LMU Festival Of The Arts
Loyolan Photo by Raeann R. Rodriguez
Famine Hits LMU
By Kris Giannini
Loyolan News Editor
Have you ever stopped to
think what it would be like
to be literally starving for most of
your life? One group of LMU
students and faculty have gone
further than mere speculation
and are going to experience
hunger first hand.
This weekend, the first annual
LMU Hunger Retreat kicks off
the tenth annual Life and Peace
Week. Retreat participants will
share two days watching films,
participating in group discus¬
sions and helping out with
Special Games practice. They Will
go without food in order to get a
better understanding of what the
world’s millions of hungry peo¬
ple must endure every day.
Fernando Moreno of Campus
Ministry says, “The goal is to
provide people an opportunity
for expressing concern for the
hungry by directly involved in
what it means to be hungry, and
to realize that things can be done
to make the world less hungry.”
“It’s not only outside,”
Moreno insists, “There is a drive
causing someone to want to fast,
a realization of a problem.”
The response to the retreat has
been overwhelming. In fact,
registration has closed, but in¬
terested students may participate
by sponsoring fasters. Contact
Campus Ministry to make a
donation or “pledge” a faster.
The retreat team, in an effort
to involve the entire LMU com¬
munity, has distributed letters to
all campus organizations re¬
questing sponsorship of the
fasters. Quick to respond, was
the Art Society which sent a letter
challenging each of the remaining
clubs to match their $50 dona¬
tion.
According to Molly Jacobson
and Maria Alderete, key coor¬
dinators of the weekend, “We’re
beginning to receive a large
response from the clubs as well as
faculty and staff members who
also received letters.”
Because of the great interest,
Moreno feels the retreat “will
probably become an annual
event.” All of the students have
expressed a real desire to con¬
tinue to be Involved, and he adds,
“the spirit of the students is as
valuable as the events
themselves.”
Proceeds from the retreat will
benefit the Jesuit Volunteer
Corps, Los Ninos, Rancho San
Juan Bosco Orphanage, St.
Joseph’s and St. Francis’ Centers
and the L.A. Catholic Worker
organization. All of these groups
will sponsor workshops, inform¬
ing students “what they do and
why they do it.” Some of these
representatives will fast with the
LMU group and 11 camp out’ with
them in St. Robert’s Auditorium.
In addition, speakers Bob
Aldridge, a former nuclear
weapons designer and Denise
Levertov, a nationally renowned
poet and lecturer, will address au¬
diences on campus.
Various films and presenta¬
tions are also schelduled, in¬
cluding a “Die In,” a simulation
of a nuclear explosion and a
simulated “national presidnetial
election.”
All the events are open for
anyone wishing to broaden their
understanding of what it means
to live in the outside world; away
from LMU’s protective shelter.
By
ELIZABETH S.DELGADO
Loyolan News Writer
She Committee on the Tenth
Anniversary of the merger
of Loyola University and Mary-
mount College will present to
the LMU community the
Festival of the Arts, scheduled
for Thursday, April 5.
The Festival of the Arts
celebrates the fine arts brought
to our campus by Marymount
College. The festival will also
highlight the contributions of
the College of Fine and Com¬
munication Arts.
The event is scheduled to
begin at 11:00 a.m. with an
opening ceremony headed by
Rev. Donald P. Merrifield, S.J.
at the Central Mall, decorated
by the Art Department .
Special treats of the day in¬
clude a performance by the
LMU Jazz Ensemble with Bud¬
dy Colette and Bob Shulgold,
just one of six scheduled
musical performances
throughout the day. There will
be a dance workshop for those
students interested in dance.
Other activities scheduled in¬
clude: a reception in the Malone
Art Gallery where Thomas Eric
Stanton’s exhibit, Un Anno
а
Firenze/ A Year in Florence is
on display; screenings of stu¬
dent films and television pro¬
ductions; music by LMU’s
Brass Quintet; chamber music
recital; poetry readings; dance
recitals; and two performances
of the play, Album .
Not only will the public
our students’ potential, but also
our faculty’s talents. For exam¬
ple, several faculty members
will be involved in a poetry
reading, held from 7-10 p.m. in
the Communication Arts
Building. The selections include
excerpts from Shakespeare,
Thomas, Eliot and Euripedes,
and professors C. Melvin
Davidson, Emmett Jacobs, Bob
Ackley, Katherine Free, and
Edwin Miland will read these
works.
The major event of the even¬
ing, the Easter Choral Spec¬
trum, will begin at 8:00 p.m. in
the Sacred Heart Chapel.
Tickets for this event are on sale
at the Central Ticket Agency.
The Festival of Arts will give
the LMU community an oppor¬
tunity to value our student-
faculty talent and will allow
those who attend a chance to
further appreciate the splendor
of the arts.
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ASLMU Elections p. 12
More Fine Arts p. 16
