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LOYOLA PHOENIX Volume 48
Issue 1
AUGUST 24, 2016
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Rambler medals at Olympics MADELINE KENNEY mkenney1@luc.edu
It was a typical afternoon in mid-June and Thomas Jaeschke was filling up his car with gas when his phone rang. It was a call from USA men’s volleyball head coach John Speraw. Little did Jaeschke know that phone call would change his life forever. Speraw told Jaeschke, a native of Wheaton,Illinois, that he was selected as one of the 12 athletes to represent the United States at the ultimate Jaeschke international stage: the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. At the beginning of pool play, Team USA men’s volleyball struggled to get its momentum going, losing its first two games of the preliminary rounds. On the edge of elimination, the Americans pulled an upset over top-ranked Brazil and beat France and Mexico. In the quarterfinal match, the United States swept Poland in three quick matches. Although Italy defeated team USA in pool play, the Americans had the momentum heading into the semifinal matchup. However, the Italians outlasted them, winning the fifth set 15-9. At that point, bronze became the new gold for Jaeschke and the USA men’s volleyball team. After dropping the first two sets to Russia, the bronze medal seemed to have slipped through the Americans’ fingertips. But with a change in the line-up, team USA was able to pull a massive comeback and come out on top. Jaeschke said he doesn’t even remember the match point. BRONZE 11
Alex Levitt The PHOENIX
After the search for a new president that lasted more then a year, Loyola’s Board of Trustees selected Dr. Jo Ann Rooney to fill the office, Ronney began on Aug. 1.
Summer in review
From presidential election polls to a new president at Loyola, here are the local and national stories that you need to know from summer break TRISHA MCCAULEY tmccauley@luc.edu Loyola welcomes new president
Dr. Jo Ann Rooney took office as Loyola’s 24th president on Aug. 1, becoming the first female and non-Jesuit person to hold the position. The presidential search began in October 2015 after the Rev. Michael Garanzini, S.J., current chancellor, resigned from the position in June 2015. Provost John Pelissero became interim president in July 2015 before moving back to his original office on Aug. 1. Rooney, 55, served as president of Spalding University, a Catholic college in Louisville, Kentucky, from 2002 to 2010 and Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts, in 2010. Rooney was also appointed
to the United States Department of Defense in 2010 as a senior advisor. Loyola’s 11-member presidential search committee, led by chairman of the Board of Trustees Robert Parkinson Jr., announced Rooney as president in a ceremony on Loyola’s Lake Shore Campus on May 23. Rooney said she has two main focuses at Loyola: keeping college education accessible and making Loyola’s campuses safe. “How do we continue to make the education affordable for students so that they don’t come out with a lot of debt?” Rooney asked. As for safety on campus, Rooney said she isn’t sure of the best way to solve Loyola’s crime problem but will work to make campus a safer place. “There’s no one easy answer,” said
Rooney. “In order to fulfill the mission … we have got to make sure people are in a safe environment.” Black Lives Matter movement grows
Police officers have killed more than 170 African-Americans nationwide in 2016, which has led many people to rally around the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Two white police officers shot and killed Alton Sterling, a 37-yearold African-American man, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 5. The officers responded to a call of a man in possession of a firearm selling CDs outside a convenience store, then shot Sterling several times while he lay on the ground. The next day, a Hispanic police officer fatally shot Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African-American man,
during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Castile was in legal possession of a gun with a concealed carry permit. His girlfriend, who filmed the aftermath of the incident, and hisfour-year-old daughter were passengers in the car. These shootings sparked BLM protests around the nation — some more peaceful than others. Following a peaceful BLM protest in Dallas, Texas, on July 7, an African-American army veteran opened fire, killing five police officers and injuring nine more. Another attack on police officers took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 17 when an African-American Missouri man killed three officers. TOP NEWS 3
Crime still present on campus during break JULIE WHITEHAIR jwhitehair@luc.edu
Michen Dewey The PHOENIX
Blue emergency call boxes are posted throughout both Lake Shore and Water Tower Campuses, allowing students to easily contact Campus Safety in an emergency.
Among its better qualities, Chicago has gained a reputation for one unsettling trait: frequent crime. Loyola’s Rogers Park, Edgewater and Gold Coast neighborhoods are no exception. In June alone, there were more than 2,400 violent crimes, about 7,100 property crimes and more than 3,700 quality of life crimes committed in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported. Chicago has seen more than 2,500
shootings this year. The dangers of Chicago can hit closer to home for Loyola students. Reports from the past two months on Loyola’s Campus Safety police log include an armed robbery at the 1100 block of Granville Avenue on June 23 and an armed robbery at the intersection of Magnolia and Arthur, in which a woman was robbed of her cellphone at gunpoint on July 13. Off-campus streets are not the only places for students to worry about. Incidents from theft to battery have also re-
cently been reported on Loyola grounds. Campus Safety listed Damen Student Center as the location of two thefts on July 9 while Halas Sports Center had a theft of less than $500 on July 12. These aren’t unusual incidents — Halas has signs in the weight room advising students not to leave items unattended due to past thefts. Residence halls also had reports of theft in the last two months: Baumhart Hall on June 26 and Fordham Hall on Aug. 3. CRIME 4