The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 95, Issue 27 - April 19, 2017

LOYOLAN EST. 1921 Is Pepsi the new cure for racism that America needs? Baseball imprcft/esto 8-0-1 in weekend series. Page 8 Page 19 VOLUME 95 I ISSUE 27 Annual Clothesline Project raises awareness for assault Jonathan Kokotajlo | Loyolan LMU CARES has raised a display for the annual Clothesline Project at LMU along Lawton Plaza where survivors of violence, their partners, family and friends have designed shirts meant to represent an individual's personal experience. The clothesline will be displayed from April 17 through 21. Red, pink and orange shirts are for survivors of rape and sexual assault blue and green t-shirts represent survivors of incest and sexual abuse, purple represents those attacked because of their sexual orientation and yellow represents those battered or assaulted. LMU reveals grad speakers The annual commencement speakers have been announced for the graduating class of 2017 Tor Marom Editor-in-Chief @LALoyolan Anna Deavere Smith, actress and playwright, has been announced as the speaker for this year's undergraduate commencement, taking place on May 6 at 9:30 a.m. in the Sunken Garden. Smith has over 30 acting credits and is best known for the roles of Gloria Akalitus in Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” and Nancy McNally in NBC’s “The West Wing.” Smith is best known for her one- woman show “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,” which focused on the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, better known as the Rodney King Riots. The play was a part of a larger series by Smith, called “On the Road: A Search for American Character.” Smith was awarded a highly prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 1996. The MacArthur foundation described Smith as “a theater performer and a playwright who has created a new form of theater — a blend of theatrical art, social commentary, and intimate reverie.” Furthermore, she was granted the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in 2012 and was the See Commencement | Rage 3 Trump clash on orters and protesters C. Berkeley campus An anti-facist group faced off against Trump supporting group in a physical outbreak. Austin Raymundo News Intern @LALoyolan Many pro-Trump protesters and counter-demonstrators sparked a major clash at a free speech rally in Berkeley, California on Sunday, April 16. In total, 21 protesters were arrested and 11 were injured, seven of which were transported to local hospitals for their injuries. Trump supporters had organized a “Patriot Day” rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park at noon to promote free speech. Anti-fascist picketers attended to counter protest the Pro -Trump supporters. Protesters from both sides began gathering during the morning. To counter the rally, anti-fascist protestors staged a cookout in the park directly before the rally began. According to the group’s facebook page, the protestors did this in an attempt to stop the rally before it started. At approximately 10 a.m., Berkeley police separated the opposing sides using orange mesh fencing. Organizers invited prominent alt-right bloggers and radio hosts to speak at the event. Anti-Trump Organizer Yvette Felarca told the Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student newspaper, “We’re here to take a stand. We’re here to stand against ... the whole Trump administration.” About 250 police officers were deployed to the scene by mid-afternoon after officials sought assistance from the neighboring Oakland Police Department, according to the L.A. Times. The Daily Californian reported that this was to “ safeguard our community while ensuring the peaceful expression of free speech.” However, the rally quickly descended into chaos and the barrier between the protestors quickly broke down. “A large number of fights have occurred and numerous fireworks have been thrown in the crowds,” the Berkeley Police Department remarked in a statement. “There have also been numerous reports of pepper spray being used in the crowd.” Fistfights broke out between protesters, escalating into both groups throwing sticks, rocks, fireworks, smoke bombs and other blunt objects at each other. The police retreated for the officer’s safety before dispersing the crowd with tear gas. “We held our ground ... held ourselves with integrity,” John Cadavid, a Trump rally attendee told the Daily Californian, “(I) didn’t come here for violence. If this nation doesn’t get more capacity for nuance, we’ll continue to have situations in which people think they have the right to throw explosives.” The violence was escalated by the presence of militant groups on both sides. The Oath Keepers, a Midwestern right wing militant group was in attendance to protect Trump supporters at the rally. Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers told the Los Angeles Times that he vowed to fight anti-fascist protesters if they crossed police barricades. “1 don’t mind hitting the counter¬ protesters,” said Rhodes, “In fact, I would kind of enjoy it.” Large numbers of protestors on both sides were injured. Louise Roseala — an anti-fascist demonstrator — was filmed being punched by Nathan Domingo a prominent leader and founder of an East Bay white supremacist group. The video See Berkeley | Page 3 via Wikimedia Commons Berkeley's campus has seen several protests in its history, such as this one from 2009 regarding then-President Mike Yudof's proposed 32 percent increase in student tuition.