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Sodexo lowers C-store prices Sodexo launched an investigation on how to improve pricing for students.

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Convenience stores (C-stores), an on-campus grocery chain also known as The Grid, has made changes to their pricing and types of items sold during the December break. The goal was to keep C-stores fair and affordable, and the latest audit of products sold provided LMU Hospitality with an opportunity to reduce prices, according to Dana Massimiani, director of operations.

A few examples of the reduction in prices include candy, which was $2.49 and is now priced at $1.29. Frozen bowls from Amy’s were $8.99 and now cost between $4.99 to $6.99. Eggs, which were $8, are now priced at $4.99, according to Aliece Lawson, a Sodexo employee at the Leavey C-store.

LMU Hospitality couples pricing data with transportation costs to determine how to provide the most value for students.

After presenting their conclusions to LMU, a final decision on pricing is then made, according to Massimiani.

After receiving a lot of feedback and complaints about prices at the C-store from students, Lawson took student responses to the managers at LMU Hospitality.

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Community mourns loss of former chairman Community reflects on Chad Dreier, former head of board of trustees.

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R. Chad Dreier, LMU alumnus and former chairman of the board of trustees, passed away in late December 2018 after a battle with cancer.

Dreier was an integral part of the LMU community, sitting as chairman from 1998-2011. As chairman, he worked together with Rev. Robert Lawton, the then-president of LMU, in the acquisition of University Hall. Fr. Lawton described it as an “unbelievably complex acquisition” that was only possible with the help and expertise of Dreier. Fr. Lawton and Dreier also collaborated on building the William H. Hannon Library, the Leavey and Rel Dey residence halls and the Life Sciences Building.

“Chad, as a leader, made a tremendous difference in transforming LMU [into] the top university that we treasure today,” said Paul Mikos, a former trustee, in a statement to the Loyolan.

Dreier graduated from Loyola University in 1969 and went on to serve in the U.S. Air Force

until 1972. He soon broke into the home-building industry and eventually became the president, chairman and CEO of Ryland Group, helping to transform it into one of the country’s largest builders and developers of homes.

Dreier was incredibly generous to LMU. He and his wife, Ginni, established the Chad and Ginni Dreier Strength and Conditioning Center. He endowed a number of scholarships and gave significant contributions to university fundraising campaigns, benefitting generations of future students. Dreier also established the R. Chad Dreier Chair in Accounting Ethics to implement ethics courses within the College of Business Administration.

According to a statement from President Timothy Law Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Dreier donated approximately $8 million to the University.

But Dreier meant more to the community than just his monetary contributions. He was a valued leader who was charitable with his time and dedication.

“He had a true generosity of spirit. He was generous to his family, to his friends and to the larger community,” said Kathy Moret, a former chair of the Board of Regents and friend of Dreier.

“He shared himself as well as his

money. He gave on every level of himself, and that’s a great legacy.”

Friends and colleagues remember Dreier as a kind and good-humored man who was deeply passionate about LMU.

via LMU Marketing and Communications

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Chad Dreier was a beloved member of the community and often spoke at many on-campus events, such as graduation.

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LMU families get the Lion experience From Hank’s House to community events families experience life on the bluff.

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Spencer Skubic, a freshman studio arts major, was visited by his parents who drove to L.A. from northern California for the weekend. Being avid basketball fans, Skubic and his parents attended the LMU Lions basketball game against the BYU Cougars.

LMU welcomed students’ families from around the country for Lion Family Weekend, a weekend of various events and activities focused on introducing students’ parents to LMU’s community and values from Feb. 15 to 17.

Skubic and his parents also attended another basketball-related event called “This Is Hank’s House,” featuring a screening of an HBO special about the massively successful basketball career of Hank Gathers, a player for the Lions in the ‘90s. Skubic said that he considered this event to be his favorite of all the ones he and his parents attended over the weekend.

“Watching the video and seeing how good the team was, and how devastating the loss of Hank was to the team was interesting,” Skubic said. “Being able to learn more about the basketball program

and how dominant they were back in the day was really cool for me.”

In addition to attending the weekend’s basketball-related events, Skubic and his parents also attended “Roadmap for Success,” in which a panel of speakers talked to families about the various resources available to students to aid them in postgraduate success. The panelists came from Career and Professional Development, the Center for Service and Action and Alumni and Parent Engagement.

One of the panelists, Patrick Furlong, the associate director for the Center for Service and Action, was also involved in

organizing a service event held on the morning of Feb. 17. Families in attendance worked together to create hygiene kits to be distributed at St. Margaret’s Center to help people experiencing homelessness.

“Any university can help students prepare for a career, but we really get students to think about a vocation and how it will benefit society as well,” Furlong said. “We help students think about their own personal passions and how they can combine that with making society better. An event like this doubles down on that and says, ‘this matters.’”

Furlong said that service events like this are important to family weekend because they

Families gather outside Sacred Heart Chapel after Mass on Sunday morning.

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tie in with the greater idea of community and cooperation that characterizes family weekend.

Among the families in attendance were Haley Boyd, a sophomore psychology major, and her mother, Susan Keogh, who drove up from San Diego.

“We’re a very service-oriented family,” Keogh said. “We’re all one people and one community. We have to help each other.”

This was Keogh’s second time attending Lion Family Weekend. She said that both family weekends have left her with a positive impression of the University.

“I really like LMU because it’s a place where you can be open about your faith,” she said.

“This school offers a great education and you can get out in four years, which is unusual for California schools.”

Boyd said that out of all the events she and her mother attended, including the basketball game and “This is Hank’s House,” the service event was among her favorites.

Boyd said that she sees Lion Family Weekend as a whole as an opportunity for the LMU community to have its good character on full display for their families.

“I think it’s important for students to have pride in their school and to show it off to their families,” she said. “Family weekend is about showcasing our campus, but it’s also about showcasing our values. I think this event reflects really well on LMU and the community.”

See photos from the event on page 12.

Sodexo acts on student feedback C-store from Page 1

“We have an orientation every semester before school starts, so I played the recordings [of student complaints] back to the managers then. They told me they were working on it. I think they actually listened to the students, which is good,” said Lawson.

Although Kelly Sidney, a sophomore studio arts major, had a meal plan freshman year, she buys from the C-store more often this year because of the reduction in prices.

“I used to want to buy coconut water [at the C-store,] but it was $3. So, I would rather go off campus and buy it for half the price,” Sidney said. “I’ve noticed the prices have gone down slightly–and school is already so expensive–so [the reduction in prices] is nice.”

With the objective of regularly adding items that are in demand and

removing items that are unpopular, LMU Hospitality makes decisions on products that should or should not be discontinued based on sales.

In some cases, LMU Hospitality eliminated products that they couldn’t sell at a price that gives students good value for their money, such as blueberries and raspberries, as reported by Loyolan’s “Food insecurity needs to be stopped” article on page 6. As reported by the article, Sodexo will also be lowering prices for the Lair and Roski’s Dining Hall this spring.

“Sodexo is happy to receive input from students about affordable, healthy food options that are currently not on the menu. Nearly every change made to the dining menus is the result of student and staff feedback,” said Andrew O’Reilly, senior director of Auxiliary and Business Services.

In response to student requests for more value options, Sodexo

has also introduced the Perfect Portion program to LMU’s two main dining halls, the Lair and Roski’s Dining Hall, this semester.

This program provides students with the opportunity to purchase a value meal at every food station on campus with meal plan scholarships offered to those who need it, according to O’Reilly.

“I think it’s important to note that in the end, for us, it’s not about getting a higher price but about how the whole product line allow us to keep the markets affordable,” Massimiani said. “We believe your campus dining experience should be fun and easy, ... [supporting] your needs as a student. At LMU, we work to continuously provide new items and the latest food trends happening in your cafés and markets.”

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Reduction in prices included candy, some of which was previously priced at $2.49 is now $1.29.

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Promoting interfaith leadership BURNING QUESTIONS

Isabella Murillo Asst. News Editor

This week, Assistant News Editor Molly Box sat down with Pam Rector, Barbara Bonney Award recipient and director of the Center for Service and Action (CSA).

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What was your initial reaction when you received the Barbara Bonney Staff Member of the Year Award?

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I was overwhelmed in the moment. When my boss, Rich Rocheleau, read my name, all of the people in the ballroom stood up and applauded. That’s an image that will stay with me. After the initial feeling of being overwhelmed, I was on the stage and asked to accept the award. I don’t exactly remember what I said, but I know I expressed gratitude for the award and for all of my colleagues in the room who also make LMU a place where social justice is lived out every day. It takes all of us to live out the mission.

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What does this award mean to you?

It is a great honor to receive the award. I knew Barbara Bonnie, for whom the award is named, when she was President O’Malley’s secretary. She was kind and gracious and knew everyone. Just outside of CSA, there is a jacaranda tree planted in Barbara’s honor.

It’s a wonderful reminder of her and her legacy. I feel grateful to have been nominated and to have been selected. It is something special when you are recognized by your peers for an award like this.

How did you get started at LMU?

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I am a triple LMU alum. I have a BA in psychology, an MA in counseling and guidance and an M.Ed in educational administration. After graduation, I worked in the Lennox School District as a counselor and vice principal for almost 20 years.

While there, I stayed connected to LMU by serving on the National Alumni Board as a member and president. I was also on the Board of EPIC (Educational Partnerships in Community). I had taken a year off from working in Lennox to discern motherhood.

During that time, the person in charge of EPIC retired. I applied for her job and got it! While in that job, with [Senior Vice President of Student Affairs] Lane Bove’s support, the Center for Service and Action was created.

Can you describe the role you played in the creation of the LMU Children’s Center?

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There was a group of us who were determined to get a childcare center on campus. Another group of parents had tried to make this happen years before but were not successful; it was a different time. We visited other children’s centers as we were working on a proposal for President Lawton. When we finally got to speak to the president and present our proposal, he was surprised that LMU didn’t already have a children’s center. So when my daughter Grace was 3 years old, we broke ground on the edge of Hannon parking lot, portable buildings were brought in, we hired a director and the Children’s Center was born.

What is the most rewarding thing you’ve done during your time at LMU?

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I don’t know that there is one thing. Twenty years is a long time! My first thought is the relationships with students that stand the test of time. I am still in contact with former students who graduated 20 years ago. Watching who they have become is very rewarding.

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Common book author emphasizes empathy in discourse.

What is your favorite part about LMU?

The students! Every day I get to work with students who are passionate, enthusiastic and committed to justice. It makes coming to work a joy.

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Writer of the University’s most recent common book, “Sacred Ground,” Eboo Patel, gave a lecture on interfaith leadership and cooperation between people from different political and religious beliefs. The lecture took place on Feb. 18 in the Life Science Auditorium where Patel explained to more than 100 people what it means to be an interfaith leader.

“Today [is] really kind of commentary on the book ‘Sacred Ground,’ which I’m so proud LMU chose as its common book,” said Patel. “[The lecture] is going to focus on what it means to be an interfaith leader and what it means to be the kind of person who can help build a religiously diverse democracy.”

The lecture was hosted by the LMU Common Book program and created as part of the many events the Loyolan and ASLMU put on for First Amendment Week.

During his lecture, Patel

focused on the different ways we interact with people. Recalling his multiple appearances as a debater on CNN in 2009, Patel explained to the audience that the best way to communicate or convince other people is to come from a place of empathy, not anger.

“Stopping short of Nazis and the KKK, we really can communicate with anyone in a constructive way,” said Patel in his speech.

Patel has a doctorate in the socialism of religions and has written four books. In 2009, he was named one of America’s Best Leaders by US News & World Report. He also served on former President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

In 2002, Patel founded the nonprofit organization Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) as a means to spread his message.

“I’m really proud to be here.

I’ve had great discussions thus far with senior administrators and some of the staff who chose the book,” said Patel before his speech. “Now, I’m excited to engage with students.”

Patel also related the conversation on religious communication back to LMU. Discussing the history of

oppressive acts against Catholics and the importance of keeping an open mind, he encouraged everyone to work their way to becoming an interfaith leader.

“It was very interesting to me when he talked about convincing people to believe your argument or message is right, and how, if you do it in a condescending way where you act like a know-it-all, no one is going to believe you,” said Jay Corscadden, a freshman marketing major. “But if you are kind and try to educate the person, they are more likely to open up to your viewpoint.”

Professor Kim Harris of the theological studies department spoke about the common book before inviting professor Amir Hussain to introduce Patel to the audience. Harris required many of her students to be there and explained why she thought it was important to teach “Sacred Ground” in her classes.

Hussain congratulated Patel on his accomplishments and emphasized the importance of this dialogue in today’s society.

After the event, Patel answered questions from the audience and signed students’ and faculty’s copies of his book.

Dreier embraced colleagues as family Drier from Page 1

Friends remember Dreier as a kind and good-humored man who was deeply passionate about LMU. “What really impressed me about Chad was, [when] we would walk around the campus or be at events, he was really thoughtful about going up and thanking everyone.

He was just a very warm human being,” said Fr. Lawton. “I’ve known a lot of people in my life, and he really stands out. I really loved the guy.”

Fr. Lawton and Moret both described Dreier welcoming them and other members of the LMU community into his home in Santa Barbara. They reflected fondly on these gatherings and pointed to how it shows that Dreier embraced them as family. On his property, Dreier had a museum where he collected art and sports memorabilia.

“Anyone that knew him or whose life he touched, I think, is incredibly saddened by the loss of him. But

through his legacy, in so many ways, he will live on,” said Moret.

The funeral services for Dreier were held on Saturday, Feb. 16. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Dreier’s honor to the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara Wellness and Support Programs, according to President Snyder’s statement.

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"Martin Luther King, Jr. meets President Donald Trump"

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Communication studies professor Dean Scheibel challenged students to create comic strips centered around "a story in a situation where conflict between two individuals seemed unavoidable."

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This past week, an art exhibit entitled “Martin Luther King, Jr. Meets President Donald Trump” debuted in Hannon Library.

The exhibit is the product of an extra credit prompt assigned by communication studies professor Dean Scheibel and featured comics detailing how his students thought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. might interact with President Donald Trump if

Dr. King were still alive today.

“This is the extra credit assignment given to my classes a week prior to Black History Month,” professor Scheibel wrote in the artist statement adjacent to the student-made comics.

“I decided on this assignment as a way to allow students to create a story in a situation where conflict between the two individuals seemed unavoidable.”

Each comic details a different scenario in which President Trump and Dr. King might clash due to their different beliefs regarding American politics.

“I feel like it was a creative way to express the differences that many people share on both sides of the political spectrum and how such an iconic figure like Martin Luther King, Jr., who was obviously very progressive

and kind of known as the leader of the civil rights movement, would react to our current president,” said sophomore psychology major Katie Shieh. “Some of the same issues that he had to face and deal with are still happening today and we still haven’t really made a lot of progress, but we’re trying.”

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Freedom of press should be a university priority

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In a frustrated criticism of their university, The Phoenix, Loyola University of Chicago’s (LUC) student-run publication, published a staff editorial likening their university’s media policy to that of President Donald Trump. They claimed that LUC’s Public Relations department has become increasingly restrictive toward The Phoenix in the access they allow to faculty, staff and university representatives. By including The Phoenix in the university’s media policy, LUC has effectively shut out The Phoenix from access to its own campus’ members and is obstructing these student journalists from doing their jobs.

Henry Redman, editorin-chief of The Phoenix, believes that the president of LUC wants them to be just an “advertisement for the school,” according to NBC Chicago. The Phoenix said that LUC is contributing to Trump’s attack of the press by muzzling Phoenix articles about the university that are less than positive.

In the spirit of First Amendment Week and our passion for freedom of the press, we stand with the writers of this staff editorial in their criticism of their university. It is essential for any university newspaper to have access to members of the community in order to to provide accurate coverage. Being on campus and involved in campus life, student journalists offer a perspective that the university or other outside news sources can’t provide. Professors and staff members are experts in their field and are essential sources in the topics we seek to cover.

If we were forced to go through a third party for all of our information, our publication could not operate on a weekly schedule and the information relayed to us would be questionable at best.

LUC’s media policy applies to all “news media,” including The Phoenix, and states that the university marketing & communications team is responsible for “initiating and/or responding to news media requests and managing those

interactions.” In comparison, LMU’s media policy does not explicitly apply to the Loyolan and also allows faculty to speak to media outlets on topics “related to their areas of academic expertise” without the pre-approval of LMU’s public and media relations department. These policies allow us independence to operate on campus while also being indicative of the value LMU places on freedom of press and the importance of journalism.

At the Loyolan we pride ourselves on the comprehensive journalism we provide our community. This is an opportunity that should be granted to every student media publication, regardless of whether it’s a public or private school, or a small or large campus.

LUC’s policy is perpetuating Trump’s harmful narrative against media by alienating their own student journalists. The Phoenix’s editorial received some positive encouragement from faculty, and their journalists are continuing to fight against these obstructions in their reporting. Meanwhile, we wish to emphasize that the Loyolan’s First Amendment Week aims to promote all forms of freedom of press, including access to members of our community and freedom to print relevant coverage of our university.

The Phoenix student journalists probably love their university, just as we love LMU. Our coverage, both positive and negative, reflects this sentiment. We write about fun events that LMU hosts, such as Fallapalooza, but also on events that reflect on our faith. We cover tuition increases and the impact they have on the community, but also the addition of new facilities and developments for students. A student newspaper’s job is not to positively advertise their university, but, rather, to provide comprehensive coverage of the university’s treatment of their community — positive or negative.

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While there are allocated uses for endowment money at the donors’ request, this number gives context to what LMU has and can use to help the well-being of its students. According to the Center of

Law and Social Policy, “an estimated 20 percent to 33 percent of students at fouryear colleges experience food insecurity.”

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MU prides itself on its social justice mission, the service of faith and the promotion of justice. However, given the number of students with food insecurity on campus, I find it hard to believe that LMU is fully embodying its mission. The University does not have a long term solution set in place for students with food insecurity as most of their attempts are not aimed at providing permanent relief.

The United States Department of Agriculture defines low food security as “reports of reduced quality, variety or desirability of diet. Little or no indication of reduced food intake.” According Brooke Duplantier, a senior English and political science double major, and food pantry program coordinator, the food pantry at LMU receives 500 visits per week, which is approximately eight percent of the undergraduate student population. To clarify, these visits only document the number of individual food pantry stops, not the amount of individuals who stop by the pantry. It is astonishing that LMU has this heavy influx of students who visit the food pantry when the University reported a $457.5 million endowment in 2017 and used nearly $27 million of the endowment for scholarships in 2018. With this much money in endowment, couldn’t there be more money spent to stop food insecurity on campus?

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The LMU garden provides fresh food, like this salad kit, that are kept in the food pantry.

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Food insecurity affects more students than you think Food insecurity from Page 6

This is a national problem that the University needs to address head-on, but it will take more than just a few students advocating for changes in food prices.

Junior theatre major Milica Vrzic believes that the food pantry should be promoted as something to be used by students. “I feel like there is a stigma that [it’s] for people who do not have a lot of money, but it really doesn’t depend on that,” she said. Vrzic uses the food pantry herself and finds it useful and convenient as she does not have a car to drive to the grocery store, nor does she have a meal plan.

The Loyolan article “Tired of overpaying in the Lair? Let them know.” compared last semester’s Lair prices to Trader Joe’s prices and found that many Lair items were drastically overpriced. Last semester a Lair avocado costed $3.99 while only costing $1.20 cents at Trader Joe’s. Now the Lair sells avocados for $1.59 while the Trader Joe’s price is 99 cents. This is just one of the many examples of overpriced food items that Sodexo sells to LMU students. At the Lair, there are options listed that help students choose smaller portion sizes for lower prices, but that does not fully solve food insecurity on campus.

Sodexo did try to lower prices at the C-Store by taking away many of the popular and nutritious items. Anna Léon, a cashier at the C-Store, said that items such as spinach, cookie dough, blueberries, raspberries, mushrooms and carrots were all taken away. If a student with food insecurity is supposed to afford on-campus food, then how come the only avenues that have been explored are taking away healthy food rather than lowering costs?

Andrew O’Reilly, senior director of Auxiliary and Business Services, explained that Sodexo audited prices in the C-Store over winter break in order to lower prices and will do the same for the Lair and Roski’s this spring. However, this also entails taking away items that “the company is unable to offer at reasonable prices. There are healthy food options available at a variety of price points.

Nearly every change made to the dining menus is the result of student and staff feedback,” O’Reilly said. Students have also reported meal plan scholarships offered to those who need it.

Sodexo has taken some steps in aiding food-insecure students, but this does not mean that more cannot be done.

Patrick Furlong, associate director of Center for Service and Action, believes that food insecurity is oftentimes the tip of the iceberg of financial problems for students. Food insecurity comes in many forms, such as not being able to afford a meal because a parent just lost their job or a student doesn’t get paid until the end of the month. Furlong wants students to be able to reach out to trusted sources and get full support and access to other financial resources that can help with other issues, such as housing.

Duplantier helped start a garden on campus that supplies the food pantry with fresh food.

She embodies what students can do to help others. It takes tenacity and will power to want to create change. There are also community efforts to address food insecurity. LMU’s

Community of Care has brought together teachers, students and faculty members to brainstorm on solving food insecurity.

Sodexo is willing to listen to students’ concerns and there are people on campus who are working on taking on this issue.

If change is going to occur, then the community will have to come together at a faster rate in order to show that food insecurity needs to be at the top of LMU’s list of problems to solve.

Since LMU claims its mission incorporates the promotion of justice, then no student should go hungry.

This is the opinion of Alex Myers, a senior French and philosophy double major from Edmond, Oklahoma. Tweet comments @ LALoyolan, or email jlee@theloyolan.com.

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Many students cannot afford the healthy food that Sodexo offers on campus due to their unreasonable prices.

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LMU welcomed students’ families for our annual Family Weekend, where they attended various events including a Legacy Breakfast, Mass, a service project for St. Margaret’s Center and lunch. Legacy families gathered, some two generations and some three or more, to socialize and eat breakfast on Sunday morning. Later on Sunday, LMU’s Center for Service and Action hosted a hygiene kit assembly line where families created kits for clients at St. Margaret’s Center in Lennox.

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Tess Reid donates back to the planet Sweet Caroline

Caroline Iglesias Life+Arts Intern @ciglesias99

L

MU has some pretty outstanding people in its student body. This week, I’d like to turn the attention towards a particularly outstanding lion — Tess Reid. Reid, a junior studio arts major with an emphasis in graphic design, is representative of what LMU stands for — and in more ways than one.

Reid recently launched her own company called Species Speak. Species Speak is an online store that sells T-shirts, bags and accessories with Reid’s fun and creative animal drawings on them. It gives 10 percent of its profits to one of three charity organizations: World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), Sea Legacy or Wildlife Alliance.

“I am really passionate about the wellbeing of animals,” Reid said.

She originally came to LMU to play on the women’s volleyball team and live out the legacy of her mother and grandmother, who both played volleyball. But amidst all the volleyball practices and athletic involvement, Reid found herself getting lost in the world of art. “I fell in love with graphic design in high school,” Reid said. From then on, she knew that was what she wanted to do with her life.

When applying for college, Reid said that she looked for two specific factors: a volleyball scholarship and a school with a great graphic design program — in LMU she found both of those things.

Her freshman year of college, Reid expressed that she was ecstatic to be a part of the team and show them what she was made of; but she experienced a traumatic injury that put her off the court for the rest of the season. Due to her injury, Reid found herself with a lot of extra time in the studio.

“I found my voice in art,” Reid said. She explained how back then she did not realize it, however she now sees that everything truly does happen for a reason. All the extra time she had off the court allowed her to put it towards learning new things in the studio and becoming a more well rounded and talented artist overall.

Reid expressed that this injury not only taught her some of the largest life lessons, but also sent her on the journey of a lifetime. Reid always had a love and admiration for animals and decided it was time she dove into the world of wild life — most specifically the marine world. After her injury, Reid struggled in finding her purpose and meaning in life. As a result, she booked a spontaneous trip the summer after freshman year to go to an animal conservation in Indonesia by herself. “I would scuba dive every day and learned about all there was to learn about marine life,” Reid said.

Fast-forward to today, her junior year, and Reid found herself doodling during lecture.

“I capture weird things I think animals would say and caption them in my doodles,” Reid said. She began to show her friends and family her doodles as a joke and they realized the potential in her drawings. It was their positive feedback that legitimized her dream and made it move towards becoming a reality. Her friends and family found her drawings really cool and original. They even “said that I should sell them,” Reid said; thus Species Speak was born. “I filed for an LLC [Limited Liability Company] and got it,” Reid said.

As of this week, Species Speak has been open to the public for two weeks and there has been nothing but positive feedback. Species Speak is destined to be an undoubtable success when it is fueled by nothing but passion and love towards its cause. If you wish to make a purchase of one of these awesome and original pieces, you can log onto the site speciesspeak.com and buy a cute item while donating 10 percent

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Tess Reid’s clothing line (modeled by her in the photo above) donates 10 percent of its profits. to one of three vital causes. Species Speak will also be exhibited in Burns Art Gallery on Mar. 22 for those who are interested in seeing the art come to life.

This is the opinion of Caroline Iglesias, a sophomore communications studies and political science major from Riverside, CA. Tweet comments to @ciglesias99 or email comments to jcornblatt@theloyolan.com.

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Busy Philipps to speak ‘Hair’ hits stage The actress, writer and Instagram star will give a speech in March.

Jacob Cornblatt Life+Arts Editor @jacobcornblatt

Actress, author, television host and LMU alumna Busy Philipps will be speaking at LMU on March 1 as the featured guest of the Alliance of Women Philanthropists’ Annual Speaker Series. The event will be in the Life Sciences Building Auditorium and is open to the general public.

Philipps is known for her role in the short-lived but widely popular series, “Freaks and Geeks,” as well as her talk show, “Busy Tonight,” which airs every night on E! Entertainment. Her other works include “White Chicks,” “He’s Just Not That

Into You,” “Cougar Town” and “Dawson’s Creek.”

She is also notable for her Instagram, which has 1.6 million followers, where she uses the story feature to share insights, take questions and tell stories. At nearly 40 years old, she is one of the most unique influencers on the social media platform.

“The Alliance of Women Philanthropists is honored to welcome back to campus Busy Philipps, a talk show host, actress and writer who entertains and inspires,” said Carol Costello, honorary chair of the Alliance.

“She is someone who shows us that, when you stand up for yourself as a woman, you can do great things.”

Phillips’ book, “This Will Only Hurt a Little,” turned the actress into a role model. The book shares stories of the difficulties of being a woman in Hollywood; it details the body-shaming and sexism

that the system allows. She opens up about experiences on and off set that illustrated what it is like to be female in a patriarchal country, even sharing a story about her then-boyfriend raping her and not knowing it was rape for years to come.

Tina Fey, who now produces “Busy Tonight,” said of the book, “Busy is a legit writer with a voice as clear as a bell. This book is honest, funny, intimate and wellobserved by a person who has observed some sh*t.”

Over the past few years, Philipps has become an inspiration for many. “When you live truly and when you speak your truth, only positive things will happen,” she told The Independent in November of last year. “When I started doing that, everything kind of shifted in my life.”

See Busy Philipps in person on March 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building Auditorium.

The famed ‘60s musical will grace LMU’s Strub Theater.

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Asst. Life+Arts Editor @allyboulas

Next weekend, the popular musical “Hair” comes to campus.

Originally performed in 1967, “Hair” is a rock musical written

by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot that is an expression of the counterculture movement and sexual revolution of the late 1960s in America.

It centers around a group of individuals who live in New York City at a time of great political upheaval and oppose the values that a more conservative America upheld for years.

Their fight against what they view as a corrupt society comes

to a head when one of their own, Claude, is drafted into the Vietnam War. Claude must make the choice either to stay true to the pacifist beliefs that he and his friends hold and dodge the draft or cave in to the pressure of a more conservative older generation and fight for his country.

“Hair” is a celebrated and rebellious musical with songs that became anthems of the counterculture movement like “Age of Aquarius” and “Let the Sun Shine In.” “Hair” is directed by LMU professor Katharine Noon. It opens on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 8:00 p.m. in the Strub Theater and has performances through March 2. Tickets are available online or at the door and are $15 or $10 for LMU students.

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Horror tales from Things you can’t say during tired roommates First Amendment Week If you’ve gotta live with ‘em, might as well make it worthwhile.

Jordan Boaz Future R.A.

Got a unique roommate? You’re not alone. Read on to hear some of the wildest roommate tales ever told.

Parker Buggy, freshman psychology major from the Bay Area: “My roommate had this weird thing with bugs, like a fetish.

He was some sort of environment major, you know, so I was like, cool, whatever. But then one day, I got back to the room and sat down on my bed, started feeling all this tickling.

Looked down, I’ve got spiders in my sheets, at least 100 of them — hundreds of long, thick black legs and they’re all over. Roommate said he was doing a reproduction experiment. I think it worked.”

Jayne Pron, sophomore finance major from Connecticut: “Me and my roommate never talked much, and she’s an international student. She used to always settle in under her blankets and listen to these audiobooks. She never wore headphones but the noise didn’t distract me because it was all in Italian. Found out about a month later she was listening to Italian erotica while I did my algebra four feet away.”

Emma Mammy, freshman undeclared major from Kansas: “My roommate and I had worked out a kind of silent agreement about the

room cleaning jobs — I would do the cleaning. I left her alone for a week while I went home for Thanksgiving, came back and our fridge was overgrown with mold … because she didn’t think her spilled yogurt in there would be a problem. Guess who got to clean it?”

McKenna Danse, freshman theatre major from Denver: “My roommate and I always did our own separate things, which was completely fine. But one night I was alone in the room, doing alone things — personal dance party, singing, audience-less monologues. About half an hour later, my closet opens from the inside and out emerges my roommate. The news she has for me?

‘I have a guy in the closet.’ And that’s the story of how I became a hostage accomplice.”

Cole Dawake, junior business major from Pennsylvania: “Ever heard of a sleep-talker? How about a sleep-screamer, a sleep-crier and a sleep-secret-teller? As machoseeming as my roommate is, every night I listen as he whines about his hopelessness with girls, his childhood playground failures and his desire for donuts. Also, he snores.

He has no idea.”

Claudio Americano, junior entrepreneurship major from Mexico: “My roommate is a Trump supporter.”

Got your own wonky roommate story? Shoot the Loyolan an e-mail. In the meantime, in through the nose, out through the mouth.

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Half a messy dorm room is half a clean one. Keep calm and carry on.

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Originally, the First Amendment was called the FIST amendment.

Don’t let fascists read this, their eyes will melt.

On second thought...

Andrew Dazé $#!&

Due to the explicit nature of the article hmmm* were expecting, it has been pulled last minute. The author of “What you [sic] can’t say during First Amendment Week” failed to recognize that if hmmm* cannot say it during the week of free speech adoration, then hmmm* most definitely cannot say it any other time.

Instead, we have curated a guide list for hmmm* to be sure hmmm* always politically correct.

Things to avoid: Using absolutely anything that isn’t hmmms*: culture, ideas, pronouns and aux cords.

Blowing the cover on the family

hmmm’ve* been trying to cover up because of their radical ideas.

This means keep hmmm* mom off speakerphone on campus, especially after she finds out hmmm* sister is an American defector and collaborating with Iran. On the other hand, maybe don’t share those full-body skin graft pictures hmmm* dad sent from his “Reverse Sammy Sosa procedure.”

Entering into the Confess Exhibit — nothing good can come from it. It’ll either set hmmm* up for a bad joke that will haunt hmmm* forever, or hmmm’ll* be left tearyeyed. It’s a lose-lose situation.

To see any of the aforementioned behaviors, check out a comedy club, but not the one on campus. No one wants their faces attached to politically incorrect content.

Things to do: Share showers. The act of sharing showers exposes hmmmself* to new lines of thought—we all know our best thinking happens in the bathroom—and saves tremendous

amounts of water in the meantime.

It also guarantees hmmm* wash behind hmmm* ears!

Hum at people to get their attention. It’s far less disrespectful than whistling, snapping or assuming their pronouns. A soothing tune and a batting of the eyes are the new way of saying, “Hey there, I really value you as a person and think that I’d value your time, as well as make your time with me worth it. Maybe you’d like to go grab something to eat or drink, or just sit and talk for a while in the grass?”

Wear strictly gray-tones. Colors have historically been deemed either worthy or unworthy of being worn in accordance with someone’s skin tone. Change hmmm* wardrobe to strictly grey, white and black to always be in style and never rustle anyone’s jimmies.

We thank hmmm* for hmmm* understanding in why we could not run the other article. *Hmmm(s) denotes the usage of the pronouns you/r/’re

Student given the aux plays actual fire music The person with an actual decent music taste has been found.

Sami Leung Bluff Queen Supreme In breaking news, an average LMU party on a Saturday night became the stage of a student, self-named DJ Impossible, who played songs that everyone loved all night long.

No awkward mid-pace songs, no undanceable electronic beats, no cut-off choruses or awkward silences while the aux cord exchanges hands.

“It was incredible. Every song he played was such a freaking tune,” senior business major Freddy Feyere said. “Everyone was having such a great time.”

Other students who attended the event reported that they never felt the urge to

complain about the song choice or got bored and wandered away to play beer pong after “Mo Bamba” played for the fifth time.

“He just kept his head down and playing song after song, and each one was a hit,” sophomore recording arts major Stephanie Swan said. “I think he threw a country song in there but I didn’t even mind.”

The responsibility of the aux cord is a historic privilege only bestowed on the bravest of music connoisseurs.

Countless others have fallen to the pressures of the mob mentality, forced to play “Come on Eileen” and Cardi B to the point of exhaustion. This newcomer, a stranger, a white knight, took on the mantle with a skillful ear. Eager fans asked for autographs, but he merely shook his head and selflessly indicated for them to continue having a good time.

“Honestly, it was the best music I had ever heard,” Anthony Auxil, a junior dance major, said. “I wanted to ask him for his mixtape but every time I walked over, he’d play another fire song and I just had to dance.”

People from all over the neighborhood crowded to the house to watch this man work. Even the usual neighbor complaints were mitigated by the awesomeness of the music choice. After the party was over, around 5 a.m., people searched for the man behind the cord. But, he had vanished in the crowd, leaving behind only an aux adapter.

“We may never see his kind again,” Feyere said, shaking his head. “We were blessed this night by the party gods. May the spirit of this party live on forever.”

Eager party-goers can still come out next week for a mediocre music experience.

Expect to hear “Thank u, next” and probably “Sicko Mode” a couple times before you leave

and wish you had stayed at home in the first place.

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College parties just got a whole lot more fun with the introduction of student DJ Impossible.

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SPORTS Coach sets expectations high: Win a championship

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“I wanted to be like my parents, who were teachers,” said Witt.

“I wanted to be a teacher and a coach at the high school level.

I went into substitute teaching and that sucked … I just was like screw it, I can’t handle the classroom part of this but I do enjoy the coaching part.”

Witt pursued coaching opportunities, starting at the Division III level at Whittier College as an assistant coach.

He got his first head coaching job at Gannon University before Loughran announced a men’s assistant coach position opened at LMU. Witt helped Loughran, who at the time was both the men’s and women’s head coach, as an assistant until 2009. The head coaching position was eventually split, which resulted in Witt being named women’s water polo head coach.

“I feel connected to every women’s [water polo] team that was here before I was the head coach and this one currently,” said Witt. “I really feel like the water polo program, while it is a John Loughran enterprise … I do feel like I have my footprint and my fingerprint on both of these programs now.”

After inheriting the program, Witt was able to guide the women’s team to two Western Water Polo

Association championships as well as two Golden Coast Conference championships in his nine years thus far as head coach.

His time playing for and learning from coach Laughran taught him lessons that he carried into his coaching career.

“I learned that hard work gets rewarded ... The next thing I learned was how to build a bunch of individuals and take a bunch of different people and have them understand a common goal, how to build towards that common goal and, at the same time, how to play for that one moment,” said Witt.

Now in his tenth season as head coach, Witt has guided the women’s water polo team to a 4-5 overall record and is tied for the No. 12 ranking in the nation, according to the Collegiate Water Polo Association. Despite the early success and rankings that the team has earned, Witt believes the team has to keep their hard work up if they want to meet their championship aspirations.

“A ranking is just a number …

The athletes have been hungry, they want more, but at the end of the day, we’re working towards that conference title,” said Witt.

Coach Witt stated that although the team can sometimes be blinded by their desire to win a championship this season,

Baseball still set on winning conference Baseball from Page 19

The Lions would come back to score two runs of their own in the bottom of the eighth, giving the Lions a 9-7 lead. Offensively, the Lions were led by junior catcher Cooper Uhl, who had three hits, two doubles, four RBI’s and two runs scored in the win over UC Santa Barbara.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher CJ Fernandezees (00, 15.00 ERA) started the game throwing three innings and allowed five earned runs on six hits. Junior right-handed pitcher Josh Agnew (0-0, 0.00 ERA) came in to pitch three and two-thirds innings, allowing just two hits and zero earned runs. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Josh Robins (1-0, 0.00 ERA) pitched one and one third innings, allowing zero hits while striking out three of his four batters faced. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Matt Voelker (0-0, 0.00 ERA) earned his first save of the season after securing the Lions’ comeback victory.

“I was really proud of our team,” said Gill. “We fell behind 5-0 against a good Santa Barbara team and it didn’t faze our team … I was really proud of the way they fought. I thought it was a good sign, for not just our players and their confidence, but for people that come watch us play. This team has got a little fight in it.”

Gill wants his team to reach

their full potential, and says that this can best be accomplished through work and improvement every day. Although he wants to keep his expectations simple to begin the season, he isn’t shy about what his ultimate goal is for the 2019 LMU baseball season.

“Every year, my team is trying to win the conference. We’re trying to win the conference and we’re trying to play in the NCAA tournament,” said Gill. “That’ll never change as long as I’m here.

Those are the standards that have been set.”

After playing at No. 4 UCLA (3-0) on Tuesday, Feb. 19, the Lions will travel south to play at UC Riverside (1-3) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 20. The Lions will return home following this quick one-game series against Riverside, for what was supposed to be their home opening series against St. Louis University (22). The series will start on Friday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. Game two will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, and the final game of the series will take place noon on Sunday, Feb. 24, to wrap up the three-game home series.

they have the determination to accomplish it.

“They need to learn how to get better focus at times but because of that, it has made me work really hard for this team,” said Witt.

“I’m trying to really dedicate a championship back to the players and show them how much they

have to do to win it and also how much the coaching staff is going to do to help them succeed. We’re not going to come short of that.

That’s our goal.”

Witt’s path from being a successful water polo player, as he was a major asset in the first men’s water polo championship

at LMU, to helping build the women’s water polo program follows the same championship aspirations and mentality that he learned from coach Loughran.

“That’s what I learned best under him, how to build a champion,” said Witt.

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Kyle Witt (pictured) inherited the women’s water polo program from his former coach John Loughran in 2009.

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Baseball Rain causes Lions and Gauchos to relocate series to Page Stadium.

Armen Shrikian Sports Intern @LALoyolan

The LMU baseball team (11) began the 2019 season last weekend competing against UC Santa Barbara (1-1) in a two-game home series at Page Stadium.

Originally scheduled as a threegame road series in Santa Barbara, the first game on Friday, Feb. 15 was postponed due to rain. After communication between the two administrations, the teams agreed to change the venue and play at LMU on Saturday and Sunday.

At the surprise home opener on Saturday evening, the Lions suffered a tough 7-2 loss after Santa Barbara scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to add to their one-run lead. The losing pitcher was senior right-handed pitcher Codie Paiva (0-1, 5.40 ERA), who pitched five innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs with five strikeouts.

splits Junior right fielder Trevin Esquerra registered the first LMU run of the season after hitting a home run to left field in the bottom of the second inning. Senior third baseman Brandon Shearer, who had two hits and one RBI, was the only LMU hitter to register multiple hits that evening.

“I think [Saturday’s] game was a really good baseball game, even though the score seems a little lopsided,” said head coach Jason Gill. “It was a 3-2 game going into the ninth inning with a lot of really good defense, really good pitching and timely hitting.”

The Lions responded the following afternoon with a thrilling 9-7 victory over the Gauchos. After falling behind 5-0 through three innings, the Lions came roaring back, scoring three runs in the fourth, two runs in the fifth and a run in the sixth, taking a 6-5 lead two-thirds of the way through the game. After two costly errors from the Lions, the Gauchos scored two in the seventh to retake the lead.

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SPORTS surprising home opener

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Pictured above is senior right-handed pitcher Codie Paiva playing in a game last year against University of San Francisco. Paiva was the starting pitcher in the 7-2 loss to UC Santa Barbara.

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Witt ref lects on playing and coaching career Women's water polo coach uses lessons from his playing career in coaching.

Miles Thomas

Asst. Sports Editor @LALoyolan Women's water polo head coach Kyle Witt has eyes on the championship, utilizing his past experience as an athlete and assistant coach.

Prior to becoming a head coach, Witt spent his high school days playing basketball, water polo and swimming.

He pursued water polo after getting scholarship money to play in college. After a short one year stay at UC Irvine, Witt transferred to LMU as one of the first recruits under the secondyear head coach Jenn Loughran.

Under Loughran, Witt was a member of the first conference championship men's team during his senior year in 2001 and helped lead LMU to the NCAA Final Four that year. Witt finished his LMU playing career ranked sixth alltime in LMU history in games played (118), goals scored (152), assists (81) and in total steals (91).

It was not always a positive ride for Witt as a student-

via LMU Athletics Communications

Women's water polo head coach Kyle Witt (center), was a member of LMU men's first championship team and has coached the women's team to four conference titles. In his 10th season as head coach, he helped women's team tie for 12th in the nation. athlete at LMU. He believed that the current student body is more accepting of everyone, including athletes, than during his time at college. Compared

to his time as a student when he felt judged unfairly by peers and professors for his commitment to water polo. Witt feels athletes are more accepted by their peers

and are recognized for how they dedicate time and effort to their sports now.

Following his playing career at LMU, Witt turned his attention

towards teaching others, which led him to find a career in coaching.

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