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Loyola makes budget resolutions

By HASANI GRAYSON Senior Staff Writer

Following a meeting by the university’s board of trustees, Loyola plans to raise the cost of tuition and housing to help balance the budget for the next academic year.

For the 2013-14 academic year, room and board will increase 4.8 percent, tuition will increase 4.9 percent and there will be no increase in salary for professors.

University president the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J.,said that the overall economic climate factored into Loyola’s decision “As we all know, we are in an economically challenged time across the nation,” he said in an email to university staff on Dec. 7. “Those challenges have had a palpable impact on both Loyola and on budgets of colleges and universities nationwide.”

Wildes further explained that lower than expected enrollment numbers were taken into consideration when planning next year’s budget. Loyola was not able to attain the freshman enrollment numbers it had projected and experienced a dip in their sophomore retention rate.

“The realities have resulted in a shortfall of around $7 million in our projected budget for 20132014,” Wildes said.

The approved budget for the upcoming year is based upon a

projected freshman enrollment of 875 first year students, 130 transfer students and a sophomore retention rate of 75 percent. Wildes said these projected enrollment numbers are conservative and that the university should be able to achieve them.

With the budgetary concerns affecting faculty members as well, Wildes acknowledged in his email that these circumstances were not ideal. But, he did say the budget for next year would see an increase in one important area.

“I do want to note that thebudget does have built into it increases in other forms of faculty/ staff compensation, including a university contribution of approximating $230,000 in health care coverage,” he said.

Though the university is having financial difficulties, Wildes concluded his email by thanking the staff for their understanding and said he’s ready to help overcome the difficulty of the situation.

“I look forward to working together on these challenges moving forward,” he said. “I am confident that we will be able to meet these challenges as we have done in the past.”

Convocation focuses on higher education issues

BALANCING THE BUDGET

for the 2013 - 2014 academic year

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875 first year students 130 transfer students 75% sophomore retention

By ERIC KNOEPFLER Campus Editor

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+4.9% on TUITION +4.8% on ROOM BOARD and

+ 0% on Professors’ SALARIES

Hasani Grayson can be reached at hkgrayso@loyno.edu

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Gun rights change at state level

By LESLIE GAMBONI City Editor As a result of voters’ support, Amendment Two has been passed in Louisiana resulting in extended protections on gun rights.

The passing of Amendment Two protects gun rights by requiring “strict scrutiny” on any restriction relating to Louisiana citizens’ ability to the use and their ownership of guns that may be proposed.

Tommy Screen, director of governmental relations for Loyola, worked with lobbyists to try to defeat the bill leading up to the vote. Loyola University did not support the bill.

“The current bill wasn’t aimed at higher education, it was a broader attack on gun restrictions in the state. However, with this amendment there isn’t certainty in what a judge would decide,” Screen said.

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However, with this amendment there isn’t certainty in what a judge would decide Tommy Screen

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the decision would be left to a judge.

“Why give a judge the opportunity to allow guns on campus?” Screen said.

Like Loyola, Tulane opposed the passing of the bill, Michael Strecker, director of public relations at Tulane University said.

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“Like our public counterparts, we remain concerned that the amendment now makes it easier for lawsuits that could weaken our ability to prohibit concealed weapons on our campuses and might increase the possibility of more violence on campus,” Strecker said.

M. Isabel Medina, professor of law at Loyola, spoke out against Amendment Two before it was upheld.

Medina said she opposed the amendment because the Louisiana Constitution already had strict protection for a person’s right to bear arms.

“The previous constitutional provision recognized, however, that reasonable regulation of weapons might be necessary to protect the community and, thus, it allowed for banning of concealed weapons,” Medina said.

“This provision was particularly important to allow the legislature to ban concealed weapons in certain sensitive buildings like courthouses, hospitals and

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schools.”

Additionally, Medina said she felt Amendment Two was “not necessary” because the U.S. Constitution protects a citizen’s right to bear arms.

Screen said he does not believe that any challenges will be made to the gun policies of private university campuses, although he recognizes that there is always a possibility.

“There are only 10 private colleges in the state. A legislator is not going to likely risk his political capital to affect a small number,” Screen said.

According to Captain Roger Pinac of university police, only a commissioned law enforcement officer may posses a gun or weapon on a university campus.

“First and foremost, as a private land owner we have the right to have our own policy on our campus,” Screen said.

Leslie Gamboni can be reached at legambon@loyno.edu

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University President the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., addressed faculty and staff about the importance of a Jesuit education in a technologically advanced world and presented the Dux Academicus award at the President’s Convocation on Jan. 11.

The annual President’s Convocation serves as an opportunity to award faculty and staff various honors and grants for their service to the Loyola community. Along with these distinctions, Wildes spoke on issues facing the university.

Among the awards given were those honoring faculty members who have reached 25 years in service at Loyola. This year, seven faculty members were recognized.

Recipients were awarded a gift of their choice, with a few requesting money be donated elsewhere.

Marquette Fellowships were awarded to nine faculty members.

Marquette Fellowships are awarded to faculty selected by Wildes and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Marc Manganaro. Recipients were awarded stipends of $9,500 to support full-time research or creative work relative to their field over the summer.

Ignatian Fellowships and University Senate awards were given out before the main honor of the night, the Dux Academicus Award. The award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates the ability to impart the knowledge and wisdom of the liberal arts and sciences or the professions to students in a manner consistent with the distinctive philosophy of Loyola as a Jesuit university.

This year’s Dux Academicus was awarded to Patricia Dorn, Ph.D. of biological sciences.

“Known as an innovative teacher with a commitment to learning about and developing new approaches to learning has led her to be an active participant in interacting with other educators on campus,” Manganaro said.

Many of Dorn’s students

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NEWSBRIEFS Communication professor wins statewide award Cathy Rogers, Ph. D., was recently recognized by the Public Relations Association of Louisiana as the 2012 State Educator of the Year in public relations. The Public Relations Association of Louisiana is a professional association and networking organization. The new award honors faculty members who teach public relations, journalism or communications, and was presented at a ceremony last week. “I feel very honored to be recognized,” Rogers said. “I love my work as a professor and feel lucky to have such a rewarding career.”

Rogers will represent Louisiana in the Southern Public Relations Federation Educator of the Year competition.

Political analyst lectures at Loyola Political and senior judicial analyst for Fox News Judge Andrew P. Napolitano will present a free lecture sponsored by Loyola’s economics club. Napolitano will discuss the decline of freedom in contemporary American society.

Napolitano is an analyst of the legal system, critic of government intervention into personal lives and commercial transactions and an aggressive defender of the Constitution. He served as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge from 1987 to 1995 and taught law for 13 years. The event is free and open to the public on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. in the Louis J. Roussel Performance hall.

Nursing student wins scholarship Doctor of Nursing Practice student Diana Elwell, R.N., B.S.N., recently won a national scholarship from the American Nurse Practitioner Foundation recognizing her outstanding potential for her profession. The scholarship, funded in collaboration with the Medic Alert Foundation, will award Elwell $2,500 to help her become a nurse practitioner in the Loyola BSN-to-DNP online nursing program. “As the only program of its kind in Louisiana, our graduates practice with strong primary care and behavioral health systems design perspectives,” Ann H. Cary, professor and director of the Loyola School of Nursing, said.

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Psychology sophomore Destiny Simms reads a flier posted in Buddig Hall. Starting this semester, four fliers per organization will be permitted to be posted at the entrance of each residence hall, following their approval by Residential Life.

Break brings fines and changes for residential halls

By LEXA LAKE Staff Writer As Loyola students start a new semester, some residential students are welcomed back with new policy changes and fines in their residential halls.

Biever Hall residents faced a $3.11 fine for several buildingwide damages that occurred between early October and early December.

“The largest fines were due to fire/life safety issues, which come with a penalty of $1,000 as it is an obvious safety hazard for other residents,” Biever Hall area director Alexandria Kelch said.

The largest fine was from a fire/life safety incident that took place on Oct. 12 with a charge of $1,080. The fine was evenly distributed at $2.16 among the 500 residents.

Loyola will host the Rev. Arturo Sosa Abascal, S.J., president of the Catholic University in the State of Tachira, Venezuela for a lecture as a part of Loyola’s centennial celebration. “Political Implications of a Humanizing Globalization” will be sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Jesuit Center.

The lecture will focus on the contributions in the area of politics and globalization that are emerging in Latin America. The event will take place Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the Audubon Room. It will be free and open to the public.

Other fines issued were largely wing-based. The male residents on the third floor in Biever Hall were charged with cleaning violations in early December.

“As annoying as the fine was for people who did not trash the bathroom or hall, I believe that the fine was necessary to halt further disgusting acts in third floor public areas,” Bud Sheppard, biology freshman, said. “I recall it being around $50 a person. It truly gave teeth to a previously docile warning system.”

In Buddig Hall, new air conditioning units have been installed. A new feature of these units is that they are adjustable.

Over the Christmas break, a new posting policy was implemented by Residential Life in Biever Hall, Buddig Hall and Carrollton Hall.

“Any organization that wishes

to advertise in the residence halls will be allowed to send us four fliers and these will be posted at the entrances of each building,” Buddig Hall area director Christina Nielsen said.

“This new policy is in alignment with our effort of becoming more environmentally friendly and to provide a central location for students to view what is happening around Loyola and New Orleans.”

According to the posting policy, “Only official notices, fliers and messages, with the approval of the director of Residential Life or their representative, may be posted in the residence halls.”

Fliers approved by Residential Life will be posted one week from the time of the approval.

Lexa Lake can be reached at anlake@loyno.edu

College of Humanities and Natural Sciences develops new major

BY JENNIE GUTIERREZ Contributing Writer

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A new mathematics major will be available for students beginning Fall 2013.

Maria Calzada, interim dean of the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, said that the new liberal arts mathematics major will give Loyola students who are interested in math an opportunity to incorporate the subject into their curriculum.

Currently, there is a mathematics major with pure mathematics and a computational mathematics major with applied mathematics. Calzada considers these majors very strong, but they are for those students who want to go to graduate school.

Calzada estimated that currently there are only 25 students majoring in mathematics at Loyola. She hopes this major, which has three

less required courses and more electives, will attract more students.

“This new major is much more flexible than the other majors and is directed towards students who have an interest in mathematics or may possibly want to combine math with another major, but who don’t want to go graduate school,” Calzada said.

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This change stems from the recommendations of an external review board.

“The reviewers said based on the size of our university, we do not have as many math majors as we could have. They suggested that it was possibly because we have the focus on graduate school. They recommended we have a major with a more generic focus like the one we have propose,” she said.

Jorge Rodas, music composition junior, said that the additional major is necessary.

“I feel the school needs to push mathematics a lot more in general.

The school promoting more math classes and giving students more opportunities to promote the subject would ultimately benefit the community as a whole.”

Jennie Gutierrez can be reached at jegutie2@loyno.edu

As the dean of the College of Social Sciences looks to return to teaching, the college has appointed an interim dean until they find a more permanent solution.

Luis Mirón plans to leave his position as dean at the end of his appointment, leaving associate professor Roger White to take over in the interim.

White, who only plans to serve as interim dean for under a year until Loyola can find a permanent dean, was selected for the position because of his prior e x p e r ience in leadership positions, said Marc Manganaro, Luis Miron provost Dean of and vice the College president of of Social Academic Sciences Affairs.

“Dr. White has a wealth of faculty and administrative experience here at Loyola, including as chair of political science and as adviser to the provost on faculty matters,” Manganaro said.

White said he was glad to be able to help out the college by assuming the role of interim dean, but said that his role will be different since he is not holding the position for the normal fiveyear appointment.

“I’m taking on more of a caretaker role while the college conducts its own dean search,” he said. “My personal goal is that I want to turn over a college that is in good shape. But I don’t have a grand vision because it seems unfair as an interim to take some long term vision and try to imprint that on the college.”

While White hopes to be teaching again at the end of his run as interim dean, Mirón hopes to move away from administrative work as well when his appointment as dean ends.

“At this stage I decided I really wanted to return to scholarship and teaching,” he said. “I’m pretty much way past mid-career so I’d be interested in returning to my scholarship and civic engagement work.”

Mirón also mentioned that he wants to devote more time to the Institute for Quality and Equity in Education and help create solutions to the problems presented by the public school education system in New Orleans.

Additionally, Mirón said he plans to stay busy during his year away from Loyola. “I would say out of my 25 years in higher education, in 24 of these I’ve had referred articles or book chapters accepted for publication. While on sabbatical next year, I will have

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As of Jan. 1, New Orleans City Council implemented increased rates to services provided by Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. The rates will continue to increase by 10 percent each year over the course of the next eight years.

This increase in rates is needed to make necessary repairs to a 200-year-old system which, according to councilmember Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, is “now leaking over 40 percent of the water that is processed from our water treatment plants.” If the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans does not receive another extension in addition to the one under which it is currently operating, the city will be charged with fines of $5,000 or more per day. The council sees this increase in rates as a way to begin repairing a broken system.

Student found with exotic animals Criminal justice senior Quinn Vanderbosch received citations for keeping exotic animals illegally in his home, according to the Times-Picayune. When agents from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division searched Vanderbosch’s apartment, they found a 16-inch alligator and 10 piranhas. It is illegal to own alligators without a license and piranhas are forbidden in Louisiana.

Venue opens on Freret Street Publiq House is now open on Freret Street. The new addition to Uptown operates as a venue and full service bar, which offers specialty drinks unique to the establishment.

During its opening weekend, Publiq House featured Loyola student band Liquid Peace Revolution and vocalist Erika Flowers. When live music is not featured at the venue, the stage is occupied by a large television available for viewing sporting events. Publiq House also provides guests with an outside patio, which is “food truck friendly.”

Dat Dog shooting suspect arrested Police arrested Nathaniel Jones, the man who they believe shot a Dat Dog employee, on charges of attempted murder and attempted armed robbery on Dec. 20, according to the Uptown Messenger. The employee was shot after refusing to give in to the armed man’s demands.

The man was masked and entered the restaurant before it opened, while employees were preparing for the day’s work. The restaurant shut down for the rest of the day due to the incident but now continues normal operations. The victim is expected to make a full recovery ,according to the Times­­-Picayune.

Cheryl Gerber/AP Images for Allstate The Allstate Sugar Bowl was held this January in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. In addition to the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans is also set to host the Super Bowl in February.

By HASANI GRAYSON Senior Staff Writer The upcoming Super Bowl won’t just bring the biggest sporting event of the year to New Orleans­— it will also generate millions of dollars for local businesses.

With the influx of tourists that will head into the city the week

before the Super Bowl, local experts are estimating hundreds of millions of dollars to be coming into the city along with them.

“The figure they’re throwing around is $500 million,” college of business professor Mike Pearson said, when talking about estimates as to how much money would be generated from the event.

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Loyola students volunteer at National WWII Museum

By AAREN GORDON News Editor Four Loyola students volunteered with a Loyola professor at the dedication ceremony of the National WWII Museum’s newest additional building on its campus.

On Jan. 12, the National WWII Museum held a dedication ceremony to honor the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center as its newest addition.

With the help of mass communication Professor Andrew Nelson, mass communication senior Danielle Latimer, mass communication senior Jacqueline Padilla, mass communication and Spanish junior Alden Woodhull and mass communication junior Paul Keeshan volunteered at the dedication ceremony.

Woodhull said this opportunity was special to her because she has an interest in

working at a museum in the future.

“We’re not doing this for class or for school, but just to learn, to maybe help us in the future,” Woodhull said.

Guests and speakers such as Tom Brokaw, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Senator Mary Landrieu

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Alden Woodhull mass communication and Spanish junior

New Orleans will make a profit by having the event in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

He also said it will improve the city’s nationwide standing when hosting big events.

“It brings a lot of business in, but there’s also a lot of costs associated with the Super Bowl, but it adds prestige to the city,” he

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and Senator David Vitter were present at the ceremony as well as a number of veterans of WWII. Alan Raphael, marketing manager at the National WWII Museum, said there were 1,500 invited guests and 80 WWII veterans registered to attend, though he said he’s sure there were more veterans in attendance than those who registered.

One of these WWII veterans in attendance was Lieutenant Colonel Leo Gray, who served as a fighter pilot in Italy in 1945 with his fellow Tuskegee Airmen.

Gray said he was a wingman of Roscoe Brown, who was also in attendance, in the 332 fighter group. Gray said it’s a rarity to have him and Brown in the same place together, as a pilot and a “wingman,” given the decreasing amount of Tuskegee Airmen left.

Gray said he joined the Army as a volunteer for a specific reason.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jefferson Parish lawmakers lodged a legal challenge Tuesday against the state’s $25 billion budget.

Republican Reps. Kirk Talbot and Cameron Henry filed the lawsuit, which is the latest salvo in an ongoing dispute that conservative House Republicans have with GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal over his use of one-time funding to pay for ongoing programs and services in state government.

The lawsuit says the budget is unconstitutional because it spends $240 million more from the state general fund than the amount recognized by the state’s income forecasting panel and because it doesn’t follow constitutional limits

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Cardio Happy Hour comes to New Orleans Happy Hour arrived on campus with Loyola’s new fitness program “Cardio Happy Hour.”

The program is held Fridays from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Sports Complex. Guided by various instructors. New cardio techniques are used to jump start the weekend. For more information contact University Sports Complex.

Loyola to hold Hall of Fame ceremony Loyola University and the Wolf Pack will honor four individuals at this year’s 2013 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception Saturday Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. The ceremony will be held in the St. Charles Room located on the second floor of the Danna Center. This event honors Loyola alumni who made history or contributed greatly to their sports. The honorees are Peter Finney, Sr., Kelly Fridge, Michael Gulotta and Erwin Caswel. The event costs $25 per person, and walk-ins are welcome.

Yin Yang Yoga hits Loyola USC Loyola welcomes a new yoga class called Yin Yang Yoga. The class offers yoga techniques from beginning to advanced levels of exercises in a Yin and Yang style. The Yang exercise includes core-strengthening methods and increasing body stability. The Yin exercise includes intense, deep stretches and stress relieving techniques. Yin Yang Yoga is held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. in the University Sports Complex.

Enter raffle for ticket to Super Bowl Thomas Morstead, punter for the New Orleans Saints, will be hosting a raffle for a ticket to Super Bowl on Feb. 3. The raffle is to benefit the What You Give Will Grow mission. Whoever wins this raffle will get a ticket for the game, airfare and hotel reservations for the Super Bowl weekend.

“My ultimate goal is to raise enough funds to be able to give to those in need whether it’s providing a school with a new library or fitness equipment or giving a grant to a non-profit organization. The possibilities of this endeavor are endless and I hope to reach not only those in Louisiana and the Gulf South, but across the country,” Morstead said.Raffle tickets can be bought for as low as $2. For more information visit http://www. celebritiesforcharity.org/raffle/ Thomas-Morsteads-big-game-innola-raffle/.

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Sophomore Daniel Kuhl dribbles up the court in the Jan. 10 game against William Carey University. The Wolf Pack fell to William Carey University with an end score of 48-68.

Next stop: conference play Loyola basketball prepares for more games

By Karl Gommel Staff Writer Loyola’s men’s basketball team is looking to finish the season strong with a schedule full of opponents they know all too well.

The Wolf Pack have 12 games remaining before the season finale against Auburn Montgomery on Feb. 23. All but one of the games will be conference match-ups for the team.

Loyola men’s basketball head coach Michael Giorlando said that conference play leads to tighter

games due the competition to the teams steps up a level knowing each in conference other better. play. With the We’re definitely He also said teams seeing going to come out that the team’s each other every with a lot more preparation year, conference energy. becomes more games leave detailed for little room for Southern surprises.

Michael Giorlando States Althletic “When we Conference Men’s Head Basketball get into the games. onference Coach cgames “The teams every are more team is very familiar with familiar with each other. Scouting reports our style of play. The games are a become more and more critical, lot more intense, and you have to and usually scores are a lot lower,” stay focused to run the plays that Girolando said. need to be ran, and make the plays Business junior and guard/ that need to be made,” he said. forward Robert Lovaglio said that

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win season, Loyola went 11-7 in SSAC games. So far the team is 4-3 in conference play this year.

William Carey University leads the SSAC West division with a 7-0 conference record.

Since coming back from winter break, the Pack are 1-., However, Lovaglio said that losses are a wake-up call that help the team stay alert.

“We’re definitely going to come out with a lot more energy after losing, because we understand that any game you don’t come out 100 percent could come out for a loss,” Lovaglio said.

After a 67-48 loss to William Carey that included 9-29 shooting

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New faces spruce up baseball roster New coaches, players add value to baseball team

By Etefia Umana Staff Writer Jan. 25, spectators will see new faces litter the field and dugout for the Wolf Pack in this baseball season.

At the helm of this new team in a strong conference is head coach Doug Faust in his first year coaching at the collegiate level.

The team seeks to improve upon their 18-33 record from last season. This will be difficult as they are in the Southern States Athletic Conference. A

conference that contains three teams ranked in the Top 25 Coaches preseason poll with

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another that received votes falling just outside of the top 25,

including last year’s fourth place at the Avista -NAIA World Series finisher Lee.

“We know it’s a difficult conference. I mean you have three games each weekend with every one of ‘em — a three game series. Our goal is to win two out of three each weekend no matter who we play. And when you play the really good teams you just have to avoid getting swept,” Faust said.

Faust said that sweeps negatively impact the conference standings because if a team is swept then, they must sweep another team to stay in contention.

New assistant head coach Bobby Turnage with be in the dugout this season in his

second stint as a coach of Loyola baseball. Under his coaching in 2000, the team had a 6.18 ERA, the second highest in the conference at the time.

To help these new coaches are a group of returning upperclassmen players that include senior finance major Jeffery Castille, management senior Evan Turkish, criminal justice junior Brandon Snow and marketing major Karson Cullins.

Among players with at least 10 games played, Castille had the lowest ERA on the team last season, Turkish had the highest batting average and Cullins had the most runs batted in.

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BASE: New players add value Continued from page 5 “We have a good nucleus after the fall going into the spring,” Faust said. “I don’t want to be too optimistic, but I think we’re capable of having a pretty solid team this year.”

Along with this group comes freshmen whom Faust considers talented.

“We got five freshmen pitchers.

Four of them are going to play a key role this year, I believe,” Faust said “Whether it be starting pitching or in the bullpen.”

New players include freshman pitcher and outfielder Kevin Lindsey and freshman pitcher Daniel Posway. “Those two have a good chance to be in the starting rotation,” Faust said.

Other freshmen pitchers include Joel Buhler and Cameron Retif.

There are also two sophomore transfers from junior colleges, infielders John Nicholson from Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif. and Carmelo LoSauro from St. Johns River State in Palatka, Fla. The season begins with a two game homestand against Rust College on Jan. 25 and 26.

Continued from page 5 from the free throw line, Giorlando stressed the importance of moving onto the next game against the University of Mobile.

“We’ll look at Mobile’s tape, and we’ll go through their scouting report, and we’ll probably shoot some free throws,” Giorlando said.

Lovaglio said that the team knows that this part of the season is critical to Loyola’s postseason aspirations.

“These games really matter. To get to the conference tournament, to get to the national tournament, even, you have to win a good amount of games. This is the most important part of the season.

Without doing well in this part of the season, we could be going home pretty early,” Lovaglio said.

Karl Gommel can be reached at kagommel@loyno.edu

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Junior Robet Lovaglio jumps up for a rebound during the Jan. 10 game against William Carey University. The team will face William Carey University again Feb. 2.

Etefia Umana can be reached at emumana@loyno.edu

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CHACHA MURdIck Hear it here first

NOLA NFL takeover The NFL is ruining my life.

I didn’t always feel this way.

Rewind to 2010. Freshman-me is probably drunk and knows nothing about football, but The Doors on Maple knows nothing about checking IDs, and I am wellstudied at knowing how to scream when other people are screaming.

This is how girls who hate football pretend to like football, and, in the process, accidentally fall in love with football. Or maybe it was just the Saints.

Then we won.

If you don’t remember, trust me: it was epic. I was epic. You were epic. You dragged furniture into the streets and set it on fire. You flipped cars with your bare hands, your champion hands. Hell froze over, but you didn’t need a jacket. It was the happiest night of your life.

So now we get to host the 2013 Super Bowl, and that’s cool — I GUESS. It’s actually economically beneficial that the Saints won’t be playing this one. Having two visiting teams means twice as much fresh tourist money flowing into the city.

Where it gets annoying is when the NFL starts trying to pull nonsense like copywriting “Who Dat,” or regulating where attendees may acquire Saints gear or how Bourbon Street businesses do their thing. Firstly, Who Dat cannot be owned, and the NFL does not make fleur-de-lis bomber jackets and bikini sets tacky enough to accommodate our local tastes anyhow. This isn’t Micky D’s. Our nuggets are not the nuggets of America.

I just feel played. We’ve sacrificed our mobility in spit-shining our archaic streetcars, all so tourists can come puke on them. Piece-by-piece, we’ve restored these dinosaurs, filling in the blanks with a shuttle that runs faster than the streetcar, and yet makes up for its speed by waiting a good ten minutes to show up and take off where the streetcar left you. This isn’t even the annoying part. What annoys me is how the tourists get annoyed, always in the exact same way: same confusion, same stupid looks and questions. Don’t they know we do it all for them? Because they think streetcars are “cute?”

The NFL is making me late for everything. If you feel inconvenienced now, just wait until we get that Super Bowl traffic: nonlocal license plates, far as the eye can see. It won’t be the traffic jams of 2010, when we all carpooled our way toward the Quarter, bumper-to-bumper. Worst traffic ever, but nobody road-raged. Our Saints won. We turned up our sound systems and danced out the windows.

2013 won’t do that for us, so let’s make that tourist dollar count.

Smile big. Waiters, you wait.

Bartenders, pour hard. Let’s rob them blind. NFL’s got nothing on the service industry.

Chacha Murdick can be reached at gmmurdic@loyno.edu

(not) The End Of The World As We Know It SUSANA ARAMBURU/STAFF DESIGNER

The world spins on past expected doomsday

By LAUREN HINOJOSA Staff Writer If you are reading this, the end of the Mayan calendar did not bring about the end of the world.

The Mayan calendar predicted the end of a 5,126-year cycle in December 2012 causing many to speculate it would be the end of the world. Leading up to this date, there were numerous websites about what might have happened and how to survive the possible apocalypse.

Robert Bast, who has a website called Survive2012. com, believed there would be a catastrophic event happening at the end of the calendar.

“I believe it to be a possibility because the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar ends on that day, and I figure it might have been

due to a scientific prediction they made,” Bast said.

His Survive2012.com website revolves around the possibility of the predicted doomsday and how to prepare.

Bast said that if anything were to happen it would be “a small chance of a massive solar storm that knocks out power grids, or perhaps a dark comet will whiz by.”

There is another interpretation of this date that is not catastrophic. Catherine Wessinger, a professor at Loyola who is an expert on the study of millennial movements, said the date marked the start of a new cycle in the Mayan Long Count calendar.

Wessinger explained millennialism has two types of movements: catastrophic

Catherine wessinger Religion professor and progressive. The Mayan’s predictions followed a progressive movement.

Wessinger said that according to José Arguelles’ book “The Mayan Factor,” the end of the calendar marks a culmination of benevolent influences. There had to be a change, and humanity

would be progressively moving into a state of harmony.

Arguelles claimed that he obtained his ideas from extraterrestrials he called “galactic Maya.”

Arguelles’ claims can be found on his website www.lawoftime.org.

The galactic Maya believed there were power spots on Earth that harvested energy from an energy beam in space.

This beam would guide human behavior.

On Dec. 21, 2012, people were to converge at these power spots and Mayan temples. They would then take part in a coordinated meditation at a precise time, 11:11 UTC and visualize the world surrounded by a rainbow.

As far as the belief of an

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Fraternity recruitment attracts male students across campus

By TAYLOR DENSON Staff Writer Interfraternity Council Recruitment will start on Loyola’s campus before we can finish saying 2013.

Freshman Tanner Buccola has chosen to go through formal recruitment because he has a strong belief in brotherhood.

“Almost my entire family has been involved with some form of Greek organization during their college experience,” Buccola said.

Phi Kappa Psi, BEGGARS and Sigma Alpha Kappa are the fraternities that will be taking pledge classes. However, new on-campus fraternity Pi Kappa Phi has also been chosen by Loyola to colonize, and will

recruit in the fall.

“Recruitment is a weeklong process in which prospective members get a chance to meet the men of the respective fraternities through recruitment events, such as cook outs and dinners,” Alex Failla, president of BEGGARS, said.

President of Sigma Alpha Kappa, Julian Smissen said his fraternity is very focused on the kind of men for which they are searching.

“For 2013 Recruitment we are looking forward to meeting the best young men Loyola has to offer. We hope to take in as much as possible and help these young boys into upstanding men,” Smissen said.

Buccola said he chose to go through formal recruitment

because Greek organizations allow you to experience many aspects of college life.

“The mission of Phi Psi is to become better men than we were when we joined; in the classroom, spiritually, and in our community,” Daniel Opitach, recruitment chair of Phi Kappa Psi, said.

Freshman Luis Mestre had never heard about Greek life until he saw the show “Greek”.

However, he still is aware of what he wants.

“Gaining strong brotherhood and good networking I feel will help me do better in my classes, because of the resources that I will receive by joining the fraternity,” Mestre said.

Current members are just as excited as prospective members

about the new additions to their fraternity.

“We are looking for men who can not only mesh well with our active brothers but also bring something new and exciting to our chapter,” Opitach said.

The recruitment process begins on Jan. 23, and Bid Day is Jan. 31. Each fraternity has two events over the eight-day period.

“The first event is open to everyone, and the second is invite only. So you should make good relationships during that first event,” Jerry Reese, vice president of recruitment for IFC, said.

However, the first step of joining a fraternity is meeting

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Uptown boutique sells designer brands for less

By MELANIE POTTER Assistant Life and Times Editor Looking for some new designer clothing at a reasonable price?

Look no further than Bella & Harlow, located at 4221 Magazine St. Owner Sarah Celino opened this feminine boutique on Nov. 15, just in time for the new year and new styles.

Popular brands that Bella & Harlow carries are Miss Patina, Trolly Dolly and Shoshanna.

Celebrity favorite Shoshanna is carried in high-end department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

Although Bella & Harlow carries prestigious brands, you will not need to pay top dollar for these feminine pieces.

“I’m 26, so I’m not going to pay $300 for a shirt. Everything in my store is priced reasonably. All blouses and skirts are under $100.

I want it to be affordable,” Celino said.

Business marketing sophomore Zoe McCormick loves Magazine Street but finds it difficult to shop on a college budget.

“Sometimes it’s hard finding affordable clothes on a college student budget, but I love Magazine. Luckily, I have found a few stores like Bella & Harlow, Blink and Francesca’s with some really great things that fit my budget,” McCormick said.

Celino wants to appeal not only to college students but also to

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Owner Sarah Celino’s handmade jewelry on display at Bella & Harlow. Using beads and pendants she finds around the city, Celino creates earrings and necklaces which she sells in the shop. women as old as forty.

“I’m not carrying mini skirts or club wear. I’m selling clothes you can wear to a job interview and then go out to dinner after.

I’m appealing to feminine, professional women,” Celino said.

Criminal justice senior Tori Wallenburg will soon be graduating from Loyola and interviewing in the real world.

“Affordable clothing is ideal, but so is quality in regards to interviewing.

Clothing can oftentimes be a direct reflection of yourself. A store specifically geared towards being not only affordable but also professional is a breath of fresh air,” Wallenburg said.

Another important part of Bella & Harlow is their locally made

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jewelry.

Along with some national brands like Jan Michael and Sweet Romance that the store carries, a large portion of this boutique’s jewelry comes from owner Celino and a few local artists.

“I make mostly earrings with different stones and metals. I actually make the jewelry right in shop. On a rainy day, I’ll just

sit and relax and make some earrings,” Celino said.

A very unique portion of the store’s jewelry comes from local designer Laura D’Arcangelo.

D’Arcangelo makes earrings and necklaces using repurposed bullets from her boyfriend’s hunting trips.

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broad.

“I got to meet the people that are in the fraternity that I want to rush and I like them, I will not change just so that I can get to be in a fraternity,” Mestre said.

For young men looking

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Friday February 1 at 2 p.m.

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“I expect the recruitment process to be good because it will allow me to meet new people that also share some of the same interests as me,” Buccola said.

New members commonly question whether they will receive a bid from the fraternity that they desire. “If I didn’t get my first choice I will still pledge.

I have explored my options with an open mind and it has allowed me to agree with multiple decisions,” Buccola said.

However, students such as Mestre say their options are less

Alex Failla BEGGARS PRESIDENT to sign up for recruitment, please visit the fraternity and sorority programs page on Loyola’s website. For further information, feel free to contact President of IFC, Alex Krotulski at alexkrotulski@gmail.com or Vice President of Recruitment, Jerry Reese at jlr2@me.com.

Taylor Denson can be reached at tsdenson@loyno.edu

spring

“While bullets are a sensitive subject in our country right now, Laura is only recycling and reusing what would otherwise just be tossed out. They are really interesting pieces,” Celino said.

To make room for new spring inventory, Bella & Harlow will begin marking clothing and

Friday March 8 at 8 p.m.

Saturday March 8 at 8 p.m.

Sunday March 10 at 2 p.m.

Thursday March 14 at 8 p.m.

Friday March 15 at 8 p.m.

Saturday March 15 at 8 p.m.

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accessories down starting in the second week of January and going until the end of the month.

Celino said pieces will be 25 to 50 percent off, so stop by Bella & Harlow for some trendy, affordable finds.

spring BalleT Roussel Hall Friday April 26 at 8 p.m.

Saturday April 27 at 8 p.m.

Melanie Potter can be reached at mppotter@loyno.edu

DOOMSDAY: Students blame media for hyping up supposed apocalypse History sophomore Makenna Mall said that maybe a change on the world stage would have happened, but not the apocalypse associated with Dec. 21, end of the world.

“I didn’t believe the world was going 2012, Wessinger said it is due to media hype. Apocalypse movies such as to end because I am highly optimistic,” “2012,” released in 2009 and depicting Mall said.

Biological science scenarios such as massive junior Jeremy Le used his earthquakes and tidal background in science to waves, helped to promote base his opinion. the idea of Mayan- The media may “I did not believe the predicted end times. world was going to end, The fear and anxiety have tried to because I don’t believe in among people leading up hype it up, but that type of superstition. to Dec. 21 caused many There have only been five to write to NASA and they failed major extinction events inquire as to whether a terribly. in the history of the 4.6 planet would collide with billion years the earth Earth, with some even Jeremy Le has so far been found to asking if they should biological sciences junior exist, so it just didn’t make harm themselves to avoid sense to me that the world the end of the world. would end at this time,” Le NASA addressed these questions by posting an announcement said. Le and Mall agree that the media on their website. It stated that Dec. may have endeavored to hype up the 21, 2012 was not the end of the Maya date, but as far as some Loyola students calendar, nor was there a prophecy were concerned, those attempts proved predicting the end of the world. There futile.

“The media may have tried to hype it was also no evidence stating that the world was going to end on that date, up, but they failed terribly. I don’t know anyone who was actually worried in the NASA staff said.

Some Loyola students also did not least,” Le said. believe the apocalypse was happening Lauren Hinojosa can be reached at in 2012.

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Science Matters

Cosmic cycles of the Maya The Mayan civilization of Central America had a sophisticated calendar system that can be projected into modern times.

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End-of-the-world belief A Mayan Long Count cycle will end on Dec. 12, 2012; some mystics see it as a prophecy of the end of the world Most archaeologists say that modern theory has no basis in Mayan belief Source: How Stuff Works, Maya Exploration Center © 2009 MCT Graphic: Karsten Ivey, Sun Sentinel; Helen Lee McComas

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Environmental Loyola relatively healthy activist lectures at amid national flu outbreak Loyola

BY HASANI GRAYSON Senior Staff Writer

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Louisiana is experiencing a high number of flu cases, but Loyola students seem to be staying relatively healthy.

Alicia Bourque, director of student health services, said that her staff hasn’t seen any sharp increase in flu cases this year in comparison to years passed.

“We don’t have an outbreak,” she said. “We’ve been tracking numbers, and we haven’t really seen an increase so we’re just treating the students that are coming in with flu like symptoms.”

Bourque added that Student Health Services is treating students with flu like symptoms with fever reducers and is giving out care packages that include things like soup, crackers and Tylenol.

Loyola will not be able to help out with flu shots, as the university depleted its supply late last week.

We ran out last Friday, so on our website and on the Loyola homepage, we have a list of

nearby pharmacies that still have them in stock,” she said.

Bourque said that part of the reason for the increased number of flu shots requested by Loyola’s students, faculty and staff was

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We don’t have an outbreak, we’ve been tracking numbers and we haven’t really seen an increase.

Alicia Bourque Student Health Services director

tested for a strand of influenza in Louisiana were diagnosed with the illness.

Knowing the high number of flu cases in the state, psychology pre-med sophomore Shravya Sanagala said she went elsewhere when she found out Loyola had run out of flu shots.

Sanagala waited for a nearby Walgreens to get its next shipment of flu shots in stock but said she wasn’t too concerned by the high number of flu cases reported this winter.

“I just get it every year,” she said. “I think my parents were a little more worried than I was, but I know it’s going to be bad, so I guess it was a little more incentive to go get it.”

Sanagala added that no one that she knows of on her floor in Buddig Hall has caught the flu and that she has only seen a few students affected by it on campus.

Hasani Grayson can be reached at hkgrayso@loyno.edu

the relatively high number of flu cases nationwide and statewide.

According to the CDC, through the first week of January 32.8 percent of patients who got

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new role in university Continued from page 3 Raquel Derganz baker/staff photographer

Rebecca Solnit, environmental activist and writer, speaks in Nunemaker Hall on Jan. 9. Solnit spoke to the audience about how people react in the face of environmental disasters.

WILDES: President values education Continued from page 1 have traveled with her abroad and pursued graduate degrees in relation to her studies of infectious diseases. Dorn also served as a local organizer of the Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases conference, which met at Loyola this past fall.

After the Dux Academicus was awarded, Father Wildes addressed the crowd on the state of the university.

Wildes raised the question of what it means to be a university in today’s world.

Education in a modern world, according to Wildes, cannot be supplemented by technology. He explained the importance of a Jesuit education in relation to emerging technology.

“Technology raises the question of the nature of the university,” Wildes said.

“Technology is not good or bad in itself, it’s how you apply it and use it.”

The key issue of education today is affordability, according to Wildes. Regarding tuition, Loyola falls in the middle tier, between the average in-state public univerisities and private colleges and universities.

Wildes said the average Loyola student leaves Loyola with $26,000 in debt.

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Technology is not good or bad in itself. . .

the opportunity to continue publishing at the University of California as a Visiting Scholar,” he said.

In the meantime, the college will begin to consider potential candidates over the next

“

In many ways I’m preparing the way for someone that’s going to come after me.

Roger White

interim dean of the College of Social Sciences

Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. University President

Wildes stressed the importance of the non-economic value of a college education, specifically in the importance of a Jesuit education in that it focuses on the whole person and education for his or her well being.

Wildes said a Jesuit education is more than just information.

He said it’s about knowledge and wisdom and that its education goes outside of the classroom and takes place in the whole person.

Eric Knoepfler can be reached at etknoepf@loyno.edu

academic year. The process for selecting White as the interim is not as involved as finding a candidate to take over on a long-term basis, according to Manganaro. With the help of a national search firm, Loyola will use a committee to help sort through candidates and make sure that every potential dean has their objectives clearly defined before they accept the position.

White did note that there is room for improvement within the college, but said overall that he is more concerned with making it easy for the next

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Luis Mirón, dean of the College of Social Sciences, speaks with Peter Burns, professor of political science. Mirón is stepping down as dean of the College of Social Sciences.

dean to step into his or her role.

“In many ways I’m preparing the way for someone that’s going to come after me,” he said. “I’m always very comfortable as a facilitator.”

Hasani Grayson can be reached at hkgrayso@loyno.edu

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Sister will speak at Loyola Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., is scheduled to come to Loyola University on Jan. 22 to give a talk entitled “Christians as Catalysts Against the Death Penalty,” where she will discuss the ways that Christians can turn the tide and help in abolishing the death penalty in America.

According to her official website, Prejean is delighted to be able to speak in New Orleans and feels that the support for her cause is growing through her many travels.

The event, “An Evening with Sr. Helen Prejean,” will be held at 7 p.m. in Roussel Hall, which is located in the Music/ Communications Complex.

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By ALLISON MCELLIGOTT Staff Writer Loyola and three other area universities will be hosting the twenty-seventh annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week for Peace next week.

This week-long event, which begins Jan. 21, is a collaborative effort from the four private colleges in the New Orleans area. Loyola, Tulane, Dillard and Xavier will all host events and will recognize a student from each university with a social justice award.

According to the event’s

website, the week begins with a viewing of the presidential inauguration at each of the private schools. A discussion panel on “Continuing the Need for Affirmative Action in a Diverse America” will be held the following evening. Panelists will include Loyola law professor Bill Quigley and chief justice Bernette Johnson of the Louisiana Supreme Court, among three other distinguished guests. This event will be held at Dillard University.

Courtney Williams, assistant director of campus activities, said that he is most excited for the convocation, which he said will be

a must-see event for students.

“In the past it has been just one speaker, but this year there will be the panel,” Williams said. “It will be moderated by Melissa HarrisPerry who has a television show on MSNBC.” Another component to the Week for Peace is the service day that will be held on Jan. 26.

Volunteers will give back to New Orleans with over 20 different service projects.

Public relations junior Sean Innella said that he is excited to participate in these events this week.

“It gives students at Loyola

a great opportunity to celebrate with not only the university, but the city as a whole,” Innella said.

All of the events throughout the week are free and open to the public. College students with a valid student ID are invited to the Dream Celebration After Party in the St. Charles Room on Friday, Jan. 25.

“It is such an honor to participate and work with the four area schools. I think it really has put the dream into action,” Williams said.

Allison McElligott can be reached at acmcelli@loyno.edu

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Reverend discusses tension The Rev. James L. Heft, S.M., came to Loyola on Jan. 16 to deliver a lecture titled “The Church, Bishops and Theologians: A Dynamic Tension.”

The talk focused on the past and present tensions between the three vital sources of life for the Church.

Heft was invited as a special guest speaker for Loyola’s Presidential Centennial Guest Series.

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Dean’s assistant Michelle Davis, Joan Shell and Dr. John Sebastian praying and reflecting at the Carmelite Spirituality Center.

Loyola members embark on a trip to silently reflect

Food drive held for cancer patients The Trinity Episcopal Church is holding its Trinity Young Adults Service Opportunity so that volunteers can help struggling cancer patients and their families who are temporarily staying at the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge.

Volunteers will be asked to cook on Jan. 21 and to serve the food on Jan. 22. The Episcopal Church is also accepting monetary donations in order to purchase groceries for the event.

Those who wish to volunteer should contact Ashley Eastham at aeastham@trinitynola.com.

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Rev. Corey Brooks, Chicago’s rooftop pastor, said on Jan. 8 that he gave $2000 of church member’s donations to fomer Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick is currently on trial for multiple racketeering charges.

Ignatian Fellows recruit members

By JESSICA DEBOLD Staff Writer Nine professors from diverse academic backgrounds have been selected for the new Ignatian Faculty Fellows program, aimed at strengthening the presence of Jesuit values within Loyola classrooms.

The Ignatian Faculty Fellows Program requires the nine selected Ignatian Fellows to participate in a bi-weekly seminar starting in the spring semester of 2013. The program is focused on ingraining Ignatian values into teaching methods and to deepen the understanding of the university mission.

“Fellows will have a rich trove of resources to draw on when thinking about how to teach in a way that resonates with the university’s mission,” John Sebastian, English professor and the program’s coordinator, said in an email.

The Ignatian Faculty Fellows Program precludes “that all Loyola

faculty, regardless of religious beliefs or academic discipline can be Ignatian and that to connect the mission of the university to the work of the classroom is the responsibility of all Loyola faculty,” Sebastian said.

“I think as the number of Jesuit priests decreases, the university is smart to look at innovative ways of educating faculty to have a greater understanding of Ignatius, Jesuit institutions and the mission and vision for the university,” Gwendolyn George, nursing assistant professor, doctoral program coordinator and one of the new Ignatian fellows, said in an email.

The application of Ignatian values will be done across different schools within the university, as the fellows are professors from diverse academic disciplines.

“It is important that we create time and space on campus for thinking critically about our own vocation as teachers,” Sebastian said.

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Program director and new Ignatian fellow Naomi Yavneh described making the conscious transition to Loyola University for the values and missions which Jesuit education entails.

“One of my stated goals is to make Honors more explicitly Ignatian,” Yavneh said in an email.

New fellow member Artemis Preeshl, a theater arts and dance professor, believes that Jesuit teachings are valuable simply by the nature of theater.

“By placing one’s self in another’s shoes, as we do in acting, social justice becomes more than ideal; it becomes an action,” Preeshl said in an email.

The Ignatian Faculty Fellows Program hopes to encourage students to learn life lessons and learning skills on par with the Jesuit values described by the university mission.

Jessica DeBold can be reached at jtdebold@loyno.edu

University Ministry brought faculty, staff and alumni to the Carmelite Spirituality Center in Lacombe, La. for three days of prayerful silence.

The Silent Ignatian Retreat, which was held from Jan. 11 to 13, is a spiritual retreat held for the faculty, staff and alumni of Loyola University New Orleans.

This retreat, according to Laura Alexander, assistant director of University Ministry and cocoordinator of the Silent Ignatian Retreat, focused on having participants try to communicate with God through Ignatius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises.

Alexander said that the Silent Ignatian Retreat is just a taste of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises, which are a series of meditations and prayers that were developed

by Ignatius Loyola. She also said that a main component of the retreat was silent individual prayer, done by each of the members of the retreat.

“During this time, participants use Ignatian methods of prayer such as Ignatian Contemplation,” Alexander said in an email.

“Participants also meet with a spiritual director once each day during the retreat, listen to reflections on six different movements that occur during the Spiritual Exercises (offered by six different members of the Loyola community) and participate in communal prayer and reflection opportunities such as daily Mass and Taize prayer.”

According to Dr. Ricardo Marquez, assistant director of the Jesuit Center and co-coordinator of the retreat, the retreat is meant to be a renewal experience. He

said that just as we exercise our bodies to keep in shape, the retreat helps people to keep their souls in shape.

“So, similarly, Ignatius set up a time so that you can do a kind of spiritual exercise to put your soul or your spirit in shape,” Marquez said.

Administrative assistant to the Jesuit Social Research Institute Christina Schott said that this was her third time participating in the retreat. She also said that the retreat allows people to pray and reflect on the direction of their lives and their spiritualities.

“The Silence is a great opportunity to kind of get away from all of the noise of life and really connect with God,” Schott said.

Alexander said the retreat is a great way for the Loyola community to step back and really listen to how God is passing through our lives. She also said that the Spiritual Exercises are some of the countless gifts that Ignatius Loyola gave to the world.

“Encountering God through the Exercises — even through a small taste of them, as in this retreat — is often an inspiring and transformative experience,” Alexander said.

“I think experiences like this help us to know who we are, whose we are and where we are going.”

Burke Bischoff can be reached at bwbischo@loyno.edu

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Courtesy of WWII Museum Paul Keeshan, mass communication junior, Alden Woodhull, mass communication and Spanish junior, mass communication visting Professor Andrew Nelson, Danielle Latimer, mass communication senior and Jacqueline Padilla, mass communication senior pose in front of the media room at the National WWII Museum. Students volunteered to help premier the newest addition to the museum.

“Everybody went in back in those days. If you volunteered, you got a choice of what you got to do. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t doing something menial,” Gray said.

Gray said he considers his greatest achievement when he got his wings. “When I got my wings, it was such an achievement because so many people didn’t make it. The people who did weren’t necessarily the best or the brightest, but they persevered,” Gray said.

In addition to making sure they got back home safely, Gray said the Tuskegee Airmen had another pressing task.

“What we had to do was identical to what white pilots had to do but when we left the base, we had to face racism,” Gray said.

Inside the US Freedom Pavilion, there are seven aircrafts flown during WWII, an interactive “experience” of the final mission of a submarine used in WWII called USS Tang, four tanks used in the war and the cockpit of one of Boeing’s aircrafts used during the war.

Tom Czekanski, director of collections and exhibits at the museum, said each of the aircrafts hanging from the ceiling of the Pavilion has a different story of how they came to hang from the ceiling of the Pavilion.

“One of the aircrafts was recovered from Lake Michigan, one is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation in

Pensacola, Fla. and one was recovered from an icecap in Greenland,” Czekanski said.

The Boeing Company provided many aircrafts during WWII, including some of the planes hanging in the Boeing Center. The company also donated $15 million to make the US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center possible.

Donald Bollinger, past chairman of the National WWII Museum board of trustees, spoke about the mission of the $350 million expansion of the US Freedom Pavilion.

“It’s about the veterans.

They’ve done so much and get thanked so little. We had to do it right for them,” Bollinger said.

Bollinger said the museum will have three more additions. He said two more buildings will be added to the property along with a Peace Canopy Jade Rouzan, A ’12, attended the event as an intern for FOX 8 WVUE. As well as being an opportunity for professional development, Rouzan said the event was something sentimental for her.

“This has been such an educational experience for me, hearing Tom Brokaw speak and how much he cares about the city and its progression. I am more proud to be an American today than I have ever been in my life,” Rouzan said.

Aaren Gordon can be reached at afgordon@loyno.edu

LAwsuit: Super bowl: National sporting events Budget to bring national attention to New Orleans be reviewed Continued from page 4 Continued from page 4 on spending money deemed “nonrecurring.”

In the lawsuit, Talbot and Henry also take issue with the budget using dollars that haven’t materialized, like $35 million from the sale or lease of the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital and $56 million in property insurance claims.

Jindal issued a statement Tuesday defending the budget as constitutional, noting it was approved by the Legislature and saying it “doesn’t spend more money than the state takes in.”

The attorney general’s office refused to issue an opinion because the office would be required to defend the budget in court in any lawsuit.

The Jindal administration said public colleges and health services would have faced devastating cuts without the funding, and a majority of lawmakers agreed to use the money to stave off the reductions.

Senators voted unanimously for a budget that included the one-time money.

“It doesn’t make sense to make unnecessary cuts to health care and higher education,” the governor said.

Talbot said he hoped to get a ruling on the lawsuit before next year’s 2013-14 budget is passed and the new fiscal year starts July 1.

said. “If you can host the Super Bowl, you can host pretty much any big event.”

Despite the projected $500 million figure, the costs of hosting the event will diminish the profit New Orleans makes.

Pearson said that the figure is not a net gain of what the city stands to make.

“It’s almost hard to say whether we make more money or spend more money on this event,” he said. “But I’m certainly happy to have it.”

In addition to hosting the Super Bowl, New Orleans has hosted a number of bowl games this past college football season, including the New Orleans Bowl and the Gator Bowl.

To deal with the impact of the increased number of visitors, New Orleans has had to spend money on improvements to its infrastructure.

Tom Romig, president and CEO of the New Orleans Tourism and Marketing Corporation, said these construction projects were started a few years ago.

“Overall, over the last several years there’s been approximately $1 billion spent in infrastructure improvements to prepare for the Super Bowl and life after the Super Bowl,” he said. “That includes the airport renovations, convention center renovations, various hotels, RTA street car line improvements and a number of other programs that add up to

Janet McConnaughey/AP Photo A person works on the Super Bowl sign at the Superdome in New Orleans on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. NFL football’s Super Bowl XLVII is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 3 in New Orleans. about $1 billion in total.”

Romig estimates that along with tourists, about 5,000 credential media members will come to New Orleans from various countries.

“We’ll have media from all over the world covering New Orleans and Louisiana reporting back as to what is going on in New Orleans, what has happened since Hurricane Katrina and all

the enhancements to the city,” he said.

Preparing for the spike in tourism, which will come with the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras soon after, is only part of the objective for Romig. Even though the city has already spent more money on renovations than what it expects to take in during this time period, the goal is to make the city a better place to live,

Romig said.

“All this is an investment for the people like us who live here,” he said. “The Super Bowl is just one goal line we’re dealing with.

Ultimately, we’re trying to build a better city.”

Hasani Grayson can be reached at hkgrayso@loyno.edu

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College Democrats is necessary During the final stage of the (absurdly long) SGA club charter review process last fall, I stood before the SGA Senate to explain and defend the need for the College Democrats. Some senators expressed concern that the existence of this club would polarize the campus or cause controversy.

A number of senators came to our defense, and ultimately our charter was approved; however, it seems the concern was not quelled, as a senator was quoted in the Maroon in November expressing concerns about feared controversy.

Fear of controversy should not be a justifiable reason to oppose club charter approval; rather, we should evaluate clubs on their added value to the university.

The College Democrats will enrich our campus by enabling students to collectively contribute to Democratic campaigns via student volunteering, to represent a liberal agenda on campus and to engage the student body in the democratic process.

Students are not immune to the policies established by elected and appointed government officials in this parish, state and country. In fact, on a campus wherein more than half of the student body receives federal financial aid, common sense indicates that we should be active participants in debates regarding changes to federal work-study and student loan rates, at a minimum. Financial aid policies directly affect Loyola students, as do health care, LGBT equality and abortion rights policies, among others. Other topics that may not affect us now, including tax reform, education reform and social security reform, will affect us down the road. And we should not skirt our constitutionally protected duties as citizens to participate in public debates of these contemporary issues on the grounds that discussing them may make some among us uncomfortable.

The College Democrats will not avoid controversial issues; these issues need to be discussed and debated, because in doing so we will be challenged and enlightened. We will, however, strive to remain above the unproductive, vitriolic fray that often consumes our national media and taints observers’ views on politics in this country.

Politics are consequential. Fortunately, the majority of our SGA senators recognized that and voted in favor of enabling our community to collectively participate in the political discourse that affects each and every one of us.

Now if only the Republicans on campus would organize and join the debate.

Sincerely, Dwayne Fontenette Jr. President, College Democrats Mass communication senior

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New amendment is too costly to rights and debate AT ISSUE: New Louisiana amendment threatens private rights and ties the hands of those willing to make real decisions The recent spree of shootings — in particular, the tragedy at Sandy Hook — has revitalized the debate on gun control across the United States and provoked a number of measures both in the aim of more firmly regulating guns and in maintaining the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. However, the recent passage of a Louisiana amendment allowing gun-control regulations to be challenged does nothing but complicate the issue further.

Gun violence presents a complex and difficult problem and will take time to solve, to the satisfaction of both our constitution and our security, and we at The Maroon condemn the recent passage of the amendment as threatening to private rights and the debate on gun control as a whole.

The new amendment offers an opportunity for citizens to challenge gun-control regulations — be they privately instituted or publicly maintained — and allow an official to make the decision as to whether these regulations violate the second amendment. While there is much debate on the merits and detriments of gun control, most people are in agreement that those who own property get to decide whether or not weapons are allowed on that property.

Under the new amendment, it is possible for such private regulations to be challenged — for

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instance, it is possible for students to challenge Loyola for the right to bring their firearms onto campus. Tommy Screen, Loyola’s director of government relations, said this likely will not happen at Loyola, but the potential is there, as is the larger threat to private rights. Private property is supposed to be the owner’s to do with as they please provided they do not act in such a way that jeopardizes the public good, but the new amendment offers a chance for the owners of guns to infringe upon the rights of those who desire not to have weapons on their property.

The threat to private rights is significant, but it is not the sole issue presented with this amendment. The members of the Polish parliament in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries had the power to end their session and veto all legislation at will, which meant the government rarely accomplished anything.

This new amendment may likewise make it impossible for any meaningful decisions to be made about gun control because it will offer anyone who disagrees with them the opportunity to challenge these decisions, even if these decisions were the product of great effort and reflect the will of the majority of citizens in the United States. The voice of the minority should never be ignored, but it should be treated as just that — the voice of a minority, not a majority.

Gun violence is a knotty problem, which will require great effort to untangle, and the new amendment passed here in Louisiana threatens to make this effort impossible. It threatens the rights of citizens and institutions and will make further discourse a trial. This amendment will inevitably prove more harmful than beneficial, and we at the Maroon condemn its passage.

This editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board named above.

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KYLEE MCINTYRE All the Things!

Patience is key to the semester I always find myself with a low energy level when the spring semester approaches. Fall semester begins with almost three months of rest (i.e. not class) behind it (if you’re an incoming freshman, you’re probably still on a graduation high, which is even better). But there’s only a three week preface to spring semester, like a nap that’s just long enough to induce a false sense of complacency but too short to offer any real rest. While it seems that everyone else is talking endlessly about New Year’s resolutions, I’m asking how I’m going to go back into the classroom when a lot of the memories of fall semester’s finals weeks are still fresh in my mind. Just looking at the list of my textbooks is enough to make me sleepy (let’s not even talk about trying to buy them).

A few days after the start of the new year, I sat in my room trying to pack and get in the mindset of another semester of college. I packed some new things I had picked up in town, including one of those calendars full of inspirational quotes that my aunt likes to give out as a Christmas gift. I flipped through to June 22 (I know, I cheated) and found a quote by Jean de La Fontaine: “Patience and time do more than strength or passion.” It made me think. Strength and the pursuit of my passions had brought me to college and were, I thought, what sustained me through college. I hadn’t considered where patience fit into my life. As I thought back on how I’d pushed through the first few sluggish weeks of spring semester in the past, I realized that I had been patient with myself. I’d woken up earlier to give myself more time to mosey my way to class. I’d had several hot cups of tea throughout the day to award myself for tiny victories— the “I Worked Out” cup, the “I Turned in My Homework” cup, the “I Made It Through Today” cup, etc. I got back into the school routine eventually. Patience helps when strength and passion decide to take a break; sometimes, the secret to getting through periods of burnout is just plodding along until things feel better.

I’m not a fan of the New Year’s resolution (I think they get too much attention, when every day is a new chance to make a resolution), but I found a sort of resolution in knowing that I would probably feel better if I kept going. Moving forward, even if your pace rivals a snail’s, is still moving forward.

Kylee McInytre can be reached at ejmcinty@loyno.edu

CHAD LANDRUM In My Opinion

As we enter the new year, most of us will write resolutions, and while others would encourage you to set reasonable resolutions that you can keep, I am here to exhort you to do the opposite. Set your resolutions high. Set goals that are unreasonable and impractical — goals that you have always wanted to accomplish but have been too afraid or too busy to carry out. Dig up your bucket list and resolve to scratch items off of it. If you don’t have a bucket list, resolve to make one, and if you have no clue what a bucket list is, resolve to see the movie “The Bucket List.” Make your resolutions lofty and almost unattainable so that even if you only do one of them, you will be much better off than if you reached all of your “reasonable goals.”

In all honesty, you will probably not even remember your resolutions once you write them down (if you even write them down). Besides, who keeps their resolutions anyway? The only time anyone ever talks about their New Year’s resolutions is at the end of one year and the beginning of another. While you might resolve to lose 15 pounds, you will probably never go to the gym more than twice. And while all your friends may say they

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are resolving to get straight As, your resolution to become a Sith apprentice will be much more interesting.

With my advice, the conversations you will have about New Year’s resolutions will be much more entertaining. Imagine telling your friends that you’ve resolved to sail the Caribbean Sea or go sky diving in the new year.

Not only will their resolutions pale by comparison, but your friends will also be more likely to remember your resolution and goad you into keeping it. The pressure will be on. Everyone will expect you to keep your extraordinary resolutions and by the time Dec. 31 arrives this year, if you have only learned a few words of Farsi, you will still be better off than the people who cracked and started drinking soda

again before February.

Now this isn’t to say that mundane resolutions aren’t useful or important, but you can start going to the gym anytime, and you probably should exercise regularly. But the road trip to the Grand Canyon that you have always wanted to take requires planning — planning that should start now. Even if you can only save a few dollars and plan the first leg of the trip by Dec. 31, you will be closer to that road trip than you are today.

In his book “A Mathematician ‘s Apology,” G.H. Hardy said, “A man’s first duty is to be ambitious.

Ambition has been the driving force behind nearly all the best work of the world. In particular, practically all substantial contributions to human happiness have been made by ambitious

men.”

So why not contribute to your own happiness and be ambitious? Save your mundane resolutions for daily life and set your ambitious ones today. Enjoy the opportunities that youth and university offer you, and make it your goal to take advantage of as many of them as you can.

This is my advice to you: do with it as you will. While you try to figure out your New Year’s resolutions, I’m going to start learning how to use a lightsaber.

Chad Landrum is a history senior and can be reached at cmlandru@loyno.edu

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Clarity is essential in introductions Keaton Postler On Writing

In my experience as a writing tutor, I’ve noticed that teachers will generally do one of two things when it comes to showing their students where to locate thesis statements. Often, they will insist that the thesis statement belongs at the end of the introduction. This maneuver is safe and acceptable, if a bit stale and routine. On the other hand, they will occasionally ask their students not to write introductions at all; instead, they want the thesis statement to stand in place of the introduction entirely.

Now, I have a confession to make: This latter approach really grinds my writing gears because introductions have always been my favorite part of the whole process. I like reading them, I love writing

them, and I especially enjoy helping other writers come up with ways to improve their own.

Great introductions resonate with a staying power, whether we’re talking about writing or some other medium. Think, for example, of the outerspace musical sequence with which “Star Wars” begins: It demands our attention while simultaneously establishing the film as a space opera on the grandest of scales.

There is, however, a catch.

Writing a good introduction is a challenge, which partly explains why some teachers ask their students to forego them entirely. Introductions ask one to be concise and to reduce information, they test one’s creativity and wit, and they usually set the tone for the rest of the paper. Writers have to find a way to establish an audience (whatever that means). More importantly, they have to learn how to strike a delicate balance between showing their readers enough shiny objects to lure them in while still retaining most of the Easter eggs for grand display in later parts of the paper.

Maybe this will help.

First, please note that introductions need not always open with something swanky, that infamous “hook” that your teachers have been talking about since high school. Here’s better advice: If you have a catchy opening in mind — which you shouldn’t expect to have every time you sit down to write — then try it out, see how it works, and go from there. If, on the other hand, you don’t have anything good, then don’t stumble and fret. Always remember that a good introduction, at bare bones, just needs to provide readers with the proper tools for arriving at the thesis statement comfortably, more or less.

To get there, I’ve always advised something like a topdown approach. That is, when writing the introduction, the easiest method is to move from general, pertinent information to specific, pertinent information, all of which eventually culminates in the thesis statement (which should itself be specific and unique).

So, if you’re writing a historical paper, you might open with general historical information about your topic, moving stepby-step toward the thesis

statement. Or, if you’re writing a literary paper, you might open with general information about the texts you’re discussing, again moving step-by-step toward the thesis statement.

Still, while we can engage in this simplification of introductions, I encourage you not only to recognize, but also to revel in the fact that introductions can be a challenge.

On the one hand, the sky’s the limit in that you’re completely at freedom to decide exactly how your composition is going to look and read. At the same time, this level of freedom can feel infinitely terrifying.

So, here’s my last piece of advice for introductions: Experiment. Upset expectations.

Be provocative. Sometimes, it’s best to write what feels right instead of what’s going to earn you the grade.

And please enjoy yourself every time you sit down to chart out the infinite abyss that is your writing. Introductions, after all, should be fun.

Keaton Postler can be reached at kcpostle@loyno.edu

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