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LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts hosted “Interdisciplinary Symposium: Faith and Politics,” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, bringing together scholars, activists and community organizers to foster religious and political conversation.

The keynote speaker was Zach Hoover, executive director of L.A. Voice, who discussed the role that local congregations play in politics.

LMU assistant professor of sociology and the event’s organizer, Rebecca Sager, shared that the goal of the dialogue was for “students to learn more about the intersection between religion and politics.”

Sager further expressed a desire for students to walk away from the symposium “realizing that America has a very rich religious and political tapestry.”

The event featured two morning sessions and a keynote address,

followed by a breakout session, and ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hilton 100.

The speakers at the first morning session were Mormon scholar Craig L. Foster, who spoke on the topic of “Mormonism & American Politics,” LMU theology professor Fr. Allan Deck, S.J., who discussed “US Latino Voters, the Church and the Election,” Sager, whose topic was “The Religious Left and US Politics” and USC associate professor of sociology Richard Flory, who spoke on the subject of “Pentecostals and Their Political Voice.”

At the second morning session, Amir Hussain, an LMU professor of theological studies, began the dialogue and addressed issues for Muslims in the upcoming election, which include the environment and national security.

Mark Juergsmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology and affiliate professor of religious studies at UCSB, spoke next, tackling the rise of religious activism. He focused on three crucial issues: the war on terror, the war in

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Three Greek organizations have recently come off social probation, while a fourth remains on probation indefinitely.

Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternities were on probation from the beginning of the academic year until the first of this month, according to junior political science major Michael Hanover, Sigma Phi Epsilon’s chapter president.

According to sophomore political science major Alex Petosa, a member of Alpha Phi sorority, these suspensions came about because of the same event last semester that put Delta Gamma sorority on a still-continuing social probation.

“It was an event involving the introduction of new Delta Gammas to members of fraternities,” Hanover confirmed. “As far as I know, somebody got sick [for alcohol-related reasons] and everybody there was held accountable.”

In a statement released to the Loyolan through Chapter President Libby de Leon, a senior history and screenwriting double major, Delta Gamma confirmed that their chapter did indeed receive sanctions from the

By Kevin O’KeeffeManaging Editor

Greek groups reflect on probationFour organizations focus on moving on from social probation and University and national sanctions.

By Jenna Abdou and Ali SwensonNews Interns

Speakers from on and off LMU’s campus speak on the various interactions of politics and religion.

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Junior accounting major Jeremy Sites (above) is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity which, along with Alpha Phi sorority, emerged as the winners in last Sunday’s flag football competition. This event marked the start of LMU’s annual Greek Week. Greek organizations have since done service at Orville Wright Middle School and competed in the Lion Bowl, a trivia contest which was won by Delta Zeta sorority, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity. For more photos and to read the story about the changes to Greek Week, see Page 2.

Greek Week kicks off with flag football, service and Lion Bowl

Students, faculty, staff and community members filled Sacred Heart Chapel last Thursday, Oct. 11, to listen to President David W. Burcham’s speech, which focused on last year’s accomplishments, strategic planning and the Second Vatican Council. To read the full transcript of Burcham’s Convocation address, visit laloyolan.com.

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Before this year’s Greek Week commenced, community anticipation for the upcoming celebration of Greek Life was struggling to overcome mixed feelings regarding changes to the week’s structure.

“In the beginning, everybody was pretty concerned,” said senior psychology major Lisa Flanigan, president of Kappa Alpha Theta. “For a while, when we didn’t have anything figured out and we didn’t really have ideas of how to make Greek Week work … it was a subject that didn’t really go over well.”

Junior political science major Michael Hanover, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, agreed, calling the community’s response “between negative and [mixed]” before the week began.

“The idea behind the changes … [was] building a certain level of respect that, according to some, has been absent in past years between organizations. I believe, wholly and truly, that the changes were motivated by the right sentiment,” said Hanover. “The reaction has fallen off from that complete level of positivity.”

“Change is never easy,” said Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Development and Greek Adviser Dan Faill. “But I truly feel it was the best move … and I was pleased at the overall reaction from chapters to combine into larger teams for Greek Week, an idea that

was brought forward from chapter presidents at the fall Greek retreat.”

Said conglomeration has paired one fraternity, one

sorority and one “multicultural chapter” in each team, according to Faill. This plan was met with enthusiasm from some individual organizations, especially Sigma Lambda Gamma, according to Chapter President Nina Garofalo, a senior English major.

“We felt we weren’t included in the camaraderie of Greek Week, and so [the new system] gives us an opportunity to make friends and not be so competitive about it,” Garofalo said. “We’re already so proud to wear our letters, so we don’t feel like we need to prove ourselves.”

This interfraternal pride was purposefully designed as one of the overarching goals of Greek Week, according to Co-Vice President of Greek Week Sean Daly, a senior communication studies and theatre arts double major.

In addition to the conglomerate teams, the other major change was the separation of Greek Week from Lip Sync and Stroll Off, according to Co-Vice President of Greek Week and junior psychology major Penney Azizi. Lip Sync and Stroll Off, once the culminating event of Greek Week, was moved to early September this year due to scheduling conflicts in booking Gersten Pavilion.

“Certainly, Lip Sync was a great way to cap it off, but was there anything that the Greek Week VPs could have done about that?” said Hanover. “According to what they’ve said, I don’t think so, and I trust them on that.”

Substituting for Lip Sync will be the

All-Greek Masquerade Ball, a formal event on Saturday in Burns Back Court, where winners of the week will be announced.

Other changes included a redesigned football tournament

with only one day instead of two, and a restructured obstacle course that involves more team members and a chariot race leg, according to multiple sources.

While final judgment on the week’s redesign has yet to be rendered, before it even began, individuals from within the community had disparate

reactions to the week’s true meaning.

“I really appreciate all the work they’ve put into this Greek Week and making it more interfraternal, really trying to bridge those gaps,”

Garofalo said.“It’s all about being Greek,

not necessarily about what letters you wear, and the community as a whole,” Azizi said, echoing Garofalo’s sentiments about inter-fraternalism.

Flanigan, however, emphasized personal chapters saying, “I think it’s positive, because you’ll still have your own pride for your own organization.” But, she added that through Greek Week,

individual chapters would be “breaking down the

barriers between different organizations.”

Hanover said in summary, “On the one

hand, any … time of change brings about some strife from somewhere or another in the community. On the other side of it … to make big changes like t h a t , you have to be

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Melvin Robert III discusses his role as the new director of OBSS and the new programs that are to take place this year.

This issue, Contributor Maddie Flager talks to Melvin Robert III about his intentions with his new position as the director of the Office of Black Student Services.

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1. What does your new job as director of the Office of Black Student Services [OBSS] entail?

My job includes support, empowerment and accountability for the African-American students here at LMU. The whole platform for this job is to give them all the tools and put things in place so they can really be successful here at LMU.

2. What is a typical day on the job for you like?I get in the office around 8:15 a.m. It’s usually working with

students, having student meetings. A lot of it includes student interaction and then planning.

3. What are some of the activities the Office of Black Student Services is planning for Black History Month?

We are really focusing on the cultivation and development and composition of conscious programming so [instead of] having a million things happening during the month, looking at what is going to be really substantive, meaty and ties into our theme.

4. What services are provided by OBSS?We have a program called Fresh Talk, which is a freshman

conversation program where we engage all the freshmen. We have Open Mic night [held on Oct. 9], as well as Black Culture Night, which is held in November.

5. What was your experience at LMU like? I was an O’Leader, and I was on ASLMU Cabinet and I studied

abroad. I did so many things, and I feel like that’s what I’m bringing here is to really empower the students and say that you need to get out there because the LMU experience is truly one of a kind.

6. What new programs or initiatives do you hope to bring as director?

The [Real Talk] career program is new. It’s going to be a cosponsored effort with the African American Alumni Association and the Office of Black Student Services. For Black History Month this year, the full campus will be engaged. I’m trying to get all the colleges to sponsor something for their community and the Marymount Institute looks like they are going to cosponsor it.

7. How did this job come about?It was so out of the blue. Dr. Buck [the previous director of OBSS]

left, and I got a call asking if I would like to interview. I had some colleagues that were here, and I said yes. I had four or five interviews, and then I got the job.

8. Does OBSS plan on working with any other groups or clubs on campus throughout the year?

Yes, I am such a fan of collaboration. The other directors and I, including the director of Asian Pacific Student Services and the director of the Chicano/a Latino/a Student Services, have been talking about what we can do together.

9. Do your services extend into the greater L.A. community?Yes, we plan on working with the LMU Family of Schools during

Black History Month. We are working with the African American Alumni Association, trying to engage them, and also trying to engage the black faculty and staff. We’re looking at maybe doing a literary magazine once a semester with some of the professors.

10. What prior experience do you have in a role like this? I worked for five years at Loyola High School in Student Affairs,

and I was also the assistant director of Campus Ministry. I also have my own business. It is called MC360, and it’s an experience-based learning company.

11. How do you think those experiences will help you in this position?

One of the things I’ve learned from the varied experiences I’ve had in my life is that everybody is different and everybody responds to things in different ways and synthesizes material in different ways.

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“Reflections from Ghana” was the theme of a discussion hosted by Melkam Akwaaba, LMU’s African culture club, on Monday, Oct. 15. The event, held in Hilton 300, served as a time of sharing for a group of 12 students and two professors who immersed themselves in a 22-day study abroad program in Ghana last May.

Dr. Dexter Blackman, history professor and co-adviser of the Ghana Study Abroad Program, opened the evening by drawing upon his memories of the trip. Because it was his first time to Ghana, he found he had a similar range of emotions to the students. He noted the speed at which he felt completely engaged in the country’s culture.

“I felt like I was home after the second or third day,” Blackman said. “I felt so free.”

Blackman was followed by a presentation by four of the students who attended the trip: senior psychology majors Lauren Frazier, Elizabeth Ducksworth and Jennifer Martinez as well as junior communication studies major Tamara Lawrence.

The students discussed how, within the first few days of their trip, they participated in

a traditional Ghanaian naming ceremony. Such ceremonies typically occur two or three days after the birth of a child, and give each child the name of the weekday on which he or she is born. Each participant received a name to signify their welcoming into the community.

The students spent their first weekend in the home of a Ghanaian family, where they experienced everyday activities such as going to the market and eating home-cooked meals.

The group also visited the University of Ghana in Legon. There, the Ghanaian students enlightened the LMU students with their views of the visitors: According to the panel, the Ghanaians viewed the American visitors as white people, or “obronis,” regardless of their race.

Among the service the group participated in while in Ghana was a trip to an orphanage. At the orphanage, the group gave candy to the children and played soccer with them. Since the children had been taught English, they were drawn to their visitors.

“[Seeing the children] holding up their heads no matter their [past experiences] did a lot for me,” Blackman said.

The reasons why the students chose to attend the study abroad program varied. Some were interested in having a different cultural experience, while others desired to return to their “motherland,” according

to the panel. “I wanted to go on a study

abroad trip, and this was the only program offered in psychology,” Ducksworth explained. “So I decided to go, and it was an amazing experience.”

Following the presentation from Blackman and four of the students who attended the trip, a question and answer session was held, which brought up questions and comments on the racial issues across the globe.

“I was really surprised the Ghanaians did not accept [the black students],” said junior biology major Chidinma Amakiri, a member of Melkam Akwaaba. Amakiri has traveled to Nigeria seven times to visit family, so she held the expected that the Ghanaians would accept the group. Despite her surprise, Amakiri found the group’s message positive and motivating.

“Hopefully it inspires people to get out of L.A., out of California and to go somewhere like Ghana,” she said.

While dates for the next trip are still pending, Blackman said there will be an informational meeting next February or March regarding the 2013 Ghana Study Abroad trip. The next Melkam Akwaaba meeting will be held on Monday, Oct. 22 and more details will be released closer to the date on the club’s Facebook page (Melkam Akwaaba) and through email at [email protected].

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Study abroad program informs students about global racial issues.

Students and professors discuss immersion in Ghana

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Would you work out in a sports bra in broad daylight, in the middle of Union Square? Jenny Gaither, fitness expert and author of the Huffington Post article whose title mimics this inquiry and was published March 23, confronted women of all ages and sizes with this very question in a quest to get to the root of womens’ body issues.

After all of the women she asked responded with an emphatic “No” or “No way,” Gaither began to understand women’s discomfort with their own images. “I was shocked at how defensive and uncomfortable women became when confronted with a question about how they felt in their bodies,” Gaither said. This dissatisfaction seen among women of all

ages has been identified as a problem at LMU by the group facilitators of Student Psychological Services (SPS), Dr. Megan Phillips and Dr. Debbie Schleicher, prompting them to establish the Body Respect and Appreciation Gathering (B.R.A.G.) group.

Identifying body image concerns as a “common occurrence” among students of every age, ethnicity and socioeconomic backgrounds, Schleicher said they wanted to create a “forum where women can come to talk about how they view their bodies and the negative messages they receive either from the media, friends, family or society.”

This past Monday, BRAG congregated for their first meeting in the Bird Nest. This drop-in forum not only provided women a space in which they could “talk about what’s on their minds,” according to Phillips and Schleicher, but is a way for students to receive

additional help from SPS if needed.

This “unrealistic standard of beauty” established by the media, is why Phillips and Schleicher believe in the importance of B.R.A.G.

“Every day, adolescent and adult women are walking around, feeling like they dislike themselves and want to change part or all of their bodies, often to correspond to an unrealistic standard of beauty. Therefore, we feel it is time to start undoing this vicious cycle,” Schleicher explained.

Each week, the discussion group will focus on different topics such as media influences, peer pressure and negative self-talk, according to Phillips and Shleicher. In addition, they said that there will be different guest speakers and interactive components throughout the year to keep the meetings “fun and interesting.”

“Our goal is to empower women to learn to love and appreciate their bodies

instead of fighting against them,” Schleicher added regarding the B.R.A.G. group.

Discussion not only among students but with the professional staff at SPS is a hopeful outcome of B.R.A.G. The first step in making these necessary changes regarding negative body image is awareness, according to Schleicher: “Acknowledging the messages we receive and give about being a woman and how we should and should not be treated is important in identifying how we truly feel about ourselves and our bodies.”

Once that acknowledgement is established, Schleicher hopes that B.R.A.G. can then “change the culture of body dissatisfaction, one woman at a time.”

While not intended to be a therapy group, but rather “designed to be collaborative and educational in nature,” according to Schleicher, B.R.A.G. offers women the chance to discuss their body

image issues in an open forum with understanding peers and adults.

Schleicher hopes and “anticipates that attendance will increase once the word gets out about how helpful and necessary this group can really be.”

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Afghanistan and the Arab Spring. Juergenensmeyer asked the

audience, “What happened to the war on terrorism?” and explained how terrorism used to be the most pressing political issue, despite having hardly been acknowledged [in the months leading to this election].

Chair of the Department of History at UCLA David Myers quoted Milton Himmelfarb to begin his segment when he said, “Jews earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto Ricans.”

Myers used this historical analogy to address the Jewish alliance to the liberal party, which he described as “deeply ingrained in prophetic impulse,” which remains significant today.

Laura Olson, professor of political science at Clemson University, completed the session by sharing her work on the gender gap in the religious and political dialogue, focusing especially on women.

Olson affirmed that “women play the social role of being concerned with anchoring their family” and that “77 percent of women have an absolute belief in God.”

She explained that the election on Nov. 6 will likely witness a return to the gender gap.

“Women are likely to vote for Democratic candidates. Much of Obama’s campaign strategy is built around specifically attracting the support of women,” said Olson.

However, Olson closed by encouraging the audience to steer away from the notion of the “women’s vote” and recognize that “52 percent of the population aren’t going to see things the same way.”

After the two morning sessions, the symposium continued with Hoover’s keynote speech. He explained that L.A. Voice, the faith-based community action organization that he directs, “works with over 25 synagogues, churches and mosques.”

According to Hoover, the organization works on ballot initiative campaigns, trains and equips lay leaders and clergy and brings together people of different backgrounds to make life better for communities in L.A.

During his speech, Hoover

highlighted the relationship linking interfaith dialogue with community organization, specifically within L.A. Voice.

“One individual congregation, while it can make a huge impact … makes an even larger impact [if you add it to 24 other congregations, or 40 other congregations]. The organization itself is also a vehicle for the work that these congregations do together and it’s multiracial and it’s interfaith,” Hoover explained.

Beyond its racial and religious diversity, Hoover’s organization is also politically diverse, as it is completely nonpartisan. Hoover said that the group’s refusal to declare one cohesive political view, though mandated by law for a group of its type, provides opportunity for the organization’s success.

“It allows us to also occupy space where we say, ‘Well, look, we’re not about your party or your party or your candidacy or your candidacy. We’re about people that live in this neighborhood or that neighborhood, or what’s happening with kids in school or immigration reform or whatever it is, that’s what we’re about. We’re not about your agenda,’” Hoover added. “We’re about our agenda and our agenda is about people.”

Hoover pointed out that his extensive work with his organization, as well as the work of other organizers, is important on both a personal and a community level.

“All of us who are organizers, whether we’re African-American or white or privileged or Latino or immigrant or not, we’re all saying, ‘I offer myself to you, both for myself and for you. That I think that if we do this together, that things might be different for your kids and also for our community,’” Hoover said.

Following Hoover’s keynote speech, participants split into breakout groups in which they discussed the challenges and problems mentioned in earlier sessions and viewed academic presentations concerning the connection between faith and politics.

The event closed with the professors and audience gathering to further the dialogue and reflect on the multiple roles religion may play in the weeks leading to the upcoming election.

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The organizations were held accountable in a process outlined in LMU’s Community Standards, according to Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Development and Greek Adviser Dan Faill.

“In any organization, as with being human in general, people make mistakes,” Faill wrote in an email to the Loyolan. “If people make mistakes at organization-related activities, the organizations will be held accountable. … It’s my job to ensure a safe and fun Greek experience; sometimes that comes with holding sorority [and] fraternity members and organizations to a higher standard.”

“Traditionally, if you look at any other school, everyone does that kind of stuff,” Petosa said regarding the difference between LMU and other universities’ Greek life. “It’s a conflict between LMU’s ideals and what Greek Life is. … We go to a Jesuit university, and so Greek Council and Dan Faill have a standard to uphold. And they have to uphold the school’s mission statement.”

According to senior psychology major Lisa Flanigan, president of Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma remains on probation.

“They were definitely put up as an example,” Petosa said of Delta Gamma’s longer probation. “I think it’s the historical example that no one’s perfect. … It’s just too bad it had to happen. … They had to be upheld as an example. They violated the rules, and rules are

rules. That’s in LMU’s standards.”As part of the probations, each

chapter was delivered sanctions by the University’s Judicial Affairs department. For Sigma Phi Epsilon, the sanctions included “education on risk management, how to conduct safe events and not make stupid mistakes,” according to Hanover. The organization was also prohibited from hosting any events with alcohol.

“I think that the sanctions that were levied upon us were very reasonable and educational,” Hanover said. “They were all directed towards teaching us how to keep our members safe and conduct themselves in a way that was more healthy and conducive to development in the future.”

The terms behind social probations are determined on a case-by-case basis. According to Faill, they depend on the group and any alleged violations.

Just three semesters ago, Kappa Alpha Theta was placed on social probation as well.

“We had an event where girls were drinking alcohol on campus. It was a dry event,” Flanigan said. “The school found bottles of alcohol … in a bathroom.”

Like Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta received sanctions not only through the University, but also through the national organization. According to Flanigan, her chapter had a number of sanctions levied upon it.

“I don’t remember everything that we had to do – we did a bunch of things – but one of the things that we did recently for LMU was an educational program for the LMU community about drinking and driving,” Flanigan explained. The program involved bringing

a smashed car from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Additionally, Kappa Alpha Theta held a service day for workers at LMU.

Kappa Alpha Theta’s probation wound up lasting for a semester, something that Flanigan said is not common. The time was spent bonding as a chapter and making up for their mistakes.

“We always say that we think being on probation really helped our organization become even better, because we were able to take a step back and look at our true values and morals of our organization, where we were and where we needed to be,” said Flanigan.

In its statement, Delta Gamma echoed that sentiment, saying that its chapter is “appreciative for the learning opportunity and [we] look forward to continuing to work with the University and various groups on campus to build awareness about safety, risk management and social responsibility.”

“I think this whole thing was a culture shock for us. We got to see how things could go wrong,” Hanover said of the fallout from the probations. “I think the whole community learned a lesson from this.”

When asked what advice she would give current organizations on or coming off probation, Flanigan said, “I think that it’s really important to take a step back and look at why you’re in this organization, why all you girls or boys … are in an organization that has certain values and why you joined that organization over others.”

She added, “You have to make the most out of it.”

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LMU participates in statewide earthquake drill todayAt 11:50 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. today, LMU will hold earthquake drills as part of “The Great California ShakeOut.” The LMU community will join the 9.3 million people currently registered to participate in earthquake preparedness drills as part of the program, according to Shakeout.org.

New Study Abroad program announcedStarting Fall 2013, LMU is launching a new Study Abroad program in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Students who enroll in the program will attend Cardiff University, one of the U.K.’s most popular schools that is an internationally recognized center for teaching and research. Students interested in learning more about the program should contact the Study Abroad office.

Lecture addresses state and federal financial crisis As a a part of the Paul A. Grosch Lecture Series, Joshua D. Rauh, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of finance at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, spoke last Monday in Hilton 100 on the subject of cities and states in crisis. Rauh provided background on the how the crises developed and how it affects California and also provided some possible solutions.

Comedy for a Cause headliner:

David KoechnerThe actor is known for his recurring role as Todd Packer on “The Office” and as Champ in“Anchorman.” The event is set for Oct. 23 at 7p.m. in Gersten Pavilion. There’s no charge toattend, but raffle tickets will be sold to raisemoney for the Money Balanced MindFoundation. To read the full story, visit:laloyolan.com.

In America, we live in a society that has been heavily influ-enced by patriarchal history,

yet women are still present and encouraged to excel in the world of academia. Women are fortunate

to be able to attend school without break-ing any social, cultural or reli-gious norms in our country, unlike those who live in regions where such ideolo-gies are pres-ent. Gathering our books and planners and heading to

class does not put us in immi-nent danger, as it did to Malala Yousafzai. Yousafzai is a 14-year-old Pakastani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban on Oct. 9.

As an Oct. 11 editorial from the New York Times explained, “Malala was on her way home from school in Mingora, Pakistan, in the Swat Valley … when a Taliban gunman walked up to the school bus, asked for her by name and shot her in the head and neck.” Malala is in intensive care in a British hospital, but is in stable condition, according to an Oct. 16 story by Time.com, titled “Malala Yousafzai’s Injuries: How difficult will her recovery be?” The Pakistani Taliban threatened that they will target her again if she survives. This attack was meant to serve as a “warning for all youngsters who were involved in similar activites and added that they will be targeted if they do not stop,” the Express Tribune reported in the Oct. 9 article “If Malala Survives, We Will Target Her Again: Taliban.”

Malala came to be globally acknowledged for her anony-

mous diary entries about going to school, which have been pub-lished by BBC Urdu online. Her identity was revealed in 2009. She won the National Peace Prize in Pakistan and was also nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011 for her advo-cacy work, according to the Oct. 13 Huffington Post aticle, “Taliban Vows To Kill Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Peace Activist, If She Survives Attack.” We may admire her, but the Taliban sees her activ-ism as a defiance of Islamism.

The justification for this extrem-ist attack was that Malala was a “secular-minded lady” and that “she was pro-West, she was speak-ing against Taliban and she was calling President Obama her idol,” said Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in an interview

with the Express Tribune. It is hard for me to imagine a

world in which I would be discour-aged from pursuing education.

Ever since I was a child, I felt drawn toward school. At 14, Malala’s age, I wrote in my diary every day. Since it was not pub-lished by a global news organiza-tion like Malala Yousafzai’s jour-nals were, I never felt restricted by society. I am lucky that I have never felt limited or oppressed by any religious standards in terms of how I could express my beliefs. Writing was always how I organized my thoughts and what brought me to express what I believe about essen-tially everything: gender, culture, politics, people. Education has led me to activism. I am eternally grateful for my education, and I cannot fathom not living in a soci-

ety without free speech in which one had to risk death in order to be heard. But they do exist. I seek to understand why people do the things they do; why violence, ter-rorism and extremism occurs and how groups justify these actions.

This is what leads me to ponder: How can a young, innocent girl in active pursuit of structured educa-tion be inspiring in our culture, yet her activism seen as worthy of death by an extremist group? I am no expert on what it means to be Islamist, but I know enough to be outraged by what happened to Malala.

There is such a huge difference between the way our societies oper-ate that has led to much disagree-ment and misconceptions between American and Middle Eastern cul-tures. While we may have very

different views that stem from interpretation of religious texts like the Bible and the Quran that affect women’s rights and educa-tion, there is absolutely no reason for disagreement to turn into ani-mosity toward another culture and head toward extremism, terrorism and violence – on either side.

The attack on Malala was unac-ceptable, but we must understand that the Taliban is not representa-tive of all Muslims. It is not the tra-dition of Islam, but the hateful and sexist agenda of Malala’s attackers that I take issue with. People like Malala who disagree with certain extremist factions of Islam should be able to adhere to a different interpretation of her religion, and be free to voice those concerns and fight for her education regardless of what religious interpretations declare.

As Greg Mortenson, a keynote speaker at LMU in 2010 and author of “Three Cups of Tea,” said regarding his journey through impoverished communities in the Pakistani hills building schools for young women, “If we truly want a legacy of peace, we need to under-stand that this is a war that will ultimately be won with books, not with bombs.” Education should be permitted for all, regardless of their gender or faith, because knowledge is how people come to truly understand one another all over the world and it is what will eventually bring us peace.

Malala, may you be safe and pro-tected by everything you stand for, which is equality through activism, freedom of speech through your writing and the right to an educa-tion. While that may not be accept-able to some in parts of where you’re from, it’s inspiring to me.

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When the William H. Hannon Library hosted a Faculty Pub Night with Dr. Christopher Kaczor talking about his

pro-life book, “The Ethics of Abortion: Women’s Rights, Human Life, and the Question of Justice” on Tuesday evening, no one expressed outrage. No one questioned why the philosophy profes-sor was allowed to speak. No one argued that the event should be canceled. No bloggers wrote posts attacking the University. And, to the best of our knowledge, no one called out University President David W. Burcham for having this event hosted on campus.

Nor should anyone have done so.Yet, when there was a reading of the marriage

equality play “8” on campus earlier this semes-ter (see the Sept. 6 Loyolan article “Marriage equality topic of ‘8’ reading”), that’s some of the response the reading received.

The Loyolan recognizes how the situations are different. The Catholic Church is pro-life; mar-riage equality is against the Catholic Church’s beliefs, which matters considering LMU’s Jesuit and Marymount foundation. The Faculty Pub Night is highlighting an LMU community mem-ber’s work, while “8” was written by a non-LMU community member – although the reading was done by LMU students and faculty.

Still, the events share some similarities. Organizers of both events clearly recognized the controversy surrounding these hot-button issues, and each had time following the initial presenta-tion where attendees could argue each side. As the Loyolan sees it, that’s the exact reason why

both of these events have just as much merit for being hosted on LMU’s campus – regardless of Catholic or LMU standpoints on the issues.

As we wrote in our Board Editorial when “8” was occurring on campus, our support is not a result of what side the Loyolan or anyone else believes in with both of these issues. Rather, the point is that they both served as chances to learn about the issues themselves and to develop informed opinions. A primary goal of any aca-demic institution – religiously affiliated or not – is to be an open forum for debate and, through that, learning.

The Loyolan fully supported the reading of “8” on campus; the Loyolan was just as support-ive of the Faculty Pub Night featuring Kaczor. According to Outreach Librarian Jamie Hazlitt, 23 people attended the event, including many who support a woman’s right to choose. This is the sort of response the Loyolan likes to see such events get, with supporters of all different opinions in attendance. We hope to see more of these sorts of events on campus, and we hope that members of the LMU community attend them and participate in the discourse, regardless of their standpoints.

As Burcham said when “8” was brought to LMU: “Our tradition is we don’t shy away from controversial subjects, and if civil and principle-based discussion can’t occur here, on a university campus, about these kinds of subjects, where’s it going to occur? This is our role, this is a univer-sity’s role.”

We couldn’t agree more.

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A student in Kathmandu, Nepal participates in a candlelight vigil by holding a photo of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani peace activist who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban on Oct. 9, 2012.

www.laloyolan.comOctober 18, 2012

OpiniOnIf you’re like the typical

college student, Sunday means one of two things:

either huddling in bed reeling from a hangover and swearing off drinking forever (again) or

doing laundry. ( H o m e w o r k can wait until Monday.) This weekend, it was the latter for me – and for a little while I was wishing it were the for-mer.

It’s not that I dislike doing my laundry or that I’m a mas-

ochist; no, laundry day would have gone off without a hitch if I had more than 12 cents on my Flexi account. The worst part was that I had plenty of money to do my laundry with, just in bills and quarters.

So why didn’t I just put money for my Flexi online, you might ask? Well, seeing as I pay for my own laundry, I don’t see the point in draining my bank account further when I could just as easily allocate the left-over change from previous pur-chases to good use. Only when I went to the account deposit machine in U-Hall to put the four bills and four quarters I had in my wallet into my account, I forgot that there’s no coin slot in those damn things. So with the Lion’s Corner Café and book-store being closed, I trekked around campus until I was able to get another bill. (Shout out to the Lion’s Den for being the

only place that would give me a dollar for my change without me having to buy something to open the register.)

After all the cycles had been completed and I had the fresh-est laundry in all the land, I couldn’t help but ask the same seemingly obvious question I’ve been asking myself all four years here at LMU: Why don’t we have any coin-operated machines? If I’m going to pay “$1 to wash and $0.75 to dry,” according to the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Student Affairs Division Housing page (even though I pay $1.25 for a wash cycle and $1 for dryers in Leavey 5), shouldn’t I be able to do it by whichever monetary means are most readily available to me?

Believe me, I appreciate the immense convenience of even having those facilities on campus. It would be a major hassle to have to drive to a laundromat. And sure, it would cause another set of problems if we had only coin-operated machines. But when other col-leges, like George Washington University and Ohio University, make both coin and account-operated machines available to students, I can’t help but notice how much more practical that would be for students.

Whether or not you’re from Los Angeles, you probably have a life outside of campus, where you pay for things with cash, and not the plastic vault pseu-do-Monopoly money that is the OneCard. (Or maybe, not coin-cidentally, you pay mostly with debit and credit.) Inevitably, you’re going to get a few quar-ters here, some dimes there, so

on and so forth. Those might go to places like the meters in Manhattan Beach or the tip jar at the Lion’s Den. (Tip those guys, they’re cool.) But for the majority of the time, they’ll either sit somewhere in your dorm or inevitably get lost. It helps us if we can put that change to use on ourselves on campus, and it helps the University.

What’s also annoying about the one-way street of paying for laundry here is the spending pattern it instills in us. Having a seamless integration for using on-campus facilities and pur-chasing services is going to be more convenient for whomever is in charge of those facilities and the students who wish to use them. Only when students don’t have to be conscious of how much money they have left in their meal plan or Flexi until someone or some beeping noise on a machine tells them they’re low on funds, it becomes easy to do the same with credit and debit cards outside of campus. With that kind of behavioral reinforcement, it doesn’t seem surprising that the typical col-lege senior can graduate with up to $4,000 in credit card debt, according to a 2009 study con-ducted by Sallie Mae – a finan-cial services company special-izing in education.

Unsurprisingly, according to the same survey, 40 percent of students knowingly charged items they did not have the money to pay off and only 17 percent regularly paid off their credit card bills. Having to watch your money be taken away from you can make you more aware

about how you spend and save it, because then they’re no lon-ger zeroes and ones somewhere in cyberspace and a problem to worry about later. I can appreci-ate why paying for laundry with Flexi is a good option. It would be a better balance for students, however, if both options of pay-ment were at our disposal.

We’re busy people, and we don’t need to be walking around campus trying to pay for my laundry when we might have plenty of coins lying around our places.

Quarter qualms: change Flexi-only laundry

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“I really like the changes that have happened with Greek Week this year. I think they have really increased the interfraternal-ism aspect, and I’m really excited about the mas-querade. I bought my dress in August.”

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“I think it’s good that it’s more focused on ser-vice during the week. It was good that Lip Sync was still a part of it, and I think that foot-ball was good too, but it’s defi-nitely a change.”

Meghan PagePi Beta PhiJuniorAccounting major

“[As Sigma Lambda Beta president], I love it. As a multicul-tural organization, there’s a big riff between us and the Panhellenic organizations, so this is a good way to bridge the gap . . . and really con-nect with other organizations.”

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B y all accounts, Tuesday night’s second U.S. presi-dential debate was an ex-

citing affair. President Barack Obama showed he had some se-rious fight left in him. Republi-

can candidate Mitt Romney didn’t back down. Moder-ator and CNN j o u r n a l i s t Candy Crow-ley did what so many of us have been dy-ing to do and fact-checked Romney on air. Compared to Romney’s du l l -as -d i r t total knockout

in the first debate, this one was absolutely fascinating.

So why am I so unsatisfied?From an unbiased standpoint,

the debate was grand political theatre; at points, it honestly looked like the two candidates were a moment away from coming to blows. However, I’m not an unbiased observer. As an American citizen, a college student who hopes to get a job someday and a gay man who hopes to get married someday, I’m very much biased towards specific agendas, and I care about who wins this election. From that perspective, all the debates have been a bunch of, to borrow a phrase from Vice Pres-ident Joe Biden, “malarkey.”

This isn’t entirely the fault of the candidates, though. It’s more the fault of the two-party debate format that makes every politi-cal battle “he said, he said.” Ex-cept for the rare moments when

a moderator intervenes (Crow-ley’s aforementioned fact-check, ABC News’ Martha Raddatz’ relatively aggressive moder-ation in the Vice Presidential Debate), most of the time, view-ers are left to infer whether one candidate or the other is being hon-est. (That is, of course, s o m e t h i n g that didn’t used to be an issue when lying in a debate wasn’t so rampant and unapologetic, as Romney has proven to be so far. So remem-ber, it’s still kind of the candi-dates’ fault.)

While I don’t like the two-par-ty format, I don’t particularly like bringing in a third-party

candidate either. What’s so the-oretically great about a two-par-ty system is that the extremes are represented, and great debate can spring from the dif-ferences. Obviously, that hasn’t happened so far. Like I said,

theoretical-ly.

W h a t the debates need is a real-time, fact-check-ing system. Again, the-oretically,

the moderator should do this, but between Jim Lehrer’s poor performance as moderator in the first debate and the ridic-ulous rules the campaigns un-successfully tried to enforce on Crowley in the second, the moderator is clearly not serving

this function. Under pressure of being fact-checked, the can-didates would have to provide real answers, hopefully creating some real discussion and show-ing the differences in their plat-forms. In that model, undecided voters could make an informed decision about how to vote. Ad-ditionally, policy wonks would be able to hear a real discussion about issues. Imagine that.

While political theatre is great, ultimately it is nothing more than smoke and mirrors, and I, for one, think the very bi-ased observers – the American people – deserve a true debate.

Forgive me if I’m not holding out too much hope, though.

Jackson Turcotte | Loyolan

The two-party debate: An exercise in futility

October 18, 2012

www.laloyolan.com2012 ElEctions

This is the opinion of Kevin O’Keeffe, a junior screenwriting major from Austin, Texas. Please send comments to [email protected].

Grinding GearsBy Kevin O’KeeffeManaging Editor

I was invited to attend an Obama campaign fundraiser and concert two weeks ago,

and although I’m a dedicated and rather vocal conservative, I could not pass up a chance to see the nu-

merous musical acts and celeb-rity sightings, not to mention a speech by the president of the United States.

Despite my initial appre-hensions, the night was very enjoyable. The promo videos and echoes of “Fired Up,

Ready to Go!” chants were com-pletely tolerable between the amaz-ing vocal performances. However, one portion of the event did provoke my anger: a video featuring celebri-ty women claiming to represent me and express what is best for me as an American woman.

No, the video did not discuss the $1 trillion budget deficit, the unem-ployment rate, terrorism, educa-tion or healthcare. Because that’s guy stuff, right? Instead, it ad-dressed Planned Parenthood, abor-tion rights and the government intervening on a “right to choose.”

President Barack Obama has proposed that Republican candi-date Mitt Romney is an unaccept-able leader for our nation by at-tributing his views and policies as waging a “War on Women.” Thanks to reluctance on the part of many in the Republican Party, Democrats have been able to capitalize on this fiction created by the Obama campaign. Regardless of my per-sonal feelings that certain parties measure my vote by how strident-ly I will defend my right to sex on

demand, I am uncomfortable with how easily many women allow themselves to be categorized as single-issue, and thus largely unin-formed, voters. The fact is, for this to be a war all women would have to be on one side of the argument, which simply is not the case.

Despite the impassioned pleas of Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore, there seems to be evidence that not all women are answering the call to join this war. In fact, women are not ranking reproduc-tive issues as a primary concern at all. In a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey, less than 1 percent of participants mentioned women’s health or birth control as top election year issues.

The fact is, women are foremost concerned about the same issues as men in this election: the economy and jobs. The Oct. 16 USA Today/Gallup poll shows a tie between support for Romney and Obama among women voters in the swing states, a statistic that the Obama campaign is calling an “extreme outlier.” The poll clearly indicates Romney is closing the gender gap, proving we are not single-issue vot-ers simply concerned with who is handing out free birth control.

Women are a vital part of our nation’s voice. Since 1964, women have been outvoting men, accord-ing to the Washington Post. His-torically, the Democratic Party has enjoyed an advantage with female voters. Obama won the female vote by 13 points in the last elec-tion, and according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 10 million more women than men voted in the 2008 election. This election, the pri-mary appeal to women voters from the left has been through claims of a “War on Women.” Is that the best Obama can do?

American women, while staying true to their beliefs on what they feel encompasses women’s rights, must insist that we not be pigeon-holed as a special interest group nor be shoved into a voting bloc. All of the women-specific talk amongst parties should come across as strange, if not frustrating, because the economy and world issues are not gendered.

Washington Post contributor Kathleen Parker stated it best in her Oct. 9 article, “What Women Voters Want,” saying, “Women do not require special handling be-cause, for the most part, they do not think of themselves first or primarily as women. … Women think of themselves as breadwin-ners and job-seekers … as parents who want good schools and enough money to send their kids to college … as Americans who worry about national security and the nation’s image abroad.”

The candidate that will win this election is the person that recogniz-es that the concerns facing our na-tion are the same in impact and im-portance for both men and women. Note to the Obama campaign: wor-rying about free birth control and abortion on demand does not define all American women. The sooner all parties recognize this, the clearer they can be in discussing their plan to build a better America. As Carrie Lukas stated in “‘War on Women’ the best that President Obama can do?” published Sept. 8 for Forbes, “That’s a debate worth having. It’s the debate that the Democrats’ War on Women rhetoric seeks to avoid. American women shouldn’t let them get away with it.”

Being an elephant in the room

By Lauren RockwellContributor

This is the opinion of Lauren Rockwell, a senior psychology major from Federal Way, Wash. Please send comments to [email protected].

Compared to [the last] debate, this one was

absolutely fascinating. So why am I so unsatisfied?

What is the deadline for voter registration?

The University's polling place will be in Burns Rec Center. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m on Election Day, Nov. 6.

Where can I vote on campus?

The deadline for voter registration is this Monday, Oct. 22. If you're filling out a paper application, it must be postmarked by that date; if you're filling out an online application, you must complete it by that date. A link to vote online can be found at laloyolan.com, and paper applications can be picked up in the Center for Service and Action office, as well as in the ASLMU office on the first floor of Malone.

If I'm a California resident, do I need to re-register to vote here?

The easiest thing to do is to request a ballot for your county (which you can do at Lavote.net), have it mailed to you and then surrender your ballot at the on-campus polling place. You can also cast your vote by returning your ballot in the mail.

You can request an absentee ballot to vote by mail at Longdistancevoter.org. You can also re-register to vote in California.

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October 18, 2012

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“If all you know about Mex-ico is the food, then what do you know?” professor

Michael Genovese asked the class last Wednesday as we sat down to dinner to discuss last week’s topic: Mexico.

An evening in Mexico was re-created for us in Genovese’s house just outside of the Loyola Mary-mount campus. His house set the students up for the lesson that was

p l a n n e d this week in order to place them into the mind-set of our s o u t h e r n neighbors. A one-unit course in political sci-ence, Food P o l i t i c s (POLS 395)

is a new area of study offered to students at LMU. The focus of the class is food and how a country’s cuisine reflects its politics and cul-ture.

The class begins with a short video on various issues regarding food. Last Wednesday, we were en-lightened by chef Dan Barber, in a feature on TED.com, who revealed the not-so-sustainable techniques used by American fish farmers. Barber claimed that the farming industry in the United States lacks efficiency, as it “takes 15 pounds of meat to produce one pound of fish.”

He did further research to dis-cover that certain fish farms are using chicken as a source of pro-

tein to feed the fish. He compared his experience eating fish “grown” in the United States to that of eat-ing fresh fish right from the Medi-terranean Sea in Spain. The latter, having been raised in a natural habitat, resulted in a much tastier meal.

The flavor and taste, according to Norma Orci, Genovese’s guest of the night, is “so important” and reflects how “every region has its own way of cooking.” An advertise-ment entrepreneur at La Agencia de Orci and Associates, Orci focus-es on helping American companies understand her Latino culture, so that they may better market prod-ucts to the Latino population.

She went on to share how Mexico’s geographical history in-fluenced the dining patterns and explained that “during the after-noons, especially in the summer-time, the heat made it difficult to work – at this time in history, work involved farming and maintaining households – and during the peak of the day, family members would retreat inside the house to enjoy a siesta and an afternoon lunch.”

The break would begin with the botana, or pre-meal, and was served with tequila. Then the whole family would work together to prepare the biggest meal of the day. Spending time cooking togeth-er provided a way of social bonding and was valued highly in Mexican culture. We were lucky enough to enjoy some of the traditional food that makes up that lunchtime meal.

Laid out before us were plates of tamales, beans and pork and po-tato soup. The tamales are made

of corn dough and cooked inside a large leaf. In our class, we were offered a variety, from vegetar-ian, stuffed with soft zucchini and cheese, to a hearty, beef-filled ta-male. The corn dough is soft and buttery when done steaming, and a fork can easily slide through it and scoop a heaping mound of steaming meat and corn. To accom-pany the tamales, we had white rice and beans covered in a brown sauce. The sauces used in Mexican cooking reflect how the indigenous people contributed spices and chili peppers into their cuisine. Over time, ingredients like corn and

chili peppers became standard in Mexican cooking. The sauces, along with the carbs, fat and pro-tein a typical meal provides, create something that according to Orci, “tastes so damn good.” It is appar-ent that the experiences in this class have a tremendous impact on the students who decide to take it.

Richard Smith, a biology major said that beause of the course “[his] whole life is different.” Apparently, eating food so rich in flavor and culture has encouraged him to “[go] home and [throw] away [his] chicken nuggets.”

The course specializes in teach-

ing students about the food cul-tures of foreign countries and how this dynamic affects the politics of each area. Taught by Genovese, Food Politics explores current con-troversial issues related to food and introduces ones taste buds to new dishes from a variety of new places. The class takes place on Wednesdays from 7:15-10 p.m. and is a one-unit political science course.

This is the opinion of Monika Fowle, a freshman graphic design major from Menlo Park, Calif. Please send comments to [email protected].

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Wanderlust means, quite simply, “a strong desire to travel.” This is the jumping off point for the Laband Art Gallery’s current student art ex-hibit “Wanderlust,” which follows the European travels of artists senior multimedia arts major Elise Fleming and senior business entrepre-neurship major Lisa Nicchi through their eclectic collection of photos, notes and drawings. The artists strove to completely embody the word “wanderlust” in their exhibit, both as a whole as the two unique words, “wander” and “lust.” The artists displayed their wanderings in the most literal sense through their photos, which embody everything they saw and experienced through their time studying abroad. Each artist displayed their experiences on separate sides of the gallery, providing a discussion between the two women’s journeys throughout Europe.

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One man’s trash may be another man’s treasure, but what if one man’s

trash was another man’s movie set?

This past summer, LMU piled the trash high for a film pro-fessor’s movie set. The second screening of LMU Film Produc-tion Professor Mikael Kreuzr-iegler’s feature film, “Shoot that Rat,” took place on Oct. 15. In LMU’s Mayer Theater, students and faculty gathered to watch the screening as well as the pre-miere of a music video and short film which were also directed by Kreuzriegler.

An alumnus of USC with a Master’s Degree of Fine Arts in film production and a cur-rent assistant professor in LMU’s School of Film and Tele-vision (SFTV), Kreuzriegler now devotes much of his time to his work as a director. July wrapped up the shooting of Kreuzriegler’s newest project, “Shoot that Rat.” Kreuzriegler referred to the filming of this project as a “collaborative ex-perience” that could not have been made possible without the tremendous help of University students.

Kreuzriegler said that LMU students were crucial to the making of this film; built around a small budget, Kreuzriegler’s newest production allowed vari-ous opportunities for grants and scholarships. Kreuzriegler noted that the entirety of the crew working on this project was students along with faculty.

In only 10 days, Kreuzriegler and his team of students and colleagues spent hours on end churning out a music video, a short film and a feature film.

“Shoot that Rat,” which was originally adapted from Peter

Turrini’s play “Shooting Rats,” was filmed mostly on LMU’s campus within a 10-day block of time. After a year of prepa-ration, a set was designed and created by production designer Julianna Collins to create the junkyard scene that Kreuzr-iegler had envisioned. The set evoked the illusion of an old junkyard, with trash piled up to 15-feet high and a barbed wire fence. Assistant professor of film production Vanessa New-ell, the producer and editor of “Shoot that Rat,” referred to the production designer as “fantas-tic,” for her set proved suitable for the filming of a music video, a short film and the feature to take place.

“Shoot that Rat” is broken down chapter by chapter for audiences. Kreuzriegler and Newell decided on these frag-mentations as a creative way to set each scene apart from the others. The fact that the en-tire film took place in the same setting on the LMU campus definitely proved to be difficult. However, Kreuzriegler and his cast worked against this idea and interpreted the play their own way. The actors in the film, Kris Park and Laura Long, said that working on the set was an “organic experience.”

“Shoot that Rat” captures the unpredictable first date of two teenagers. The unlikely duo spends the duration of the night taunting and teasing one another in a back-and-forth relationship. Exploring the en-tirety of the junkyard and cre-ating scenes out of old objects, the pair manages to turn an old junkyard into an oasis to go past the external and explore each other’s true selves.

Sonia Knape, a 2012 SFTV alumna, watched the film from the audience and admired Kreuzriegler’s “foreign film style.” She said that his films are never what audiences origi-

nally expected. “His use of diverse camera

angles and original shots create an image for viewers that is dif-ferent to look at,” Knape said.

Senior film production major Young Kim agreed saying the film was “very stylized.”

With the junkyard set still standing and a few more days left to film, Kreuzriegler and Newell set out to make a mu-sic video. The music video pre-miered on Monday night, fea-turing a band called PIE and their song “Back to Me.” The video was directed by Newell, who used the same junkyard set in an entirely different

way than Kreuzriegler did for “Shoot that Rat.” From utilizing sunflowers as microphones to old brooms as guitars, the short video was well-received by audi-ence members as they cheered on.

Another film was shot fol-lowing the video due to Kreuz-riegler’s desire to use the set more, this time a short. Far dif-ferent from the music video, the short film “Five Decapitations” was written by Brennan Peters and directed by both Kreuzr-iegler and Newell.

“Five Decapitations” com-bines an air of mystery, comedy and horror in a short seven-

minute film. The short takes place in an old junkyard, por-traying garbage dump workers sitting together discussing the recent decapitations in their town. One colleague stresses his idea that an old junked car in the yard is responsible for the murders, however, he soon finds out that his illogical theory may not be so crazy at all.

All three films were screened at Mayer Theater, represent-ing the many utilities that one set can take place. Kreuzriegler made a point to stress that none of the projects would have been possible without the help of LMU students.

Even though we spend hours in the presence of our professors, some may

not be aware of the depth of their talents or realize what their teachers can do. Students listen to professors’ lectures, communi-cate with them in class and carry their ideas home, but our contact with our professors usually ends once we step out of the classroom (or office hours).

This weekend, however, LMU’s music department is offering all students a unique opportunity to uncover the mystique of some of our professors with the annual Faculty Music Recital on Oct. 20 in Murphy Recital Hall. This per-formance is open to all students and admission is free.

The Faculty Music Recital gives students an opportunity to get a glimpse of the music facul-ty’s abilities. When asked about the special nature of the annual event, assistant professor of mu-sic Dr. Michael Miranda, one of the events performers and coor-dinators, stressed that the free recital held every year is one of LMU’s most unique events in terms of a student-teacher en-counter. Miranda said, “This is a way for students to get to know our amazing music faculty on a different level.”

The myriad of instruments

that will be played during the performances is broad and all-encompassing. Miranda will be playing the theorbo, which is a 17th century stringed instru-ment that can supply both a baseline and a chordal melody at the same time. Miranda seems to be very passionate about his up-coming performance, as he said, “I love the music that I play. It’s a way for me to put [my passion] out there.”

Other performances on the program will include music de-partment instructor Anthony Aviguetero on piano, applied mu-sic department instructor Fran-ces Moore on violin and music department accompanist Valeri-ya Morgovskaya on piano. The recital is particularly exciting for Aviguetero, because this will be his first time on the performing side of it all.

“It’s an honor to be able to perform with my fellow faculty members,” he said. “I remember watching faculty recitals as a student, and it’s wonderful to see it coming full circle.”

Aviguetero will be playing Rachmaninoff ’s “Sonata Op. 19,” a particularly long and complex piece, but one that he calls “the most beautiful sonata of the romantic era.” The piece took Aviguetero four years to perfect; he learned it at a very busy time in his life when he only had time to practice for about 15 minutes a day. Aviguetero stressed that the process that he went through

to bring the piece up to perfor-mance level shows that even pro-fessionals have to practice. He hopes that the story of intense preparation behind the sonata will give students something to relate to, whether they are musi-cally inclined or not. For his mu-sic students, however, he expects his story “will serve as an inspi-ration to those striving to finish their pieces.”

“Very rarely nowadays does anyone have the ability to listen to acoustical classical music in its proper setting. Everything is digitized nowadays. When pieces are performed in a concert hall setting, they become tremen-dous, they take on a new life,” said Aviguetero regarding why LMU students should attend this event. Aviguetero said that stu-dents will probably be surprised at how much they will enjoy the recital.

“Students may find a new love for live classical music ... some-thing that is becoming a lost art,” he said.

“People should come to hear the amazing faculty we have here,” said Miranda. “Often-times, we are unaware of what it is our faculty does profession-ally. We only know them from the classroom.”

Miranda encouraged students to come to the recital and take advantage of this special oppor-tunity to see the amazing talent of LMU’s music professors in a new light.

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Julie PorterActor Kris Park, producer and editor Vanessa Newell, director and producer Mikael Kreuzriegler and actress Laura Long (from left to right) gather at the Mayer Theater for a screening of “Shoot that Rat,” which was filmed at LMU.

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W ith the phenomenon that is Korean rap artist PSY’s “Gangnam Style” sweep-

ing the globe, the last few months have seen a dramatic increase in fo-cus on all things Korean, especially in America. With the surging of

the Korean wave cre-ating new interest in Korean mu-sic, culture, food and language, the United States’ first large-scale K o r e a n culture and music con-v e n t i o n , K C O N 2 0 1 2 , c o u l d n ’ t

have come at a better time. I had a chance to attend the event, which was hosted in Irvine, Calif. on Sat-urday, Oct. 13, and it was honestly amazing – and a little awe-inspiring – to watch the movement come to-gether.

Marketed under the tagline “All Things Hallyu” – ‘Hallyu’ being a Korean word meaning, literally, ‘Korean wave’ – KCON was con-ceived as a way to bring all of the things that fans love about Korean culture directly into America’s own backyard. The convention was host-ed by Korean-based news portal Mnet America and featured ques-tion panels and autograph sessions with popular Korean musical art-ists such as 4Minute, EXO-M and G.NA, as well as talks with indus-try professionals and samplings of Korean food and fashion. The eve-ning closed with a concert featuring

musical performances by the bands and singers, as well as performanc-es by Korean-American stars such as rapper Dumbfoundead and indie artist AJ Rafael.

Over the past several years, Hal-lyu has been a movement that has been building slow momentum in the United States and overseas. Some Korean groups and singers have attempted to make inroads into the American music industry, with varying levels of commercial success; in 2009, girl group Wonder Girls became the first Korean group to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, which paved the way for the Ameri-can debuts of other artists, such as Girls’ Generation, JYJ and Se7en. However, interest in Korea remains largely a subculture interest in the U.S.

The language barrier is perhaps one of the smallest things prevent-ing Korean music from taking off big time in the United States.

“The American music industry and the Korean music industry are structured totally differently,” said Natalee Wheeler, LMU senior Eng-lish major, who recently returned from a semester spent studying in Seoul. “It’s a completely different atmosphere.”

Shelbi Morris, an American stu-dent living in Seoul who hosts a Korean culture program on Korean-based channel KBS World, agrees that Korean music is unlikely to be-come mainstream in America with-out a radical overhaul of its market-ing system.

“The way that Korean companies promote their idols is too overbear-ing for a Western audience,” Morris said. “PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ went viral, but it wasn’t promoted outside Korea before that, and it’s not the usual Korean pop. If they want to

sell regular Korean pop in America, they’re going to have to use a com-pletely different strategy.”

I have to agree with both of them. After living in Korea for six months on a study abroad program, I can say definitively that the differences between the American and Korean music scenes run deep – and not just in the marketing sense. The Korean music industry reflects the culture it’s from, and the differences in the rules of interaction can be confusing for Korean groups trying to break into the American music scene.

“Even in the industry, it’s differ-ent when you meet someone who grew up outside Korea,” said Han-byul Jang, an Australian-born Ko-rean who now sings lead vocals for

Korean pop-rock group LEDApple. “Everything about the music in-dustry is so structured – you have to pay attention to who’s the senior and who’s the junior.”

Boy bands are indeed popular in Korea, as well as their female coun-terparts. Popular musicians in Ko-rea are called “idols,” and they rely on much more than just their vocal talents to make it in the industry – idol groups are selected by enter-tainment companies from a pool of trainees and are marketed on a combination of vocal talents, danc-ing, physical appearance and per-sonality in order to carve out a niche for themselves in the pop music industry. Groups who develop large fanbases win awards and gain more fans; groups with small fanbases of-ten fade into unfortunate obscurity.

So why hold a Korean music and culture convention in America, when Korean music remains a sub-culture interest among the greater American music community? The answer is simple: timing.

Statistics provided by the Korean government show that interest in Korean language and culture is on the rise, with a record number of foreign students entering the coun-try each year.

Interest in Korean music has also surged, particularly after the whirl-wind success of Korean artist PSY’s “Gangnam Style” music video. The time is right to bring Korean pop to America on a larger scale, and KCON did not disappoint.

The convention and concert, which spanned an entire day, drew a crowd of nearly 10,000 fans – only around half of which were of Kore-an descent and roughly two-thirds of which were of Asian descent, ac-cording to the concert’s MC. Despite major problems in organization and space – the grounds were not nearly large enough to comfortably hold

the people who had come, and the times allotted for autograph ses-sions and question panels seriously limited fan interaction with the art-ists – KCON still had that strong sense of community that only comes about when you bring a lot of pas-sionate fans together. The grounds were packed as attendees wandered between vendor tables, concession stands, fan club exhibitions and art-ist autograph sessions. And when the concert drew to a close, KCON-goers proved that even in a subcul-ture, if you get 10,000 fans together, they can still make some noise.

Everyone has different reasons for their interest in Korean pop. “What kept me interested is that they’re, like, perfect artists,” said freshman business major Monique Kawata. “They’re multi-talented, they have good personalities. They’re people that my little sister can look up to.”

Other answers lean more to-wards the sociocultural. “I think it’s interesting to look at how different cultural histories can create differ-ences even in pop culture,” said UC Irvine graduate Olga Verstinskaya.

No matter what the reason, though, the underlying message is the same – fans of Korean pop have taken an interest in a culture totally different than their own and are exploring that culture through the lens of music. To me, at least, that’s an admirable task, especially when it encourages people to look more critically at their perceptions of so-ciety. Korean pop may be only one small facet in the entire scope of Ko-rean culture, but even a small facet can be important when it’s treated as a lens through which one can ex-amine the world.

This is the opinion of Emily Bettencourt, a se-nior English major from Portland, Ore. Please send comments to [email protected].

L.A. does it Gangnam style for KCON

KCON 2012 brought Korean music and culture stateside and was experienced by an audience of roughly 10,000. Among the performers was boy group NU’EST, who performed its debut song “Face” to the riled up crowd.

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Holding CourtBy Emily BettencourtStaff Writer

Need a quick pick-me-up dur-ing the 10-minute break of your 4:30-7 p.m. class?

Looking for a comfortable and con-venient spot to catch Monday Night Football? Or maybe you’re just searching for a lively drinking spot to begin your Thursday night out-ings? Whatever the case is, look no further than The Loft, LMU’s on-campus bar.

This past Monday (and many days prior) I ventured into The Loft. I must admit it has a lot to offer to the college student with a valid On-eCard, state-issued ID card and Loft membership, although it probably sounds easier for a group of males to get into a Las Vegas nightclub at this point. While I found the mel-low and bartender-accessible at-mosphere of The Loft on a Monday night appealing, others may seek a more energized and sound-pound-ing setting.

To figure out if The Loft is the “right bar” for you, ask yourself the following questions:1. Do you enjoy only paying $3 per 12 oz. cup of beer?

As fun as the bars of Hermosa, Manhattan and Venice Beach might be, what isn’t fun is paying double-digit dollars for one drink – especially if you’re the type of person who likes to bar hop at least once a week. For college students, cheap drinks equal great drinks. I have yet to find places that offer draught microbrews at a cheaper price than The Loft.

2. Is it your sole goal in life to try as many different microbrews as hu-manly possible?

They always have six different beers on tap, including other options that range from India Pale Ales (IPAs) to stouts, to pilsners, to am-ber ales and much more. Although they don’t serve hard liquor, they do have selections of red and white wines (typically a pinot noir, caber-net, pinot grigio and a chardonnay) as well as a cider for just $4. (An added bonus, for those allergic to gluten, living with celiac disease or just trying to cut it out of their diet, they always have a gluten-free beer available, which falls in line with the seemingly high influx of hatred towards gluten in Los Angeles.) They also have four bottled beers – all from microbrews. 3. Are you lucky enough to have Flexi?

After years of asking the question, you finally have the answer you’ve been longing for: Yes, you can pur-chase alcohol with Flexi. (Some may have figured out the trick of buying gift cards from Bristol Farms and/or gas stations that accepted Flexi, then later going back with your fake ID to buy booze with them. Think of this as a less circuitous way.) The Loft does accept Flexi, which for LMU students is the grandest con-venience of all for those with said dollars on their OneCards. They also accept cash and major credit cards. However, to my greatest dis-pleasure, they have yet to allow me to open up a tab – probably for my own benefit. 4. Do you want sources of entertain-ment at your disposal while you drink?

Okay, it’s no Dave & Busters or

ESPN Zone, but for an on-campus bar, it’s fairly decked out. There are seven flat screen TVs all over the walls (generally playing sports games and news networks of some nature) and a pool table that usually doesn’t harbor too much of a wait on nights other than Thursday or Fri-day.

While few in number, there are facets of The Loft that may be dis-pleasing to some. On Thursday nights, it can get extremely crowded to the point where you are chest-to-chest with what seems to be every student who’s 21 and hasn’t lost their OneCard that week. This turns The Loft into almost the same type of scene available in Hermosa or Manhattan Beach later in the evening.

This really isn’t The Loft’s fault. Its size isn’t tailored for massive crowds, so the bartenders do what they can. Now, some people enjoy such an environment, so this may not read as such a detriment to them. But if you’re just looking to grab a couple quick drinks before going out on a Thursday, try to get there before 6 or 7 p.m., because the crowd around the bar becomes very dense after that time.

On top of that, if you have al-ready recognized that it’s going to be a wait trying get drinks, don’t hold your breath trying to order multiple at a time. It’s one beer per ID (but there is no set limit on how many drinks you may order over the course of a night), so don’t anticipate walking away from the bar double-fisting drinks for yourself, especially on a Thursday night. However, if you are looking to try multiple beers at a time and it isn’t a jam-packed

Thursday evening, they do offer a cool special called a “paddle.” A “paddle” is a paddle tray that holds half-cup pours of four beers of your choosing (adding up to the amount of slightly more than one beer). It only costs the price of one beer ($3), which allows the journeying beer taster a cheaper, less intoxicating option to just drinking four different beers at full size.

I opted for the “paddle” and tasted all six beers they had on tap. The Golden Lion – a honey-blonde ale – was definitely the lightest beer they had. It’s from a local brewery and is exclusively available only at The Loft. The Allagash Black from Port-land, Maine, was the darkest beer I tried – comparable to a Guinness and is a Belgian-style stout that has the faint taste of dark chocolate. And if you’re just looking for high alcohol content, the Uinta Anniver-sary Barleywine Ale has an ABV of wine and, being a malt ale, packs a

rich, fruity and caramel flavor. But my favorite of the current beers on tap had to be the Victory Golden Monkey from Downingtown, Pa. I’m a sucker for Belgian beers, and its faint yet noticeable fruity after-taste was enough to leave me want-ing more.

I am appreciative of The Loft’s hours, as it is always open right when I’m getting out of class for the day, and its location (right between the Hannon and Tenderich Apart-ments) makes for a great spot to just wind down after a long day of work or class.

This is the opinion of Michael Goldsholl, a senior English major from Santa Bar-bara, Calif. Please email comments to [email protected].

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Michael Goldsholl | LoyolanStudents can order a “paddle” and get a taste of four different beers for the price of one at The Loft, LMU’s on-campus bar.

On-campus bar serves up beer, paddles and fun

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(Left to right) Senior business major Lizzie Chang, senior psychology and art history double major Natalia Tamburini, senior communication studies major Tricia Cawley and senior commu-nication studies and political scinece double major Michelle Beetham enojy a drink at The Loft.

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angry and apathetic at the same time. Angry at the loss of games and apathetic because they’ve been through this song and dance before.

This lockout looked like the same routine until several days ago, when new and interesting de-tails began to emerge.

“It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear” is the slogan crowed out on the website of Luntz Global – a market research firm with hands in several pockets. It’s run by CEO Frank Luntz, a Republican Party strategist and frequent analyst on both CBS and Fox News. Here’s an idea of how good at his job Luntz is: the subtle switch in vocabulary when referring to global warm-ing as “climate change” – that was Luntz.

The NHL has hired Luntz Glob-al as its consultants during this lockout to help with its public im-age. Luntz is no stranger to sports consultation either: he worked with the Ultimate Fighting Champion-ship (UFC) to help increase atten-dance and he personally led the focus groups for the NFL during its lockout last summer.

According to a special report by Deadspin’s Barry Petchesky, Luntz’s focus groups have helped the NHL craft a new lexicon for spreading its message: “We’re not to blame.” According to Deadspin, phrases such as “shared sacrifice” and “both sides bringing something to the table” have tested well in these focus groups and will most likely be implanted in future NHL media announcements.

In a vacuum, both phrases sound polite and fair. They are re-ally euphemisms for a large cut in the National Hockey League Play-ers Association (NHLPA) slice of the revenue pie. ESPN Stats and

Information department notes that currently the players’ union stands to receive 57 percent of the NHL’s revenue split, with the owners of teams being left with the other 43 percent.

According to the New York Times, the NHL offered the play-ers’ union outrageous percentage cuts. Previously, the NHL has tried flip-flopping their position with the union, meaning the owners would bring in 57 percent and the play-ers 43. After the NHLPA rejected this, a new offer was made on Oct. 13 that would give the NHLPA 47 percent. The players’ union still wouldn’t budge and responded say-ing they would only take a cut to roughly 53 percent.

Honestly, why would they ac-cept less? The NHLPA is in a great position right now and, coming off

the exciting and profitable 2011-2012 season, it looks like the cash will keep on flowing. That’s exactly what happened after the last lock-out. The NHL’s total revenue be-fore the previous lockout in 2004 was about $2.2 billion; in the eight years since, it has grown by more than a billion dollars. The players’ union won’t easily give up its grip on a steadily growing market.

So what other recourse do the owners have left? Simply and smartly, they listened to Luntz.

It was announced Tuesday after-noon that the owners had proposed a new offer for the NHLPA, es-sentially an even 50-50 split of the money. This sounds like a reason-able agreement for both sides and to an everyday person it makes a lot of sense. And that’s exactly what Luntz wants you to think.

According to Deadspin, Exercise 1 on Luntz’s questionaire for his NHL focus group asked partici-pants which of the following state-ments gave the most negative im-age of the owners.

One of the possible choices was: “Instead of considering a 50-50 split of revenue like in other sports leagues, owners are instead trying to hold players to even less.” In such blunt terms, it’s simple to see why public opinion is largely against the owners – no one wants to hear mil-lionaires complain about the money they’re losing.

The NHL’s very public offer to the NHLPA reverses this idea, showing the public how willing the owners are to work out a solution. The thought that follows that as-sumption, however, is that if the owners are willing to work out a solution then it must be the play-ers who are holding out. By making a “fair” offer, the NHL is shifting public perception away from them-selves, placing it on the players’ union and making it seem as if the lockout is their fault.

The players are now stuck in a precarious position. To accept this offer would mean to take a seven percent cut – a very undesirable choice and the equivalent of a $230 million loss.

This is a huge cut for them, and a huge gain for the owners who pick up that extra seven percent. Not only would the owners regain that money, but they will have shifted public perception in their favor. In one day, the owners have gone from being greedy old men refusing to budge, to the first party to think “fairly.”

If the NHLPA refuses to accept these terms, or even takes too long to consider them, the owners will gain more and more stature. Ev-ery day wasted are hockey games

missed, players’ paychecks missed, more people exasperated with the situation and none of this will be the owners’ “fault” because they made the first move in negotiations.

It’s the players’ union’s turn as they try to avoid checkmate. It seems like an easy decision: Take the deal. Holding onto that money may look greedy, but put yourself in that position. How easily would you give up $230 million? And what if that number grew because of in-creased revenue? What if instead of $230 million, the next year it was $250 million and the year after that $280 million? The deal seems more shaky now, doesn’t it?

Hockey will resume this season. There’s simply too much money for the taking to be left on the table. And someone will get that money, one way or the other. There will be some kind of compromise met, and when there is we won’t ask who got the better end of the deal because we won’t care. As an audience, we demand our entertainment.

It all comes back to Luntz. He was right: It won’t matter what re-ally happened, because it only mat-ters what we think happened. We think the players are getting a fair cut. We think we get hockey back, no problem. We think the owners caved in and reached a reasonable compromise.

We think.With the presidential election, a

recent NFL referee strike and now the hockey lockout, Luntz’s words seems even more prevalent.

“It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear,” and maybe that’s not a good thing.

This is the opinion of Cruz Quinonez, a sophomore English and screenwriting double major from Bakersfield, Calif. Please send comments to [email protected].

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Arenas were empty on what should have been opening day. The official start of the hockey regular season has been a casualty of the lockout.

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Aviation enthusiast leads unique athletic life

order to score at least 70 on the written test, gain 40 hours of flight experience (20 of them flying alone) and pass a vigor-ous oral exam, Carson had to fly twice a day while simulta-neously studying the material.

“His priorities had to change,” Cyndi said. “His friendships mean a lot to him, so this was a tough call, but he got his pilot’s license.”

One of the only times he’s ever been nervous flying was during the practical flying test with his flight instructor, in which he was spontaneously given different flight scenarios.

“I’d be landing, and all of a sudden [my instructor would] kill the engine on me and I’d have to land it. Or we’d be fly-ing along and he’d be like, ‘Oh there’s a fire in the airplane, what are you going to do?’” Carson said. “It was fun.”

Getting his pilot’s license is just one of the many unique ac-tive aspects of Carson’s life.

Somehow, he finds time in his busy schedule at LMU as a mechanical engineering ma-jor and licensed pilot to skate around campus with friends, including his Del Rey North floormate Bryce Currey, a freshman civil engineering ma-jor from Sunnyvale, Calif.

“We’re both engineering ma-jors, so we’re always up ‘til the wee hours, you know,” Currey said. “To relieve stress, we al-ways go on skates together and we just talk about stuff. Through that, I’ve learned that he’s, like, the most genuine, solid human being ever.”

Every summer, Carson and his family fly around the coun-try for three weeks in their own airplane, making a stop in Oshkosh, Wis. for the Experi-mental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Convention. At this community gathering, over 500,000 aviation enthu-siasts gather at Wittman Re-gional Airport in Wisconsin to celebrate the aviation culture around the world. This year, the Szarek family participated in a 140 airplane formation, the largest air show ever.

“We fly in and you just camp out next to your airplane, so it’s like one big family that we have,” Carson said. “It’s super sweet. I love it.”

Outside of the athletic ar-eas of Carson’s life, he said he enjoys playing guitar and ukulele and hanging out with friends at the beach. Currey

believes that one of Carson’s most unique characteristics is his genuine friendliness with everyone.

“Even when he’s telling you to shut up, he’ll say it in a way that’s nice,” Currey said. “He’s one of those people you meet and you’re like, ‘I want to be friends with him’ because you want to be like them.”

Carson said he hopes to get

his master’s degree in mechan-ical engineering and possibly work as an engineer and de-signer at an aeronautical com-pany. Although he loves flying, Carson sees it as a recreational activity with his family rather than a career.

“He lives his life to its full-est every day,” Cyndi said. “Not many people can say that, but he’s done it his whole life.”

Ferretti, who is out for the re-mainder of the season with a shoulder injury. The team was aware of the injury coming into the season, but did not antici-pate its severity.

Also on the injured list, spe-cifically with concussions, are starters junior two-meter John Mikuzis and sophomore attack-er Matt Stipanovich, who did not suit up against the Trojans. It is unclear when both will be cleared to return to game action, but Mikuzis is optimistic for his return.

“I want to get back in there,” said Mikuzis. “It kills me to watch my teammates go to bat-tle and me not being a part of it.”

Despite not having three starters for the biggest game on their schedule, the Lions led 1-0 after the first quarter and only trailed 5-1 at halftime.

“The first 12 minutes of the game was the best water polo we have played all season,” said Loughran. “We just couldn’t sus-tain it for four quarters.”

The Lions’ six goals was above the USC average of 4.6 goals per game.

“Although we didn’t win, and that’s obviously our number one goal, we have to be proud by the fight we put up,” Loughran said. “This same USC team beat the

number two team in the nation, UC Santa Barbara, by a score of 14-5.”

Redshirt freshman attacker Seth Coldren and true fresh-man attacker Emanuel Di Sta-sio played big minutes for the Lions on Sunday because of the injuries.

“We only had three subs on the bench for [Saturday’s] game,” said Loughran. “We were just too beaten up.”

Redshirt senior Jon Colton started Saturday’s matchup, but was battling flu-like symptoms throughout and after the game.

“We didn’t quit the entire game,” said senior goalie Kyle Testman, who had 11 saves on the day despite allowing 13 goals. “We can take this work ethic, despite our many injuries, and carry it out for the rest of the season.”

The Lions will next face No. 10 Long Beach State, whom the Lions beat 13-10 in the final game of the SoCal Tournament. The Lions lost their first meet-ing with the 49ers, however, in the final game of the NorCal Invitational. This rubber game, although meaningful, will not determine the Lions’ postseason fate.

Today’s game is a non-confer-ence matchup between the Lions and 49ers, with the only real im-plication determining who is No.

9 and No. 10 after the shakeout. The Lions’ true test comes in the four games after today’s non-conference showdown with Long Beach State.

The Lions start their confer-ence streak with rival UC San Diego at Burns Aquatic Center on Saturday, Oct. 20, and then will play back-to-back games in Northern California against UC Davis on Oct. 26 and Santa Clara University, who the Lions already beat, on Oct. 27.

UC Davis was the team that knocked LMU out of the confer-ence championships last season, ending the streak for consecu-tive conference championships games played.

The Lions wrap up their reg-ular season conference games on Saturday, Nov. 3 at home against Air Force Academy. If the Lions win out in their con-ference games, they will be the first seed in the conference tour-nament, hosted by Whittier Col-lege, and will have a direct path to the NCAA semifinals hosted by USC – if they win the confer-ence tournament.

“It was good to see USC, be-cause there is a chance we could meet up with them again in the

NCAA Championships,” said Di Stasio. “Next time, we will be ready.”

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Redshirt freshman Seth Coldren (above) was one of three subs off the bench for the Lions against the No. 1 USC Trojans on Oct. 13.

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Along with volleyball and cross country, Szarek also played soccer competitive-ly in high school. He played the sport from about age six until his senior year.

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Carson Szarek (left) played volleyball for the men’s varsity team at Morrow Bay High School in Morrow Bay, Calif. His team went undefeated his senior year.

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Lion SportS

Picture this.A business corporation has just con-

cluded a record-breaking $3.3 billion year with a surprising emergence in a large media market. This corporation has lots of options to consider going into the next fiscal

year, or “season,” if you will. Maybe they should expand their marketing considering the growth on interest in them?

Or maybe they should stop production.

From a business standpoint, this makes no sense. The National Hockey League (NHL), however, thinks other-wise.

The NHL is currently stalled in the middle of its third lockout in 18 years, and people are

The NHL owners have employed a famed media consultant to guide them through the lockout.

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NHL players locked out, rhetoric in

Cruz ControlBy Cruz QuinonezAsst. Sports Editor

Chris Szarek

Carson Szarek (above) flies his famiy’s Beechcraft Baron plane this past summer in early August. Szarek has been flying planes since he was about nine or 10 years old and received his pilot’s license this summer in the short span of only 19 days.

Flight of the freshman

During the summer, many students take advantage of the three-month freedom from school to travel, often flying to various parts of the country or even the world. But how many stu-dents can say that they personally fly to their vacation destinations? Fresh-man Carson Szarek can.

The mechanical engineering major from Los Osos, Calif. has been flying since he was young and finally got his pilot’s license in the short span of only 19 days.

Szarek’s ability to fly planes is only a small part of his wildly diverse ath-letic life. He also surfs, skis, skate-boards, rock climbs, bikes, golfs, skeet shoots, hikes and backpacks. He plans to join the ski team at LMU, partici-pates in the surf club and is interest-

ed in joining the men’s club volleyball team.

Starting at a young age, Carson was an active kid participating in many sports. His family has a rock climbing wall in their house and goes skiing to-gether every winter.

“Carson learned to ride a two wheel-er bike at the age of three,” Chris Sza-rek, Carson’s father, said. “He was al-ways pedal to the metal in everything he did.”

In high school, he participated com-petitively in volleyball, soccer, cross country and track. He has been flying planes since he was nine or 10 years old.

“I just think of it like driving be-cause I’ve done it for so long,” Carson said.

His father became interested in avi-ation as a result of a trip from New York to California as a high school senior and learned to fly in college. His mother, Cyndi Beaudett Szarek, became fascinated in aircraft through her father, who enjoyed spending time at airports near her home growing up. Even though Carson was exposed to aviation through his family, he quick-ly developed an inherent passion for

it.“I was concerned that he was just

going through the motions to please his dad, but I quickly saw the fire burning within him to do this,” Chris said. “This was never more evident to me than him getting his pilot’s license in 19 days.”

Together, Chris and Cyndi quit their Silicon Valley jobs when Car-son was in kindergarten and started a company which produces aircraft manufacturing parts (such as steering wheels and nose gears) called Cygnet Aerospace Corporation. In 1992, the Szarek family decided to invest in their own airplane, a Beechcraft Bar-on, and began traveling around the country each summer in their private plane.

“Ever since then, I’ve been flying,” Szarek said. “My dad stuck me in the right seat as co-pilot, and I would pick up on it.”

This summer, Carson only had a 19-day window in which he could get his pilot’s license because of his busy schedule, but he was determined to earn it in the short amount of time. In

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After the short-handed Lions’ seven-goal, 13-6 loss to No. 1 University of Southern Cali-fornia (USC) on Saturday afternoon, the team anticipates its remaining challenges: not only going up against the teams remaining on the schedule, but also competing for a national championship with multiple players out due to injuries.

The biggest loss is sophomore attacker Joe

Injuries define rest of seasonDespite having three starters on the bench for the USC loss, the Lions look to end atop the conference.By Dan RaffetyAsst. Managing Editor

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Freshman Carson Szarek lives an active life, including a passion for flying planes.By Sam BorsosSports Intern

WOMEN’S SOCCER UPDATELMU vs. St. Mary’s

WOMEN’S SOCCER WCC STATSVS.LMU OPPONENTS

Average goals per game

Average shots taken per game

1 1.3315 11.33

LMU has been shut out twice in WCC play (2/3 times)

LMU tied for 5th out of 9 teams

ALL STATS OVER 3 GAMES IN WCC PLAY

The LMU women’s soccer team bounced back from two shutout losses this Sunday with a close 3-2 win over the visiting St. Mary’s College Gaels.

Heading into the game, the Lions were coming off two close losses against West Coast Conference (WCC) teams. They first went up against the University of San Di-ego on Oct. 7, and then Santa Clara Uni-versity on Oct. 12, walking away from both games with 1-0 losses. After coming so close to victory and falling short, the Lions were finally able to put it together against the Gaels.

The Lions opened up with an early score at the 11-minute mark by sophomore midfielder Emily Maletis as she knocked in the ball from in front of the net. The Gaels, however, soon responded at the 13-minute mark with a goal of their own

from 20 yards out.The Lions took back the lead near the

37-minute mark, with a goal by freshman midfielder Jocelyn Blankenship. The Li-ons headed into halftime with a 2-1 lead and extended the lead in the 50th minute with a successful shot by freshman de-fender Cassidy Nicks.

St. Mary’s made a late push with four minutes left in the game, scoring a goal to make it 3-2. After an intense last couple of minutes, the Gaels failed to score again, and the Lions pulled out their first WCC win.

The Lions’ next game is against WCC ri-val Pepperdine in Malibu on Friday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m.

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