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Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 94 • Issue 11 • November 13, 2015

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Golden Jubilee of

Dance

By Skyllarr Trusty sitrusty@loyno.edu @skyllarrtrusty

Pirouetting across the stage since 1965, Loyola University’s ballet program is celebrating 50 years of dance with the “Golden Jubilee of Dance.”

With a guest performance from the Loyola Symphony Orchestra, the concert is set to feature excerpts of the Grand Pas from the ballet “Paquita,” Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite,” and other contemporary and character works. The ballet will run from Nov. 20 through Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. in Roussel Performance Hall. Tickets are priced at $12 general admission and $8

for students, seniors, faculty and staff.

The performance will bring a close to the anniversary after having special events, such as hosting the Valentina Kozlova International Semifinal Ballet Competition, that took place last spring.

The performance’s choreography is based on a prior production by Gayle Parmelee, associate professor emerita and former director of the Loyola Ballet Program, alongside excerpts from Laura Zambrano, director of the Loyola Ballet Program, Lucia Kuimova-Pettigrew, faculty member of the Preparatory Arts Program, and Cheryl O’Sullivan, co-artistic director of Komenka Ethnic Dance Ensemble.

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Loyola Week celebrates Jesuit values

Loyola Week was celebrated by a second line, snowflake tree, food and music in the Peace Quad as well as dinner with the Jesuits during the week of Nov. 1 to 6.

To commemorate Loyola’s Jesuit Identity, the university held events throughout the week. The Women’s Resource Center, Student Success Center, and the Department of Design are just some of the departments involed in Loyola Week.

Pictured counter-clockwise from top: Elsa Lacayo (left) receives

cotton candy from Kyra Richards (right). Cotton candy, among other foods, were served at Iggy Fest,which took place in the Peace Quad. A commemorative ornament hangs in the Peace Quad for Harold Baquet, former university photographer. Many others like this decorated the tree to remember late members of the Loyola community.

Philip Reidy, history junior, tests his strength at Iggy Fest.

(All photos by Kristen Stewart, The Maroon)

University switches insurance models in an effort to cut costs

By Jamal Melancon jmmelanc@loyno.edu @Jam_M_Mel

Loyola’s adoption of a self-funded insurance model will decrease rising monthly insurance rates for its faculty and staff members in 2016, and the university will assume all risk in the process.

The move to a self-funded insurance model will raise insurance

rates by 5 percent. Employees face a 17 percent increase under the current insurance policy.

The self-funded insurance model will have Loyola paying UnitedHealthcare to administer insurance plans, rather than the university paying a premium to UnitedHealthcare, where they’d assume all risk in paying claims.

According to James Lynch, director of Research at the Insurance

Information Institute in New York, with enough people under an insurance plan, costs can be reduced.

“Rather than pay it to a third-party insurance company that way, if you have that kind of critical mass, it actually saves money to self-insure up to a certain level,” Lynch said.

Although the university’s new self-funded insurance model is expected to create savings, the new

model is not a part of Loyola’s Strategic Plan: Transforming Loyola 2020, according to Ross Matthews, director of Human Resources.

“The medical insurance coverage is not changing, merely the method by which the university finances the coverage,” Matthews said.

The change in financing medical insurance coverage does not look to impact the 2016 Loyola-sponsored health coverage for faculty and staff

members’ families, besides giving a smaller increase in insurance rates.

Charles Nichols, assistant professor of psychological sciences, said that the increase in monthly premiums are now more modest than they would have been.

“Given the substantial cost savings that it will enable, the move to a self-insured structure seemed like an obvious choice for the university to make,” Nichols said.

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WORLDVIEW

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WORLDVIEW briefs University of Missouri president resigns after race relation controversy

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Alfred Jackson, economics junior (left), said that living off-campus along Alvin Callender Street was the better economical decision when choosing where to live. Michael Duckworth, music industry studies junior (right), is a communter student who lives along S. Carrollton Avenue.

Students face challenges living off-campus

By Taylor Ford tcford@loyno.edu @TaylorCFord

Ryan Stewart confronted an unexpected challenge when he came face to face with the decision of moving off campus.

Many students from both Loyola and Tulane University often face the problem of finding suitable off-campus housing in the Uptown area.

Stewart, biology pre-med junior, said he overcame these challenges when looking for a place to live off campus.

“It was challenging at first, especially with the school being in such a nice part of the city,” Stewart said.

“Of course you can’t afford a whole lease by yourself, so it takes a lot of balance between what you want and what your friends or roommates want and just finding the ideal place that is something you guys can afford.”

Incoming freshmen are required by residential life to live on campus in the dorms until they complete two years. Students who live with a parent or legal guardian in the New Orleans metropolitan area are except.

According to Courtney Williams, associate director of student involvement at Loyola University, there are approximately 1,371 commuter students at Loyola.

With living in such a developed part of the city and thereby paying higher rates, this can add new responsibilities onto a college student’s plate.

Michael Duckworth, music industry studies junior, said that living off campus forces students to adapt and become responsible.

“I didn’t have rent money for the second month when I actually moved into this house, so yeah, it was a struggle. I had to go find a job, so I guess it made me be more productive,” Duckworth said.

Some students such as Alfred Jackson, economics junior, believe that living in the heart of Uptown plays a part in the type of rent they are forced to pay in order to stay in close proximity to campus.

“Thankfully, I have parents that are pretty supportive. I couldn’t imagine having to work a job where I would have to bring in at least six or seven hundred dollars a month,” Jackson said.

However, even outside of their standard monthly rent, there are often other factors that play into living off campus that can cause students a serious financial strain.

Stanford Norwood, a New Orleans landlord, said the largest thing that affects the amount that college students pay is property taxes and insurance.

“The property taxes in the area has more than quadrupled in the

past few years. Insurance for flood insurance and homeowners’ insurance has more than tripled as well,” Norwood said. “So if there is a property where a person does not have a mortgage on the property, it is virtually impossible to rent it really cheap because of the amount of money that insurance and taxes actually cost.”

With most colleges being for-profit businesses and in favor of college students staying on campus for monetary purposes, colleges can build a stigma among commuter students for not doing their due diligence with the assistance of helping their students finding housing options outside of the residential dorms.

Jackson said the links that Loyola provides to help find off-campus housing are sometimes out of date.

“They’re very minuscule when it comes down to actual variety they are showing you and it’s kind of understandable because it’s not like they want you to move off campus,” Jackson said.

Ashley Tagliero, graphic design junior, said she had to rely on friends when searching for housing off campus since the school did not help.

“Luckily, I’m in a sorority and I had a lot of older friends when I was a freshman and sophomore, so I could go to them to find the best spots to live at that were around

something that I could afford,” Tagliero said.

Brett Stewart, finance junior at Tulane, said that students can become overwhelmed when trying to balance bills and other responsibilities.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty because of your bills. Like your utility bills aren’t always included in your rent price, so I know that some kids just get swamped with bills that they weren’t expecting in addition to their standard rent,” Brett Stewart said.

Even with all the difficulties that come with being a commuter student, both students and school administration official seem to agree, however, that living off campus can have a positive effect on a student’s college experience and life after graduation.

“Staying off-campus allows the opportunity to experience the real world while still in college and provides students the chance to learn how to manage themselves, their finances, and deal with all of the necessities of personal life without a built in safety net,” Williams said.

Ryan Stewart said he sees both the positives and negatives of living off campus.

“It’s nice just having your own space and not having to worry about people all up in your room.

Ryan Stewart said.

Chipotle restaurants reopen after E. coli outbreak in the northwest

By Donna Gordon Blankinship Associated Press Customers returned to Pacific Northwest Chipotle restaurants on Nov. 12 as the chain reopened after an E. coli outbreak that sickened about 45 people in Washington state and Oregon.

Chipotle voluntarily closed 43 restaurants in Washington state and Oregon at the end of October after health officials discovered most of the people sickened in an E. coli outbreak had one thing in

common: a recent meal at Chipotle. The outbreak hospitalized more than a dozen people.

Health officials from the two states have not found the source of the outbreak, despite testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of food samples from each of the affected restaurants. Chipotle did its own testing and said it did not find any food contaminated by E. coli.

The restaurant chain was allowed to reopen its Northwest outlets after completing a thorough

cleaning, replacing all the fresh food and adopting some new protocols for washing fresh produce.

Chipotle also committed voluntarily to regularly testing food coming into its restaurants for bacteria that could cause foodborne illnesses.

“We offer our most sincere apologies to customers who have been affected by this incident. We have redoubled our efforts to enhance our food safety practices in order to ensure that our food is as safe as it can be,” Steve Ells, founder,

chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle, said in a statement.

Thirty restaurants reopened for lunch on Wednesday and the company expected to have all 43 back in business by Thursday, said Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold.

Harrison Walter, 28, said he decided to eat at Chipotle on Wednesday because his enjoyment of the food was greater than his fear of getting sick.

“I’ve been craving Chipotle for the last week and a half,” Walter said.

Tim Wolfe stepped down from his position as president of the University of Missouri.

Wolfe’s resignation came after multiple issues arose involving black students saying that Wolfe would not respond to racial slurs and verbal attacks.

A graduate student went on a hunger strike and 30 of the university football players would not play or practice until the resignation became official. Multiple school officials have called this action a step in the right direction.

Hunter M. Park, 19, a student at Missouri, made threats to shoot all the black students on the social media app Yik Yak. “I’m going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person I see,” Park wrote.

According to University of Missouri police, Park was taken into custody around 1:50 a.m on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Three candidates will appear on stage for Democratic debate Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley are the last three presidential candidates standing for the Democrats.

The debate will be hosted by CBS News on Nov. 14. Clinton is ahead in the polls with Sanders slowly gaining momentum and O’Malley in a very distant third.

According to USA Today, most people have felt Clinton passed a test after sitting through the 11hour Benghazi Hearings. Sanders is the democratic candidate for those who agree with Clinton but are afraid of her relationship with big business.

All three candidates will be on stage at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday Nov. 14.

Dozens accused drug dealers arrested in Quarter NOPD said 34 people suspected of dealing drugs on the street level in the French Quarter were arrested on Nov. 11.

State Police Superintendent Col. Mike Edmonson said the arrests follow an approximately six month undercover investigation.

Edmonson told a news conference the arrests were part of an effort to change the culture of the French Quarter.

Louisiana lawyers set record for world’s largest pot of gumbo A group led by Louisiana lawyers set the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest pot of gumbo.

Arlen Braud and Michelle Gallagher set the record at 5,800 pounds of gumbo during Major League Eaters’ World Record Gumbo Eating Competition on Nov. 8 in southern Louisiana, according to The Courier.

Gerald Danos said it took about 700 hours to make the pot, which was later filled with 1,500 pounds of shrimp, 500 pounds of crabs and 40 gallons of oysters.

NEWS BRIEFS PRSSA shows how to make differences work

A sea of culture and heritage comes to Loyola

On Monday, Nov. 16, the Public Relations Student Society of America will be hosting Brandi Boatner, A’06, IBM Digital Experience Manager, to lead a discussion on diversity in the workplace.

The goal of this event is to define what makes people different beyond just race or ethnicity, and to learn to utilize those differences as a competitive advantage in the workplace.

Throughout the days leading up to the event and after, students can use the hashtag #DifferencesWork to share their experiences with diversity and what it means to them. The event will take place in Studio A in the Communications/ Music Complex at 6 p.m., open to all and free of charge.

The sounds of Greece, Byzantium, the Middle East and the Mediterranean will fill the ears of the audience in Nunemaker Hall on Sunday, Nov. 15.

The concert, which goes from 6:30 to 9 p.m., will explore the heritage of these places and their musical traditions. Free of charge, the event will feature songs such as “Nightingales of Anatolia,” a song that dates back to the 17th century.

Prospective students visit President’s Open House Prospective students will have a chance to tour Loyola’s campus and get a glimpse of what life in the Wolf Pack could look like.

Starting with a welcome from university figures, prospective students will then have the chance to meet faculty and students in their desired field. They can also visit different buildings and learn about student organizations during the open house, which goes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will commence in the Danna Center.

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C-SPAN bus spotted on campus

Counseling Center hosts stress-reduction and anxiety workshop Students feeling the pressure of school with finals coming closer everyday now have the opportunity to go to stress reduction workshops being held at the University Counseling Center.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction will take place Thursday, Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Marquette 112.

These workshops will show students how to focus instead of getting lost in their anxiety.

The Counseling Center regularly hosts workshops open to all students. Past workshops within the Student Success Center have included topics such as anxiety, selfcare, study techniques, a session on assessing difficult text messages and more.

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Chellie Zou, C-SPAN marketing representative, shows Shanon Barnes, Loyola law student, the Landmark Case series on the C-SPAN bus located outside Loyola’s law school on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The bus included interactive features about the 2016 presidential election and other C-SPAN content.

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RELIGION

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RELIGION BRIEFS Oregon judge goes before disciplinary commission

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A man prepares a death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. LUCAP will hold a lecture on the death penalty presented by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. , founder of Ministry Against the Death Penalty, is a vocal opponent of capital punishment.

LUCAP hosts lecture on death penalty by Sr. Helen Prejean

By Chasity Pugh cmpugh@loyno.edu @chasitypugh_

Death penalty, a topic that has incited many heated debates across the country, is going to be the focus of an upcoming lecture hosted by the Loyola University Community Action Program.

The lecture will be presented by Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. and is also part of LUCAP’s 40th anniversary celebrations.

The lecture titled “Talking About Life, Death and Social Justice” will showcase the impact that the death penalty has on the world from both the religious and real-life perspective.

Kurt Bindewald, associate director of mission and ministry and LUCAP adviser, said this lecture is especially important since Pope Francis declared a “Holy Year of Mercy,” asking lawmakers to protect human life in every instance.

“As Catholics, respect for life is a topic that is very near and dear to us. Therefore, we must ask ourselves how do we seek mercy in our daily lives and ask ourselves is the death penalty the just and loving way to deal with those who have done awful and heinous crimes,” Bindewald said.

He added that having Prejean speak about social justice issues is also important because of the current racial tensions across the nation.

“At the moment, the nation is very keen about these issues, especially in terms of the relationship between African-Americans and law enforcement. This plays into what Sr. Helen has found in her research of the hyper-incarceration rate of minorities on death row, particularly African-American males,” Bindewald said.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 42 percent

of death row inmates are African-American, just one percent shy of topping Caucasian Americans at 43 percent.

Prejean, who is a Louisiana native, began her prison ministry in 1981 after moving into the St. Thomas Housing Projects to observe how it was to live in a poverty-stricken area. She soon learned that many families had loved ones who were on death row.

“I lived among African-Americans who essentially served as my teachers; they taught me how to live in a racist society. I learned that racism, poverty and using violence to solve social problems are all included in the death penalty,” Prejean said.

In 1982, Prejean connected with Angola death row inmate Patrick Sonnier and became his spiritual adviser, and during this time, her eyes were opened to the Louisiana execution process.

Shortly after, she began advocating for the abolition of the death penalty and wrote about her experiences in the New York Times Bestseller “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty”.

Prejean said that she feels the death penalty couldn’t be more contrary to the gospel of Jesus.

“For those who have killed, it is all about how we respond in kind. We should pray for the enemy and not return hate with hate,” Prejean said.

Shea Hermann, mass communication senior, said that she hopes this presentation gets people talking.

“I think this kind of thing encompasses what LUCAP is about: bringing awareness to a hot-button social justice issue and starting conversations about it,” Hermann said.

The lecture will take place at the Holy Name of Jesus Church on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judicial disciplinary commission is hearing accusations against an Oregon judge who refused to perform samesex marriages.

The two-week hearing that started Monday will determine whether Marion County Judge Vance Day should face sanctions.

The Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability says Day committed several ethics violations.

They include screening marriage applicants to exclude same-sex couples, hanging a portrait of Adolf Hitler in the courthouse, asking lawyers for money and allowing a convicted felon to handle a gun.

Day has denied that he violated judicial ethics rules, and says the rules are unconstitutional. He says he’s being targeted because of his Christian beliefs.

Day is a former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party.

History museum opens exhibit on Billy Graham RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A new exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History chronicles the life of the Rev. Billy Graham, who turned 97 on Saturday.

The exhibit, “North Carolina’s Favorite Son: Billy Graham and His Remarkable Journey of Faith,” opened on Friday in Raleigh and will continue until July 10, 2016.

The 5,000-square-foot exhibit explores his life as well as a ministry that has spanned seven decades.

It includes personal memorabilia, interactive displays, and multimedia that help bring Graham’s story to life.

The exhibit also provides glimpses into Graham’s family life, his leadership and influence in the Cold War and in the battle against segregation.

Also included in the exhibit is a look at each of Graham’s 12 crusades in the U.S. and overseas.

Martyrs Mass will commemorate slain Jesuits from University of Central America

By Andrew Callaghan atcallag@loyno.edu @andrewfromusa

Next week, the Loyola community is coming together to remember the martyrs of University of Central America massacre.

During the height of the Salvadorian Civil War in 1989, six Jesuit priests, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, were brutally murdered by the El Salvadorian guerrilla forces. At least 19 of the militants that were charged for the murder of the victims, were trained at the United States Army School of Americas.

Those killed were university rector and well-known philosopher Ignacio Ellacuria, social psychologist Ignacio Martin Baro, Segundo Montes, Amano Lopez, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, and the housekeeper Elba Ramos and her 16-year-old daughter Celina Ramos.

The Jesuits refused to let go of their ideals and practiced peaceful

resistance against a secular, radical leftist Guerrilla rebel faction, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, during political turmoil in the nation.

Vicente Gutierrez, marketing freshman, first found out about this tragedy while attending the Cristo Rey Jesuit School in Houston.

“It’s important that we honor those who died for what they believed in and keep them in our memory as we develop our beliefs as Jesuits,” Gutierrez said.

Ken Weber, university resident minister, said this celebration of martyrdom calls upon those in the Jesuit community not to forget those who have suffered through their commitment to God. “The martyrdom reminds all who are engaged in the Jesuit enterprise throughout the world of our own call to live the Gospel message of dignity and love for all people, even in the face of threats to our lives,” Weber said.

These Jesuits wrestled with steep socioeconomic inequalities in El

Salvador and maintained a diverse University in a country where a small minority of students finished elementary school and an even smaller percentage of those who graduated from high school were able to meet the cost of university tuition.

Through education, the Jesuits created ways to expose pervasive injustices in government and tried to propose a peaceful social order.

According to Weber, the legacy of these Martyrs, like the legacy of Jesus Christ, is best honored through a Mass service.

“Loyola’s Catholic, Jesuit identity makes the Catholic Mass a highly appropriate occasion to remember those individuals who have sacrificed their lives to bear witness to the Gospel of Christ,” Weber said.

The Martyrs Mass service will be held in the Peace Quad on Nov. 15 at 9 p.m.

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A cross in the Peace Quad honors Jesuit priest Ignacio Martin-Baro who was killed in El Salvador on Nov. 16, 1989. Martin-Baro and five other Jesuit priests were killed on that day by members of the Salvadoran Army who were trained at the School of the Americas.

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Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife

Pixar artist visits Loyola

By Haley Pegg hapegg@loyno.edu @haleypegg

Taking a moment to embrace your inner child with an animated movie can be great, but Loyola took it to the next level by giving students the opportunity to see how animated movies were made.

On Nov. 9, Michael O’Brien, Pixar artist, spoke to Loyola students in Nunemaker Hall about his part in the upcoming film “The Good Dinosaur.” With a background in software development, O’Brien joined Pixar in 2000. Since then, he worked on animations for movies such as “Monsters, Inc.,” “WALL-E,” “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles.”

The story of “The Good Dinosaur” explores what would happen if the dinosaurs were never killed off the planet. The story focuses on a young dinosaur, separated from his family, who must find his way back home with the help of a small boy he meets along the way.

People who attended the event were able to see clips from the film and visuals of the different stages of production.

According to O’Brien, creating animations requires skills in math, composition, lighting and more. He wants people to leave the theater and think that the story itself was great, not just the special effects.

“What we do in the effects department is provide a backdrop for this amazing story. We are a part of this world, not the only key component of it,” O’Brien said. “We want people to feel like the place we’ve created in the movie is real, and that it’s an actual place they could go visit.”

O’Brien said that his advice for student animators and film designers is to take advantage of available resources such as the several software programs that are free to download for registered students.

Lorenzo Gatapia, music industry studies junior, said he believes Loyola should continue to invite speakers like O’Brien.

“When I came to college, my dad told me to attend every free speaker event because they’re always the most informative,” Gatapia said.

“The presentation was great and Loyola should definitely have more.”

Kent Tong, studio art senior, said he really appreciated the question-and-answer portion of the presentation.

“I want to work in the movie -making process at Pixar someday, so it was great that Mr. O’Brien talked about how to get your foot in the door,” Tong said.

LIFE AND TIMES brief NOLA Wesley to host 3-day Star Wars marathon NOLA Wesley will be hosting the Star Wars marathon in anticipation for the upcoming film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

The event will take place at 7102 Freret St. from Nov. 15 through Nov. 21. Starting at 6 p.m., there will be two episodes aired each night.

A prize will be awarded to anyone who attends all six episodes.

The event is free and open to the public.

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Loyola’s ballet class falls into a graceful stance before rehearsal for the “Golden Jubilee of Dance.” The event, which takes place in Roussell Hall on Nov. 20 - 21, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Loyola’s ballet program.

Ballet program leaps into their 50th year GOLDEN JUBILEE OF DANCE, continued from page 1 Zambrano said that the event is much more than a simple holiday extravaganza and also helps Loyola’s mission of providing students with a liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition.

Between the years 1638 and 1761, the art of ballet was a fundamental element to a Jesuit-run school for boys in France which, according to Zambrano, created and performed 102 ballets, tragedies, comedies and

other theatrical forms.

“It is important to celebrate the jubilee to commemorate the beauty of expressive movement and uplifting music that this art form has enchanted Loyola and the New Orleans community with for the past 50 years,” Zambrano said.

Audrey Harmon, vocal performance junior, said she was excited to dance alongside a live orchestra.

She said that there is an artistic and collaborative advantage for Zambrano and the dancers.

“This event is especially important because this is our 50th anniver-

sary, and the opportunity to see us dance with the orchestra does not come very often, and it will certainly be a treat,” Harmon said.

Fellow performer Kate Blasco, mass communication freshman, will be performing for the first time with the ballet program and is looking forward to getting everyone into the holiday spirit with their excerpts of “The Nutcracker.”

“We have been working on this ballet for months so that people can enjoy the performance. Ballet is such an amazing art form that should allow you to relax and appre-

ciate the moment,” Blasco said.

Harmon said that even though the ballet department is celebrating 50 years, the other performances put on throughout the year are just as important and fellow students should support the department by attending.

“This program has come a long way, and so many people have worked hard to keep it running,” Harmon said. “A program that encourages the development of the minds and bodies of girls, and some boys, in such a beautiful, traditional way should certainly be celebrated.”

Loyola professor writes new song for Harry Connick, Jr.

By Starlight Williams slwillia@loyno.edu @star_lightw

Known for his jazz hits, Harry Connick, Jr. took on a country twang when he accepted a Loyola professor’s song for his first single off his new album, “That Would be Me.” Jim McCormick, music industry studies part-time instructor, and Jay Knowles, Nashville songwriter, collaborated together to write “(I Do) Like We Do” before passing it along to Connick’s producer.

Often working with country artists such as Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Keith Urban, McCormick said that he was glad to have Connick pick up his song.

“It takes a lot of good luck for that kind of thing to happen, but it started with writing something I hope is remarkable,” McCormick said. “It has been an amazing thing to be part of writing a song for an artist of his stature that is now taking it out to the world.”

Patricia Murret, associate director of public affairs, said that having professors like McCormick on staff is a great asset to the Loyola community.

“Having a rock-star faculty lineup always helps to draw attention,

and Loyola’s reputable music industry studies program is fortunate to have a number of high-profile high-achievers on faculty,” Murret said.

As a lyricist and melody writer, when creating a song, McCormick said that he prefers to use the title of the song to build the chorus before writing the actual verses.

“It’s difficult for me to write when I don’t know what the end goal of the song is,” McCormick said. “Although I can do it, it’s like writing with a flashlight, making your way from the first line on into the song not knowing exactly where you are going, which is a very fun way to go about it, but sometimes it can be a little aimless.”

Alexis Rey, music industry business senior and aspiring songwriter, said that having McCormick on the staff is a real benefit for her time here as she ventures on to her own future music career.

“Having someone who is already in the industry that I want to be in right now and having an opinion that is actually current and valid and knows what he is talking about is great,” Rey said. “He knows what people are looking for right now, therefore that tells me what I need to be doing to be the person that

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Jim McCormick, musician and professor, teaches The Craft and Business of Songwriting at Loyola University New Orleans. McCormick wrote a single for New Orleans-born musician and Loyola alum, Harry Connick, Jr.

people are looking for.”

Using the same advice he gives his students in the classroom, McCormick said he writes everyday to make sure he can become the best songwriter he can be.

“Write everyday. Read everyday.

Be willing to take criticism in order to get better,” McCormick said.

Jared Mintz, music industry business junior, said that having an instructor that practices what he teaches in the classroom really adds to his experience at Loyola.

“It’s really cool to have a professor who is prominent in the industry and is passionate about teaching and the outcome of the next generation,” Mintz said. “It’s great that your professor can be someone you can look up and aspire to be like.”

According to McCormick, from coming up with the very first beginnings to a song to creating a hook and chorus, he believes he chose the right career to pursue.

“I am happiest when writing,” McCormick said.

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POETRY Original work written by Loyola students

“the summer we stole jack’s hat from the basement”

“Nautilus”

should have been enough to see things with our eyes. to sit on the corners of streets to chew gum in our mouths and wipe our imaginings on one another’s shirt sleeves. i imagined you to be something fleeting: a lightning bug i had to catch with my own two child hands instead of the boy who stood with eyes awake before me, a map of moving bones, and a yellow hat on a head like my own head. you and your mind: not a constellation to fold inside of my fist but the air unwrapping above us, an uncertainty. should have sent me rejoicing in the absence of all edges, mapless, but for the curb against the street and the indent of your elbows and your stories about the girl who lived next door and the way you loved her with your eyes closed. streetlight-strewn, your mind: the light we spoke inside of when i pulled that hat from your head and tugged it over my eyes and waited for your laughter. just the slow thump under t-shirt under ribs: an x to mark my belonging.

“the summer we stole jack’s hat from the basement” Anna Schulte, English writing senior

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“In Fear of Losing Parents” It was in your arms Late one night That I broke down Crying.

I whispered gently “I miss my mom and dad so much…

I’m such a little kid still.”

And you held me tight And you kissed my head And you wiped up my tears And you said I’d be alright.

And in that moment of self doubt and anxiety You showed me your love And out of my heart what once held a black bird Flew out a pretty white dove And after a few moments of tranquility Accentuated by your hug We looked up and saw them smiling down on us From above.

“Nautilus” Jonathan Lopez, graphic design senior

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MUSIC REVIEW

Reviews done by students for students

Review: Grimes captures NOLA’s Heart

By Blaise Radley bradley@loyno.edu

When people speak about pop music nowadays, they refer to an aesthetic rather than to popularity, and although Grimes isn’t exactly mainstream, she has well and truly nailed the concept of modern pop.

On Nov. 9, I headed down to Republic New Orleans to see whether Grimes’ unorthodox approach could be translated into a live show.

Lacking is not a word that could be used to describe Grimes’ set.

With her latest record “Art Angels” opening to unanimous praise, this was less a gig than a victory lap, fully attested by the paper sign hanging outside proclaiming the show was sold-out. Prefaced on stage by a pair of jumpsuit-clad dancers, Grimes crept to the back to take control of her synth-laden command hub, for set (and “Art Angels”) opener “laughing and not being normal.”

Fortunately, it wasn’t long until she was firmly front and center, wailing into the microphone with a refreshing level of energy that directly contrasted with Dollanganger’s somber persona. Any doubts I had about her more pop-punk direction were shattered during the opening salvo, where new and old songs were smashed together in a riotous medley of guitars, tinkling synthesizers

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and stomach-churning bass.

Pausing for a breather, she confessed, “I shouldn’t talk very much because I’m bad at it,” but regardless of her proficiency at speaking, it is clear she knows how to produce a nosebleed-inducing beat; as if to prove a point, her ensuing performance of Janelle Monae collaboration “Venus Fly” left each and every one of my 206 bones shuddering beneath my skin.

What’s so endearing about Grimes is her clear passion for her craft and, as she hovered over her synthesizers wildly whipping her purple ponytail back and forth, you could really sense the love she has for her own music (in the least arrogant way possible). My only personal low point was “Go,” a song she originally penned for Rihanna, but based on the moving and shaking going on around me, I was very much alone on that score: even the bored boyfriend of the girl in front of me, who’d clearly been dragged along by his far more enthusiastic other half, couldn’t help jiving a little.

Throughout the set, I found myself waiting for a few deeper album cuts before suddenly coming to the realization that there had been plenty of more obscure tracks from “Visions” and that “Art Angels” was far too recent a release to have a set

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Grimes captivates audience members with her powerful vocals. Grimes, along with opener Nicole Dollanganger, performed at Republic New Orleans on Nov. 9.

of singles. Every song sounded like a fully formed, wonderfully saccharine pop classic, and each one was received as such with shrieks of adulation. In the face of such veneration, Grimes took a minute to explain how she wouldn’t be doing an encore that evening. She would rather stay on stage than disappear off in a manner that screamed “Praise me! Praise me!”

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that even after telling everyone she wouldn’t be coming back, a good chunk of the crowd stood waiting.

There was still a third of the audience baying in front of the stage when I left 10 minutes later, chanting politely “more Grimes please” in increasingly less hopeful tones. It’s sad then that their request wasn’t granted, but it just goes to show that Grimes is nothing if not a woman of her word.

Leaving Los Angles for New Orleans, McKenna Lindell-Wright, popular and commercial music freshman, chose Loyola because of the city’s jazz culture and her dream of performing at the House of Blues.

Fortunately, with the help of Loyola’s College of Music and Fine Arts and the contemporary ensemble, Lindell-Wright’s dream will be realized.

On Nov. 19, contemporary ensembles will perform at the House of Blues at 8 p.m.

Lindell-Wright said she is excited to perform in a smaller venue to feel more intimate with the audience.

“People go to a venue as a social gathering rather than actually listening to the music,” Lindell-Wright said.

According to Mart Roberts, director of marketing for the House of Blues, college students did not normally play at this venue in the past and said that the venue is happy to welcome in the new generation of talent.

“It’s more about talent than business,” Roberts said. “We want them to perform.”

Lindell-Wright said that she will not pass up opportunities like this because Loyola is helping her and other students find a career.

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Sports briefs Volleyball team finishes regular season with a loss at Faulkner The Loyola University New Orleans volleyball team capped off the 2015 season as they traveled to take on conference opponent Faulkner University.

Fualkner dominated all three sets as they rout the Wolf Pack 3-0 (25-16,25-18,25-16) in the Pack’s final game of the season.

Senior Eva Allen led the team with eight kills and 16 digs. Freshman Maddie Huekels dished out a team-high 15 assists. Junior Kati Philipi recorded 12 digs in the loss.

The Wolf Pack head to Alabama on Thursday, Nov. 12 to take part in the SSAC Tournament in Montgomery.

Freshmen Rizzi and Hester earn SSAC Honors for cross country Following a great 2015 season, freshman Anthony Rizzi was named to the Southern States Athletic Conference All-Conference Team, All-Freshman Team and the Champions of Character Team as announced by the league on Nov. 7.

Rizzi notched a team-high of five top 20 finishes. He was the highest finisher for Loyola in each meet he ran and his time of 16:43 at the LSU Cross Country Invite was the fifth-fastest 5K time in program history.

On the women’s side, freshman Shannon Hester was named to the 2015 SSAC Champions of Character Team.

Hester ran in each of the seven events this season with her best time coming at the Dalton State Twilight Cross Country Classic, where she recorded the fastest female time for Loyola at 19:24.

Titans end Saints’ win streak in overtime Courtesy of the Athletic Department

Austin Schillaci completes a swing at a mid-day tournament in Audubon Park. Schillaci and both the men’s and women’s teams completed another successful season, including having freshmen Daria Delfino and Jose Perez make history for the program.

Golf team completes another historic year For the second straight season, the Loyola golf team adds more records to its program, along with two freshmen golfers finishing in the top ten nationally

By Mark Robinson and Ryan Micklin mtrobins@loyno.edu and rwmickli@loyno.edu @_mtrobin

This year, the men’s and women’s golf team garnered several top five finishes in tournament play, including two freshman players to rank in the top 10 for the first time in program history.

For Frank Lorio, head coach, it was important to continue to make strides in the right direction.

“We have worked extremely hard on course management and positive attitudes. It’s a long process, but both the men’s and the women’s teams have made strides in how they develop a game plan and attack a golf course,” Lorio said.

The team closed out the season on Oct. 27 with fourth place overall.

The team also gained some milestones in the process with the men’s team finishing with a score of 307 and the women’s team recording a 324 in the final tournament.

Even with the success, Lorio said that the team had to overcome some challenges that they had faced last season.

“On the women’s side, we were very close to accomplishing a lot of good things last season. We just never really got over the hump and struggled in the final tournaments.

For the men, the momentum that was created late last season was carried over into this year, and both sides have bought into it,” Lorio said.

The two catalysts for this year’s success are first year golfers Daria Delfino, business freshman, and Jose Perez, management freshman.

Both have made history of their own this season with Delfino becoming a first-ever medalist for the Pack and Daria Delfino Perez recording the

lowest score in men’s team history (71).

“To medal in not only my freshman year, but also my first tournament, sets my expectations of myself pretty high. I know what I am capable of and I hope to maintain that during the spring,” Delfino said.

For Perez, it was all about having an impact on the team.

“I’ve been practicing a lot since I came here. I set a lot of short term objectives and long term objectives.

One of them was trying to contribute in a positive way to the team,” Perez Jose Perez said.

Both members finished in the top 10 nationally, placing seventh and ninth respectively.

Austin Schillaci, business management junior, is returning to the

Pack this season after missing the previous year due to injury.

“It’s good to get back into it. I started for two years in college and then had to sit out. It was kind of tough, but this year is great. It’s great being able to compete with the new kids because the freshmen and the returning kids are great, too,” Schillaci said.

Schillaci is optimistic about this year’s team. He also said that one of the things that he will be focusing on for the upcoming spring season is dealing with the pressure he has put on himself to perform at a high level.

“I feel like I need to perform better as I get older, but I just need to relax and be able to play my game and focus and do what I’m capable of and we”ll be in good shape,” Schillaci said.

The men’s and women’s golf team will return to the green in the spring semester.

The Saints’ offense seemed to pick up right where it left off after last week’s impressive 52-point outing.

The Saints took an early 14-3 lead behind two Drew Brees touchdown passes to Brandin Cooks and Josh Hill. The Saints led the Titans 21-17 at the half.

The Titans defense clamped down as they went on to outscore the Saints 11-7 in the second half behind a late Mariota fourth-quarter touchdown pass and a two-point conversion completion to Delanie Walker.

With 1:01 to go in the fourth quarter Saint’s kicker Kai Forbath had his 46-yard potential game-winning field goal blocked. Neither team could do much after, and the two teams went into overtime tied 28-28.

On the first possession of overtime, Mariota led his team to victory as he produced a nine play, 80-yard drive that was capped off by a fiveyard touchdown pass to Anthony Fasano.

The Saints’ 34-28 lose to the Titans ended the Saints’ three game win streak.

The (4-5) Saints travel to Washington to take on the (3-5) Washington Redskins on Sunday, Nov. 15 at noon.

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Local athletes reflect on the recruiting process

By Zach Brien zjbrien@loyno.edu @zbrienphoto

For Greg Pittman, he never saw an end in sight. Football was what he knew.

Pittman, senior at Southern University in Baton Rouge, is the place kicker for the school’s football team.

Pittman is one of over 19,000 student-athletes every year who attend 1,000 NCAA universities nationwide on athletic scholarships.

Pittman first caught wind of the possibility of playing college football as a freshman at Ben Franklin High School in New Orleans.

“I remember my freshman year, our head coach at Ben Franklin, Coach Tank, pulled me aside one day before practice. We took a walk and he said ‘You know, you’re going to go play college football,’” Pittman said.

It was not until the end of his junior year and beginning of his senior year when the possibility became real. When the University of Southern Mississippi, Grambling University, Southern University and Nicholls State University invited him to campus to see their football programs, things really set in for Pittman.

“That’s when I knew it was serious with those schools because, you know, if they’re willing to take the time out to meet me in person and to get me on campus and really get me to look around, I felt like that was the first step in them wanting me and not just showing the general interest that everyone gets paid to show,” Pittman said.

Like Pitman, Allison Olsonoski, a senior volleyball player at Ben Franklin High School, is poised to make one of the biggest decisions of

her life.

Olsonosk began to receive letters from universities across the nation beginning at the end of her junior year.

However, the school she decided on did not send her any mail. They never called her. She just showed up.

Olsonoski, after turning down scholarship offers from other schools, verbally committed to play volleyball at Villanova University in 2016.

There are many factors that influence how a student-athlete picks a school. For Olsonoski, the financial benefits of attending college on an athletic scholarship were one deciding factor in her commitment to Villanova, as well as the personal connections with coaches.

“I didn’t want to be a huge financial burden on my family. This is the greatest opportunity ever. I mean, being offered these full rides, scholarships to play the sport that I love.

Why not take advantage of it,” Olsonoski said.

For both Pittman and Olsonoski, personal touches and connections were major deciding factors.

“It’s sort of important as a student-athlete to go where you’re loved and wanted, where you’re not just another name, where you’re not just another body. Not only can you contribute on the field, you can contribute and strive in the classroom and in society because you’re wanted there,” Pittman said.

The personal touch is especially important for Olsonoski, who is leaving New Orleans for the first time by herself.

“New Orleans is the only place I’ve been my entire life. I’ve never been away from home for more than a week without seeing my dad or my brother and so it’s going to be a huge

change going to Philadelphia,” Olsonoski said.

The coaches face their own set of challenges when it comes to recruiting.

Coach Stacy Hollwell, the head coach of Loyola New Orleans’ men’s basketball team, fields a lot of questions from potential recruits and their families. “‘Will my son play? Who is he playing behind?’ There are a lot of different questions we get. ‘What dining options are there? How many study hall hours a week?’ We end up, in a lot of cases, being parents away from parents. We are responsible for a lot of aspects of their lives that most people don’t really see,” Hollwell said.

The high school to college jump is a big change for most freshmen.

Stepping up to the collegiate level comes with its own set of challenges in academic and athletic workload.

“At least initially, the structure is a little bit of a challenge for them.

Some of the guys come in and get it right away, but not all of them. As a coach, that’s your job to work out and hopefully it works right for everybody,” Hollwell said.

For Pittman, who is studying history, the student part of student-athlete has been a difficult adjustment, even after four years.

“Managing schoolwork is a lot harder than managing the work required to put in on the field,” Pittman said. “You have to find time when you aren’t in the field house or taking a nap because rest is second on the priority list. The time doesn’t come often, but when it does, you really have to take hold of it and put in quality work studying,” Pittman said.

Despite these challenges, Olsonoski is very excited about the fu-

ture that awaits her at Villanova.

“I’m going to be competing every day that I’m there. At the same time, I’m going to get to be a better volleyball player the whole time that I’m there,” Olsonoski said. “I’m looking forward to it without a doubt. I’m looking forward to the challenges.

I’m looking forward to another environment of camaraderie, of competition.”

Pack Volleyball standings 1.) College of coastal georgia SSAC: 15-1 Overall: 25-3

2.) Mobile, Alabama SSAC: 13-3 Overall: 28-5

3.) Brenau, Georgia SSAC: 12-4 Overall: 20-11

4.) Faulkner, alabama SSAC: 10-6 Overall: 21-12

5.) Dalton state SSAC: 6-10 Overall: 12-14

6.) loyola, New Orleans SSAC: 6-10 Overall: 16-19

women’s basketball schedule southern univesity New Orleans, Louisiana Nov. 14

Louisiana tech university Ruston, Louisiana Nov. 18

Faulkner University THE DEN Nov. 23

Concordia college Courtesy of Greg Pittman

Greg Pittman winds up to kick in an afternoon game against Jackson State.

Pittman is one of over 19,000 student athletes playing sports at the college level around the nation.

THE DEN Nov. 27

Southern University THE DEN Dec. 1

Sister Helen Prejean “Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues”

NOVEMBER 16, 2015 - 7 P.M.

Holy Name of Jesus Church 6367 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA Sister Helen Prejean, member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and Louisiana native, will share about her continued work with death row inmates, their victims and the problems of our justice systemparticularly the death penalty.

Sr. Helen's work was documented in her book "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty" which was made into a major motion picture and an opera.

This event is being held to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Loyola Community Action Program (LUCAP) and co-sponsored by the Loyola Office of Mission and Ministry, University Ministry and the University Chaplain.

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TO MAKE A SAFE CAMPUS The Maroon was recently invited — with other student media from other universities — to participate in a phone conference with the White House over the It’s On Us campaign, an initiative launched by President Obama in September of last year.

It’s On Us serves a primarily educational purpose and isn’t making any attempts to materially combat sexual violence — nor is it pretending to. This was made clear when a student journalist asked the person facilitating the phone conference what the White House was going to be doing to statically reduce rates of sexual assault.

The answer: they’re going to change the culture to be against sexual violence, and that will reduce rates of sexual assault.

So nothing.

It brought up the question of what else we can do to stop sexual assault. The President of the United States is one of the world’s most powerful people. He is in a position to do something meaningful about the issue. If the solution coming from the president’s desk is the same solution that would come from a public relations manager’s desk, the future doesn’t seem too bright.

It’s not bad to educate people about sexual violence, but more can be done. This is the position of several politicians in Washington, D.C.

who have proposed the Safe Campus Act. This piece of legislation has its problems, but it signals that legislators are getting to the heart of the issue for college campuses.

That issue is the handling of sexual assault cases by university administrators rather than regular law enforcement.

Internal judicial boards have no competence in handling sexual assault accusations, and it’s not their fault, either.

Universities can’t gather forensic evidence, nor are they able to subpoena witnesses or put them under oath. Universities aren’t legally required to consider material that could be relevant to the case.

Neither student in a sexual assault case has the right to legal representation. When someone is found guilty of sexual assault — a felony — the penalties aren’t proportional to the crime.

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) has argued this point: “The crime of rape just does not fit the capabilities of such boards. They often offer the worst of both worlds: they lack protections for the accused while often tormenting victims.”

This brings us back to the Safe Campus Act. It requires alleged victims to report sexual assault to law enforcement as a prerequisite to a campus disciplinary hearing. It also forbids colleges from disciplining

students for other conduct violations not relevant to the case. It also solves the other problems previously mentioned.

There are several concerns with this law, however.

The first is that it would deter victims from speaking out about the crime committed against them. This is reasonable, and if true, is a damning problem. The reasoning behind this is a fear of the justice system, its complexities and barriers. If a law were to resolve these issues, though, it would be worth pursuing. That’s what the Safe Campus Act is making movements toward.

The second is that it makes the alleged victim less autonomous by effectively requiring them to report to police if they want to see their situation improve. However, if an alleged victim doesn’t want to speak to police, he or she doesn’t have to.

This would allow, though, investigators to gather evidence to prosecute the crime in a way universities can’t.

To reduce sexual violence on and off campus, students should educate each other on what sexual violence is. But at some point, we have to move beyond educating our peers and do better in holding them accountable. Students and faculty should support the Safe Campus Act, find and solve its problems, and promote other solutions which fix the myriad problems in our criminal justice system.

I thank J. Christopher Brown for his Letter to the Editor in the Maroon of October 30, 2015, entitled “Guns on campus is a terrible idea.”

This was in response to an On the Record opinion of mine the previous week: “Gun Control on campus prevents school shootings.”

In the latter, I maintained that some 92 percent of mass shootings occurred on gun free zones; people there are sitting ducks, easy targets for mayhem.

Mr. Brown avers that he would be “terrified to have large number of students and faculty, without special training, carrying concealed weapons on campus.” But, he engages in a logical contradiction when he reveals that he qualified as a Sharpshooter and holds a Louisiana concealed handgun permit, and yet “will never bring a gun to school,” presumably, because he is “without special training.”

He cannot be allowed to have this matter both ways. He is “terrified” of guns being wielded by those “without special training,” and, also, by people carrying guns such as himself who do have “special training.”

This makes no sense.

In my original article, I never came within a million miles of saying that the untrained should be allowed on campus with guns. Mr. Brown puts fallacious words in my mouth.

Rather, in sharp contrast, I called for the creation of university teams in the biathlon and pistol target shooting. Would anyone be accepted on our volleyball, or basketball or track teams without “special training?” Of course not. The same would go for a team dedicated to these sports.

No one, in my view, should be allowed on a college campus with a firearm without “special training.”

Certainly, Mr. Brown himself, with his Louisiana concealed handgun permit and other qualifications would be an asset to any university were an evil person to start shooting innocent people. But this is true only if he were armed at that time.

As a law abiding person, he would not bring his weapon to a gun-free zone, and thus would be of little or no help in the face of such an eventuality.

Right now, Loyola University is not a fully gun-free zone. Our campus police carry weapons, thank goodness. All I am saying is that if other qualified people, administrators, staff, professors and yes, students too, engaged in open carry as do these officers of the law, and/ or in concealed carry, and this were well known, then we would be all but invulnerable to the next horror, such as occurred to the unfortunates in Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.

Mr. Brown avoids this point and instead waxes eloquent about the dangers of the unqualified bearing these weapons. Certainly, I agree with him on this point. That would indeed be disastrous.

Walter Block Economics professor

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Opinions from elsewhere

Free speech can be uncomfortable The following opinion, by Stuart Butler, first appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Oct. 27.

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The power of a football strike The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Nov. 10.

It’s amazing, what just happened at the University of Missouri.

Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri system, resigned Monday. From a distance, he looks like a leader who had lost his last follower.

He had ignored warnings and pleadings on the flagship campus in Columbia, Mo., that the university needed to deal forcefully with a series of racist incidents.

Even as demonstrators confronted him at the homecoming parade, and as one student went on a hunger strike, Wolfe did his best to avoid the crisis. But he appeared to be surviving — until the weekend, when at least 30 African-American football players vowed not to play football until Wolfe resigned.

Yes, they called a football strike.

And they were backed by their teammates and their coach: “The Mizzou Family stands as one. We are united.

We are behind our players,” coach Gary Pinkel wrote on Twitter.

The Missouri Tigers’ game Saturday against Brigham Young was in jeopardy. Missouri would lose some money tied to the game, but worse, it would stand — that is, its administration would stand — as a symbol of disinterest in festering issues of race.

And that was it for the president.

His resignation was followed later in the day by the resignation of the chancellor.

There were plenty of other pressure points: student leaders wanted Wolfe gone; some angry faculty members planned to cancel classes and hold teach-ins; a special meeting of the university system’s governing body was set for Monday. But when the football team spoke, that

was a fearsome and unavoidable voice of dissent.

Racism has been a historic problem at Missouri, as it has been in the rest of the country. The main protest group on campus calls itself Concerned Student 1950 — marking the year the university admitted its first black student.

There have been several reported incidents this year of black students being taunted with racial epithets. A swastika drawn in feces was found on campus.

In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., about 100 miles away, and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, university administrators had a chance to lead a conversation about race at Mizzou, a prominent educational institution.

They punted.

Wolfe apologized last week for ignoring black student leaders who

had confronted him at the homecoming parade. “Racism does exist at our university, and it is unacceptable,” he said after meeting with Jonathan Butler, the graduate student on a hunger strike. “It is a longstanding, systemic problem which daily affects our family of students, faculty and staff.”

It was too late. So a feckless leader has been pressured to resign.

What happens now? Missouri has a leadership void. Does the university have someone who can deal with the concerns surrounding race, fulfill all the other demands on the president of a major university ... and keep the confidence of the football team?

Yes, an amazing thing happened at Missouri.

The Tigers will take the field as scheduled Saturday against BYU at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

Missouri is the underdog.

I once sought out the opinion of a student who published a column in the Argus, the school newspaper of Wesleyen University, raising critical questions about the Black Lives Matter movement. The reaction to his provocative piece was intense: some students were angry, some hurt and still others wondered what editors of the Argus were thinking when they published an essay that questioned a civil rights movement that has claimed the hearts and minds of so many of us on campus.

I trust the editors thought that Bryan’s essay would spark real conversations — the kind that make newspapers a vital part of so many communities’ cultural ecology.

I’m very glad these important issues were made public — sometimes quite forcefully. Those who think they favor free speech but call for civility in all discussions should remember that battles for freedom of expression are seldom conducted in a privileged atmosphere of upper-class decorum.

Unfortunately, in addition to sparking conversation, the column also generated calls to punish the newspaper. Protests against newspapers, of course, are also part of free speech. But punishment, if successful, can have a chilling effect on future expression.

Students, faculty and administrators want our campuses to be free and safe, but we also acknowledge that the imperatives of freedom and safety are sometimes in conflict.

A campus free from violence is an absolute necessity for a true education, but a campus free from challenge and confrontation would be anathema to it.

We must not protect ourselves from disagreement; we must be open to being offended for the sake of learning, and we must be ready to give offense so as to create new opportunities for thinking. Education worthy of the name is risky — not safe. Education worthy of the name does not hide behind a veneer of civility or political correctness but instead calls into question our beliefs.

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Staff and faculty speaking on important topics

Abstract ideas versus concrete experience on marriage Edward Vacek religious studies professor evacek@loyno.edu

Recently, Pope Francis concluded a two-year Synod, a gathering of bishops, on the topic of contemporary family life. The stand-yourground conservatives contended with the charge-ahead liberals.

Those who upheld the abstract essence of marriage and those who wanted to change it occasionally hurled accusations at one another, including the charge of heresy.

At the end, under Pope Francis’s

nudging, both sides lost, but without losing face.

Instead, the pastoral approach won. Pastors and the people in their parishes got a yellow light: proceed, but with caution. A pastoral approach starts with the messy lives of people before imposing abstract ideas. Let me explain through two scenarios.

Jack and Judy get married. They vow to give themselves totally, without reserve, in everything they do, for the rest of their lives. They are open to have as many children as God will give them. They will be happy and fulfilled by their love for one another, for their families, friends, church, all other people, and above all God. This beautiful picture is Pope John Paul II’s abstract idea of marriage.

Mike and Mary have been living together for sometime. Mary gets pregnant, and they decide to get married for the sake of their child.

Nominal Catholics, they persuade a priest to marry them. In the year after the wedding, life goes from good to bad to worse. They divorce. Mary meets Bob, falls in love, and the two get married in a secular ceremony.

Mary and Bob have many more ups than downs in their marriage, and they find weekly church really helps them. That is the pointilist picture Pope Francis has when he thinks of marriage.

For John Paul II, anything less than perfect is sinful. Any reservation in total self-giving in sexual activity means that there is absolutely no love involved.

For Francis, everything we do is

less than perfect, and that is why God’s mercy is so important. He follows Jesus who said that the perfect did not need him. Rather, Jesus came to open God’s arms to the imperfect.

For John Paul, the message is that abstract truth comes before love, so “Get your life in order, and then come join us for communion.”

He is right that people need to know what marriage is before they can intelligently make their marriage vows.

For Francis, the pastoral message is that love often comes before abstract truth, so, “Come join us, and we’ll figure out some sort of path to marital sainthood.”

It has often been said that the best is the enemy of the good. The abstract concept of marriage can

be the enemy of actual marriages.

In John Paul II’s abstract view, Mary and Bob are not married, even though their experience is that they are really married. In the abstract, they are adulterers, and so spiritual food must be indigestible.

In their experience, they, like the rest of us, have “good enough” lives.

They need to be fed, not denied, spiritual bread.

The final document of the Synod of bishops does not take the abstract approach of John Paul.

Francis moved the Synod to say, in effect, about this or that divorced and remarried couple, “Who am I to judge?” As a result, the Synod decreed simply that it is up to the people who live in this messy world to sincerely figure out what will foster their holiness.

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