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Adjunct faculty aim for union New Assisted by a national union, professors not on a tenure track are debating uniting.

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Chiara Sulprizio, a visiting professor at LMU, adopted a baby in March. The adoption had been in the works for quite some time, but the child, Evan, arrived earlier than planned.

“My husband and I had intended to get the baby in summer,” Sulprizio said.

“But as is the case with most babies, they come when they want to come.” via Chiara Sulprizio Evan arrived in the Chiara Sulprizio middle of spring break, when Sulprizio was visiting family in Reno, Nev. Coincidentally, Evan was also in Reno – serendipity Sulprizio said she couldn’t ignore.

She got the call Sunday and picked Evan up on Wednesday. Due to technicalities with the adoption, Sulprizio couldn’t leave Nevada until into the school week, cancelling her class the following Tuesday.

“And that was all the time I took off,” Sulprizio said. “One day. Just one day.”

Ordinarily, someone in Sulprizio’s situation would have colleagues informally cover for her. But Sulprizio is one of three professors in the classics and archaeology department and teaches four classes. Finding a cover for maternity leave is impossible – and as a non-tenure track professor, Sulprizio was confused as to whether she had the right to take time off.

“Admittedly, I did not demand anything,” Sulprizio said about petitioning for leave.

“But even if I did, it doesn’t mean I would have gotten it. It’s not that anybody said to me, ‘No, you cannot take a leave.’ But realistically, how would that have worked?”

Sulprizio is in her third year, often the last for visiting professors at LMU. However, unlike other part-time professors, she has four classes, instead of just one or two. She is still a member of contingent faculty – the broader term used to describe those who must reapply for their positions on a semesterby-semester or year-by-year basis. And it is those contingent faculty members who are now considering unionizing.

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percent of LMU faculty are part-time.

Two classes maximum per semester Pay rate approximately $5K per class No health care benefits Academic freedom in jeopardy Contracts renewed by semester Percentage as of 2012, according to SEIU representatives and assistant professor of political science Andrew Dilts; Information compiled from interviews with faculty and SEIU representatives; Design: Kevin O’Keeffe | Loyolan

LMU hosts Rainn Wilson for Comedy for a Cause

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Burns Back Court hosted “The Office” alumnus Rainn Wilson for the annual Comedy for a Cause show last Tuesday Nov 5. This free event included a moderated Q-and-A with Wilson.

All proceeds from a raffle were donated to Wilson’s choice of charity, the Mona Foundation.

Registration season begins at LMU as students transition to the new core.

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November not only means the start of registration, but also marks almost a full semester since the launch of LMU’s new core curriculum, which has been met with much praise and little concern.

The current freshman class represents the first students to have the new core implemented in their curriculum, and sophomores will be able to switch from the old core at registration.

The core was approved and adopted by the University in spring 2011. It now applies to all students rather than specific colleges.

“A lot of people have worked really hard to try to make the transition as smooth as possible, but the scale of what we are changing is such that there are bound to be challenges. My experience, so far, is that things have gone pretty smoothly, with a few hiccups,” said political science professor John Parrish, who also directs the University Honors Program.

The old core and the new core are different in numerous ways, but most notably, the curriculum is broken down into distinct categories – Foundations, Explorations and Integrations – and implements the concept of flagged courses.

Parrish emphasized that the change in the requirements will impact both the advising staff and the students. He said, “The students are planning their degree programs on essentially two different dimensions: the courses they need and the flags they need, which means the See Registration | Page 2

Sorority members train for recruitment The LMU campus welcomes Recruitment Boot Camp to train women for recruitment.

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curriculum receives praise

It’s time for LMU’s sororities to go to boot camp. Recruitment boot camp, that is.

On the weekend of Nov. 15-18, LMU will host Recruitment Boot Camp (RBC), a program within the larger organization Campus Speak, to help National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities at LMU make the transition into a values-based recruitment system.

RBC is one of two major programs that offer this type of service to colleges and universities, according to senior communication studies major Juliana Cadena, co-vice president for NPC recruitment. In order to decide between

the two, Cadena and her co-vice president, senior communication studies major Amy Regnier, asked for proposals from both Recruitment Boot Camp and the other program, Fired Up. They then compared the two and pitched both programs to each sorority chapter’s Greek Council delegates and vice presidents of membership.

According to Cadena, the decision to work with RBC had a lot to do with the program’s track record.

“The Panhellenic community made essentially a pro-and-con list for each of them,” Cadena said. “Recruitment boot camp is several years older than Fired Up, and the chapters wanted someone who had proven results as well as chapter engagement.”

Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Development Dan Faill has worked with RBC in the past and explained that another reason for choosing them was their ability See Recruitment | Page 3

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Adjunct pay scale means ‘students lose’ Adjunct Faculty Pay vs.

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As of 2012, 51 percent of LMU professors are employed parttime, according to Andrew Dilts, a political science professor on the tenure track. A former adjunct professor at other universities, Dilts has a strong interest in the trend of what he terms “adjunctification” – the shift towards more part-time professors versus full-time – not only at LMU, but nationally.

“In the 1970s, 70 percent of everyone who was teaching at an institute of higher education was on the tenure track,” Dilts said. “In 2011, 30 percent of instructors at institutions of higher education were on the tenure track. So it’s reversed in the course of a 40-year period.”

According to Anna Harrison, a full-time professor in the theological studies department, contingent faculty are ineligible for health care benefits and can’t buy in to a group plan. No part-time faculty are permitted to sit on committees.

Additionally, according to Harrison, the academic freedom touted by University President David W. Burcham during his Convocation address this year is put in jeopardy when part-time professors lack the job security of tenure.

Teaching a course at LMU pays approximately $5,000 – limited to two classes a semester, part-time professors make just over $20,000 each academic year at maximum.

Many part-time faculty take other jobs, often at other universities, to supplement their income. One such professor is Emily Hallock, a parttime political science professor both at LMU and UCLA. Because she’s teaching in two places, her students are shorted on available time in office hours.

“I simply cannot be here when I’m teaching another class,” Hallock said. “The students lose out if the person that they see and interact with is not a permanent member of the department.”

She’s also unable to devote time to research, something that

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Figures provided by political science professor Emily Hallock and the 2013-2014 LMU bulletin; Graphic: Kevin O’Keeffe | Loyolan

affects the viability of the “teacherscholar” model mentioned in LMU’s Strategic Plan. In the Strategic Themes section of the

Plan, one of the objectives is to create “an educational environment that fosters lifelong learning for both students and faculty.” Because teachers like Hallock are taking part-time jobs elsewhere, they cannot focus on building the scholar aspect.

As a result, many adjunct faculty members are making strides towards a change. First, they created an online network for the Bellarmine College of Fine Arts (BCLA) adjunct faculty – designed to improve the work environment for adjuncts. Now comes a move towards unionization, thanks both to motivated faculty and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), representatives of which have slowly begun building a presence on campus.

For their part, members of the University administration are aware of the efforts, according to Rebecca Chandler, LMU’s vice president for human resources. Because this is LMU’s first brush with potential unionization, the administration has no official position on the topic.

“We do recognize and respect that it is an individual’s legal right to participate in unionization efforts, or equally, to refrain from such activities,” Chandler told the Loyolan via email. “We respect an individual’s right to speak and/or meet with union representatives.”

Similar unionization efforts

have occurred at other universities – successfully at schools like Georgetown University and George Washington University with the assistance of SEIU. While there will be obstacles along the path, including different adjunct faculty needs and the lack of a central communication system, professors passionate about the issue are ready for a shift.

“I would like to leave this place in a better state than I found it for people working off the tenure track,” Sulprizio said. “This place can afford ... to do a little bit better and a little bit more for its contingent faculty.”

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“My biggest mistake, had I wanted to pursue a teaching career in academia, seemed to be that I didn’t marry well,” Elizabeth Quiros-Loe said with a laugh.

“Which pissed me off.”

Quiros-Loe came to LMU’s theological studies department last year on an externship from getting her graduate degree at Vanderbilt University. She taught one course to get some teaching experience.

When it became clear that adjunct work wouldn’t be enough to live on, she moved to her current position as the program administrator at the Bioethics Institute.

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On Campus LMU’s Do Something Club is planning a benefit concert to raise money for a nonprofit organization, IHERC, to fund research aimed towards the prevention of violence. Performers will include a variety of bands and DJs from LMU. Tickets can be purchased during convo hour on 10/31, 11/5, and 11/7. Presale price $8 or $10 at the door.

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This issue, Managing Editor Dan Raffety sits down with Head Coach Max Good, head coach of the LMU’s men’s basketball team to talk about the upcoming season.

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How would you define your coaching style?

I don’t. I let someone else do that. I like hungry, gritty, hard-nose players. To me, mental toughness is as important as any skill you have. You have to be coachable and you have to be tough, and I don’t do as well with players who don’t have that makeup.

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How much playing time will these newcomers get this season?

They will get what they earn. I always tell them practice performance gives them game opportunity; game performance dictates how much they play.

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You’re an East Coast guy. What’s the biggest difference between East and West Coast players?

I talked to Paul Pierce two years ago and I said, ‘Paul, what’s the biggest difference between L.A. and Boston?’

And he said that people are a little tougher, a little grimier.

The toughest decision you have to make out here is whether you like your eggs sunny-side up or scrambled. But when I asked Pierce that, he said, ‘I’m a West Coast guy with an East Coast mentality.’

to tailor trainings to LMU. “One of the things that LMU has invested in is helping to create an LMU-specific training experience,” Faill said. “You know, we are not a public school. We are not a USC, we are not a UCLA. We are very much a private, Catholic Jesuit campus in Los Angeles, which is contradictory left and right. Our collaboration with Recruitment Boot Camp is meant to be one where they come in, they educate our entire community … and they give them the skills to take not only their own chapter or campus identity, but kind of tie them into what it means to be a larger recruitment process.”

The training will include a variety of events from Nov. 15-18.

Friday will feature a goal-setting meeting between the RBC staff and Panhellenic representatives, including Cadena, Regnier and all sorority chapter presidents. On Saturday, two keynote speeches will take place in Seaver 200 between

1:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. that all chapter members are encouraged to attend to learn how the valuesbased recruitment system will be implemented.

On Sunday, RBC Specialist Laurel Peffer Price will meet individually with the recruitment teams from each chapter on campus to talk about ways for each chapter to map out the transition to a values focus.

There will also be another meeting with Panhellenic representatives to discuss goals for the future.

Finally, recruitment counselors – Sigma Rho Chis – will be trained in the values-based recruitment system on Monday.

Faill is excited for the weekend and its potential to move the Greek community forward. “We have 883 sorority women on campus. My hope is that each of them takes this seriously,” Faill said. “While each one won’t necessarily be at or engaged in the Friday-to-Monday trainings, my hope is that they still take the information that’s given to them …

and really take it to heart and want it to succeed because, really, this whole process will only be successful if the NPC sororities really rally behind it and value it.”

Regnier also saw the training’s influence beyond the weekend, explaining that the skills it teaches will be essential for future opportunities.

“I have a lot of faith in Laurel and our NPC women, and I think it will go very well,” Regnier said. “I feel like these are really skills that are applicable for our lives after college.

Being able to talk about your values is absolutely something that’s going to come up in a job interview.”

Cadena echoed Faill and Regnier in highlighting the importance of NPC women on campus getting on board with the training and the new recruitment system.

“Sorority is so much bigger than any of us can imagine, really,” Cadena said. “Our NPC women are absolutely everything with this shift in recruitment. They are everything.”

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Anthony Ireland gets so much publicity. How special is he to this club?

He came here as a freshman with an attitude, and he’s worked and worked and worked. He’s an incredible worker.

He set the stage, and these freshmen have followed. When he was a freshman, the seniors and upperclassmen didn’t embrace him all that much because I think they felt threatened by him about playing time, but he’s gone out of his way to make sure these freshmen have felt comfortable and make sure they feel welcome in here.

What’s your favorite L.A. hotspot?

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Paco’s Tacos or Truxton’s. Maybe Vinny’s Pizza on Mondays. I live a such a Puritan lifestyle. People ask what’s it like to coach out here in Hollywood, and I say I don’t know, I’ve never been to Hollywood. I just started going down to Yard House because they have so many TV’s when there are games on. All we do is go out and eat.

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How do you balance being a husband, a well-rounded person and the head coach of LMU men’s basketball?

I don’t very well. [My wife] knows that during the season I don’t sleep very well. Most of my sleep comes on Sundays. It’s not very healthy, but I’m long past worrying about that.

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“I was planning on continuing teaching, but this position became available,” she said. A much more secure job – year-round versus semester-by-semester, 20 hours per week – Quiros-Loe said she was grateful to be able to go to the dentist and not worry about future employment. While she could have found work elsewhere, LMU is important to her; her parents met in Malone when they were students here, and she said she felt connected to the campus.

“I want to work at one institution, and I want to work at LMU,” she said. “The only reason I’ve been able to teach here was because it’s subsidized by student loans. So the moment I get a Ph.D., I wouldn’t be able to teach here. … I did not want my Ph.D. to be my pink slip.”

The path to a union

Efforts to make working conditions better for part-time professors have been in the works at LMU for some time. Contingent faculty like Sulprizio and QuirosLoe started the Contingent Faculty Network (CFN) last year with a web page that included resources like a guidebook for contingent faculty that with information on everything from contract renewal to where to park. According to its own website, CFN wasn’t a unionization effort in and of itself; rather, it was a more general effort to support contingent faculty.

“We just wanted to reach out to other people in our situation and not feel so isolated,” Sulprizio said.

The CFN was designed with BCLA professors in mind, and was received well by then-Dean Paul Zeleza’s office. The long-term goal of those who created the network wasn’t a union, but when Zeleza left LMU at the beginning of this year and the CFN went “by the wayside”

in the transition, according to Sulprizio, things changed.

Enter SEIU, an organization that has worked in Washington, D.C. and Boston to unionize part-time faculty as part of their Adjunct Action program. They’re now in L.A. and at LMU specifically. How they came to campus isn’t quite clear – according to Jesse Yeh, an organizer for SEIU, they were invited when they spoke to over 200 adjunct faculty on campus. Yet when asked about which professors in particular formally invited SEIU on campus, Yeh hedged.

“I would like to leave this place in a better state than I found it for people working off the tenure track,” Sulprizio said.

“I guess ‘formally invited’ wouldn’t be the case,” he said. “It’s that we see there’s a lot of really strong support here … to organize.”

For her part, Quiros-Loe was curious as to why SEIU was the right organization to get involved versus an organization like the American Association of University Professors. The answer: It came down to resources. “SEIU had the ability to make a local campaign and a metro-wide campaign,” she said, the latter half of which was deemed important. “We’re metro workers – we work here, we work there … so having union representation at one place isn’t quite as helpful as having it across the place where we work.”

Additionally, according to Dilts, the tenure track political science professor, SEIU has “a track record of working with existing organizations” on a city level.

“They’re one of the few unions that’s seen that what’s happening with higher education has this particular

quality in cities that’s different than in rural areas or in suburban areas,” Dilts said.

‘I’m not going to skimp on the students’

So where do students fit into the unionization equation? According to Hallock, the professor who teaches part-time at both LMU and UCLA, students are the most important aspect.

“I think a lot of students don’t realize that the people who are teaching them are being paid basically a tenth of what one student pays for their tuition and everything for the year,” Hallock said. “If I were a student and I was paying $50,000 to go to school, I would wonder why half of the people that were teaching me were making so very little when I was paying so very much.”

For Quiros-Loe, the whole reason for the vicious cycle is because professors care about their students.

“We tend to be complicit in our own exploitation,” ... she said ... “because we love the students. And it’s not their fault. So we do more than what we’re paid for, going above and beyond, and we do this … because we feel committed to our students.”

“I’m not going to skimp on the students, because that would be wrong,” Hallock added. “But the result of this is that I don’t have much time for anything else.”

Deadline: December

The goal is to file for an election by the end of the semester, according to SEIU organizer Cindy Flores, which will allow for a vote to unionize. To file before the end of the semester is important, according to Quiros-Loe, because of the turnover in adjunct faculty – in other words, the parttime professors on staff now aren’t necessarily the same professors that will be on staff come January.

Still, the group seeking to organize faces some obstacles. For one, as

A national deadline approaches for adjuncts

An approaching deadline may further complicate the issues that adjunct faculty nationwide are already facing. In 2014, a previously delayed section of the Affordable Care Act will become active that will legally require employers to provide medical insurance for full-time employees.

While the aim of this stipulation is to provide more affordable health care options for Americans through their employers, it is expected to have unintended and adverse effects on the status of adjunct faculty across the nation and here on campus. According to a contingent faculty proposal extended by the Theological Studies department, there is some speculation that employment policies

will continue to further limit the number of hours a part-time faculty member can work per week in an attempt to prevent staff members from qualifying for costly health benefits that LMU would be legally required to offer.

While this remains speculative – the document itself acknowledging that no formal recognition of such attempts on behalf of the University have been directly expressed – it only adds to the worries about the financial and professional futures of contingent faculty. If indeed this worry proves to be true, BCLA’s contingent faculty’s efforts to unionize will be hard-pressed to find a solution by the time this provision falls into place.

Quiros-Loe sees it, there is a deepseated feeling that being passed over for the opportunity to move onto the tenure track is somehow merit-based. Additionally, when it comes to attempts to organize, according to Dilts, management or administration obstruction can be one of the most difficult obstacles.

“At LMU, I have incredibly high hopes, though, that our administration will understand that this movement is coming as a response to the shared goal of the administration, faculty and students, which is to find a way to increase the quality of our educational program here and support all our members,” Dilts said.

Should a union come to pass, Chandler, LMU’s vice president for

human resources, said there would be significant change. “Human resources and the administration will, for the most part, not deal directly with individual part-time faculty members,” Chandler said via email. “Part-time faculty will have the union as their ‘voice’ and exclusive representation.”

Whether or not the vote can be mobilized, for Sulprizio, the issues with part-time faculty at LMU aren’t going away.

“I don’t think this is the worst place to work as a contingent faculty member,” Sulprizio said. “But the time has come to deal with the problem.”

– Tyler Franklin, News intern

– Additional reporting by Tyler Franklin, News intern.

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advising process is very different and the process of making sure enough courses get offered in every category is also different.”

Even though this semester may be a learning process for all involved with the new core, many students who have the option to switch from the old curriculum are eagerly doing so.

“I am switching to the new core because it is beneficial for me. Overall, there are less core classes that I am now required to take,” communication studies major Tori Owens said.

So far, LMU’s new curriculum looks promising for both the Honors and regular core programs, and aims to benefit all students in their pursuit for a well-rounded education.

“The new core [is benefiting the Honors program] because I think that it’s going to let Honors draw more on courses from across the whole university, and it will simplify our students’ degrees and align them more closely with the degree programs of the rest of the university,” Parrish said.

As a writing tutor in the Academic Resource Center, Owens has found the introduction of the First Year Seminar (FYS) to not only be valuable for freshmen, but also vital to strengthening their writing abilities.

“Overall, I think that the FYS courses have allowed students to explore unique and interesting topics that ultimately strengthen their creative writing skills and

ability to write on a variety of subjects,” Owens said.

With registration just around the corner, the progression of the new core will hopefully continue without serious complications.

“No matter what, you are going to get the classes you need. That’s the good thing about LMU,” senior English major Bree Williams said.

The faculty, advisers and administration intend for registration to run smoothly, ultimately continuing to move LMU forward.

“Any time you do something new, it’s a chance to rethink and reinvent. Our curriculum is just much better thought out now than it was before.

It’s much more deliberate, and I think that’s good for everyone,” Parrish said.

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In the Nov. 4 edition of the Loyolan, it was incorrectly stated that Fright Night was organized by the Resident Housing Association, the Department of Athletics, ASLMU, and the office of Campus Ministry.

The Resident Housing Association and Creare Service Organization were the only two official sponsors of this event.

Tips for Registration FROM senior English major Bree Williams: “Go into it with an open mind. You will be pleasantly surprised.”

“Don’t rely on Rate My Professor; often I’ve had to take professors that Rate My Professor says are terrible, but they’ve turned out fine.”

FROM Dr. John Parrish: “Talk to your adviser early.”

“Know that we all want this thing to work and that we all really want the same thing, which is to give you a more challenging and invigorating education experience.”

FROM sophomore communication studies major Tori Owens: “Talk to your adviser: mine helps me look at my CAPP report so I know which classes I should take in order to stay on the right track.”

“Set an alarm for the date and time you are supposed to register so that you don't forget”

FROM clinical assistant professor Kathleen Norris: “Prepare a list of questions to ask your adviser and bring it with you to your advising session.”

“Do not rush to select a minor.”

“Take the time to read course descriptions.”

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he stats reported in our front page article ization come to fruition, part-time professors “Adjunct faculty aim for union” are stag- would give up their individual representation gering: Over half of our professors are part- rights, instead allowing representatives to voice time. The maximum per year salary is just over the greater need. That’s a big sacrifice to make $20,000 – not even a living wage in Los Angeles. unless you’re absolutely sure it’s the right thing Contingent faculty get no health care coverage. In – which is why we at the Loyolan can’t emphasome cases, adjunct professors don’t know until size enough the importance of making this a up to two weeks before classes begin if they’ll have discussion-based process, free of pressure to sign a position for the semester. Academic freedom up without full understanding.

Luckily, it seems as though is threatened, and the teachermany of those involved are scholar model is undermined.

If organizers can be focused on becoming educatPrevious efforts to make passionate and grounded ed as well as educating others adjunct life workable have been only minimally successful, so a about this, the Loyolan is about the process. For example, move towards unionization feels hopeful for an outcome Bioethics Institute program right. As visiting professor of that’s best for all sides. administrator Elizabeth QuirosLee told the Loyolan that she’s classics and archaeology Chiara Sulprizio put it, “The time has come to deal with focusing on starting a discussion – and that she’s only interested in unionizing as long as that’s what the problem.”

That said, this move is rife with potential pit- the adjunct faculty as a whole want. Sulprizio said falls. The national union, SEIU, has a strong track she’s not sure those involved in the effort “have record on the East Coast – they’ve unionized over fully taken the temperature of the campus yet.”

“I recognize that it’s not said and done yet,” 15,000 professors – but they’re also aggressive, possibly to a fault. They seem to be interested in she added. “I’m fully supportive, but I’m also a a city-wide campaign, and arrived on campus realist.”

A touch of realism is exactly what this situation without any formal invitation. Moreover, their goal is to file for a vote to unionize by the end of requires; if organizers can be both passionate and the semester, giving them a little over a month to grounded about this movement, the Loyolan is properly educate all adjunct professors and make hopeful for an outcome that’s best for all sides. sure that this is indeed what the majority of part- If hotter heads prevail, however, and a vote is pushed through without proper education, the time faculty wants. That’s a tight deadline.

According to Vice President for Human fight for a union will cost LMU the most vital Resources Rebecca Chandler, should the union- aspect of all: unity.

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lacing myself on a political spectrum is something I’ve yet to do correctly.

My politics often lean so far to the left that I find myself agreeing with Republicans, as if I somehow went full-circle and walked all the way around the political spectrum. Their eternal quest for small government coincides with my distaste for any sort of government, and I will echo their cries of “the government can’t tell me what to do” until I die.

New York City politics may be an entire country away from those of Los Angeles, yet I cannot help but find myself wrapped up in them. NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has always been an interesting figure to me. And by interesting, I mean I can’t stand the guy.

Socially liberal and fiscally conservative, Bloomberg is a Republican in a very liberal state. He changed the term limit laws in order to run for his third consecutive term in 2009. But hey, I would too if I was the seventh-richest man in America. Yet it is not his wealth that bothers me. It is his incessant crusades to make his city more “healthy,” whatever that means.

In an effort to combat obesity, Bloomberg promoted the initiative to include calorie counts on all menus. In 2006, this was voted into law. Bloomberg also infamously attempted to ban the sale of sugary sodas over 16-fluid ounces. While this ultimately failed, it still attests to how Bloomberg insists on making policies that negate choice for the governed. And what is stopping people from just getting a refill?

Most recently, and most upsetting, is his raising of the smoking age from 18 to 21. It was under Bloomberg that smoking in bars and restaurants was made illegal in 2003.

In 2011, smoking outdoors in major public spaces was also outlawed. This shift in legal

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s constant health crusades take place on the line between public safety and dictating how citizens live. With his latest move to raise the smoking age to 21, the question becomes: How much involvement is too much? age is like the icing on the cake. While it is proven that smoking is harmful, this raises the question: How involved is too involved?

It is not the government’s job to be a secondary helicopter parent to its citizens. Sure, being aware of how many calories you’re consuming may shame you into choosing the salad, but should it really be up to one man to dictate how much soda you can have? What are the benefits of raising the smoking age, other than making the act more taboo, and thus more desirable? Young people will always find ways around age limits – while it may make smoking harder, it won’t get rid of it.

While Bloomberg’s time in office is coming to an end with the election of Bill de Blasio, I think that Bloomberg’s three-term reign over New York City raises an impor-

tant question, particularly for our generation, where political apathy runs wild. Just how in control are we really in our modern, “democratic” nation? It is nice to imagine that we have a choice, but when the government inserts itself into even our eating habits – beyond quality regulation – has it gone too far?

The government is not our parent and, frankly, there are bigger fish to fry than who is smoking and when they are doing it. I believe that if you give the wrong person an inch, they will take a mile, and that it is time we started guarding our proverbial inches a little more closely.

This is the opinion of Chelsea Chenelle, a junior art history major from San Diego, Calif. Tweet comments to @LoyolanOpinion, or email cchenelle@theloyolan.com.

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LMU guys: Hair game on point What the Heck Allie Heck

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here is something in the water here at LMU, and I’m not talking about the questionable brown stuff that came out of the McKay Hall water fountains after the pipeline broke – thanks for that, though.

No, I’m talking about whatever it is that’s making what seems like every LMU boy’s hair absolutely beautiful this year.

I am not easily distracted or flustered.

I can usually go through my day schedule without ogling boys’ hairstyles, but not this year – something is up. Last year, I remember no such infatuation, but it seems that everything has changed. Long gone are the days of buzz cuts versus bowl cuts – we are in the midst of a hair revolution, and aside from the few pink-haired females among us, the men of LMU are leading the way.

Aside from my never wanting to brush it, my hair has never been an issue for me. It grows quickly and it’s easy to manage. But when boys are zooming by on their skateboards with hair more luxurious than my own, I can’t help but feel a little inadequate.

Maybe it’s because I’m from Dallas, where aside from the single boy in my grade who decided to get salon-made dreadlocks in middle school – hindsight’s definitely 20/20 on that one – there was virtually no variance in hairstyle. But I don’t think my fascination with male hairdos can wholly be attributed to a lack of previous originality. I honestly think it is a phenomenon specific to LMU. JustGraphic: the other day| LoyolanMo I was talking Mo Haley Haley to my dad

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All around LMU’s campus, guys are winning the war against boring buzz cuts by opting for new and impressive ‘dos, like the one seen above - and Allie Heck isn’t complaining. on the phone, when suddenly, out of the blue, a boy with a mullet skated past me. I didn’t quite know what to do. I told my dad that I just saw his ‘80s-self skate by. He was confused. It was weird. But there was no room for mistake – this was a full-fledged mullet, and some rad dude was rocking it with his short shorts and attitude to match – kudos.

The thing is, that was not an isolated event. I am continuously impressed with the hairstyles of LMU boys this year, and I am not alone. So many of my friends have commented on the array of interesting hairstyles

we’ve seen popping up. From the voluminous and effortless combover that is back with a vengeance to the shoulder-length hair that puts my long locks to shame, the men of LMU are making some serious statements.

I’m not sure if this is a case of friendly competition or a wonderful instance of selfexpression, but whatever it may be, people are taking notice. And I wholeheartedly support it.

This is the opinion of Allie Heck, a sophomore business major from Dallas, Texas. Tweet comments to @LoyolanOpinion, or email aheck@theloyolan.com.

CONVOS

AT CONVO

Recording arts (RECA) majors performed in the middle of Alumni Mall on Tuesday, so my comprehension was worse than normal. This is what I saw, this is what I think I heard and this is what I’m allowed to share.

12:41 p.m. – “Oh my god, I lost the keys to my Mercedes.”

“Maybe he’ll buy you a new one.”

1:03 p.m. – Squirt gun under one arm, Alpha Phi under the other – Mob Days are here.

12:43 p.m. – RECA majors appear to have a female drummer. How unique.

1:04 p.m. – “Wait, why is the Wi-Fi down? I thought we were over this?”

12:44 p.m. – “Think the squirrels eat those gluten-free muffins?”

1:05 p.m. – Guy to girls: “What were you guys, um, for Halloween?”

Girl: “Furby.”

Guy: “Like, slutty Furby?”

Girl: “No, just Furby.”

Other girl: “I was a mouse!”

12:45 p.m. – Some guy goes for a long-range hello – like, 80 or 90-foot wave. He gets denied.

12:46 p.m. – Girls hula hooping on the grass are excited after keeping it going for about five seconds.

Funny, I didn’t realize Convo was amateur hour.

12:52 p.m. – “Hashtag perf.”

12:56 p.m. – Girl to her friend: “OK, seriously, f*** these people with signs right now.”

12:59 p.m. – “Come get hungry!

Get hunger! Hunger awareness!”

1:00 p.m. – Two guys walk by patting their stomachs to the beat of the RECA majors’ song.

1:06 p.m. – RECA majors finish. The drummer is not a girl.

1:06 p.m. – Girl with pink bedazzled arm sling passes by.

1:07 p.m. – Tour leader: “They just took the bras down.”

Prospective student: “They took the bras down? There were bras?”

Parent: “Breast cancer awareness, dear. Not some crazy party.”

1:08 p.m. – My philosophy essay isn’t going to write itself. Devin, out.

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Everyone can be raped – even men Julia’s McQuery Julia McQuade Life+Arts Intern @juliaGmcquade

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hen you are 8 years old, you are either finishing second grade or entering third.

You should be learning about multiplication and division. You should not be having sex. And no matter your gender, if you are having sex, you are a victim of rape.

Chris Brown recently stated in an interview with The Guardian that he lost his virginity at age 8 to a girl aged 14 or 15. He said this with a “chuckle” while explaining how his older cousins had exposed him to so much porn that he was “hot to trot” and ready to go so that he could “be a beast at it.” Hardly anyone found this distressing.

Chris Brown is probably most famous not for his music, but for beating up his then-girlfriend Rihanna so badly that she was hospitalized in 2009, and barely showing any remorse for it. I don’t like Chris Brown. I don’t sympathize with him. Frankly, I think he should have been locked up for his crime years

ago. However, I cannot ignore the fact that he was raped and thrown into the vicious cycle of rape culture and patriarchy that continues to plague both men and women, when he was only 8 years old.

An 8-year-old is not old enough to consent to sex, as defined by law. If a female celebrity had said that she lost her virginity at 8 to a local teenage boy, there would be no doubt in people’s minds that she was raped.

But we live in a patriarchal society that teaches a certain machismo, shielding men from being victimized or feminized. It teaches them that sexual violence and abuse against them at an early age is normal, something to be proud of and to base their future sexual experiences on. Then, when they are violent, hypersexualized, misogynistic or angry, our society simply tells us “boys will be boys.”

The definition of rape was only changed from “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will” to “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim” in 2012, while Rape Abuse Incest National Network (RAINN), the nation’s largest

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anti-sexual violence organization, reports that 10 percent of sexual assault victims are male. Slowly, men are starting to come forward and share their experiences of being victims of sexual assault, but there is still a heavy stigma that men can’t be raped – that they always want sex, that they are supposed to be strong and be able to defend themselves, especially against a woman.

This is often compared to a female victim who should know better than to wear something, drink something or trust someone.

Rape culture hurts everyone. A patriarchal society that perpetuates inflexible gender norms and stereotypes hurts both males and females, and minimizes and normalizes the sexual violence that permeates our nation. People of both genders of all ages need to be clear about what consent means, what the effects of sexual assault are, how gender is not a defining factor in rape and how to respect our fellow human beings. Hopefully, we can continue on a path to-

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Chris Brown’s discussion of losing his virginity at age 8 in an interview with “The Guardian” reinforces a patriarchal view that men aren’t affected by rape. wards eradicating rape culture and the shattering effects it has on the estimated 237,868 victims every year, according to RAINN’s website. Rape is not just a women’s issue, it is a human issue, and I hope that Brown’s fame can have a posi-

tive impact and bring this taboo topic into the spotlight.

This is the opinion of Julia McQuade, a sophomore communication studies major from Los Angeles, Calif. Tweet comments to @LoyolanArts, or email cjames@theloyolan.com.

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Students celebrate different artistic mediums at 13th annual Artists’ Speak Artists’ Speak is an annual event that celebrates the artistic talents of LMU students as part of the Bellarmine Forum. The 13th annual Artists’ Speak theme was “Confronting Brokenness and Repairing Relationships.” The event was held on Nov. 2 in Murphy Recital Hall.

Every year, Artists’ Speak is held in accordance with the Bellarmine Forum, which itself is dedicated to a certain theme. Artists’ Speak always chooses the same theme as the Bellarmine Forum, but puts a unique spin on it.

Professor Judith Royer, C.S.J., who teaches acting, directing, dramatic literature and playwriting, was one of the hosts of the event. Royer said she has always felt that it is important for students to speak on the topics presented in the Bellarmine Forum.

“We believe students should have a place in the Bellarmine Forum to present their views and insights,” said Royer. “Forms of advocacy, activism and community building are displayed through the arts.”

Sophomore biology major Lisa Brehove, a student producer of the event, echoed Royer’s thoughts.

She mentioned that Artists’ Speak “gives students a chance to respond to the theme of the Bellarmine Forum; whoever wants to talk about this subject can come talk about it.”

- Amanda Lopez, contributor

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WHAT TO DO

THIS WEEKEND Watch “JFK” with director Oliver Stone

The Cinema Dome at the famous ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood is celebrating its 50th anniversary by inviting Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone to screen his controversial 1991 Best Picture-nominated film “JFK.” The film dramatizes the search of Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) as he tries to discover the truth behind John F. Kennedy’s assassination. There will be a Q-and-A with Stone, also known for his films “Wall Street” and “Platoon,” following the screening.

Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival

This all-day music festival is the only carnival in the world entirely dedicated to a hip-hop group. It is a must for fans of the horrorcore collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, and highly recommended for music-philes. The second annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, happening this Saturday, Nov. 9, at the L.A. Coliseum, will feature classic carnival rides and games, a skate park, two stages and performances by Frank Ocean, Mac Miller, Flying Lotus and more.

Ticket prices range from $50 to $199. Paying more means more carnival access and a chance to meet the artists.

Take a tour of the L.A. Arts District

Must have One Card, valid Driver’s license and be over 21 years to attend event.

Sponsored by The Loft and Veteran Programs

Explore L.A.’s architecture and history with this one-time-only tour through L.A.’s art district. Held by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the event will guide attendees through several designated tour sights, including the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Toy Factory Lofts and Angel City Brewery. The tour is self-guided with docents to explain the art at each location. The event is $15 for students and is located at various locations in Downtown L.A. Check out the Los Angeles Conservatory’s website for specific instructions.

Information compiled by: Mary Grace Cerni, asst. Life+Arts editor; Graphic: Patrick Josten | Loyolan

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Exploring the unknown: Divas in training Divas at the Gym Tyler Barnett & Kevin O’Keeffe Loyolan Staff

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t takes a brave pair of editors to take the TurboKick class at the Burns Recreation Center after not working out for years. We are not brave editors. We took one look at the class through the window and ran. But fitness is still important, we decided, so we hopped on a cycling machine and tried to work out. This is what we talked about in the process.

Kevin O’Keeffe (KO): Do you feel like the gym is a welcoming environment if you haven’t been working out in a while?

Tyler Barnett (TB): I think so.

I’m not uncomfortable.

KO: I think now that there’s not a lot of people, I feel more comfortable. But I feel like if it was really packed in here– TB: You’d feel less comfortable?

KO: Well, because I don’t really know what I’m doing. I know LMU offers the personal trainers, but I wish they had– TB: A gym attendant?

KO: How-to instructions, at least.

I can use the cardio machines because they’re so self-explanatory,

but if you give me the weights?

Nope.

TB: This workout is starting to burn.

KO: Yours is intense! What heart rate are you going for?

TB: I didn’t set one.

KO: No, I just mean generally, do you know what heart rate is good?

I feel like that’s what a gym attendant would be good for.

TB: Right. “Excuse me, but am I gonna die if I keep doing this at this rate?”

KO: But that’s such a diva question. “Could we get a gym attendant in here?”

TB: “Do you have any SmartWater?”

After approximately 10 minutes on the cycles, we were already bored. We moved to another cardio machine, where Tyler confessed she was inspired to work out more.

TB: Seeing people I know, I’m like, “Well, what’s my excuse?” They’re up in here, working out, caring about themselves. Not that I don’t care, but I just always say I don’t have time.

KO: That’s my excuse, too, and I’m thinking about my week, about when I would come. I think the hardest thing is that there’s not one particular time I would come regularly. I could probably find little spots of time here and there, but I feel like one of the big parts of the gym is that you’ve got to make it routine.

TB: Yeah, once a week is progress, but I feel like at least two or three would make sense.

KO: What does it say that the peo-

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ple on TV are doing more athletic activity than we are?

TB: A lot. Where is this?

KO: Glendora. Oh, it’s a flash mob!

Would you ever do a flash mob?

TB: We were trying to do one in high school. I don’t know. I feel like those are out.

After less than half an hour of mildly half-hearted cardio, we left, pledging to come back more prepared next time – even if we’ve never quite been able to make the commitment in the past.

KO: I have never seen fitness as required. I’ve seen it as nice, but

not necessary. And as I’ve grown older, it’s become more necessary to be fit.

TB: I’m a really healthy eater, so if I don’t work out, I’m not gonna have high cholesterol or whatever. But it would be nice to be a fit person, and to prove to myself that I can do it and can keep with it.

KO: The whole theme of it is that it’s personal pride. If you’re looking at the fit student body and constantly compare yourselves to those people, it’s not really healthy.

TB: It’s not, because you’re not working out for yourself. You’re working out for others.

KO: And the best habits are selfmotivated.

TB: Absolutely. Because you don’t know that person. They can come from a family of athletes. So you can’t compare yourselves to them.

It has to come from yourself. And for me, I want Kelly Rowland legs.

KO: And I want a Beyoncé body.

These are the opinions of Tyler Barnett, a junior graphic design major from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Kevin O’Keeffe, a senior screenwriting major from Austin, Texas. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan, or email kokeeffe@theloyolan.com and tbarnett@theloyolan.com.

Working out from the outside in Elli el-Effendi Contributor

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s an LMU sophomore, there are lots of things I’ve experienced at this university. The gym is not one of them.

Now, I’m not winning any “fittest girl on campus” award, but I could also venture to say that my physical health is not much of an issue – excuse the lack of modesty. I just can’t get myself to storm through those glass doors, confidently push through the turnstile and march my darn butt into the gym.

It’s not specifically the LMU gym that’s my problem, although all those dudes I see through the glass benching the equivalent of an adult female intimidate me to my core. I have a bit of a moral stance against the gym.

Why would I ever want to get on the elliptical when I could go run on the bluff trail, or better yet, on the beach? I’m not saying I frequent Playa del Rey in my tennis shoes by any means. Au contraire, I’m usually sporting a bikini and no shoes instead. Like I said, I’m not the fittest girl in L.A. I feel that people now exercise to exercise, and that’s it. When I’m physically exerting myself, by god, I better be enjoying myself. I want the wind blowing in my hair as I sprint to the Manhattan Beach Pier, the mountain air filling my lungs as I hike Malibu canyons, the encouraging yells of friends

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echoing as I play touch football or the power of Om-ing as I do yoga in the park.

I don’t, on the other hand, want to run on the treadmill, never moving, experiencing nothing new. For those of you wondering, “Is she seriously advocating the abandonment of my gym ritual?”

No. As Elle Woods put it, “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands.”

But is this boring routine making

you happy? Next time you have a bit more time to work out, try an outdoor experience rather than the cramped gym. Consider the rec center your last resort, not your go-to workout setting.

I also haven’t become acquainted with gyms because they’re incredibly monotonous, especially for a girl who has no idea what the heck she’s doing. Even someone who has been a gym member since birth gets comfortable in his or her routine and lacks the variety in their life that I believe is

necessary for happiness. Maybe the workout is specific to a day of the week, but I’ve learned that it gets boring pretty quickly. If I decided to run on the beach twice a week, my experience would differ every single time.

We experience enough monotony in our lives already: breakfast, class, nap, lunch, class, homework, dinner, meeting, bed. Don’t let exercise fall into this same category. The stress society puts on us to work out everyday and attain the “perfect” body leads us away

from the idea of merely living an active lifestyle. Spoiler alert: The perfect body doesn’t exist.

Physical exercise should be a means of relieving stress, not a stress-builder. Next time you plan to squeeze in some lunges at the gym and aren’t really feeling it, don’t worry about it. The only person who should decide when and where to work out is you.

This is the opinion of Elli el-Effendi, a sophomore psychology major from Dallas, Texas. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan, or email aheck@theloyolan.com.

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Portland’s explosive offense will provide a late-season test for the Lions’ defense.

Freshman Eddie Sanchez leads the WCC and is No. 8 in the nation in total goals with 11. The Lions’ defense has been a key to its success this season and will again depend on its size and experience to lead them to victory this weekend.

“The big thing is, we’re very good defensively,” Head Coach Paul Krumpe said. “When your team is a little shaky defensively, you can only hold on for so long before you feel like you’re going to give up a goal. But when your team is solid defensively, you feel like you can win every game. Even if you’re down a goal, you can fight your way back.”

After Portland, the Gonzaga Bulldogs will provide another late-season test for the Lions. The last time the two teams met in Spokane in mid-October, the Bulldogs beat the Lions 12-1 in what would turn out to be LMU’s sole conference loss.

“It was a disappointing loss at Gonzaga, although I thought Gonzaga was a very good team-certainly much improved from last year,” Krumpe said in an earlier interview with the Loyolan. “They deserved to win the game. They out-played us in pretty much every aspect of the game: in the defending end, in the midfield and up front.”

The match will feature arguably two of the WCC’s premier defenses. Gonzaga’s senior goalkeeper Ryan Caballero boasts an impressive .83 save percentage, while LMU’s sophomore goalkeeper Paul Blanchette has six shutouts – a total that ties him for LMU’s single-season record.

Blanchette praised his teammates in lieu of his own efforts when asked about the record, “I don’t think it’s me at all,” he said.

“It’s the people in front of me.”

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Junior midfielder John McFarlin (center) is a key component in LMU’s offense this season. McFarlin leads the WCC with nine assists and ranks sixth in the nation in assists. McFarlin and the Lions have three matches remaining, including a season finale at Santa Clara University.

Redshirt junior defender Craig Nitti and junior defender Ryan Felix have led a defense that has not allowed a goal in the team’s past three matches. Krumpe credits the team’s ability to make comebacks to his team’s superior defensive play.

“The team knows how solid we are defensively,” Krumpe said. “It’s just a matter of time before we score goals.”

Despite its defensive prowess, the team will need to perform well offensively against a staunch Gonzaga defense.

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3. Miami Dolphins bullying scandal

This may be the most disturbing NFL storyline of 2013 thus far: The Miami Dolphins suspended starting offensive lineman Richie Incognito after he sent disturbingly racist and inappropriate text and voice messages to fellow lineman Jonathan Martin. Some call it friendly hazing; I call it disgusting bullying, and I don’t think that Incognito deserves another NFL job. Period. Although more will probably come from this story, Incognito is keeping quiet for now, and the Dolphins are cleaning up the mess.

4. Peyton Manning leads the Broncos

Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback Peyton Manning is playing some of the best football of his career, leading an offense that scored the most points though the first five games of a season in NFL history. But this team goes beyond No. 18. With an all-star receiving core and a running game that is both physical and fast, the Broncos are a complete team that could represent the American Football Conference (AFC) in Super Bowl XLVII. They may not finish the regular season with the best record, but this is a team that is built for the playoffs. I trust Manning to lead this team deep into the postseason.

5. Is the NFL expanding?

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to expand the NFL both on a national and global scale. He said that he wants a team both in Los Angeles and across the Atlantic in London. Two NFL games were played in London this season, and three more are planned for next season. Meanwhile, Los Angeles has two projects that are “shovel ready” once a team decides to sign on the dotted line. With stadium deals in San Diego, Oakland and Saint Louis not solidified at the moment, look for the NFL to make some major changes in the near future.

6. Super Bowl prediction

This is obviously the toughest question to answer midway through the season, but I like what Denver is doing in the AFC. I think they will beat the tough New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game in another iconic Manning-Tom Brady matchup. In the NFC, I like a Saints-Seahawks NFC title game with the edge going to the team that plays at home. I think it will be Seattle. In a freezing Super Bowl XLVIII, I imagine Manning gets another title, defeating the Seahawks 34-24.

This is the opinion of Dan Raffety, a senior communication studies major from Eagle Rock, Calif.

Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email draffety@theloyolan.com.

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junior midfielder John McFarlin have been the engines of the team’s offense, but the team has room for improvement.

Sophomore forward Pedro Velazquez has yet to score this season. The former WCC Freshman of the Year led the Lions with six goals just a year ago. After stumbling through inconsistent play and suffering a few injuries in the conference season, Velazquez is expected to finish strong.

“Although he hasn’t picked up any points yet this year, he’s shown some form as the returning WCC Freshman of the Year

last year,” Krumpe said. “I think he’s ready for a breakout weekend.”

The team knows the importance of this pair of weekend games and is looking to prove that it can make a legitimate run in the NCAA tournament.

“We got to take care of business, especially on Sullivan, where we’ve done well so far,” Felix said. “We have to be hungry to finish the season strong and get the job done. … We’ve got to win this conference and hopefully get into the tournament.”

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care about women’s sports, but there is one team I want to see have more support this season: the LMU women’s basketball team.

These athletes work hard at practice and are ready to come out and play this season. So, even though you might not care about women’s basketball on the national stage, we have a team representing our school and competing in a conference that deserves student support.

Basketball is our sport at LMU. With all the sitting around we do during football season while our friends from other colleges post tailgate photos on Facebook, this is our time of the year to become

unabashed fans. However, only the men’s team is the talk of the school.

“Is senior point guard Anthony Ireland good enough to make it to the NBA?” “Did you see freshman forward Gabe Levin’s performance at the exhibition game?” “How are we going to do in the WCC this season?” I’m not saying this is a bad thing; our men’s team is awesome, after all. Drawing on personal experience, we should give the women’s team the props they deserve as well.

Back in high school, my basketball team worked hard throughout the year. We went to a local hiking trail to spring uphill for preseason conditioning.

We practiced until 10 p.m. on the weekdays after a long day

of classes. We woke up early on Saturday mornings after a late Friday night game to start warming up for practice. With all of this, we still didn’t have as much student support as the men’s team.

This season, let’s try to be aware of the women’s team’s performances as well as the men’s.

Both teams put in a tremendous amount of time and effort into their sports and they deserve to have our support.

I’m not trying to tell you that you’re not a true fan if you don’t show up at every women’s basketball game wearing face paint and blowing an air horn. But as

LMU students, we should be aware that when basketball season comes into full bloom, we have two teams to root for, not just one.

This is the opinion of Sam Borsos, a sophomore communication studies major from Palo Alto, Calif. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email sborsos@theloyolan.com.

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The LMU women’s basketball team had a busy offseason and is ready for a big year. They deserve student support alongside the men’s team this year.

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Men’s soccer enters final stretch The first place Lions host two crucial matches this weekend at Sullivan Field.

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M. BASKETBALL The Lions won an exhibition game against California Lutheran University last Saturday.

Senior point guard Anthony Ireland scored 24 points, dished seven assists and collected six rebounds.

VOLLEYBALL The team will host their final two home matches of the year this week against WCC opponents University of the Pacific and Saint Mary’s College. The match against Saint Mary’s will be senior day for the four seniors on the squad.

Seniors Betsi Metter, Kathleen Luft, Taylor Scioscia and Felicia Arriola will play their final game in Gersten Pavilion.

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CROSS-COUNTRY Junior Grace Graham-Zamudio collected her second straight WCC Women’s Cross Country Player of the Month honor for October.

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Freshman forward Adrien Perez has emerged as one of the top players in the WCC. The newcomer has logged five goals and five assists for the Lions this season.

LMU is the front-runner in the West Coast Conference (WCC) Men’s soccer race, but an NCAA tournament berth is no guarantee if the team fails to finish strong.

LMU (10-3-2, 6-1-1) begins a threegame home stand on Friday against the University of Portland Pilots (3-5-0, 8-80) and the Gonzaga University Bulldogs (8-4-3, 3-2-3) on Sunday.

The Lions are in first place with 19 points, with the Santa Clara University Broncos (8-8, 5-3) behind them with 15 points. Along with the likely NCAA tournament at-large bid for Gonzaga, LMU and Santa Clara are fighting for the WCC’s automatic NCAA-tournament bid.

LMU topped the Pilots in a 2-1 victory at Portland in mid-October. First-half goals by junior midfielder John McFarlin and sophomore forward Akio OhtakeGordon provided enough cushion for the Lions to hold on against the Pilots despite facing major adversity in the match’s second half. Senior midfielder Sean Sears and sophomore midfielder Leon Prikhodovskiy were both ejected from the game after Sears received two yellow cards and Prikhodovskiy received a red card.

LMU’s defense held on to its lead in the final 30 minutes despite playing two men down.

The Pilots enter Friday’s match coming off two consecutive losses at the hands of Gonzaga and Santa Clara, while LMU is riding a five-game win streak. The Lions have yet to lose on Sullivan Field, sporting a 5-0-1 record on their home pitch.

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Six NFL midseason storylines Raff’s Rap

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hen I played varsity basketball in high school, I was always disappointed to look up in the bleachers at our games and see empty stands. After three-hour practices throughout the week, endless sprints for conditioning and lifting weights every other day, our cheering section consisted of some parents and a few of our team’s closest friends.

After our games, the varsity boys’ team would start warming up, and suddenly, the student section would grow to a sizable crowd getting pumped for the game. People had posters, noise-makers – the whole shebang. Even though it was frustrating, I can’t say I was surprised.

Similarly, it’s not a secret that people don’t care about women’s basketball as much as they do about men’s. WNBA players get paid a fraction of what NBA players do without a second thought.

Have you ever heard any of your friends say, “Hey, did you catch the game last night?” and assumed they were referring to women’s basketball? I don’t think so.

I’m not trying to tell you to start watching the WNBA, because that would be hypocritical of me; let’s be real, I don’t think I know more than a few players in the entire league. I’m not one of those people whose goal it is to get everyone to See Sam’s Slam | Page 11

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ith over half of the National Football League season in the books, there have been many great storylines to the 2013 season. Here are my top four things to look out for this season, and who I think will be the last team standing in New York for Super Bowl XLVIII.

1. The undefeated Kansas City Chiefs (9-0) The only remaining unbeaten team through week nine, the Chiefs, won all of two games last season. But with a new head coach and quarterback, not to mention the five players who made the Pro Bowl last season, Kansas City is the team to beat in the NFL. Who cares that the Chiefs have had one of the easiest NFL schedules?

They have no control over their schedule strength. They face their most critical test in their next game against the one-loss Denver Broncos in week 11, but props to Kansas City for surprising everyone.

2. Will two of Florida’s NFL teams win a game this season?

Both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars are defeated this season, going a combined 0-16. Tampa

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The Kansas City Chiefs are poised to be a legitimate threat to Peyton Manning and the Broncos in the AFC West. The two teams will face off in week 11, with possible playoff implications on the line.

Bay’s week one starting quarterback left, Head Coach Greg Schiano is in hot water and their stadium can rarely be filled. But Jacksonville’s situation may be even worse. Their last two first-round picks seem to have busted in the NFL. Quarterback Blaine Gabbert is battling for his starting job, and wide receiver Justin

Blackmon was just suspended for illegal drug activity. The only constant the team has is its running back Maurice JonesDrew, but I can honestly see both teams losing every game. It probably won’t happen that way, but it’s surely worth watching.

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