The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 71, Issue 23 - April 13, 1994

L o s * A n g e 1 e s LOYOLAN VOL. 71 - NO. 23 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY April 13, 1994 Poet Mora to Read in Sullivan Lounge replaced — Campus Life — Perspective — *■ — Arts & Entertainment — Sports — Special Section on Health Outrage from Former Editor Lacrosse ranked #9 on the West Coast in WCLL Coaches Poll Interview with Eugenius n This Issue Senior Awarded Fulbright Scholarship By Lynn Segas News Editor Poet and author Pat Mora will give a reading of tier work at 4:30 p.m. on April 19 in Sullivan Lounge at LMU. Mora was born in El Paso, T exas. Her published works include Chants(\^84), Borders( 1986), and Communion^ 991). Creative writ¬ ing awards that she has received include the Harvey L. Johnson Book Award from the Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, a Cre¬ ative Writing Award from the Na¬ tional Association of Chicano Stud¬ ies, poetry awards from the Confer¬ ence of Cincinnati Women and from New America:Women Artists and Writers of the Southwest. Her work, which is included in numerous anthologies and text¬ books, including The Norton Intro¬ duction to Literature , American Mosaic (Houghton Mifflin), New Worlds of Literature (Norton), Lit¬ erature: Reading, Reacting, Writing (Holt, Reinhart), Mexican American Literature (HBJ), Adventures in Reading ( HBJ), Face to Face (Scott, Foresman), has been translated into Spanish, Italian and Bengali. She received a Kellogg National Fellowship in 1986, which allowed her to study cultural conversation issues nationally and internation¬ ally. Her books Chants (1984) and Borders ( 1 986) received Southwest Book Awards from the Regional Li¬ brary Association. Nepantia: Essays from the Land in the Middle, her first collection of nonfiction, was pub¬ lished in 1993. Mora’s bilingual children’s book Listen to the Desert: Oye al Desierto will be published this spring. Between 1 981 and 1 989, she held the positions of Assistant to the President, to the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Director of the University Museum at the Uni¬ versity of Texas at El Paso, the institution from which she received her degrees. Prior to these posi¬ tions, she taught English at the University and at the local commu¬ nity college and school district. She has published essays on Latino cultures as well as other children’s stories. Her books A Birthday Basket for Tia and Pablo’s Tree were published in 1992 and 1993 by Macmillan. Tomas and the Library Lady was published in 1 993 by Knopf. In Cincinnati, her home, Mora continues to write poetry and children’s books. The reading is sponsored by the LMU departments of Chicano stud¬ ies, English, and Modern Lan¬ guages, and Focus LA. Focus LA is an organization of LMU faculty who are conducting research or projects on or related to the City of Los Angeles. Focus LA is coordi¬ nated by Dr. Seth Thompson, pro¬ fessor and chair, political science; Dr. Barbara Rico, associate pro¬ fessor, English; and Fr. Michael Engh, S.J., assistant professor of history. Photo courtesy of Dr. Barbara Rico Pat Mora will read from her collection of assays, stories and poetry at 4:30 p.m. on April 19 in Sullivan Lounge. Hannon to be Renovated During Summer of 1 994 By James Keane Assistant News Editor Boyola Marymount senior Kris Rideout has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to study in Singapore for the 1994-95 academic year. Rideout, an Asian Pacific Stud¬ ies major, will divide her time be¬ tween graduate school studies in hospitality management and re¬ search on women entrepreneurs, both past and present. She will graduate from Loyola Marymount in May and will leave for Singapore in June. The Fulbright scholarship is part of an internationally known program designed “to increase mutual un- defstanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” Established by former senator J. William Fulbright in 1946 under congressional legislation, the Fulbright program awards approxi¬ mately 5,000 grants peryearto US. students, teachers, and scholars to study, teach, and do research in more than 130 countries around the world, and also offers the same to foreign scholars to do similar work in the United States. Individuals are selected for the Fulbright scholarship on the basis of academic and/or professional qualifications as well as for their ability and willingness to share ideas and experiences with people of di¬ verse cultural backgrounds. Rideout is one of approximately 1,800 U.S. students traveling abroad next year under a Fulbright scholarship. The scholarship will pay all her expenses and will pro¬ vide her with a monthly stipend. Rideout is one of eight applicants from Loyola Marymount in this year’s selection process. One other student is still await¬ ing the decision of the Fulbright Board on his grant. These numbers double the four applicants of last year, the first time Loyola Mary¬ mount participated in the recruit¬ ment and selection process. Dr. Raymond Burt, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Loyola Marymount’s faculty advisor for the Fulbright program, commented, “We identify students who we think would benefit from the program, then walk them through the selection process step by step. There are five faculty members to help with every step of the process. “I would encourage all students to seek out our help in finding out about this program.” “I had no idea I would get this,” commented Rideout. “In fact, I was pretty sure I wouldn’t. I’m not a miracle student, but I must have had something they were looking for — I had a hot topic. I’d certainly encourage anybody who is inter¬ ested to apply.” Rideout will be studying at Yanyang Technological University in Singapore from July 1 994 to June 1995. She commented on the desirabil¬ ity of Singapore as a location for her particular field of study because of the highly educated working public. “It’s one of the four tigers and an NIC— -a newly industrialized coun¬ try. It’s main resource is really manpower, and they have a high level of education." She continued, "l!d like to study how women’s issues are affected by all these factors.” Rideout was also accepted into Cornell University for their Masters program for Business Administra¬ tion. The school deferred her accep¬ tance to allow her to accept the Fulbright and she will attend follow¬ ing her studies in Singapore. Orientation for next year’s round of Fulbright applications begins on April 28 in Pereira 31 , where inter¬ ested students will be given a work¬ shop on how to work through the application process. Completed ap¬ plications will be due next October 1. No minimum GPA is required. The program is open to current jun¬ iors and seniors, since winners will begin theirstudies in the summer of 1995. - However, Dr. Burt encouraged all current first and second year stu¬ dents also to attend the workshop to learn the details of the program. All those interested are encour¬ aged to contact Dr. Burt at exten¬ sion 82716. By James Keane Assistant News Editor Hannon Apartments will undergo an extensive renovation this summer, with each apartment be¬ ing remodeled inside and out and the other facilities, including the Hannon Loft, also undergoing a facelift. The renovation, which will be completed by the beginning of classes next fall, is part of the nor¬ mal cycle of building renovations which takes place each summer. According to Linda Lang, Direc¬ tor of Facilities and Administration, the bid for a contract is still out, with three separate general contractors currently competing to remodel the apartments, which were con¬ structed in 1978. External improvements will in¬ clude a reconstruction of pathways to improve access for disabled stu¬ dents, which will necessitate changes in landscaping. Ramps leading up to the two disabled-ac¬ cess apartments will also be given an improved grade. In addition, railings in the corn- current upgraded safety codes. More bike racks will also be in¬ stalled, and outdoor lighting will be replaced to conform to campus-wide standards. Hannon Loft and the Hannon laundry room will also be repainted inside and out, with the Loft also receiving new upstairs win¬ dows and new carpeting. A new fire safety system will also be installed throughout the complex., Interior improvements will include entirely rebuilt bathrooms, complete repainting, new furniture, and new refrigerators. In addition, each apartment will be fitted with light¬ proof blinds in the bedrooms and light-permeable shades in the living room and kitchen. The kitchen linoleum will also be replaced, and a small number of apartments will receive new stoves. Furniture for the apartments will be the modular furniture also currently in use in use in Loyola Apartments, and will include new living room furniture. The price of each apartment will not be affected by the renovation, and will increase only by the normal percentage for the 1 994-95 aca¬ demic year.