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Student
reports
alleged
rape
DPS sent out a safety buletin
detailing the occurance of an
alleged off-campus rape.
Zaneta Pereira
Editor in Chief
@zanyzaneta
AnLMU student was the victim of an alleged
rape that occurred shortly after midnight on
Saturday, Nov. 1, at an off-campus Halloween
house party in the 8700 block of Yorktown
Avenue, about 2.5 miles away from LMU.
The LMU student reported the alleged
incident to the Los Angeles Police Department
(LAPD), which is currently in the midst
of an ongoing investigation into the case.
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is
also involved in the investigation due to
the presence of LMU students at the party,
according to DPS Chief Hampton Cantrell.
According to LAPD crime data, the incident is
classified as forcible rape.
In a 2005 report from the National
Institute of Justice, stranger rape is relatively
uncommon on college campuses and less than
10 percent of attempted and completed rapes
involving college students are committed by
someone the victim does not know.
Currently, DPS is “working with LAPD
to try to identify the person and [...] are
conducting interviews and LAPD are
conducting interviews but, at this point, the
person is considered at large,” said Cantrell.
Cantrell also stressed that anyone with
information about this incident should
come forward. “We are certainly looking for
information on this particular case. If anybody
has any information whatsoever to share with
us, particularly if they were at the party, it
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Students cast their votes on
Midterm Election Day
Caroline Burt | Loyolan
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, LMU students and faculty excercised their rights as United States citizens by voting in the Midterm
Election. The voting polls were set up in University Hall, and voters could cast their ballots in private booths. Congress woman
Maxine Waters was reelected to represent the 43rd district, which includes Westchester, the area surrounding LMU.
Hunger Banquet
examines poverty
Emma Spiekerman | Loyolan
The annual Hunger Banquet took place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, in St. Robert's Hall. It aimed
to shed light on the reality of hunger worldwide by assigning attendees to random seats
and meals by the luck of the draw. The event was sponsored by Oxfam LMU, the Center for
Service and Action (CSA), Pi Beta Phi and Sursum Corda service organization.
Viral meningitis
campus
recover fully.
Most students who attend universities
are required to receive the bacterial
meningitis vaccination upon entering;
however, there is no specific vaccination
or treatment available for viral meningitis.
The Loyolan contacted three students
who had confirmed via Facebook posts
that they had contracted the illness, but
each declined to comment.
While Senior Vice President for Student
Affairs Dr. Lane Bove would only refer to
the cases as “suspected but unconfirmed,”
she added that “there have been three
suspected but unconfirmed cases of viral
meningitis. None of the cases was related;
there was no cluster of infected students
in a particular area, dorm or class.”
Bove also added that Student Heath
Services (SHS) is aware of the students’
illness and has been involved in their
recovery process.
“SHS has reached out to the three
students and they have all recovered.
SHS is also attempting to gather further
information about these three cases from
the treating doctors and facilities in the
community,” Bove said.
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cases on
Multiple students contracted
viral meningitis, which is not
uncommon on college campuses.
Julia Sacco
News Editor
@_JuliaSacco_
At least three LMU students have
contracted viral meningitis, according to
multiple sources in the LMU community.
The Mayo Clinic defines meningitis
as “an inflammation of the membranes
(meninges) surrounding your brain and
spinal cord.”
According to the National Meningitis
Association website, there are key
differences between bacterial meningitis
and viral meningitis. Bacterial meningitis
can be potentially fatal, with effects
ranging from amputations to permanent
kidney and hearing damage. Viral
meningitis, on the other hand, is rarely
fatal in people with normal immune
systems. While viral meningitis may have
some of the same symptoms as bacterial , it
is not as debilitating and most individuals