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AT A GLANCE SUNDAY, JAN. 21 Loyola Opera Theatre: Gilbert and Sullivan´s “The Gondoliers” Roussel Performance Hall 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Books: Deal makes space for ‘No one new fourth floor tenants source By COLE ADAMS
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While Loyola continues to hammer out a deal to host the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance, plans are being made for the other space that is available for use on the fourth floor of the Communication/Music Complex. While the institute will give students a chance to see the likes of famed producer Quincy Jones and Grammy winner Terrance Blanchard walking around campus, some other new faces may be using the remaining space. One of the first new tenants will be housed in the long-vacant radio studio. Interim Director of the School of Mass Communication Robert Thomas said the green light has been given to start the long-awaited Loyola radio station. The station, which is now produced off-campus on the Web site neworleansradio.com, will move to the
fourth floor. Once on campus, Music Industries Director John Snyder plans “to make the station one of the best campus radio stations in the country.” The station will still be on the Internet but will enjoy more marketing and student involvement, he said. Snyder has many ideas for the station once it comes to campus. Snyder said he would like to collaborate with the Monk Institute to produce shows, and there are also plans to broadcast basketball games and other campus events. Production and participation in shows will be open to all students and faculty. The Loyola University Ministry is also considering using some studio space — in this instance, TV studios — for taping distance-learning programs. These programs allow students from around the world to watch pre-taped classes. Making use of the space on the fourth floor “is a joint effort all the way,”
Thomas said. “We are open to collaboration from other colleagues and departments as well.” Open space on a college campus is rare, and many parties are competing to use it, he said. One of those parties is one of the city’s PBS affiliates. Loyola is in negotiations with WYES-Channel 12 to produce the shows “Steppin’ Out” and “Informed Sources” in studios that are being used by Loyola’s broadcast classes. “Steppin Out” and “Informed Sources” air backto-back at 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Fridays. “Steppin Out” is hosted by Peggy Scott Laborde and highlights local entertainment, dining and movies, while “Informed Sources” is hosted by Larry Lorenz, interim dean of the College of Social Sciences, and Errol Laborde who, with other local media professionals, analyze local stories. Cole Adams can be reached at ccadams@loyno.edu.
Retention holding steady
Christine Wiltz, a popular fiction and non-fiction author, speaks at the first 1718 meeting Tuesday at the Columns Hotel.
By SALLY TUNMER
MONDAY, JAN. 22 Women´s Basketball vs. Belhaven The Den 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Men´s Basketball vs. Belhaven College The Den 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 25 Women´s Basketball vs. LSU-Shreveport The Den 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Men´s Basketball vs. LSU-Shreveport The Den 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You know how, if your dad can do something, you thought he was the greatest thing? I hope that if my son saw me dunk it just one time, one time, he’d be like, ‘Oh God. My dad’s friggin’ amazing.’” — Mario Faranda on his goals for later in life.
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As the official number of students Loyola welcomes to its campus for the first time in 2007 is counted, there are no great surprises or disappointments, admissions office officials said. In the latest tally, the number of new students to arrive at Loyola after the fall is positioned between the final count of the first semester back after Hurricane Katrina and the previous year. So far, the admissions office has counted 84 new students who have registered for the spring semester. That number is expected to shift, and the results will be final by Feb. 15, according to Deborah Stieffel, dean of admissions. In terms of students who return for the subsequent spring semester every year, Stieffel said Loyola typically re-enrolls 92 percent of those students previously enrolled in the fall, losing approximately 8 percent during the holiday vacation. As of Wednesday, Loyola had reenrolled 90 percent of students from Fall 2006. Sally Tunmer can be reached at sktunmer@loyno.edu.
1718: Loyola, Tulane ‘English geeks’ team up Continued from page 1 fled me,” Ketchum said. Ketchum credited Loyola professors such as Martin Pousson for inspiring her to create the series as well as assisting her in making it a reality. “We wanted to create something that was more than just an oncampus, student literary exchange. It’s not just a Loyola thing, because we are focusing on our potential to grow across this city and have our events in various venues,” Ketchum said. New Orleans native and acclaimed author Christine Wiltz headlined the night’s readings and was joined by four student poets. In 2000, the New Orleans/Gulf South Booksellers Association
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awarded Wiltz’s first non-fiction book, “The Last Madame: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,” book of the year. “The Last Madame” chronicled the life of French Quarter bordello owner Norma Wallace. When asked to participate in the reading series, Wiltz immediately responded by asking, “What is 1718?” 1718 shares its namesake with the year New Orleans was founded. “I think it (1718) is a great idea. We really need to bring everyone together to discuss what the city is, has been and will be through the eyes of prominent writers,” Wiltz said.
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Continued from page 1 chased most of his books at the bookstore. “It’s rough. Even though my parents pay for half, I’ll still end up paying $300,” Albanes said. It is quite easy to walk out of the bookstore wondering: Why aren’t textbooks more affordable? The Loyola Bookstore is not owned by Loyola University but by College Bookstores of America, a bookstore manager hired through contract. The store is under contract with Loyola, and they must pay rent and utilities. According to Carol Knight, the manager of the bookstore, books usually come from different publishing houses and wholesalers. “There is no one source,” she said. Used books come from the wholesalers, which Knight said the bookstore tries to use as much as possible. All the prices of new books are determined by whatever the publishing house wants to charge, not individual bookstores, Knight said. The mark up on textbooks is 20 to 25 percent. “A $60 book at 20 percent is $72 ... We don’t gouge, 20 to 25 percent is not a gouge at all,” Knight said. The bookstore is a retail business and cannot buy from other retail businesses such as Amazon.com or Abebooks.com to provide cheaper alternatives, Knight said. Students, however, can and often do buy books online. Some Loyola professors are very understanding of the financial burden students face when purchasing textbooks.
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