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Arrests made at off-campus party Three students arrested and many others cited at a student party.

By Tierney Finster News Editor

be conducive to crimes of this nature.

“There were lots of students in the neighborhood going to and from locations on the night of the robbery, lots of parties.

There is speculation that some people took advantage of that situation,” he said.

Director of Off Campus Student Life Anthony Garrison-Engbrecht noted that with students traveling between their off-campus homes and the LMU campus so often, those areas become typical for criminal activity.

“With so many students moving into the neighborhood at the beginning of each year, it is understandable that crime between the houses and the LMU campus may occur,” he

Approximately 32 students were issued citations and three students were arrested at a party in Westchester over Labor Day weekend. According to the Department of Public Safety (DPS), this party was one of nine that were reported to DPS over the long weekend.

According to DPS’s report, over 200 people were at the party on W. 79th Street where the arrests were made. The report claims that the residents refused to allow LAPD officers into the house and subsequently three alleged residents locked themselves in a bedroom.

Of these three students, two were arrested for disturbing the peace and one for public intoxication. The students were transported to the LAPD Pacific Division and booked with charges.

“The victims were arrested for misdemeanor charges. At this point, the charges have not been dropped, and there is an ongoing discussion with the city attorney’s office. The charges may be dropped, but different charges might also be considered,” said LAPD Captain Gary Walters.

According to Walters, the three students arrested are also part of a group of approximately 35 students who were cited with misdemeanor charges at the party. The other 32 students were given citations and then released at the scene.

As for the penalties the cited students face, Walters said that there are many possible outcomes.

“Misdemeanor citations range a bit in scope.

Being cited for a misdemeanor means that someone can face a fine, have to complete community service or serve a maximum of a year in county jail,” Walters said.

Although time in jail is a possibility, Walters said that issuing fines and community service requirements are much more common practices in cases like this.

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See Arrests | page 2

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Delta Gamma’s annual philanthropy event raises over $13,000

Students at Delta Gamma’s “Anchor Splash” were asked to“Dive in,Do Good.” Delta Gamma members choreographed aquatic dance routines to popular songs which were then performed by members of various student organizations.Proceeds will go to the Blind Children’s Center in Los Angeles.

Safety concerns grow after robbery NEWS ANALYSIS

Off Campus Student Life and Public Safety offer their takes on the robbery and student safety.

By Tierney Finster News Editor

Off-campus safety has become a growing concern after three students were robbed at 80th Street and Holy Cross Place on Thursday, Sept. 2. This incident, in addition to other home-security scares in the Westchester neighborhood over the last week, has left the

University abuzz with talk of what students can do to remain safe. These events have also caused some students to question whether LMU’s Westchester neighborhood is really as safe as some students believe.

According to Chief of Public Safety Hampton Cantrell, the robbery is not a sign of a new trend of theft in the LMU community.

“We’ve just had our first street robbery of LMU students [this semester]. We have had years where we’ve had more than that around the fall. But so far, we’ve only had the one. We don’t see it as a trend of any sort,” Cantrell said.

Cantrell cited the activity of the neighborhood on the night of the incident to

Bike sale to fund projects De Colores’ annual bike sale aims to raise money for more trips and a new chapel.

By Liz Peters News Intern

Any LMU student that wants to purchase a bike can do so this Thursday at the De Colores Bike Sale. The bike sale is the De Colores program’s biggest fundraiser of the year and will take place on Thursday, Sept. 15 during Convo.

Sponsored by the Department of Public Safety and Campus Ministry, unclaimed bikes from around campus are collected and sold at a private auction, and all proceeds go

towards the De Colores projects in Tijuana and the Build A Miracle foundation.

The De Colores projects are coordinated

by Campus Ministry, in which a group of students work to build structures with their El Florido community partners.

This year, De Colores will be engaging in one of their biggest special projects. With the help of the El Florido community partners and community members from Los Laureles, they will be working to build a new chapel.

“We know it will be a very hard and long workday, but we are excited to be partnering with our community friends in Tijuana on projects that they, as a community, deem as important to the well-being of their community,” said Marty Roers, Campus Ministry’s Minister for Social Justice.

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Two local bands take the stage Asst. A&E Editor Luisa Barron sits down for a Q&A with Major Large.

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Aerial dancers dangled in the air at Gersten Pavilion on Friday night during After Sunset. For more pictures from the event, see page 2.

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The next issue of the Loyolan will be printed on September 15, 2011.

Shutout streak continues The women’s soccer team picked up two shutout wins over the weekend improving its record to 6-1-1.

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ASLMU’s After Sunset transforms Gersten

According to ASLMU, After Sunset attracted a crowd of over 3,000 students to Gersten Pavilion riday night.

Aerial dancers, airbrush tattoos, a “Polite in Public” photobooth and a student DJ all added to the party.

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Students asked to ‘be responsible’ Arrests from page 1

Bike Sale from page 1 The bike sale generally brings in around $2,000 to help cover the costs of these projects. Through the De Colores projects, two community centers, several soccer fields and over 100 community homes have been built.

“This upcoming trip will be my 20th trip,” said senior biology major Natalie Ferrerosa. “I keep coming back because it’s mentally and spiritually recharging.”

“Through the events of the weekend, which include dinner with the residents of Casa del Migrante, soccer with the children and an afternoon at a local orphanage, students like myself have the opportunity to make personal connections with parents and children alike, allowing them to literally put faces to the issues we are encountering in today’s world,” said junior political science major Semhar Dory.

In addition to helping continue these projects, funds from the bike sale also go to the Build A Miracle foundation. The De Colores program works in close partnership with Build A Miracle on housing projects for local community members.

Founded in 2001 by LMU alumni Julianne and Chris North, the Build A Miracle foundation is a nonprofit corporation and 501(c)3 charity that works to build safe homes and create access to education for the Mexican families that have befriended the LMU community over the years.

Since the economic downturn, Build A Miracle has been struggling to raise its necessary funds so the

bike sale comes at an important time to help raise this money.

“The bike sale is the only real fundraiser we ever have which, thanks to Public Safety’s generosity, keeps our program thriving,” said junior business major Amaan Kerawala.

To place a bid for a bike and help support De Colores, go to Convo on Thursday at 12:10 p.m. Bids start at $10.

For more information call Campus Ministry’s Justice Office at extension 85390 or email mroers@ lmu.edu.

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Walters also emphasized that cooperation is important in situations like this.

“It doesn’t help to not be cooperative. In a situation like a party, we understand that students are afraid of getting into trouble. For the police, it is really about public safety. Officers are attempting to improve the situation by removing danger, not cause students to run and hide.

When we ask [students] to come outside, not cooperating with us makes our job more difficult and causes a different response on our part,” Walters explained.

This “different response” seems to be what left one student irritated by how the LAPD handled the situation. A junior, who wished to remain anonymous due to pending legal action and lives at the house where the party was held, claims the police broke down their front door and failed to read anyone their rights or issue breathalyzer tests before claiming intoxication on the night of the party.

“Loyola doesn’t want to be a party school, and the houses are in a residential neighborhood.

I understand that. But when certain officers abuse their power by citing first-time offenders, that’s also a problem. This is a sensitive situation, and it will be handled by the law,” elaborated the student.

Chief of Public Safety Hampton Cantrell acknowledged that a certain number of complaints about off-campus parties are to be expected.

“We aren’t happy when we get complaints, but there is an

assumed number that’s going to come in,” he said.

Director of Off Campus Student Life Anthony Garrison-Engbrecht echoed the idea that student parties are bound to happen.

“Party smart and be responsible not just for yourselves, but also for other people. Just understand that when 40 people are in a backyard, sound is going to travel. It’s not to say that students shouldn’t party, that’s not an issue. It’s to do it in a more respectful and responsible way,” he explained.

“If a student chooses to live off campus but local to LMU, there are chances that long-time owners, the elderly and people with young children live in their neighborhoods. Part of being a good student is being a good neighbor, and these people have to be respected. If a student chooses to throw a party, they must be mindful of their neighbors. All we ask is that students have a little bit of restraint with how loud their gatherings are,” echoed Walters.

Walters continued to affirm that the police break up parties to maintain safety, not to punish students.

“Anyone underage and intoxicated is a public safety issue.

We want them to sober up so that they don’t get hurt, that they don’t become a victim in another way. So there are solid reasons why these rules exist and why we have to make sure that everybody stays safe. There could be far worse consequences if we don’t,” Walters said.

The charges against the students will be discussed at a city attorney hearing in the coming weeks.

Annual bike sale helps fund monthly De Colores projects

Thursday Sept. 15 at Convo Benefits De Colores & Build A Miracle Greg Smith | Loyolan

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Relaxed attitude toward security puts students at risk Safety from page 1 said.

Garrison-Engbrecht referred to the robbing of students as an “easily and readily accessible crime� because of the high number of student pedestrians in the area, many of whom carry expensive cell phones and MP3 players. “Always be cognizant of your own safety and operate with a heightened sense of security while off campus,� GarrisonEngbrecht suggested. He also advised students to try to leave valuable items at home whenever possible and to conceal them while walking alone or in small groups.

Students must also be mindful of the safety of their homes. In the last week there have been rumors of attempted burglaries in the neighborhood, and a home of five LMU students experienced an intruder in their backyard.

While Loyolan copy editor, Hailey Hannan, a senior English and secondary education major, and her roommates were home one night last week, an unidentified male was found surveying their backyard. When confronted the man claimed to be searching for his lost dog and ended up running away from the scene. “When that man was in the backyard, it was clear that there wasn’t a ‘lost dog.’ It showed [us] how vulnerable we are to something like that happening. We got lucky that we were home, and it wasn’t more dangerous,� Hannan said.

Although isolated, these occurrences depict how easily robbery and theft can occur.

Despite how historically safe the Westchester community may be, DPS emphasized that students should not stop actively protecting themselves against criminal threats.

Garrison-Engbrecht pointed out a few changes off-campus students can make to ensure the safety of their homes. It is vital that all doors remain locked and windows shut when students are not home. “I know that many students don’t lock their doors because there tends to always be

someone home, but that is not a foolproof way to keep your valuables protected,� he said. “And even when it’s hot like it’s been, windows should always be closed if people aren’t home,�

Garrison-Engbrecht continued. “Students have a lot of valuable items in their houses, and habits like leaving windows open can jeopardize their homes’ safety.�

Senior business major Patrick Hubregsen explained his approach to protecting his off-campus home. “We feel safe in the neighborhood. We lock our doors when we leave but we don’t think about it much more than that,� Hubregsen said.

The relaxed approach to home safety that many students may have may be a result of their attitudes toward their

temporary homes. According to OCSS, college-friendly houses are often not in the best conditions and experience a relatively high tenant turnover rate, which can leave students with the impression that nobody would want to commit a robbery. “Our house is really old and tattered, so we aren’t the greatest in terms of security.

We are usually good about keeping the front door locked, but if someone wanted to get in they easily could,� said Hannan.

According to Cantrell, “The statistics for the Westchester area show that we are a very safe community and campus, especially compared to other campuses within our region like UCLA or USC. But still, students have to be vigilant about staying safe.�

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When walking off campus, always walk in well-lit places.

Never walk alone.

Avoid shortcuts.

If someone drops you off at home, ask the driver to wait until you are safely inside before leaving.

Stay alert and be aware of everything and everyone in the general vicinity.

Your neighbors have families and lives too, so try to keep the noise down.

If you have guests over, make sure to keep everyone inside once the sun goes down.

Look out for one another. The most important thing about being a Lion is looking out for your fellow Lions!

This information was obtained via Off Campus Student Life.

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Rule of Thumb

Board Editorials represent the voice of the Loyolan. They are written in collaboration by the Executive Editorial Board.

Laura Riparbelli Managing Editor

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The Loyolan’s Executive Editorial Board weighs in on current topics of discussion.

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P-Safe fails to update online crime log

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Still partying, still problematic

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lipping back through the Loyolan archives, it’s tough to find a school year where there hasn’t been some sort of conflict between LMU students, Westchester residents, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

This is probably because house parties are a quintessential part of the college experience, and the neighbors whose lives are disrupted by such parties are always going to lodge complaints.

Unfortunately for DPS and LAPD, it becomes their responsibility to assess and mediate the recurring, contentious situation between students who feel it is their right to party and the other Westchester residents who want to be able to sleep through the night.

In the actual situations that arise however, right and wrong becomes less obvious.

Last weekend for example, LAPD issued roughly 35 citations at a house party on W. 79th Street in Westchester. Among the charges were disturbing the peace and public intoxication; three of the 35 students who were issued citations were also arrested and taken into custody that night.

Some students felt as though LAPD overstepped its boundaries when officers allegedly broke down the front door of the house and allegedly

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failed to read anyone their rights or issue breathalyzer tests before claiming intoxication, as one student who lives at the house claimed [see “Arrests made at off-campus party” by Tierney Finster, News p.

1].

According to the DPS report of the incident, students failed to cooperate with police, which resulted in more aggressive action being taken to preserve public safety.

The solution to this problem is simple and has been repeatedly stated and reiterated by all of the organizations (DPS, LAPD and Off Campus Student Life) involved in the mediation efforts between students and Westchester residents: Students need to find a way to have fun while still respecting their neighbors’ interests and property. Being a college student does not exempt anyone from the law.

Ultimately, if students abide by the law, the police will not need to get involved.

Then, as Asst. Opinion editor Joe Demes suggests in “Safety: the right we should be guaranteed” [see Opinion, p. 4], LAPD “can deal with all of the more serious crime taking place in our area, and students can carry on without fear of unjust treatment.”

Despite the disclaimer on the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) page on www.lmu.edu, which states that DPS will update the Daily Crime Log on a daily basis, the department is not doing so. As of Sept. 11, 2011, the Daily Crime Log had only been updated through Sept. 5, 2011, leaving out six days’ worth of on-campus criminal activity. This not only denies students information regarding crimes that have occurred but also displays a disregard for the department’s own commitment to submitting updates.

Honoring 9/11 victims and heroes As TV programs flooded networks this past weekend with specials and documentaries, it became obvious that no one has forgotten the magnitude of the events of 9/11 and their aftermath. Although a decade has passed, the news coverage leading up to the anniversary, as well as the live-coverage broadcasted yesterday, is commendable and provides another outlet in which the victims can be honored.

Event focuses on going green In an effort to decrease the amount of students who use cars to arrive at walkable or bikeable destinations, ASLMU hosted “Bike LA,” on Saturday. The event took students on a bike ride through Westchester, stopping at Fisherman’s Village and ending at the Playa Vista Farmer’s Market. Events like these promote eco-friendly ways to navigate Los Angeles and help develop an environmentally-conscious community at LMU.

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Safety: the right we should be guaranteed

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ne aspect of LMU any student can appreciate is how relatively safe our campus is. It’s one of the things every parent asks tour guides about when their families are looking at prospective campuses. At the time, it’s kind of embarrassing for your mom to ask how many blue lights are on campus and exactly where on the map they are located. (I’m an only child, so my parents are extra protective.)

Don’t Quote Me I n retrospect,

By Joseph Demes a safe campus is ultimately one of Asst. Opinion Editor the unspoken attributes most of us are thankful for because of our parents’ pestering. This security, however, does not necessarily apply off campus, and sometimes students have had rough and unfair encounters with people whose job it is to uphold security.

Most of the time when the LAPD comes to break up a party, at least from what I’ve experienced, the scenario plays out like this: cops come, cops tell people to leave, everyone leaves, party continues elsewhere. Everyone wins. Sometimes, someone gets arrested, but a ticket is usually all they are given. It’s a buzzkill, but these things happen sometimes. I’m not complaining about the fact that cops do this, because it’s their job to enforce the law. And last Sunday, the LAPD fulfilled their duties by arresting several students and issuing citations at a house party. Disturbing the peace and public intoxication were among

the charges.

Now, I can understand why the students charged with disturbing the peace were taken into custody (although I do sympathize with them).

And yet, the punishment is the same for both scenarios. If a student chooses to drink and walk (rather than drive and endanger lives) to neighborhood houses (and remains respectful along the way), I don’t see why an example needs to be made with something as serious as an arrest.

But, according to LMU Crime Statistics from 2008-10

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Their actions might have inconvenienced the neighbors or kept the police from trying to do their jobs as efficiently and effectively as possible. However, some of the arrests for public intoxication that I’ve witnessed and heard about seem a little more debatable. In a lot of cases, the arrestee would have probably either walked to another party or turned around and headed back home, causing no trouble for anyone.

from Public Safety, apparently an example is needed: student drinking is the most concerning and punishable activity. In 2008, there were only four arrests or referrals for alcohol violations on campus. In 2010, there were 51. Remember, these are just on-campus arrests. I’m certain the number of off-campus arrests would be staggering in comparison, but does it really need to be?

It seems to me that there are

more pressing matters of student and neighborhood security. Take, for example, the mugging that occurred Friday, Sept. 2 on 80th Street and Holy Cross Place. While such events have happened before, what is so incredible is the fact that this happened only a block away from campus. It’s shocking, but that’s not to say that this occurred due to negligence by Public Safety or the LAPD because there is only so much they can do to prevent and rectify these kinds of acts. Most would argue, however, that the Sept. 2 mugging would take precedence over breaking up a party, any day.

Alcohol consumption has and will continue to be part of the college experience, whether you participate or choose to abstain. Underage drinking is far from the worst offense a college student can commit, yet it is the most punished.

In the same vein, however, students must respect their surroundings and neighbors if they ultimately expect respect from the authorities who protect them.

The bottom line is this: If students can find a way to have fun while respecting their surroundings, the LAPD should not intervene. That way, they can deal with all of the more serious crime taking place in our area, and students can carry on without fear of unjust treatment.

This is the opinion of Joseph Demes, a junior English and philosophy double major from Clayton, Calif. Please send comments to jdemes@theloyolan.com.

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Painting an appropriate public picture

f there’s one thing I’m really sick of hearing, it’s the cautionary caveat, “Be careful what you put up on the internet.”

In a world where sex tapes, accidental Twitter posts and party photos end careers, marriages and social lives, I don’t mean to suggest that the phrase is completely out of line. Social media has suddenly allowed its users to construct a visual, public narrative for O’Keefe’s O’Pinion themselves, and by means should

By Kenzie O’Keefe no we take lightly the Editor in Chief fact that by putting ourselves on display we’re also simultaneously subjecting ourselves to judgment because of it.

What bothers me about the phrase though, is its ambiguity. What exactly does “be careful” mean when it is offered up as advice at career seminars, in the classroom, by the media and by our peers?

I’m a practical person, and when given advice, I seek concrete ways of applying it.

When given this particular suggestion, I struggle to identify a clear course of action. There are so many nuances in the application of caution. Should I “untag” photos? Should I avoid tweeting about certain topics? In essence, where shouldn’t I leave my marks and just how deeply do I etch my name into the forever that has become the Internet?

I think of social existence on a spectrum. Completely illegal activ-

ity is on one side and completely socially acceptable behavior is on the other. It’s easy to know how to represent the things at each end on the Internet. Not everyone needs to see pictures of the time I went streaking through Westchester (just kidding), but I doubt anyone would have a problem with my Twitter anecdote about my new kitten (or in my case, the feral cat that I’ve been trying to domesticate for a solid eight months.

Just a note on progress: I’ve coaxed it into my lap).

It’s the stuff in the middle, the things I do that are socially celebrated by some and socially looked down upon by others, that I struggle with in deciding how to represent in my virtual personality. For example, my boss who is vocally pro-life may think less of me for “liking” Planned Parenthood on Facebook. Do I do it anyways because I’m in favor of some of the services it offers people with nowhere else to turn? My profession of loyalty to Planned Parenthood is an indirect but nonetheless existent act against the person who is morally opposed to the organization.

Life on the internet is inevitably full of decisions like these.

Nothing is truly anonymous or private.

True privacy is a rapidly fading concept. On the Internet, we trade privacy for information and global citizenship. We can put our Facebook “friends” on limited profile and we can make our Flickrs viewable only to a select few, but ultimately we can’t know for certain what could be dug up about us by someone with a vested interest in doing so.

Honestly, maybe the Internet is

“Honestly, maybe the Internet is doing us all a public service by making us all more visible to each other.”

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doing us all a public service by making us all more visible to each other.

For example, that amazing guy I met the other night? I looked him up when I got home, and his Twitter name was lAdieZluvME. Now I know not to return that text.

The only thing I know for certain is that the way humans interact with each other is sure to continue evolving. It’s my hope that our realistic expectations of each other will soon catch up to the way we interact with one another.

In person with our bosses, parents, peers and neighbors, we acknowledge

the fact that people drink alcohol, differ in political affiliation and have diverse sexual practices. Why then are we so opposed to acknowledging these things on the Internet if we continue to behave respectfully when we interact with one another in person?

The perplexing part to me is that we’re obsessed with knowledge about one another but then we penalize each other for too much of it. Where’s the sense in that?

This is the opinion of Kenzie O’Keefe, a senior English major from St.Paul, Minn. Please send comments to kokeefe@theloyolan.com.

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Live life not by measurements

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e r h a p s the oldest question, following the query of whether the chicken or the egg came first, is the great debate over whether the glass is half empty or half full. The chicken versus egg argument is an indication of an individual’s personal convictions. In the same way, the “discourse of half” is a seemingly pointless observation.

Ultimately, it will indicate whether or not someone is a pessimist or an optimist

By Erica Lopez and from which, the Contributor judgments can ensue accordingly. A person cannot identify with one or the other without branding themselves permanently as being positive or negative, happy or sad, and so on. But

which is the better way to be?

Because most people associate optimism with good spirits and pessimism with anger, the resolution over which to be seems obvious. I would argue a person’s optimism has more to do with their comfort in absolutely rejecting the potential of opposition and those who are pessimistic are so for the sake of being prudent and realistic. Still, it is the unanimous opinion given the attention paid to the issue (made even worse by this article) that this “life-changing” decision be as meaningful (and overall, as useless) as the chicken and the egg.

Is it better to be ignorantly optimistic or cautiously pessimistic?

Someone cannot be solely one or the other. There are some circumstances in which it is better to be optimistic. For example, when the argument is over a glass half full of wine (preceding it were

many full glasses of wine), it would be much more enjoyable if one’s mindset was not of the unavoidable hangover that is Sunday morning. Rather, the vino would go down much smoother if one is under the ignorant impression, “Well I heard that wine is good for your heart.”

During finals week, it is always better to be ignorantly optimistic. No one goes to the library willingly and cautiously prepared to be there when the sun rises.

Even if this is the case, it is always nicer to think that you will only be there for one more hour.

Likewise, there are times where the pessimistic persuasion is more suitable in a situation. When feeling confident that no one will catch you playing beer pong on the bed frame in your dorm room, think again. If you drink and drive into a Public Safety emergency

stop, you should consider it a negative and not approach the predicament as, “Well, there are plenty more on campus.” And finally, while getting to class on time is a positive, justifying the violation of the Dismount Zone as the means to this end would be less than ideal for anyone. Cautiously pessimistic is undoubtedly the better option in this circumstance because there is no humiliation greater than being reprimanded in the Dismount Zone. No amount of positivity is worth it.

The argument over half full versus half empty has less to do with personality and more to do with fact. The fact is that despite one’s positivity or lack thereof, half is simply a measurement.

This is not a definition of character, but instead a choice to take a stand one way or the other for the sake of having an opinion. Whether or not that opinion is optimistic or pessimistic, the result will be an experience nonetheless and that is what is important. Despite all cautionary purposes, everyone is likely to fall short of perfection a couple of times.

But isn’t that when the best college memories are born? You may be cringing at that less-than-flattering picture of yourself on Facebook now, but does that really taint the positive, celebratory memory of the night on which it was taken? While I have shared my pearls of precious wisdom and presented each case to the best of my abilities, the decision is each person’s to make. (Though I’d strongly advise against ever feeling optimistic that you will get a parking spot in Drollinger.) That being said, it is time to make this year full.

Graphic by Kaitlin Dela Cruz | Loyolan This is the opinion of Erica Lopez, a junior communication studies major and English minor from Orange County, Calif. Please send comments to ktran@theloyolan.com.

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he Laband Art Gallery’s ART100 series will showcase three exhibitions to celebrate LMU’s centennial year. To kick it off, the gallery has opened with the LMU Alumni Artists Exhibition of 45 artists from a span of five decades. The eclectic genre of artwork includes sculptures, installations, paintings, photography, ceramics, jewelry, videos and graphic designs.

Staying true to the University spirit of the exhibition and the centennial year, the exhibition jurors are all closely affiliated with LMU. Kaileena Flores-Emnace, a 2008 alumna who majored in art education, Carolyn Peter, director and curator of the Laband Art Gallery and Damon Willick, assistant professor of modern and contemporary art history, spent time carefully selecting the strongest pieces that best represented the College of Communication and Fine Arts.

In preparation for the gallery, Arden Sherman, Laband’s Gallery Manager, worked closely with L.A.based professional graphic designer Sean DeYoe, who has done work for the Hammer Museum, the Walker Museum, small galleries and publications. Their goal was to make the show more vibrant and eye-catching to the student audience for the centennial year.

Three designs are laid out and each exhibition will have its own distinct color and symbol. Sherman explains that upon entering, the audience will see all three title walls for the ART100 exhibition series (alumni, faculty and student exhibitions), which are stacked on top of each other with the current show’s title wall on top. This was done to “emphasize the seriality of the ART100 series and spotlight the

Grace Swanson

“Apples and Mayan Print,” a watercolor by 1996 alumna Grace Swanson, is one of the pieces currently showcased in the Laband Art Gallery’s ART100, the gallery’s first exhibit of LMU’s centennial year. current exhibition.”

“Laband is a professional gallery,” Sherman said. “It’s a good way for students to get good insight into what LMU graduates are doing.

These works were made in the past three years, so the graduates’ works are ongoing. It’s a top-tier, sophisticated exhibition. It’s an art education and exposure students can receive for free on campus.”

One of the alumni featured is Erik Benjamins, a 2008 alumnus who double majored in communication studies and studio arts. One of his pieces is a video that was specifically created in response to the alumni show. The video, called “Backwards and Forwards From Memory,” is a

recreation of a particular memory of Benjamins’ when he was a student here: While hanging out at The Lion’s Corner Café in U-Hall, he noticed the official LMU photographer walking backwards on the escalator while taking pictures. Although it was a humorous observation, Benjamins raised an interesting inquiry concerning the “political and ethical reality” of the photographer’s job to capture LMU in a certain light.

“The memory became an opportunity to explore the duty of the LMU photographer and to investigate his duty to create a visual language of the University,” Benjamins said.

“It’s a challenging thing to portray the University through still image.

The memory was a start to understand the present reality of the photographer’s job with the community of LMU and beyond.”

Benjamins’ other piece artwork is an interactive floor piece called “Tasting Station for Dubbel Zoute Drop.” It consists of a fold-out wooden table, audio, printed e-mail transcripts, photographs and Dutch black licorice. The station invites the audience to engage in the different mediums and to taste the salty candy. As a Dutchman, Benjamins explained that black licorice was part of his family tradition. Thus, he was interested in how the taste of the candy is associated with culture and the audience’s perception of it.

Other works in the exhibition include 1996 alumna Grace Swanson’s “Apples & Mayan,” a watercolor painting of a vibrantly colored and patterned Mayan blanket/fabric behind green apples, and 1998 alumna Christine Morla’s “Box Fish,” a 48” x 48” panel of paper and acrylic of the yellow, black-spotted pattern of a boxfish.

“The exhibition harks back to the past,” Sherman said. “It gives you a cursory view of what came out of this college. This is about celebrating the longevity of LMU.” The ART100 series will have two other exhibits this year, one displaying faculty work, the other art by current students.

The exhibition opened on Saturday and will continue through Nov. 18. The opening reception will take place on Sept. 24 from 3-5 p.m. during LMU’s annual Alumni Weekend. LMU dance alumni and students will perform at 2:30 p.m. in Burns Fine Art Center prior to the reception. Admission is free.

The Laband Art Gallery, located in the Burns Fine Art Center, is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

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Christine Moira, a 1998 alumna, created a piece patterned like the exterior of a boxfish by painting cut-out strips of magazine pages.

LMUsic to feature Major Large, L.A. Girlfriend Concert Preview

By Luisa Barron Asst. A&E Editor

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he pun-alicious LMUsic is kicking off the school year with Major Large and L.A. Girlfriend, both playing this Wednesday in The Living Room at 7 p.m.

Mane Entertainment’s Spotlight Events Manager and junior film production major Dan Fromhart describes LMUsic as “essentially a platform for [LMU] artists to come and perform, because starting out in L.A. is so tough, especially to get a show, so it’s just kind of a cool way to get students on campus interested in your music so that you bring that fan base to other venues. It’s kind of like a starting point.”

Major Large may sound familiar to students. They won Battle of the Bands last semester. As the winning band, they were due to get an opening slot for a bigger band that came to LMU, “but unfortunately they just could not get fit in,” Fromhart said.

So now they are headlining the first LMUsic event of the year, along with L.A. Girlfriend – also known as Sydney Banta, a senior fine arts major, who says her music “has been described as a mix of electro/ dance/pop with a bit of heartbreak.

The subject matter is a bit on the darker edge, but to balance that out, I like to make things danceable and somewhat energetic.”

Unlike L.A. Girlfriend, Major Large has been unable to clarify its genre of music. The band consists of five members: senior English major and guitarist/vocalist Carey Uhl, junior English and recording arts double major and guitarist/vocalist Cullan Shewfelt, senior USC student and bassist/vocalist Gianni Abbott, junior civil engineering ma-

jor and drummer Mike DeLuccia and junior recording arts major and violinist/contributing vocalist Claire Morison. The Loyolan’s Asst. A&E Editor Luisa Barron got to sit down for a Q&A with Uhl, DeLuccia and Morison.

Luisa Barron: What are you looking forward to about LMUsic?

Carey Uhl: It’ll be fun to be back in The Living Room because that’s kind of where it all got started, where we did our first shows, so it’ll be cool to return there after a lot of time has passed and we’re feeling much stronger as a band.

LB: Have you guys played other places around L.A.?

CU: We’ve played at a house party at USC. This upcoming Friday will be our second time playing at a venue on Venice Boulevard called Good Hurt. Some band members were away this summer … so we spent most of the summer actually recording songs instead of playing.

LB: What do you guys have coming up? Any new music or stuff like that?

Claire Morison: It’s coming! We’ve been working on it all summer, it should be coming out soon.

CU: It’s been a long time coming.

Hopefully five songs will surface in about a month. We also have a music video coming out.

CM: We shot it in Joshua Tree.

CU: Yeah, we’re in the editing process. We’ve got one more location that we’re filming this upcoming weekend. But the plan is to have new band artwork, the five-song EP and a music video all surface in about a month. It still feels so far away. We’ve been telling people “about a month” for months.

CM: We keep saying, a couple weeks, a couple weeks.

LB: Genres can be so overlapping and vague, but how would you categorize yourself for someone who’s never heard you before?

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Major Large, a band of five LMU students, will perform in The Living Room on Wednesday for LMUsic Showcase. Pictured above, Carey Uhl performs with the band at last semester’s Battle of the Bands.

Mike DeLuccia: Part progressive, part a little alternative rock. We try to add some experimental, some folk, some blues, some songs sound more like classic rock songs, some sound more modern progressive.

CU: It’s an accurate description, because we’ve got multiple songwriters in the band, and someone will usually bring an idea to the table, and then we’ll kind of flesh it out together. Since we all come from

different places, I think each song kind of has its own feel. The general answer is probably folk, blues, rock, which isn’t even that general.

CM: An awesome fusion.

MD: I don’t know, I can never figure out what we sound like.

LB: What is your favorite band at the moment?

CM: [The] new Wilco album.

CU: A lot of us really like Portugal. The Man, and we have been compared to them by people who’ve heard us. If I had to give an all-time – that’s such a hard question, but they’re a big band that’s definitely influenced me.

MD: I’m really into more live music, I listen to a lot of live albums, like Phish. I’ve seen them eighteen times. I really like them. I really like Incubus a lot, especially their drummer, who’s really crazy. The Mars Volta, we all like a lot.

CM: Radiohead, we all like a lot.

CU: Beatles, pretty undeniable.

LB: Do you guys find yourselves making music similar to the stuff you listen to, or do you find yourselves making something completely different?

MD: Totally different, I feel like we try everything almost, and our songs go through a wide range. I don’t know, I feel like we play stuff that I don’t listen to.

CM: It was hard for us to come up with a genre [because] we do play a wide variety of music, style-wise, so maybe I wouldn’t see myself playing the type of music that we would [eventually] create, but it ends up happening. I kind of feel like it’s not even a choice, it just happens.

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Fewer seniors make thesis films Program Update

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n the last year and a half, enrollment in Production 400 and Production 450, the senior thesis project, at the School of Film and Television (SFTV) has drastically decreased. More students are opting for Production 460, the alternative mentorship class in which film students can work with a mentor rather than shoot a final project, according to Charles Swanson, associate professor and chair of film production.

Currently, 11 students are enrolled in Production 400, in which students direct a short narrative film. In the fall of 2010, there were 18 students and 19 students during 2009, when the thesis project was made over the course of a year instead of a semester. Out of 65 film production seniors, 22 students are enrolled in Production 460, up from nine students in 2010 and seven students in 2009, according to Arlene Clendenin, assistant to Associate Dean of SFTV Mark Schwartz. Six students are enrolled in the Production 450 course this year, in which students direct a short documentary film. “I think the thing [students] are chiefly concerned about is the expense of doing a senior thesis film,� said Connor Leahy, a senior film production major enrolled in Production 400.

Production majors estimate that the price of making an intermediate production film junior year, averages at $5000 and ranges from $2000 to $10,000. These costs may have made students wary of investing in another large-scale project. “A lot of [the cost] has to do with the requirement to shoot the junior film on actual film, because that drives up that budget, and then when your first film experience ‌ has an unreasonably high budget, of course that’s going to scare you away,â€? he added. “Now that’s been a standing policy for years, so I don’t know what’s different about this

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Students pictured above work on the set of “Ninja Noir,� Connor Leahy’s junior film, last February. Fewer students are opting to make a senior thesis film because of the high costs. year. It might just be the economy.�

SFTV Dean Stephen Ujlaki said that he believed that the intermediate production film may be a critical factor for the decline. “We are going to make a big effort to limit both the expense and the duration of the junior films. ‌ We are seriously considering limiting the junior film to five minutes because ‌ people over-extend themselves in their junior year of film and then they’re depleted for senior year and that’s not the way it’s supposed to be,â€? he said.

Swanson also cited the economy as a likely factor for the shift in enrollment numbers. “Filmmaking can be an expensive pursuit. ‌ If our economy is doing poorly, what are you worried about when you graduate?

What is the thing on your mind? You want a job. So are you going to spend that time shooting a film, or are you going to spend that time getting connected to an internship [and] getting connected to the real world?�

he said.

Swanson also claimed that students may view the mentorship class as a networking opportunity or that there’s simply a lack of interest in directing. “Some students wake up to the fact that they aren’t interested in being a director.

Their goals are otherwise in terms of cinematography, editing, writing [etc]. And we really want our students to get that time – you’re at a liberal arts school, you should spend this time exploring,â€? Swanson said. “This is actually something which is positive because I think that in the past, students have not necessarily been thinking of what they will do when they graduate ‌ and part of our job is to help them identify what they think their strengths are. In reality, there are only so many people who will be pursuing careers as directors. Many more will be pursuing equally important and interesting aspects of filmmaking,â€? he said.

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W. Soccer from page 12 it off,� said Sanford.

It was Sanford’s team-leading third goal of the year. All three of her goals have been off of penalty kicks, with her first two coming in late August against the University of Texas and Long Island University. “It’s kind of second nature, soccer players have nightmares about [penalty kicks] or breakaways. ... It’s a little scary, but you just have to remember to get over the ball and hit it in,� said Sanford, when asked about what went through her head during the goal-scoring sequence.

LMU struggled throughout to maintain possession of the ball, especially in the second half. The Lions only took three shots in the second half and had one corner kick the entire match. “What part of the game do we have to do better? We have to sustain our possession for the course of the game. We’ve proven in every game we’ve played this year that we can keep the ball and knock it around, but we’ve got to work on being more consistent on that,� said Mallia.

Though the offense struggled on Friday against CSU Fullerton and in Sunday’s game against SMU, the Lions came out of the weekend with two wins. Mallia seemed upbeat and satisfied with his team’s

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Senior midfielder Brittney Sanford (pictured above in a game earlier this season) scored on Sunday to lead the Lions to their sixth victory. performance. “I give our team a lot of credit. We won two games 1-0. We got early goals and we were settled down early in the game and playing, and then some things happened afterwards

that got us away from playing.

But, we give them a lot of credit for hanging on,� said Mallia.

Next weekend the Lions will host the UCLA Bruins on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. at Sullivan Field.

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Waves oust Lions, 11-7, in PCH Cup matchup M. Polo from page 12

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Redshirt freshman attacker Mark Menis scored once for the Lions, who fell to conference rival Pepperdine, 11-7, on Sunday in the first PCH Cup matchup of the year. The loss was the Lions’ first of the season.

in the quarter making the lead 2-0.

Head Coach John Loughran immediately called a timeout and addressed his team. “We came out sloppy on offense, and we did not start the game playing good defense,” he said.

Loughran did admit that his team improved on the defensive side of the ball after the timeout.

“I was impressed by our defense,” said Loughran. “We drew 16 ejections today. We just could not put the ball in the back of the net.”

The Lions seemed to lack a concrete plan on offense when they were not in the one-man advantage.

“We did not come out with the energy or tempo we anticipated,” said Loughran. “We went down those two goals. It set the tone for the rest of the game, and we never put ourselves in a position to make a legitimate run and get back in the game.”

After the Lions went down early, they battled back in the second quarter, tying the Waves at two a piece with 3:10 left to go in the first half. The Lions seemed to have the momentum, and the game looked as if it was taking a turn toward the Lions’ favor.

But with 2:34 left in the first half, the Waves again took the lead on a 6-on-5, the first of a three-goal run to give Pepperdine some breathing room going into the second half.

“I let too many balls go in the cage,” said Wild.

The second half was an “anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better” act as virtually every time the Lions scored a goal to get back into the game, Pepperdine answered.

“You can’t win a game once you

get behind, and you trade goals.

We could never get ahead,” said Loughran.

The Waves went eight for 11 in power play opportunities. The Lions went four for 16.

“That was the game right there. They made goals in crucial situations, and we did not,” said Loughran. “If we play our powerplay goals correctly, there is no reason this is a four-goal loss.”

As the game came to a close, there was obvious disappointment from both the coaching staff and the players, as common consensus on the loss was the missed opportunities, particularly on the power play.

“At points, we did not follow our 6-on-5 system and, at other times, when we did follow our system, we missed open shots,” said Loughran.

Although a tough loss and their first blemish on the season, the Lions still have a perfect WWPA conference record and still acknowledge that winning conference is their top priority. The Waves did, however, get a leg up on the PCH Cup, a year long, head-to-head competition between the two rival schools.

The Lions will host another nonconference match on Saturday, Sept. 17 against the United States Naval Academy at Burns Recreation Aquatic Center at 1 p.m.

Loughran was adamant the Lions would put on a better showing at home in their next game: “We will have a good week of practice this week and be better prepared both fundamentally and mentally for our next game. I was impressed with the crowd, but in order to sustain the crowd, we have to put out a good product.”

Lions come up short on the road against UCLA M. Soccer from page 12 all cylinders when you’re playing with a man disadvantage.”

UCLA benefited from the man advantage in the 26th minute when junior Chandler Hoffman put in the Bruins’ second goal of the contest.

UCLA junior Evan Raynr split the LMU defense with a diagonal ball, and Hoffman made no mistake in putting it away.

Senior Artur Jozkowicz gave the shorthanded Lions life in the second half, bury-

ing a penalty kick in the 52nd minute after a UCLA player committed a handball in the box.

The physical contest saw 26 fouls between the two teams as well as seven yellow cards in addition to McDaniel’s red card.

“It’s a learning experience. It’s hard to go down a man for 77 minutes in a game we’ve been waiting for years,” Downes said. “They’re a really solid team. They’re good, we’re good, but they got the bounces today.”

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Junior forward David Ponce was one of four Lions to find the back of the net during the Lions’ 4-1 win over UC Riverside on Friday.

LMU entered the crosstown match on a high note, bolstered by a 4-1 win over UC Riverside at Sullivan Field on Friday afternoon. The Lions’ offense that struggled to put away chances in its first three games got a confidence boost in the way of four goals from four different players against UC Riverside.

“I don’t know that we put our best soccer on display, but the nice thing is that we’re a good team, and a good team scores goals even when you don’t play your best stuff,” Associate Head Coach Mathes Mennell said. “That, to me, is pretty exciting, but we still have a lot to work on.”

Despite UC Riverside coming within inches of scoring moments before, it would be LMU who first made good on one of its chances in the 26th minute. Sophomore Connor Hunsicker was the beneficiary of assists from seniors Phil Da Silva and McDaniel as he wove into the box and fired a shot into the right corner of the net.

After getting on the board, LMU began to rack up even more chances. In the 41st minute, senior Kyle Johanson had a goal-bound header cleared off the line by a UC Riverside player stationed at the back post.

“I think as soon as the first one went in, you could kind of feel … a sigh of relief. ‘OK we’re not jinxed, we’re not snake-bit,’ and then Riverside had to press the game and that was great because the better football team was going to win,” Mennell said.

The Lions added to their

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Senior midfielder Artur Jozkowicz (pictured above in a game earlier this season) scored once in the Lions’ 2-1 loss to UCLA yesterday. lead in the 42nd minute when senior Jonas Reiter deflected in a corner kick from McDaniel. Reiter’s first goal of the year gave LMU a 2-0 lead going into halftime.

After the break, UC Riverside almost cut into the lead, but redshirt senior goalkeeper Jack McCormack barely tipped away a long-range effort by UC Riverside’s senior Azeez Atanda.

In the 71st minute, junior David Ponce made it 3-0 with a curling left footed shot over the reach of UC Riverside keeper Cody Supe. Ponce’s first goal of the year was also assisted by Da Silva.

UC Riverside got one goal back in the 84th minute as a

counter attack gave UC Riverside senior Cesar Diaz Pizzaro plenty of space to fire his second goal of the year past LMU freshman keeper Vince Paldino, who had relieved McCormack.

LMU responded quickly a minute later as senior Tyler Krumpe flashed a cross from the right side across the face of the goal and freshman Ryan Felix smashed it home at the back post. The goal was the first of Felix’s collegiate career.

“Rebounding from a hard road loss – it was a huge win at home in front of everyone,” Felix said. “When we play our best, we’re going to be a real tough team to beat.”

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Lions extend shutout streak to three games The women’s soccer team knocked off Southern Methodist University on Sunday afternoon.

By Kevin Cacabelos Staff Writer Despite a struggling offense, the LMU Lions (6-1-1) pulled out a 1-0 victory over the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Mustangs (3-4-0) on Sunday.

The Lions’ defense saved the day, holding SMU scoreless despite an onslaught of 14 shots taken by the Mustangs.

In all but two of their eight matches this season, the LMU defense has shut out its opponent.

LMU starting defenders sophomore Etajha Gilmer, redshirt junior Jaide Garcia and redshirt freshman Jenni Benger played all 90 minutes and were essential in the Lions’ success on defense.

Redshirt senior defender Marissa Zamora was injured roughly 30 minutes into the match and was replaced by freshman midfielder Emily Maletis, who played out of position.

After the game, LMU Head Coach Joe Mallia praised his team for the efforts on defense.

“We’ve done incredibly well defending our goal, and there’s a lot to be said for that. I’m proud of the efforts they put in this past weekend, especially playing without a couple key defenders. … Players went in and made a difference,” he said.

Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Jagger recorded her sixth shutout of the season, putting her three shy of her career high of nine that she set last season in her freshman campaign.

“This weekend we had a lot of activity on the defensive end. ... Our

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Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Jagger (pictured above in a game earlier this season) has led a Lions’ defense that has yet to allow a goal in the last three games, which has led to three consecutive wins for LMU. defense played great. They were very organized in the back,” said Jagger.

“Having that communication in the back has been key for us.”

SMU had ample opportunities to score, including eight corner kick opportunities, but the Lions’ defense re-

fused to break.

The only score of the game came in the ninth minute when LMU senior midfielder Brittney Sanford scored off her own deflected penalty kick taken inside the box.

“I’m very grateful for it [the goal]

as well as the work we put into getting the ball into the box. I just tried to shoot to the left, the keeper guessed my side and made a great save. I stayed composed and finished

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Waves hand men’s polo first loss of season The Lions are unable to secure a win over conference rival Pepperdine.

By Daniel Raffety Staff Writer In front of a crowd of 890 at Burns Recreation Aquatic Center, the men’s water polo team fell behind early against rival No. 7 Pepperdine Waves and was unable to capture the lead. Despite a late run, the No. 10 Lions were defeated, 11-7, moving their previously unblemished record to 4-1.

Saturday marked the Lions’ home opener after starting the season 4-0 in the Triton Invitational, defeating key conference opponents UC San Diego and the United States Air Force Academy. This also marked the team’s Centennial Game, celebrating the University’s 100th year with promotions and giveaways.

“It was a great crowd here today,” said senior goalie Gavyn Wild. “It was a shame we could not give them a better home opener.”

Only 1:16 into the first quarter, the Waves struck first with a power play goal on a lob pass to junior attacker Colin Carroll. Later, the Waves added to their lead with 2:38 left

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Senior forward Phil Da Silva (pictured above in a game earlier this season) had two assists in the Lions’ 4-1 victory over UC Riverside on Friday afternoon.

Shorthanded Lions falter against Bruins The men’s soccer team is unable to continue a winning streak as it falls to UCLA on Sunday evening.

By John Wilkinson Asst. Sports Editor

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Redshirt senior attacker Max Schlegel scored twice on Sunday, but the Lions fell to the Pepperdine Waves, 11-7, giving LMU its first loss of the season.

A quarter of the way through the season, LMU sits 2-3-0 after splitting a pair of games this past weekend against UC Riverside and UCLA. After hanging four goals on the UC Riverside Highlanders, LMU fell 2-1 to UCLA after an early red card forced the Lions to play with 10 men for the majority of the contest.

“We know we’re a good team … but in five games, we’ve learned that talk is cheap,” se-

nior defender Roger Downes said. “Against a team that is going to go to the [NCAA] College Cup guaranteed, they’re good and they’re going to finish their chances. Just like I hope we would.”

The course of the game swung in a matter of 26 seconds. In the 12th minute, UCLA opened the scoring with a tap-in goal by junior Ryan Lee at the back post. Just moments later, the Lions’ task got even more challenging when senior defender Logan McDaniel was sent off with a straight red card.

“It was going to be a tough match regardless,” Downes said. “With 10 men it was even more difficult because we had to sit in and let them play [their game]. … It’s hard to fire on

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