The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 92, Issue 12 - October 17, 2013

www.LALOYOLAN.com ■л0ОАШаёШ> LOYOLAN EST. 1921 .BV iimus. football domination Pa* 7 Pat* 12 VOLUME 92 I ISSUE 12 Student sustains serious injuries An LMU student fell off a б platform at an SAE party at USC last Thursday. Kevin O’Keeffe and AN Swenson Loyolan Staff @kevinpokeeffe | @aliswenson An LMU student was hospitalized after an incident that occurred at a party Thursday night at the University of Southern California (USC), according to the Daily Trojan, USC’s daily news publication. As confirmed by junior communication studies major Jessica Bowling, the student is Carson Barenborg. Bowling was with Barenborg at the party on Thursday, where she fell from a 6-foot platform “headfirst into the concrete.” Barenborg was bleeding and screaming, Bowling said, resulting in paramedics transporting her to a local hospital. “I followed and stayed with her until her parents got there,” Bowling told a Loyolan reporter in a Facebook message early Tuesday morning. “She’s still there, and she has several fractures in her skull, paralysis in her face, broken eardrums and amnesia.” According to Bowling, Barenborg remained in critical condition Tuesday morning. Both the Daily Trojan and Bowling said that the party was at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on USC’s Greek Row. As a result of eight hospitalizations at parties this past weekend, USC’s Greek Row has effectively been shut down. The sanctions for the Row include an enforced no-alcohol policy at all events on the Row and a requirement that all events be submitted for approval ahead of time. - Additional reporting by Carly Barnhill, copy editor. Leslie Irwin | Loyolan Vigil attendees pay respect to victims of domestic violence and breast cancer Belles and Marians service organizations hosted a vigil on Monday, Oct. 14, around Foley Fountain in light of October being the awareness month for both domestic violence and breast cancer. All LMU service organizations were invited to attend in honor those who have suffered from breast cancer or been victims of domestic violence. For more photos, visit our Facebook page. Emilia Shelton | Loyolan Magis service organization and Pi Beta Phi sorority host Homeless Awareness Week Magis service organization and Pi Beta Phi sorority are hosting a series of events to raise awareness about homelessness this week. Since Monday, Oct. 14, students have been sleeping outside on the grass in front of St. Rob's in an act of solidarity with people who are homeless. Brian Martin (left), a senior athletic training major, slept outside on Monday. For more photos, visit our Facebook page. Students’ families affected by shutdown The government shutdown, which ended last night, affected more than federal employees. Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor @c_kidwell Something happened that this nation has not seen for 18 years at the start of this month: The U.S. federal government shut down. The last time this occurred was 1995, when the shutdown lasted 21 days due to “an inability to compromise on several issues, namely Medicare,” as stated in the Oct. 10 Loyolan article “It’s more than just health care.” Fast forward 18 years, and the government finds itself at a similar crossroads, feeling the pressure of such issues as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, and providing necessary funding for Congress. To put it simply, the federal government needs money each year; however, if Congress finds they cannot agree on how to fund them, then it shuts down, according to the Sept. 30 Washington Post article “Absolutely everything you will need to know about how the government shutdown will work.” On Oct. 1, Congress foimd itself in this predicament and thus was forced to close its doors, only reopening last night. Perhaps this can be chalked up to the disagreement issues occurring between a Republican-controlled House and a Democrat -controlled Senate. For example, according to the same Washington Post article, the House passed a funding bill over the last weekend in September that delayed Obamacare for a year and repealed a tax on medical devices. However, the Senate rejected that measure and the two went back and forth for a few more votes to no avail, thus prompting the shutdown. Government jobs immediately felt the repercussions of the shutdown. Freshman marketing major Пеапа Vior- Quintanilla’s family was among those affected by the shutdown. Her mom works for the Food and Drug Administration and was furloughed until the shutdown was remedied. Quintanilla said that because her mom had been unable to go into the office or check in at See Shutdown | Page 3