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VOLUME 92 I ISSUE 14
Library
features
horror
authors
As part of a semester-long
series, Spaces Between, Hannon
hosted a horror writing panel.
Rebecca Liaw
Business Intern
@beccaliaw
As part of a semester-long collaborative
effort between the Loyola Marymount
University, Laband Art Gallery and Otis
College of Art and Design, William H. Hannon
Library hosted a discussion panel on Tuesday,
Oct. 22 titled “A Murder of Writers .” This panel
featured horror authors Jennifer Bosworth,
Gretchen McNeil and Josh “Dr. Worm” Miller,
with Chair of Theatre Arts Kevin Wetmore as
moderator.
“As a library, we often bring authors as part
of our programming, so that in some ways is
a no-brainer when you think of the kinds of
programming that we would want to have in
the library,” said Cynthia Becht, head of LMU’s
archives and special collections. “But mostly
all of the programs that we created together as
a team for this Space Between series was based
on a lot of tossing ideas around, brainstorming,
thinking of all coolest things about the
horror genre we could come up with that we
could bring onto campus, and as I said in my
introduction to the panel, Professor Wetmore
being a member of the Horror Writers
Association was definitely our doorway to a lot
of ideas that we brought to him, that he could
make better, and actually make happen."
Wetmore, Bosworth, McNeil and Miller
are all published authors and members of
the Horror Writers Association, a nonprofit
organization of writers and publishing
professionals around the world, dedicated to
See Horror Writing | Page 2
Kevin Halladay-Glynn | Loyolan
Life Sciences building construction
continues smoothly
After digging 6,000 cubic yards of dirt out in June, the future Ufe Sciences building currently appears as a giant hole on campus. The
crane, as seen towering over the area near Seaver Hall, is scheduled to be dismantled in February. The 372-car parking garage below the
building is set to be finished in late January or early February. For more information on the construction, visit laloyolan.com.
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Emilia Shelton | Loyolan
Real-life Hitch David Coleman visits LMU
to give students relationship advice
Bums Back Court hosted the Dating Doctor, David Coleman, on Tuesday night for an
open forum on dating and relationship advice. This event was co-hosted by ASLMU
and Greek Council and included numerous members of the Greek Ufe community in
attendance. Coleman gave three separate talks on campus as part of his 90-day tour.
App allows people
to 'spread positivity’
Kindr app offers users the
ability to share kindness
with others in various ways.
Tyler Franklin
Editorial Intern
@LALoyolan
Whether it’s posts on Facebook about
acceptance into a study abroad program
or notifications of a new match on
Tinder, much of social media is focused
on self-image and self-gratification. But
what if this kind of model were turned
on its head? What if something new and
different could offer a unique and positive
way to interact with each other?
These are the kind of questions that led
to the development of Kindr, a new app
designed to share kindness with the world
through the medium of social media.
Kindr allows users to share preset
compliments with others, offering
them rewards in the form of unlockable
balloons, symbolic of lifting the spirits of
others. In this way, Kindr presents users
with an unprecedented and fun way to
spread and receive positivity on a large
scale — an idea that has been relatively
unexplored by social media so far.
“While pretty much every other social
media app is about self-expression and
news feeds filled with personal updates,
ours is about making someone else’s
day better,” said Kindr
со
-founder Matt
Ivester. “We wanted to make it as fun and
easy as possible to brighten someone’s
day.”
In addition to this, Kindr also offers a
Good News feature in sponsorship with the
Huffington Post that displays a news feed
of acts of kindness happening all across
the globe. According to a Huffington
Post article titled “Introducing Kindr, the
iPhone app that will make you a better
person,” Good News will “help keep
people inspired to make a difference in
people’s lives.”
Ivester expressed how happily surprised
he was with the popularity of this feature
saying, “I think people really like the
reminder that there is actually a lot of
See Kindr App | Page 3
