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TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR

2014-15

OPINION “It happens here: an open letter,”

by Chelsea Chenelle

“We need to talk about mental illness," "7 replacements for LMU’s iconic fountain,"

by Devin Feldman

by Erin Chiu

"Sharing a key method for coping,"

by Heather Domingo "First-person feature: parents of a rape survivor tell their story," by the parents of an LMU student "Violation prompts Den's closure,"

by Carly Barnhill

"Your guide to 2015's music festivals," by Nicolle Periola

"BREAKING NEWS: LMU to eliminate Convo hour,"

by Zaneta Pereira

"Common urges students to 'find your path, believe in your path and live it,"

by Carly Barnhill

"BREAKING NEWS: SAE disbands LMU's unofficial colony,"

by Ali Swenson

"BREAKING NEWS: University confirms insurance will cover elective abortions,"

by Zaneta Pereira

"L.A. Auditions for SYTYCD highlight LMU’s own talent," by Kelsey Mangan

"Up close and personal with One Direction," by KiMi Robinson

"Music industry professionals offer advice to student bands,"

by Dwayne Logan "Athletes should be held accountable for sexual assault," by Victoria Lucien

NEWS

"Burning Questions with 'Straw "Will the return of a Catholic to LMU's top position Hat Man' Andrew Brumfield," steer the University in a different direction?"

by Amanda Lopez

by Michael Busse

"BREAKING NEWS: LMU seeks information about the whereabouts of missing student,"

by Ali Swenson

LIFE+ARTS

"My life was saved by an organ donor,"

by Michael Peters

"LMU student goes on tour with rapper J. Cole," by Elliot Britt

"LMU’s men have all the money,"

by Andrew Rezk

"Remembering Hank Gathers,"

by Andrew Rezk

SPORTS "Rice sheds light on NFL's dark side," by Jack Sullivan

"Water polo brings home GCC Championship title for second year in a row," by Lauren Eagan

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What: International Graduate Celebration Where: Bird Nest When: Thursday, May 7, 10:30 a.m.

What: Kente Graduation Where: Sacred Heart Chapel When: Friday, May 8, 3:00 p.m.

What: Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony Where: Sunken Garden When: Saturday, May 9, 9:30 a.m.

What: Graduate Commencement Ceremony Where: Sunken Garden When: Sunday, May 10, 10:00 a.m.

What: Commencement Mass Where: Gersten Pavilion When: Friday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.

LMU Commencement Ceremonies 2015

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ComMENCEMENT The Lion Legacy

Photos by Talia Baugnon, Caroline Burt, Leslie Irwin, Josh Kuroda, Emilia Shelton, Emma Spiekerman and Rachel Wight

Layout by Caroline Burt and Josh Kuroda | Loyolan

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The Loyolan photo staff would like to thank LMU for constantly inspiring and awing us throughout the 2014-2015 school year.

As the semester ends, we are not only saying goodbye to the senior class, but also to President Burcham and Convo.

We would like to commemorate the legacy of this year with a timeline of the greatest moments of the 2014-2015 school year.

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Get to know

the commencement speakers Undergraduate commencement speaker

graduate commencement speaker

roberto orci via Stacy Barnes, director of Development for the School of Film and Television

HOMETOWN Mexico City, Mexico

David Burcham loyolan archives

HOMETOWN Long Beach, California

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Outgoing president of LMU

Writer and producer for film and television

noteworthy contributions

noteworthy works

The Loyola Marymount University Scholarship Initiative, which aims to raise $100 million for undergraduate and graduate need-based scholarships.

"Star Trek," "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Hawaii Five-0"

notable quote "We can celebrate some progress having been made in increasing diversity in media, but we can't stand still."

notable quote "Some much prefer to do things the way that we have always done things. Others think quite conversely that radical or revolutionary change is necessary. I have believed and I continue to believe that in most cases what is best for LMU is measured change."

Information complied by KiMi Robinson, Managing Editor; Graphic by Xian Wong | Loyolan

Information complied by Ali Swenson, Editor in Chief; Graphic by Xian Wong | Loyolan

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graduation (Friends Forever) - Vitamin c we are the champions - queen

wake me up - avicii started from the bottom - drake

uptown funk - mark ronson (featuring bruno mars)

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Genna BloomBecker, who has been highly involved in campus life, is the class valedictorian.

Amanda Lopez Asst. News Editor @AmandaLo_

Genna BloomBecker, a senior dance and environmental studies double major, has been named the 2015 valedictorian. BloomBecker’s time at LMU has ultimately played a vital role in shaping who she is, which she will share in her speech at the commencement ceremony on May 9.

BloomBecker shared her reaction upon hearing that she had been selected as this year’s valedictorian.

“It was really exciting, there were two friends of mine in the office with me. ... They started crying right away, and I was stunned and couldn’t react that strongly, but it was so beautiful that they were feeling all of the emotions for me,” she said.

BloomBecker may have been shocked, but her mother was far from surprised at the news.

“When Genna came home to Santa Cruz to share this thrilling news with our family, I felt overcome with joy,” shared her mother Linda BloomBecker. “But I wasn’t surprised at all, because she has always set her sights on reaching the stars, and she excels in so many ways throughout her life. She is a shining example of LMU’s self-actualizing, humanistic education of the whole person: intellectual, service work, creative, spiritual and artistic expressions of her total self.”

BloomBecker underwent an extensive selection process before being chosen as valedictorian. All graduating seniors with a GPA of 3.7 or higher were invited to apply for the position. Eligible students who were interested prepared a four-minute speech and completed an application detailing their involvements and LMU experience as a whole.

This pool of applicants was then narrowed down to six finalists. Each finalist read their speeches in-person to the selection committee, which

was comprised of several students, administrative members and professors.

The results of this process were shared with the University at the 2015 Academic Awards Convocation, and BloomBecker was officially named valedictorian. This was not only a proud moment for BloomBecker, but for her family, friends and mentors as well.

One of BloomBecker’s dance professors, Rosalynde “Roz” Loo, also expressed how elated she was after hearing the news.

“When I heard Genna was the valedictorian, I was absolutely thrilled,” she said. “Dance is the very synthesis of cognition, emotion and physical action, so to have a dancer be the valedictorian at LMU really honors our mission of educating the whole person.”

BloomBecker, who is originally from Santa Cruz, California, has been dancing since she was two and a half years old. She has always loved having a balance of dance and academics in her life, so when it came time to apply to colleges, she found that LMU provided the best of both worlds. The dance program at LMU would allow her to fulfill her passion for dance and she would have the opportunity to add a second major as well.

BloomBecker expressed how environmental studies was a subject area that interested her. Even though LMU only technically offers an environmental studies minor, she was able to create her own second major through the Individualized Studies Program offered by the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA).

Brian Treanor, a philosophy professor who worked closely with BloomBecker to help her create her own major, admires the work ethic she has exemplified.

“This process is neither easy nor simple, and it really took a great deal of vision and persistence to see it through. She’s combined her interest in environmentalism and associated fields with her longstanding focus on dance, and this gives her a truly interdisciplinary background that well represents the kind of education

possible at a place like LMU,” he said.

While academics have been a very important aspect of BloomBecker’s journey at LMU, her extracurricular involvements also helped shape who she is today. For all four years at LMU, she has been a member of Ignatians service organization. In fact, she pinpoints the moment she found out she was accepted into Ignatians as a memory she will never forget from her time at LMU. BloomBecker has also been a committed member and copresident of the club known as ECO Students, and also founded the Oxfam America club, which seeks to fight hunger injustice. BloomBecker was also an Honors student and had on-campus jobs at the Sodexo office, dance department and library.

While BloomBecker’s involvements shaped her LMU experience, she noted that it was the people she met during her college career that truly defined her time here.

“It could all just be summed up in people … and that’s professors, mentors, friends and people to look up to … just the community. I’ve learned throughout my time here that I’m an introvert but I also thrive with people around me that have similar ideas,” she said.

As for her postgraduate plans, BloomBecker has decided to pursue her lifelong passion of dance.

Starting in July, she will participate in a dance intensive at a dance conservatory in San Francisco. In February 2016, BloomBecker will have the opportunity to spend five months in Israel at another dance intensive.

While BloomBecker is excited for what the future holds, she knows she will miss many aspects of LMU. “I’m going to miss just being close to everyone that I love the most besides my family, like my friends and mentors,” she said. “So much love and inspiration is surrounding me—that’s really important to me and I’m hoping to find it wherever I am next.”

This article has been reprinted for this commencement issue. It was first published on April 22, 2015.

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BURNING QUESTIONS

This issue, Asst.

News Editor Amanda This issue, Managing Lopez with Editor sits Dan down Raffety senior dance and sits down with Head environmental studies Coach Max Good, head coach of the double major Genna LMU’s men’s basketball BloomBecker, the team to talk about the 2015 valedictorian. upcoming season.

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What is your favorite location on campus and why?

The library. First of all, it’s a beautiful building… and I have a perfect view of the sunset, which is also my favorite thing to experience on campus. There’s just enough people and it’s never too quiet, and I love being surrounded by books. I love just spending hours here.

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If you could be any major other than dance and environmental studies, what would you study?

So many… I always wished I could’ve done psychology and political science and sociology and women’s studies. I’m really interested in people, so psych and sociology work for those and then political science and women’s studies I feel like would give me a lot better understanding of the issues that are prevalent in the world.

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Who would play you in the biopic of your life?

Shailene Woodley, because I’ve heard that she looks like me just because we have the short hair. I think she’s a good role model because she doesn’t wear makeup on the red carpet sometimes and is all about loving your body, and I would love someone like that to play me.

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If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, who would it be?

It would be so awesome to meet Aziz Ansari. I love how he uses comedy to talk about really important issues — in his Netflix special he has whole skits (or whatever they’re called for comedians) about the meat industry and how it’s not okay for men to cat call women. There are a lot of issues that turn people off and become divisive and partisan, which is so detrimental for any kind of progress. It’s so important to have people who can walk the line, engaging people who aren’t normally involved in these issues so that there can be greater awareness and therefore action towards progress.

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How would your friends describe you in three words?

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Passionate, artistic, awkward.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

I see myself having a balance between dance, art and a career that is focused on helping people in some way.

What’s something you’ll never forget about LMU?

I know that I’ll never forget just how this place pushed me to discover more about myself than I ever have before. It was the first chance I had to mature and define who I am in terms of what I care about and what I’m interested in.

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Do you have any advice for LMU students?

Not [to] get overwhelmed by how many things there are to do and follow the things you’re passionate about. Along with that, really just get involved. There’s so much to gain from this university… go to the film screenings, or the lectures or those events they are desperately trying to get students to come to because there’s just so much knowledge and experience being offered.

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When people ask where I’m from, I say LMU All About Z Zaneta Pereira Senior Editor

@ZannyZaveta

“W

ho are you, where are you from and where are you going?” are the trio of eternal questions that we seek answers to and that the world expects us to answer. Yet I’ve always struggled with answering the question of where I’m from.

My passport says I’m from India, but I’ve never lived there. I spent the majority of my life across three countries in the Middle East and graduated from high school in Kenya, where my parents and siblings still live. So when people ask me where I’m from, I usually have a long explanation for them.

As a result, I’ve often envied people who grew up in one place and could point easily to their hometown. I’ve always wished there was a place I could honestly say I was from without having to embark on a fiveminute explanation about how that was only kind of, sort of, maybe a little bit true. But what is it that defines who you are and where you’re from? Is it a place? Is it experiences?

Is it people? Is it what you’ve learned or where and how you learned it?

In truth, it’s all of that and, for me, these past four years at LMU that have given me a greater sense of identity and belonging. They have made me who I am and defined where I’m from. I realize now that no matter where I go and what I do, LMU is indelibly another piece of that puzzle that explains where I’m from.

Here at LMU, I have learned things

— in the classroom and outside of it — that will stay with me, perhaps as the cornerstones of a career or maybe just as quirky conversational tidbits. Here at LMU, I have met and formed bonds with people who have bestowed unique nicknames on me, who’ve flown around the world to visit me, who I know will be in my life forever and who have already done me the greatest service possible in sharing their Netflix passwords with me. Here at LMU, I dove deeply into causes that inspired me like education reform, liberation psychology and caregiving for the elderly. Here at LMU, I was given the opportunity to engage with our faith in unique, transformative ways like service immersion trips and retreats to a monastery. It’s true that — here at LMU — I found homes and built family in all that I was involved in — the University Honors Program, Gryphon Circle, the international community and, of course, the Loyolan. It is here at LMU that I became more than I dreamed I could be and can dare to dream to be more than who I am today.

LMU is a lot of things to a lot of people. It is certainly many things to me, and as I struggled to find the words to express all that my four years here have meant to me, what I was left with was an image.

It’s an image of a moment that happens at the very end of Commencement ceremony, when all the service organization members link arms and form a human chain on either side of the aisle to allow the graduates to process out. For the past three years, I have worked Commencement and been a part of the chain and, although I know that it’s a simple and very effective crowdcontrol measure, I’ve always felt that the human chain had its own weight

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When the place you come from is Loyola Marymount University, your degree is a passport to everywhere. and a kind of power.

Arms entwined and all lined up, it feels rather like an honor guard.

I have always felt privileged to help usher graduates into the next phase of their lives in much the same way guests at weddings gather to see the newlyweds off.

As volunteers, we’re instructed to keep our arms linked and maintain the chain until all have exited, but for every one of us in the chain there comes a moment when we see someone coming down the aisle — one of the graduates who is also a roommate, or coworker, or Big, or teammate or RA. Someone who is a friend and, without even thinking about it,

we slip free for a moment so that we can hug them, high-five them, or just clasp their hand.

That moment is both a part of a necessary service and an act of honor, but also one which steps outside its constraints to express friendship and connection and love. That brief moment sums up LMU for me.

LMU has fulfilled its academic obligation to me as a student completely and powerfully. I came here for an education, and I leave with a very good one. But LMU has given me more than what it must. It has given me a place from which I can say I am from, it has inspired me to live as a woman for and with others and it

has given me friendships and enduring connections as well as an understanding of the power these hold to surmount barriers and break chains.

To paraphrase Jack Kerouac, I know I have nowhere to go but everywhere. But wherever the road ahead takes me, I know I will always be proud of the way this University has shaped who I am and honored to say I come from LMU.

This is the opinion of Zaneta Pereira, senior psychology major from Pune, India.

Twet comments to @LALoyolan or email editor@theloyolan.com.

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I picked the same housing selection number for sophomore year. The Devin Feldman number which put me in McCarthy and in the same room, hall and Senior Editor building as so many people who I @d_fman now consider my best friends.

And I’d repeat these years, but only if it were promised to me that I f you could relive any time in your got to live with the same six guys my life, would you? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and I think I junior year in what can only be described as possibly the most bondfinally have an answer.

My answer is yes; I would do it building three-bedroom apartment again. I would redo my four years on campus. The three-bedroom apartment that somehow didn’t get here at LMU. But only if it was guaranteed that us all written up for noise or booze I chose the same seat in the Chapel or whatever. And assuming I got to at freshman orientation. The seat live off of breakfast quesadillas and Coke Zero, where I met and assumthat equally Because at the end of my ing I had the dorky kid four years here, the only rea- o p p o r t u who became son I would go back through nity to share a great friend countless hours of studying that tiny of mine over the years. and writing and working and room with great And I’d do it playing and procrastinating and two friends, I’d all over again a s s u m i n g pining and not sleeping enough do it again.

I ended up is because I know now that I And everyone knows in the same loved every moment.

I’d do Cabo room on again. the third floor of Del Rey North.

And if I could sign up for the You know, the one located directly same journalism course that led above the vents of the restaurant below which pumped the smell of me to work at the Loyolan, I’d do burnt pizza, fried chicken and stale that again, too. But only if I got to cigarettes into my room between the meet all of the same people – peohours of 10 a.m. and 2 a.m. And I’d ple who I am proud to call fantastic still be a complete ass and wear that co-workers and even better friends. bow tie sometimes for no reason, And I would take that awful job at and I’d wear that backpack to par- Qdoba that one summer, and paintties again, too. I’d still want to go get ing houses the next, but only if I sushi at the end of freshman year, found the same motivation to never too, because I don’t regret a single have to work either of those jobs again. I’d probably repeatedly skip thing about doing that. Really.

And I’d do it all again, but only if class for karaoke at the Loft, too. Oh, and I’d definitely sport a handlebar

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If senior editor Devin Feldman had the opportunity to repeat his LMU experience all over again, he would do so, but only under certain conditions. mustache for eight months of my life again.

But let’s be honest, I’m not about to say I don’t regret a single thing I did here. Maybe I wouldn’t take that awful math class again sophomore year, and maybe I would’ve packed up my room earlier freshman year so I had time to study for my philosophy final, and I’d probably try to spend fewer nights preparing for a hangover, and I know I would treat some people better – people who are no longer in my life.

But then again, maybe not. Be-

cause at the end of my four years here, the only reason I would go back through countless hours of studying and writing and working and playing and procrastinating and pining and not sleeping enough is because I know now that I loved every moment. Even the moments I thought I hated. And I know now that we’re all better because of it. Even when we thought that would never be the case.

So yeah, I guess I’d do it all again knowing what I know now. But only if I got to do it all over the exact same

way. Because I like where I am, and I like where we’re headed.

Congrats on officially finishing the easiest years of your life, class of 2015. Now it’s time to make those you have left the best years of your life.

And you all thought I was going to write something funny.

This is the opinion of Devin Feldman, a senior communication studies major from Aurora, Oregon. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email editor@theloyolan.com.

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College gave me more than my degree As Told By Ginger Carly Barnhill

Managing Editor @carlyabarn

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hese are going to be the best four years of your life, Carly,” my grandfather told me four years ago, as he said goodbye to me before I moved to college.

I remember my first days at LMU like they were yesterday — moving into the dorms, feeling petrified that I didn’t know anyone, fearing my first day of classes, having no idea what I wanted to do with my life. And here I am now, preparing to walk across the stage after finishing my college career, sad to say goodbye to the place that I have called home for four years, but excited to hold my diploma and start my career in the “real world.”

But let’s be honest — we don’t go to college just for our degree. We go to college for the experience. This University gave me a great academic education, but what I learned during my time at LMU goes beyond the academics and beyond the diploma I am about to receive.

In the past four years, I learned how to manage my time and balance two jobs, a full schedule of classes for my major and minor, a sorority and a social life.

I gained perspective by traveling through Europe on a study abroad program with an irreplaceable group of students who ended up sharing the same passion for culture and exploration that I did.

I built lifelong friendships and relationships with people who came from different cities and may end up in different cities, but we will share our unbreakable

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“Spend your time with people who bring out the best in you, travel the world and embrace all that LMU has to offer,” says Managing Editor Carly Barnhill. (From left to right): Barnhill, senior marketing major Kristyn Kawaja, senior psychology major Amelia Cappelio. bond for the rest of our lives and forever laugh about our memories living in the Sauna.

I learned to appreciate home, even though home isn’t so far away.

And I eventually realized that four years will fly by before you know it, so it’s important to embrace every aspect of this university before it’s too late. Go to all of the on-campus events, work at a place filled with people who share the same passion as you, join as many clubs as you can, enjoy your professors’ company and spend

time with people who make you happy no matter what time of the day it is. Learn from everything and everyone around you, and don’t waste a single moment on something negative. College has given me more than my diploma will ever be able to explain: It has given me the experience of a lifetime with people I’ll never forget.

Just two weeks ago, my grandfather and I had another conversation. He said, “Do you remember when I told you it would be the best four years of your life? And now it’s over. Can you believe that?”

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This is the opinion of Carly Barnhill, a senior communication studies major from West Hills, California. Tweet comments to @carlyabarn or email carlybarnhill@gmail.com.

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SENIOR EVENTS AND GRADUATION CELEBRATIONS 5/8- International Graduation Celebration10:30 a.m., The Bird Nest*

5/9- Undergraduate Commencement9:30 a.m., Sunken Garden*

A reception for the graduating international students and their families to honor their accomplishments while at LMU

5/8- Kente Graduation Celebration3 p.m., Sacred Heart Chapel/ Bell Gardens* 5/7- Senior Sunset - 7 p.m., Jesuit Community* Take a moment to pause and reflect with your friends before commencement weekend begins.

A Celebration that commemorates the academic and personal achievements of our students of African descent, and marks the trasition from college to adult life.

5/8- Baccalaureate CelebrationFollowing Commencement mass, Alumni Mall

5/10- Graduate Commencement10:00 a.m., Sunken Garden

Enjoy a celebration at Alumni Mall with friends, family, and classmates. Includes music, food and desserts.

5/8- Jewish Senior Blessing and Celebration4:30 p.m., Malone 112* A formal reception with Jewish Student Seniors and families

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Reflections on emerging from behind the lens #Irwinning Leslie Irwin Senior Editor @LALoyolan

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first remember picking up a camera at age eight, snapping a few shots on my disposable film roll at summer camp and forgetting about it in a drawer until spring cleaning months later.

Five years ago, I picked a camera up again, this time to really learn. I fell in love with the digital mechanics and the art of storytelling — “Savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second,” as French photographer Mark Riboud once put it.

Four years ago, I drove down to Los Angeles with a new camera, a car full of boxes and dreams of seeing the world. Having grown up in the suburbs of Northern California, I vividly remember the excitement of moving to a big city, surrounded by industry, culture, arts and possibility.

Unsure of myself and my future career, I made three goals for my time at university: learn how to live the rest of my life, study abroad in London and take 100,000 pictures.

Looking back on those goals now, I’m still learning how to live — and I hope I never stop.

When I joined Gryphon Circle my sophomore year, I was looking for a community, but the girls in blue offer so much more. Serving alongside them at a local convalescent home allowed me to explore a perspective beyond the Bluff and into the greater Los Angeles community.

These women show me every day how to live with a compassionate mind and intelligent heart, as Gryphon Circle’s longtime moderator Sr. Peg Dolan, RSHM would often note.

Studying in London during the spring of my junior year pushed me to take control of my life experience. As a photographer, I experience everything I photograph through the lens of a memory being created. It’s easy for my introverted self to retreat behind the camera — the real challenge is living in the moment firsthand. Seizing each day of the precious few months in the country of my dreams brought new friends from other countries, a great appreciation for foreign travel and a newfound level of confidence and self-sufficiency.

In my seven semesters of working at my dream job as a photographer for the Loyolan, I’ve captured many parts of campus life I would never have discovered otherwise. And yet, in the midst of all the experiences LMU has to offer, I’ve learned to slow down and appreciate the little things. In the overwhelming business of life on campus, taking a moment to look around at the world can make a real difference in perspective. For me, it’s something small: sitting on the Bluff every evening, patiently awaiting the sunset. I only hope I will always wonder at the miracle of human consciousness and the utter beauty of the world.

Four years, a few hundred events and literally 100,000 pictures later, my undergraduate career now draws to a close. As a senior, most days I feel like a real adult. I know how to write an excellent cover letter, how to dress business casual and how to juggle a purse and car keys without spilling any of my coffee. And yet, underneath, I’m still the dreamer with the camera from four years ago, still holding out hope to travel the world. I’ll be working the nine-to-five life, but you can find me by a window on any overcast day, drinking tea and dreaming of the world outside.

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Leslie Irwin came into her own element during her time at LMU, shooting over 100,000 pictures for the Loyolan during her tenure on the photo staff. Now she is on to her next big adventure. cause I will. We all will. All the pictures I’ve taken will fade into old memories in their photo albums, and I will forget the context for the many inside jokes. What happened yesterday will become abstracted into a story to be told and retold until I remember the story more clearly than the actual events.

But this? This is right now. And right now, I’m graduating. I’m moving from sunny Los Angeles to foggy San Francisco.

I’m heading out on my own adventure — but I will take part of LMU with me.

As the great Ansel Adams once said, “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”

And though I love LMU, it’s time for my camera and I to find out what’s next.

This is the opinion of Leslie Irwin, a senior Englsih and dance double major from San Jose, California.

Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email lirwin@ theloyolan.com.

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People matter more than experiences WOW Cafe, awkward moments at the Black and White Dance or getting thrown in the fountain at midnight on my birthday. I didn’t study Erin Chiu Copy Editor abroad, join a service organization @e_rinaudreychiu or play a club sport. These would have undoubtedly been amazing experiences where I would have met so many more people had I had the received an “F” last semester.

I deserved it, but that doesn’t time to do all of it in my two years mean it didn’t feel awful. I’m pret- at LMU. But I’m lucky that even as a ty sure I went through all five stages transfer student, I don’t feel like I’ve of grief — I denied the possibility, completely missed out on the LMU angrily vented to classmates, tried experience, because I’ve gained a to bargain with my professor and al- two-year bond with people who will hopefully be lifelong friends and most cried when it didn’t work out.

But by the time I got to the stage of mentors.

By no means am I belittling the acceptance, it became less about the grade and more about the fact that in quintessential LMU experiences the grand scheme of things, it didn’t that tie us together as a campus.

I’m just saying matter.

Within the next five to 10 So in 10 years will I that when all is years, will I re- remember the grades said and done, we will all remember member every I got, the parties LMU in different single grade that I skipped and the For me, I’ll I have received? experiences I missed ways. always remember Probably not. out on? Probably not. the individuals Because people I’ve bonded with are what matters.

This may not have seemed appar- at one point or another — my people.

I’ll remember my roommates, ent to me as I sat in bed alone and binge-watched “Grey’s Anatomy” who unabashedly embrace silliness, on Netflix these past few weeks, but my professors, who have genuinely Izzie Stevens said it best: “You need cared about me not only as a stuto bond with your people. People are dent but also as a person and my co-workers at the Loyolan, who what matters.”

I don’t have any stories from have taught me that “the office” can freshman year of late-night treks to be a place where you meet some of

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Erin Chiu (above) says the real college memories are made because of the people with whom you experienced them. the funniest people you will ever know. And, of course, I’ll remember my friends, who have encouraged, prayed for and laughed with me through it all.

So in 10 years will I remember the grades I got, the parties I skipped and the experiences I missed out on?

Probably not. But I know that I will definitely remember the people who

have helped me become a part of the LMU pride.

This is the opinion of Erin Chiu, a senior screenwriting major from San Jose, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email editor@theloyolan.com.

What’s next? A step into the unknown States, graduating from college was expected of me. Since knowledge and education are highly valued in my family, I always knew Ivetta this graduation would come, one way or another.

Babadjanian But knowing I have no idea Life+Arts Editor where I’ll be in the next year, let @ivetta19 alone the next month, has brought along a new understanding of who p until this point of my life, I am now.

I’ve had three graduations I am a daughter of immigrant and not one of them has parents who have spoiled me with evoked the fear, anticipation and love and the ambition to seek a excitement that my impending higher education. I am part of a graduation at LMU does. Before family that brings me joy when now, the next step was fairly clear. it seems like there is no joy to be I was simply going through the found and always a place to call motions of decisions that were alhome. ready made for me.

I am part of a culture that has And now I’m faced with with grounded me with morals and has what happens after college, somegifted me with the beauty of the thing no one tells you: There is Armenian language. often no set course of action from I am a friend to many who have here. Most of the time I find this honored me with laughter and notion liberating, kindness. but other times I But knowing I have no I am a sister to find it nauseatthe beautiful laidea where I’ll be in ing. dies of Delta Zeta I cannot help the next year, let alone who have shaped but cringe each the next month, has my identity in time someone brought along a new more ways than I asks me for my understanding of who ever expected. plans after colI learned I am now. lege. Because for through my exonce in my life, I perience studying abroad in Rome don’t have a plan. I have an idea of that I am a lover of travel and adwho I want to be in the future but venture, seeking out cultures that no guarantee that it will become a are unique and different from reality. mine.

My first real decision was I am a capable leader with strong choosing to transfer to LMU, but character due to the amazing peoeven with that, the main variable ple at the Loyolan, a group of peowas the location, not the choice of ple I will never be disaffiliated with a higher education. As the first in because the mere thought breaks my family to be born in the United my heart.

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Ivetta Babadjanian’s (above) study abroad experience in Rome broadened her worldview and helped her find her passion to immerse herself in differing cultures. She hopes to continue these experiences after college.

I am someone who wouldn’t shy away from difficulties or let them destroy me on my path to greatness because of the many experiences I have gone through in my life.

And most importantly, I am a LMU Lion — someone with a

voice worth hearing and the openmindedness to try to understand those different than me.

I have finally learned how to embrace the unknown, as knowing who I am means I am more than capable of handling whatever falls into my path. I may not officially

be a student much longer, but I hope my future will allow me to continue to learn about the world around me.

This is the opinion of Ivetta Babadjanian, a senior communication studies major from Glendale, California. Tweet comments to @LALoyolan or email ibabadjanian@ theloyolan.com.

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2015-2016 MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM ADDITIONS Munis Tutu

Shamar Johnson

HOMETOWN: Ontario, Canada

HOMETOWN: Pensacola, Florida

HEIGHT: 6’0”

HEIGHT: 6’6”

Tutu started at point guard for the Canadian National Team at the Under 18 FIBA Americas Championships. He was born in Egypt, but moved to Canada when he was nine months old. According to Head Coach Dunlap, "Munis is one of the top point guards in this year's class… He has a very high basketball IQ and brings great energy every time he is on the floor."

Johnson was the team's second leading scorer and rebounder at Pensacola State.

He led PSC to back-to-back Junior College Tournament appearances, earning all-conference honors from the Florida media and was first-team All-Panhandle Conference. According to Dunlap, "Shamar has great size and great hands… He plays a real physical game and night-in and night-out he would carry his team in arguably one of the top conferences in the country.”

Brandon Brown

Jeffery McClendon

HOMETOWN: Leaven, Arizona

HOMETOWN: Lancaster, California

HEIGHT: 5’10”

HEIGHT: 6’2”

Brown became one of the top junior college players in the nation the last two seasons, setting the all-time school record for scoring at Phoenix College in Arizona. Dunlap says of Brown, "Brandon is a very mature player and he makes anyone around him better." Brown was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association All American (NJCAA), and took home the Player of the Year award in 2015. During his freshman season, he won MVP of the NJCAA tournament while leading Phoenix College to a national championship.

McClendon averaged 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists in his last season at Phoenix College, earning a nomination for the 2015 All-American games.

Dunlap says of McClendon, “He has had the opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches in the state." According to ESPN's Scouting Report, "McClendon is known for his relentless energy and the different ways he can impact a game.”

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Lion athletics’ year comes roaring to a close LMU sports had yet another exciting year in 2014-15. From conference championships to All-Academic honors, the Lions fought hard and made us all proud throught the entire year.

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Dunlap’s first recruiting class will help LMU create a fast-paced defensive team The Rezk Report

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ith much of the 201415 Lions roster leaving the program in the coming year, whether by graduation or transfer, LMU basketball is about to undergo some major changes. That may not be such a bad thing; the Lions won just eight games this past year, their lowest total since the 2008-09 season.

This was to be expected, given that this was Head Coach Mike Dunlap’s first season at LMU. This turnover of players should actually help Dunlap. Many of the departing players were not recruited by Dunlap, but by previous head coach Max Good.

The two coaches differ strongly in philosophy; Good was a run-and-gun offensive coach, while Dunlap is more of a gritand-grind defensive type. This recruiting season will give LMU the chance to provide the newest head coach with an opportunity to hand-pick his roster.

“We are very excited for our incoming class,” said Dunlap.

“This incoming class has won at many levels within the sport of

basketball and come from successful programs while learning from very good coaches. This is a good step forward for our program.”

And there are a lot of roster spots up for grabs. The departures include leading scorer and sophomore guard Evan Payne who is transferring to California State University, Long Beach, senior guard Chase Flint, redshirt senior guard Ayode-

“This incoming class has won at many levels within the sport of basketball...this is a good step forward for our program.”

– Dunlap ji Egbeyemi and redshirt senior forward Godwin Okonji.

These players were the foundation of this past season’s team, and they all played heavy minutes. In particular, replacing the veteran leadership will be difficult, especially players Okonji and Egbeyemi, who each played four seasons at LMU. Fortunately, the Lions have wasted no time getting started with recruiting. As of May 4, LMU athletics has announced the commitments of six players in the incoming class of 2019. LMU lacks the

appeal of programs that play in major conferences, so the school focused on recruiting from the junior college ranks.

The recruits all seem to have one thing in common: athleticism and a winning pedigree.

All of the players have won at least half of their games in their time at junior college.

Incoming freshman guard Munis Tutu, a U-18 Canadian National Team point guard, will be competing with junior college champion Brandon Brown for the starting job. Brown’s age and poise will likely give him the advantage, but look for Tutu to reach his full potential as the Lions’ point guard of the future.

“Brandon became one of the best players in all of junior college basketball,” Dunlap said.

“He comes from winning programs and he really took off under coach Matt Gordon at Phoenix College. He is a very mature player and he makes anyone around him better.”

At the swing positions, super-athletes junior Buay Tuach and incoming freshman Jeffrey McClendon will bring much needed scoring punch to the wing. Tuach averaged 16.7 points per game in his two years in junior college and McClendon was an All-American nominee in high school.

“I felt I really connected with the students at LMU, the men-

tors, and the staff of the entire University,” said Tuach. “I am going to have to work harder in everything. As for when I first get to L.A., I am going to go to the gym and work on my game.”

Junior forwards Adom Jacko and Shamar Johnson round out this year’s new arrivals.

“We are very excited to have Adom join our program,” said Head Coach Mike Dunlap. “He gives us an athletic and skilled

“I am going to have to work harder in everything. As for when I get to L.A., I am going to go to the gym and work on my game.” – Tutu player that is different than anything on our current roster.

He has great length, has shown that he can finish at the rim and can play multiple positions.”

Johnson is a 6-foot-6 power forward, undersize for his position. But Johnson, who had first signed on to play football at Louisville, more than makes up for his lack of height in strength.

His 250-pound frame allows him to bully smaller players under the rim and score in the post.

Just a look at the game film of these players makes the Lions’ plan clear for next year. Dunlap

will likely employ a high-pressure defense. Quick rotations, traps and pressure will be this team’s signature. With great athleticism and length, the Lions will likely look to create their offense primarily from forcing turnovers at the other end. Outside shooting, however, may continue to be an issue for this team, as Payne was one of few reliable three-point threats.

Going forward, the team needs to add size at the center position. The 6-foot-10 forward Petr Herman is the team’s tallest player, and he isn’t much of a rim protector. Of the returning players, junior forward Marin Mornar figures to have an increased role, as his scoring ability from the frontcourt helped the team late in the season.

However, the Lions are taking a step in the right direction, and many of the new additions have tremendous potential. Look for LMU to play an exciting brand of basketball in the coming season, similar to the attacking defensive style the Miami Heat played in the past few years, using their athleticism and teamwork to wreak havoc on the opposing team’s offense.

This is the opinion of Andrew Rezk, a senior psychology major from Rancho Cugamonga, California. Tweet comments to @LoyolanSports, or email editor@theloyolan.com.

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New Head Coach Mike Dunlap had a rough first year, winning only eight games throughout the season. The team struggled on offense, and the lack of consistent three-point shooting, driving or playmaking made scoring a difficult task. The Lions did show promise on the defensive end, scrapping to keep many of their games close.

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Burcham thanks LMU community President David W. Burcham expressed his gratitude for the University during his term in a letter that he sent to the Loyolan. The letter was first printed on April 29, 2015.

I extend my profound gratitude to the LMU community for the immensely rewarding last 24 years of my professional life.

Our community is comprised of many groups: students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, volunteer boards, the Jesuit Community, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, the Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees. Each devotes time and talents to the work at LMU; each contributes in important ways to the furtherance of our mission.

I am greatly indebted to and say a heartfelt THANK YOU to all members of our terrific community.

I have some special words of gratitude to those who labor each and every day on our campus– the students, faculty and staff. To the students: you are the reason I get to my office early and am motivated to work hard for this university.

I have been so impressed by your commitment to our mission and by your desire to make this a better world. It has frequently been said that the college years are the time for youthful idealism, and many of you are indeed committed to worthy ideals.

Please try to retain that idealism as you grow older. I have learned much from you and I thank you. Your

commitment, your energy, your idealism inspire me and have been returned to me tenfold during our time together.

To the faculty: Building a great university begins with a great faculty. I have been extraordinarily impressed by your collective commitment to our students, both inside and outside of the classroom.

In addition to your focus on students, many of you pursue ambitious research and writing agendas, and when coupled with service on committees and the like, your workloads are significant and a testament to your love for this institution. Thank you for moving us forward. And finally, to the staff: You demonstrate daily that a great university requires more than students, faculty and buildings. I admire deeply the manner in which you support our students and faculty and understand that much of what you do is behind the scenes, and often invisible because it is done so well.

Put simply, LMU could not exist without you, and I thank you.

Again, thanks to all.

LMU. GO LIONS!

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David Burcham, a ‘trailblazer’ president

As LMU’s first lay president, Burcham has set the University firmly on a path of success.

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hen David W. Burcham was selected in 2010 to be the 15th president of LMU, he knew he was embarking on an unforged path.

“I am keenly aware that my appointment undoubtedly raised eyebrows in certain quarters,” Burcham told the Loyolan in 2011, the year of his inauguration.

“I knew that if I were selected, that I would be somewhat of a trailblazer, inasmuch as I would be the first non-Jesuit president in LMU’s 100-year history.”

What Burcham perhaps did not know back then was that five years later, he would be known as a president who forged many more new paths for LMU. Despite the naysayers who have criticized LMU for their choice to hire a nonCatholic lay president, Burcham’s tenure has been highlighted by a string of victories for University leadership.

Soon after his appointment, Burcham articulated three goals: boosting academic excellence, reinforcing the Jesuit Marymount tradition and keeping education and tuition costs to a minimum.

“Not necessarily in rank order, I am most proud of raising more than $60 million for student scholarships, seeing the fundraising for and the construction of the new Life Sciences Building to completion, helping establish the LGBT center, helping establish the Academy for Catholic Thought and Imagination, overseeing the development and implementation of our Strategic Plan, overseeing the development of our new Core curriculum, keeping tuition increases at historic lows while at the same time maintaining the University in a strong financial position,” Burcham said.

At the end of this school year, Burcham’s term as University president will come to a close.

He announced in October 2014 he would be resigning from his position to retire. He will be immediately succeeded

by Timothy Law Snyder, a former administrator at Loyola University Maryland. Burcham’s accomplishments have given the University swift momentum for Snyder to build upon.

Academic excellence When it comes to academic excellence, Burcham has paved a path characterized by academic rigor and top-notch programs for LMU students in his five years as president.

One major change undertaken during the Burcham presidency was the implementation of a new University-wide Core curriculum for undergraduates. The new requirements feature a three-level progression of courses intended to be taken throughout a student’s four years. By instituting the Core throughout the University, LMU is able to provide a more cohesive educational experience between colleges.

All the academic changes made in the last few years are being matched with a higher number of applicants and a first-year

retention rate above 90 percent, which is substantially higher than it was before Burcham.

Burcham’s academic leadership stems from his own personal love of learning. Although his professional training is in law, Burcham left his career as a practicing lawyer in order to become a professor at Loyola Law School in Downtown Los Angeles.

After several years of teaching, he was appointed dean of the law school, where he served for eight years. He made the shift to LMU in 2008 to take on a newly created position of executive vice president and provost.

“I really have a passion for learning, for myself and for helping others find their passion with respect to learning,” said Burcham in a 2010 interview with LMU Magazine. “That is why a university is a perfect place for me. That makes me tick.”

Within the next few months, LMU will see the opening of a $100-million state-of-the-art Life Sciences Building on the east side of campus. The building is promised to be an enormous improvement on the University’s current classroom and lab facilities, and will also provide more parking. Although Burcham will not see its completion as president, he says that the construction of the Life Sciences Building is one of his biggest accomplishments.

“The new science building is one of the things that I’m most proud of in the five years as president and two years as provost,” Burcham said. In order to make the blueprints a reality, he said it took “about $70 million in donations and a bond issue for $30 million to fund the parking lot.”

LMU’s shifts in its academic programs under Burchamhave been followed by great strides in rankings. Many programs and schools, including the MBA program and the School of Film and Television have seen a recent ascent in rankings.

Reinforcing the Jesuit Marymount Tradition Burcham’s leadership has also been characterized by the launch of several programs and centers to focus on LMU’s rich history of being grounded in faith.

As of October 2014, nine new Jesuits joined LMU’s community, including a new Rector – Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, S.J. The Center for Catholic Education and the CSJ Center for Reconciliation and Justice were also created under Burcham’s tenure, established with the strategic plan’s focus to “deepen engagement with the Catholic intellectual tradition” in mind.

Burcham was a champion of a new study abroad program, Casa de la Mateada, which has allowed LMU students to venture to Argentina and explore Ignatian spirituality away from home.

And this year, on March 11, LMU introduced its Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination, the result of a committee built, “to develop a plan for a center that [would] explore the rich Catholic intellectual tradition in ways that engage and benefit the entire University, the greater Los Angeles area, and beyond,” according to a letter from Burcham to the LMU community.

In his Presidential Convocation speech on October 16, 2014,

Burcham reflected on the unique position of being a lay presidentto make strides toward the Jesuit Marymount tradition.

He said, “My selection was itself a big change. It has been a change that many accepted, many even welcomed but also one that caused some to ask and continue to ask how in the world did this happen? I thank you for welcoming me, for working with me, for trusting me.”

Keeping education and tuition costs to a minimum Burcham’s constant goal, perhaps more than any other in his presidency, was to keep tuition cost increases to a minimum and to maintain the superior academic rigor and student life programs.

Throughout his time as University president, Burcham kept LMU’s tuition below the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) and national averages.

Additionally, he continued to provide raises in faculty and staff pay even during economic instability.

“Financially, we’re strong,” Burcham told the Loyolan last fall after announcing his retirement.

As president, Burcham also helped set the University on solid financial ground, increasing the University’s endowment by a staggering 39 percent. The endowment previously stood at $330 million in May 2010 and rose to $458 million by May 2014.

Another financial success during Burcham’s tenure was a capital

campaign in 2011 that raised $413 million, exceeding the University’s goal of $400 million.

Keeping LMU affordable for students was possibly the most ambitious of Burcham’s goals, especially in the context of trends in higher education as a whole.

In response, Burcham and his administration raised nearly $45 million for scholarships in the last two years alone.

Burcham’s legacy Long after he vacates his presidential suite, the effects of Burcham’s leadership are sure to be felt. During his time, LMU secured approval by the city of Los Angeles for its Master Plan, which maps out the next 20 years. The Master Plan provides a clear vision to future administrators of LMU as a leading modern university campus, and includes plans for new, sustainable buildings.

Burcham will be remembered for far more than the concrete steps he made to further LMU on its path of success. He will also be remembered for his availability to students. Throughout his presidency, Burcham was often seen roaming the LMU campus and engaging with the campus population.

“Time and time again, the thing that impresses me the most, and therefore, the thing that I look forward to the most, is the growth intellectually, spiritually and socially of our students,” Burcham said.

When asked how he would like

to be remembered by the LMU community, he said that he would like to be remembered as someone who always put students first.

“I have many wonderful memories, but I suppose the most abiding memory is of the many occasions when I talked to students informally around campus about their objectives, goals, dreams, worries and plans for the future,” Burcham said.

“Those conversations always seemed to validate my work here.”

Burcham said in an interview with the Loyolan that after his term ends he will be writing and spending time with his grandchildren and his wife at their cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains, but it won’t be easy for him to stay away from the University.

“I will definitely make appearances at LMU,” he said.

“It is difficult to stay away from a place you love!”

Burcham recently participated in the Loyolan’s new video project, 100 Lions (laloyolan. com/100Lions). Reflecting on his time leading LMU, he said the following: “I can say under truth serum or hooked up to a lie detector that the five years I’ve been President here at LMU have been the most rewarding years of my professional life ... It’s great to be a Lion.”

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We want to make one of those things easy for you! As we see it, you probably fit into one of three types of student diet profiles.

Student A: You want a balanced diet. You like to eat healthy and generally care about what you put into your body.

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We want to get the guess-work out of the way for you, no matter what your individual diet profile is. We take pride in sourcing wholesome ingredients, preparing recipes accurately and providing nutritional analysis

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From our general manager to our front line team, we work diligently to address your specific needs.

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“We are lucky to have an on-campus partnership with the LMU Fitwell Center, located at Burns Rec. Together, we provide programming and nutritional information centered on Mindful eating directly to students.” - Marketing Coordinator, Laura Kissinger

For students who have special dietary and nutritional needs we have informational resources and customized menus to address your specific needs.

These menus meet the strictest compliance standards, without sacrificing flavor, texture or presentation. We want to meet one-onone with all of our customers who have individual dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social.

If you have a special diet or food allergy, contact our main office to schedule a one on one consultation or a walk-through at any of our dining locations.

Our Mindful program is great for anyone who wants to eat healthy. Mindful offerings meet stringent nutritional criteria based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each meal part is limited in calories, has fewer than 30% of calories as fat, fewer than 10 % of calories as saturated fat, and is restricted in sodium and cholesterol. Chefs in our test kitchen develop recipes to meet these criteria in delicious fashion! Look for the Mindful icon to indulge in the healthy and delicious items offered at each meal.

Another important part of our focus on health and wellness is the use of seasonal menus - featuring fresh and healthy ingredi-

Give us a call at (310) 338-2977 and let us help show you all of the options that are available to you on campus.

LMU Dining : www.Dining.LMU.Edu Healthy Recipes: mindful.sodexo.com

Jhoana Flores Jhoana, “She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future”.

Proverbs 31:25 We couldn’t be more proud of you! First in our family to graduate and you DID IT! Keep on striving to achieve all your goals.

Love you to the moon and back, Mom, Dad, Yary, Adrian, Brian and Felipe.

Congratulations to our beauty!

Kevin Roy Chan

Eddie Estrada

Congratulations!

We are very proud of you! You were always meant to be a lion!

Love, Mom and Dad

Jessica Gabrielle Lopez

Tiffany Mori

We are so proud of you and know that God has a bright future for you. He wants to show you His ways and lead you down a bright path! Seek Him in all things and trust that you have brighter days ahead!

Dear Tiffany, Congratulations on your graduation and four great years at LMU.

Love,

Good luck in grad school, we are so proud of you.

Dad, Mom and Jon

Love, Mom & Dad

Congratulations on the successful four years at LMU. We are proud of the person you have become. We all know you will make a difference.

Love, Mom, Dad, and all the family Mom

Dearest Ellie We are so proud of the young woman you are becoming.

May you always reach for the stars and develop into the best version of YOU. Congratulations!

Love always, Mami and Papi Machón

Zaneta Pereira

Vanessa Miranda

We wish you The strength to face challenges with confidence And the wisdom to choose your ba9les carefully…

Adventure on your journey always And may you stop to help others along the way…

Listen to your heart, and follow your dreams…

Remember how much you are loved We are so proud of you!

Mum, Dad, Jared & Aretha

Casey Lins

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least” Goethe

Congratulations on your degree in Business Management from LMU. We are proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Jeremy, Stephanie, Chris and Jack the Cat

Matthew Sugidono

Congratulations Matthew!

We’re so proud of your accomplishments. Wishing you a bright future at UCSF School of Pharmacy!

Love, Mom, Dad & Chris

Lindsay Fritts Today we celebrate you. We are so proud and love you so much.

Never stop doing what matters to you.

Congratulations, Sarah!

We are so proud of you! May you be blessed with happiness and success in all that you do.

Carpe diem!

With all our love, Mom, Dad and Samantha

Congratulations Caroline!

We are so proud of your earning degrees from two schools at graduation: Screenwriting and European Studies.

Congratulations George, You have completed your undergraduate degree in three years and now onto Loyola Law School. We are proud of you, wishing you immense success.

Love, Mom, Dad, Michael & Gabby, Nana, and all the family

Go write scripts for the world to enjoy!

With Love, Mom, Dad and Andrew

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VOICES FROM ABOVE LMU’s faculty and staff give graduates advice "Use your privileged status as a college graduate to be one with those on the margins. This will look differently for each person, but the service of faith and the promotion of justice must always be aspects of your life beyond LMU." — Tom King, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, Student Engagement "My advice for the seniors is: Make a conscious effort to maintain the friendships and relationships that you made at LMU. Have conversations that matter and remember to take time for yourself." — Christian Life Community Staff Member Samantha Hartman “My advice would be to allow yourself space between the great accomplishment of graduation and the beginning of adult life, whether that be a month or a year – jumping into graduate school [or] a grown-up job directly after school doesn't allow for the emotional and psychological transition so necessary for success. So basically ... take the vacation.” – Taylor Holbrook, Rhetorical Arts

"Believe in yourself and each and every step in life's journey, but should you doubt, remember this community, this point in time and the accumulated belief in you of your friends and family, faculty and mentors and everyone that has walked with you."

— Communication Studies Professor Craig Rich

“Lift as you rise.” — ARC University Advisor and First to Go Associate Director Dr. Danelle Dyckhoff Stelzriede

"It is the job of the artist to reveal beauty, to comfort and heal and to expose injustice. You are all artists; do your jobs. 'There is no them, there is only us.'"— English Professor Linda Bannister

"As you enter into the working world remember this: no matter how insignificant you may think the task/job is work hard and do your best- you never know who’s watching!" — Associate Dean of Students Francesca Piumetti

"Don't feel pressured to find a career and start working right away. Travel the world with your friends, and create memorable experiences." – Visiting Professor Jessica Langlois

"Don't take this time in your life for "Dear seniors, this is an exciting time for granted; you have your entire life to you. You are so creative and enterprising. work hard. Make sure you save Embrace change, take risks and some time to enjoy yourself." enthusiastically create your own — Professor of Philosophy opportunities as you put your own unique Mark Morelli marks on the world."

—Clinical Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Kathleen Norris “Be kick-butt problem-solvers, because every solution to a problem often contains the seeds of new problems. This may sound "As I seen all of you one by one, I also seen frustrating, but it is truly a gift for us.” — young people destined for greatness. In life Chief of the Department of Public Safety it's not all about the destination but about the Hampton N. Cantrell journey along the way; so as you head to new destination may your journey be great."

— Crossing Guard Andrew Brumfield, the "Straw Hat Man"

"Understand whose shoulders you stand upon. Understand who you are. Don't be afraid to make decisions, but make sure that your decisions are well-informed. Lastly, always remember that those who seek to lead should never cease to learn." – Interim Director of Black Student Services Dr. Nathan J. Sessoms

Kelly Isabella Connors Mom and Dad are still proud of you today!

I love you to the moon and back.

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Learn to embrace the power of vulnerability Chenelle Nº5

Chelsea Chenelle Senior Editor

@greatesthandle

I

have a loud mouth. But I didn’t always.

In fact, growing up I was quiet, stayed out of the way and spent more time speed reading anything I could get my hands on than playing with other people.

I was never a loner, but I had an old soul. A part of me has been 80 since I was 10.

Maybe it was my sister’s over-the-top personality and her uncanny ability to steal the spotlight that naturally made me take a step back. Maybe it was the complex gender dynamics I subconsciously learned from Barbie. Maybe it was the incessant teasing that followed me from being the fat girl in grade school, to hitting puberty at nine, to the ridicule I faced when I fessed up to the fact that my first crush was on a girl. Whatever the reason, I could never access the opinionated, eternally frustrated voice that today I wield with pointed precision. That was until I learned the value and power of vulnerability.

Being vulnerable and being a young adult is next to impossible because we think we’re invincible – or at least we want others to think so. No matter how

long we spent in the fetal position on the floor of our kitchen, sobbing about the research paper that we should have started weeks ago, we still update our statuses with “#allnighter” or “#igotthis,” refusing to drop the façade and admit that just maybe we don’t have it. But it took me a while to understand that vulnerability did not mean weakness.

LMU was not my first choice. I had wanted to get out of Southern California since I was young, and college was the perfect opportunity to start my adult life at the University of San Francisco. I do not come from a family where everyone has a college degree, so beginning the journey to higher education was filled with a lot of happy crying and high hopes. Less than two months into my first college experience – my eyes blinded by the beauty of the city at night – I became another sexual assault statistic, which brought me back to my hometown of San Diego with my emotions and aspirations scattered somewhere along Interstate 5. And it took me a long time to find them again.

Very few people knew what happened.

“It was distracting to be in such a big city,” I would say, as though I was a child who couldn’t control herself. I kept it to myself because that was easier than talking about it, and because that is what I always did.

It was easier than opening my wound and showing it to the world. I restarted college in the spring at LMU and fumbled my way

“Being vulnerable and being a young adult is next to impossible because we think we’re invincible ­— or at least we want others to think so.”

via Chelsea Chenelle

Fall in love with something - it doesn’t matter with what, or who, or for how long. Go into something with your all, unafraid of being bad at it, or being ugly, or being a failure. through my first semester. Then I began working at the Loyolan, where I quickly found a space from which to speak.

It started slowly: event reviews, previews of boring things that were happening on campus. When I wrote my first opinion piece, which turned out to be more personal than I had intended, I was immediately encouraged to write more.

To make it personal. To be thoughtfully pissed off, acknowledge my shortcomings and expose the shortcomings of cultural and social stigma that dared to make me feel unworthy of happiness, love and security.

And I did. Slowly I found the audacity to allow the powerful words I was writing down to flow out of my mouth with just as much ferocity. Being vulnerable isn’t being weak. Being vulnerable is being honest and sharing your side of the story, as

hard as it may be, rather than remaining another statistic. For women especially, it is hard to be vulnerable because any emotional expression is read, and dismissed, as a hormone-fueled outbreak. But to that I say honor your feelings, male or female, use your words and tell your stories. It may take a while to find it. It may take a trial by fire – but always do what you can to be heard.

I have a loud mouth. I didn’t always. I used to be shy and think my words were disposable. Who knows—maybe they still are. But they’re mine, and I will continue to shout them until I no longer can. I didn’t always have a loud mouth, but I sure as hell do now.

This is the opinion of Chelsea Chenelle, a senior art history major from San Diego, California. Tweet comments to @greatesthandle or email editor@ theloyolan.com.

College has taught me how to be a ‘yes’ man Ian Goes to The Bar Ian Lecklitner Senior Editor

@ianlecklitner

I

hated LMU when I was a freshman. I didn’t want to be in Greek life, many of the friends that I had made transferred to different schools after their first semester and I struggled so much in my classes that I had to change my major (granted, I started as a science major, so that may be no surprise). In fact, I was so unhappy at LMU that I left my sophomore year and transferred to Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Just to frame this for you, I’m a Los Angeles kid through and through. I grew up taking the bus down Venice Boulevard, skateboarding at UCLA, eating tacos from taco trucks and surfing El Porto. Deciding to leave L.A. and LMU and move to Dallas was the hardest decision I had ever made at that point in my life, but my grandmother told me something that made it so simple: “If your gut is telling you to go, go. If you don’t like it, just come back.”

I did just that. Thanks, Grandma.

Dallas wasn’t for me, but I needed to go to realize that. I also needed to go to find out that LMU really was for me, so I came back wearing my grandmother’s words on my sleeve. I guess you could say that I became a “yes” man.

I studied abroad in Ireland despite my never-ending FOMO and found out that I would have been missing out if I hadn’t gone. I joined a new wave/electronic band that confirmed I’m actually more of a punk kind of guy. I took on more duties at the Loyolan and started pursuing LMU’s journalism certificate, only to realize that I actually want to be a journalist.

If I feel the desire to do something, I do it. If I don’t like it, well, that’s just one step closer to discovering everything that I do like. Ever since I started living that way, I’ve loved LMU. The point is, when people say that college is a time for exploration, they’re right. And the

via Maggie Buoye

College has taught me to say ‘ yes’ to any and all experiences. In four years, I moved away from L.A., changed my major and joined a band; not all of these choices worked out, but I learned something from each experience. best way to find out what you like is to find out what you don’t like. If you want to try another major, switch. You can always switch back. If you want to join Greek life, do it. If you don’t like it, you can leave. Hell, if you want to be a

competitive eater, start eating. If you realize that you don’t like feeling full all the time, give something else a try.

Stop worrying so much about your decisions and follow your gut. If you don’t like

where you end up, move on to your next destination.

This is the opinion of Ian Lecklitner, a senior English major from Los Angeles, California. Tweet comments to @ianlecklitner or email editor@theloyolan.com.

THE LMU DEPT. OF STUDENT MEDIA CONGRATULATES...

LOS ANGELES LOYOLAN

GRADUATES! Georgia Henderson Ian Lecklitner Ivetta Babadjanian Kaitlin Perata Leslie Irwin Zaneta Pereira

WHEREVER YOU GO, MAY YOU ALWAYS BE

ACCURATE, RELEVANT AND RESPONSIBLE!

Andrew Rezk Carly Barnhill Chelsea Chenelle Devin Feldman Erin Chiu

THE LMU DEPT. OF STUDENT MEDIA CONGRATULATES...

THE TOWER YEARBOOK

GRADUATES! FRANKIE CASILLAS MCKENNA WARDE STEPHANIE SCHILLER ROBERT TEMMERMAN MAY YOUR FUTURE BE AS CREATIVE, INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL

AS THE 2015 BOOK YOU CREATED. THE LMU DEPT. OF STUDENT MEDIA CONGRATULATES...

ALISA ADAMS ELLIOT FAN KENNY ELLSWORTH OLIVIA DUNCAN WE HAVE DIPLOMAS,

YEAAAAHHH! (SUNG TO THE CONVO CABANA THEME SONG)

Congratulations Dustin -

We are so very proud of you. e sky’s the limit keep believing.

Congratulations on four amazing years at wonderful LMU,

Genna BloomBecker!

We loved all our visits, your friends, dance performances, and now you’re valedictorian!!

We expected no less from you. Now, onto your bright future!!

All our love and pride, your family

CHRISTOPHER HELKEY Bachelor of Arts Film and Television Production

Congratulations!

God bless you!

Love, Mama, Papa, Daniel, Benjamin and Matthew

Congratulations Ho’omaika’i ‘ana

Love, Mom & Dad

Jonathan Moseley Jonathan, all the hard work and long hours have shown your dedication to succeed at school. With this as your mantle your family is proud of your accomplishments and bright future ahead. You br have persevered through much the last few years and it is your time to shine. Your life has had its highs and lows, as life always does, but your kindness and gentleness of character shines through. All of your family takes pride in the strength of spirit you show us every day. Today, go forward “into the arena” and chase after your dreams and goals.

Alex Ethier Way to Go, Amy!

From Kindergarten through college you’ve always worked hard and never quit if things were tough. Now you’re ready to inspire others to do the same.

Congratulations

Congratulations!

We are so proud of you Alex Keep up the good work Love, Mom, Dad and Liz

on your BA degree AND teaching credential!

We love you, Mom, Dad, and the boys

Congratulations, Tristan!

All our love and good wishes as you go out into the world to live the life you have imagined!

Mom and Dad

Congratulations

Brian Brown

Dylan Seedman

We always knew that you were destined for success!!

Congratulations, Brian We are all so proud of you.

You are the best son and brother.

Love Dad, Austin, Nana, Papa

Love, your crazy family BGD

Congratulations, Tyler Barnett!!!

We are so proud of your tremoundous accomplishment.

May you continue to be blessed with happiness and success in your future endeavors.

Love, Dad, Tanisha, Trey, Jared

Eleni Damianides CONGRATULATIONS on your graduation!!!

We are tremendously proud of you and your accomplishments. Best wishes for continued success.

Love Mom, Dad & Andreas

Sabina Dhillon

Congratulations on your graduation from LMU. Your four years here have own by. We are so proud of all the things you have accomplished. You are smart, beautiful, and hardworking. Wishing you all the best as you start a new chapter in your life.

Love, Mom, Dad, and Raunik

Ebonie Buenrostro Congratulations Ebonie! You did it!

You are God’s greatest gift to us and we couldn’t be more happier and proud of your accomplishments.

We’ve seen you grow into a beautiful, fun, caring, confident, and intelligent young woman.

“Promise us, you’ll stay the way you are, keep the fire alive and stay young at heart...” Never stop chasing your dreams!

We love you babygirl! Stay true to yourself and God will always be with you to guide you on your journey!

Peace and more blessings coming your way.

Our love lo and support are with you always.

Hugs and kisses, Dad, Mom, and JCB

SENIOR LEGACY 2015

Inspired by LMU’s mission: the encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith, and the promotion of justice—the following seniors donated as part of Senior Legacy 2015 providing resources for future students, as they become men and women for others.

Congratulations and Many Thanks

Nathan Abebe*, Alexzandria Allen, Lindsey Allen, Karina Alvarez, Taylor Anderson*, Lydia Asrat, Sean Astrup, Taleen Atamian, Ivetta Babadjanian, Sara Baczewski, Lauren Baerg, Danielle Baez, Lauren Bagheri, Matthew Balentine, Alexander Baptiste, Chris Barnett, Tyler Barnett, Emily Barnett, Timothy Barrow, Joshua Bechtler-Levin, Mackenzie Beck, Charlotte Becker, Alexandria Bello, Alexandra Benavidez, Jonathan Bennett, Emily Benonaih-Jumbo, Roshan Berentes, Kathy Berganza, Vishal Bhula, Corey Bigoni, Makeila Blatner, Jennifer Bleck, Simon Bleeker, Genna BloomBecker, Bethney Bonilla, Katherine Boyd, Olivia Bradford, Megan Brading, Jordan Bradley, Rachel Brady, Christopher Braun, Alexis Brigante, Ariel Briganti, Jennifer Broekemeier, Catherine Brower, Stephanie Brown, Trenton Brudin, Bianka Bubic, Adam Bucci, Kyle Burch, Jennifer Burgos, Steven Burke, Hana Burlingham, Jason Burrichter, Andrew Butzen, Reid Byron*, Jazlyn Cabula, Liliana Cacique, Jeremy Camillo, Anthony Campa, Bethany Cannon, Veronica Cantu, Yoni Angelo Carnice, Ross Carson, Gabriel Casagrande, Alexander Casey, Kathryn Anne Castaneda, Maxmiliano Castro, Lauryn Cavanagh, Kassaundra Cervantes, Dominique Charlot*, Bradley Chee, Chelsea Chenelle, Rachel Cheng, Cameron Chiechi, Jennifer Ching, David Chirikian, Hailey Chisholm, Erin Chiu, Shannon Christner, Hannah Clark, Morgan Clemenson, Helena Denise Clement, Morgan Cochran, Katherine Coffey, Kelly Cole, Maya Combs, Kaylyn Connelly, Nicole Conrad, Lucy Conroy, Molly Cook, Raeann Cooper, Carolyne Copley, Cari Copley, Ana Cornejo, Daniela Corona, Jessica Corona-Orea, Brandon Council, Mariele Courtois*, Alyson Covington, Freya Craig, Nestor Crespin, Chloe Cross, Lori Cuerington*, Chris Culcasi, Elise Culliton, Isabella Cunningham, Chloe Curtis, Chloe Curtis, Hannah Curtis, Johanna Czarnecki, Isabella Dahlgren, Nikita Dave, Sarah Davidson, Tamura Davis, Taylor de Ganna, Steven De Las Casas, Hector De Leon, Sebastian De Rada, Sabrina Deana-Roga, Olivia DeJesse, Celina Deleon, Desiree Delesdernier, Hilda Delgadillo, John DeMarinis, Aubrey Demler, Caitlin DeWitt, Jackson DeWolfe, Sabina Dhillon, Timothy DiBiase, Caitlin Dickson, Roy Dilekoglu, Katherine DiTomaso, Lara Dobson, Christina Dodson, Mackenzie Domann, Katherine Donahue, Ryan Donegan, Tanner Donnels, Maryann Doudna, Sean Dowd, Shirley Drange, Catherine Drysdale, Katharine Dubowy, Sean Dudley, Sarah Duncan*, Stefan Dyroff, Daniel Echeverry, Amy Edgley, Melissa Effa, Collin Ehret, Nathalie Elyas, Danielle Enriquez, Eric Escalante, Sofia Espinoza, Edward Estrada, Simone Evett, Sean Feeney, Matt Feeney, Devin Feldman, Ariel Fields, Amber Fields, Logan Finnell, Jacquelyn Fischer, Cameron Fisher, Kennith Flaherty, Jon Florentino, Bryan Flores, Ann Flores, Jhoana Flores, Alexandra Fordham, Jasmine Foroutan, Lauren Frederick, Sarah Freeberg, Jordan Frey, Lindsay Fritts, Max Fryer, Katherine Fu, Ana Lucia Fuentes, Kara Fukushima, Alexander Ganey, Gabrielle Geiger, William Gendron, Lindsey Gerber, Michael Ghebrial, Nicole Giambone*, Daniel Gibson*, Nicholas Giggans-Hill, Alexandra Giovagnoli*, Christian Girgis*, Michael Giuntini, Racquel Glass, Kelsey Glass, Reid Glendenning, Kelsey Glidewell, Kevin Glomb, Khayla Golucke*, Jonathan Gomez, Tina Gomez, Isabel Gonzaga, Jennifer Gonzalez,, Jonathon Gonzalez, Kathleen Gore, Heather Gottlieb, Nadhiya Govindaraj, Leigh Grant, Olivia Gray, Miranda Grey, Lauren Gronna, Neta Grossfeld, Maxwell Grummer, Genevieve Guerra, Natalie Gustafson, Antonio Taiga Guterres, Eduardo Gutierrez, Garrett Harris, Sally Harris, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Hart, Bryn Hart, Anika Harvey, Sarah Havner, Tegan Hayek, Ryan Hayes, Brooks Hayes, Ryanne Haymer, Kristen Haynes, Rachel Head, Shannon Hearne, Jessica Hecht, Yun Hee Na, Greta Heggeness, John Heiland, Christopher Helkey, Jacob Henderson, Georgia Henderson, Kathleen Hennessy, Amy Herrera, Kristina Hill, Shaina Hill, Chloe Hirahara, Patrick Hodgkiss, Brigitte Hoffman, Greg Hogan, Kaitlin Holmes, Jenna Hoover, Virginia Hopkins, Gillian Hormel, Benjamin Horten, Sara Hubl, Ashley Hudson, Jennifer Huffman, Phillip Hughes, Sydney Huss, William Husted, Andrea Irabagon, Shannon Iriarte, Danielle Irvin, Leslie Irwin, Mao Isoda, Cassandra Jacobsen, Theodore Jacobson, Daniel Jamgotchian, Jose Jara*, Rebecca Jelenick*, Nicole Joens, Natalie John, Ryan Johnson, Meghan Jonikas, Caitlin Jordan, Nicholas Joyce, Zeeshan Kabani, Christopher Kalil, Yasmine Karawia*, Jessica Kegel, Andrew Kelinsky, Carly Kelleher, Richard Kelsey, Kerigan Kenny, Kenzie Kerr, Casey Kidwell, Tucker King, Lauren Kisich, Kristine Kouyoumjian, Trevor Kovacs, Courtney Krail, Mike Kretschmar, Jennifer Krol, Matthew Kuelpman, Cameron Kurozawa-Chow, Lucia La, Koe Langdon, Ricky Leanos, Ian Lecklitner, Lauren Lee, Amanda Lee, Kurtis Lee, Nicholas Lehrhoff*, Andrew Leicht*, Gabriel Leis, Rebecca Lepore*, Steven Leslie, Shuting Li, Sarah Liaw, Alexandra Liddiard, Paulina Lindstedt, Casey Lins, Ryan Lippert, Taylor Litonjua, Gabriella Littlejohn, Anthony LoBasso, Nicholas LoBasso, Hayley Lobel, Paola Lockwood, Emily Loggia, Jessica Long, Laura Lopez, Jessica Lopez, Andres Lopez, Joseph Lorange, Briana Losurdo, Shannon Low, Mary Ludwig, Anne Lundgren*, Minh Luumk, Elisa Machon*, Cicely Madarang*, Marc Magallanes, Jose Magana, Lauren Magee, Kjirsten Magnuson, Leilani Mahoney, Adal Malik, Ruby-Ann Manalaysay, Alexander Marzona*, Michael Mookie Manalili, Jeffrey Mandrell, Stephen Mangelsdorf, Catherine Mann, Nora Mansfield, Shanhuan Manton*, Candice Margiotta, Bertha Marquez, Stephanie Martin, Vanessa Martinez, Denise Martinez, Pierce Massie, Katie Matthews, Danielle Mauch, James McDonough, Therese McGuigan, Aisha McKee, Shannon McNamara, Shannon McNulty, Catherine McRoskey, Michelle Meany, Brianne Medved, Alexandra Meeks, Kavita Mehta*, Christopher Meinen, Terrance Melemai, Katrina Mendiola, Anthony Menjivar, Cole Merritt, Matthew Milasius, Hannah Miller, Melanie Minas, Amber Mirabello, Caisen Mirassou, Rachel Miskei, Christopher Mitts, Narek Mkrtoumian, John Moe, Ifeyinwa Mokolo, Shannon Molla, Allison Moller, Amanda Montez, Madison Montgomery, Joseph Montoya, Sedrick Moore, Brittany Moore, Nicholas Morales, Tiffany Mori, Christopher Mosser, Christopher Mozian, Yvonne Munoz, Gillian Murphy, Jared Murray-Bruce, Allison Musica, Mari Nakashima, Angela Newman, Nicholas Nguyen, Vivian Nguyen, Khuyen Nguyen*, Jacqueline Nguyen, Tyler Nicholas*, Roy Ninonuevo, Quinten Nishime, Matthew Nutting, Maura Oates, Shannon O'Brien, Kristin O'Brien, Kylie O'Brien, Nicole Odlum, Archie Ogani, Lindsay Ognoskie, Julie Olson, Oluchi Opara, Miranda Ordonez, Citlaly Orozco, Andrew Ortega, Nicole Outman, Hannah Owen, Yeraldyn Pacheco, Alejandro Parras*, Tasha Patel, Hayley Paul, Allison Paul, Caroline Paulson, Kyle Peerless, Nicole Pepe, Kaitlin Perata, Alejandra Perdomo, Zaneta Pereira*, Beatriz Perez*, Jessica Pereira, Alyssa Perez*, Natalie Perez, Eisha Perry, Karly Peterson, Alexandra Petosa, Douglas Petree, Sathon Phowborom, Michael Piccirillo, Kristen Pileri, Lisa Piller, Oscar Pineda, Eric Pittaluga, Taylor Plew, Laura Podsiadlo, Isidor Pollak, Kristina Pollock, Joseph Ponturo, Sierra Portera, Alexander Prevallet, Korrine Pro, Christina Quisno, Brooke Radding, Lucia Ramirez, Matt Ramirez, Cecilia Rangel-Garcia, Elaine Rehm, Elizabeth Reilly, Brian Reilly, James Reizman*, Morgan Renteria, Christine Requa, Annanina Ricci, Kaitlin Rich, Kimberly Richards, Caroline Rietz, Mark Riker, Emma Rinchik, Samantha Ring, Rachel Rios, Bryan Rivas*, Kristina Rivera*, Emmeline Roddy, Shanyce Rodgers, Ashley Rodriguez, Christian Rodriguez, Leslie Rodriguez, Alexandra Rodriguez, Adriana Rodriguez, Miguel Rodriguez, Matthew Rosa, Alison Roth, Sara Rozul, John Ruffaine, Robyn Rutherford, Vito Ryan, Melissa Ryan, Gianna Sabatini, Samuel Sabido, Alison Sackerson, Diana Safa, Christopher Sahakian, Ravina Saini, Christine Salero, Hayley Sanchez, Sierra Sands, Alexander Santiago, Jacqueline Saville, Maria Scheel, Sarah Scherk*, Stephanie Schiller, David Schottky, Stacie Schwartz, Abigail Scott, Stephanie Sedayao, Katherine Sharp, Amanda Shayota*, Thomas Sheppard, Katelyn Sheridan, Maria Shibatsuji*, Steven Shimoide, Krysta Shimomura, Charles Shoup, Sterling Shuster, Shavaugn Sierras, Rene Silva, Giotta Silveus, Amy Sims, Michelle Singh, Marissa Slavinsky, Amanda Smerdel, Carlie Smith, Nick Smith, Salma Soltani, Amir Sorial*, Lise Soule, Zachary Sousa, Jackson Souza, Nathan Specht, Mathew Specht, Hallie Spoor, Scott Stern, Jordan Stetson, Olivia Stewart, Hannah Stone, Elise Straaton, Matthew Sugidono*, Keenan Sullivan, Timothy Sullivan, Lauren Sullivan, Jeffrey Surban, Sonika Suri, Ben Sweeny*, Benjamin Szymanski, Dustin Tagawa, Jaee Tamhanel, Ricardo Vicente Tan, Cameron Tapella, Rhys Taus*, Pablo Teixeira Manion, Haig Ter-Ghevondian, Trey Thalmann, Leonard Thomlison, Sarah Tillemans, Brittany Tom, Taylor Tombari, Madeleine Tomey, Andrea Tomlinson, Michayla Tompson, Silvia Torsellini, Alix Traeger, Alexis Trafecanty, Michael Tran*, Alexis Tucker, Jackson Turcotte, Anissa Tweddel, Jennifer Rose Twomey, Audrey Uchimoto, Andrea Uyeda, Nathan Valencia, Katia Valenzuela, Felix van Kann, Madison Vanderpoel, Randy Vazquez, Kathryn Vecchiato, Miriam Vega, Cristina Ventoza*, Amber Vernetti*, Corinne Vien, Yolanda Villacreses, Montana Viveros, Lauren Vogel, Sarah Vogel, Alexandria Vogl*, Todd Volmari, Michael Vorgitch, Mary Walker, Kareem Wall, Summer Wall, Emily Wallace, Emma Walswick, Rui Wang, McKenna Warde, Taylor Waters, Allyson Weber, Carrie Weinberg, Gabrielle Wells, Colin Welmon, Madison Wesseln, Travis Weyman, Jordan White, Tyler Whitney, Maury Wiederaenders, Adrienne Wieder-Finch, Katherine Wikholm, Tristan Willenburg, Galen Wilson, Chase Wilt, Brienne Wong, Taylor Wong, Cayley Yamashita, Michelle Yee, Meredith Yinger, Brianna Yip, Nicole Yonan, Kirsten York, Jennifer Yu, Tanya Zaccaro*, Roc Zacharias*, Ryan Zambrano, Juliana Zapata Acosta, Christopher Zavala, Natasha Zawitkowski, Franklin Zhuang, Kathryn Zimmermann

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