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Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 96 • Issue 9 • November 3, 2017

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By John Casey jecasey@my.loyno.edu @J_E_CASEY

Over the last decade...

Most cases are going unsolved Fewer police are on patrol Hundreds are shot every year

The city of New Orleans is on a grim streak. The first of October marked the 46th consecutive year with over 120 homicides in the city.

Only two other American cities with populations under a million can claim the same streak: Detroit and Baltimore.

Homicides, however, are just a telling piece of a much bigger problem. For New Orleans, efforts to quell crime seem to be falling short as Uniformed Crime Reporting shows an 11 percent increase to date compared to last year. According to crime analyst Jeff Asher, spikes in car burglaries and shoplifting have largely contributed to the increase.

Asher, a former analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense and the New Orleans Police Department, now runs his own consultant firm.

Despite no longer working on the department's payroll, he still does New Orleans crime data analysis for public awareness.

During a crime forum at Loyola in mid-October, Asher repeatedly mentioned one crucial statistic with a huge impact on the city's crime problem: a depleted police force.

NOPD went from 1,366 officers in 2006 to only 1,092 as of the end of the third quarter in 2017, according to the department. Police statistics also show from 2006 to 2016, the number of robberies per year has nearly doubled from 761 to 1,445 and the number of assaults per year has increased from 1,245 to 2,093.

During that same time span, burglaries have dropped significantly from 4,087 in 2006 to 2,427 in 2016, but theft numbers have seen an increase. In 2006, just over 5,000 thefts were reported but in 2016 that number had exceeded 10,000.

The sheer amount of crime is not the only problem. According to NOPD data, murder clearance rates are also struggling. In 2010, the murder clearance rate was at 53.1 percent. In 2016, that number fell to 26.3 percent and as of the first quar-

ter of 2017 the number was at 18.3 percent. As of today, NOPD has removed clearance rate statistics from the section of their website intended to provide transparency on crime statistics.

Asher said the decline in officers is directly correlated to the drop in clearance rates.

"It's not just that NOPD lost these officers, it's that they lost these capabilities. The homicide unit went from 43 officers to 29 officers, so that's a 35 percent reduction. 35 percent reduction in homicide detectives means fewer cases solved which means more retribution which continues this cycle," he said.

While shooting incidents are up over 10 percent on the year, murders are down 6.2 percent. New Orleans is on pace this year for the highest number of shooting victims in the past seven years, having reached 500 victims as of October 19. In previous years, the city reached that number in mid-to-late November or not at all.

All of these numbers are significantly down from when the city murder rate skyrocketed in 2006, but Asher says comparing data now to then is misguided due to the shift in population caused by Hurricane Katrina.

"So if you start in 2006, New Orleans' murder rate was largely driven by the fact that there were 200,000 people here, so the city shrunk by 260,000 people almost overnight, and so the city's murder rates in 2006-07 and 1993-94 were arguably the highest murder rates ever recorded for an American city. So if you start in 2006 and compare it to today, things look good but if you were to sort of assess the progress of the Saints, you wouldn't start with 1981 when they went 1-15, you would be more interested in how they are doing relative to the year they won the Super Bowl or years where you would sort of see success, which not to sort of belittle the concept of murder or the seriousness of the subject but from a pure data analysis perspective, starting in

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Search for new president is underway

Residential Life enacts “Lock Your Door” policy

By Laci Mcbride ltmcbrid@my.loyno.edu @lacineat

Loyola’s search for a new president has begun.

The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., is set to retire in June after serving 14 years as president, and the university has begun the process of finding his replacement.

David Borofsky assumed the position of interim provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Loyola last spring. Along with developing new academic programs through Project Magis, Borofsky is also in charge of the search for Loyola’s next president.

Along with a presidential search committee, Borofsky works alongside search firm Isaacson Miller, a group that has been doing this work for Jesuit institutions for over 40 years.

The board-appointed search committee is made up of a student, three faculty members, a staff person, eight board members and an alumnus.

The group plans to release a presidential profile and begin advertising the position within the next few weeks.

Borofsky expects to sort through about 100 applicants from which eight candidates will be interviewed by the first of the year and a final three will be interviewed in late February or early March. A final decision should be made by the end of this school year, Borofsky said.

This year’s process is open to all qualified candidates. For the first time in the university’s history, being a Jesuit priest is not one of those qualifications.

“It could be a Jesuit priest and it could be a woman...essentially it should be a person of faith who can do the apostolate work that needs to be done,” Borofsky said.

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A student locks their door. Residential Life has begun the “Lock Your Door” policy, by which they encourage student safety by locking their doors.

By Sam Lucio salucio2@my.loyno.edu

Courtesy of Loyola University New Orleans

The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., delivers a speech to the Loyola community. David Borofksy, interim provost, with the help of search firm Isaacson Miller is leading the search to find Wilde’s replacement as the new university president.

Student government president Benjamin Weil is the student voice on the presidential search committee.

Over the past month he said he has met with students to get a feel for what the student body is looking for in Loyola’s next president. Weil believes his role is to be transparent with the students.

“The most important thing I can do is continue to relay their perspective to the search committee,” he said.

Borofsky stressed the importance of quality questions when it comes time for interviews.

“I want to be as transparent as I can and I would want students to require me to be transparent,” Borofsky said.

After talking with students, Weil says the community is looking for a specific skill set in the new president.

“The students are looking for a president who is present around campus and passionate about the

mission ideals of Loyola. In addition, the students are looking for a president who is committed to making Loyola a more inclusive campus,” Weil said.

He said he wants to encourage students to share their ideas and opinions with him about what they want to see. He said, “This is a very exciting time and I’m looking forward to the process of picking the next president.”

More online degree programs will roll out this spring

By Rose Wagner rmwagner@my.loyno.edu

In the spring of 2018, Loyola will roll out a new set of online degree programs aimed at creating a unique type of student: one who never steps foot on campus.

These nine new undergraduate and graduate degree programs will join the ministry and nursing programs Loyola currently offers online. The new programs will include a BA in interdisciplinary studies, a BBA in management, a BA and MA in criminology and justice, a BA in mass communication, a BS in computer information systems, and music therapy and MBA programs as well.

The online degree programs are a part of Project Magis, the plan which aims to expand the influence and appeal of Loyola.

Ashley Francis, director of graduate programs and visiting assistant professor of management has been involved in the launch of these programs.

“I’m excited to compete in the online market. It’s growing, so we may as well be part of the game out there,” Francis said.

She also believes that by expand-

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ing its online presence, Loyola will be able to compete with larger universities that are well versed in this modernized version of education.

Students enrolled in these programs will log in on a weekly basis and be introduced to an online education that will try to mirror the classroom environment available on campus.

“An online student, even if they are 200 miles away will log in to their course and feel a part of the Loyola community. They will understand our focus on Jesuit values and pedagogy. Their courses will be small in size, they will have direct relationships and frequent communications with their classmates and with their faculty members,” Francis said.

The online degree programs aim to attract nontraditional students who do not have access to an on-campus experience at Loyola.

Military members, single parents, students in rural areas, international students and Loyola alums are all groups the university hopes to reach through these new programs.

Not only do the online degree programs attract non-traditional students, they require non-traditional teaching techniques. Instructor Peyton Burgess is currently leading an online faculty training course for professors teaching the degree programs.

“There are a lot of things that happen in an on-campus class sort of automatically that require different thinking and approaches online.

The online instructor has to be a little more aggressive in reaching out to the student in the first couple weeks. To keep the online student engaged, faculty have to utilize a lot of different approaches,” Burgess said.

Currently five more degree programs that are set to launch in the fall are under review, and a microsite aimed at marketing these programs and recruiting students is also in the works.

A new safety initiative has come to the dorms. It’s called the “Lock Your Door” program.

Amy Boyle, director of Residential Life, said that University Police and Residential Life staff will complete rounds of residence hall floors on a rotating basis and check to see if the doors are unlocked. The first of these checks happened on Oct. 11.

“If a door is unlocked and no students are there, [University Police and Residential Life staff] will leave a note behind on the inside of the door and lock the door,” Boyle said.

If a student is locked out of their room because of one of these checks, they will not be charged for calling an on duty desk assistant or resident assistant.

“If a student is locked out because of the lock your door program, the student should simply present the note to the RA or office staff member at the time of lock out,” Boyle said.

In regard to the frequency of checks, Boyle said that one to two floors will be checked each night by a University Police officer and a residential life staff member.

“The program will then expand to daytime hours and will be executed by two LUPD officers or one officer and one Res Life staff member,” she said.

Boyle added that this program has been spearheaded by University Police to increase on-campus security and has been in the works since last spring.

“We ran a similar program years ago, and found it to be an effective reminder to lock your room door,” Boyle said.

She said that her department had sent an email to residential students and staff members to inform them about the program.

But not everyone was aware.

Paige Carter, public relations sophomore, said that she didn’t hear about the new program.

Carter, who lives in Carrollton, said she locks her own room door but never her suite door. After being made aware of the new program, though, she said her approach will change.

“After hearing about this, all doors will be closed and locked,” Carter said.

For students whose doors are locked when checked, they will be entered for a chance to win a prize.

“Once we have completed a full cycle on campus, we will enter all names and raffle Wolfbucks, a free Mardi Gras guest registration and other smaller prizes,” Boyle said.

“Our goal is to encourage students to continue to take action towards personal safety.”

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Mayor raises police pay Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is set to sign an ordinance that will raise police pay in the city next year.

The City Council approved the ordinance last week.

The plan that Landrieu will sign Tuesday afternoon raises pay by 10 percent for many officers — with higher pay boosts for some more experienced and higher ranking personnel.

Officials are hoping the new plan will help the city stop attrition and boost the ranks of a department that critics say has become seriously under-staffed in recent years.

Entry-level pay would jump from $42,400 a year to $46,900 annually.

Spill in Gulf larger than reported Associated Press

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Mass communication junior Nick Boulet uses a water refill station in the Monroe Library. The stations have eliminated waste from millions of water bottles.

Sustainable initiative shows success

By Hayley Risse herisse@my.loyno.edu

Loyola’s sustainability initiative in 2012, intended to implement water refill stations around campus, has eliminated waste from just over three quarters of a million disposable water bottles as of this week, according to the stations’ latest count.

But some students argue that there is still room for improvement.

Between nine buildings on campus, students and staff have access to 15 stations where they can vertically align water bottles under a sensor spigot, automatically refilling them with filtered fountain water. Each station is equipped with a meter that tracks how many containers have been refilled rather

than bought and displays the equivalent number of disposable water bottles not used as a result.

According to Bob Thomas, chairman of the sustainability committee, when a new filter is put in at a fountain, the numbers on the meter likely reset. This means that in the five years the stations have been utilized and the countless times their filters have been changed, it can be assumed that Loyola students and staff have prevented waste from millions of plastic bottles since the stations were implemented.

Marketing senior Alex Gaston said that he uses the stations up to six times a day, depending on how often he has class.

“I have a water bottle that I bring to school every day and it saves me money by not having to spend $3 a day on a water bottle. Also I am not

throwing away a plastic bottle every day, which is reducing my carbon footprint,” he said.

However, many students expressed the need to implement more stations in specific buildings.

Monroe Hall is the only building with stations on all six floors. Bobet Hall, the Danna Center, Loyola’s sports complex and library each have one while the mass communication building has two. Additionally, each dorm is equipped with one on the first floor. Marquette Hall, Miller Hall, Mercy Hall and Stallings Hall have none.

“It is frustrating that the school I spend the most time in does not have a refill station to begin with, but worse that the fountains we do have in Miller produce water really slow and have inconsistent pressure,” marketing major Julia Abadin

argued, a point echoed by Gaston as well.

Lauryn Kidd, Biever Hall resident, suggested placing more refill stations in the dorms.

“It is nice to have a refill station in the building, but I wish there was one on each floor so people could fill their water bottles without having to go down to the lobby,” Kidd said.

Despite complaints regarding the lack of refill stations in desired locations, students expressed an appreciation for those currently established and said they wish to see more around campus in the future.

“The refill stations are so efficient and convenient, and such an easy way for students at Loyola to participate in sustainability efforts. I don’t know why you wouldn’t use them,” Abadin said.

Algiers Folk Art Zone to host sixth annual festival

By Kaylie Saidin kesaidin@my.loyno.edu

It has been 17 years since New Orleans native Charles Gillam founded the Folk Art Zone & Blues Museum, which continues to be an integral part of the artistic community in Algiers Point. The museum, sitting along the Mississippi River, is where he curated a zone for local self-taught artists.

And on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m., the museum will host its sixth annual Algiers Folk Festival.

There, Gillam and many other local artists will display and sell their work, which includes paintings,

sculptures, pottery, jewelry and other art.

Well-known local performers like Little Freddie King and The Brian Murray Traditional Jazz Band will provide free live music. Confetti Kids, a locally-based non-profit organization that hosts kid-friendly events, will provide children’s arts and crafts. The event is free to the public.

The festival and the zone itself are inspired by Gillam’s love for the local artistic community and his desire to give back.

Born and raised in New Orleans, he got his start showcasing his work in the French Quarter. He is selftaught and uses salvaged furniture

and pieces of driftwood from the Mississippi River to create mixed media art. His work often shows depictions of jazz musicians and scenes from New Orleans jazz culture, such as funerals and second line parades.

Gillam’s big break came when the House of Blues began developing its folk art collection in New Orleans. His work was showcased in the chain’s venues around the country.

But he wanted to stay true to his roots.

“I thought I was going a little bit too fast, and I wanted to think back at where I came from,” Gillam said.

“I love the city so much, and I wanted to see how I could contribute

something back.”

The Folk Art Zone & Blues Museum was founded as a tribute to New Orleans art and musical culture and to create a unique communal space for local self-taught artists.

“I thought, why not do something so unique and so different from the rest of the art markets around the city? So I wanted to make my art festival a festival of self-taught artists, no trained artists, that never had exposure. Here’s a chance to highlight their art and craft to the world, whoever comes through our little art environment,” Gillam said.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says the amount of oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana’s coast last weekend is substantially higher than initial estimates.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says oil spewed out of an underwater fractured pipe Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southeast of Venice, Louisiana.

The Coast Guard said in a news release Thursday that offshore oil and gas operator LLOG Exploration Offshore reports about 16,000 barrels of oil were discharged. The operator initially estimated that 7,950 to 9,350 barrels had spilled.

The Coast Guard says multiple flights over the area have detected no recoverable oil. Skimming vessels from Clean Gulf Associates and Marine Spill Response Corporation remain on standby.

The Deepwater Horizon spill leaked more than 3 million barrels into the Gulf in 2010.

Casino renames Besh restaraunt Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The steakhouse at Harrah’s New Orleans Casino is now called BH Steak — instead of Besh Steak.

The change, reported by New Orleans media, comes a week after the casino broke ties with celebrity chef John Besh. The action followed an investigative story by NOLA. comThe Times-Picayune about allegations of sexual harassment involving the business.

The story outlined the claims of women who said they were victims of sexual harassment by male co-workers and bosses in the Besh Restaurant Group. Besh stepped down from his management role in the business after the story was published.

The name BH Steak honors William “Bill” Harrah, who founded the Harrah’s gambling empire in the 1930s.

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5. Carl who composed “Carmina Burana” 9. Itching for action 14. Hamlet’s first choice 15. Sound from a fan 16. River of Champagne 17. U.N. reps 18. Purported passion promoter 20. One-named singer with the #1 hit “Royals” 22. Prevent 23. “Frontline” airer 24. Seriously mired 26. Big wheel 28. Scholar 29. Lasted longer than 32. Sound from a fan 33. Draft letters 34. Despot who raced in the ‘67 Olympics 35. __ station 38. Highway reading 41. Bread or liquor 42. PDQ 44. Word with cake or flake 45. Prescribed meds 47. “Rigoletto” composer Verdi 49. 86 and 99 53. Turntable needles 54. Wells islander played by Brando 56. Creator of Finch and Radley 57. France dance 59. Medal-worthy quality 60. Boundary between the illuminated and darkened part of the moon, in astronomy 63. Ballet move 64. T. rex et al.

65. Wrapped garment 66. Villain’s welcome 67. __ Curry, first unanimous NBA MVP 68. “By that reasoning ... “ 69. Rectangular paving stone

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4. Affectionate assent 5. Hogwarts mail carrier 6. __ Island 7. What can be drawn using the only V’s, representing vertices, in this puzzle’s grid 8. Worry 9. Not bothered by conscience 10. “Unforgettable” Cole 11. Stumble on 12. Condescension 13. Pines 19. See 7-Down 21. Ferber and a Dame 25. Like a flag featuring a 19Down 27. Arabic “son of ” 30. Kick __ fuss 31. Unknown John 35. Order of silence 36. “In my view ... “

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37. Semisweet American white wine 39. Alibi problem 40. Sarah Palin, e.g., briefly 43. Humanities subj.

46. Six-winged angels, in Isaiah 48. Tolkien language 50. Nervous one?

51. I Ching adherent, perhaps 52. Least tentative 55. Corp. shuffle 56. Classic Fords 58. Emit coherent light 61. Messy locks 62. Carnival site

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A Season to Celebrate Who We Are AMDG (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam): Doing everything “for the greater glory of God,” or, doing everything out of love.

Cura Personalis: Care for the whole person, beyond just the work they do or the role they play in the university.

Magis: Always looking for opportunities to serve God and others better.

God in All Things: Recognizing and responding to the sanctity of every moment and all creation.

Care for the Environment: Making choices that respect the value of all life and resources.

Inclusivity: Keeping our hearts and minds open to receiving every human person in love and compassion.

Mercy: Looking beyond the fear and hurt in each other in order to help restore each other to wholeness.

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Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife

Experience culture of cute at Kawaii Market

Loyola Jazz Ensemble concert

By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

The Loyola Jazz Ensemble is performing as part of Loyola Presents Series, part of an annual performing arts series put on by the College of Music and Fine Arts.

The group is one of the oldest college jazz groups in New Orleans.

“I am honored to be part of such a rich tradition,” said Gordon Towell, professor of jazz ensemble. “We have some fantastic graduates who are sharing their music with the world, and many of the top musicians in New Orleans are Loyola graduates. I hope to grow the program, keep the quality and let the world know about this rich tradition of jazz at Loyola.”

The ensemble plays at the Loyola Jazz Festival and The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival every year.

“The excitement that a large jazz ensemble can generate is my favorite part. When 15 horn players and a rhythm section are playing together musically, it is a great aural experience,” Towell said.

He added that the group will play a variety of jazz, including classic, Latin and fusion.

Towell said that there will be “a bit of blood, sweat and tears,” but “it will be fun with lots of variety some great jazz solos, singers.”

The concert takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at the Roussel Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m.

UPCOMING EVENTS 11/3 Scandinavian Festival Description: Scandinavian food and arts appear at the festival.

Location: 1771 Prytania St. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Camila Barrionuevo (top), mass communication sophomore, shops for a wig and other merchandise at Kawaii NOLA. Kawaii NOLA is a specialty boutique on Magazine Street that sells “kawaii” items. “Kawaii” is the Japanese word for “cute and lovable.” Barrionuevo (bottom left) buys products from Kawaii NOLA. Kanaka Richard (bottom right), owner of Kawaii NOLA, handles Barrionuevo’s wig.

By Payton Whittaker pmwhitta@my.loyno.edu @whittakerpayton

Kawaii, the Japanese culture of cute, is coming to New Orleans.

Specialty boutique Kawaii NOLA is hosting its first Kawaii Market, a Japanese fashion marketplace.

“Kawaii” is the Japanese word for “cute and lovable,” and can refer to accessories, clothing and toys. The boutique Kawaii NOLA is owned

by Adam and Kanako Richard, who opened the store on Magazine Street in January.

“Being Japanese, I grew up around a culture of cute,” Kanako Richard said. “When my parents moved back to Japan about five years ago, it inspired me to open my own store.”

Kawaii NOLA sells apparel, in-

cluding costumes, wigs, jewelry, makeup, stationary and children’s items.

“New Orleans is such a colorful city,” Richard said. “I knew that Harajuku style (a Japanese fashion style) would be a good fit.”

On Saturday and Sunday (Nov. 4 and 5), the marketplace will sell handmade goods, accessories and clothing made by local artists in an outdoor setting. Japanese clothing and accessory vendors Baby, the Stars Shine Bright and Alice and the Pirates will be at the event.

“The market is an opportunity to enjoy the fall weather, feature local artists and meet others that share in an appreciation for the Kawaii culture,” Richard said.

One of the styles that Kawaii NOLA sells is the Lolita style. Lolita style dresses are normally mid-thigh

length and are fitted around the torso but puff out at the hips giving a young, childlike appearance. They are most commonly found in lighter colors like pink, blue or purple.

“There’s different styles of skirts and what you could pair up,” Alison Ritchie, biochemistry senior, said.

“It’s usually just wearing a bunch of frilly dresses. It’s really interesting to see what different styles there are like classic, country and sweet.”

Ritchie said many dresses are topped off with a large bow or a bonnet to add some character.

Kati Hash, history senior, says that Kawaii culture is an important form of style because it allows people to be creative in their Japanese, pop culture style.

“It helps with creativity, expressional and sometimes aesthetically pleasing designs,” Hash said. “It’s

also really cool to see how people create the outfits, the makeup and the hairstyles of the wigs.”

Richard said she enjoys fostering a space for fans of the Japanese style.

“It is an opportunity to bring this fashion and celebrate it in the local Kawaii community,” she said.

Kawaii NOLA is hosting a Lolita-dress tea party called the “Phantom Masquerade” on Sunday (Nov. 5) from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The 18+ event is now allowing all forms of J-fashion, or Japanese street fashion.

“Kawaii culture is all about expressing your own style and about what makes you feel good and happy,” Richard said.

Kawaii Market will be held on Nov. 4-5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kawaii NOLA’s store at 4826 Magazine St.

11/4 Dat Dog’s Barktoberfest Description: Dat Dog is raising funds for Zeus’s Place.

Location: Dat Dog on Magazine from 12 p.m.-6 p.m.

11/4-6 Bayou Bacchanal Description: Friends of Culture is hosting Caribbean Festival.

Location: Armstrong Park from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

11/5 Loyola Choir “Heaven: Music for Reflection” Description: The concert includes works composed by Mozart, Fissinger and more.

Location: Roussel Hall at 3 p.m.

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FAIR SHARE vs. LION’S SHARE Cyclists’ Rights and Motorists’ Pretensions The Environment Program will host Dr. Jonathan Maskit as he discusses building sustainable, livable communities through cycling.

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m.

Nunemaker Auditorium Free and open to the public CO-HOSTED BY

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CRIME, continued from page 1 2006 is sort of misguided or not necessarily an honest approach to the problem,” Asher said.

When it comes to finding a solution, many believe the city and state are failing. Melissa Sawyer, co-founder of the Youth Empowerment Project, is concerned the city is focused too strongly on addressing the issue from a law enforcement position rather than a social position. She points to children as who should be the focus of efforts to solve the growing problem, urging for a social reform platform which can target at-risk children before the cycle of community violence engulfs them.

“That’s why we need programs like YEP. We need to invest in interventions because law enforcement alone, and this is a cliché, we’re not going to incarcerate our way out of this and it’s really going to take an investment in our children and our community matched with the investment in the well-trained, culturally-competent supporting law enforcement strategies,” Sawyer said.

Louisiana is the most incarcer-

ated state in the United States with 776 per 100,000 people in state prisons, followed by Oklahoma at 715.

According to the Youth Empowerment Project, over 94,000 children in Louisiana have a parent that has been incarcerated.

Both Asher and Sawyer agree that if students want to become involved in efforts to reduce crime throughout the city, the best way is to seek out organizations like the Youth Empowerment Project and volunteer to help.

“I would just encourage you to reach out and to become civically engaged, and again you don’t have to save the world. If it’s only one child, reading with one kid for one hour a month, if it is donating a little of what you have to make someone’s holiday a little bit nicer then you know that you’re really doing more than your share. And I think that that is what this is going to take is everyone just saying ‘Hey I want to do my part to make this city and to make this world a little bit better for those who don’t have as much as I have,’” Sawyer said.

Court won’t revive Louisiana coastal wetlands lawsuit Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to revive a Louisiana flood protection board’s lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands.

The suit drew fierce opposition from the energy industry and many in state government when it was filed in 2013 by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. The suit said the industry’s dredging of canals in coastal drilling areas contributed to loss of wetlands that form a hurricane buffer for New Orleans, meaning more work and expense for the board in protecting and maintaining levees.

A federal district judge’s 2015 ruling held that federal and state law provided no avenue by which the board could bring the suit. A federal appeals court in New Orleans agreed, leading to the board’s request for Supreme Court Review.

The request was denied without comment, except to note, without

explanation, that Justice Samuel Alito, took no part in the matter.

While the denial brings an end to the flood board’s suit, some coastal parishes are pursuing similar lawsuits in state courts on different legal grounds.

The flood board had argued that damage to the coast done by decades of drilling and canal dredging by energy companies contributed to the loss of coastal wetlands. The wetlands form a hurricane buffer for New Orleans and the authority argued their loss meant more work and expense in protecting and maintaining levees.

Then-Gov. Bobby Jindal joined industry leaders in calling it a boon for trial lawyers that would damage an industry that’s among south Louisiana’s major employers.

Jindal, a Republican, mounted a partially successful effort to remove supporters of the lawsuit from the flood protection board as their terms ended and replace them with industry supporters.

“From the outset of the case, I personally believed that the Flood

Protection Authority was not the proper party to bring such a suit,” Joe Hassinger, a Jindal appointee and now the president of the flood board, said in a statement. “Nonetheless, we allowed the case to proceed through the legal system, as we were obligated to do by contract.

The Flood Protection Authority has had its day in court.”

Jindal’s successor, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, was traveling to Puerto Rico on Monday to discuss the island’s recovery from Hurricane Maria and was not available for comment. Donald Price, special counsel for the Department of Natural Resources in the Edwards administration, said Monday’s decision was not surprising.

“They apparently felt this didn’t raise any significant federal issue,” he said.

Edwards has urged energy companies to work toward a settlement in the parish cases. Industry leaders have resisted, saying the suits are meritless.

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SPORTS

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Swim team prevails in tri-meet

Golf team following through on goals

By Cristian Orellana ceorella@my.loyno.edu @ceorellana8

ANGELO IMBRAGUGLIO/ The Maroon

The Wolf Pack compete against Southern University and Birmingham-Southern University last weekend on Oct. 27 and 28. The women’s team finished 2-0 and the men’s team finished 1-1.

By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

In the swim teams’ lone home meet of this season, both Wolf Pack teams faced off against Southwestern University and Birmingham-Southern College in their trimeet last Saturday.

The women’s team, ranked the number six in-conference team of the Southern States Athletics Conference, blew out both schools in

the tri-meet, winning 13 overall events and defeating Southwestern 204-98 and Birmingham-Southern 208-102.

Mass communication sophomore Paige Carter also narrowly missed out on beating her personal and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics record time by less than a second in the 500 freestyle with 5:14.58.

Carter then joined environmental biology senior Carolyn Ives, music industry junior Elizabeth Skin-

ner and management sophomore Cameryn Simon to close out their tri-meet by winning the 400 free relay in 3:44.0, a new season best for the squad.

The eighth-ranked men’s team split their matches, finishing 1-1 overall for the meet. The team defeated Southwestern 172-127, but lost to Birmingham-Southern 159142. This is the men’s team’s first victory of the season.

For the men’s team, economics sophomore Warren Massimino led

the pack, as he won a combined total of five victories for the tri-meet.

Massimino went on to win the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.26, the best individual time set by a Wolf Pack swimmer this year.

Next up for the Wolf Pack swimmers is a road trip to Palo Alto College in San Antonio as they compete in the three-day Tiger Invitational on Nov. 18, which will be its last meet of this semester.

Closing in on the end of the fall season, the golf team is proud of the work they have put in, with the program reaching two historical firsts this season.

“Both the men’s and women’s golf teams have had excellent starts to their seasons. Each team has really worked hard on the course, as well as on their strength and conditioning,” said Andrew Goff, head golf coach.

On the men’s team, the team collectively had the lowest round score in the program’s history at the Oaks Golf Club. Business junior Philip Nijoka also made program history by becoming the first male medalist, setting the school’s record for lowest round by four strokes.

“Both our men’s and women’s teams have worked very hard this season. From early morning workouts to late nights practicing this team has done a fantastic job so far,” Nijoka said.

Goff also mentioned on the men’s side finance junior Andrew Schneller who he said also had a great week at the Redhawk Fall Classic -- finishing in third place individually.

The women’s team has also moved up in the national polls with solid play in its first two events.

Goff praised the performance of international business junior Ashley Rogers, who finished second, and international business freshman Alejandra Bedoya, who tied for fifth.

Goff also said he was proud of the play from the new freshmen as well.

After the end of the fall season, mass communication junior Ryan Hicks said he wants to practice as much as possible during the offseason and come back even better for the spring season.

“Our season is coming to a close after the Sea Island event, so I expect our team to grind this offseason and make sure that we’re prepared to play our best golf by the time spring season starts up,” Hicks said.

The golf team’s fall season wraps up Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 6 and 7) in Sea Island, Georgia at the Coastal Georgia Invitational.

“Even though we have achieved so much this early in the school year, I still believe there is more to come from our men’s and women’s teams,” Nijoka said.

Cross country prepares for championship

By Jacob Schmitt jeschmit@my.loyno.edu

Throughout this season of rebuilding for the cross country team, the Wolf Pack prepares to hit the road for the Southern States Athletics Conference Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Nov. 3.

The championship meet at Choctaw Trails in Clinton, Mississippi will feature nine different universities.

Last year’s winners for both the women’s and men’s race was Bethel University.

Assistant coach Livia Mahaffie is looking forward to seeing how the team’s training and efforts will pay off in the Championship.

“I’m really excited. Walt [Ramsey] and Sasha [Solano-McDaniel] have a very high chance of qualifying individually. It’s going to really be the end of our top five really coming together and sticking together as a unit throughout the race which will determine where we will finish in the race,” Mahaffie said.

Freshman standout and environmental studies major Walt Ramsey felt that his freshman year on the cross country team had gone well.

“Our team is mostly freshmen so I feel like everybody has gotten better together. We’ve ran really well,” Ramsey said.

When asked about his goals and accomplishments this season, he

added, “I was just looking to feel good about my freshman year and so far I’ve felt pretty solid about it.”

Ramsey’s accomplishments for the season include multiple first place finishes for the Loyola roster and a sixth place finish in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Cross Country Festival.

Sasha Solano-McDaniel, sociology freshman, also felt the season went well.

“I feel like we’ve made a lot of progress. I think this year we’ve kind of put it together. I think we’re gonna keep improving. My goal [for the season] was to break 20:00 and I made 19:54 so I’m happy with that and hoping to continue,” she said.

This is Solano-McDaniel’s first SSAC championship of her collegiate career.

When asked about potentially making a national championship, Solano-McDaniels said, “It’s definitely a viable option. It’s definitely a goal I’ve set for myself so I want to take advantage of the opportunity and go for it. During the championship, I’m looking forward to hopefully everyone [breaking their personal record] and just ending the season on a good note. If we don’t make it to nationals or we do, just keep progressing as a team.”

The team’s most recent meet was the Florida State Invitational where they finished 15th out of 16.

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The Wolf Pack will conclude their season on Nov. 3 in the SSAC Championships.

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A few months ago, Father Wildes told the Loyola community that after 13 years as president, he was leaving Loyola.

Later that day, chairman of the Board of Trustees Paul Pastorek sent out an email. It said the search for a new president had begun.

And come June, that search will end when a new man steps into the shoes left by Father Wildes.

Or…maybe not.

That’s because the university board has opened up the search process to non-Jesuits, a first in our university’s 105 year history.

What that means is that no longer will our university have to limit the presidential search to Jesuit priests.

So now any man – or woman – that meets the committees’ qualifications is eligible to become university

president.

It’s about time.

Why is it that only a Jesuit priest can be trusted to run the university?

Sure, Jesuit values are the basis of our university mission, but the job is much bigger than that. A president must be well-rounded in terms of academics, relations with the business community and donors, and engagement with student needs.

Can a Jesuit priest do this? Sure.

But so can someone outside the Society of Jesus.

Getting the most qualified person for the job is most important. Not getting the most qualified priest.

Leave that up to mission and ministry.

That’s not to say Loyola’s just going to let some Nietzschean take command and declare “God is dead”

on campus, though. Far from it.

Interim Provost David Borofsky, who is in charge of the presidential search, said that the search committee seeks “a person of faith” to lead the university forward. So, rest assured, faith on campus will continue to be a priority, even without a Jesuit in charge.

Also, it’s not like Loyola is doing this move on their own.

The change to allow for non-Jesuit presidents has been a trend among universities of that creed in the United States for the last several years. Of the 28 Jesuit universities in this country, 14 are now headed by non-Jesuit presidents, and three – Le Moyne College, Wheeling Jesuit University and Loyola University Chicago – are led by women.

It was due time for Loyola to join

in taking that necessary step forward. So if the university picks a non-Jesuit, we would find ourselves in the middle of the pack in terms of schools making this change.

Or maybe that won’t happen.

Maybe we’ll get another Jesuit priest. And if we do, that’s fine, as long as whoever is chosen is qualified to serve in such a position.

The point is that no longer is a Jesuit priest as president inevitable, and rightly so. This is a big job, and we need the right candidate.

No matter where that person comes from or what that person may wear on his or her collar, he or she needs to be ready to take on a big job.

So now, with the race on, may the best man, or woman, or Jesuit or non-Jesuit win.

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Grades: Are they up yet?

I am right, and everyone else is wrong. That’s ‘debate’ today.

SABELO JUPITER Former Loyola student sabelojupiter@ gmail.com

JULIA RACINE Biology junior jeracine@my.loyno. edu

It’s a common story: a student waits for her professor to give back a graded assignment wanting to use the feedback to prepare for an upcoming exam. She is studying Sunday night the best that she can, and the exam is Monday morning. She checks Blackboard: no new grades have appeared.

Fast forward to midterm grades being posted: she sees a grade that is much lower than anticipated, because the grade she was initially waiting for showed that she really misunderstood crucial information that she thought she had down. The feedback she needed to improve her studies for the midterm exam, feedback she had been told to expect, was not available to her; because of this, an additional grade turned out to be lower than it would have if she had known to make that improvement.

It could be argued that the student should study hard despite the grades she got in the past, and that not getting an assignment back is no excuse for doing poorly on a later assignment. I am here to say that while students should strive to know and understand as much as they can (that is ultimately why we came to an institution of higher learning, after all), feedback is crucial to education and professors who care about their students’ success will care about providing feedback in a manner that fosters such student success.

Firstly, it is simply a good professional habit to pay attention to deadlines, even if they are soft ones.

In situations like these, I often hear other students say things like,

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“If I have to pay attention to this paper’s due date, then he should have to pay attention to giving us back our papers when he says he will.”

This is a bit harsh; professors do a lot of work for a lot of things, and grading with quality feedback takes time. It is when professors make claims and do not stick to them, when professors report back to their classes that they “haven’t even started looking at those yet,” that they cross the line into unprofessionalism and even betray the trust of their students.

Aside from being professional, professors should care about providing feedback because the experience-feedback loop is what contributes most to the learning process.

As a biology major, the scientific method infiltrates my life, and is a fantastic example of this loop. The way it works is this: a scientist notices something and asks a question about it. To answer that question, she tests what she believes to be the answer, and the results either confirm the answer she predicted, or reject it. From there, she researches into what her results mean, and asks another question.

This cycle is what allows science as we know it to understand the world, and the same cycle allows students to understand the concepts presented to them in their

classes. Students must attempt to answer the question, test their answer and use the results to ask more questions and to develop a fuller understanding.

Is this not what learning really is?

While we can read as many books as we can stand, practice our skills for as long as we have enough problems and review our notes until we know them by heart, it is testing our understanding that allows us to grow in it.

We desperately need our professors to help us in growing our understanding.

Lastly, I would like to thank the professors who take the time to give quality feedback to their students.

To be clear, it is not a short amount of time between the due date and the grade return that makes the difference (though that is appreciated), but a timing of the grade return that makes room for progress. As students, we are grateful to the professors that give us the tools to move forward in constructive ways, and we would take waiting for quality feedback long before instantaneously receiving a set of slashes and checkmarks.

Here’s to the professors who care, and show that they care in this way.

I hope that the others soon follow their example.

Debate is dying. In this day and age it has become almost impossible to have a productive dialogue with anyone you disagree with.

Why? Here’s two main reasons.

First off, people are not learning anything at the ends of these debates. Nowadays, no matter how “understanding” each party claims to be to the other’s viewpoints, everyone is convinced they are right.

So when people say that they are hearing the opposite party out, what they really mean is, “OK, I’ll humor you. Let me pretend to actually consider your point so that I can say/convince you of mine.” And with the current zeitgeist, this is understandable. We no longer seek knowledge as a means to make sure that what we think is not wrong. Instead, we seek knowledge in order to affirm whatever beliefs we already stand behind.

Secondly, people have just gotten way too good at debating. Despite all of the statistics and data that one may have been exposed to about how “dumb” the average American is, the reality is that we are smarter than ever. According to the American Psychological Association, America’s mean IQ has risen 30 points since 1900, meaning that the average American today has a higher IQ than 95 percent of Americans 100 years ago. Also, our mean education level has never been higher.

According to data collected by the Census Bureau in 2015, 88.4 percent of Americans 25 and older have completed high school and 58.9 percent have completed some college or more, staggering numbers considering that in the late sixties

we were clocking in at just around 50 percent for high school and even less for college.

So what does any of this have to do with debating? Well there seems to be this idea in our society that “good ideas will always prosper,” essentially saying if two people have a reasoned debate, then s/he who is on the right side will obviously win because, well, good always wins. Of course we should be at a place in society now where we realize that this is just not how it works, and that rather than “s/he with the best idea” winning the debate, the result is more consistently, “s/he with the better debate skills” winning the debate.

And what happens when someone wins a debate? Well, their point, no matter how fueled by misinformation or ridden with fallacies it may be, starts to make sense, and sooner or later you are out in the streets spreading this “bad idea” around to your friends and family, convinced you are right because the speaker “made good points.” And of course how could you fall for bad logic? I mean just look at how smart you are.

In order to restore educated dialogue to its former glory we need to stop trying to change the world for a second and first figure out what we need to change in ourselves.

Question each of the ideas you hold dear. Really put some scrutiny in this because everyone has something they are dead wrong about.

Seek out some information from someone you disagree with. Truly find out why they think about things the way they do and guys, please, for the love of God, listen to them.

Often times, people find that nobody was even wrong about anything per se, and actually, both parties tend to uncover large amounts of misunderstanding between the two of them.

So go ahead. Expose yourself to “stupid” ideas and opinions. The world will not end if your ideology turns out to be wrong.

Difficult questions come from difficult conversations we need to have LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Community members add their thoughts

The ability to candidly, confidentially and anonymously provide feedback on questions and issues often avoided in the classroom and on campus programming is an act of protest.

A year and a half ago, students from all parts of campus, predominantly students of color, presented a list of demands to the president’s office. Issues such as diversity, sexual assault, disability oppression, the treatment of employees of Sodexo and WFF facility services, etc. and their experiences on campus are important to talk about. In August, Dr. Anderson, chief diversity officer, began her role in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Before one begins the survey, on the site, there is a timeline and information about the process, its history and additional resources.

There, one can learn about Rankin and Associates consulting, a confirmation that this endeavor is not one for administration to passively make a statement, or “that this is

another one of those surveys” (you know, the one you get in your email about your experiences that year).

A simple Google search will show websites of their work or reports at other universities. When one clicks on the link, they are lead to the survey, which is a server outside of Loyola’s; it’s Rankin’s, top researchers in their field. Because the comfort of every student is a priority and personally matters to me and those who sit on the committee, including other students, there you are met with warnings that some questions might cause one to be uncomfortable and these questions are sensitive, and a list of definitions.

University campuses, institutions of higher education, are not always easy-going places lived as they look on an admissions brochure, and we, students, know that.

There are sides we do not know, as well, such as the treatment of faculty and staff. We have to talk about uncomfortable issues to move forward.

With a committee of members of the Loyola community from across

campus, there was the utmost effort to make the questions as clear and inclusive as possible and to address issues often left under the rug.

We live in a world where the reality is that data drives decisions, adds credibility to already legitimate concerns, but with numbers as evidence. Data drives policy and data drives moves. Reaching 30 percent of participation on this survey will allow the data to be categorizable, upholding protection, confidentiality and showing numbers for actions.

Qualitative data with quantitative evidence to reaffirm is powerful.

Climate surveys are done in workplaces, hospitals and universities across the world. Every voice on Loyola’s campus matters. To psychology majors, I apologize, it was an oversight. However, without answering that particular question, you can still take the survey, it does not affect your ability to participate or finish it. In fact any question is voluntary.

Some questions on the survey are difficult to answer, but the most

difficult conversations are the ones needed most.

Asking about sexual assault and discrimination is the beginning to addressing problems. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center one in five women on college campuses and one in 16 men will be sexually assaulted.

Are we going to pretend that Loyola is not a part of this? Or that the student body feels that issues have been addressed adequately?

How about questions about discrimination?

Not every classroom is a beacon of acceptance and inclusivity. One sees headlines about problems at other universities and relate it to our own. Here’s your chance to do something about it. At a university where we pride ourselves on a mission of social justice, we should live up to it by encouraging student participation in a survey which directly gives a voice to grievances many have. To take this survey is to speak honestly to administration about issues and concerns one does not feel

have been handled or addressed.

The experiences of everybody are important.

Resistance is the voices of everybody being heard in a way to demand change. Loyola has been facing changes from all ends, financial decisions, an interim provost and a search for a new president with news of the resignation of Father Wildes earlier this semester. This survey was structured, organized and lead by an outside firm and worked on by members of our own for our own. For one to conclude and share that Loyola can benefit any from this information, other than analyze it to push for policy change and affect the presidential search is to discount the legitimacy of a renowned firm, your peers, and do your own community an injustice. Take the survey; make your voice hear; it matters.

Rula Thabata Political Science junior

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