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VOL. 72 • N0.5
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
September 28, 1994
LMU Jumps to Third in Regional Rankings
University up from Fifth in U.S. News &
World Report Annual College Survey
By Kent W. Jancarik
Assistant News Editor
Loyola Marymount University
jumped to third among west¬
ern regional universities in last
week’s U.S. News& World Report
“America’s Best Colleges” issue.
The survey, which is conducted
annually, ranked nearly 1400 ac¬
credited four year colleges and uni¬
versities from across the country.
The survey combined statistical
data compiled by the universities
with the results of U.S. News’ sur¬
vey of academic reputations among
college presidents, deans, and ad-
missions directors in their
institution’s category. This year,
the response rate to the U.S. News
survey reached a record 66%.
The categories used in the sur¬
vey were national universities, na¬
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tional liberal arts colleges, regional
colleges and universities, regional
liberal arts colleges and special¬
ized institutions; specialized insti¬
tutions are defined as those which
award more than one-half of their
degrees in business, engineering,
or the arts. Regional schools are
divided into North, South, East,
and West.
This year’s ranking of Loyola
Marymount among the top three
regional universities in the western
region represented a two-spot in¬
crease over last year’s ranking,
when L.M.U. finished fifth in the
West. Since 1989, L.M.U. has
consistently ranked among the top
six universities in the Western re¬
gion.
As in the past, the nearly 1400
schools surveyed were divided us¬
ing guidelines established by the
Carnegie Foundation for the Ad¬
vancement of Teaching. The
schools were divided into combined
categories to simplify the group¬
ings. Respondents rated only
schools in the same category. The
statistical educational data was
supplied by the schools them¬
selves. These data were then com¬
The statistical data and the
reputational rankings were then
converted to percentiles. Next, all
the other schools were rated by
percentage in relation to the top
score, totaled, and compared with
the weighted totals for others in its
category. The schools were then
ranked in descending order.
The complete rankings for the
West were: 1) Trinity University
(TX), 2) Santa Clara University
(CA), 3) Loyola Marymount Uni¬
‘The continuing national visibility is a
tribute to our faculty, students, and
staff.’ — Joseph Merante, Admissions.
bined with the reputational data
acquired through the surveys. The
educational data included statis¬
tics that measured 1) student se¬
lectivity, 2) faculty resources, 3)
financial resources, 4) graduation
rate, and 5) alumni satisfaction.
versity (CA), 4) Linfield College
(OR), 5) Gonzaga University (WA),
6) Calif. Poly San Luis Obispo (CA),
7) St. Mary’s College (CA), 8)
Whitworth College (WA), 9) Uni¬
versity of Redlands (CA), 10) Se¬
attle Pacific University (WA), 11)
University of Portland (OR), 12)
Pacific Lutheran University (WA),
13) Western Washington Univer¬
sity (WA), 14) St Mary’s University
of San Antonio (TX), 15) Montana
College of Mineral Science and
Technology (MT).
“The continuing national visibil¬
ity is a tribute to our faculty, stu¬
dents, and staff,” commented Dr.
Joseph Merante, associate vice
president for admissions and fi¬
nancial aid. “The recognition is the
primary benefit and will assist the
university as it continues its effort
toward maintaining its academic
excellence in an environment which
fosters both diversity and ethics.”
Loyola Marymount scored a 93. 1
ranking, with Trinity University in
Texas representing the top score
of 100. Analysis of individual cat¬
egories revealed Loyola Mary¬
mount to be fifth in academic repu¬
tation, thirteenth in student selec¬
tion, fifth in faculty resources, sixth
in financial resources, sixth in
graduation rate rank, and fortieth
continued on page three
LMU Delegation Marches in AIDSWalk
By Jennifer Cook
Managing Editor
Sunday, September 25 marked
the tenth annual AIDS Walk
Los Angeles (AWLA), an event
which each year raises hundreds
of thousands of dollars for AIDS
Project Los Angeles (APLA) and
services for people with AIDS. The
event marked the tenth anniver¬
sary of the fund-raiser originated
by Craig R. Miller, the producer of
AWLA.
The original AIDS Walk in July of
1985 was small in comparison to
Sunday’s event. In 1985, four
thousand five hundred people, pre¬
dominantly homosexual men and
women, participated in the event
inspired by Miller to benefit APLA.
Together, they raised $673,000,
an amount which has increased to
millions as the years have passed
and the number of participants has
increased. Last year, eighteen
thousand walkers raised more than
$3 million for APLA.
Producer Craig Miller created
the AWLA project to assist AIDS
Project Los Angeles. T welve years
ago, it was APLA who taught Miller,
then a twenty-five year old unin¬
formed gay man, of the dangers of
the AIDS and the HIV virus. “I
remember the very first Walk back
in 1985,” said Miller. "It was a
turning point because, for the first
time, thousands of people realized
that there was something we could
all do to respond compassionately
to the epidemic. By walking to¬
gether, we no longer felt so help¬
less, we felt a sense of power.”
This year, approximately twenty
thousand participants, homosexu¬
als and heterosexuals alike,
crowded the streets of Hollywood
to raise money for APLA. A group
of students from Loyola Marymount
also participated through a team
set up by ASLMU.
The team was composed of stu¬
dents, faculty, and staff to make up
a seventy-member team of walk¬
ers representing Loyola Mary¬
mount.
“We wanted to build school spirit
and the AIDS Walk helped to fulfill
our goal of cohesiveness for the
University. We thought it would be
a good idea if we sponsored a
team [for the students] since so
many of the students had walked
in years past,” said Kecia Clark,
Vice-President of Student Services
for ASLMU.
“I have walked twice. [The Walk]
is a tangible way to physically get
involved raising funds for AIDS.
It's not a just workout for the day,”
commented Lisa Piumetti, Associ-
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Photo Courtesy of Paul Suppa
Debora Little , Todd Dombrowski , and Dave Grimaldi were among
the hundred-plus Loyola Marymount students at AIDSWalk 1994.
Parents Weekend Welcomes
LMU Families to Campus
By James
Кейпе
News Editor
This weekend, September 30
through October 2, marks the
Third Annual Loyola Marymount
Family Weekend. Over 500
people are expected to attend this
year’s Weekend, which will fea¬
ture a number of activities planned
by the Parents Association at
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Family Weekend is LMU’s ver¬
sion of a national trend toward
integrating parents and families
more into the life of University
students. The program at LMU
has grown dramatically since its
conception two years ago and is
expected to become even larger,
according to Melanie Nunez, As¬
sociate Director of Annual Sup¬
port.
“We hope this will grow into a
much larger program where even
siblings and relatives will come
along, “ commented Nunez.” That
way the admissions process for
those prospective students can be
started even sooner.”
Nunez also highlighted the im¬
portance of making the parents
feel more comfortable with the
University they support with their
tuition dollars, noting that “for years
parents came and went past the
front gate without really feeling
involved. This is a way to high¬
light the campus and give people
a weekend with enough time to
relax and find out about this uni¬
versity.”
Nunez’s sentiments were ech¬
oed by students participating in
this year’s program: “Since I
come from out of state, i rarely
get a chance to see my family,”
commented Junior Brian Murphy,
a participant in this year’s week¬
end. ‘This weekend gives me a
chance to see everybody and
also show them around a little bit.
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