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Radical, a social heat map app, allows students to track each other's locations.

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Ministry, said in an email to the university community. Those in attendance at the vigil on Monday night came together through song and prayer to support ending violence led by hatred with an opening song by Rabbi Zackay Zysman and opening prayer by Fr. James Erps, S.J. “Let us look to our own hearts, that we may root out hate and recognize that we belong to one another,” Dr. Sebastian said.

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At the steps of Sacred Heart Chapel, members of the community gathered to grieve the tragic deaths of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. As a university that is committed to the service of faith and the promotion of justice, LMU stands in solidarity with those targeted and attacked in hatred, Dr. John Sebastian, the vice president for Mission and

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In almost total darkness, chatter echoed across the empty soccer field as students sprinted to their destination across the grass — a neon red sign glowing in the distance.

The letters spelled out Radical.

Students were a part of one of the three scavenger hunts that have been part of the advertising for a new app, Radical, that just launched on LMU’s campus last week.

Radical is a social heat map that allows students to see what is happening on campus by tracking the location of their peers. The heat map shows red on locations where there are more users and has a sliding spectrum to the color blue which represents fewer users in that area. All students on the app contribute to the heat map; however, only users that are friends on the app are allowed access to be able to see each other’s exact location.

“It’s a great way to see where your close friends are hanging out, to see what’s popular around campus and to discover other students via our newly launched dynamic student directory 'Discover Nearby,'” Raad Mobrem, CEO of Radical, said.

The app's mission is to connect students to the world around them, according to Mobrem.

However, some students questioned the purpose and safety of the app.

“I’m skeptical of [the app]. That's some serious big brother stuff right there,” said Frankie Foltz, a sophomore biology major.

In response to concerns of students, Radical aims to protect students' safety by including a three-factor verification process of being a student at LMU and a system that flags suspicious behavior as well as reviewing tags for inappropriateness or harassment.

Radical also bans students from other schools and LMU faculty from using the LMU-specific heat map.

“I’m sure the faculty doesn’t like that they can’t access the app, but we care more about the students and their needs,” said Mobrem. “Campus security showed up at the last game held at LMU and they actually thought it was great."

The app has been hosting a variety of promotional activities on campus, including a three-day scavenger hunt that finished on Oct. 25 as well as various surprise scavenger hunts during which they gave out prizes, including money and concert tickets. Students used the map to track where the red “X” was on campus, and the first few to arrive won prizes.

The heat map allows students to see the popularity levels in parts of Westchester, Playa Vista and Playa Del Rey, surrounding LMU’s campus in the center.

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What do you do as a stage manager?

The stage manager is kind of like the central line of communication between every entity that works on a production. So, we work really closely with the production team, running production meetings between directors and designers. Also, working with the cast.

What is your favorite show you’ve ever worked on?

I think “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” this past summer. I just worked really, really hard on it. It was the first production that [LMU’s] Shakespeare on the Bluff company did, so it was a lot of building it up from the ground. All of us together had to figure out what it was and what we wanted it to be. It was really fun. It was rewarding because of how difficult it was, because I didn’t have any assistant stage managers.

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What show will you be working on abroad?

We are doing “Spring Awakening,” the play version of it. It’s about adolescent oppression in early 19th century Germany. It’s about the lack of communication between adults and children [that] gets the kids into very bad situations. It’s called the children’s tragedy.

Outside of theatre, you have also interned on Gavin Newsom’s campaign for governor; why do you think being politically active is important?

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Political activism is super important because I’m personally not a huge fan of the current administration that we have. I hate Trump. I think that it’s really important for people to be aware of what’s happening. I think that activism in general and being active in your community and helping to work with communities who are oppressed or under-represented in the mainstream is super important. And I love Gavin Newsom. Vote for him for governor!

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I think that theater management is something I really want to go into.

Not necessarily stage management—I love stage management, but I don’t think I could do it long term. I’m also really interested in producing. I love Broadway and musical theatre, and so just finding a way to be involved with that. Something that I hope to do in life is either create or work on a non-profit theatre company that focuses on using arts as a way of working through trauma.

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A record number of young people are predicted to vote this year.

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This week, news intern Sofia Hathorn sat down with Colette Mendoza, a sophomore theatre arts and political science double major, who will be going abroad to Germany next semester as the only stage manager to attend.

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Campus prepares for election

A reoccurring issue during elections is the lack of participation from the younger age group. A poll from Harvard University Institute of Politics showed that 40 percent of people aged 18 to 29 said they will “definitely vote” in the midterm election—an increase from the previous two midterms—with young Democrats more likely to say they will vote. While there is history of discrepancies in the numbers of people who say they will vote and those who actually do, according to Vox, there is still the prediction that this year will break the previous record of 21 percent participation by youth in the polls.

“This past year has been a rollercoaster of events both politically and socially,” Arielle Green, a senior political science major, said. “As a political science major, I am biased in my enthusiasm for elections and political involvement, but I do believe [the election] is a valuable opportunity to let your political opinions be heard in a way that can actually make a difference ... ” The midterm elections occur in the middle of a presidential term, and thus don’t vote on preisdent.

However, the results can have a lasting effect on the second half of the term. Election Day is Nov. 6, but early voting has already started. For students voting with absentee ballots, the ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by the elections office no later than three days after Election Day.

“As a more left-leaning person [living in Arizona], I definitely found that there is a very slim chance that political reform of any sort would take place in Arizona, but of course I still voted,” Connor Johnson, a sophomore political science major, said.

Each state has their own local elections and series of propositions to vote on. However, the largest effect the midterms could have is within the House of Representatives. All 435 seats are open for re-election. While many seats are predicted to remain in the same political party, there are 73 that are highly competitive, according to the New York Times. To flip the majority, Democrats would need to take 23 Republican-held seats. If Republicans can hold the seats they have, they will remain the majority.

Political science professor Jennifer Jones believes that the Senate will stay in Republican hands, but the House could flip to the other side due to political resignations and the number of seats being contested.

“There is a good chance that the Democrats could gain seats in the House,” Jones said. “Whether that’s enough to take control of the House — it looks that way now but it could just be a very close split, it’s anybody’s guess.”

According to Vox, there are 10 Senate races in various states that could sway the current 51-49 Republican majority.

“I’m voting because every vote counts for change,” Emma Forthofer, sophomore film and television production major, said.

Political science professor Claudia Sandoval said that the midterms are important because those who represent districts and senators are the most influential in legislation, not the president.

“When it comes to making sure that things run the way that they’re

supposed to, we have to make sure that Congress is in line with the constituents,” Sandoval said.

President Trump’s approval rating is up one point from spring 2018, now at 26 percent among young Americans and at 25 percent among likely voters, according to the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Andrew Alcorn, a freshman recording arts major, said he believes that Trump is not as “rooted in conservatism as many think” and might sway to nonconservative legislation.

“I want to keep a majority Republican Congress because I think that there’s a lot of legislative battles in circulation that I want to make sure turn out conservative,” Alcorn said. “It could also lead to political deadlock, but I’m more okay with that, because as a fan of small government, when the government can’t do anything at least it’s not growing.”

In California, residents are voting on state-level governmental positions, such as governor and lieutenant governor, as well as judge positions for the court of appeals and the California Supreme Court.

“Direct democracy is a privilege, but lack of education on our votes creates a nation of ignorance,” Cheyenne Weiss, a junior political science major, said. “We must research what we are voting for before we just check boxes.”

Jennifer Jones stressed that the midterm elections will shape the next two years of legislation and could shape policies that will play a role in the 2020 election.

“You’re never have perfect information before you vote ... know what your positions are,” Jones said. She hopes students update themselves on the news at least once a week to make informed decisions when they vote.

Radical engages students with new app

If you could have any superpower, what would it be?

Oh, easily manipulation of time. Any capacity of going back in time, of stopping time, of slowing down time. I feel pressure, time-wise, to do stuff with my life.

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are] in Santa Monica, and many of my entrepreneurial friends are LMU alumni so I was encouraged to give it a shot. I’m glad we did,” Mobrem said.

Students can tag a point of interest on the map anonymously and mark the location as events, music, fun or other.

“Radical is really cool because sometimes events go under the radar in some areas of campus and this is a great way to see what’s happening with your friends,” said Greg Jasper, a freshman AIMS major who won $1000 during a scavenger hunt.

Radical allows users to add friends, best friends and roommates on the app. Users can set up a bio that includes the student’s photo, year and hometown. There is also a discover nearby feature that shows users (other LMU students) within half a mile of their location.

“I think it is an excellent idea that can give students a quick and simple way to locate exciting activities and events taking place on campus,” said Taylor Kirkham, a grad student.

Radical does not share the location of students to third-party companies nor is it affiliated with the universities

it launches on. Users can unshare their location at any time without alerting other users on the app. It is also possible to unshare locations with specific users and friends for a set time period.

The creators of the app plan on making capital soon by adding membership subscriptions to the app once it gains popularity. Radical has also launched on other campuses in California, such as UC Santa Barbara.

“It’s been awesome to see LMU and other campuses adopt it so enthusiastically,” Mobrem said.

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Just yesterday, the Belles service organization held a candlelight vigil in St. Robert’s Auditorium to mark the end of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The statistics and the issues that they advocate about are not irrelevant to us as college students, but deeply personal and likely affects far more students than we realize.

This week is Halloween, and we encourage students to enjoy the holiday, dress up and hang out with friends as the stress of midterms finally blows over. However, as fun and exciting of a holiday it may be, we want to remind students that Halloween—like any other day—will be another day that many also live in fear.

Domestic violence is an issue that matters to us all.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), one in three women and one in four men in the U.S. have been victims of some type of physical violence committed by an intimate partner in their lifetime, and women aged 18 to 24 are most commonly the victims. Throughout the past month, Belles has hosted a variety of events with the intent of supporting the victims of domestic violence and raising awareness about the issue, including their 24-hour silent protest outside the library and an open-mic night.

We must recognize how our own actions can perpetuate the systemic issues that continue to excuse or ignore domestic violence as an issue.

We also need to address that according to the NCADV, nearly half of all rapes committed

are committed by acquaintances. This adds an extra burden for victims who may have to come to terms with the fact that seemingly regular people, that they may have seen and met many times before, were capable of abusing them in such a way.

We reassert that the victim is never to blame in instances of rape or domestic abuse, even if the victim knew or had a relationship with their attacker. Confusion over consent or having consumed an excess number of drinks does not excuse the violent crimes committed against women and men. Physical abuse, manipulation and rape are serious offenses that cannot be excused away as accidents or the results of a temporary loss of control.

As students and young adults, it is our responsibility to confront these issues around us and to be advocates for our friends who may be at risk of or suffering from abuse. Excessive drinking and abusive language directed at intimate partners can both be danger signs that we should take seriously. Be aware of how much you and your friends drink, never allow drunkenness to excuse abusive language or actions and if Halloween celebrations leave you and your friends a bit tipsy, be careful about who you let your friends go home with.

Student Psychological Services offers free and confidential individual and group therapy sessions. If you or a friend needs support or a listening ear after business hours or in an emergency, they can reach SPS at (310) 338-2868.

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Don’t lump all nationalists together Phil from the Future Phillip Nieto Opinion Intern @LALoyolan

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resident Trump recently identified himself as a nationalist while speaking to a sold-out auditorium in Houston, Texas. This sparked heated debate between conservatives and liberals, with many people equating his statement to be aligned with racist ideologies. However, labeling an entire political ideology like nationalism to its most radical form is a

wrongful characterization.

“A globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well. Frankly, not caring about our country so much,” Trump said to the Toyota Center on Oct. 22. “You know what I am? I’m a nationalist. Okay? A nationalist.

Use that word.” Hear hear, Mr. President.

I couldn’t agree more that we need to use the word.

The next day, at a press briefing in the Oval Office, CNN reporter Jim Acosta asked President Trump the following: “What you really mean is you’re a white nationalist?” Recently, nationalism has been equated to white supremacy by many left-leaning publications, such as CNN

and the Huffington Post.

The dictionary definition of a nationalist is someone “devoted and loyal to one’s own country; patriotic.” White nationalism is classified as the “advocacy of or support for the political interests of white people regarded as a nation, especially to the exclusion or detriment of others,” according to the Oxford Dictionary. Another type of nationalism that is relevant, specifically to the president’s political ideology, is economic nationalism, which advocates for the economic interests of the nationstate over globalization.

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Nationalism, when practiced as an economic ideology, does not promote racism and believers shouldn’t be conflated with white nationalists.

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Nationalism, as we’ve come to define it, is a love for one’s own nation­— a drive to make sure that the nation-state’s interests remain at the top of the political agenda. Foreign or individual interests are not the concern of a nationalist. Again, this has nothing to do with race. If you put aside Trump’s rhetoric and actually look at the policies he’s implementing, I believe he’s actually an economic nationalist in practice.

In his first year in office, President Trump removed the United States from the TransPacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP encompassed several North and South American countries with East Asia trading powers into one centralized trade agreement. A few months later, the president pulled America out of the Paris Climate Accord— an environmental protection agreement that would have put economic regulation on America’s industrial companies.

And most recently, we have the renegotiation of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) with both Canada and Mexico, aiming to give the United States a more economically beneficial deal.

During the 2016 election, then-candidate Trump was clear that he did plan on running the country on a traditional economic policy platform. Back in April of 2016, Trump said, “On trade, on immigration, on foreign policy — the jobs, incomes and security of the American worker will always be my first priority …We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.”

Often the president will cite the record-low minority unemployment rate as proof that his economic policies are working. A white nationalist wouldn’t do that. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies white nationalists as advocate, “for policies to reverse changing demographics and the loss of an

absolute.” A white nationalist wouldn’t brag that their policies are bringing economic success to the Black and Hispanic communities.

A white nationalist wouldn’t engage in trade wars with countries with a majority white population. They would, instead —according to the definition of white nationalism— seek to unify and uplift the white

race. White nationalists, like Richard Spencer, are focused on the creation of a white ethno-state. While economic nationalists are focused on the economic superiority of the United States. The two couldn’t be more different.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Trump is a nationalist. His rhetoric on the campaign and

the policies he’s implementing in office all have an economically nationalist tone.

It’s very reasonable to disagree with these policies. Yet, to say that the president’s nationalist ideology is comparable to that of white nationalism is ridiculous.

Richard Spencer is a selfproclaimed white nationalist.

Donald Trump is a selfdescribed nationalist, and in my opinion, is an economic nationalist in practice. While both men are under the umbrella of nationalism, their ideologies are on completely different planes of the political spectrum.

It’s a straw man to say that if I associate with a political ideology, I must therefore adhere to the most radical form of that ideology.

Europe, when it comes to nationalist movements, has a dark past. National socialism gave rise to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.

Millions lost their lives due to a genocidal racial totalitarian regime. However, present—day nationalism, which is supported by the president and many Americans, should not be bound by their ideologies’ pasts. Hitler was also a socialist but we do not, and should not, bound all forms of socialism to Nazism.

Generalizing an entire political ideology and associating it to its most radical form is intellectually irresponsible. Before throwing out a term such as “racist” or “white nationalist,” make sure to understand the meanings of the words being used and their implications.

This is the opinion of Phillip Nieto, a freshman political science major from Fresno, California.

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Two alumni moved forward in a competition from SYFY to develop a telvision series.

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Two recent LMU alumni filmed a trailer for their television series idea earlier this semester, and that trailer is now competing with two others for possible development on the Syfy channel. The trailer is one of the first productions by their newly founded production company, Sailing Pig. Katie Anne Moy (‘17) and Tancredi Di Paola (‘17), both former film and television production majors, won a contest at SYFY, where potential writers could pitch television series ideas and the top three would be produced into trailers. Now, the three trailers have premiered online, and audiences can vote on which one they would like to see developed into a full series.

Thousands entered the Story to Screen competition, and Moy and Di Paola were one of the three ideas that proceeded to the voting round.

“We won because of our energy,” said Di Paola. “We were excited.” Given that Sailing Pig was only six days old at the time of their win, it makes sense why they were excited.

After winning the first round of the Story to Screen competition, Moy and Di Paola needed to go out and actually make a trailer for their perspective series. Titled “Expiration Date,” the series follows a girl named Iris who lives past the day she is supposed to die, even though, in this world, all people know what day they are meant to die. In escaping fate, she begins to uncover secrets within her society, eventually joining a resistance group.

The series is based off of a Wattpad novel

by Mikaela Bender. Wattpad is an online social media community for aspiring writers to post fan-fiction, novels and other literature.

The trailer features action, drama and mystery. It opens with a massive house on fire and closes with a group of angry, tattooed people with weapons. The show is of a similar tone to SYFY’s other programming, yet it offers a fresh storyline.

Moy and Di Paola decided to use LMU students and alumni to work as cast and crew members during the production of the trailer. Jacob Lallas, sophomore film and television production major and grip on the set of “Expiration Date” said, “I enjoyed the shoot — everyone was great to work with.”

“It was really important to us to keep the LMU network together,” said Moy. Di Paola agreed, complimenting LMU and its students’ work ethics on productions.

“LMU has a great film program,” he said.

“Students are always prepared to be on set.”

The duo met during their first moments at LMU. “We have worked together since freshman year — we’ve always made a great team,” said Moy. Through their years in film school, they collaberated on their short films, with Moy emerging as a producer and Di Paola as a director.

Their time at LMU was partially to thank for their success. Di Paola remembered a quote his production 200 professor once told him: “He told us to focus on telling stories that matter to us, because by the time we make something else, we’ll have a new story to tell.”

Moy reflected on something different — working on sets. “Working on student films helped launch me into the industry,” she said.

Coming out of LMU, the duo knew they were going to do things on their own. “The

company began because we didn’t want to work for someone else,” Moy said.

Already, Moy and Di Paola have managed to establish themselves in the industry.

Within one semester after graduating, they started Sailing Pig and created “Expiration Date.” Along with the trailer, Sailing Pig has released eight pieces of content, ranging from a commercial for an orthopedic company called Cast21 to a digital series titled “Broken Vision.” They’ve also produced a family film, a fantasy film, a thriller and more.

“For me, it doesn’t matter if it’s a student film or not,” Moy said. “What matters is the story.” With Sailing Pig, she and Di Paola aim

to help others tell the stories they want to tell.

Landing the SYFY series would be a major step for two people fresh out of university, and the team behind Sailing Pig is fighting to make it happen. On social media and beyond, they are campaigning to win the contest.

Since voting is open to the public, LMU students can help out.

All you need to do to support these alumni is visit https://www.syfy.com/ storytoscreen. There, you can view all three trailers and vote for your favorite.

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Katie Anne Moy (left) and Tancredi Di Paola (right) not only created a production company in their first year after graduating LMU, but also pitched an idea to the SYFY channel, which is now in a competition to be developed.

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very year on Oct. 23, students, staff and alumni gather on the lawn outside of the Foley Building for the annual Beatles 4 Sam event — a live concert to memorialize the life of a former student on the anniversary of his death. In October of 2007, LMU student Sam Wasson was killed in a car accident while he was a sophomore studying theatre arts.

The next year, the first annual Beatles 4 Sam event took the stage, and it’s been a tradition in the LMU theatre arts department ever since.

The event, which is free to the public, is organized by Technical Director Jason Sheppard of the theater arts department, who spent time with Wasson while he was a student at LMU. Students, alumni and faculty all have the opportunity to sign up and perform a live cover of one of The Beatles’ songs, showcasing both the talent in the department, as well as their own creativity — this year’s event featured a choreographed dance to the song “Honey Pie” performed by a dancer in a brown bear costume.

And while admission is free, there are t-shirts for sale every year and the proceeds help fund the Sam Wasson Humanitarian scholarship.

Sheppard came up with the idea for the concert as he was inspired

by Sam’s love of The Beatles and thought it would be the best way to celebrate Sam’s life. “Sam was

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Theatre arts major and scholarship recipient Giselle Durand performs “Hey Jude.” Even 11 years after the death of former LMU theatre arts major Sam Wasson, his memory remains alive at the annual Beatles 4 Sam event. always singing Beatles songs when he was working with us, [building sets for theater productions],” Sheppard said. “That’s why we made it Beatles-themed.”

Despite the fact that Beatles 4 Sam has been going on for a decade, and that students today never got the opportunity to know Sam Wasson, the message at its heart has only strengthened. “The theme of love and community, and the celebration of life has remained and continued to get stronger each year,” said Sheppard.

Student performers, such as one of this year’s performers, senior theatre arts major Maren English, are an essential reason for the continued success of

Beatles 4 Sam. According to English, participating in the event makes her feel closer to the entire LMU community. “It makes me emotional every year, for sure. It also makes me feel really connected to all of these people from past years at LMU and Beatles 4 Sam, even if I haven’t met them before,” said English.

And for those who were fortunate enough to have known Wasson, like his family and former classmates who attend each year, the tradition they’ve built brings them comfort. “For me, the best part [of Beatles 4 Sam] is the sense of community that we all feel on that day, and the feeling that we took one of the

worst days of all of our lives and turned it into a day where we all get together and celebrate Sam’s life and the lasting impact he’s had,” said Sheppard.

For English, the connection she has to the event is even stronger than most, as she is a prior recipient of the Sam Wasson Humanitarian Scholarship. It is awarded to a single student per year who, like Wasson did, excels in both the performance and technical aspects of theatre and who also demonstrates a “spirit of humanitarian generosity,” according to the LMU website.

“Having the scholarship is a big part of what drives me to try to make a difference. Because even

though I never actually met him, I really feel the need to make Sam proud and honor his qualities that are maintained in the scholarship,” English said.

Sam Wasson is remembered by his family and friends as a loving young man with a big heart and a love of classic rock, who often volunteered to help those in need.

At this year’s event, his mother, Cindy White, read excerpts from her son’s writing about his time as a children’s camp counselor for Easter Seals, an organization that provides services to people with disabilities. She recounted stories of him helping the children he worked with. “In his experience [volunteering], Sam witnessed the transforming power of love,” said White. “And then he embodied that spirit going forward in his life. It’s really a part of what made his short time on Earth so memorable and lasting, especially here at LMU — that transforming power of love.”

The spirit of Beatles 4 Sam can best be summarized by the words of Sam himself, written to comfort a friend who’d lost a loved one and read aloud by his mother at the event. “Everyone says that death is permanent. I don’t believe that,” Sam’s letter reads. “Death is inevitable, yes, but we all die. We all get there. It’s not a permanent barrier between us. No, death is not permanent.

Love is permanent. Love is the connection that links us forever.”

This is the opinion of Ally Boulas, a senior theatre arts major from Sacramento, CA. Tweet comments to @allyroseboulas or email comments to jcornblatt@ theloyolan.com.

Students anticipate opening of Habit Burger Cormac ‘n Cheese Cormac Dolezal Life+Arts Intern @cormacdolezal

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ith construction finally coming to a close on LMU’s new Habit Burger, it seems as if the highly anticipated restaurant is all that students are able to talk about. I decided to hit the streets to figure out what exactly these hungry Lions had to say about LMU’s newest restaurant.

“I’ve been excited for the Habit to finally open up for a while now. I walk past the construction every day,” Matthew Jordan, a sophomore film and television production and marketing double major, said. “This has been a long time coming, I’m excited.”

For those unaware, the Habit Burger is a West Coast based hamburger chain with roots starting in Santa Barbara, California. The Habit Burger now has over 200 locations as well as a loyal fanbase.

The Habit Burger has quickly become one of the fastest growing fast food chains in the industry. They are well known for their charbroiled burgers, fries and various types of shakes. Their recipes are highly praised, so the Habit Burger should be a good addition to the LMU landscape.

It is not all stars and rainbows, however.

The Habit Burger has some pretty big shoes to fill from its predecessor, the infamous Iggy’s Diner.

“Iggy’s Diner was a staple. No doubt about it. I’ll be very interested to see what the Habit Burger does with the place,” Kai Affolter, a sophomore screenwriting

major, said.

It will be interesting to see how the Habit Burger differentiates itself from Iggy’s.

Breakfast was the pinnacle of Iggy’s menu, but if the Habit Burger’s menu holds true to its other locations, it will be breakfast-free.

Even the very vocal Habit Burger supporter, Jordan, was a little nervous about the sudden lack of breakfast options.

“The breakfast at Iggy’s might have been the best part. You get up, get yourself an omelet and just start your day. It’ll be greatly missed, that’s for sure,” Jordan said.

One group of LMU students who is definitely excited for the Habit Burger to open is the freshman class.

Haven Watts, an undeclared freshman, heard about Iggy’s but never had the opportunity to go. Watts said, “I heard that they had milkshakes over there, so one day I walked over to get a milkshake and it was closed.”

Construction on LMU’s Habit Burger has been ongoing for most of the summer and it is expected to open come early November.

Scott Anderson, a freshman business management major, summed everything up very nicely when he said, “I’ve heard of the Habit Burger, and I’m excited.”

Overall, I think it will be very interesting to see what people think of the Habit Burger once it opens. Through my various conversations with LMU students, I think it is fair to say that there are definitely big expectations for such a small restaurant.

Let’s all hope that the Habit Burger lives up to the hype.

This is the opinion of Cormac Dolezal, a sophomore film and television production major from Woodsbury, MN. Tweet comments to @cormacdolezal or email comments to jcornblatt@theloyolan.com.

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After decades of being an on-campus staple, Iggy’s Diner has been replaced by the celebrated burger chain, the Habit Burger. Students are excited about the new addition to campus, but are wary about the lack of breakfast options.

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Classic, restored cinema screens at SFTV Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival returns to LMU this week.

Troy Salmans Life+Arts Intern @salmansta12

This November, a piece of Italy is coming to LMU. Every summer the world-famous Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival is held in Bologna, Italy. For the last few years, LMU has been lucky enough to host Il Cinema Ritrovato on tour.

Cineteca di Bologna, Italian film archive, spends all year restoring some of the rarest critically acclaimed films ever made. These masterpieces are restored into 4K resolution, the same quality as the films screened in theaters today.

They often focus on the silent movie period, as well as classical cinema.

Leading up to the start of LMU’s Il Cinema Ritrovato screenings, an “Analog/Digital: Moving Image Archiving and Practices” presentation will be held in the library on Nov. 1. From NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, the morning

and afternoon sessions will highlight and teach the process of moving image conservation. The afternoon will feature a handson workshop on personal digital archiving. Participants will also hear about job opportunities to join the program.

The festival will then begin on Sunday, Nov. 4, and conclude the following Wednesday, with screenings in Mayer Theater.

Carla Marcantonio, associate professor of film and television studies and head of the program, is extremely excited for this year’s screenings. She has a passion for film restoration, as is evident in the way she speaks about it.

Every summer she takes students to Bologna to experience the festival firsthand.

Professor Marcantonio stressed the importance of restoration, specifically how “you’re getting to see the first view at some of these restorations and it allows people to go back and revisit these historical films in the way they would have looked when they were released.”

This year, there will be seven films screened. The opening film, on Nov. 4 at 4:00 p.m., will be “Shiraz” (1928). “[‘Shiraz’] is from India, that’s

a very rare film to see,” said Marcantonio. “That film was lost in film history, because it is a film produced by India, Germany and the UK.” As one of the first ever transnational cinematic collaborations, the film’s origins were long unknown.

Food trucks will be available between the first two films of the festival. Following food, the 7:00 p.m. film will be “Grease” (1978). There is no better time to see the most successful movie musical of all time, restored for its 40th anniversary and celebrated with a costume contest. Prizes will be given to the best single or group costumes.

Screenings will continue through Wednesday. The other films—in order of day—will be “City Lights” (Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.), “Victims del Pecado” (Nov. 6, 5:00 p.m.), “In a Lonely Place” (Nov. 6, 7:15 p.m.), “Suspiria” (Nov. 7, 5:00 p.m.) and finally, “The Tree of Wooden Clogs” (Nov. 7, 7:15 p.m.).

Professor Marcantonio said, “It doesnt get better than that, and we want to encourage people to come.”

Make sure to RSVP online to the films you will be seeing.

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Key unlocks series of underground rooms A discovered old key unlocks a century’s worth of LMU history.

Jordan Boaz

Started saving Last week, during the beginning stages of tree removal from University Hall for donation to a California paper company, LMU staff discovered artifacts buried beneath the trees.

The relics included letters, photographs and a mysterious key that, at the time, seemed purposeless.

Last week, the professor who discovered the treasures said that he had “contacted the last few valedictorians of LMU to see if they knew what the key unlocked and that the valedictorians “wouldn’t tell [him] anything.”

However, in a more recent

interview, this same political science professor revealed some additional information: the valedictorians are sworn to maintaining the key’s secrecy under an official oath administered in privacy by ASLMU. Consequently, it was found that not only are the valedictorians in on the secret, but so too is the entirety of the LMU governmental body.

Once it was discovered that ASLMU knew about the classified key information, it became all too simple to learn what the key unlocked. “Governments are easy,” said the professor. “We just had to offer up some money and they showed us right away where the key led.” Corruption proved foolproof once again. A century-long sworn pact of secrecy was ruined with the promise of a hefty Venmo.

“The key unlocked LMU’s very own catacomb. We discovered it underneath Sacred Heart. It contains the remains and relics of all

previous LMU Jesuit leaders, as well as some really interesting artifacts.

It’s a shock that we didn’t know any of this before,” said the professor.

“We can’t help but wonder if it’s a coincidence we found these remains—which have been hidden for a century—because we were chopping down trees, of all things.

We obviously had to cancel the tree removals. It’s like LMU has its very own Lorax.”

That being said, there is a sort of sinister element to the discovery.

“When we were down in the tunnels, it was definitely eerie. We found some things we weren’t quite ready to disclose to the public. Lots of bones.”

There’s more to know, but only if you’ve got enough savings. If you’d like to be let in on the rest of the information, just find the right person and bring some cash.

This glowing key unlocks the secrets beneath a spot on LMU’s campus, thanks to the discovery by a political science professor.

Spooky season specialties offered on campus Wandering around campus and in need of a little fright delight?

Amanda Nahin A Halloween-aholic

Just a couple of the spooks LMU has to offer this holiday season.

There’s nothing scarier than the line for Pumpkin Spice at Starbs.

It’s that time of year again.

Here at LMU, the spook is within all of us, and we just can’t help but stuff ourselves with anything Halloween-y that we can get our hands on.

Here’s a little ditty for those of you dressing as the pumpkinspice girls or re-watching those Disney Channel original movies that you had reoccurring nightmares of as a little kid.

Listen up you spooktacular Halloweenies, because here are some creeps on campus that you might have missed this holiday season. These spooky and scary ghost-monsters are all over campus, and may be lurking right around the next corner.

If you’ve walked to the gym lately, you might have gotten

more of a workout than you’d anticipated. Student Health Services has turned into a breeding ground for zombies this Hallo-season. They never successfully cure anyone, so the hordes of ill students who frequent this negligent office have quite literally turned into zombies. It’s a good thing you’re already in your workout clothes when you’re nearing Burns, because you better run.

You’ve safely made it across campus for a bite to eat. You stop at what might be the scariest thing on campus — the Lair. Perhaps it’s the overpriced potato chips, the lengthy lines or the absurd amount of freshmen that scare you. But this Halloween, the Lair has cooked up something extra special. There are maggots in the food. Real life creepy crawlies are creepy-crawling through your quesadilla.

Maybe you’ll avoid cashing in those extra community table points for a bit.

If the zombies and the maggots didn’t satisfy you

Halloween-loving kids, then perhaps the fact that this entire campus is literally haunted will get you. Wondering why those raccoons’ eyes glow at night?

Or how your friend took an “L” last night but now they’re bouncing back? Or what about your friend who has been waiting for their food from Crimson Lion for two years?

Or the fact that you and your teacher seem to be the only two people in your 8:00 a.m.? This entire school is full of ghosts.

Students are not just “literally dead inside” — it’s outside too.

Well, I hope you Halloween lovers are now satisfied with our scary school. There’s nothing that gives me more life right now than thinking about how dead everyone is. So, sit back, sip that pumpkin spice latte and enjoy what little time we have left of this spooky season. Because the scariest thing you’ll be experiencing next month is going home to eat turkey with your weird second cousins.

The Bluff is a humorous and satirical section published in the Loyolan. All quotes attributed to real figures are completely fabricated; persons otherwise mentioned are completely fictional.

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Q&A: artist and activist Rachael Moreno

Rachael Moreno empowers people through her art by exploring the body’s insecurities.

Robyn De Leon

Social Justice Editor @LALoyolan

Social justice editor, Robyn De Leon, sat down with junior studio arts and psychology double major Rachael Moreno to talk about her thoughts on art and activism as well as to get a sneak peak on what sort of projects she’s working on now.

via Nate Rynaski

Robyn De Leon (RD): What kind of art do you do?

Rachael Moreno (RM): I love a bunch of different kinds of art. My primary medium is oil painting. I absolutely

love oil painting, but I also really like charcoal. It’s been a very fun medium for me; I prefer it to graphite. I also love 35mm photography.

(RD): Why do you like these mediums?

(RM): I like oil painting because the drying time allows you to create paintings that are much more detailed.

The colors are rich and bright because of the layers that you can do. I’m also a slow painter and slow at creating art, and oil painting allows me to be slow. I also like charcoal. Because I am cautious in what I do, when I use charcoal it has to be deliberate. Generally, I’m very soft in the way I draw, so when I draw with charcoal I tend to be a lot more bold and deliberate in the medium. It’s a step out of my comfort zone and that’s why I like it.

(RD): What or who influences your work?

(RM): Alice Neel is my favorite artist.

I love her portrait work. I’m huge on portraits. In terms of day-to-day life, I’m influenced by the people around me and that could just be the psych major in [me] coming out, but I love people and the way everyone thinks and how different everyone is.

(RD): What kind of topics does your art center around?

(RM): I’ve been doing this series

via Rachael Moreno

Moreno’s project first started off as an outlet to explore sexuality, but ended up being more about the models themselves and their own perspectives on their bodies.

via Rachael Moreno

Moreno has only painted four out of the 40 people who have volunteered to model for her.

recently where I paint people with nude chests and originally I was inspired by just being a queer woman and exploring who I was in my sexuality. As the project went on, it became less about queer sexuality and became more about the models themselves [...] It’s interesting because every person has had some reason they wanted me to paint them; they’ve had some sort of insecurity with their body. For example, one of them is recovering from a very serious eating disorder, one of them has a lot of body hair and was embarrassed about that and wanted to embrace it, one of them was insecure about their breast size and the other was insecure about her stretch marks. Seeing different kinds of people’s bodies portrayed in art has gotten a lot of responses from people saying they feel more comforted by that and they feel more comfortable in their bodies seeing it portrayed as art. Different kinds of representation of different bodies being portrayed as beautiful and as a work of art has become one of my main focuses.

(RD): Why is art important in activism?

(RM): Art is something that’s so universal to so many people of so many different backgrounds and if you look throughout history, different movements of art have been inspired by different cultures and [...] that’s important because it’s very uniting. At the same

time, you have to look at historical art movements and see how a lot of them are deeply problematic. Look at primitivism — that is like a horrible racist movement and look at prominent art figures like Picasso, [he was racist]. You look at historical art movements like that and it’s kind of awful, but it’s important to learn about.

In terms of art and social justice, it’s important to reclaim those spaces and to hear from marginalized people. [...]

Representation is important even though that’s something everyone talks about. It’s important to see art by marginalized communities themselves, not just art about marginalized communities. It’s also a very powerful way for healing and self expression.

(RD): What’s your opinion on the platforms that many artists have?

(RM): There’s this balance between using your platform for something good and speaking over people, so I feel like it’s important to find what you’re passionate about and use any kind of platform you have to spread it [...] [A]ny action towards something progressive is a good action and I feel like it’s about intention and as long as that person is open to constructive criticism on ways to be more productive and ways to engage conversation, I think that’s really important.

This Halloween we won’t be dressing up as Hula dancers Read by Raven Raven Yamamoto Social Justice Intern @LALoyolan

It’s not just offensive to dress up as a hula dancer for Halloween, it’s racist to an entire native people closely connected to the cultural practice you claim to represent.

The origins of hula have ties to early Hawaiian religious beliefs that date back to the creation of the universe. In the early days of our people, hula was a form of worship to our gods and goddesses and our governing ali’i, or chiefs. Its practice was also a form of passing down genealogies, done in formal and social settings alike to preserve our histories. It is still practiced and taught today to generations of Hawaiians all around the

world in an effort to keep our culture and our history alive.

“It makes our culture a gimmick, which it already has become because people often view Hawai’i and our Hawaiian culture as a form of entertainment and a piece of paradise rather than a home to actual people with real cultures and customs,” said Daisy Daniels, a sophomore animation major of Native Hawaiian descent. “Dressing up as a hula dancer, hula being a significant part of the Hawaiian culture, without any consideration or respect for its origins also makes it a form of cultural appropriation — which only makes it more offensive.”

The practice of hula itself has also been historically oppressed.

When American Protestant missionaries infiltrated the Islands, they convinced the reigning Hawaiian monarchs to

make hula illegal in 1830 because of how they viewed its practice as pagan and unholy. The tradition of hula was still passed down through Hawaiian generations in private, but it was disallowed in

began to disappear when the new government started to impose its Western values.

During this time, the art of hula only resurfaced to be commodified by the tourist and Hollywood film industries. Hula and its cultural significance was reduced to cheap, hip-shaking dance routines by women who wore coconut bras and plastic grass skirts at hotels. Old Hollywood movies like “Waikiki Wedding” (1937) and “Blue Hawai’i” (1961) reflect the extent of this Westernized image of our culture meant to draw tourists in by exoticizing aspects of our culture, like hula.

While the practice of traditional hula is no longer outlawed and is currently being revived by Hawaiian people, both in Hawai’i and around the world, our culture is still under attack by cheap costumes that claim to

“...people often view Hawai’i and our Hawaiian culture as a form of entertainment and a piece of paradise rather than a home to actual people...” public. King Kalākaua attempted to revive it during his reign in the 1880s; but once the Hawaiian government was overthrown in 1893, hula, along with many other aspects of the Hawaiian culture,

represent us. By dressing up as a hula dancer, people perpetuate the very white-washed image of us in the media that we are trying to resist.

So if you’re going trick-ortreating tonight, or going out, consider leaving that DIY hula girl outfit you whipped up at the last minute in the closet. Better yet, put it in the trash because no one’s culture, including mine, is a costume. It’s a reality for students right here on campus.

This is the opinion of Raven Yamamoto, a sophomore journalism major from Kahului, HI. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email comments to bdeleon@theloyolan. com

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‘On behalf of everyone in The Town , we love you’ Warriors from Page 16

Warriors actually be good this year?

That 2013 playoff run was one of the most incredible times in your history. I thought it was never going to get better than that, and I was okay with it. That was the standard for my fandom at that point.

It was a step back the next year, a new coach and then the playoffs in 2015. Somehow, you managed to be both the underdog and the favorite at the same time. I’ll never forget the moment the clock hit zero in Cleveland in game six of the NBA Finals that June.

My mom, a fan of yours since the ‘70s, shouted, “Oh my God! They did it!” It was a blend of shock and joy at the events of the past season, a mix of emotions shared by plenty of your fans at that time.

However, everything I’ve discussed so far pales in comparison to what happened in 2017. In 2016, you’d lost in the NBA Finals in heartbreaking

fashion, filling the internet with jokes and turning me away from anything basketball-related for weeks. That off-season, you added some guy named Kevin Durant. And, oh yeah, my family purchased season tickets.

On that day two years later, I wasn’t in the arena. But I was watching on a screen, and nothing was gonna pull me away. Stephen Curry hit a three to put the game away. I jumped up and slammed my fists into a wall. About a minute later, as the clock ran down, Oracle roared, but that roar wasn’t just celebrating a championship.

That roar was for the better part of 50 years: Nearly 50 years of bad draft picks and bad trades, nearly 50 years of horrendous injury luck and poor coaching and the worst breaks an NBA team could get. All of that, gone, thrown out of the building, as if the sound waves in the crowd were forcing it out. And amidst all of that, watching on my screen, I lost it. Tears streaming down my face, I reflected on everything you had been through, everything your players had been through and everything Oakland had been

through. This championship was the culmination of that. It was the reward and the light at the end of the 50-year tunnel.

One season and another championship later, a lot has changed, because a year from now, you’re moving. It’s only across the Bay, but it feels so much farther than that.

I still remember when your team owner, Joe Lacob, said he wanted to put championship banners in the rafters. We shook our heads.

Somehow, since then, all our wildest dreams have come true.

Throughout the rest of our lives, regardless of what happens to you, we’ll always have the memories of the past six or so years. We will never forget them.

I’m just trying to soak in this last year. Whether I’m watching you on TV down here in Los Angeles or in my season ticket seat up at Oracle, I’m trying to appreciate every last second of it. And I’m trying to figure out the right words to say what I want to say to you. I can’t do it justice in this letter. To properly do my feelings justice, you’d

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Undeclared sophomore Alex Hutton (right) with his mother, Carolyn (center) and younger brother Andrew (left) at a 2018 Warriors playoff game. His mother has been a fan of the team since the 1970s. have to hit the play button on the last 14 years of my life and watch them in real time. I’m doing my best to condense all of that into a few words. And if I have to summarize how I feel in brief, it’s this: On behalf of everyone in The Town, we love you — even if we

aren’t quite sure how to thank you.

Sincerely, Alex Hutton Section 216, Row 14, Seat 4 This is the opinion of Alex Hutton, a sophomore undeclared major from Oakland, CA. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan ot email comments to mrodriguez@ theloyolan.com.

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An open letter to the team I love Hut Hut Hutton Alex Hutton

Sports Intern @LoyolanSports

D

ear Warriors, What a ride it’s been.

For the better part of 50 years, you’ve called Oakland your home. The countless heartbreaks, the endless lows and the fleeting highs. All the players, coaches and executives who have come through, the one constant has been Oakland and Oracle Arena. They’ve always been there for you.

But I don’t need to tell you all of that — you know it. I don’t need to recount your history to you. The part I can tell you that you don’t know is my story.

I was born and raised in Oakland, a fact which I take a tremendous amount of pride in.

The culture, the diversity, the vibe of that city — I love it all.

But more than anything else, I love the way that we connect with our sports teams, perhaps more than any other city in the country. The A’s, the Raiders and the Warriors are Oakland.

I remember the first time I saw you live. I was in kindergarten, and I went with my parents. I haven’t retained an overwhelming number of details

from that day, but I remember two things for sure — you beat the Seattle SuperSonics, and Jason Richardson had a breakaway reverse dunk at some point in the game. (And yes, I was rooting for you back when Seattle still had an NBA team.

Safe to say no one will accuse me of being a bandwagon fan).

That game began a love affair, with both you and the game of basketball, that has lasted 14 years and counting. By the time I reached second grade, and that magical "We Believe" team was charging toward the playoffs, I was jumping on just about every chance I had to remind the world of my fandom.

An assignment to create a board game? Say hello to 'Road to the Championship', created with a classmate, in which the players work their way through the ups and downs of an NBA season (I remember Kelenna Azubuike played a key role in the gameplay, if you can believe that). When each student was given two mealworms to take care of for science class, I named mine, of course, Little Baron (Davis) and Little Jason (Richardson). It was the best way I knew how to show my gratitude for the first good team you had produced in my lifetime.

I remember going to the

playoff games that year. Oracle Arena hosted five of them, and

I was present for two or three.

Even if my 7-year-old brain

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couldn’t fully comprehend the magnitude of what you were doing, certain images from those games are indelible. The crowd went crazy as you inched towards the greatest upset in NBA playoff history. They managed to match that intensity a few days later as Baron Davis used Andrei Kirilenko as a springboard to create one of the all-time greatest images in your history.

But soon, that all went away.

You had a way of doing that to us fans, didn’t you? I still remember the day my dad woke me up to the news that Baron wasn’t a Warrior anymore. I watched as you slipped back into mediocrity and irrelevance. Oracle Arena still sold out—or came close to it—every single night. The fans came out to watch you in every home game you played, often with the knowledge that the product on the floor wouldn’t be good. Oakland approached the situation with hope and a belief that one of these days, it was going to get better.

Things began to change in 2012. I was an eighth grader, and like so many people around me, I went from fandom to obsession that year. There was a growing buzz around the Bay. Could the

Sophomore undeclared Alex Hutton (right) poses with the Warriors' 2015 and 2017 NBA championship trophies with his family members.

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