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Professor
recovers
quickly
Following his heart attack
earlier this semester, John
Kissell plans to return to work.
Tyler Franklin
News Intern
@LALoyolan
After collapsing during a University
Relations department breakfast meeting on
Sept. 24, John Kissell, a University Relations
staff member and journalism lecturer,
received CPR from senior theatre arts major
Lissa Danshaw and fellow staff member Ben
Sullivan before being transported to Marina
Del Rey Hospital. Despite having open-
heart surgery just one month ago, Kissell is
recovering more quickly than expected.
“The recovery is going very well. I am
taking 45-minute to hour-long walks twice
a day and feel stronger after every walk. The
surgeon said that I am well ahead of the curve
and should expect to recover fully,” Kissell
said.
The response and positivity throughout
Kissell’srecovery has been both overwhelming
and inspiring for him.
“The people that came to visit me in the
hospital, the people that made my family
food, the phone calls and cards - it all has
really energized the recovery process,” Kissell
said. “We have a generous, caring community
around us that is just extraordinary.”
Danshaw also voiced gratitude for the
outcomes of the experience. “I’m glad that
I could have been there and now, looking
back on it, I know that I really experienced a
miracle.”
Similarly, Sullivan spoke to the support for
Kissell as well as his thankfulness for Kissell’s
current status after having assisted Danshaw
in administering CPR.
“He is a solid presence in our department
and our division,” Sullivan said. “It’s great to
see things will be normal again and that the
light in his office will be on once more
Think Pink 5k participants raise money for
breast cancer research
Caroline Burt | Loyolan
Runners and walkers alike, including junior communication studies major Sara Baczewski and freshman management major
Kelly Harris (both above), gathered at the starting line for the 7th annual Think Pink run/walk hosted by Campus Recreation,
ASLMU, Delta Gamma, Sigma Lambda Gamma and LMU service organizations, on Saturday Nov. 2.
Awareness week focuses on hunger issues
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Sonja Bistranin
Asst. News Editor
@sonLb
The LMU service organization Sursum
Corda begins their annual Hunger
Awareness Week today with a revamped
schedule, collaborating with other campus
groups to present a unique approach to
what the term “hunger” encompasses.
Sursum Corda has teamed up with nine
other campus organizations in an effort to
create a campus presence and encourage
participation in the week’s events,
according to Sursum Corda members
junior entrepreneurship major John
Ruffaine and senior film and television
production major Sarah Bush. The Oxfam
Club, Campus Ministry, Sodexo, Delta
Sigma Phi, Han Tao, Isang Bansa, Na
Kolea, Pi Beta Phi and the Latino Round
Table all have a part in the week’s events.
According to Ruffaine, the vice president
of social justice for Sursum Corda, the
week will not only focus on the physical
manifestation of hunger, but also spiritual
hunger.
“What I’m trying to do is focus on how
hunger isn’t just a stomach thing,” said
Ruffaine. “It can be spiritual hunger,
where our lives are starving for something
more, something greater, whether its faith
or inner peace or quality relationships.
During the week, we have different
events that cater to the different forms of
hunger.”
Bush, the president of Sursum Corda,
echoed Ruffaine, saying that the week
will focus on all forms of hunger that
individuals may experience. “Being
hungry for more than just food means that
maybe you’re feeling unhappy or lonely or
unfulfilled,” said Bush. “That’s what our
week is about.”
The week consists of daily events along
with an ongoing canned food drive that
will carry into next week. For each event,
Sursum Corda has collaborated with
various campus organizations in hopes of
engaging the whole LMU community.
“Hunger Awareness Week is different
this year because we are trying to engage
students in unique ways and through
other organizations,” said Bush.
See Hunger Awareness | Page 3
Information compiled by Asst, News Editor Sonja Bistranin: Graphic: Mercedes Pericas | Loyolan
