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CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
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Holding her Loyola second line umbrella, a woman listens to music. The umbrellas, along with other centennial lagniappe gear and free food, were distributed in honor of the end of the centennial celebration.
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Lyle Henderson, office manager in the chemistry department, and Emmanu-EL play on the Havoc Stage at Loyola’s Founders Fest on Tuesday, April 16 in the Peace Quad in celebration of the end of Loyola’s centennial celebration. The band will perform at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 2 in the Gospel Tent.
Monroe Hall construction is on schedule BY TAYLOR DENSON Staff Writer
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A student walks around Monroe Hall construction on his way to class. The exact date of the completion of Monroe Hall construction has yet to be determined but will be decided this summer.
In the past three weeks, Laura Tuley has found it difficult to conduct a class in Monroe Hall. While construction on Monroe Hall has been going on throughout the semester, Tuley, instructor of English, said, “It has been especially disruptive over the past three weeks.” “At times it has been too noisy for us to hear one another,” Tuley said about teaching class in Monroe Hall. Though Tuley said construction has been distracting to class activity lately, Tommy Raymond, director of construction and safety, said construction on Monroe Hall “is moving ahead full steam.” “The exterior is coming together well. The punch windows are all in place on the Calhoun side,” Raymond said. The construction team is meeting with a waterproofing
expert as a “second pair of eyes,” Raymond said, to examine the windows and open areas of the building to ensure that, going into hurricane season, there are no set backs. The Monroe Steering Committee, consisting of representatives from each department whose hub is in or will be in Monroe Hall in the future, met on April 17. Bret Jacobs, vice provost for information technology and chief information officer, discussed the future of Nunemaker Hall regarding construction and renovation at the meeting. “The flooring, seats and front of stage area will be experiencing the most construction, and reducing sound penetration” is the highest priority, Jacobs said Raymond concluded the meeting stating that by the end of July or beginning of August,
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CORRECTION: In the April 12 issue of The Maroon Shannon Donaldson’s quote in the story “EMPTY HOUSE FULL HALLS” was referring to appointing executive staff, not senators and college representatives. We at The Maroon regret this error.
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Road construction on Broadway Street began on April 18 stretching from Fontainebleau Drive to Leake Avenue. Residents of Broadway Street were given notices to vacate their parking spots on the street this past week. The Paths to Progress program, sponsored by the state, is a transportation improvement program to restore and enhance more than 60 roadway segments in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. The Broadway segment was bid at $3,000,000. During the unspecified length of the construction, parking is prohibited on Broadway, with cars being towed at the owner’s expense.
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Physics senior accepted to summer program Loyola physics senior William Duhe has been accepted into the prestigious Nevis Summer Research Program for Undergraduates at Columbia University, a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Duhe will be studying black holes, supernova remnants and more deep space phenomena at the VERITAS telescope array system just south of Tucson, Ariz. VERITAS is dedicated to the study of gamma-ray astrophysics, which help answer some of the most important questions in particle physics and cosmology.
Loyola hosts environmental film screening Loyola Environment program and the Loyola Film Buffs Institute will present a public screening of the “Dirty Energy” film on Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. The filming coincides with the third anniversary, April 20, of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The film highlights the stories of Louisiana fishermen and locals impacted by the oil spill. The film’s director, Bryan Hopkins, as well as Aaron Viles, deputy director of the Gulf Restoration Network, and George Barisich of the St. Bernard Fisherman’s Association will be present for a Q-and-A session after the screening.
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Theta Phi Alpha junior Julia Hussey and Sigma Alpha Kappa sophomore David Valadez sprint in the rain to the finish line in a three-legged race. The race, along with a game of tug of war and other competetions lasting all week, were a part of Greek Week, with points being awarded to the winners at the end of the week. All Loyola Greek organizations participated in the events culminating on April 12.
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Shannon Donaldson elected as 2013 Wolf Magazine Editor Mass communication junior Shannon Donaldson has been elected editor of The Wolf for the 2013-2014 academic year. Donaldson has served as design chief, staff writer and assistant Life and Times editor for The Maroon. She has also served as a contributing writer for The Wolf. “I am so honored and humbled to have been selected to lead a publication I have admired for so many years,” Donaldson said.
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In his presentation “The Mind in the Net” in Roussell Hall on April 17, author Nicholas Carr discusses the inspiration for his New York Times best-selling book “The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to Our Brains.” Carr, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, discusses the detrimental effects of the Internet on the human brain. In his book, Carr argues that the Internet especially affects our ability to focus, capacity for critical thought and even our imagination.
Tom Sevick, environmental biology senior, never thought his research would lead him to surprising results regarding the aquatic life of two of Louisiana’s largest disasters. On Friday, April 5, Sevick and 12 others presented their research at the 23rd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, showcasing biology seniors’ undergraduate research. Patricia Dorn, professor of biological sciences, was the organizer for this event. However, each student had a faculty adviser who each has worked with throughout their undergraduate career. Thirteen students presented, including 11 from Loyola, one Tulane student and one student who flew in from Montclair, NJ. Biology senior Jeffrey Coote spent his time at Loyola researching elbow joint regeneration in embryonic chickens alongside his research adviser Rosalie Anderson, associate professor of biological sciences. In Coote’s research, he specifically focuses on the roles of different growth factors involving in the regenerative process. “My research was funded by a grant that my adviser, Dr. Anderson, received from the National Institutes of Health, along with Loyola’s Mullahy Student Research Fund,” Coote said. Another Loyola biology senior making research strides is Shelly Wu. Wu studied the growth of aquatic microorganisms on human hair that has been submerged in water over time. She said this could be used as a potential method for determining the length of time a corpse has been in water. “Currently there is no reliable method to determine the length of time a body has been in water. My research addresses this issue by using human hair as a model, instead of previous studies that use dead pigs,” Wu said. Wu said she received funding from SGA’s Richard Frank Grant and the Louisiana Supervised Undergraduate Research Experience Grant. Sevick studied the effects of both natural and human disturbances on nekton. Sevick explains nekton is considered any aquatic organism that can control its position in the water. Sevick collaborated with Dr. Jordan to make this research possible. “The next step for this research is to continually revisit and sample the site that Dr. Jordan and I have been visiting from ‘99 to the summer of ‘12. This will allow us to see if trends continue,” Sevick said. All students involved in the symposium focused on different areas of biology, with the help of professors, funding and the university. Melanie Potter can be reached at mppotter@loyno.edu
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No money, More Problems Video leak, consent decree brings Orleans Parish Prison under scrutiny
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In this photo combo, New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman, left, speaks to reporters at a news conference outside the construction site of new jail facilities in New Orleans on Thursday, April 4; at right, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks during a news conference at City Hall in New Orleans, on Tuesday, Feb. 5. A political brawl has broken out between Gusman and Landrieu. The jail has come under scrutiny recently for a video showing inmates using drugs, drinking beer and one prisoner with a handgun in 2009. The jail is run by Gusman, but funded by the city. Landrieu is upset over an agreement Gusman reached with the U.S. Justice Department to reform the jail, saying the city can’t afford the potential fixes. The sheriff said the city has consistently underfunded the jail and suggested race may be behind the attacks.
Prison safety issues cause concern among university faculty Providing inmates with protection is the most critical reform needed in Orleans Parish Prison that can be made,
especially when taking into account students imprisoned for misdemeanors, according to Loyola University law professor M. Isabel Medina. “I always try to remember that these could be my children,” said Medina. “It could be my child that is taken to central lockup.”
The consent decree is basically calling for the reform of Orleans Parish Prison — a prison that, the United States Department of Justice claims, violates the constitutional rights of its prisoners. According to George Capowich, a criminology
professor at Loyola, Orleans Parish Prison does utilize a classification system meant to separate low-risk inmates from more violent ones. “I know the classification system exists, but at least one story I saw, and I have no way of confirming it, is that apparently,
the classification system isn’t used correctly,’’ Capowich said. Capowich states that classifying inmates is normally a part of the intake procedure. When someone comes in after they are booked, they are house,
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Pro-gun bills approved by LA house committee LITTICE BACON-BLOOD AP National Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With gun control being debated at the federal level, Louisiana lawmakers advanced a batch of bills Wednesday they say are aimed at pre-empting any stricter gun laws that could make it out of Congress. In heated exchanges over five hours of debate, the House Criminal Justice Committee approved an array of “state’s rights” gun regulations, including bills that would: —Prohibit the enforcement of any federal restrictions on owning semi-automatic weapons. A requirement that the state attorney general’s office represents
those who may be arrested for having federally prohibited guns was amended out of the bill. —Make it a felony to release or publish the names and addresses of people who own or have applied for concealed handgun permits. —Create the “Louisiana Manufactured Firearms and Ammunition Act” that would allow gun buyers to circumvent any federal gun laws as long as the guns were manufactured in Louisiana. Of his proposal, Republican committee chairman Joe Lopinto said, “I really hope we don’t need this. It’s all about state’s right.” The bills now head to the full House for further debate. The criminal justice committee debated 11 firearm-related bills
that left no doubt to the stance of a majority of committee members on efforts to tighten gun laws. They were not having it. “Don’t Like Guns? Don’t Buy One,” was the message Rep. Terry Brown, an Independent from Colfax, had plastered on his laptop cover that was visible to the audience. Conversely, a majority of the committee voted down two proposed bills they perceived as infringing on current gun laws. The measures would have required gun owners to keep guns in a locked container or apply a safety lock when the gun was not in use and would have required prospective gun buyers to take a safety course before the purchase.
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Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, holds up a sticker in response to questioning by Rep. Barbara Norton, D-Shreveport, during the House Criminal Justice Committee’s discussion of House BIll 8 on Wednesday, April 17, at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge.
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PRISON: Opinions on the safety of prisoners varies Continued from page 3 and then classified. “That includes types of offense, criminal history, background, that sort of thing, so that people aren’t all lumped together,” Capowich said. “So that younger inmates, nonviolent inmates, or the minor offenders aren’t housed with gang members and people with a history of violence.” When people are first entering the prison and are being booked, Capowich explains that there is still some concern for inmate safety in central holding areas. “When someone is first booked, while that’s being done, everybody is sort of housed in a central area,” Capowich said. “That’s a problem, because then you automatically have people being mixed together — inmates that is.” Lieutenant Angela Honora of the Loyola University Police Department says that Loyola students who find themselves in trouble with the law go through a certain process once they are arrested. According to Honora, if a student is arrested for the possession of illegal drugs, and they test positive for drugs, they are transported to lockup. “Sometimes they may never get to the second phase of lockdown because they’re usually out before the second process,” said Horona. Professor Medina believes that the current focus on the inadequacies of Orleans Parish Prison should not only concern the citizens of New Orleans, but it should also get them to call out even more strongly for change. “The ability of that prison to continue to work in our community depends on our willingness to accept those conditions,” Medina said.
Due to lack of funds, the Mayor of New Orleans does not support the sheriff’s consent decree which proposes reforms to the prison system.
PROPOSED REFORMS 1. Prisoners should be provided with a safe and secure environment. 2. Orleans Parish Sheriff ’s Office should ensure that all inmates are not subjected to unnecessary or excessive force by staff and are protected from violence by other prisoners.
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3. Orleans Parish Sheriff ’s Office shall provide direct supervision in housing units.
Tapes of inmates partaking in illegal activity were turned over by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office after a request from the city.
4. Orleans Parish Sheriff ’s Office must ensure that the staff conducts random monthly shakedowns of cells and common areas so that prisoners don’t possess or have access to dangerous contraband.
Federal Judge states that the City of New Orleans was involved in the jail reform negotiations.
According to the consent decree, these are some of the main reforms the department of justice wishes to enforce at Orleans Parish Prison.
the video that started it all In a video presented in a consent decree hearing between Sheriff Marlin Gusman and the United States Department of Justice, Orleans Parish Prison convicted inmates are seen using illegal drugs, flailing a loaded gun, and escaping the prison to cruise down Bourbon Street. The consent decree agreed upon by Gusman and the Department of Justice calls for the reform of Orleans Parish Prison — a prison that, the department claims, violates the constitutional rights of its prisoners.
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APRIL 4 Sheriff Marlin Gusman testified over jail conditions and responded to the video that was released claiming that he doesn’t think that OPP conditions are unconstitutional.
APRIL 9 Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked that OPP be put under full federal control, because he doesn’t think Sheriff Gusman is fit to oversee the jail reforms.
APRIL 10 The city declined Mayor Landrieu’s motion of putting OPP under federal control. Hearings are expected to continue in May.
Appeals court hears challenge to gay therapy ban BY LISA LEFF & PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s novel law seeking to ban licensed counselors from trying to turn gay teens straight is boiling down to a question over whether the therapy is free speech or a medical treatment that can be regulated by government. Judges on the nation’s largest federal appellate court considered 90 minutes of legal arguments over the ban on “sexual-orientation change” counseling of minors, which other states are considering. The three-judge panel is considering two challenges to the law approved in California last fall. It took no action Wednesday and will issue a written ruling later. The law was to go into effect Jan. 1, but the court put it on hold pending its decision. Chief Judge Alex Kozinski noted the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California ban of violent video games because the state failed to show a compelling reason to infringe on game-makers free speech rights to manufacture the products. He said it appeared the same argument could be applied to the evidence lawmakers relied on in
passing the prohibition on sexualorientation change therapy. “We really don’t have anything compelling, as I see it,” Kozinski said. “Government has to have a compelling interest in curtailing speech.” California Deputy Attorney General Alexandra Robert Gordon, who is defending the ban, cited mainstream medical organizations’ support of the law, and testimony before the state Legislature by several people who said they were harmed by the counseling. Kozinski replied that opponents of the law also testified before lawmakers that they benefited from the counseling. Lawyers for parents of children who are undergoing the counseling and licensed professionals who administer the “talk therapy” argued the ban goes too far. But Mathew Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel and a lawyer opposing the law, said there is “no evidence of harm.” The law says therapists and counselors who treat minors with methods designed to eliminate or reduce their same-sex attractions would be engaging in unprofessional conduct and subject to discipline by state licensing boards.
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Rae Tate, of Sacramento, Calif. leads the supporters of gay marriage during a demonstration at the Federal Courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, March 26. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second of back-toback gay marriage cases, turns to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.
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CHACHA MURDICK Seroiusly y’all
Seniors should be excited for future There’s this running joke among the graduating senior class: Somebody walks up to you. They say, “so what are your plans after graduation?” Then you, as a graduating senior, are supposed to guffaw yourself into a puddle of uncertainty and feelings of inadequacy, because the real joke is your entire existence. You’re coming to terms with the death of your dreams, which is funny, but the biggest joke is you. And that’s why graduating seniors think it’s hi-larious when you ask us what our plans are. But what are we so afraid of? What’s this about uncertainty? What do we even want? Economic security? You got it. You have a bachelor’s degree. Nobody’s going to kiss our toes over it, but the degree does count for something. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. For example, if I walked into the IHOP I used to waitress at, they would immediately fast-track me to manager. I could probably score a managerial position fairly easily at any fast food restaurant as well. What? You don’t want to be a fast food manager? You deserve better? Well, the thing is, you don’t. Nobody does. There are more people graduating college than ever before, and as a consequence, there are fewer jobs. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Because when I look at my time at Loyola, I don’t think about what a great hire I’ve turned into. I think about the great ideas I’ve been exposed to that I would have never come across otherwise. I’m actually glad that when I graduate, there will be more people in the world than ever before who are educated and willing to discuss these ideas with me. Maybe I won’t score a great job. Maybe my “few years off ” before grad school will turn into an eternity. I’m fine with that. None of us are going hungry. Even if all the cool jobs get taken by brighter applicants than you and me, we’ll be ok. We have skills: critical thinking and discipline built up from late nights studying. If we’re ever poor, we’re going to be really good at being poor. If we can’t find jobs in our field, we can find jobs elsewhere, because who cares? The world isn’t like it used to be. You don’t need a lifelong career to be happy. Think of what lies ahead not as a vast wasteland of uncertainty, but rather as a vast wasteland of opportunity! This is our future, and we can do whatever we want with it. We can goof around working bartending jobs and taking a bunch of dance classes. We can lord the Circle K cash register by night and volunteer in the community by day. No matter what happens to us, we’ll always have what we’ve learned here. The future is freedom. Let’s be excited about it. Chacha Murdick can be reached at gmmurdic@loyno.edu
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Documentarian alumnus presents his film By LAUREN HINOJOSA Staff Writer Loyola alumnus Royd Anderson presented his documentary, “Pan Am Flight 759,” Thursday, April 11 at Film Buffs presentation. Anderson, A’98, directed and produced the documentary, which premiered on July 20, 2012. The film was released on the 30-year anniversary of a tragic plane crash in Kenner, La. Anderson got his start in filmmaking while working on his
master’s thesis at University of Louisiana Lafayette. He wrote and directed his first documentary, “The Luling Ferry Disaster,” based on the worst ferry accident in U.S. history, Anderson said. “I never knew my low-budget student film would get so much media attention,” Anderson said. “The success of the movie led to the creation of a monument for the victims and survivors in 2009.” Anderson was introduced to films at an early age. His grandfather owned a cinema in Cuba and he has loved films ever
since. “When I was in high school, my dad made it a requirement in the household that my brothers and I watch classic epics like ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and ‘El Cid,’” Anderson said. The plane crash happened when Anderson was 10 and, as an adult, he felt an obligation to his students to teach them this piece of local history. Anderson said it is time for students to learn Louisiana history and not only what is covered on standardized testing, which he claimed is the
focus of most public schools. “For the past several years, only one question on the high stakes standardized test for eighth graders, the LEAP, is designated to Louisiana history,” Anderson said. “It’s time for Bobby Jindal to take some accountability for this tragedy in the public school system.” Anderson said, after filming “Pan Am,” the most emotionally difficult part of making the documentary was editing. Hearing
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Kim Schifino, of Matt & Kim, crowdsurfs over a group of concert attendees during Loup Garou at the Howlin’ Wolf. Loup Garou is an annual spring concert put on by the University Progamming Board. By LAUREN IRWIN Contributing Writer Lauren Poiroux, sociology freshman, never thought she would spend her Thursday night dancing in a room full of balloons and confetti with indie dance duo Matt and Kim. “It was the most intense, fun and personal show I’ve been too,” Poiroux said. “Matt even held my hand. I left feeling like they were my best friends.” The University Programming Board was responsible for making Poiroux’s night possible. UPB brought the Matt and Kim experience to the Loyola community, booking the Brooklyn-based band for the university’s spring concert, Loup Garou, on Thursday, April 11, at the Howlin’ Wolf. UPB’s concert committee spent months planning and marketing the event. They wanted
to make the concert affordable for the students, while providing a headliner they would enjoy, Margaret Vienne, English writing senior and president of UPB, said. “We pushed marketing much more and much earlier,” Vienne said. It was the first year UPB provided shirts for students — selling white tank tops emblazoned with “Party with Matt” and “Party with Kim” in neon lettering. Marketing efforts and ticket sales may be the reason why this year’s Loup Garou attendance was the largest to date. “We sold 1,250 tickets, including general admission,” Vienne said. UPB sold out tickets, hitting the club’s capacity at 1,300. It was also the first year UPB added an additional band in between the opener and headlining act.
“We wanted to get a little more hype for the headliner, so we added one more act — that was Delta Rae,” Vienne said. Loyola rhythm and blues band, Eugene, opened the concert after placing first in the UPB sponsored Battle of the Bands three weeks before. Opening for Matt and Kim “was such a wonderful opportunity,” Emmanuel Catanzariti, music industry junior and vocals, rhythm guitar and keys for Eugene, said. Eugene played all original songs — one of which, “Hiatus,” will be released Friday, April 19, on the band’s website. “We got great feedback,” Catanzariti said. “Everyone seemed to be having fun and we were having fun right along with them.” Eugene was followed by folk, rock ensemble, Delta Rae, hailing from Durham, NC. Delta Rae was brought in to
provide a “good mix of music,” Vienne said. Students agreed. “It was a nice contrast to Matt and Kim’s high energy and fun style,” Crystal LoCicero, finance senior, said. “Delta Rae’s musicianship was super impressive; they were music for music’s sake,” Poiroux said. “Matt and Kim were more about entertaining and connecting with the audience.” “The whole show was just a mountain of excitement; they got you more pumped until you were totally entertained,” Poiroux said. UPB considered the show a success. “It was so great to see students and community come to together for the show,” Vienne said. “There was such great energy from students.” Lauren Irwin can be reached at lhirwin@loyno.edu
Student rap group creates third cypher video By DIANA MIRFIQ Contributing Writer The Loyola student cypher is nothing short of lyrical kung fu. Cyphers consist of rappers getting together to display their rap skills through their lyrics, rhymes and flow over a continuous beat. Music industry junior Simon “Top Billion” Hill created and will premiere the
third Loyola University cypher YouTube video on April 19. He will be accompanied by other Loyola music industry students. Hill said that he has always admired musicians and would not settle for any other career. “I grew up looking up to rappers like they were superheroes,” Hill said. Hill was inspired to create the Loyola cypher after being a part of
a Monroe, La. cypher. “It clicked in my head that I could be doing this for people that I know,” Hill said. Hill said that the recording process takes about a month. Before he can record, Hill must wait for the other rappers to send him their verses. Then he makes sure the work has quality. He admits that the first two cyphers were open to everyone, but he has
become more selective the third time around. Alex Camero, music industry sophomore, said he feels that some people didn’t take the first two cyphers seriously, which is why he appreciates Simon’s selectivity for the third version. “It may make you look better being around people who aren’t
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“Today Show” anchor visits Loyola students By MELANIE POTTER Assistant Life and Times Editor
When “The Today Show” co-anchor Hoda Kotb came to visit with Loyola students last Thursday, it was standing room only. Kotb spoke to a full room of Loyola, Tulane and Xavier students about her journalism career and how she got where she is today. As an eager Virginia Tech graduate, Kotb was rejected 27 times before she found the right fit. “When I graduated from college, I was sure I would get a job immediately. I was so stupid,” Kotb said. Kotb was driving home after 10 days of being rejected up and down the southeastern U.S., when she got lost in Greenville, Miss. She noticed a billboard advertising their CBS affiliate, she thought she’d give it a try and “get rejected one last time.” “I met with this little guy named Stan Sandroni. And I’ll never forget it, Stan watched my entire audition tape. He was watching the worst tape in the history of the universe all the way through,” Kotb said. Sandroni believed in Kotb and hired her. After 27 stops, she had found her place. After a discouraging beginning, Kotb said it just took one person to believe in her. Recently, she was asked to bring someone to “The Today Show” that changed her life, Kotb proudly brought Stan Sandroni to the stage. “When you feel discouraged or don’t think you can make it, remember it just takes one. Then you get this weird confidence over you, like you can do anything,” Kotb said. After working in Greenville, Kotb bounced around before landing at WWL in New Orleans. “I remember getting off the
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Hoda Kotb of “The Today Show” speaks to students about her life as a journalist. Kotb gave life advice, telling journalism students to believe in themselves and never settle for anything in their careers. plane in New Orleans and there was a jazz band playing. I looked around, heard the music and immediately felt at home. You have to follow where your heart is. That’s why I chose to work in New Orleans,” Kotb said. Kotb is currently working on a book about finding where you belong. She talks about making the wrong choices in life and feeling like she was swimming upstream. “Then all of a sudden, you wind up in this place and don’t know how you got there. You don’t feel at peace. When it comes down to it, find the job you love and then figure out how to get paid for it. You have to do whatever makes your heart rest,” Kotb said. For Kotb, leaving New Orleans was one of the hardest things she has done because “it was the best job I’d had in my life.” “The only thing that could draw me away was a network position. Now I laugh, scratch and drink wine with Kathie Lee,” Kotb said.
In addition to sharing her own career story, Kotb answered questions from aspiring journalists. Kotb explained that she had always been a rule follower, constantly reading her cue cards and doing exactly what producers told her. “But one day, while working with Kathie Lee, I realized it’s OK not to be perfect. Too much of TV is scripted. Once you can free yourself it helps you in so many ways. People need their load lightened; they turn to us on ‘Today’ as a release. If you have them laughing, you have them listening. It’s always better to be real than to be perfect,” Kotb said. Kotb also described her excitement while interviewing the celebrities who pass through NBC’s Studio 1A. “We’ve been lucky, we get to interview so many cool people. Sometimes I’m like is that Beyonce? What is she doing here?” Kotb said.
CYPHER: Third version more serious Continued from page 6 going hard, but I don’t appreciate that. It’s a team effort. I want everyone on the team killing it,” Camero said. Camero said he’s all about teamwork, but that doesn’t stop him from wanting to outperform everyone. “I’m competitive and collaborative. Put it like this, I like to collaborate, and I like to go hard in what I do. It’s friendly competition,” Camero said. Zack “U.G. Royal” Pierre, music industry junior, said that he joined the cypher to build awareness about his radio show and show off his talent. “I felt like I was better than a lot of people, and I might as well just do it,” Pierre said. Business finance senior Roderick “Rodo” Johnson shows that music industry students are not the only rappers on campus. He said his main goal is to redeem himself from the second cypher. “I think that the first one was awesome, but the second one was just weird. I think that the delivery could definitely use some work and just getting my point across is a big thing,” Johnson said. Johnson, along with the other rappers, respects Hill’s initiative to continue the Loyola cypher and is happy to be on his list every time. Johnson thinks the cypher is a cool
One of Kotb’s favorite interviewees was Lady Gaga, who Kotb describes as funny, authentic and “wearing a totally sheer ensemble.” “She was entertaining and engaging. People I like to interview the most are people who tell the truth,” Kotb said. Kotb’s respect for authenticity stems from her six years as an anchor in New Orleans. “In New York, people don’t hug me. If they hug me, they’re either from New Orleans or trying to steal my purse,” Kotb said. One of Kotb’s strongest moments came from her battle with breast cancer five years ago. “I think that was one of those weird moments that shaped me but didn’t define me. When you’re at a point when you’re the weakest, this is the time you’re building your strength,” Kotb said. She took on the “you can’t scare me cancer” mentality. Kotb felt fearless. This is when she found the courage to ask for “The Today
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idea. “You always saw cyphers on the award shows and things like that. It’s good to get back to the roots of hip-hop.” Johnson said. Shannon “Shay Briggs” Briggs, music industry junior, said she likes bringing “girl power” to the cyphers. She described her verses as never profane, degrading or offensive to anyone. She said she’s proud of her upcoming cypher verse. “It’s going to be tight. It’s definately going to be a jawdropper. I plan on going hard on
everybody,” Briggs said. Shannon encourages everyone to watch the cypher and support fellow students. “There’s a lot of people from this school that are about to do big things,” Shannon said, “you should definitely support that because one day we’re going to be on MTV, and you’re going be like, ‘I went to school with her, she was in my chemistry class.’” Diana Mirfiq can be reached at dnmirfiq@loyno.edu
Melanie Potter can be reached at mppotter@loyno.edu
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Simon Hill, music industry junior, also known as “Top Billion,” raps in the third cypher video. Hill leads the cypher, a freestyle rap group.
Show” position alongside Kathie Lee Gifford. “After what I’d been through, it seemed like nothing. I swear if I hadn’t gotten sick, I don’t think I would’ve had the guts to go for it,” Kotb said. Kotb said resilience and confidence have made her who she is today and she encourages students to do whatever makes them happy. Loyola Society of Professional Journalists Chapter President Hannah Iannazzo made all of this possible. Iannazzo met Kotb in January at her book signing and asked if she would speak at Loyola. Kotb took an immediate liking to Iannazzo and said she “could never say no to Hannah.” “As a journalism student, I constantly worry that I won’t be able to find a job after college. Hoda’s story gives me hope. It only took one person to believe in her and I really hope that I can find that one person who will give me my shot one day. Hoda is one of those positive people who has the ability to make everyone feel special, it’s hard not to love and admire her,” Iannazzo said. Kotb wrapped up her talk with a piece of advice she holds close to her heart. “I interviewed Steve Harvey a while ago and he said something I’ll never forget. He told me he was sick of having fun. Fun is going to the club. Fun is going to the bar and getting drunk. He told me he wanted joy. Joy is opening your eyes in the morning and being completely happy with who you are, who you’re with and what you have. Joy is something you hold on to; fun is what happens on a Saturday night. So, when I wake up at 2:50 in the morning to go to work at ‘Today,’ I have joy,” Kotb said.
from the victim’s families over and over connected him to the victims. “I cried myself to sleep many times, thinking about Lisa Baye, a six-year old girl who was killed on the ground,” Anderson said. Dianna Sanchez, a psychology junior and member of the Film Buffs, went to the screening of the documentary. She said the film showed how much effort Anderson put into making sure audiences learned from the documentary. “It was difficult to watch, but it was very good,” Sanchez said. “It all came together to show how heroism was involved on the plane and on the ground, and how it continues today in Kenner.” Sanchez said anyone who sees the film would benefit from learning about this piece of Louisiana history. “I think it’s important for anyone to see,” Sanchez said. “To learn about this tragedy, but also about the profound community that came together to help each other through the devastation. It was really humbling.” Michael Ciolin, film and digital media junior, was in charge of setting up the screening for Film
Buffs. He said Anderson’s film followed traditional documentary style, but he added in his own twist. “He did leave out inter-titles and name captions so that the audience would feel more closely connected with the subjects of the documentary and focus less on the fact that it is still simply a film,” Ciolin said. Ciolin said to bring an alumnus film would be encouraging to the film department and bring interest to Film Buffs, so when Anderson approached him, Ciolin felt it was a great opportunity. Sanchez said being part of Film Buffs gives her the opportunity to meet directors like Anderson. “The audience got to speak with him and I could tell he was a very noble person,” Sanchez said. “He is going to go on and do really amazing things with film and people.” Lauren Hinojosa can be reached at lmhinojo@loyno.edu
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Student creates her own music festival By SHAMARA KING The Maroon Music industry senior Mariesha Klos is following her dream by hosting her own music festival “Uptown Sounds” through her company KlÐs Enkounters LLC. Uptown Sounds will be held on April 20 and will feature acoustic sets, performances by Loyola and Tulane bands, local New Orleans band Freedom Sparks and art from Loyola students. The music festival will be held on Freret Street at Dat Dog, The Other Bar and Gasa Gasa from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Klos’s main goal for Uptown Sounds is to gain experience by putting on her own production and utilizing an up-and-coming location. “This is my first music festival and something I always wanted to do. Since Freret Street has been booming, a lot of things happening and being rebuilt there, it’s a good opportunity to jump on the bandwagon with them and start working on different events, like festivals,” Klos said. Klos established her company KlÐs Enkounters after putting on her own mini-festival on Cinco de Mayo in 2012. The mini-fest was in her backyard and featured performances by five Loyola bands and a DJ. “It was a success, but completely illegal because I
didn’t have a company,” Klos said. “I decided if I really wanted to make this my career and pursue it, I needed to get serious. So I went to the secretary of state and made my own company.” A lot of preparation went into Uptown Sounds. Klos was in charge of organization, stage management and booking. Klos reached out to Dat Dog and Mark Twillmann, a Loyola alumnus and owner of The Other Bar and Gasa Gasa, for venues to host her music festival. “I pitched the idea to Mark Twillman and he was all ‘hell yeah, let’s do it,’ and Dat Dog is really into supporting local art. They were super stoked about it,” Klos said. Klos is highly regarded by her business associates, who acknowledge her drive in hosting her own production. “As a former Loyola student I see a lot of value in Mariesha’s event as to help students in the music program right now,” Mark Twillmann, owner and manager of Gasa Gasa bar, said. Music industry students also admire Klos’s determination. “Mariesha is an extremely hardworking individual, confident in her ideas, and very personable when it comes to her networking skills,” Carter Long, music industry senior, said. Shamara King can be reached at ssking@loyno.edu
SGA would like to congratulate the following members of the 2013-2014 Executive Staff on their appointments: UPB President: Thea Celestine Chief of Staff: Jackie Joseph Chief Justice: Mara Steven Vice President of Finance: Logan McCabe Vice President of Communications: Ron Palmer
The 2012-2013 Executive Staff wishes you the best of luck with the coming year! Check out Loyola SGA!
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Swain and Drange meet a strange man The BUTT N Collector -T.M. Daniel A serial fiction by Topher Daniel published weekly in Life and Times PART EIGHT Where before there had been darkness there was suddenly a blinding white light. At least, it seemed to be a light at first, but after a few moments they began to realize that they could feel this light, and they could not remember ever having felt light before. The whiteness around them was scratchy and at times would tickle them under their chins, or would leave an unpleasant itch as it passed over their legs. Then the uncomfortable white light slowly began to wind around their bodies, first gathering at their feet and moving up to cover them entirely. Before either of them could say a word the children were being pulled up and through the air. Next moment Swain and Verow were thrust upon something hard and flat. As the whiteness unwound from them and began to recede they could see that they were on small stools, and they saw what the whiteness
was. “It’s hair!” said Verow. “And it’s moving!” Indeed it was, and it filled the entire room. Now it was back and pushed a full teacup into each of their laps. The hair spread like vines up the walls, and covered most everything, but through it they could see a cozy sitting area, made up of a high-backed armchair that was turned away from them so that it could face the lit fireplace. As soon as we have said it we are mistaken, for now we see that the chair is not turned away towards the fire, but faced the children directly; and amidst the wild ropes of moving hair they could see the small face of an ancient man, who beamed at them both. “Welcome, Swain and Verow,” he said. “Please excuse my beard; it so likes to entertain the company.” The beard curled around the legs of their stools and pulled them closer to the man’s chair, where they could feel the warmth of the fireplace. “Who are you?” asked Swain. Of course he should have asked before he drank the tea. “Yes, who?” said Verow. “And how do you know our names?” “Are we in the world of lost things?” “And have you seen my color?” Verow leaned to see under her stool, as if she might find it there. A strand of the man’s swirling beard brought over a steaming kettle of tea and refilled their
cups, while another strand stacked more wood into the fire and two more rubbed the children’s sore feet. When they were settled in and comfortable the man cleared his throat and began to speak, and they listened well because they were feeling sleepy and wanted a story. “You come in search of your color, Verow,” the man asked. “Tell me — do you think Mrs. Gordon is worried for you, right now?” When Verow thought about it she decided that of course Mrs. Gordon would be worried, and really it is true. Should we glance back at her home we would see that the woman still lay in the wreckage of the shelves and glass jars, and her skin was still stuck all over with needles. She had not moved or blinked since noticing Verow’s departure. “I think so,” said Verow. “We’ve never been apart. She’s my Grownup, after all.” The man looked Verow over curiously. “What do you think it means to be a Grownup?” The girl could not say, and remained quiet, so the man went on. “I will answer your questions,” he said. “It’s time that you learned the truth about your lost color.”
Topher Daniel can be reached at t.m.daniel@live.com
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SPORtS BRIEFS Robert Lovaglio named third team All-Louisiana Loyola’s forward Robert Lovaglio was named to the third team All-Louisiana Men’s Basketball Team for the 2012-13 season by the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association. The AllLouisiana team was voted on by a panel of media members and sports information directors from across the state. Lovaglio, a 6’5’ forward from Winter Park, Florida, made the third team as he averaged 19.7 points per game and 6.7 rebounds a night. Lovaglio ranked 13th in the NAIA in points per game and 15th in total points as he scored 590, which is the fifth highest mark in a season in Wolf Pack history. COURTESY OF KAT IGNATOVA PHOTOGRAPHY
Golf team signs new player to team Loyola’s head golf coach Lisa Tinkler announced the signing of Sarah-Anne Smurlick to the signing class of 2013. Smurlick is the first signee for the women’s golf team in the 2013 class. She comes to Loyola after studying at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario and Ryerson University in Toronto. Smurlick won the York District Women’s Amateur Tournament. She is a member of the York District Amateur Team, which won the team event at the Ontario Amateur Championship.
Environmental science sophomore Steven Gergen, history sophomore Tad Walters and mass communication sophomore Etefia Umana pose with the Quidditch team’s trophy. The team took home a trophy after competing in the Quidditch World Cup on April 13.
Loyola takes second at World Cup Loyola Quiddtich brings home second place trophy By Shamara King Assistant Sports Editor Loyola’s Quidditch team’s dream came true to attend The Quidditch World Cup VI Tournament in Kissimmee, Fla. on April 13 and 14. “It was a little surreal for me, seeing as I never expected to get there,” Steven Gergen,
environmental science sophomore said. According to Quidditch player and history sophomore Tad Walters, the team fundraised on Indiegogo.com, a crowd funding website, and SGA also allocated the Quidditch team money to go to the tournament. After gathering the money needed for the World Cup, the team made their travel arrangements. “We flew to Orlando, and
busses full of Quidditch players drove us to our hotels. The same busses drove us from the hotel to the fields and back every day,” Gergen said. The Quidditch World Cup was an exciting experience for the players competing against other Quidditch teams in the US and other countries. “Seeing all the different styles of play and just other really good teams was amazing to watch. Also the level of spirit and comradely between most teams,” Etefia
Umana, mass communication sophomore said. “It was really cool to see that much Quidditch going on at once. I probably focused a little too much on our game and winning over the weekend,” Gergen said. “It was a great experience. Not only in an opportunity to play teams that we usually wouldn’t have the chance to play against, but watching some of the D1
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Tennis team Attack prompts student search for loved ones looks ahead Loyola students share their experiences By Cami Thomas Sports Editor Far-flung family members, coworkers and friends frantically used social media, cellphones and even a “people finder” website to try to learn the fate of participants and spectators at the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and over 100 injured after a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of one of the world’s great races. Loyola English junior Emma Grimsley is a native of Boston. She had no knowledge of the attack until she recieved a phone call from a friend. “Right after it happened my friend in Chicago called me and asked if my family was okay,” Grimsley said. “And I had no idea what he was talking about.” The search was made more difficult by heavy cellphone use causing slow and delayed service. In an age connected by everything digital, the hours after the blasts produced a tense silence. “It took a while to hear from other loved ones because we couldn’t get through,” Grimsley said. “Everyone was on their
phones I guess. The network was overloaded.” After dealing with faulty cellphone networks, Grimsley was finally able to get in contact with her family. “Luckily my dad was out of town and my mom had been visting him so she was on the train outside the city.” In spite of the resources to get in contact with people, the search proved to be difficult for many. Loyola accounting and pyschology freshman Julian
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I know Boston will bounce back. But for now, all we can do is mend the wounds Julian Correa psychology freshman
Correa is from Boston, and is thankful that everyone in his family is safe. For him, the search for family members took longer than he hoped, but he was finally able to reach
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Police officers run towards an explosion during the Boston Marathon on April 15. The attack left three dead and over 100 injured. everyone. “It took a while for me to find my dad,” Correa said. “But everyone in my family is okay.” Correa is still waiting to hear from a friend who was injured during the attack. “I do have a friend from high school in the hospital and she had surgery last night” said Correa. “I’m still waiting to hear from her, but I’ve heard only good news.” The support that Correa and Grimsley are are recieving from peers is comforting.
“I’m proud of the way the first responders acted and how the nation came together in support of Boston,” said Correa. “I know Boston will bounce back, but for now, all we can do now is mend the wounds and figure out who did this.” Cami Thomas can be reached at cathoma2@loyno.edu The Associated Press contributed to this report
After a long weekend of matches played in Jackson, Miss., Loyola’s tennis team may have returned beaten, but they look to their upcoming tournament matches with hope and excitement. The teams played one game on Friday, and split a double header on Saturday, with the women winning the second game of the double header, but falling in the first two matches. These games were the last of the regular season for the Pack. Loyola started off this final weekend playing Belhaven on Friday with both the women and men falling to their opponents. They continued onto Saturday, where they were hopeful in their games against Jackson State and Tougaloo College, a team both the men and women had defeated over a month ago. The Wolf Pack’s men and women came up short against Belhaven on Friday, as well as Saturday’s first game against Jackson State. The women pulled through, however, and came up with a win against Tougaloo while the men were defeated in a very close
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Good-bye Hornets
Hello Pelicans
New Orleans basketball plays last game as the Hornets
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(left) New Orleans Hornets forward Anthony Davis drives against Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol during a game in Los Angeles Tuesday, Aril 9. The team has played their last season as the Hornets, as they have now made the official switch to the New Orleans Pelicans. (right) The New Orleans Pelicans have unvelied their new logo in light of the name change. The new logo features a darker blue, red and undertones of gold.
Student opinions on switch from Hornets to Pelicans: Q: What do you think of the name change? “I think it’s great. The Hornets are terrible and the city and team need to rebrand.” - Charles LaRock, mass communication senior “Logo’s nice, just the name is kind of wack.” -Piero Ramirez, general studies business freshman “I think it’s cool that the team
represents Louisiana’s state bird, and their team colors blend well.”- Paul Valasquez, psychology sophomore
boring and overused by sports teams.”- Stevie Forget, music industry sophomore
“Although I don’t follow the NBA in depth, I think the ‘pelican’ is a better symbol for Louisiana sports than the Hornets.” - Alex Kneib, history pre-law sophomore
“I think that the name “Pelicans” is less menacing, so to speak. I don’t think anyone is going to fear the Pelicans. The logo is nice though.”Devin Stevens, international business freshman
“I’m not a fan of the switch. I think the Pelicans are a horrible mascot choice and the colors being used are too
“It’s awesome. The Hornets made no sense whatsoever.” -Remi Pierre Sorbet, mass communication freshman
“I like it.” - Joshua Randle, music industry sophomore “I really do not care for the name. But I guess they will have a mascot that will actually match the team name which is rare in the NBA.” Sam Hill, business sophomore “I think pelicans are much less intimidating than hornets. More importantly, I like the Honey Bees, so what the heck are they going to be called now? Nothing
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Music industry freshman Daniel Gallagher competes in the Quidditch World Cup. Loyola’s Quidditch team took home second place in the Division II bracket.
games like the semi-finals and finals really gave me valuable insight and knowledge into the sport and what we can improve on next year,” Walters said. The Quidditch team came in second place in the Division II bracket at the World Cup and the players are proud of their accomplishment. “We were 6-0 before the final match, which we lost. Second place is still a really big deal to me, especially when teams from around the country and around the world are there,” Gergen said. “I think we did quite well especially considering people’s prediction,” Umana
said. Loyola Quidditch team is grateful and sends their thanks to all who contributed to their success. “I give thanks to SGA, the people who donated to us and all of my teammates, but in particular Tad Walters. He’s worked tirelessly this year to make sure that we got to this point,” Umana said. “Thanks to everyone who donated definitely, and also SGA because I’m fairly certain they funded a lot of our trip too,” Gergen said. “Most especially though, I’d like to thank the team for sticking it out all year and making this happen.” Shamara King can be reached at sking@loyno.edu
attractive-sounding comes to mind when I think about pelicans. I guess you can call your team the Maggots if you paid to own it, though.” Thomas Slack, physics senior “The Hornets haven’t been that great, compared to the Saints at least. So maybe the new logo, new mascot, new locker room, new uniforms will light the fire under them.” - Taylor Burns, environmental science sophomore
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Continued from page 9 match that ended at 4-5. Meghan de Baroncelli, biology sophomore, plays #1 singles and #1 doubles for Loyola. She is excited for the future of her team, as it is a younger team. “We have a fairly young team, with only two seniors: a boy and a girl. But we have some new freshmen who I think have a lot of potential and I look forward to working with them,” de Baroncelli said. She also looks back onto last year for some encouragement and hope for the upcoming
championship games. “Last year we played Spring Hill our first match for conference and we lost. But I feel like this year we’ll be better. I’m not sure who we’re going to play but we’ve improved a lot, and I think we can definitely pull through with a win,” de Baroncelli said. Sarah Szigeti can be reached at sisziget@loyno.edu
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Religion In Brief Pope supports opposition towards American nuns VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis supports the Holy See’s crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns, dimming hopes that a Jesuit pope whose emphasis on the poor mirrored the nuns’ own social outreach would take a different approach than his predecessor. The Vatican last year imposed an overhaul of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious after determining the sisters took positions that undermined Catholic teaching on the priesthood and homosexuality while promoting “radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.” Investigators praised the nuns’ humanitarian work, but accused them of ignoring critical issues, including fighting abortion. The Vatican crackdown unleashed a wave of popular support for the sisters, including parish vigils, protests outside the Vatican’s embassy in Washington, D.C. and a U.S. Congressional resolution commending the sisters for their service to the country.
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Loyola members teach about Islam By KARL GOMMEL Staff Writer The Loyola Society for Civil Engagement held a panel on Islamaphobia in an effort to improve understanding of Islam through increased dialogue. Molly Wagner, president of the LSCE, moderated the panel. Adil Khan, associate professor of Islamic Studies, and Biology sophomore Hiba El Assar served as featured panelists. Audience members offered questions about Islam or Islamaphobia to the panelists to move discussion along. Topics varied from being a Muslim on Loyola’s campus to the effects of post-colonialism on global perceptions of Islam. Wagner felt that the questionand-answer format allowed for a wide range of topics to be touched upon. “Everything that I wanted to
cover personally was covered in the panel but in a much more eloquent way than I ever could have. I think it’s more in keeping with the peace conference in there not being such a hierarchical approach to education,” Wagner said. The panel was part of the weeklong Student Peace Conference, which took place April 8-12. The conference held events focusing on contemporary social, political and religious issues. English literature sophomore Simon Whedbee attended the Islamaphobia panel, and is in his second year of working as an organizer for the conference. Whedbee said that the conference aims to promote an academic dialogue about peace issues. “The idea of getting a bunch of students from different backgrounds, a bunch of members of the New Orleans community
and a bunch of different professors together to talk about various issues from various perspectives, I think that’s kind of the essence of what peace is,” Whedbee said. Khan provided his take on the idea of Islamic culture at the panel. He stressed that Islam varies across borders with each country’s own cultural values. “There is diversity in the Muslim world. These countries each have their own cultural backgrounds. There is a mosque here in New Orleans dominated by black people. The culture at the mosque is 100 percent American. So, no, I don’t believe in the notion of Islamic culture,” Khan said. El Assar was asked to provide her definition of the core of the Islamic faith. She responded with a message of strength in focusing on the important things in life, “I think the biggest thing that is instilled in us is that this world is ephemeral, that we’re working
towards the hereafter. And there’s so many temptations in this world, and it’s easy to fall into those temptations, but we have to remain strong and come above that,” El Assar said. Whedbee was pleased with the interaction at the panel, citing the ongoing discussion as a sign of success. “I think you can judge how well a panel is based on the questions afterwards, which is why I think this particular setting was really interesting because it was all questions. I think the fact that it was able to go on for 4550 minutes based purely on the interest of the people who came here, I think that’s a testament to the fact that this kind of stage works,” Whedbee said. Karl Gommel can be reached at kagommel@loyno.edu
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has condemned the Boston Marathon bombings, saying that Islamic law, or Shariah, does not condone violence against civilians. A Tuesday, April 16, statement from the Islamist group’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, expressed “condolences to the American people and to the families of victims, with hopes for a quick recovery of those injured.” The party also said that Islamic law “firmly rejects assaults on civilians and doesn’t accept any means of terrorizing people, regardless of their religion, color or gender.” “The sinful assaults in Boston ascertain the necessity of solidarity of the international community in efforts to achieve justice and well-being for all nations and communities, and to ensure that these crimes don’t take place again,” the statement read. BURKE BISCHOFF/THE MAROON
Women arrested for doing men’s ritual JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Thursday, April 11, detained five women at a Jerusalem holy site for performing religious rituals that ultraOrthodox Jews say are reserved for men. The detentions came just a day after an Israeli organization proposed a compromise to diffuse tensions over the issue of women’s worship at the Western Wall. The proposal, which still has to be approved by the government, envisions establishing a new section at the site where men and women can pray together. About 120 women arrived Thursday morning for their monthly prayer service and police detained five for wearing prayer shawls, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. He said they were later released without charge.
Assistant religious studies Professor at Marywood Laurie Cassidy, Assistant Professor for the Jesuit Social Research Institute Alex Mikulich and Assistant theology Professor at the University of Notre Dame discuss their inspiration for writing their book, “The Scandal of White Complicity and U.S. Hyper-incarceration: A Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance” on April 10. Their book talks about how too many people of color are being put in jail and how most white Americans are letting that fact affect their perception of those people.
Authors studied incarceration and spirituality By MARY GRACI Editorial Assistant Personal and spiritual expirences have influenced three authors in writing their book, which talked about the relationship between white supremacy and the incarceration of colored people. Authors Alex Mikulich, assistant professor for the Jesuit Social Research Institute, Laurie Cassidy, assistant religious studies professor at Marywood University and Margaret Pfeil, assistant theology professor at the University of Notre Dame, presented their book “The Scandal of White Complicity and U.S. Hyper-incarceration: A Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance” on Wednesday,
April 10, in Millar 114. The Jesuit Social Research Institute, Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, and Department of Sociology sponsored the discussion, which went over the relationship between white people and the uneven incarceration of minorities. Mikulich, Pfell and Cassidy organized this discussion panel in parallel to the construction of the book. Mikulich began the discussion by talking about structure, defining exactly what the authors mean by “hyperincarceration,” which is the over incarceration of a certain group of people, and “white complicity,” which is interchangeable with white supremacy. “One of the great benefits of working on this book is that it’s really three books in one,” Mikulich said. “From a Catholic
perspective, it’s very Trinitarian because we have three co-authors who have been in conversation with each other, interrelating questions of structure, culture and spirituality.” Pfell, as did the other speakers, spoke about her experience and how it led to a self-realization that they needed to spread awareness of the current state of white privilege, especially in terms of incarceration. “What I’m finding in my research is that, that picture in your head of the dangerous black man goes all the way back to Thomas Jefferson, that we needed that idea of the dangerous black man in order to do what we did with slavery and again right now with incarceration,” Pfell said. The discussion ended with Cassidy’s take on the spirituality
concerns surrounding this issue. Cassidy brought the issue back in relevance to Loyola’s Jesuit ideals when she spoke on spirituality and the role it plays in this issue of hyper-incarceration of minorities. Many sociology students, like sociology freshman Sammy Ybarzabal, attended the panel discussion to relate the topic back to themselves and their class. “Because we live in New Orleans and there’s a lot of crime, I feel like we need to have this talk,” Ybarzabal said. “Even when people walk in the streets, there’s this sense of fear when they’re around people of color in the city. Why are we like that?” Mary Graci can be reached at megraci@loyno.edu
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Bombs detonate at Boston marathon Senate
supports ban on tweeting BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s state senators want drivers to stop tweeting and posting to Facebook and put their hands on the wheel. The Senate voted 25-9 Wednesday for a proposal to ban social media posts while driving. The bill would expand an existing prohibition on texting while driving to include accessing, reading and posting to sites like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Republican Sen. Dale Erdey of Livingston said his proposal is designed to combat distracted driving. He said posting often takes longer than texting. The bill heads next to the House for debate. If passed into law, violators would face a traffic fine of up to $175 for the first offense and up to $500 for second and subsequent violations.
A mourner reacts during a candlelight vigil in the aftermath of Monday’s Boston Marathon explosions, which killed three and injured more than 100, Wednesday, April 17, at City Hall in Cambridge, Mass.
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Appointments should only be temporary The new SGA executive board inherited some problems from the previous executive board, and the short time frame for new elections to fill the Senate has forced them to resort to appointments. These appointments are not a bad thing in themselves — they provide a solution at a time when students are too busy to properly consider or conduct elections — but these appointments must be short-term if the voice of the Loyola student body is to be given the respect it deserves. Thus we at The Maroon support the SGA’s decisions to appoint students to vacancies in the Senate, so long as these positions are filled by popular election in the fall along with the election of freshman senators. Students roundly rejected the sections of the SGA constitution that would have allowed for increased centralization of power within SGA. This was a triumph for student voices and student engagement — it showed that students can pay attention and decide for themselves what course SGA should take. In this case, students opted to keep the republican nature of the SGA as expansive as possible by having a multitude of senators elected by students rather than a smaller body of senators and a number of executive appointments. However, following the defeat of the proposed sections of the constitution that would have changed the Senate, additional elections were required, and not enough people ran to fill these seats. Given how late it is in the semester and how busy students are, it is unreasonable both to expect students to be able to run effectively and make major decisions about being a part of SGA and for SGA to try to force a new election through. Appointing new senators will allow SGA to continue in its constitutionally required form without putting undue pressure on anyone. These appointments are thus valuable to allowing SGA to serve students, but they are only valuable as a short-term solution. The defeated sections of the constitution would have narrowed this large selection of senators and centralized power in the hands of the SGA executive board. The defeat of these sections indicates a mandate from the Loyola student body to keep an open Senate. The executive board has been compelled to appointments by circumstances, and we support this decision. But if these appointments aren’t short-term, then SGA will betray the voice of the students. By postponing elections until the fall along with the freshman elections, SGA gives the whole student body more time to consider joining SGA and running for office. The appointments will allow SGA to marshal interested students to be a part of SGA in such a way that SGA will be able to function as its constitution requires. But SGA must make sure these appointments are only temporary, and students must use this time to decide to get involved in SGA, either as candidates for the Senate or as voters looking for excellent candidates.
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The Loyola community stands with Boston AT ISSUE: Help those who you are able to help and remember that the Loyola community was injured by events in Boston
Loyola’s students come from all across the world. When in times of crisis, it is important to stand with our fellow students, united in our choice of education and in our values When the bombs went off at the Boston Marathon, people were injured, hurt and killed. But a great host of people rose up to give blood and help those who’d been wounded in the attack. As members of the Loyola community, we have an obligation to do no less. There are 87 students from Massachusetts at Loyola right now, and many faculty and staff (both past and present) and alumni may also have ties there. Our branches spread far and wide across the nation and the world, and now some of those branches have suffered injuries — if not of the body, then of the spirit. We do not know the reason yet behind the
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bombings. We do not know who the culprit or culprits were and why they chose to attack. The situation remain shrouded, confused and threatening. The people of Boston stand in pain. But they do not stand alone. The people of this country stand with their fellow Americans. The people of New Orleans, no strangers to tragedy, stand with those suffering. And the people of Loyola stand with their brothers and sisters, united by Jesuit ideals that have universal appeal, committed to serving our fellow man and looking forward into the future with a contemplative vision shaped by hope. Tragedy is very real, but it can be overcome and used to spur a people on to greater heights. If there is any city that attests to this fact, it is New Orleans. So take action. Comfort those who are in need of comforting. Help those you are able to help. To those members of our community with roots in Massachusetts, extend always the courtesy, respect and care that our fellow men, citizens and members of the Loyola community deserve.
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Drug use can’t be stopped
The most laughable part about the crusade against marijuana legalization is that, while weed’s opponents devote their time and energy towards fighting a plant, young people — particularly college students — are spending their weekends partaking in real drugs. Drugs with names that are more periodic table than the English alphabet. Ever heard of 2ci? 25i? N,N-Dimethyltriptamine (DMT)? Molly? Do you know where your kids are right now? This isn’t an exposé; you can’t expose something as blatantly obvious as co-eds’ drug consumption, whether they’re taking sketchy laboratory substances, off-the-street drugs like cocaine or pharmaceuticals as easily accessible as prescription pills. Drugs will be consumed. Since the advent of alcohol distillation, drugs have been consumed. But these college kids aren’t reckless creatures wildly putting anything and everything into their bodies without a second thought. One would be surprised to discover just how knowledgeable they are. Through a strangely educated drug culture (perhaps as a response to the negativity that narcotics and youth elicit, especially when combined) these eighteento-twenty-two-year-olds are transforming themselves into backalley pharmacists, with more savvy than the generation before them could ever imagine. They are dorm-room scientists. They are searching for spirituality and meaning just like everyone else — only, they find what they’re looking for in their pills and lines. They’re consuming hard drugs, and many of these students are navigating their vices quite well. Yet all anybody in Congress can think about is marijuana and how it will apparently send the whole nation to hell in a hand basket. Yes, certain drugs should not be legal, and yes, there should be consequences for individuals caught dealing or partaking in said drugs. A good portion of the narcotics drifting around campuses are dangerous; however, some, like weed, are not. Drug usage will always be prevalent and certain narcotics will always be punishable by law. But if law enforcement and America’s legislative bodies want to get things right, they need to become as sophisticated as the college students they’re persecuting. They need to stop dedicating energy to penalizing weed smokers and halt living in a cloud of misinformation. America’s War on Drugs, amongst other issues, needs to enter the twenty-first century. Kate Watson can be reached at kmwatson@loyno.edu
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Biden is unfit to be a leader PATRICK LYNCH On the Record
KATE WATSON It’s Elementary
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The “Weekly Standard” reported on March 22 that Vice President Joe Biden stayed one night in Paris, at the five-star Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, during his first European tour of his second term. The hotel bill was $585,000.50. He and his traveling party then lodged the next day at the Hyatt Regency London, which cost the taxpayers $459,388.65. Biden, his wife, Jill Biden, and his entourage spent three days in February traveling Germany, London and Paris. The Justification and Approval For Other Than Full and Open Competition, Price Justification (JOFOC) form was approved by Jeanne F. Bull, director of Presidential Travel Support, on Jan. 28, 2013. This document notes that the vice president’s
group required “approximately Mr. Biden’s tax returns for the 136 hotel rooms for 893 room years 2008 through 2011, he nights.” Based on these figures would not pay this amount for and the total contract price, each his hotel accommodations if he hotel room at the Hyatt Regency was spending his own money. Remember, Biden London cost us, said in a Sept. 17, the American 2008 interview taxpayers, with Good approximately Morning America, $500 per night. A leader never “… paying more Has this man in taxes is the ever studied asks his or her patriotic thing to leadership? do for wealthier A l t e r n a t i v e l y, charges to do Americans (those did his parents what he or she earning over ever teach him $250,000).” anything about cannot He explained leadership or statement, ethics? Patrick Lynch his want to take A leader assistant professor “We money and put it never asks his of accounting back in the pocket or her charges of middle-class to do what he or people.” she cannot do. However, let’s Also, a leader see how freely does not eat, travel, etc., in a fashion superior he spends his money to benefit to that of his or her men and others. Below are excerpts from women. Biden is not a leader! He Mr. Biden’s tax returns. His is a parasite, and he never will charitable contributions, which garner the respect of the self- include contributions to his reliant men and women of the church (he claims to be Roman Catholic), have been less than United States. I believe, after studying 2 percent of his adjusted gross
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income. So, it appears that he is quick to tax American taxpayers and spend our money for his lavish trappings. Nevertheless, he is not so quick to voluntarily give his money to help others reach their God-given potential. Seems to be a paradox of actions and words! It is a sad commentary considering the privileges we have inherited as a result of our fore-fathers’ sacrifices that we, the American taxpayers, are too apathetic to hold these elected officials accountable. John Q. Adams, the second president of the US, said: “I must study politics & War that my sons may have the liberty to study math & philosophy in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry & music.” Patrick Lynch is an assistant professor of accounting and can be reached at pmlynch@loyno.edu On The Record is a regular column open to all Loyola faculty and staff. Those interested in contributing can contact letter@loyno.edu
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. & Jill T. Biden’s Tax Returns Year
2008
2009
2010
2011
Adjusted Gross Income
$269,256
$333,182
$379,178
$379,035
Charitable Contributions
1,885
4,820
5,350
5,540
% of AGI
.7%
1.45%
1.41%
1.46% SOURE: WHITE HOUSE
Abortion experience provides context
Stewart Sinclair Left of the Neutral Ground
When I was younger I believed abortion was against my religion. Though I did not understand much, I believed that abortion was not a viable option. Even so, I could not condemn anyone else for making that decision. They were entitled to their beliefs. Growing up, I witnessed the chasm between pro-life and pro-choice, and my place on the spectrum did not sit well with my church or my liberal friends. My post-Roe v. Wade generation had been raised entrenched on either side of the argument. I eventually found myself firmly on the choice side of the fence, open to abortion in my own life, but hoping to avoid that decision. Year after year, I witnessed legislators and judges pass
and approve laws eroding Roe Louisiana. Meanwhile, I went v. Wade. Many states banned out on Royal Street every day of the use of public money, land Spring Break, juggling to come and buildings for clinics that up with the $550 it costs to have an abortion. offered abortions We waited or for doctors who the mandatory performed the 24-hours, and procedure. she took the Simultaneously, Mifepristone protesters stood No man . . . pill on Good outside of my high school with Friday. There could possibly was no time to pictures of fetuses understand the cry. We both and signs damning knew we were women to hell who decision my making the had abortions, calling them decision to end partner was a potential life. whores for being faced with The way my irresponsible. girlfriend’s body These acts only contorted and affirmed my belief the screams in a woman’s right to choose. Stewart Sinclair of agony that her However, they did English writing junior escaped were reminders not prompt me to of the severity take action. It was only a few of our decision. weeks ago, when It was also a reminder my girlfriend and I stared at the two lines that meant to me that, although this was she was pregnant, that I fully a conclusion we had come to understood the ramifications together, it was about her. Not of the national debate. My only did she have to decide if she girlfriend had to go through wanted to be a mother at this tests, interviews and ultrasounds time, but she also had to decide all while being harassed by if she wanted me to be the father protesters outside of one of of her child. It was her body only seven clinics in the state of squirming in pain, numbed by
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Vicodin, forcing a life from inside her. I could have threatened to leave her if she had an abortion. I could have told her I wouldn’t be there if she kept the child. But I wanted to be a good man. I wanted to support her at a time when she needed me most, and be there for whatever decision she needed to make. I will never fully understand her decision. No man could. No man picketing outside of a clinic, no man in a black robe sitting on a bench, no man positioned on an oversight committee reviewing a bill for reproductive rights could ever possibly understand the decision my partner was faced with. I regret that by writing this I risk being threatened by people who disagree. I regret that people who profess individual liberty think it is OK in a free country to write out scripts that doctors are required by law to read to women seeking abortions, whether the doctor agrees or not. But I do not regret the decision my partner made. Further, we came to the decision together, but it was her right to decide. Stewart Sinclair can be reached at slsincla@loyno.edu
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Monroe: Committee will have completion date of construction by late summer 2013 Continued from page 1 the committee will have a concrete idea
on the exact completion date of the construction on Monroe Hall. Phase I of Monroe Hall is scheduled to be completed by December 2014. Regarding the interior effects of construction on the building, the stairwells inside the building are unusable, which means the bathrooms inside the stairwells are unusable as well. Though Tuley said Chris Chambers, chairman of the English department,
has “investigated alternative meeting sites” for classes within the department affected by construction, Tuley said she feels for the students affected by the construction. “Given the cost of tuition, I feel especially bad for the students who are not getting adequate instruction in this environment,” Tuley said.
CABRA HALL Craig Beebe, director of residential life, said Cabra Hall is on schedule to open so staff can return in early August. One of the positive upgrades that Cabra will be seeing is the addition of a full stovetop as opposed to a simple cook top in the kitchens, Beebe said. Other news, Beebe said, is that the furniture for Cabra Hall is being ordered this month. The office of residential life plans to hire a Loyola graduate student as the new area director of Cabra Hall.
Taylor Denson can be reached at tsdenson@loyno.edu Aaren Gordon contributed to this report.
TOM BENSON JESUIT CENTER Tommy Raymond, director of construction and safety, said, “The Jesuit Benson Center is in the design stages – the architects have not finished with the plans, and the job is not under construction at this time.”
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