The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 95, Issue 6 - October 5, 2016

s. 20 76 ■л0ОАШаёШ> LOYOLAN www.LALOYOLAN.coi EST. 1921 Visit from former Thai PM causes controversy via Wiki media Commons Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured right) will be visiting LMU on Thursday, Oct 6. The former Prime Minister's visit has caused controversy with Thai students who attend LMU, as he was forced out of his position in a military coup. KXLU Fest brings new Two writers go head faces to campus and to head on Colin gives students a chance Kapernick's choice to pick up vintage clothes. to kneel. Page 16 Page~19 VOLUME 95 I ISSUE 6 Former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra to speak on campus. Justine Biondi Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan For the second time since 2012, LMU will welcome former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Thursday, Oct. 6 to deliver a lecture addressing global poverty. The lecture, titled “The Secret of Reducing Poverty and the Rich-Poor Gap: The Power of Political Will,” will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building auditorium. During his political term, Shinawatra lessened poverty in Thailand and worked with low- income individuals to mitigate the gap between rich and poor. “Thaksin’s government is credited for reducing poverty in neglected parts of Thailand during his tenure from 2001 to2006, and we seek to benefit by his considerable experience in Thailand and knowledge of Asia,” LMU President Timothy Law Snyder told the Loyolan via email. Based on past experience and significant poverty reduction in Thailand during his rule, Shinawatra’s lecture intends to inform LMU on the secret to reducing poverty levels. Students, faculty and staff can then take this knowledge, share it with others and implement it into the community. There is, however, some controversy regarding his visit. Shinawatra governed Thailand from 2001 to 2006 until a military coup pushed him out on accounts of corruption, abuse of office for personal gain and several other convictions. According to LMU’s Asia Media website, Shinawatra was exiled from Thailand in 2006 and is considered a fugitive by many. He is widely criticized by Thai students, families and citizens across the country. Because of this, Shinawatra’s presence on campus this Thursday sparked controversy among Thai students at LMU. The students interviewed asked to be kept anonymous due to fears about personal safety when stating their opinions on the former prime minister. Familiar with his rumored corruption, several LMU students expressed their discomfort with him coming to the university. “He did decrease the poverty index in Thailand when he was prime minister, but they cannot ignore the fact that he is a fugitive. I want to hear what he has to say, but when my family and their LION Dollar tips no longer accepted After four years of doing so Sodexo will no longer be accepting LION Dollar tips. Grade McManus Editor-in-Chief @LALoyolan As of this semester, the University and Sodexo will no longer accept tips with LION Dollars at the Crimson Lion Restaurant in University Hall. Meal plans are sales tax exempt, so tipping does not fall under appropriate uses of LION Dollars — they are only meant for food and beverage purchases, according to Ray Dennis, associate vice president of Auxiliary Management and Business Services. Sodexo had allowed students to tip with LION Dollars for the last four years, according to Wassim Boustani, Sodexo’s director of operations at LMU. The entire Sodexo management team was replaced four years ago, and due to the lack of communication with the new staff, they did not realize LION Dollars were tax exempt until May 2016. There are no plans to change or increase employee wages due to the change in tipping policy, according to Boustani. Servers who may have knowingly acceptedtipsthat violatedthepolicy could be subject to disciplinary action, although none has been taken, according to Dennis. “I think it’s one of those things where people would move forward and say this is the correct way it should be happening,” Dennis said. “If someone was complicit in violating the rules, we’re just moving forward under the correct procedures.” Sodexo employees at the Crimson Lion were given an explanation for the change at their orientation and training at the beginning of the school year. Student employees recently received an explanation as well, according to Crimson Lion host and junior film and television production major Dolan Ingraham. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the new See Prime Minister! Page 4 Crimson Lion | Page 3 L.A. SlutWalk shares resources, empowerment The second annual Amber Rose SlutWalk was held in Los Angeles over the weekend. Bri Ortiz Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan Amber Rose hosted her second annual Amber Rose SlutWalk Festival to raise awareness of sexual injustices for all genders in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 1. The SlutWalk encouraged participants to create signs with phrases such as “Equality,” “My Body My Choice” and “Marching for Muva” for the march that ended in Pershing Square. Along the way, Christian protestors against the SlutWalk held up signs saying “Jesus Saves From Hell” and “Ask Me Why You Deserve Hell.” Marchers for the SlutWalk continued on to Pershing Square despite protestors. This event was aimed to “impact and uplift while shifting the paradigm of rape culture,” according to the Amber Rose SlutWalk website. The event hoped to “[provide] a safe, all-inclusive space to entertain, educate and empower.” More than 600 people from all over the country attended the event, according to the SlutWalk Los Angeles Facebook page. Students from LMU were in attendance as well. “I went to the SlutWalk because I feel passionate about Amber Rose’s message, and wanted to help be a part of the social change,” freshman sociology major Leah Sullivan said. “I believe our society could benefit by changing the way we talk about many womens’ issues, especially clothing and this idea of being a ‘slut’ See Slut walk | Page 5 Bri Ortiz | Loyolan The Wall of No Shame was on display at the Los Angeles SlutWalk on Oct 1. Attendees of the event were allowed to write on the wall.