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Vol.91, No.24
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Friday, April 26, 2013
POUR SOME POWDER ON ME
Anonymous donor challenges community By HASANI GRAYSON Senior Staff Writer
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Students throw colored powder on each other at the 2013 Holi Festival. The festival is an Indian celebration of the beginning of spring and all the colors that come with it. The Loyola University Programming Board and the International Student Association sponsored the event.
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A student shakes the colored powder from her hair at Holi Festival on April 19.
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New Orleans streets flood due to severe weather
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Taylor Duhe, theatre communications senior, blows colored powder into the wind at Holi Festival. The University Programming Board and the International Student Association plan on making the Holi Festival an annual event.
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Loyola has almost half of the donations it needs to receive what would be one of the largest gifts of their fundraising campaign. The university has until May 12 to reach a total of 2,500 donations. As of April 24, Loyola has received 1402 donations for this challenge. An anonymous donor has pledged $100,000 to Loyola if it can get 2,500 people to make donations between Friday, April 26 and May 12. Director of Annual Giving Stephanie Hotard said the donor chose to remain anonymous to avoid distracting people from the cause he was donating to and didn’t want his name to be reported yet. “He’ll allow us to tell people person to person but he doesn’t want us to spread his name widely in publications,” she said. “I don’t think he’d want too much attention from this.” The stipulations on this gift do not specifically dictate how much each donor has to contribute to the cause. Because there is no donation minimum, all potential donors are encouraged to give whatever they feel comfortable with. “We’ve had a lot of donors who are underclassmen,” she said. Hotard continued by saying all the outgoing seniors who contributed to the class gift this year were included in the number of donors as part of their goal of 2,500. The $100,000 donation would only be a small part of Loyola’s $100 million fundraising goal. Hotard said this pledge challenge from the anonymous donor doesn’t mean that Loyola is ready to go into the public phase of their campaign yet. “We’re still in the quiet phase but we’re hoping that as the campaign is launched that we get to do more things like this that bring donors in,” she said. “An important part of the campaign will be alumni participation so this is one way that we’re trying to reach out to new alumni.” Hotard said she is confident that Loyola can get donations from 2,500 people in the next 16 days, but also said she doesn’t know what will happen if they fall short of the goal. “There’s a chance he might not give it,” she said. “We would have to let him know on May 12 and the decision would be up to him.” Hasani Grayson can be reached at hkgrayso@loyno.edu
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NEWSBRIEFS Bookstore hires new manager
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Loyola hired Maleta Wilson as the new manager of the University Bookstore. Prior to starting the job at Loyola on April 1, Wilson was a bookstore field manager at California State University Dominguez Hills and worked for Follet Higher Education group, the company which owns and operates Loyola’s bookstore. Wilson was the 2001 Blackboard Bookseller of the Year. She earned her master’s in administration from Central Michigan University and a master’s in transformative leadership from BethuneCookman University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Music industry seniors to exhibit business plans Loyola’s Department of Music Industry Studies is hosting their annual Senior Pitch Competition on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m. in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall. Seniors in the department will be showing their entrepreneurial knowledge and pitching business plans to be judged by a panel that includes three guest judges. The guest judges are PledgeMusic founder Benji Rogers, Swedish entrepreneur and founder of Musichelp Peter Astedt and Billy O’Connell, an independent music professional and instructor of music industry studies at Loyola. Students will pitch a variety of ideas, including apps and artist service companies. The first, second and third place winners will receive cash awards.
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Tulane and Loyola community members gather in the LBC quad on April 20 for Craw Fest. Craw Fest draws 10,000 people annually who eat over 19,000 pounds of crawfish.
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Students document New Orleans history First-year Loyola students, along with Assistant Professor of history Justin Nystrom are participating in video documentaries highlighting rare oral histories of New Orleans as a part of their classes. Students are working on preserving the history of Dooky Chase Restaurant using Loyola’s new Documentary and Oral History Studio, launched and directed by Nystrom in the summer of 2012 as part of a program that combines oral history with documentary filmmaking. Freshmen interviewed former employees who worked in the restaurant in its beginnings in the 1940s and 1950s.
Volunteers host charity concert The New Orleans Volunteer Orchestra, founded and directed by Loyola students, will host a charity concert to benefit the Youth Orchestra of the Lower Ninth Ward on Friday, May 3. Founded in March 2012, the orchestra includes students and other professional musicians from around the community. The concert is free, but donations are encouraged. It will take place at 7:30 in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall.
(Above) Trombonist Alfred Gowe of The Stooges Brass Band plays on the main stage at Craw Fest. (Right) Jessika England, psychology sophomore, peels crawfish at Tulane University’s Craw Fest on April 20. The annual student-run festival features music, vendors and boiled crawfish.
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Khaled Badr leaves behind a changed SGA By LUCY DIECKHAUS Staff Writer After a year under Khaled Badr’s presidency, the university looks different than it did before he took over as SGA president. The outgoing SGA president, Badr, has been in office since he was elected last April and will remain a part of SGA during a transitional phase. On April 10, an official procedure took place that swore in the current president of Loyola’s SGA, Jasmine Barnes, in the Octavia Room. This past year during his presidency, Badr made sustainability pushes a theme. According to Shannon Donaldson, outgoing vice president of communication, sustainability has been Badr’s single most significant accomplishment during his presidency. “I think he has definitely worked hard to take steps toward having a more sustainable campus that many past members of SGA talked about doing, but maybe never actually completed,” Donaldson said. Badr said he believes he has had
a successful presidency. “I know that by the end of my presidency, I have done everything in my power to better the lives of students on campus, make a smoother transition for the next SGA administration, and I will be very happy with what I have accomplished with all of the obstacles that we had this year,” Badr said. Food prices on campus were another focus of his presidency, he said. “When people expressed their concerns about food prices, I started meeting with dining services that led to many changes in food prices,” Badr said. Badr said he believes that campaign promises are crucial to uphold. “I personally think that it is extremely important to keep campaign promises. With that being said, sometimes things do not work out the way we hope for them to, but trying to keep those promises and trying to achieve the goals is the main important thing,” Badr said. Some of the campaign promises Badr made included the shift to
environmentally friendly light bulbs across the entire Loyola campus and the liaison program, according to an article published in The Maroon in April 2012. Mara Steven, outgoing SGA chief justice, said the environmentally friendly light bulbs and the liaison program have not been implemented as far as she knows. Regarding the liaison program, “We don’t have that policy to my knowledge,” Steven said. Regarding the sustainable light bulbs, Steven said, “If I am not mistaken, that wouldn’t fall under SGA jurisdiction.” While Badr has made some changes on campus, some observers see Badr as a hands-off president. Christopher Sauer, music industry senior, said he has not seen Badr make many accomplishments during his presidency this year with the exception of one purchase. “I guess we did get toasters outside of CC’s that’s probably the best thing he has done,” Sauer said. Martin Quintero-Fehr, SGA senator and political science
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Bateman team ranks nationally By KARL GOMMEL Staff Writer Loyola’s Bateman team will present its “Stand Up, Reach Out” anti-bullying campaign on May 10 in the national finals for this year’s Bateman competition. The Public Relations Student Society of America chose the three finalists from a field of 68 entrants. The team will be up against Kent State University and North Dakota State University in the finals. The PRSSA officially announced the finalists on April 15. Cathy Rogers, adviser to Loyola’s Bateman team, said that she got the good news while she was in church on April 14. She then called the Bateman members to tell them. “They might have been more excited than me, just because they’re the ones who did most of the work. So it’s really nice when it
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Construction prepares theater for Broadway KEVIN CLIFFORD Contributing Writer
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Two men work on the construction of the Saenger Theater. The theater has recently announced its first season post-Katrina. The $52 million project is set to be completed by fall.
The Saenger Theater has had a long journey towards recontruction post Hurricane Katrina but has announced its broadway season that is set to start as soon as October 2013. The theater’s reopening will bring Broadway shows such as The Book of Mormon and Memphis to New Orleans audiences. New Orleans has already coined the term the “Hollywood of the South.” Now, with a 52 million dollar renovation project of the Saenger Theater, conceived in January 2006 by the Canal Street Development Corporation, a multipurpose arts facility and premiere stage will reside in New Orleans. In 1927, at the corner of Canal and North Rampart Streets, the Saenger Theatre was born. It showcased thousands of feature films, plays and productions, elevating New Orleans popularity and support of artistic ventures. However, after Hurricane Katrina destroyed crucial components to the structure, the Canal Street Development Board of Directors immediately decided to plan a redevelopment of the theater to revamp the community’s spirit and innate love of performing arts, Cynthia Connick, the executive director of the CSDC said. “That dicussion began January 2006 and has culminated in a 52 million dollar restoration and owned by the Canal Street Development Corporation and the City of New Orleans, operated by ACE theatrical group, previous owners of the theater,” Connick said. “For many New Orleanians, it is the quintessential theater experience for them. Some people may never make it to New York and this is their venue,” she said. Connick said that art and tourism industries will begin to boom with another major venue for performing arts, marking a return of Broadway in New Orleans. Katrina’s devastation may have incurred damages to the main infrastructure of the building but not to the city’s ability to keep the arts alive, Connick emphasized. According the The Times Picayune, “contemporary musicals
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Deadly shooting devastates neighborhood Republicans support
same sex marriage Same sex marriage gains support from Rhode Island
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A woman who only identified herself as the sister of one person who was killed, right, grieves with another woman amongst a crowd of onlookers at a shooting scene in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 23. Police in New Orleans said two adult men were killed and a child was critically wounded in a Tuesday night shooting shortly before 6 p.m. in a mostly residential area of New Orlean’s Mid-City neighborhood, not far from Carrollton Avenue.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The five Republicans in the Rhode Island Senate are backing gay marriage as a legislative committee prepares for a pivotal vote on the issue. The Senate Republican Caucus announced Tuesday that its members will support legislation allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. The senators cite their support for liberty and limited government
and say same-sex couples deserve the same marriage rights as anyone. While the GOP caucus only holds five of the Senate’s 38 seats, its support is another indication of the growing support for gay marriage in Rhode Island, now the only New England state that doesn’t allow gay marriage. After the bill passed the House and the Senate Judiciary Committee, the bill was approved on Wednesday, April 24 and now is awaiting the governor’s signature.
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Baseball player speaks on career ending accident By Etefia Umana Staff Writer With one badly located pitch during a practice, Braden LaRuffa’s life and baseball career were forever changed. “Blood was coming out of his eye everywhere. It was pretty scary. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said junior leftfielder Karson Cullins. During a fall team scrimmage at Mike Miley Field in Metairie, La. in October 2011 LaRuffa was hit by an inside pitch as he squared to bunt. The pitch shattered his orbital bone as well as the left side of his face including his cheekbone, orbital floor and his eye socket. LaRuffa’s injuries required that he receive three different surgeries on his face including a rebuilding with
prosthetics and plates. Today he has limited mobility in his left eye and that side of his face. “I see double and I see triple when I look left, down, right and up. The only time I can only see one image is when I’m looking straight ahead. You can’t really play ball when it’s hard to see,” LaRuffa said. LaRuffa is a former infielder who played shortstop and second base for Loyola for two seasons. He was a walk-on his sophomore year who redshirted his sophomore year and worked primarily with charts in the clubhouse. In his second season as a junior, he primarily came off of the bench as a designated runner. “He was always doing whatever he could do to be the best teammate,” Cullins said of LaRuffa. Coming back to the game was difficult.
“It took about, I would say, almost half a year for me to really get accustomed to it and being able to really get back to feeling comfortable to understand that it was what it was, and that’s not really changing much.” Currently, as an assistant coach, Brady helps the team in a variety of ways. Hitting groundballs to outfielders during warmups, working with base runners and being a first base coach during games are just some of the responsibilities that LaRuffa has on the team. “Besides the in-house stuff he takes care of as far as sending out e-mails to the players, checking their schedules. All the little tedious work that no one sees, he’s the one that take care of that for us,” head coach Doug Faust said.
His transition from being one of the players in the clubhouse to being amongst the coaches has not been difficult for the players to adjust to. He also provides the team energy during games. “There’s no real issue with respect. It’s more along the lines of they know where I’m coming from,” LaRuffa said. “If we need a quick pump up speech Brady will be there to say ‘Hey you know what, sometimes y’all need to sit back and realize that y’all are still lucky to play the game,’” Cullins said. Baseball has been a lifelong passion for LaRuffa that extends beyond the diamond at Segnette Field. He started playing baseball near the age of six and, outside of his coaching duties with the Wolf Pack, LaRuffa interned with Pittsburgh
Pirates working with their Florida operations this past summer on the business side. Since then, he has been hired to be a video scouting intern for the Pirates on the minor league level in Jamestown, New York. He said that it was a wonderful learning experience, but he is unsure of coaching in the future. “It’s all gonna be right place, right time and what I feel most comfortable with,” LaRuffa said. From his injury, LaRuffa has gained a better appreciation for the game of baseball and realizes that a long career is not guaranteed. “This game comes and goes really quickly. It could be there today, but tomorrow it’s not,” LaRuffa said. Etefia Umana can be reached at emumana@loyno.edu
Basketball players teach elementary kids By Karl Gommel Staff Writer For Cameron Hill, April 9 was a day to teach kids at a local school about the values of reading. A bag full of thank-you cards shows that he had a receptive audience. Hill, mass communication junior, and finance junior McCall Tomeny went to St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School in Metairie to be “secret readers” for pre-K through fifth grade students. The two went as representatives of Loyola’s men’s basketball team. Jill Bracey, librarian at St. Mary Magdalene, started the secret reader program this year. Once a month she has adults come and read books related to their profession or passion. Bracey said that the two members of the Wolf Pack did an outstanding job. “They were phenomenal. The way the players were able to talk to the two-year-olds and connect with them all the way through the fifth graders was great,” Bracey said. The players read basketball books to the students and showed them dribbling drills. According to Bracey, some students even asked for autographs. “The second-graders lined up for autographs. The players stayed and signed them for each student,” Bracey said. Tomeny said that all the fanfare
gave him a feeling of celebrity. “We were very well-received. They had a really good time. It felt like being a rock star almost,” Tomeny said.
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Those kids will probably bug their parents for the next six months about coming to watch us McCall Tomeny finance junior
Hill said that he did not realize the impact he made until this week, when he received thank-you cards from the students. “It was 40, 50 thank-you cards. I’ve got a bag full of them right now. It kind of touched me, just seeing that I was able to make a difference in another kid’s life, cause I remember people making a difference for me when I was growing up,” Hill said. Bracey said that the children’s effort on the thank-you cards is even a testament to the players’ success that day. “Usually getting the kids to make thank you cards every month is like pulling teeth. But they were all excited to do it for the players,”
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Mass communication junior forward Cameron Hill reads a book to children at St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School in Metairie on April 9. Hill and finance junior McCall Tomeny did community service while representing the Loyola basketball team. Bracey said. Hill said that days like the one at Mary Magdalene are just part of the basketball team’s outreach efforts. “We’re always doing community service and things of that nature with schools and surrounding area
kids, so whenever we get the call we’re always open to do anything,” Hill said. For Tomeny, he just hopes he’s won over additional fans at the Den next year. “Some of those kids will probably bug their parents for the
next six months about coming to watch us. Hopefully it’ll give us a few more fans, give us some young people, some kids that’ll scream,” Tomeny said. Karl Gommel can be reached at kagommel@loyno.edu
Players have last chance to make it into next year’s lineup
Hasani grayson Inside Heat With all the starting positions available for next season, I almost want to see Faust channel his inner Vince McMahon and set up a pay-per-view cage match for the title of starting catcher. Even though an opening day cage match could actually get fans out to Segnette, Faust probably doesn’t want his players hitting each other with body slams. So, these last games against Georgia Gwinnett will have to substitute
for any in-ring action. General studies business freshman Daniel Papas seems to be the logical choice at catcher since he’s played the second most games at that position this season, but with all the other catching options the competition for starter should be fierce. Not as fierce as a catcher coming off the top rope with a flying elbow, but it should still be highly competitive. Loyola has seven seniors playing their last games this weekend including catcher Bradley Brunet and outfielder Evan Turkish. This means that any player who is looking to earn more playing time will have their last chance to make an impression on head coach Doug Faust before players come back for workouts in the fall. In addition to the battle that will take place behind the plate,
another position that players in this last series of the season should be competing for is first base. This position battle will be particularly interesting since first base is seen as a position that requires the least amount of defensive skill. This means the position could be open to anybody who has a strong showing at the plate. This could even include players like shortstop Brandon Snow, who leads the team in errors with 18, but is batting .309. Faust may want to consider moving Snow to first and start looking for players who can hold it down defensively at shortstop instead. With two positions left vacant via graduating seniors and players with low batting averages in the outfield, there is a chance for a lot of players to earn some starting jobs this weekend.
Georgia Gwinnett is a team that will be a good test for Loyola’s players looking to play themselves into those starting roles. The Grizzlies are slightly better in most of the major stat categories, but because they are an independent team, they don’t have to go up against the stiff in-conference competition that Loyola does. So while Loyola was getting beat by teams like number two Lee and number four Faulkner, the Grizzlies were beating colleges named after fictional serial killers (Voorhees College is real and ironically got killed by Georgia Gwinnett when they played earlier this season). With the combination of an even match up and a few starting jobs open for next year, this is an important series for everyone whose been playing off the bench
this year. Any player who comes off the bench for a pinch-hit or pinch run needs to try to make an impact on the games this weekend. Getting a hit or stealing a base off the bench could be the start of making a case for more regular playing time when opening day comes around next year. And even if they aren’t wrestling for starting jobs, I hope whoever starts at first base and catcher is awarded a belt for their efforts. Hasani Grayson has been covering baseball as a staff writer for two years for The Maroon. He can be reached at hkgrayso@loyno.edu
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JAZZ FEST 2013 SURVIVAL GUIDE Compiled by MELANIE POTTER and OLIVIA LUECKEMEYER The Maroon
The year is coming to an end and the music lovers of Loyola are rejoicing for Jazz Fest. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival originated in 1970 and has completely evolved over the years. Famed gospel singer Mahalia Jackson returned to her hometown of New Orleans to perform at the first ever Jazz Fest, with only 350 people in attendance. Today, with over 450,000 festival attendees, it has become a staple of New Orleans culture. While some students are going to see headliners like Maroon 5, Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac, others are going for those bands only true New Orleanians have heard of. With over 70 vendors scattered around City Park, crowd favorite foods like Crawfish Monica, Cochon de Lait po-boys, fried green
WHAT SHOWS TO CATCH
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is famous for its signature jazz performances, but this year the event features genres from across the board. A Jazz Fest official weighed in on acts not to miss. Jazz Fest will be the first stop of the U.S. tour dates for French alternative rock band Phoenix, promoting their seventh album “Bankrupt!” Phoenix will play the second weekend of the fest on Saturday, May 4, at 5:30 p.m. Headliner and pop rock group Maroon 5 have also worked up some hype and will perform for the first time at Jazz Fest on Friday, May 3, at 5:20 p.m. Our expert also recommends checking out headliners Fleetwood Mac on Saturday, May 4, at 5:10 p.m. The band will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of their highly successful 1977 album “Rumours.” Songs from the album include hits such as “Gold Dust Woman,” “The Chain” and “Dreams.” Last but certainly not least, our expert suggests stopping by New Orleans’s Rebirth Brass Band on Saturday, April 27, at 3:40 p.m.
tomatoes, mufuletta, jambalaya and pheasant, quail and andouille gumbo will make your mouth water. Whether you’re going for a day or the entirety of both weekends, The Maroon has you covered with what to bring, who to see, where to eat and the tips you can’t miss from seasoned Jazz Fest attendees. Jazz Fest brings together the best of New Orleans’s food, music and culture for this double weekend extravaganza. Melanie Potter can be reached at mppotter@loyno.edu Olivia Lueckemeyer can be reached at moluecke@loyno.edu
WHAT BITES TO EAT
At Jazz Fest, the only thing that rivals the music is the food. Festival goers can enjoy a rich variety of cuisines, including cajun, creole, African, carribean and much more. Across the board, our experts suggested the Crawfish Monica from Kajun Kettle Foods. This crawfish pasta dish was created by Louisiana chef Pierre Hilzim and remains a fest favorite year after year. Our Jazz Fest expert, history Professor Mark Fernandez, called the pheasant, quail and andouille gumbo from Lafayette’s Preajans restaurant “hot as blazes, but too good to pass up!” Po-boys are also a hot commodity at Jazz Fest, and our experts recommend trying a cochon de lait poboy from catering company Love at First Bite and a fried soft shell crab po-boy from Metairie’s Galley Seafood restaurant. For refreshments our Jazz Fest expert Jill Schott, marketing senior, recommends the Strawberry Lemonade from New Orleans’s Cafe Reconcile. Always remember to drink lots of water, as the May heat can cause dehydration.
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WHAT TO BRING
WHAT TO WEAR
1. SUNSCREEN With festival season comes
1. COMFORTABLE SHOES Jazz Fest is held
high temperatures and the blazing sun, so make sure to protect yourself by wearing the SPF sunscreen. Don’t forget to reapply!
2. CASH
Food and drink booths at the festival are cash only, so make sure to bring enough to get you through the day.
3. CHAIR OR BLANKET
at the expansive Fair Grounds Race Course, so you will be doing a lot of walking from stage to stage. Make sure to bring comfortable walking shoes that you don’t mind roughing up.
2. SUNDRESSES
Ladies, this one’s for you. Our experts recommend wearing “light everything,” and sundresses are a perfect choice for the sweltering hot summer days.
3. BRIMMED HATS
Long hours of standing can be tiring, so keep your feet happy by bringing a lawn chair or blanket to sit on.
Once again, it’s always a good idea to protect your face from the beating hot sun. A brimmed sun hat can help to avoid a sunburn and keep you cooled down.
4. CHARGED PHONE
4. SUNGLASSES Keep your eyes protected from the
Jazz Fest draws thousands of festival goers from all over the world, so be sure to bring a charged phone so you don’t get separated from your friends.
sun as you enjoy the music by keeping a pair of shades on hand.
TIPS & TRICKS
1. Go to the Grandstands
Artist interviews in the grandstands give you an intimate experience with some of your favorite Jazz Fest artists and performers. Professor Fernandez highly recommends going. “The interviews are always conducted by knowledgeable people and the artists are forthcoming. It’s so interesting to hear them talk about their careers. Sometimes they’ll even perform a little bit in a very intimate setting,” Fernandez said. Bonus! It’s air conditioned.
OUR EXPERTS MARK FERNANDEZ
Professor of History and 21 year Jazz Fest attendee
JILLIAN SCHOTT
Marketing senior and four year Jazz Fest attendee
CATHERINE PUGH
Psychology sophomore two year Jazz Fest attendee
2. Pre-Purchase Tickets Pre-
purchasing your tickets online can save you time, money and stress. Buying your ticket online will cost you $50, while waiting until the last minute and purchasing at the gate will be $65. So, buy and print your tickets before getting to City Park and save $15.
JAZZ FEST MAP OF GROUNDS
air-conditioned Jazz Fest Express shuttles you in and out of the fair grounds. The Jazz Fest Express will pick riders up at the Steamboat Natchez Dock at Toulouse Street or the Sheraton Hotel at 500 Canal St. Shuttle and festival admission tickets will be on sale at the shuttle departure locations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on the festival days. All shuttles begin operating at 10:30 a.m.
4. Stay Hydrated With temperatures
rising into the 80s this weekend, be sure to drink plenty of cold water. With a long day ahead of you, staying hydrated will be important to surviving Jazz Fest. All of our experts agree, it’s worth getting weighed down a little bit and packing a few extra waters to beat the heat.
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Senior SUCCESS story Accepted into a highly competitive medical school program, this senior is one step closer to becoming a doctor. By RAQUEL DERGANZ BAKER Staff Writer Many college undergrads dream to further their education after graduation. For marketing senior Shonté Joseph, her dream came true via email. Joseph was one out of hundreds of students worldwide to be accepted into Johns Hopkins Medical School. Johns Hopkins PostBaccalaureate Medical Program is a one-year program designed to give students that do not have a science background the knowledge and experience needed so they may attend top medical schools. Ninety-eight percent of students who complete the program are accepted into medical school the next year. After completing the program, students either choose to attend a medical school to which Hopkins is linked or they can attend any other school in the world. “Initially, I was not even going to apply to Hopkins because I thought it would be a long shot for me to be one of the 30 students accepted,” Joseph said. Joseph, from Marrero, La., is the president of her sorority’s
chapter at Loyola , the “Exquisite” Eta Theta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and currently works as the student office assistant for the Loyola Institute for Ministry graduate program. In the past Joseph worked as a Phone-a-thon student caller for the Loyola Annual Fund. A friend of Joseph, mass communication senior Lauren Fincher has nothing but positive things to say about Joseph. “Shonté is a very devoted student. She always strives to do her best no matter what,” Fincher said. Fincher said that Joseph was salutatorian for her high school and was also Jefferson Parrish student of the year.Joseph received a full scholarship to Loyola and is a member of the honors program. Associate Professor of Management Michelle Johnston had the joy of teaching Joseph over the years. “I taught her in Business Communication during her freshman year, Leadership and Teambuilding during her junior year and now Advanced Business Communication during her senior year. Shonté is one of the very best students I have ever taught,” Johnston said. Joseph decided to pursue medical school during the spring of her sophomore year. She applied to Washington University St. Louis and Johns Hopkins. Joseph was accepted into both schools but ultimately chose Johns Hopkins. Joseph heard back from
Johns Hopkins the Monday after her interview with them. “I noticed an email with the subject line ‘Welcome to Hopkins.’ I was floored. I thanked God for answering my prayers,” Joseph said. For the one-year program, Joseph will be staying in Baltimore, MD. Joseph wants to be an ophthalmologist and open a private practice in the Greater New Orleans area. “Shonté is smart, enthusiastic, positive and has excellent communication skills. She will be successful in whatever career she decides to pursue,” Johnston said. Being a student at Loyola has truly helped Joseph grow and succeed as an individual. “Loyola has provided me with great opportunities for academic and personal success and has provided a very supportive community,” Joseph said. “I have had so many amazing professors during my time as an undergraduate, but what makes Loyola unique is the amount of support that students are given.” Fincher said Shonté is a brilliant, hard-working student. “I haven’t known many people who are as intelligent and ambitious as Shonté. She is definitely a great example that a lot of hard work does pay off,” Fincher said.
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Mrs. Gordon locks away her childhood The BUTT N Collector -T.M. Daniel A serial fiction by Topher Daniel published weekly in Life and Times PART NINE Verow sat beside the fire and sipped her tea, and Swain had a game of fetch with the strange man’s beard (it always just caught Swain’s teacup before it would spill over); and once they were well and relaxed the man called them to their seats and began his story. “There comes a time in all of our lives when we can no longer be children, and we must learn to be on our own, and to make the bed without having been told to do it. If we do not manage to take care of ourselves there might be no one to help us along. When this time comes, and our childhood separates from us, we become Grownup. Perhaps your eyes will get dimmer and you could see that it has happened. But then we carry on living, and our childhoods do not come out to play often, and
must wait around while we fill out forms. “But there are childhoods that do not remain when it is time to become a Grownup, and they end up in another place entirely. A world of lost things. “Mrs. Gordon,” he said, “the repulsive, chilling woman, has always feared the day when her childhood would leave her; and so when it was time to grow she locked herself up in a cold and damp closet, and never let her childhood out of her sight. In that way it could not become lost. “But she had forgotten that we cannot avoid becoming Grownup (or at least we should not try); and so without spirit or adventure her childhood withered, and died. When the childhood went to the world of lost things the poor woman was lost as well, for she could not be without it.” “What happened to the childhood then?” Swain asked. The man looked at Verow, and his heart was so heavy that you could almost hear it thudding against his chair as it fell. “It became very sad, and lost its color.” Verow understood what this all meant. Now some part of her suspected that she had known all along. She stood and removed her scarves, and her blankets, and
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Brazilian dance crew hits Loyola at festival
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Brazilian band Casa Samba brought authentic Brazilian music, food and dancing to the St. Charles Room on April 18. A Brazilian dance troupe called Casa Samba entertained guests with colorful outfits, detailed designs and dance moves straight from the tropical South American country. The dance group is stationed in New Orleans and prides itself on being the first samba school in the city. The mission of the group is to present audiences with an authentic Brasilian Carnival and folk arts experience. Casa Samba has a vision to turn the adults and children of New Orleans into practitioners of Brasilian traditional music. The Brasil Sensacional! event served as a fundraiser to support international students at Loyola.
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Theater: Saenger set to reopen
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A construction worker looks out of a window at the future Lasalle apartments. The apartment complex is housed in the same building in which the Saenger theater will reside on Canal Street.
Oil spill judge: What is gross negligence? NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The judge who will allocate responsibility for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has told lawyers to give him their views about whether a series of negligent acts can add up to gross negligence. The Justice Department and private plaintiffs’ attorneys contend that BP PLC acted with gross negligence before the blowout on April 20, 2010. If U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier agrees, BP’s civil penalties could soar. The blowout triggered an explosion that killed 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. Barbier ultimately could decide how much more money BP, cement contractor Halliburton and rig owner Transocean Ltd. owe for their roles in the catastrophe. The judge, who heard eight
weeks of testimony, set June 21 as the deadline for post-trial briefs, listing six questions about gross negligence that he wants answered. Lawyers must also submit proposed findings and conclusions then. BP has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other criminal charges and agreed to pay $4 billion in criminal penalties. The company says it has racked up a total of more than $24 billion in spill-related expenses, including cleanup costs and compensation for businesses and individuals. But the company still faces billions more in civil claims by the federal government and Gulf Coast states under the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and other environmental regulations. The response deadline is July 12.
are the main focus for Broadway in New Orleans, which is sponsored by East Jefferson General Hospital.” As much as the theater attracts attention on a national level, the Loyola theater community plans to witness the Saenger’s restoration through the experience of students and teachers, hoping to gain professional experience in arts administration as well as performance, Patrick Gendusa said, professor of Theater Arts and former executive administrator for the Saenger. “It will allow them exposure to professional theatre. Hopefully opportunities will arise for our students to intern with the Saenger
staff, have master-classes, and work backstage on the tours.” This was a great transition! In regards to the economical impact of this addition, Georgia Gresham, Loyola’s chair of the Theatre Arts, said, “Investment comes in many forms. A vibrant arts community has positive impact on a city’s economy. There are statistics and studies that demonstrate that for each dollar spent there is a multiple dollar impact.” “The performing arts changes lives like nothing else. It is a place where everyone is welcomed and feels at home. We need to support arts in our schools and our city,” Patrick Gendusa said. Kevin Clifford can be reached at kccliffo@loyno.edu
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Jack Casanova, president of the Louisiana Association of Wholesalers, speaks in opposition to House Bill 417, which would increase the state tax on certain tobacco products, during the House Ways and Means Committee meeting on Monday, April 22 at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The bill was voluntarily deferred by Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa
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Retreat reveals reflection Before Senior Retreat, Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” struck me like a bolt of lightning. With graduation around the corner, Dylan hauntingly reminded me that my unclear path for the future ran through Loan Debt Mountain, one of the tallest of all mountains — and I’m afraid of heights. “How does it feel / to be on your own” suddenly became “How does it feel to know you’re going to be poor for the next decade?” But once I rolled up to Tickfaw State Park, I was surrounded by about 15 other seniors who shared similar fates: getting kicked into the streets of a world gone wrong. Too many graduates, too little jobs, too many job requirements, too little experience, too many bills, too little cash — realizations that spiral on until a mental breakdown is reached. “Maybe I’ll get a lobotomy so I can sit fat on federal money,” I thought. I don’t have much personality anyway, so it’d be a win-win. The retreat encouraged a series of contemplative reflections, where all of my fears and worries shined brightly in my face and burned my eyes. Having no hope for myself, my fellow graduates, or the human race, my big question was, “How can there be a God when he allows my future to look so grim?” After going on several University Ministry retreats, it was as if God only existed in the wilderness. I spent many months between the Emmaus and Awakening retreats in reflection, but my reflections were becoming less productive. I didn’t want to go to the woods to worry about the things I already worried about. But contemplation and reflection became less important as Senior Retreat went on. Discussions were more frequent, and all the issues I was faced with were exposed. I began hearing everyone’s story, each one wondering how they were going to make money, where they were going to live, what their families would think if they didn’t go home and if they would fail to reach their ambitions. I realized then how foolish I had been. In all my time reflecting and worrying about things I could not control, I had stopped listening. God was not an audible voice, but I started to hear him through my peers, and I began to understand that nothing was going to work out the way I wanted or planned. There was no reason to worry about life after graduation. I recognized that there was still time to grow; I couldn’t let my unclear path define my life, but instead, let my life define my path. Alex Haase is an English writing senior and can be reached at ajhaase@loyno.edu
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Couples reconnect through faith By JESSICA DEBOLD Staff Writer As national divorce rates climb and societal standards for marriage change, the Willwoods Catholic community wants to keep faith in marriage alive through retreat and prayer. The Faith and Marriage ministry of the Willwoods community helped to rejuvenate relationships by inviting married couples to a retreat on April 13 at St. Joseph’s Abby in Covington, La. The opportunity was to reintroduce faith and God into the foundation of marriage. “The retreat helps remind couples of the vows they took at the beginning of their marriage and then gives them space to breathe,
to pray and to love together,” Jason Angelette, director of the Faith and Marriage ministry, said. During the weekend of April 13, Willie and Alyson Leonard shared their journey in finding God within their marriage during the first married couples retreat of 2013. “If you don’t spend time with your best friend, the relationship would lose its strength. Spending time with friends is like prayer, and it is crucial to your relationship with God,” Willie Leonard said. The retreat is free of charge and funded through donations of participants. Attendees participate in prayer and mass and hear other couples discuss their experiences with truth, crisis and the sacraments.
“We welcome and open the doors to everyone. We tell them that we are not going to force Catholicism on them, but we are just going to give them the opportunity to dive deeper into their faith and we’d hope that they will enjoy the journey with us,” Angelette said. As views on matrimony are changing in society, the ministry wants to reiterate the importance of having a personal relationship with God as a foundation to marriage. Angelette explained that exploring faith in your own life is the first step to solidifying all good relationships. “When you look at jails and you see how many people that come from broken homes and you
see the struggles in people lives that stem from a broken family and broken relationship at home, it can’t be stressed enough how tragic divorce is for a persons wellbeing or a child,” Angelette said. “If I am trying to love someone, then I need to have love in me first,” Angelette said. “Marriage is about giving oneself to the other for the sake of that other persons soul.” The Faith and Marriage ministry offers six annual retreats, including a family retreat and a married couples retreat to Napa Valley. Jessica DeBold can be reached at jtdebold@loyno.edu
Cultural Celebration
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Assistant Director of the Jesuit Center Ricardo Marquez blesses the food at the 11th annual International Student Scholarship Banquet at Loyola University on April 18. The event was organized by the Center for International Education and the International Student Association. The theme for this year was “Brasil Sensacional” a way to celebrate the Brazilian culture.
Fears are resolved for the future LAUREN FONTANA Farewell Thoughts When a friend told me there was a senior retreat going on, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. Finally, a time to delve into introspection in a place where I felt safe — a nature setting with an openhearted community. This was exactly what I needed at a time when I felt scared and nervous for the unexpected next steps
after graduation, as it tends to be hard to deal with uncertainty for someone like me who has found residence seeking, but not feeling an important certainty for many years — I wanted to feel the certainty of love and community existing. What I received on retreat, in the midst of nature, campfire, a simple and beautiful coming together mass inside the cabin where we had communal mealtimes and reflection and laughter and openness, as well as personal reflection, was a re-awakening of my personal semester work of what I now feel is an experience of surrendering to be in the moment, to actually feel. And so I felt with these words
“you are cared and loved for” beyond measure really brought me to tears as I no longer continued experiencing this silencing of how I felt. And so from this retreat, to help me to surrender to this paradox of certain, yet uncertain because of its unexpected and changing nature, love, is what is saving me — to allow myself to dive into this ocean of emotions. Even now writing this, I feel sadness that my time at Loyola is coming to an end, that my relationships have not been experienced quite the way I wanted them to (aletgomoment), I feel frustrated of not knowing what will happen to me next, but in surrendering to the words “you are cared and loved for” — love
itself, born from a growing seed of faith in these words, I come back to life and can feel my heartbeat and my breath and the acceptance of myself at times, frustrating, academic mind and then I’m able to retrieve memories of joy and sadness over the past four years from the members of this Loyola community and then I look upon them with great gratitude, thankful for being able to feel this, thankful for the memories that live deep inside me. And with this, I come alive, yet also rest in peace, ready for the next step. Lauren Fontana is a psychology senior and can be reached at lefontan@loyno.edu
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Hospital deports foreign patients
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In this photo taken Thursday March 7, Jacinto Rodriguez Cruz, 49, leaves his home in a wheelchair with the help of his wife, Belen Hernandez in the city of Veracruz, Mexico. Cruz and another friend suffered serious injuries during a car accident May 2008 in northwestern Iowa. After his employer’s insurance coverage ran out, Cruz, who was not a legal citizen, was placed on a private airplane and flown to Mexico, still comatose and unable to discuss his care or voice his protest. Hospitals confronted with absorbing the cost of caring for uninsured, seriously injured immigrants are quietly deporting them, often unconscious and unable to protest, back to their home countries.
Southeast Louisiana hit by storm and tornadoes NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A line of thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in southeast Louisiana and spawned two tornadoes that damaged homes and businesses in Jefferson Parish. Kenner officials said the storm did major damage to 11 homes and minor damage to another 11. The National Weather Service confirmed that much of Wednesday’s damage in Kenner was from a tornado with winds reaching 90 miles an hour. A second, weaker tornado hit 15 minutes later in Metairie. Entergy Corp., the utility serving most of the affected area, reported about 5,500 customers without power in Louisiana late Wednesday evening, The line of storms prompted several tornado watches and warnings.
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A storm hits New Orleans on April 24. The storm left many with-out power and caused flooding throughout the city.
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Humanity shows through in tragedy I viewed the explosions at the Boston Marathon via replays from my hotel TV in Philadelphia, while attending an annual meeting of AJCU library directors. As a former resident of Boston for 14 years, I had run the marathon seven times — six times, ’02-’07, while raising money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and meeting Larry, my patient partner and a twotime cancer survivor who recently celebrated his 21st birthday, at Mile 25 from which we trotted to the finish line together, passing the site exactly at or very near the time of last week’s explosions. My thought — likely the thought of so many New Englanders and so many others who have participated in the marathon in one way or the other — was: “Again, this time at home.” I texted my wife and sons immediately after hearing of the casualties. Our collective response was not so much a question, “Why?,” because we had seen similar events affect our nation and had not found easy answers to this question. Rather, we acknowledged together something more elemental: “This is so messed up.” Law enforcement officials identified the perpetrators and continue investigations. Meanwhile, I’ve taken solace in witnessing from afar several expressions of goodwill: candlelight vigils honoring victims and all affected, strangers housing other strangers (runners and their families and friends) during the first chaotic nights, displays of emotion and support expressed by fans and players of Boston’s pro sports teams. In front of the Monroe Library, leading to its main entrance, is a gift of Loyola’s Class of 2002 and Class of 2003: 10 touchstones describing “Ideals of a Jesuit Education.” Each touchstone is compelling and worthy of our frequent consideration, but one message in particular I’ve thought about again and again since last week, from my conference sessions and hotel room in Philly and to now back in my office overlooking the touchstones: Appreciation of Things Both Great and Small. At the conference I met a library director who is donating a kidney this week, simply because his kidney is an excellent match for the recipient. The night of the marathon I received a text from my running partner’s father, also named Larry, asking how I was. People looking out for other people — in so many ways — is what I’ve seen in the last several days. It’s what I, a member of the Loyola community, wish to demonstrate. Sincerely, Mike Olson, dean of libraries and Loyola professor
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Religious women do tremendous good AT ISSUE: Recognize the good women do in the Catholic Church
Women do not have as strong a role as they should in the Catholic Church. Although their role is expanding, it is expanding only in terms of administration and not in terms of the clergy. The expanding role of women in the Vatican remains a good thing, even if it is not precisely in the fashion we’d like, but coming so close on the heels of the previous pope’s censuring of the Conference of Women Religious, the situation seems unlikely to change. However, the pursuit of perfection should not prevent us from recognizing the amount of good being done both in terms of expanding women’s roles in the church and by the women in the church. The reality of womens’ roles in the church falls somewhat short of our ideal, but even though women have not had as much power as they should, their accomplishments are astounding. They have gone far and above the call of duty in their service to Loyola, the community and the world. Their work represents but a fraction of the service women involved in the Catholic Church do for the world. Sister Bednarz teaches on many subjects,
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but a recurring thread in her teachings is how to think and reflect critically on the Catholic Church in such a way that we come to a firmer understanding of both it and the world at large. This lesson serves the goals of Loyola, but it also serves students whether they are trying to make their way in the world, strengthen their faith, or both. Sister Willems promotes openness and tolerance on all fronts, even to those with strong anti-Catholic sentiments, maintaining significant discussion in her classes that serves to broaden the minds and hearts of all who participate and listen. Sister Madonna became a nun and then, upon her order’s request, went to medical school so that she could serve their needs as a surgeon. She regularly did clinic duty and still managed to set up for nine o’clock mass every night. She still runs the kitchen at Awakening, and is much-loved for her excellent spinach dip. The achievements of these women, impressive as they are, are but the tip of the iceberg of achievements made by women in the Catholic Church as a whole. Although they do not have the power or respect they should, they have done a tremendous amount of good for both the Catholic Church and the world. Loyola, New Orleans, the Catholic Church and the world owe these women a great debt.
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Poverty has many pieces
As April arrived, I knew lots of things were sure to follow — the end of the semester, final exams and Bonnie Hopkins encouraging all of us to participate in One Day Without Shoes with a series of cheerful Facebook posts. I had done One Day Without Shoes before in short spurts. I’ve always had to put my shoes on for some reason — working backstage at a play or going to an interview. This is the first year I’ve been able to spend the whole day without shoes, and I realized that even though I was aware of the hazards associated with not having shoes, I had never thought deeply about them before. The realizations started almost immediately: I started my day by checking my feet for cuts and scratches. I didn’t want to participate in One Day Without Shoes if I was randomly going to pick up an infection. I realized while I was doing this that I had the privilege to take that precaution. As the day went on, I began to realize more and more of the privileges I possessed by simply wearing shoes. I went to the Founder’s Day Celebration to get some food and realized that I was walking in the mud. People almost stepped on my feet. A cockroach crawled over my foot at one point. I had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the day and realized how much infection I could risk by going in there without shoes. Granted, we live in a fairly clean environment, and cockroaches on my feet didn’t do anything to me except weird me out a little, but shoes offer so much protection against heat, cold and infection. It’s more than being grossed out about stepping in mud (or stepping in food, which I admit that I did a lot during the Founder’s Day event because I was not watching where I was going). It would be so painful to walk on cement in the summer. I’d hate to repeatedly use public restrooms without shoes on my feet. When I get dressed in the morning, I often think about which shoes to match with my outfit so that I’ll look cute or presentable. I don’t think about keeping my feet safe, which is the primary function of shoes. I realize that, but I don’t think about it. There is so much more to poverty than what we usually think about. Poverty means hunger. Poverty means a lack of access to education. But this day has reopened my eyes to another idea: poverty also means lack of access to the smaller things that are still important. A toothbrush. Books. Shoes. Kylee McIntyre can be reached at ejmcinty@loyno.edu
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KYLEE MCINTYRE All the Things!
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Well, here we are again, the end of another semester and another academic year. A wise man once remarked that April is the cruelest month, and nowhere does that feel more true than on a college campus. Just as the air begins to warm up, the flowers begin to bloom and the sounds of live music begin to waft across our city, so do we all, students and professors alike, retreat indoors to our dorm rooms, our offices and the library in an effort to conquer the stacks of work that threaten to topple over and bury us alive at any given moment. And it is the time of year when the very pages of this newspaper begin growling about the necessary evil of final exams. I’ve been thinking about final exams a lot lately. In the fall, the exams for both my Chaucer and Shakespeare classes fell on the very first day of the finals period. I found myself struggling with the conundrum of how to design an exam that was rigorous and called for its takers to demonstrate their mastery of the course material but that wasn’t punishing simply for punishment’s sake. A Monday exam left my students little time to prepare, and this was especially true for the few enrolled in both courses. When I was an undergraduate,
we had four study days, and finals extended over a week and a half. It was rare for a student to wind up with two exams scheduled on the same day, never mind three. Our neighbors at Tulane provide for two study days this semester and spread exams out over a nine-day period. The spring is especially difficult at Loyola, with only a single “dead day” — dead because nothing is going on or because in our collective exhaustion we all collapse into inanimate heaps? — before a breakneck seven-day period of sleepless studying and testing. As a professor, I try to be sympathetic toward our students and their burdens. Scoring an A on a final exam should not entail superhuman feats of endurance. In an ideal world, we would provide more time not only for our students to study and take their exams but to reflect deeply and meaningfully on a semester’s worth of exploration, of engagement with new ideas, of challenges to their ways of thinking and worldviews. In anticipation of author and cultural critic Nicholas Carr’s visit to campus to reflect on whether and how the internet is shaping the way we think by literally restructuring our brains, I’ve been reflecting on what Carr suggests is the passing fad of deep reading and how this relates to how our students learn. Carr’s vision of the future is one in which reading as an immersive act of sustained reflection is displaced by an internetdominated culture in which rapidfire clicking about becomes the norm. Whether or not Carr’s apocalyptic warnings accurately depict what’s looming over our cultural horizon, I share his concern that deep reading, no matter what replaces it, is on the
way out. I’ve also been struck in reading Carr’s most recent book by the affinities that his message has with that of Adolfo Nicolás, the current Superior General of the Society of Jesus. In an important address delivered in Mexico City in 2010, Fr. Nicolás warns against what he calls “the globalization of superficiality,” a malady best treated through the promotion of depth of thought and imagination. He remarks that “depth of thought and imagination in the Ignatian tradition involves a profound engagement with the real, a refusal to let go until one goes beneath the surface.” In advocating for depth, Fr. Nicolás follows the model of Ignatius himself, who centuries ago observed the spiritual benefits of contemplation. Early in the Spiritual Exercises Ignatius advocates moving beyond knowledge for the sake of knowledge — Wikipedia comes to mind here — to a deeper and ultimately more nourishing engagement with the world. He writes, “what fills and satisfies the soul consists not in knowing much but in our understanding the realities profoundly and in savoring them interiorly.” In Spanish, the word translated here as “savoring” is gusta; Ignatius, in other words, wants us to become so intimately invested in reality that we can taste it. No doubt he was himself influenced by the mode of monastic reading known as lectio divina that had predominated in Europe for centuries. This method for reading sacred texts included as part of its process ruminatio or rumination, a form of reflection that identifies reading with the unrushed process of cows chewing the cud.
This sort of deep reading and reflecting that resembles the leisurely eating habits of unhurried cows in a pasture and that enables us to taste the very reality of the world around us so that we might better understand it, and eventually become agents of change within it, seems mostly at odds with a system of final examinations that encourages, whether intentionally or not, cramming. There’s another alimentary image for you, one that evokes scenes of geese being force fed in order to fatten them up for the production of the delicacy known as foie gras. There are all sorts of perfectly legitimate explanations for why our final exam schedule here at Loyola is so compact, especially in the spring, including the length of our several breaks, the timing of commencement, the start of the summer sessions and so on. And some students will always wait until the last minute, no matter how much time they have available. (This is true of professors too, of course; I had originally promised to write this piece for the end of last semester!) But it might be time, before the globalization of superficiality swallows us all whole, to consider what changes we can make to foster conditions on campus that might be more hospitable to those of us who strive to be contemplative cows rather than silly geese. John Sebastian is an associate professor of English and can be reached at jtsebast@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
North Korea practices risky brinkmanship
KENNETH KEULMAN On The Record It’s the season of threats and counter-threats on the Korean peninsula. The posturing in speeches and military demonstrations by Pyongyang intensified over the annual spring combined drills between United States and South Korean military. North Korea follows an annual pattern of brinkmanship in order to reinforce domestic political domination and confuse prospective adversaries. Throughout the training cycle, the ruling military collective hypes a sense of impending crisis. This serves to offset U.S.-South Korean military maneuvers. North Korea raised the level of its hostile rhetoric recently, threatening that it would not provide a warning before any attack on South Korea. Pyongyang’s escalating threats then peaked when it declared that it was prepared for nuclear war. An assault on American military in the Pacific or on the mainland appears improbable. There is almost no possibility that Pyongyang could hit a target on Hawaii, Guam or
on any other location beyond the Korean Peninsula where United States military are posted. Yet the mounting stresses ratchet up possibilities for some type of limited combat. And there is always a chance for a misstep, especially on the part of the young, inexperienced, thirdgeneration Kim. Currently, North Korea has announced conditions for negotiation with the U.S., following weeks of antagonism. The ultimatums from Pyongyang involve the removal of all United Nations sanctions enacted because of North Korea’s missile and nuclear tests, as well as a commitment on the part of the United States not to take part in “nuclear war practice” with South Korea. The North stated that denuclarization of the peninsula must start with removal of U.S. armaments. These provocations are an effort by Kim Jong Un to strengthen his position. They’re mainly for his old guard military leaders, since he needs them for his own survival. According to some experts, deliberation is taking place as well, among North Korean leaders over the future direction of the nation as a nuclear state. China has no desire for a nuclear North Korea, yet it is even more anxious about the country falling apart on its border. If Kim Jong Un wants to stay in power, he must persist in programs established by his father, Kim Jong Il. The most significant of these is the
regime’s determination to construct a nuclear arsenal. North Korea will then need to continue as a nucleararmed autocracy in extreme poverty. The message that the North Koreans absorbed from the invasion of Iraq is that a nuclear deterrent is essential. Pyongyang also judges that a nuclear arsenal is necessary for diplomatic leverage. Because modernizing processes would damage national stability, they cannot be undertaken. In order for the ruling military collective to remain dominant, it has to coax aid from other states, and their nuclear platform facilitates this. Using nuclear weapons for intimidation, Pyongyang has been able to draw a significant amount of international assistance. And one of the reasons for its power is the boldness with which it acts, in spite of its weakness as a state. The central issue now is how to constrain North Korea’s brinksmanship. Previous performance has been marked by a series of provocations followed by diplomatic forays intended to lessen strains and win political concessions. Unlike with Iraq, the United States does not want to preempt against Pyongyang since that attack would destroy Seoul. This type of strike advances such a threat to the Republic of Korea and the forty thousand American troops stationed there as to be implausible by Washington’s calculations. Its
concern is in part that Kim Jong Un may at some point place himself in a position in which he believes that he needs to act on his rhetoric in order to save face. This menacing rhetoric is disturbing for, among other reasons, Pyongyang’s short and mid-range missiles are able to strike objectives in South Korea and Japan. Yet Kim Jong Un would derive nothing from starting a conflict that would result in the rapid defeat of the North. The ruling military collective is not made up of suicidal maniacs, but of calculating tacticians who have perfected the technique of political extortion and who ultimately need to extract further relief from other countries after their rant dies down. Their annual hostility shouldn’t be taken uncritically, since it plays into the political strategy of controlling international public opinion in order to attain what have proven to be recurring, predictable objectives. In its reaction to North Korea’s most recent nuclear test, the United Nations Security Council declared that there will be a price to pay for Pyongyang’s abuse of its international responsibilities. The nation will have to move in a different direction in order to acquire the aid it urgently requires. Kenneth Keulman is the chair of the department of religious studies and is currently teaching a course on human rights. He can be reached at kkeulma@loyno.edu
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The fence separating the construction on Buddig Hall from the Freret Street Garage was blown down during severe weather on Wednesday, April 24. A tornado warning was briefly issued for Orleans Parish.
BUTTON: Verow says goodbye to Swain Continued from page 8 gloves and binoculars until she stood bare in front of them, and they saw once again the emptying sight of her colorless skin. “How dreadful,” said Verow, “and how strange.” “Is there any hope of finding Verow’s color?” Swain asked. “Isn’t it with the other lost things?” The man shook his head. “It is one thing to be lost,” he said, “but another thing entirely to die. Verow’s color is not lost, but drained, and gone from her forever. What Mrs. Gordon didn’t know was that she need not fear losing her childhood at all; it was never necessary for it to fade completely. A thing can be lost and found many times, so long as it is still being looked for.” “Does this all mean that we are not in the world of lost things?” asked Verow. “You have just come from the place,” said the man. “You were
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there for a long while with Mrs. Gordon. When you opened THE DOORWAY you left the world of lost things, and so now are found. You are here in my cottage, which floats sixty feet in the air, above a confused town.” “Where is THE DOORWAY?” “Back through that closet,” the man said. Behind the children a door stood open to complete blackness; they had not noticed it before because it was nearly blocked off by the beard. “It’s so dark,” said Verow. “There is darkness between all the worlds,” the man said. “Without it we would not know when we have truly left one place and arrived at another.” “Is there anything there, in the darkness?” Verow asked. “It is filled with many, many things, which are not yet lost, and not yet found. They are simply wandering about, trying to find someplace to end up. Of course it’s all private business, and that’s why we can’t see them.” Once he said this Verow was
at her feet. “I will go there,” said Verow. “Not to the world of lost things, and to pitiful Mrs. Gordon, but to the darkness in between the worlds. There no one will notice my colorless skin. I will find a place of my own.” Swain and the strange man nodded and did not fear for her, for in the darkness they knew she would feel free, so they were good and supportive, and we should not question her either. Verow knelt to place a single kiss on Swain’s cheek (which to him felt cold and made him want to sneeze). “Thank you for the adventures. Thank you, old man, for helping me to understand.” It took some work for her to tread around the messes of hair but she finally got to the door; and she did not turn but she spoke over her shoulder. “I will not forget you.” Then she went into the closet and shut the door behind her. Topher Daniel can be reached at t.m.daniel@live.com
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SGA: Badr reached goals Continued from page 3 sophomore, said he believes Badr “lacked presence” when compared to Michael Falotico, outgoing SGA executive vice president. “Michael was more of a central leader this year in SGA,” QuinteroFehr said, “[Khaled’s presidency] left much to be desired.” Other members of the Loyola community disagree. Alisha Bell, SGA senator and business freshman, said she believes Badr has done a great job as SGA president. “The goal this year was to
reconnect with the students,” Bell said. Donaldson and QuinteroFehr said they both believe the next administration can learn from this administration, but they disagree on the aftermath of Badr’s presidency. “I hope that future SGA administrations continue to keep the momentum that Khaled has kept up and take it even further,” Donaldson said. Lucy Dieckhaus can be reached at ljdieckh@loyno.edu
TEAM: Bateman team now judged online via Skype Continued from page 3 pays off like that, in a tangible kind of way,” Rogers said. Vannia Zelaya, mass communication senior, said that from here the team must prepare to pitch its campaign to the judges on May 10. Every class period that the team meets is devoted to rehearsing the presentation. The Bateman team will also hold rehearsals at Loyola that are open to the public. This year’s team will have to utilize the resources of the digital age in the finals. Zelaya said that the finalists will be presenting their campaigns to the judges via Skype. In most years, the competition’s finals are conducted in person. “I think it’s happened with other teams in the past, but it’s not common. Usually they travel,” Zelaya said. Leah Whitlock, mass communication junior, said that due to the interview being conducted via Skype, the format for the competition has changed. Usual aids such as Power Point presentations and other visual aids
will be restricted. “Usually during presentations in person, there’s a power point presentation that they go off of. I guess it’s just more interactive as far as presentation goes. This year we’re allowed a fourpage handout we’re allowed to give judges,” Whitlock said. Loyola’s current team will be competing against not just the other two finalists, but it will also be challenged to uphold the standard of excellence previous Loyola teams have established. Loyola has finished as a finalist every year except once since 1997, and has won first place seven times. Whitlock said that being named a finalist was the first step in continuing Loyola’s stellar performances in this competition. “A lot of it was a sense of relief. We were very happy that we got into the top three, it was like our hard work paid off,” Whitlock said. Karl Gommel can be reached at kagommel@loyno.edu