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EST. 1921
VOLUME 93 I ISSUE 20
AFROTC annual flag ceremony
concludes Veterans Week
Emilia Shelton | Loyolan
The Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) annual flag ceremony on Friday, Nov. 14, at the Alumni Mall flag
poles concluded the events of LMU's Veterans Appreciation Week from Nov. 10 to Nov. 14. The week included several other
activities including a Veterans Day luncheon, a night event at The Loft Sports Lounge, a candle-light vigil to honor the
veterans on the memorial wall and a clothes and food drive to honor, support and appreciate LMU and U.S. veterans.
LMU
has first
Startup
Weekend
LMU and the Entrepreneurship
Society host Startup Weekend
for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Amanda Lopez
Asst. News Editor
@amandalo
LMU Startup Weekend (LMUSW) is nearing
and will provide hands - on experience for those
who have considered launching their very
own startup. LMU and the Entrepreneurship
Society have collaborated to present LMU’s
very first Startup Weekend, which is to take
place from Friday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 23 on
the first floor of the Hilton Center for Business.
For those interested in attending, there is a $25
cover fee to enter the event, which has been
reduced from $120 to give more students the
opportunity to attend.
Students from LMU, the University
of Southern California, the University of
California at Los Angeles, Cal Tech, Santa
Monica College, Woodbury University and
Illinois State University have all been invited to
attend LMUSW in an effort to bring students
from various backgrounds together to foster
new and unique ideas.
Junior computer science and entrepreneurship
double major Christopher Viglietta is the
coordinatorfortheCenterfor Entrepreneurship
and the lead organizer for LMUSW. He
originally shared the idea of the event with
Assistant Entrepreneurship Director Bryson
Ishii, who thought the event would be
important and helpful for students.
Viglietta made it clear that while all students
are invited to LMUSW, on average usually half
of those who attend startup weekends have
See LMUSW | Page 3
“Veg Week” promotes
sustainable lifestyles
ASLMU hosts vegetarian
week to promote alternative
and healthy eating habits.
Kaitlin Perata
Copy Editor
@laloyolan
In honor of its annual pre -Thanksgiving
celebration, ASLMU will be hosting Veg
Week from Nov. 17 to Nov. 21st to promote
sustainable, earth-conscious eating habits
and provide students with information about
alternative diets such as vegetarianism and
veganism. The event coincides with World
Vegan Month, which takes place annually
during the month of November and celebrates
and promotes veganism.
Senior Europeanstudies major andASLMU’s
Director of Environmental Responsibility Ari
Fields, who is in charge of planning Veg Week,
explained that students should consider the
effects of their food choices on the environment
and be open to exploring other dietary options.
“The purpose of Veg Week is to promote a
greater understanding of sustainable lifestyles
and diet s t hat are beneficial both for individuals
and the environment. We at ASLMU would
like to make it easier for students to see the
connection between what they eat and how it
affects our world and its resources,” Fields said.
The four- day- long festivities will kick off on
today with Meatless Monday in Malone 100
from 5:30-8 p.m. The event will be catered by
Veggie Grill and will offer students a variety
of healthy vegan options to choose from.
Fields is also currently collaborating with the
organization Thinking With, which describes
itself as “a social justice student organization
that uses creative empathy based design
methods to approach social justice issues.”
Thinking With is partnering with ASLMU and
Veg Week “to educate the student body about
the impact of animal agriculture and to offer
Meatless Mondays as an option to help address
this problem” on campus in the future .
According to senior communication studies
and women’s studies double major Miriam
Vega, who is the director of social justice at
ASLMU, social justice plays an important role
in Veg Week.
“Bringing awareness to issues such as
vegetarianism and veganism is just as
important as discussing any other topic. It
See Veg Week | Frige 3
Foley Fountain
honors martyrs
Lelie Irwin | Loyolan
The Foley Fountain has been dyed red to honor the 25th anniversary of the death of the
Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America in El Salvador, their housekeeper and her
daughter on Saturday, Nov. 16. The crosses in front of the fountain also serve to honor and
commemorate the martyrs. [For more information see the graphic on Page 2 J
