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March 8, 2012
Volume 90, Issue 34
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Loyola Marymount University
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LMU community hit with increased costs
Annual parking fee aims to
resolve current parking issues
in line with the Master Plan.
By Loyola n Staff
The decision about LMU parking charges
has been made. Beginning in Januaiy 2013,
LMU will begin requiring all students who
choose to bring a car on campus to pay a $670
annual fee - or $335 per semester - according
to a University-wide email sent out by Senior
Vice President of Administration Lynne
Scarboro on Tuesday, Mar. 6.
The annual permit will give students,
faculty and staff parking privileges for the
fall, spring and summer. However, if students
do not want to buy the all-inclusive parking
package, they can purchase the permit on
a per-term basis, which costs $335 for each
semester and $200 for the summer.
In her email, Scarboro imparted her
understanding that the extra costs for some
members of the LMU population. To offer
assistance, parking fee waivers will be given to
those facing “significant financial hardships,”
which will be recognized and assessed prior to
August 2012, according to Scarboro.
The decision to institute a fee for on-
campus parking is directly related to the
need for more parking spaces, according to
Associate Vice President of Administration
Services Mike Wong. Director of Parking and
Transportation Mario Inga told the Loyolan
that there are currently 4,253 parking spots
on campus and more than 7,300 parking
See Parking | Page 3
Average
housing
increase
lmuSTUDENT
WILL PAY
THE UNIVERSITY
$48,998.68
IN THE 2012-13
ACADEMIC YEAR,
NOT INCLUDING
THE COST OF AN LMU
MEAL PLAN OR FOOD.
THAT'S AN $2,167.68
INCREASE.*
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Rises in tuition and
housing not as large as
other Jesuit universities.
By Margo Jasukaitis
Senior Editor
The cost of earning a degree from
LMU will be higher than ever in
2012-13. On Tuesday, the University
announced a 3.52 percent increase in
tuition cost for both undergraduate
and graduate students in the coming
academic year. In addition, LMU also
announced that the cost of housing
would increase by 2 percent.
While LMU’s tuition increases
incrementally each year, the
University communication from
President David W. Burcham, issued
Tuesday, stated that, over the course
of the past three years, the increases
in LMU’s tuition have been 28
percent below the average national
increase for private universities.
LMU is currently the ninth most
expensive of the 28 Jesuit colleges
and universities nationwide. The
most expensive Jesuit university for
the 2011-12 school year is Boston
College, which cost $41, 480 annually.
The costs for tuition at LMU in 2011-
12 was $36,912.
While not all universities have
released their tuition for the 2012-
13 academic year, of those that have,
See Tuition | Page 2
Meal plans to be revamped for 2012-13
LMU hopes to boost
attendance at Community
Table with new point system.
By Adrien Jarvis
Editor in Chief
LMU and Sodexo have implemented a new
“LION” meal plan system for the 2012-13
academic year, which will focus on fostering
attendance at the all-you-can-eat buffet in the
Lair known as Community Table. Starting
next semester, if a student purchases an
“L,” ‘T’ or “O” plan, they will get a portion of
the money to be spent as LION dollars, and
the rest of the money will go toward paying
for “points" to enter the Lair for Community
Table. If students elect to get the “N” plan or
“S” dollars, they will not receive any points.
The hours of all other dining locations on
campus will remain the same, and none of
them will be a part of the point system.
The purpose of the point system is so that
instead of paying the door price, students will
be chaiged one point per entiy into the Lair
for Community Table. Currently, LMU offers
Community Table Thursday - Sunday nights,
with a door price of $7.99. However, starting
the Fall 2012 semester, the price will increase
by a dollar to $8.99, and for Saturday and
Sunday the buffet will switch from nights to
brunches.
The point aspect of the new meal plan
system is aimed to save students money if they
regularly attend Community Table, according
to Sodexo Resident District Manager Jason
Adams. He explained that the system offers
‘hulk by discount,” and that the cost per point
is less than the cost of the door price. The
“L” plan, for example, offers 60 points per
semester, averaging a cost per point of $8.50
- about 50 cents in savings per Community
Table visit.
“We don’t want price to be the determining
factor on whether you are able to eat with your
friends in the Lair on Thursday night or not,”
Adams said.
The new meal plan system was “augmented
as an initiative by Student Affairs,” according
to Associate Vice President for Auxiliary
Management and Business Affairs Ray
Dennis. Various groups of students and
faculty members across campus were asked
for input during the formulation of the plan.
This included the Resident Housing
Association (RHA), according to its president,
See Sodexo | Page 5
University suspends De Colores trips
U.S. government travel
warning results in trips being
canceled for safety reasons.
By Weston Finfer
Web Editor
Government warnings against
travel to Mexico due to drug-related
violence and crime have caused
LMU community service program
De Colores to be suspended for the
next six months. Minister for Social
Justice Marty Roers posted on the De
Colores Facebook page Tuesday night
saying, “We have been instructed
by the President’s office to suspend
the De Colores program and any
travel to Tijuana for six months
effective immediately, due to the U.S.
government’s state department travel
warning level for Mexico.”
According to President David W.
Burcham, this step is a direct result
of the travel warning issued Feb.
8 by the U.S. State Department.
The warning was expanded to
cover northern Mexico, where De
Colores is based, which prompted a
discussion by the University Council
in consultation with Doug Moore, the
University’s Risk Manager. Burcham
explained, “Our University Council
was of the strong view that it would
be inadvisable for our students
to be in that area until the State
Department changes its position.
And so with that kind of advice from
University Council, I had no choice
but to suspend our trips down there
until the situation improves.”
This decision has been met with
much dismay amongst students.
“We’ve built a really strong
relationship with the community
we serve, and they become more
like friends and family,” said Katie
Kinney, a senior communication
studies major who joined the project
in October through her involvement
with the Belles service organization.
This weekend would have been
Kinney’s fifth trip.
“The people just touch my heart.
We’re coming to do them a service
by the looks of it, but it’s really such
a beautiful mutual exchange of love
and service,” she said.
Americans have been urged to
refrain from all non-essential travel
to nine states in northern Mexico
and in eight states in the South. For
northern Baja, where De Colores is
based, the government urges visitors
to exercise caution, a sentiment that
has been unchanged since the last
warning issued on Apr. 22, 2011.
See De Colores | Page 4
AS LMU
BEGINS ELECTION PROCESS
To check out Asst. News Editor
Casey Kidwell's coverage of the
ASLMU Senatorial Debate and
a video of the event, visit
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Photo: Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan;
Graphic: Dol-Anne Asiru | Loyolan
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Tlx* next issue of the Ltyolan will be printed on March 12,2012.
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