The Loyalist
|VOL. XCIII, NO. 4| NOVEMBER 9, 2018| THELOYALIST.ORG |
| LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL | LOS ANGELES |
Día de Los Muertos celebration honors deceased loved ones By JULIAN HA & EDWARD HOLLY CONTRIBUTORS
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Loyola celebrated Día de los Muertos from Thursday, Nov. 1, to Friday, Nov. 2, and held an altar service in Xavier Center on Sunday, Nov. 4. Spanish teacher Concepcion Contreras said, “We celebrate this holiday to remember our family members who have died. On these days, we feel like they can come back to us. It’s about remembering them and keeping them alive in our hearts. Here, since my parents are in Mexico, I go to the cemetery to honor the dead instead.” Members of the Association of Latino American Students (ALAS) and Spanish students gathered in Xavier Center on Sunday to guide the celebration. Students in Spanish teacher Jose Sustaita’s Spanish 2 class made posters to honor people in their lives who have passed. Sophomore Robert Davis and his group created posters commemorating their grammar school principal. Davis said, “We created a poster for Día de los Muertos in honor of my former principal, Sister Stella. She was a teacher and a nun, and we wanted to commemorate
THE ASSOCIATION OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDENTS held its annual Día de los Muertos celebration, celebrating the culture of Latin American people through various traditions.
IT Department reconfigures WiFi By GIOVANNI PEDROZA CONTRIBUTOR Fadi Bayaa, Systems & Network Administrator, and Loyola’s Information Technology department have been updating Loyola’s WiFi networks. The purpose of the change was to improve the WiFi speed and help students and teachers when they are working. The last major improvement occurred six years ago. Bayaa said, “Right now we are replacing the wireless access points. The ones we had were pretty old. Recently, people have been adding wireless devices, so it has been causing a lot of overload on the WiFi.” The changes to the access points have helped teachers gain access to internet at faster rates. The changes started at the beginning of the year, and many teachers have had new routers installed. English teacher Jason Schmidt, who recently had his access point updated, said, “[The] Technology Department put in a new
router, and it is much better. Before, the WiFi was really slow or nonexistent, altogether.” The improvements made have created a more steady connection to the school’s WiFi. These changes have enabled teachers and students alike to be able to do more work on campus, whereas last year, the connection tended to be less reliable and would be hard to connect to and would work very slow. Junior Joshua Krieger said, “Compared to last year, the school’s WiFi has improved. My computer couldn’t even connect to the WiFi last year. Now, I can connect reliably to the school WiFi. The WiFi improvement has been a lifesaver.” Bayaa and the IT department worked to ensure that this change will lead to a lasting improvement for Loyola with improvements to the access points being made as they are needed. Bayaa said, “Hopefully we do a refresh every few years to keep things running at speed.”
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Heart of campus goes dark due to electrical grid problems By SAM LANCASTER & AIDAN LEE CONTRIBUTORS
lesson plans because they could no longer access the internet, Apple TV or other technological equipment. Chemistry teacher Vianney Truong ‘10 said, “I had to postpone a quiz and change my usual methods of teaching. I couldn’t access the projector.” Social science teacher Jesse Carbajal adjusted his lesson plan due to lack of internet access on campus. Carbajal said, “We had to go back to the basics and take notes on paper rather than use technology. My students were very supportive and understanding of the entire situation despite not being able to use their laptops
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JUSTIN CAURSO ‘14 BREAKS INTO MUSIC INDUSTRY AS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DJ
HANNON THEATER COMPANY PREMIERES “KING RICHARD III” PRODUCTION TONIGHT
FIVE SENIORS COMMIT TO TOP COLLEGES TO PURSUE ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS
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Loyola High School’s power went out on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 10:15 a.m. The heart of campus an unexpected power outage that disrupted the planned liturgy schedule. Principal Frank Kozakowski said, “We lost power for the longest period of time I can remember. It forced us to scramble and figure out what to do because although we could continue classes, I did not feel we could have a Mass without a sound system or air conditioning.” This incident forced some teachers to alter their
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we normally do.” Physics teacher Andrew Uy was in the basement of Loyola teaching a class when the power went out. His class had to relocate outside Loyola Hall. Uy said, “We had to adapt because we didn’t have any power. I decided to teach class outside.” The library had difficulties troubleshooting the technology necessary for most students to complete classwork or do research. Students were dismissed from mass at 2:08 p.m., which was ahead of the scheduled [SEE BLACKOUT, 2]