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ESTABLISHED 1921 April 4, 2011 Volume 89, Issue 39
Loyola Marymount University
LMU mourns loss of student Student and war veteran Clay Hunt died last Thursday in Houston, Texas.
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Kappa Sigma addresses USC incident NEWS ANALYSIS
Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers discuss USC e-mail which refers to women as ‘targets.’
By Tierney Finster Asst. A&E Editor
By Michael Goldsholl
Clay Hunt, a sophomore physical and occupational therapy major currently on a leave of absence, died on March 31 in Houston, Texas. He was 28 years old. According to David Ramirez, a natural science professor who taught Hunt at LMU, Hunt began his leave of absence in the spring of 2010. As an accomplished Marine, Hunt’s death provoked responses from the military community. Following his death, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) blog published a statement about the unfortunate loss of one of its spokesmen. The blog post states that Hunt took his own life. An open letter from Marine Jake Wood on Hunt’s service project Team Rubicon’s Loyolan Archives website elaborated Clay Hunt on Hunt’s death. Wood wrote that the difficulties of returning to civilian life post-war took a toll on Hunt. “Clay battled the demons of depression; our shared experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan only served to exacerbate those burdens,” Wood wrote. According to the Houston Chronicle, Hunt always found satisfaction in the mutual responsibilities and successes of being part of a team. A solid athlete, Hunt’s greatest passion was football, motivating him to play for his Stratford High School team. After high school, Hunt received an associate degree from Blinn College in College Station, Texas and then began his career at LMU. However, he quickly decided to postpone his career at LMU in order to join the United States Marine Corps.
62% of LMU’s tenured professors
are
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MEN.
We call the workplace gender-neutral but in fact it’s masculine. Workplaces assume you don’t have a family or if you do, somebody else is taking care of it, so we see women having to keep the home fires burning in addition to holding whatever job they want to have.
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- Dr. Nancy Jabbra professor & chair of the women’s studies department
For the full story, turn to “1.6 times more men than women are tenured” on page 4.
Asst. Managing Editor | Sports Editor
Parties, philanthropy and brotherhood. At any university, Greek life is going to draw diverse connotations – sometimes good and in other cases bad. And with an affiliation that contains a large national population, such as a fraternity, it’s not out of the realm of possibility for one member ’s actions to negatively reflect upon the entire group. Recently, a controversial e-mail, originating at the University of Southern California’s (USC) chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, has gained national coverage. The e-mail itself is written in a “Tucker Max” style, which – if you are not familiar with him – is one man’s (Tucker Max) niche style of writing that graphically depicts his experiences fornicating with women. However, this e-mail took that style to the most extreme extent, by not only demeaning female students, but also by including a ranking system for women that, according to the e-mail, “takes nothing else into account but pure physical beauty.” To add to the fraternity’s troubles, another member of USC’s Kappa Sigma chapter was the center of negative attention, as pictures of him having sex on a rooftop of a USC building surfaced on March 26. While the actions of the author of this e-mail have certainly created a considerable amount of controversy for the Kappa Sigma chapter at USC, its status as a national issue has affected chapters nationwide,
Information provided by the 2010-11 University Bulletin; Graphic by: Dol-Anne Asiru | Loyolan
See Hunt | page 5
See Kappa Sigma | page 3
Na Kolea brings island culture to the mainland NEWS FEATURE LMU’s Hawai`i club continues to build community among native islanders. By Margo Jasukaitis Asst. News Editor
Members are “preservers and ambassadors of the Aloha spirit,” according to their website. The 80 members of LMU’s Hawai`i club, Na Kolea, are brought together by a common interest in the culture and history of the Hawaiian Islands, according to club president and senior Traci-Lynn Hirai. This past Saturday, the club hosted
its 37th annual lu`au. Students, family and friends of Na Kolea members gathered in Lawton Plaza to enjoy traditional Hawaiian food and dancing. “[The lu`au] is by far our biggest event of the year,” said Hirai. In addition to putting on the annual lu`au, the members of Na Kolea put on a variety of events geared towards making freshmen feel welcome and at home at LMU. “When I got [to LMU], I was surprised to see how big of a presence students from Hawaii had on campus,” said senior biology major Derek Hondo, Na Kolea’s vice president. Sophomore natural science major Veronica Glen said she sees the value
See Na Kolea | page 4
Holli Knight | Loyolan
Hawaiian musical group Natural Vibrations performed at Saturday night’s lu`au.
Fruits and veggie tales
Index
Tierney Finster reviews
Opinion.............................6
Jamba Juice’s newest
A&E.................................10
smoothies.
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A&E, page 10
Sports.................................16 Visit laloyolan.com: Breaking News, Sports, Updates and Multimedia The next issue of the Loyolan will be printed on April 7, 2011.
STEP OUTSIDE THE
Andres Martinez explains why nice guys deserve a
FRIEND
chance.
ZONE
Opinion, page 9