coming up through our floor boards,” Castex said. “We ended up having to move out of the house on two separate occasions to have pesticide sprayed. Ultimately, we had to get an exclusion fence around the bottom of the house to keep them from the house and spreading the fleas.” Louisiana law states that it is legal to feed cats on private property as long as they are neutered. Kiro and the cats that lived under Castex’s home find themselves sharing the neighborhood with Uptown residents. According to Heather Rigney, feral cat coordinator for the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, feral cats cannot be removed from their environment because they are a form of natural pest control.
“If you get rid of all those cats, not only will you end up with a new batch a few months later, but you are going to end up with rats running across the streets as well,” Rigney said. According to Rigney, one reason why there may appear to be an overabundance of cats on the street is because of the transitory nature of the Uptown area and overfeeding. “In the Uptown area, you have a lot of transient renters and college students who have a pet for a couple of years and they move to a different state, and well, there goes kitty,” Rigney said. However, according to the data provided by the LASPCA, there has been a 56 percent decrease in cats brought in from trap-neuter-return program in the Uptown area from 2011 to 2013 and the numbers are still steadily decreasing. Melanie Fawler, an independent cat trapper, said that the trap-neuter-return program may be the best solution to cutting down the cat population in Uptown. “I started to catch and release because I didn’t want to give them to the LASPCA to be euthanized,”
Fawler said. “These are living, breathing creatures and animals share nothing but love. I think that everyone just needs to do their part and not just dump them at the SPCA and make them their problem.” While Alicia Haefele, communications director for the LASPCA, said that it is nearly impossible to track the amount of feral cats in the community. With the LASPCA’s trap-neuter-return program, they have fixed more than 17,000 feral cats and have prevented the birth of nearly 116,000 kittens. Rigney said that because people are more active in getting cats fixed, not only are there fewer cats on the street, but also fewer cats in the shelter as well. “Whether there are more cats or less cats is anyone’s guess, but our clinic does approximately 3,000 cat surgeries every year. More people are buying into the cat neuter return program than 10 years ago, which helps our goal of fixing so many cats that we start to see a decline in intakes of cats, especially kittens, off the streets,” Rigney said.
Candidates compete for the position of governor of Louisiana By Nicholas Morea nbmorea@loyno.edu @nick_morea
The race for Louisiana’s next governor starts on Oct. 24. Governor Bobby Jindal will be unable to run, so the republican party has two candidates in Scott Angelle and David Vitter. The democratic nominee is John Bel Edwards. The election takes place Oct. 24 and polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters can identify their polling locations by name, parish or address at www. nola.gov/registrar. Voters must bring a valid ID to their polling location. If you have questions, you can contact 311 or the Registrar of Voters office at (504) 658-8300 or www. nola.gov/registrar. Each candidate has their own take on higher education:
WORLDVIEW briefs Joe Biden says he will not run for president Longtime democrat and current Vice President Joe Biden will not run for the democractic nominee of the upcoming presidential election. President Obama and Jill Biden were by his side as he spoke to a group of people. While Biden will not be running in 2016, he will continue to be an active member of the democratic party. Biden started his political journey in 1972 and his vice presidency will conclude in 2017 with the Obama administration leaving the White House. Biden, without actually running, drew over 18 percent of the support for the democrats before his announcement.
Breast cancer awareness race gains new supporter Local business Pink and Pouty Makeup and Hair studio is supporting the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday, Oct. 24. Shannon Taylor, studio owner, said her aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013. “My passion to work with women diagnosed with breast cancer solely came from my observation of their coming out of chemotherapy and talking to them, trying to understand what they could possibly be going through,” Taylor stated on the Pink and Pouty website. This year marks the 19th annual Race for the Cure, during which $5.3 million has been invested in the New Orleans community. An estimated 14,000 people will be participating on Saturday. The race’s goal is to achieve $250,000, and as of Wednesday, Oct. 21, $152,000 has been raised. The race will start at 7 a.m. in City Park.
A wild Billy the Kid photo found at a junk shop In 2010, Randy Guijarro purchased an antique tin-type photograph of a group of men for $2 from a junk shop. He then realized that one of the men resembled Henry McCarty, a.k.a. William H. Bonney, a.k.a, Billy the Kid. With only one other known photograph of the notorious outlaw in existence, Guijarro took the tin-type to Kagin’s Inc., a company specializing Western Americana. Using facial recognition software, the photograph was authenticated as Billy the Kid along side his gang, The Regulators. This photograph has been valued at $5 million.
Canada elects new leader after a decade David Vitter Republican
John Bel Edwards Democrat
Scott Angelle Republican
According to Vitter’s campaign: “Parents, along with local teachers, principals, and education leaders in our communities, know best on how to spend our education tax dollars. That is why we should reduce the size and scope of the federal government in our classrooms, and return the decision-making of curriculum and the use of taxpayer dollars to those closest to the students.”
According to Edwards: “We need to ensure that our job growth is in sectors that our students are studying so that we can ensure job availability here at home. As we examine the $7 billion in tax incentives on the books and cap, sunset and repeal the portions that aren’t working we need to reinvest in attracting high paying, high skilled jobs to Louisiana so that our college graduates have more options.”
According to Angelle’s campaign: “We cannot afford to leave higher education in limbo any longer. While universities must be fiscally responsible and stretch every dollar they receive, we cannot expect worldclass colleges and universities with below-average funding.” “The future of Louisiana higher education must be stable, strong and optimistic for Louisiana to build an excellent workforce and keep our best and the brightest here at home.”
Justin Trudeau won by a clear majority in Canada’s general election on Monday, Oct. 19. According to CNN, Trudeau told supporters in Ottawa, “This is what positive politics can do.” Incumbent Prime Minster Stephen Harper, Conservative party, has been in office since February 2006. Trudeau’s victory denies Harper’s attempt at a fourth term. Harper will resign as leader of the Conservative party but said he will remain in parliament. “The people of Canada have elected a Liberal government, which we accept without hesitation,” Harper said to the media.
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University releases enrollment rates By Jamal Melancon jmmelanc@loyno.edu @Jam_M_Mel
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cent exceeded the Office of Academic Affairs’ budgeted goal for a rate of 75 percent. Kaskel believes Loyola’s admissions and financial aid teams had a successful year.
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NEWS BRIEFS University Senate debates confidence in Wildes’ authority In November, the university faculty will be given a chance to voice whether they have confidence in the Rev. Kevin Wildes, university president. A motion to call for the vote was raised during the October meeting of the University Senate, the university body representing the interests of the teaching faculty. The motion for “no confidence” was not the only issue on the October agenda, but was by far the most talked about motion. Joelle Underwood, associate professor in chemistry, brought the motion up for debate and was seconded by Connie Rodriguez, chairwoman of the classical studies department. The Senate members were then allowed to voice their opinions on the matter, whether for or against the motion to vote. By the end of the meeting, the Senate decided to put the vote on the agenda for next meeting on Nov. 19. The Senate does not have the power to vote Wildes out of his position, but a majority vote of “no confidence” from them could prompt the Board of Trustees to look into the matter. However, at its latest meeting, the board voted to give its full support to Wildes.
This is the second time in Wildes’ career as Loyola president that a vote of “no confidence” has been brought forward by the University Senate, the former being from the semester following Hurricane Katrina and the Pathways reforms.
Registration reminds students that fall is almost over The registration period for Spring and Summer 2016 begins Nov. 9 for undergraduate students, giving them a few weeks to decide on their course loads and meet with advisers. Undergraduate students are encouraged to meet with their advisers beginning Monday, Oct. 26. Students must be cleared by their adviser in order to register on their scheduled dates: seniors on Nov. 9, juniors on Nov. 10, sophomores on Nov. 11 and freshman on Nov. 12. Students will not be allowed to register if they have not been cleared by their adviser or if they have a financial or health hold.
Fantasy writers come to UnDead Con The sixth year of UnDead Con, a convention dedicated to the paranormal, will feature author K.L. Bone, gothic fiction writer Anne Rice and nearly 20 other supernatural authors at the convention taking place over Halloween weekend at the New Orleans’ Hilton Garden Inn.
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RELIGION BRIEFS UN chief urges calm amid Palestinian-Israeli violence JERUSALEM (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm during a surprise visit to Jerusalem ahead of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. The visit comes amid unrest that erupted a month ago over rumors that Israel was plotting to take over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. A spate of Palestinian attacks, most of which have involved stabbings, has caused panic across Israel and raised fears that the region is on the cusp of a new round of bloodshed. The hilltop compound in Jerusalem’s Old City is revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, site of the two Jewish biblical Temples. It is the holiest site in Judaism. Known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, it houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. It is the third-holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Israel has insisted it has no plans to change the status quo at the site, where Jews are allowed to visit but not pray.
Mormon leader: Kentucky clerk takes wrong approach on gays SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon Church is criticizing Kentucky clerk Kim Davis for refusing to license gay marriages. Mormon leaders say Americans should find common ground instead and seek compromises between protecting religious liberties and prohibiting discrimination. Mormon leader Dallin H. Oaks says our cultural differences should not become “culture wars.” His speech was delivered Tuesday to a gathering of judges and clergy in Sacramento, California. The Associated Press was given an advance copy. Oaks is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that guides The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was chosen to deliver the statement because he also served as a Utah Supreme Court judge.
Religious leaders oppose DA who says Bible OKs death penalty NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Religious leaders of several faiths say it was illegal for a Louisiana prosecutor to invoke the Bible when he called on a jury to impose the death penalty. In a court filing on Monday, more than 100 religious leaders asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to throw out the death penalty imposed on a 27-year-old Shreveport man for smothering his 1-year-old son in 2012. They say Rodricus Crawford was wrongly sentenced to death by a Caddo Parish jury. During the penalty phase of the trial against Crawford, District Attorney Dale Cox referred to passages where Jesus Christ talks of punishing people who harm children by putting a millstone around their necks and throwing them into the sea.
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Loyola Week celebrates Jesuit identity By Valeria Kawas vlkawas@loyno.edu @ValeriaKawas
Office of Mission and Ministry, in collaboration with the Student Government Association, is coming together to celebrate Loyola Week with the Loyola community. The event will be held Nov. 1-7 and is organized annually to teach students Jesuit values through various activities. Ken Weber, university minister for liturgy and music, said the weeklong celebration is held to commemorate Loyola’s Jesuit, Catholic identity. “Since everything we do at Loyola flows from that identity, we find it valuable to explicitly recognize and celebrate at least a few of the ways we express it on campus and in the community,” Weber said. This year the university is focused on branding and wants students and faculty to know about the festivities that will be taking place, for active participation. Several departments such as the Women’s Resource Center, the Student Success Center, and the Department of Design will take part in the event and each department will contribute to the different areas. “Since that identity is expressed in hundreds of various ways through the life of the Loyola community, it’s appropriate that Loyola Week remain an occasion to celebrate those expressions in all their diverse forms,” Weber said. Loyola Week’s main focus is students and each activity and program is designed to teach them the Jesuit traditions and have them participate as well. Citlali Mascorro, criminal justice senior, said Loyola Week
emphasizes on the same values that she was taught in her Catholic high school. “The activities allow us students to take a break from our daily routine and either learn something, or just simply have fun,” Mascorro said. Some of the activities during the week will include Iggy Fest, which will take place on Nov. 3, “Wolf Pack Walkaway Second-line,” which is scheduled to take place on Nov. 6, as well as several painting contests and dinner. Loyola Week will begin with an opening Mass set to take place on Nov. 1.
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Students and faculty attend the Loyola Week Opening Mass in the Marquette horseshoe at last year’s Loyola Week (top). Fr. Ed Vacek, S.J. (bottom) talks to students during Dinner with the Jesuits. Both events will be taking place at this year’s Loyola Week.
The Vatican denies that the Pope is in ill health By Nicole Winfield Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Wednesday denied Pope Francis is in ill health, saying his head is “absolutely perfect” after an Italian newspaper reported he has a small, curable brain tumor. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the report in the National Daily was “completely unfounded and seriously irresponsible,” as well as “absolutely inexcusable and unconscionable.” Citing unnamed nursing sources, the National Daily said the 78-yearold pope had been examined by a Japanese brain cancer specialist, Dr. Takanori Fukushima, who determined that the small dark spot on Francis’ brain was a tumor that could be treated without surgery. It said Fukushima had traveled to the Vatican from a clinic in Pisa to examine the pope. The ANSA news agency, citing unnamed sources in Pisa, said Fukushima traveled to the Vatican in January and diagnosed the pope then. In a statement issued late Wednesday by Duke University in North Carolina, Fukushima said: “I have never medically examined the
pope. These stories are completely false.” Lombardi dismissed the reports to journalists Wednesday, issuing three separate and increasingly exasperated denials as the day wore on and after consulting with the pope himself, who appeared in fine form during his weekly general audience. Lombardi said no Japanese doctor had visited the pope, the pope had not travweled to Pisa for treatment, that no helicopters had landed in the Vatican from the outside and that no tests as described in the newspaper had been performed on the pope. “I can confirm that the pope is in good health,” Lombardi said. “If you were in the piazza this morning you would have seen that as well. And if you go on the trips with him, you know he has a small problem with his legs, but his head is absolutely perfect.” The newspaper’s editor, Andrea Cangini, said he stood by the story. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said the newspaper worked for months to cross-check the information with various sources from different places, and that there was “not the minimum doubt” that it was true.
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Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Wednesday, Oct. 21. The Vatican is denying a report in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumor.
RELIGION CORRECTION : An article published on Oct. 2 about Monroe Hall Open House said the event will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. That was incorrect ; the event took place from 6 to 7 p.m.
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screenwriter Schumer 37. Attacked on foot 38. Reject as false 39. Causes of disappearing beaches 40. Entourages 44. Issue in May-December romances 45. Spiral pasta 46. Slopes 47. Japanese floor mat 48. Laurel of Laurel and Hardy 49. “Handmade fresh all day” pizza chain 51. Like three Cy Young games 52. Bridge measures 57. “The Cosby Show” son 59. Baltic or Aegean 61. Sara whom “nobody doesn’t like” 62. At a distance
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LIFE AND TIMES briefs Children learn eggcellent ways to cook Children can learn about the science behind eggs and how to become young chefs by participating in the “All About Eggs” cooking class at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. Presented by SoFAB Institute, “Kids in the Kitchen: All About Eggs” is a cooking class focused on the different ways to cook the essential breakfast ingredient: the egg. Classes are split into two age groups: “B-egg-inners Class” for ages 7-11 and “S-egg-ondary Class” for ages 12-15. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for members. Classes will be held on Oct. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Win Butler of Arcade Fire DJs at New Orleans Film Festival By Taylor Galmiche atgalmic@loyno.edu @galmichekapeesh
The New Orleans Film Society put on the 26th New Orleans Film Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 14 through Thursday, Oct. 27. Arcade Fire celebrated alongside filmmakers and fans on Saturday night at the “This is a Reflektor…Party.” The Reflektor party went from 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 to 2 a.m. the next morning at the former Mardi Gras World on the West Bank.
Filmmakers and fans danced on an interactive, neon dance floor while Win Butler of Arcade Fire DJ’d under the name “DJ Windows 98.” Régine Chassagne, Arcade Fire’s female vocalist, was seen on the dance floor that night. The party preceded the red carpet screening of “The Reflektor Tapes,” a documentary about Arcade Fire’s most recent album and tour. The screening took place at the Orpheum Theatre. Butler and Chassagne, who now live in New Orleans, walked the red carpet and spoke after the screening.
Oktoberfest comes to a close this weekend
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Win Butler of Arcade Fire (top left) solo DJs under the name “DJ Windows 98.” Two people (top right) talk in front of tapestry on the interactive, neon dance floor. A dancer (bottom) busts a move to Win Butler’s music. The New Orleans Film Festival hosted the Reflektor Party at the New Orleans Event and Film Studios on Oct. 17, 2015.
The city of Kenner will host the Oktoberfest for the third and last weekend. The annual event is sponsored by the Detaches Haus which incorporated in 1928 to celebrate the culture and history of Germany, but most importantly to introduce the German heritage to the Gulf Coast population. The festival features authentic contests, performances, live music, food, beer and many more. The event will take place at 415 Williams Boulevard in Kenner’s Rivertown.
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Sports briefs Volleyball team loses to Brenau University The Loyola volleyball team continued their Georgia road trip and took on the Brenau Universty Golden Tigers on Saturday, Oct. 17. Brenau quickly took control of the match by taking set number one by a score of 25-15. Brenau kept the momentum and won set two by a score of 25-19. The Wolf Pack bounced back and held on late to secure set three with a 25-22 score. The Golden Tigers recovered well and dominated set four. Brenau sealed their victory over the Wolf Pack with a 25-16 set four win. Senior Eva Allen led Loyola with 12 kills while fellow senior, Breanna Stevenson, led the Wolf Pack defense with 23 digs. Freshman Maddie Huekels recorded a double-double with 23 assists and 12 digs. Loyola is set to hit the road once again, where they will play Tougaloo College on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m.
Women’s Golf wins the Freed-Hardeman Invitational Loyola shot a 673 to edge out host school, Freed-Hardeman, by nine strokes while freshman Daria Delfino recorded a 163 (+19) to claim victory by only a single stroke. In her first-ever collegiate start, Delfino notched a 79 to wrap up the opening round in first place. She kept her momentum during round two where she tallied an 84 to earn the one stroke victory. The Wolf Pack featured two others in the top 10 with senior Alexis Vega finishing the two-day tournament tied for sixth with a score of 168 (+24) and freshman Ashley Rogers carding a 169 (+25) and finishing in eighth. Delfino became the program’s first-ever medalist. The team will be back in action on Oct. 26 to take on Martin Methodist University.
Wolf Pack point guard pursues a career overseas By Mark T. Robinson mtrobins@loyno.edu @_mtrobin
The average college student’s time as an athlete usually spans four years, but for Janeicia Neely, she took her career as an athlete a step further. Neely, former point guard for the Loyola Wolf Pack women’s basketball team, had bigger dreams than most college athletes. While most college athletes go on to graduate school and begin their careers in the workplace, Neely chose to pursue a lifelong dream of playing basketball overseas. Neely signed a one-year contract with Lisboa Benifica in Portugal. Lisboa Benifica,is a European club that sponsors men’s and women’s basketball teams. For Neely, this has been the ultimate goal since her days with the Pack. “I first began thinking of playing overseas after my sophomore season. I always knew that I could use basketball as a gateway to more opportunities like the one I have now,” Neely said. The former point guard joins fel-
low alumna Kieva Council as the only two players from the Loyola women’s team to pursue a career overseas. Both Neely and her former Wolf Pack coach Kellie Kennedy recognize the significance of this kind of accomplishment. “It says a lot for our program and a lot for her talent that we have kids who can leave here and go play at the next level,” Kennedy said. According to Kennedy, playing overseas can be a challenge for guards. She credits Neely’s work ethic and perseverance as her primary tools that led her to this opportunity. “It says a lot for Janeicia and the fact that she came here and trusted us, and has worked extremely hard to get where she is. I cannot take that credit. The fact that she has been able to put in work when no one else is around is great to see it all pay off,” Kennedy said. Neely has no thoughts of slowing down anytime soon. For her, this is her life. “I am doing something that only two percent of athletes get to achieve. I am lucky and grateful to have this opportunity. Playing basketball is now my job,” Neely said.
Loyola participates in the Crimson Tide Classic
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Former Wolf Pack point guard Janeicia Neely (above) drives to the basket for a lay-in and attacks the defense during a game against Ad Vagos and Ovarense on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11. Neely is off to a solid start to her career overseas, averaging 14 points and 5.2 assists per game through the first two games of the season.
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Loyola’s cross country team traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama where they participated in the Crimson Tide Classic on Oct. 17. The men’s team finished fifth while the women’s team finished the day in fourth. Freshman Anthony Rizzi was the only Loyola runner to finish in the top 25 as he clocked in at 28:39. It was the fastest time for the Wolf Pack on Saturday. On the women’s side, freshman Kendall Lane notched the best finish on the women’s side, finishing the course in 23:35 to claim 28th. The Pack will travel to Clinton, Mississippi for the SSAC Championships on Friday, Nov. 6.
Women’s National Soccer Team visit New Orleans The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team will end their victory tour in New Orleans on Dec. 16. The women’s soccer team defeated Germany in this summer’s World Cup. The team will play China PR in the Mercedes Benz Superdome to conclude a 10-game victory tour.
NEWS BRIEFS Sociologist Kai Erikson to lead Tulane event Kai Erikson, an American sociologist and Yale University professor, will lead a discussion as a part of the third installment of The Katrina Disaster Now Series, presented by Tulane’s Environmental Studies Program. Erikson will explore the topics of sociology, history, disaster, trauma and community, as well as the Katrina disaster 10 years later. This free event will take place in the Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II, room 1111 on Tulane’s campus on Monday, Oct. 26.
Vietnamese Student Associations to hold date auction charity Six Vietnamese Student Associations from six different universities will host a date auction charity event in Roussel Hall Saturday, Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Chapters from UNO, LSU, Loyola, Xavier, Tulane and ULL will participate in the event. Each school will present a performance based on this year’s theme: scary movies. Three students from each school will be auctioned off to raise money for Kids Without Borders, their nonprofit organization. Over $8,000 was raised last year, and this year the organizations hope to exceed that amount.
Recent Loyola alumni participate in Big Muddy Adventure Mitchell Selby and Malcolm Reed, A’15, are beginning their Big Muddy Adventure paddling down the Mississippi River. They began their trip on Aug. 13 at the top of the river and are trying to reach New Orleans by Thanksgiving. They paddled 42 miles in 18 hours, which is the longest they’ve paddled in a day, but they plan to start paddling close to 100 miles in 21 hours as they get closer to Memphis. Selby and Reed are fundraising for the Louisiana Outdoors Outreach Program. To follow their adventure, people can visit their blog at https://bigmuddyadventure. wordpress.com.
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Students can take advantage of TapRide, a free driving service that offers safe rides in the Loyola area, by downloading the app on their phones. Loyola partnered with the service and promoted it for the first time at this year’s freshman orientation.
TapRide driving service cruises Uptown By Sean Brennan shbrenna@loyno.edu
Fall 2016 Study Abroad deadline is approaching The deadline to apply for over 20 Loyola exchange and 70 International Student Exchange Programs for the Fall of 2016 is Dec. 1. A study abroad information session will be held on Oct. 28 in Multimedia Room 2 of the Monroe Library for students to explore their options. Prospective study abroad students are encouraged to schedule a meeting with a peer adviser to begin the application process.
Students in the Uptown area have a convenient free driving service to use—but not many seem to notice. TapRide is a next-generation safe ride app that came to Tulane and Loyola campuses in the spring of 2014. The service is free to use with a valid school ID and is available within a one-mile radius Uptown, according to Nate Ryther, SGA president. “It gets sketchy out there, and with the amount of crime in the Uptown area, I think TapRide is very beneficial to the student body,” Ryther said. The service is designed to be
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been available for several semesters, it was only promoted to this year’s incoming freshmen at orientation. “A decent amount of people have been using it, but not enough people take advantage of it,” Ryther said. Ryther suggested public service announcements about the app so that more students can use the service to stay safe at night. As for students who already know about TapRide, Emma Woidtke, political science sophomore, appreciates the convenience. “Its like Uber, except it’s free. The drivers are friendly and the app itself makes it really easy to use,” Woidtke said.
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HOWLS & GROWLS HOWL to philanthropy benefiting people with disabilities GROWL to being unable to watch Netflix because the wifi doesn’t work well HOWL to government whistleblowers revealing illegal activity GROWL to “collateral damage” from drones — six humans per strike HOWL to Halloween
HOWL to Awakening spreading agape amongst students
The outcome could affect how the university is run. This demands the attention of the student body.
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CROSSFIRE Loyola faculty will soon get the chance to vote on whether they have confidence in the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. in his position as president of Loyola University New Orleans.
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Loyola’s University Senate — the body composed of faculty representatives from each department, college and school at Loyola — has proposed a vote of “no-confidence” against our university president, the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. If the vote succeeds, our university’s professors will be formally saying that they don’t approve of Wildes’ management of the school. A vote of no-confidence would not mean Wildes would lose his job. It would only act as a request to the Board of Trustees to find someone to replace him. The Board has expressed their confidence in Wildes as president. It’s not a coincidence that they held a vote of confidence during a meeting close to the Senate passing the motion to have their no-confidence vote. University politics has taken an interesting turn. If the University Senate votes no-confidence, it would put them at odds with the Board of Trustees. This could only strain the relationship between professor and administrator. Students are in a confounding position: are we confident in Wildes, or not? If the University Senate votes no-confidence, do we support them, or the Board of Trustees? Loyola is our university. We have a right to ask these questions. Since who the president is and how he looks at the world impacts our lives, it is our obligation to ask these questions. The bureaucracy surrounding major decisions is so great, it’s not possible for most to understand what comes from Wildes’ desk and what doesn’t. All students can reasonably conclude, as Eisenhower concluded, is that the buck stops with him.
A lot of what university presidents do is deal with fundraising. This is especially true with Wildes and the capital raising Faith in the Future campaign. Yet, he exercises more influence over our lives than by accruing donors to improve the financial stability of our school. If he thinks that a program should be cut, he can ensure that happens. Conversely, if he thinks a program benefits the university, his word can make sure that program remains. There are many students in the Department of Theatre and Dance — as well as other programs and degrees that are on track to be discontinued — whose fates are in his hands. Were Wildes to decide that it’s not worthwhile to have an athletics department, he could make meaningful movements to eliminate it. In the same way, if he wanted the Student Government Association to play a different role in important decisions, he could make that happen. With so much power over our lives, we should at least be informed about what Wildes thinks is best for the university. The issue with this is that students don’t know how he views the issues affecting our school. When forming our thoughts on the issue, the best place for us to go is to our professors. If it came down to a conflict between the Board of Trustees and the University Senate, the students would — and should — support our faculty. Our professors are involved in our lives. They sponsor our clubs and organizations and teach our classes. They know us better and have a more sincere interest in our futures than does a group of businesspeople and alumni (this
isn’t to say that the board members have ill intent or are out of touch). If faculty senators believe that Wildes truly isn’t the best person to fill his position, they should vote affirmative next month. Political reasoning is insufficient to justify having a president who you are not confident in. However, the Senate should be cautious about voting no-confidence in Wildes. The Board of Trustees has made their stance clear, and it’s unrealistic to think that they will change their position and replace him after an affirmative vote. The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. survived a Senate vote of no-confidence in 2006, when the climate was much more volatile than it is now. He is still here. Realistically, voting no-confidence could undermine the professor-administrator relationship. This is an important relationship to keep healthy. This conflict seems like a sinking ship, and the students could get trapped on it. This shouldn’t dissuade us from supporting our faculty in their decision, but it is something we should be aware of. The Student Government Association has an obligation to speak to the student body and measure their attitude on this. The SGA President is the students’ only real line to the Board of Trustees. This is an issue that the SGA doesn’t usually deal with, but this sort of thing is what the SGA exists for (read: not just giving out free food in the quad). Students, ask your professors what’s going on, and speak with your student government representatives about it. Your college depends on it.
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ON THE RECORD
Letter to the Editor
Guns on campus prevent shootings
Catholicism isn’t Loyola’s mission
Staff and faculty speaking on important topics
Walter Block economics professor wblock@loyno.edu
I write in the aftermath of the horrific tragedy which occurred at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. There, some dozen or so innocent people were put to death by a mass murderer. Sadly, this despicable act comes as only one in a far too long series of such campus shootings. I ask, can something despicable like that occur here, at Loyola University New Orleans? Sadly, the answer is yes; virtually all college campuses are potential targets of these madmen. What is to be done to prevent such occurrences in the future, or at least radically reduce their incidence? According to our friends on the left, we need more and stricter gun control laws. There should be better background checks, and fewer firearms available. But this is not likely to work. After all, the criminals will still have guns; they are not law-abiding. The masses of people, in contrast, will be dis-armed, and prove even easier, softer targets for the lawless. No, an entirely different strategy is more likely to prove successful. Instead of disarming innocent people, allow them to have the capacity to defend themselves. In particular, get rid of these misbegotten gun-free zones, of which Loyola University is one. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, 92 percent of mass public shootings between January 2009 and July 2014 occurred in gun-free zones. Presidential candidate Donald Trump saw this point clearly. He stated, referring to this recent catastrophe: “And by the way, it was
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Local and national church groups, along with community members, gather to pray at a makeshift memorial. The circle is located outside Snyder Hall, where the Umpqua Community College mass shooting occured on Oct. 4.
a gun-free zone. I will tell you — if you had a couple of the teachers or somebody with guns in that room, you would have been a hell of a lot better off.” Precisely. If several students and the professor of that class were carrying pistols, and were shooting back at the vicious perpetrator, he would not have been able to hit as many people as he did. But I go further than The Donald. If Umpqua Community College were not a gun-free zone, and this mass murderer knew that, oh, half of the students were armed, he most likely would not have shown up there to perpetrate his evil deeds. There has also been a hue and a cry about “mental health.” This too is a red herring. Chris Harper Mercer, the murderer, was sane enough to qualify for the purchase of several weapons. He knew enough not to go to a place where pretty much everyone was armed; for example,
a gun show or a police station. Why is it that places like that are rarely the targets of these despicable killers? The answer is, they are not at all that irrational. They are just evil. Pretty much everyone in Switzerland owns a rifle, and knows how to use it; there is very little crime there. Chicago has one of the strictest gun control policies in the nation, and is also one of the leaders in these vile mass murder statistics. Would the Jews in Nazi Germany have been better off if they all had revolvers at their disposal? They could hardly have been worse off. Hitler might have reasoned that, yes, he could still murder these people even if they were armed, but it might cost him a regiment, or even a division, of soldiers. Maybe, better to let these vermin go than try to kill them all. (By the way, if the New York Times is reading this, or the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. or 17 of
my Loyola professorial colleagues who claimed in The Maroon that I favor slavery, I do not regard Jewish people as “vermin.” I was attributing this comment to our man Adolf.) The biathlon, an event in the winter Olympics, combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting. The summer Olympics features pistol target shooting. Want to make Loyola all but impregnable to such disasters? End its gun-free zone status, start teams in both of these events, and heavily publicize these initiatives. Also, while we’re at it, rethink those “Take Back the Night” marches. They only work for the few minutes the rapists are rolling on the floor in laughter, getting stomach cramps. The gun is the great equalizer. More firearms will thus move us a step toward egalitarianism the social “justice” people are always advocating.
In My Opinion Students sharing their opinions
WolfMail needs more than just a facelift Brian LaRue political science senior bmlarue@loyno.edu
Notwithstanding a few issues, I’m a very happy and content student at Loyola. As a native French Canadian, I wish it could be colder outside, but I’ll take what I can get this time of year. What I cannot abide by is the continued use of Squirrel Mail for WolfMail and, considering the cost of attendance, the lack of a Microsoft Office or Google Apps software package for each student. As a transfer student, I still have
many email addresses active that work through a far superior interface. Tulane? George Mason University? UNO? Even other universities use Google Apps, such as Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. Do you know who doesn’t? Loyola University New Orleans. Our university. I’m old enough to live off campus and access the Internet through cable Internet, my smartphone/ tablet (from which I can’t send @ loyno.edu emails), and I can’t get any real work done until I trudge back onto the main campus or the law campus at night — a proposition that’s becoming less realistic in Uptown neighborhoods with the latest spikes in violent and property crime. Or I’m stuck using the anti-
quated and insecure Squirrel Mail through my web browser. Here’s a fun and scary fact: Squirrel Mail expired over the summer and stopped issuing secure updates this past June, full stop – though those in the IT department here at Loyola won’t admit to it. I had to rely on statements directly from the developers of Squirrel Mail and other universities that have dropped the email program. Meanwhile, there is a looming security problem for those that rely on WolfMail alone. Other private, exclusive universities have abandoned that email software for Google Apps or Microsoft’s Office 365, which both give free access to office applications crucial for university study. Plus, they both have very strong encryption, unless you’re extra paranoid and want to add a Virtual Private
Network on top of that as well (Disclaimer: I use a VPN on LoyolaNet’s Wi-Fi network just to be safe.) Recently, when I was discussing this lack of security and convenience to a Loyola professor, he suggested that I forward my WolfMail to a normal Gmail account. That’s not secure, and that’s not following the Code of Conduct. It doesn’t solve security issues, emails can’t be authenticated by professors and the administration, and off campus, emails still can’t be sent from your @loyno.edu address. Problem not solved. Loyola, please invest in Office 365 or Google Apps — not next year, but now. It’s a win-win for everyone, and it works on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux-flavored computers.
What does it mean to “be Catholic?” St. Ignatius of Loyola — one of history’s great Catholics — doesn’t mention “being Catholic” anywhere in his Spiritual Exercises. These exercises form the deepest foundation of Loyola University, as they form the deepest foundation of the Society of Jesus (the “Jesuits”). Instead, Ignatius proposes that we are created not primarily to “be Catholic,” but to “praise, reverence, and serve God.” As a Catholic, Ignatius undoubtedly observed many venerable Catholic practices, including the rosary, Eucharistic adoration and Mass. But his legacy seems not to focus on these practices — in fact, it’s hard to find much about Ignatius that mentions his involvement in these practices. Instead, Ignatius’s first priority seems to have been to help people deepen their personal relationship with Jesus, in whatever way was best for them. This vocation led him and his Society to found schools where students would learn about the world as God has created it and humanity within it — a process which has come to be known as “the pursuit of Wisdom.” This is Loyola’s Catholic, Jesuit mission. True wisdom (so say Judaism and all forms of Christianity – including Catholicism) comes from and leads us back to God. Therefore, the pursuit of Wisdom is quintessentially — though not exclusively — a “Catholic” practice. At Loyola, whenever a student studies, or a teacher teaches, or a staff member serves, or an administrator plans, or a benefactor gives, or an alumni works for the benefit of their families, friends, or communities, they are engaged in this “Catholic” pursuit of Wisdom, i.e., coming to know God. They are living “ad majorem Dei gloriam” – for the greater glory of God. They are expressing a foundational principle of Catholicism. The Catholic faith tradition offers many beautiful and unique opportunities to “praise, reverence, and serve God,” many of which are available on Loyola’s campus and in the surrounding community (e.g., Masses in Ignatius Chapel and Holy Name of Jesus Church, perpetual Eucharistic adoration at the Holy Name of Jesus adoration chapel across Calhoun Street, and free rosaries from University Ministry, to name only a few). As a Catholic institution, Loyola offers a further, holistic opportunity to glorify God through the pursuit of Wisdom, flowing from and leading to God, who is the ultimate source and summit of the Catholic faith. Ken Weber University Minister for Liturgy and Music