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Some Loyola women make the choice to stop shaving — and they don’t care what anybody else thinks By Skyllarr Trusty sitrusty@loyno.edu @skyllarrtrusty

It started when she was 11-years-old. She was at school when another girl ran up to her, looked at her legs, and said, “Your legs are gross. You need to start shaving.” From that point on, Caroline Stallard, history and biology senior, did not go more than three days without shaving her legs. When she did go that long, she said, she wouldn’t leave the house unless she was wearing jeans. “I was in fourth grade, and everyone else had already started shaving,” Stallard said. “I was afraid to do it myself. I would go to my friend’s houses and have them help me shave my legs because I didn’t want my mom to know.” Stallard spent the next 10 years going out of her way to remove her body hair, but it wasn’t until recently that she started thinking about why she took the time to shave, and made the decision to stop. “I started having critical thoughts about the idea of aspiring to look pretty,” she said. “I definitely think it is worthwhile to work on your appearance, but it just wasn’t something that made me feel more attractive.” Stallard is not alone in this decision, neither globally nor at Loyola. Stallard, Stephanie Benitez, psychology junior, and Katherine Richard, English writing senior, are just a few among an entire group of women who have changed their shaving habits in a move meant to restore the power of choice to its rightful owner. Although Benitez said that she never consciously made the choice to stop shaving, and instead attributed the unshaven state of her legs to laziness, she said there shouldn’t be any sort of standards for shaving. “It’s nothing that I feel women should or shouldn’t do, or men should

or shouldn’t do,” Benitez said. “It’s an appearance thing.” Richard, who hasn’t shaved in more than two years, said she had other, more painful reasons for giving the razor the boot. “I sliced up my leg pretty badly, and one leg was shaven, while the other was not,” Richard said. “I went weeks waiting for the wound to heal, then I realized that if I could have one leg unshaven, I could have both. I thought, ‘What the hell am I shaving for?’” In fact, Richard’s decision to take matters into her own hands is what Stallard calls her motivation to stop shaving. “I’d thought about it before,” Stallard said. “But Katie made me realize that it was actually OK.” Now, two months after stepping away from the blade, Stallard said she doesn’t feel any less pretty, although she admits that it hasn’t been a seamless transition between routines. In the shower, she’ll reach for a razor after shampooing, she said, only to realize that she no longer has to perform that certain chore. She’ll turn into the razor aisle at the grocery store, just to swerve back out of it after remembering that she no longer has to spend money on that sort of product. These are realizations, Stallard said, that she is happy to have. “I feel like there’s kind of a standard of femininity that’s been defined by men. Whenever I talk about this, I ask people, ‘How long do you even think women have been shaving?’ and ‘How do you think this started?’ No one has an answer,” she said. “I’m trying to define my own femininity and feel beautiful on my own terms.” Matthew Holloway, sociology junior, said that he supports women’s decisions to stop shaving in light of the fact that

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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF NURSING Notice of Accreditation Site Visit by Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) The Loyola University New Orleans School of Nursing is hosting a site visit for the accreditation of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing degree programs on:

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NEWS BRIEFS Loyola launches bachelor of design program

Web series created for and by commuters

Loyola will launch a new Bachelor of Design program this fall that will be New Orleans’ first ever four-year program of its kind. This professional degree will be a 126-credit hour program that will prepare students for the ever-evolving and increasingly diverse field of design. By the end of their studies, students will have the experience to pursue careers in interactive design, motion graphics design, or print and marketing design. It will also allow students access to the university’s design studios and labs in the newly renovated Monroe Hall.

Students prepare for organizational fair Loyola will hold its annual Student Organization Fair Sept. 9 in order to invite and welcome back new and old members this school year. Over 90 student organizations will gather for the fair, which is being held in the Peace Quad from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Students will be given information and offered the opportunity to join and talk with organizations that interest them.

Mexican-American gang activist to speak at Loyola The Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J., author of “Tattoos on the Heart” and founder of Homeboy Industries, will be speaking at Loyola on Sep. 15 at 7 p.m. in the St. Charles Room. Boyle has pioneered several programs to prepare members of Los Angeles gangs to enter the workforce. His book, “Tattoos on the Heart,” is a collection of vignettes about his experiences of training the “homies”. Boyle hopes that, “students will come to see with even more clarity, that no life is more important than any other life,” after his talk. Boyle “doesn’t just talk about Jesuit values, but lives Jesuit values,” said Naomi Yavneh Klos, director of the University Honors Association. The honors association, the Jesuit Social Research Institute and the Jesuit community are co-sponsoring this event. “We’re all just very very excited about Fr. Boyle coming,” Yavneh said. The event will also be broadcast online for those unable to attend.

Free outdoor concerts offered at Audubon Park Loyola students, faculty and alumni have teamed up with the Audubon Park Conservatory in order to bring back free, public concerts to the Newman Bandstand. The concerts, which were commonplace in Uptown during the 1920s to 1950s, are being brought back to life after ending more than 60 years ago. The first concert is set for Friday, Sept. 5 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Audubon Park Newman Band Stand and will feature The John Mahoney Big Band.

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(From right to left) Sabrina Oyola, visual arts junior, Kristen Lee, law senior, and Tobie Tranchina, law freshman ride the Loyola shuttle to get from the main campus to the Broadway campus. The “True Life: I’m a Commuter” series will document the lives of Loyola commuter students each month and upload the videos to their Facebook page.

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Students are taking it upon themselves to document commuter life at Loyola with the new web series, “True Life: I’m a Commuter”. The way society looks at college life often involves references to on-campus living and dorm rooms. Back to school sales inevitably feature products that help students adjust to moving away from home, but there’s not much for students who wish to live off of campus. “True Life: I’m a Commuter”, which will feature new episodes every month, will document the average day of a commuter student at Loyola. Its production is being run entirely by Loyola students. With this web series and group discussions, the Commuter Student Association hopes to reach out to students who are having a harder time getting involved in the Loyola

community. Raymond Price, mass communication sophomore and a commuter himself, is a part of this organization searching to create a larger forum for commuter students to be heard. “We’re planning on the project to be a year long thing, following one person or a group of people to see how they get by with campus life,” Price said. According to Price, the Commuter Student Association is being re-vamped from previous years. He hopes they’ll be able to keep the association alive despite previous attempts that he said, “fizzled out”. “We just started working on the Commuter Student Association,” Price said. “We got a group together, started asking different commuters around Loyola what they’d like to see happen and what they’d like to get, and we basically re-made the commuter student association and on top of that, the video.” Some Loyola commuters think

that documenting their experiences through a web series will shed light on the daily challenges they face commuting and interacting with other students on campus. For Carrie Ledlow, mass communication sophomore, commuting on the streetcar daily has become a hindrance financially and academically. “It’s a bit of a money drain. I always like to keep a stash of quarters somewhere. I’m planning on maybe getting a job so that I can actually pay for my transit because money is hard,” Ledlow said. Ledlow has also experienced trouble with getting to classes on time because of the unpredictability of the streetcar. “I’m usually five minutes late because the streetcar decides to take 30 minutes instead of 20,” Ledlow said. Paul DiMarco, accounting and finance junior, said he made the decision to commute from the Westbank

each morning for financial reasons and expressed how difficult it is for commuter students to get involved at Loyola. “I’m not really involved in any of the events on campus, but the only thing I really feel like I missed out on is that I’ve noticed a lot of people on campus know each other a lot better,” DiMarco said. Although “True Life: I’m a Commuter” has recently run into a few technical set backs, the crew is persistent in reaching out to commuter students with their videos and discussions. “We noticed a large commuter population on campus with such small representation. We took it upon ourselves to start an association to help commuters find out about late night events that they wouldn’t have heard about otherwise and activities to do while they are on campus,” Price said. “We are helping commuters make the most of their college experience.”

SGA Senate meetings put on hold for workshops By Lester Duhe laduhe@loyno.edu @Lesterduhe3

Loyola’s Student Government will be trading their weekly senate meetings for workshops during the first two weeks of the semester. Led by their newly elected President Bud Sheppard and Vice President Nate Ryther, the SGA senators are optimistic and excited about the new school year, according to Amy Pirtle, political science junior and College of Social Sciences senator. For the first two weeks of school, instead of holding their Wednesday senate meetings, the Senators will participate in different preparatory workshops. “The two senate workshops that will take place are a way for Senate to plan and prepare for the year so that we are able to be most effective at helping the student body,” Ryther said.

According to Ryther, the SGA has had a smooth transition into the new school year. “Our executive staff has been planning through the summer to make sure this year is as productive as possible,” Ryther said. While the first official senate meeting won’t be held until Sept. 10, the SGA members are looking forward to working with one another. “I am really looking forward to getting to know and work with my senators,” Ryther said. “We already have a great group of people in the senate, and I know that we will work hard to make sure that the student body is taken care of and that their voices are heard. Pirtle said the elected senators have already met with Ryther to prepare themselves for the year. “We want students to feel comfortable reaching out to SGA because, after all, we, by being elected, do work for them,” Pirtle said.

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SGA President Bud Sheppard and Vice President Nate Ryther lead a chant at a back to school rally on Aug. 26. The SGA will be holding workshops for SGA members instead of Senate meetings until Sept. 10.

WORLDVIEW

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(left) Protesters in Quezon City, Phillipines call for an end to the bombings in Gaza. (right) Keychains, bracelets and books are on display during the second annual Declare Your Freedom event held at Tulane University. The conflict in Gaza resulted in worldwide reactions showing support for either Palestinians or Israelis and a call for a peaceful resolution. As of Sept. 3, the most recent 50-day war in the Gaza Strip has come to an end.

Conflict in Gaza affects students By Faelynn Carroll fecarrol@loyno.edu @faelynnember

The conflict in Gaza has resulted in catastrophic damage miles away from the steps of Marquette Hall, but for students like Hiba Elaasar, the effects can be felt here at Loyola. “I changed my mind and chose Loyola over Tulane at the last minute in case the conflict would flare up like this again,” Elaasar, biochemistry senior, president of the Muslim Student Association, and first-generation Indian-Egyptian American, said. “I see the Palestinians as my brothers and sisters.” Elaasar was classmates with Palestinian refugees in elementary school and said the current conflict makes her sympathize particularly for the young children living through it. “Now, when I think about it, I feel my chest tighten — kids as young as 9, 10 would recount these gut-wrenching anecdotes about stray bullets coming through the walls and windows, of family members dying in front of them, of being detained by Israeli soldiers,” she said. Topher Balfer, English writing senior, editor of The Maroon and first generation Israeli-American, said the conflict is a very complicated matter. “It’s never so black and white that you completely agree with one side — sort of like the way we choose the political party that more close-

WORLDVIEW BRIEFS Lawmakers have difficulties deciding on college incentive fund BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two months after lawmakers agreed to create a $40 million higher education incentive fund, no decisions have been made about how to divide the money. The Workforce and Innovation for a Stronger Economy, or WISE,

ly aligns with our beliefs, while not necessarily always agreeing with the majority opinion of that party,” he said. Elaasar said that many elements of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are largely unaddressed in American discourse on the matter. “To say that there is much, much more to the conflict than meets the eye would be an understatement,” she said. “It’s a product of nearly a hundred years of dirty politics and secret deals.” Israh AbuMousa, psychology senior and first-generation Palestinian-American, said part of her frustration about the conflict stems from American news coverage. “My greatest frustration is knowing that when I’m watching the news, I’m watching a biased news,” she said. AbuMousa said the way Hamas is portrayed by the media is one example of the bias presented. “Everyone refers to Hamas as a terrorist organization in Gaza,” she said. “Did you know Hamas is actually the government in Gaza? The people of Gaza voted for them.” William Quigley, professor of law at Loyola and human rights attorney, said the media coverage is reflective of American politics and suggests that anyone who wants to learn about the conflict does so independently. “The media in the U.S. is very pro-Israel, just like the U.S. government. People who want to know what is going on must look careful-

Fund was designed to steer money to college programs that help fill high-demand jobs and skills. Members of a council of Louisiana college, economic development and labor officials developing the formula to divvy the cash disagree on which jobs forecast to use and which degree areas to emphasize.

FEMA provides grant for new sidewalk ramps The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide New

ly at global media and research the actual facts,” Quigley said. “Be independent thinkers. Do your research. Look at this from a human rights perspective.” AbuMousa said that younger generations approach the conflict differently. “We’re not going to stand back and let people who assume they know better than us make the laws, treaties, and rules that define us,” AbuMousa said. “We’re more willing to tolerate and work with others than the generations before us.” Elaasar and AbuMousa said that they see millenials as catalysts for change because they want to be properly informed and active about causes they care for. “The millennials are an amazing generation. We are spirited and passionate for justice and equality for people of all races and beliefs,” Elaasar said. “We wish to leave our world in a better state than we entered it. We are hungry for knowledge and know how to use the resources available to us to achieve it.” Despite the always-present turmoil, Elaasar said she will remain hopeful. “There is always going to be tension between the East and West, both religious and political,” she said. “But it’s not as if I’ve lost my faith in humanity. I’m much more keen on the idea of justice.”

Orleans with a $24.6 million grant to construct sidewalk ramps in accordance to the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to a press release from Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office. In the press release, Landrieu said, “Today’s funding will provide New Orleans with the necessary resources to improve sidewalk infrastructure around the city that will give disabled residents the ability to access everything New Orleans has to offer and ensure the city’s sidewalks remain safe for all residents.”

HOW WAS THIS WAR IN GAZA DIFFERENT? Compiled by Behrooz Moazami

LENGTHIEST AND DEADLIEST CONFLICT This was the third war against Gaza in the last six years and the lengthiest one with more casualties than any of the other wars.

DIFFERENT OPPOSING FORCES The previous wars were between Hamas and Israel. This recent conflict is between Palestine and Israel.

SHIFT IN INTERNATIONAL OPINION The international public opinion has shifted in the favor of the Palestinians.

U.S. GOVERNMENT’S LACK OF NEUTRALITY The United States’ support of Israel, through the provision of weaponry, removed any opportunity for the government to remain neutral in the international conflict.

PALESTINE HAS OBSERVER STATUS IN U.N. The Palestinian Authority now has am observer status within the United Nations. The Palestinian Authority has the right to file complaints against Israel in court. Hamas has also agreed to be investigated for its part in the conflict.

Commission votes to increase minimum wage for city employees The City of New Orleans Civil Service Commission voted to increase the minimum wage for city service employees to $10.10. The increase in minimum wage is part of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Great Place to Work Initiative. The initiative includes a package of reforms that have been approved by the Civil Service Commission. Reforms included in the initiative

involve changes to the hiring process, performance evaluations and training for city employees.

Louisiana court upholds gay marriage ban NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge upheld Louisiana’s ban on same-sex marriages on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman also upheld the state’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally in other states.

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New Orleans flaunts its decadence

outhern Decadence, the largest gay event in New Orleans, celebrated its 43rd year this Labor Day Weekend. This year’s theme was “Under the Big Top — Welcome to the Gayest Show on Earth.” Southern Decandence attracts thousands of tourists and residents each year. All photos by Linda Hexter / Senior Staff Photographer

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SHAVING, continued from page 1 women have been told by society what is right for them. “There are so many outlets telling you the same story, that a part of hyper-femininity is stripping the body hair,” he said. “It has to be really complicated for a girl, especially in those years when reaching puberty.” Despite the fact that male expectation is something all the women cited as an unnecessary pressure, they admitted that women can also play a strong role in the pressure to conform to feminine stereotypes, and that woman-on-woman hate is a problem of its own. Richard said that her mother has been the only person to call her legs gross, while Stallard said that other women are often a lot more intrigued than men, asking questions like, “Don’t you feel gross?” or “Is it going to get a lot longer?” Benitez said she faced this problem as well. “In high school, if a girl went a while, the other girls would be like, ‘Man, so and so has really gone a long time without shaving her legs,” Benitez said. But whatever the reasons for stopping shaving, and whatever the pressures that made them start shaving in the first place, Stallard said the most important thing to remember is that it is the individual’s choice, and no one else’s. “I don’t want to be policing other women’s bodies and telling them not to shave. At the same time, I don’t think we should instill hairlessness as a value in our younger girls, when the fact of reality is that their bodies are covered in hair,” Stallard said. “I’m trying to define my own femininity and feel beautiful on my own terms.”

From the classrooms to the bayous By Lester Duhe laduhe@loyno.edu @LesterDuhe3

Professor Marcus Kondkar is the chair of the sociology department at Loyola, but his other passion includes giving swamp tours on the weekends. Originally from England, Kondkar moved to the United States at the age of 18 to attend college. He moved to New Orleans in 2000 to teach at Loyola. Kondkar said he takes full advantage of events happening in New Orleans every weekend, whether he’s taking his motorcycle out to different Louisiana towns, attending festivals in the city, hanging out with his seven-year-old daughter or even canoeing in Bayou St. John. But on weekends, Professor Kondkar gives swamp tours alongside a friend. Kondkar is the tour guide for Marshall’s Lost Land Tours, which he said aims to promote the serious “land-loss problem” happening in Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. He said he does environmental touring usually for people who travel here from out of state. “The tours give the people a more educated sense of what’s going on here,” Kondkar said. Kondkar takes tour guests into some of the most beautiful cypress swamps. He does not speak much on the tour because he wants the focus to be on the swamps. “It’s about how incredibly beautiful it is and realizing the value of preserving the swamps,” he said. The tours usually last anywhere between four to six hours, giving tourists the opportunity to experience all that the swamp has to offer.

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Kondkar, along with Bob Marshall and his wife, said that once people see firsthand that the swamps are threatened, more legislature will come about. Kondkar said he finds the tours to be quite therapeutic, and although he has been offered money to perform the tours numerous times, he refuses to accept any kind of compensation. One time, Kondkar recalls having a snake fall from a tree into a tourist’s kayak. The tourist, without question or hesitation, picked the snake up and threw it out the boat. Another of Kondkar’s favorite experiences occurred when he was taking a family from New Jersey out to see the bayou. A beautiful brown owl was spotted. It flew right over their kayaks, and a feather fell directly into their boats. The last trip he embarked on was taking incoming Tulane students to Bayou St. John to canoe, as a part of their orientation. While spring and fall are their busy seasons, Kondkar said things usually are very slow at Lost Land Tours, because it is “not a constant thing.” Tours only occur when there is high interest and when people want to learn more about the wetlands. He would love to start going on night trips into the bayou, and hinted that the company might expand the regular tours to the Gulf so tourists would be able to see dolphins. Kondkar said he sees his hobby as a type of community service and a very important part to our culture in Louisiana. “It’s a great excuse to get out into the bayou,” Kondkar said.

Photo courtesy of Marcus Kondkar Chair of the sociology department and associate professor Marckus Kondkar canoes in Bayou St. John at the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo. When he’s not teaching, Kondkar takes full advantage of all Louisiana has to offer.

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RELIGION

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ONE COMMUNITY, UNDER GOD

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Theta Phi Alpha sorority represents at Mass of the Holy Spirit during this annual mass meant to start thel year with a fresh and peaceful mind. This year, hundreds of students will gather at Holy Name of Jesus on Thursday, Sept. 11, while all 11:00 classes are cancelled.

Mass of the Holy Spirit brings students together on Sept. 11 By Mary Ann Staes mastaes@loyno.edu @MStaes

In the beginning of the school year, there are new faces to learn, new classes to attend and new books to read, and a yearly tradition at Loyola aims to aid that transition period. Mass of the Holy Spirit is a gathering of the entire Loyola community meant to prepare the campus not by getting supplies or organizing calendars, but by bringing everyone together with prayer. The mass is so important to the

Loyola community that classes are cancelled during the time it is scheduled, so that everyone has the opportunity to attend. The tradition has been celebrated in colleges and universities for centuries, but each school has their own way of doing the mass. “What we try to do is celebrate all the gifts of all the different parts of the Loyola community in the mass,” Ken Weber, university chaplain for Loyola, said. “Now, obviously you can’t do everything, but that’s the reason the clubs and organizations come and sit together, athletic teams, faculty, staff and all students.” The College of Music and Fine Arts takes a prominent role during

the mass. Ballet students perform during the service, and orchestra students and staff provide music during the service. Professors of performing students said they feel that Loyola’s Jesuit values, which are based on service, allow students to show their skills. “As a professor, I really like to have my students in those situations,” Jean Montès, director of orchestral studies at Loyola, said. “It not only validates the work we do but allows them to experience the impact that they can make in the community around them.” This year, the mass falls on the anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks in New York. “We are going to be singing a ky-

rie, asking Gods’ forgiveness for all of those tendencies in all of us that lead to violence or gratification, which is part of the root of the tragedy of Sept. 11,” Weber said. Students who have already attended the mass said they feel it serves as a good unifying activity. “We don’t have that many campus activities in the church,” Tai Teamer, management and marketing junior at Loyola, said. “It was good to have a mass and have all of the organizations come together.” Weber said the mass isn’t just for clubs or people already established at the university, but for anyone who hopes to grow roots in Loyola’s community. “I hope that first-year students or

people that are new to the community leave the Mass of the Holy Spirit with a feeling that ‘Wow, Loyola really is rooted in a spiritual identity,’” Weber said. Weber also said he feels like New Orleans is a great place to have a mass that involves big music and visuals. “New Orleans is a place of pageantry and spectacle, and that’s just part of the culture,” he said. “The Catholic church is no stranger to spectacle and pageantry all for the glory of God. It’s a perfect place to do a big mass like that.”

Spark living starts the year off giving back to their community through service By Asia Alvarado ajalvara@loyno.edu @ajalvara

The Spark themed living community hosts 40 freshmen who share not only a living space for a year, but also a passion for volunteering. Starting in 2011, this program was designed for first-year students to participate in a week of service before the school year officially begins. “Spark started as basically just an orientation service week. We took sign ups; first come first serve. There were 50 participants. It was huge,” Joseph B. Deegan, associate chaplain for service and justice programs and LUCAP advisor, said. This year, Spark took place on Aug. 23 and 24, consisting of both a service day and a retreat. Spark alumni led the events, and Loyola students got the chance to partner with non-profit programs such as Hike for KaTREEna and KIPP New Orleans Schools for their service days. “Loyola and other colleges often have the willing bodies, but they aren’t out in the community like nonprofits are. Together they can have the connections and partnership. We need volunteers and they need us for these projects,” Connie Uddo, director of Hike For KaTREEna and

St. Paul’s Homecoming Center, said. Each year, the program has worked with a different organization, doing service varying from putting in lightbulbs to painting an elementary school. “Every university you go to will have a volunteer program, some opportunity for students. We’re fortunate in that New Orleans as a city has the capacity to provide a whole range of experiences in a number of different focus areas that can really be exciting for students, and Spark just really introduces students to that,” Deegan said. Aside from the service component, Deegan said the program has evolved and improved in multiple ways over the last four years. “It’s evolved to beyond service now. We want to try to educate them more about how the Jesuit conceptualization of service and justice maybe differs from other contexts,” Deegan said. Changes in the program this year aimed to also help the new students prepare for the year. “This year in particular, there was an added emphasis on personal development and personal goal setting for students so that they’d be aware of how to take responsibility for their own extracurricular and community engagement,” Deegan said.

Amanda Barry, political science freshman and Spark participant, said the work she does with Spark is rewarding in more ways than one. “I think the work I did this weekend putting together the library will definitely put a smile on those kids faces, and I also think that community service helps students understand that not everyone has the opportunities we do. But we can help them to better their lives, like helping the students at the KIPP school,” Barry said. Uddo said that the program is important because these kinds of missions helped to revitalize New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. “Service is very critical to New Orleans, and we’ve learned from Katrina the valuable roles volunteers play,” he said. “They keep the city functioning. New Orleans doesn’t have a lot of resources. We realize how much we can get done efficiently and effectively with a core of hardworking volunteers in a short amount of time.” Those rewards, Uddo said, are worth the work. “You’re not just touching one person or place,” he said. “It ripples to a whole community.”

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Natalia Diaz, psychology sophomore, helps to paint a pavilion at Lakeshore Drive with Hike for KaTREEna during Spark Week. Students worked hard this weekend to create a pleasant environment for Lakeshore Drive.

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1. Financial “soaking” 5. Open wound 9. Dots on maps 14. Queens stadium named for a tennis legend 15. Eastern honorific 16. Outmaneuver 17. Munich mister 18. Track section 19. In a gallant manner 20. They swim with the fish 23. Gore and Smith 24. Wrestling venue 25. Scottish pirate 27. Checkpoint Charlie city 30. O’Brien of CNN 33. __ Dhabi 34. Chain store selling gates and crates 37. Twilled suit fabric 38. Gently tosses 40. Nocturnal scurrier 42. Big intro? 43. African antelope 45. Company targeting 40-Acrosses 47. Transgression 48. Man Ray or Arp 50. Some 36-Down deals 52. Fruit that’s not cute 53. With regard to 55. Priest’s garment 57. Vince Gilligan TV drama, and a hint to something happening in 20-Across and 11- and 29Down 62. Freeload 64. Billy goat’s bluff 65. Meditative practice 66. Less likely to betray 67. Where sheep sleep 68. Creditor’s claim 69. Wooden shoe 70. Power department 71. Movie lioness

DOWN

1. Grumpy cries

2. “Got __?”: “Can we talk?” 3. Informal street sign word 4. Like some folk remedies 5. One with growing concerns? 6. “Here we go __!” 7. Hindu deity 8. Of sound body 9. Oft-removed throat tissues 10. Artist Yoko 11. Bookmarked link, say 12. __ and void 13. 1974 CIA spoof 21. “What __!”: “I’ve been had!” 22. MGM rival 26. Judge 27. Bundled, as cotton 28. African virus 29. Start of a rhyme featuring a butcher and baker 30. Foot warmer 31. Texas A&M athlete

32. Campus heads 35. Tugboat blast 36. Hybrid, perhaps 39. Setback 41. Designer Tommy 44. Toon with an upturned tie 46. Gas in glass tubing 49. “To __, With Love” 51. 30-Down pattern 53. Slugger known as Hammerin’ Hank 54. Use a rink 55. “Hamlet” fivesome 56. Doctor Zhivago’s love 58. Caesar’s “Behold!” 59. Recipe instruction 60. Years and years 61. Funny Carvey 63. Former automaker with a globe in its logo

SUDOKU

Puzzle answers for August 29, 2014

OPINION

September 5, 2014 THE MAROON

OUR EDITORIAL

The majority opinion of our editorial board

HOWLS & GROWLS

#TRENDING FOR A CAUSE As a community, it is important that we have an honest discussion about trendy social movements and our motivation for taking part in them. As you scroll down your Facebook or Instagram feed, it’s impossible not to encounter yet another amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Ice Bucket Challenge video. You may even roll your eyes in disgust. Another one of those trendy activist movements, you think to yourself, soon to go the same way of KONY 2012 or No Makeup Selfie for Cancer Awareness. Admittedly, it’s difficult not to experience some sort of weariness when it comes to movements such as these. One has to wonder about the sincerity behind dumping water over one’s own head or taking a selfie in order to advocate for some cause. Are we partaking in these movements because we want to draw attention to the cause itself or because we want to draw attention to ourselves? At the same time, we have to acknowledge the reality of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and others of its kind. To be blunt, they get results. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has raised about $94 million since its inception. It has brought attention to an illness that was practically invisible until a few short weeks ago. Furthermore, a social movement by its very nature requires a large following in order for it to succeed. Who are we to fault these people for contributing to the success of this movement? Yes, genuinely caring about an issue is so much better than giving attention to it because it is trendy. No one denies that. But is insincerity towards something really less desirable than apathy? Our apathy didn’t raise nearly $100 million for a fatal illness. But our desire for Facebook likes did. So while we may wish that there were a more socially conscious reason behind why our second cousin’s boyfriend dumped water on himself, the reality is that as far as social movements go, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been a wild success.

Even if he himself could care less about the letters A, S or L, chances are that someone else will. That’s the causal power of a social movement — a phenomenon that’s definitely annoying, but also quite effective. How many of us could honestly say we knew what ALS stood for up until a few weeks ago? On the one hand, the ALS Ice Bucket Cwhallenge raises a timeless moral question: Are our actions good because they cause good results? Or do we need to have good intentions behind our actions in order for them to be good? More immediately, the ALS challenge should make us consider the increasingly social nature of our existence. And as we delve deeper into a world where likes and follows become more and more ingrained into our daily lives, these types of issues will only continue to arise. If the success of ALS is any indication, the phenomenon of trendy activism is here to stay. Loyola students, we are in the middle of a social experiment, one from which we can’t distance ourselves and analyze objectively. No one here can definitely answer whether trendy activism is a good thing or a bad thing, so we invite you to both weigh in on the issue and to experiment yourselves with trendy activism. Surely there are many worthy local issues that could use their own version of the water bucket challenge. Alternatively, if you dislike trendy activism, you can counter it most effectively by taking part in more traditional forms of activism such as volunteering to build houses, tutor students, or clean kennels at an animal shelter. So by all means, continue to experiment. But if you do insist on dumping water all over yourself, do take some time to consider your reasons for doing so, at least until the ice water hits.

HOWL to the start of Saints season. GROWL to the invasion of privacy. HOWL to the 2014 Voodoo Fest schedule being released. GROWL to Lousiana’s ban on gay marriage being upheld in federal court. HOWL to Father Greg Boyle,S.J., the founder of Homeboy Industries . GROWL to CeeLo Green’s ignorant tweets. HOWL to the Weekly Howl. GROWL to poorly made coffee.

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EDITORIAL

September 5, 2014 THE MAROON

OUR EDITORIAL The majority opinion of our editorial board

Looking at leaked images is sexual assault

his past Sunday, a number of nude photos of various female celebrities were leaked to the public by way of an anonymous hacker. No doubt, many of you have heard of this event by now. It is in light of these events that we feel the need to draw attention to what is an important, and often ignored, issue. We urge you not to look at these photos. To do so would be to endorse an action that has not only invaded the privacy of a number of women, but which is also a form of sexual assault. To argue that these women invited their photos to be publicized by taking them in the first place is the equivalent of blaming a rape victim for their choice of clothing. Feeling comfortable in one’s body is something for which we too often condemn others. If these women decided to take intimate photos of themselves, for whatever reason, they have the right to do so as well as the right to expect

them to remain private. Their status as public figures does not at all mean that we have a right to access the most intimate moments of their lives. Furthermore, though we readily admit that both males and females have had their privacy invaded in such a manner, the fact remains that the photos released are only of female celebrities. This only adds to the popular notion of thinking it is acceptable to sexually objectify women without their consent. The women who were targeted are women of high esteem who have suddenly been reduced to the level of a sexual object. We write this, not only because we rush to defend the Jennifer Lawrences and Ariana Grandes of the world, but also because we rush to defend all those people who have ever had their private moments made public against their will. Many of us probably know someone who has been a victim of this practice. It’s likely that we’ve seen

firsthand how casually the public can react when this sort of thing happens to someone, sometimes stooping as low as blaming the victim or applauding the attacker as some sort of jokester. Loyola students, this is not acceptable on any level. We should not dismiss the actions of this attacker as either a joke or fair game. We should be outraged on the behalf of all men and women who have had their privacy invaded in a similar manner. To be clear, none of these women have invited any of us into their personal lives. Not one of them has consented to being ogled by millions of people around the world. These women have literally had their bodies offered to the rest of the world, without any regard for whether or not they desired to do so. The individual who released these photos is not a hacker; this individual is a sexual assailant. We should know better than to be accomplices.

September 5, 2014 THE MAROON

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Sam experiences a strange parallel

PART THREE By Adam Albaari akalbaar@loyno.edu

The place was an odd sight in relation to its surroundings. I pulled out the note my brother had given me to check that I had the correct address. I did. I was in a part of Bed-Stuy that was being swept over by a tidal wave of eco-friendly restoration projects. There wasn’t anything but boarded up windows and rusting metal barriers on either side of the beautifully post-modern and newly renovated Wright Treatment Clinic. The contrast was shocking, but wasn’t entirely out of the ordinary. I walked into the waiting room and saw the secretary smiling at me. It was a disarming, friendly smile that made me slightly nervous. I walked over to her. “I have an appointment for 2:30,” I

said. She nodded and without a word, she pointed to the doorway of a private office behind the desk. Just as I looked at the door, it opened. Standing in the doorway was a darkhaired woman in an expensive looking pantsuit. She smiled at me. “Dr. Wright,” the secretary said. “This is your 2:30.” “Thank you,” the woman said. She motioned for me to come through the doorway. “Are you ready?” We shared the same simultaneous smile that strangers give each other. I extended my hand. “Sam Whitman, hi,” I said. I clasped my clammy hand with her soft one. “Dr. Elise Wright. It’s a pleasure. Please, choose a seat,” she said as we went into her office. “So, Mr. Whitman,” she continued. “Since your brother was the one who contacted us, I assume you two spoke a little about what it is that I do?” Dr. Wright spoke through a continuous smile. She seemed oddly familiar, but I reasoned that it was probably because all clinical psychiatrists seemed to carry the same look of laid-back professionalism that Dr. Wright exuded. “He said your practice was perfect for me,” I said. “Though I don’t know exactly why he said that.” “We do something very specific here,”

Taste of Human

“She gave me that same look of concern and affection that the secretary gave me — not a similar look, but exactly the same expression. It was then that I noticed the similarities between Dr. Wright and her secretary.” she responded without a moment’s pause. “My practice is for people suffering from a very special and unique form of depression.” Her cadence reminded me of the robotic voice you’d hear describing side effects on anti-depressant commercials. “Do you feel like the things that you’re experiencing are different from what you would normally understand to be depression?” She gave me that same look of concern and affection that the secretary gave me — not a similar look, but exactly the same expression. It was then that I noticed the similarities between Dr. Wright and her secretary. Even though Dr. Wright was significantly older, the two seemed to share every other physical characteristic. Both were brunettes, both of them had the same light brown eyes and the exact same pale complexion. They were not identical, but I was sure they were the same.

“Taste of Human” Tarrah Aroonsakool, advertising and visual art junior / May 2014