The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 73, Issue 19 - March 1, 1995

L О S • A n g e ] l e s LOYOLAN VOL. 73 - NO. 19 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY March 1, 1995 Poetry in Motion Photo Courtesy of Kevin Curran LMU senior Kevin Curran takes a shot in the LMU Slug Pride- Staff Basketball Game before Friday's Men's Basketball match against Santa Clara Slug Pride members shaved their heads and dressed as Hare Krishnas for the game. The staff squad won handily over a seemingly disoriented Slug Pride team. Third Annual Charter Ball Draws Crowd of 3,200 By Kent Jancarik Assistant NewsEditor The third annual LMU Charter Ball took place last Friday night, with attendance estimated at over 3200. The Charter Ball, sponsored by the Associated Students of Loyola Marymount University (ASLMU) in conjunction with the President’s office, was “a great success” according to ASLMU President Paul Suppa, who coordi¬ nated the event along with ASLMU Activities Programming Commis¬ sion Vice President Kelly McAuliffe. The Charter Ball, which featured a nine-piece jazz band performing in the Lair and a DJ playing popular music in the Terrace Room, was designed to be an integral part of LMU Spirit Weekend, which in¬ cluded two weekend basketball games, as well as Lion Pride and Natural High events Saturday. Photo by Paul Suppa A jazz band performed in the Lion's Lair all night long at this year's Charter Ball According to Mike Martindale, ASLMU Vice President of Public Relations, the jazz band’s success “was especially noteworthy and you can expect to see them appear at next year’s Charter Ball.” In addition to the massive stu- Professor Stages “Crown and Cross 99 Dr. Reilly Directs Dramatic Performance of the Life of Philip the Arab By Josephine De Felice Assistant News Editor Dr. John Reilly, assistant pro¬ fessor, African-American stud¬ ies and English, will present his work in progress titled “Crown and Cross,” the story of Philip the Arab, on Friday, March 3, in Murphy Re¬ cital Half at 8:00 p.m. Four scenes of Reilly’s play will be dramatized by LMU undergraduate theater ma¬ jors. Friday’s performance is its first public exhibition and is the result of the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture, and the Arts Summer Fac¬ ulty Grant Reilly received in 1994. Philip the Arab is an obscure figure in Roman history. According to Reilly, he can be vaguely de¬ scribed as a bounder and as a shady figure, someone who reaches above classification. He was suspected of killing the young king whom he should have de¬ fended, andsome Christian histori¬ ans have desig¬ nated him as quite possibly the first Christian em¬ peror, instead of Constantine, and the first of his people to be the emperorof Rome. He helped the early Christian church to formu¬ late itself and pro¬ tected the church from persecution during his brief reign . Philip was an emperor in a turbu¬ lent time of Roman and Christian history during the third century A. D. At time there was a succession of murdered emperors, the economy lagged, and religious forces were beginning to clash. “Philip kind of pulled together these fragmenting forces,” stated Reilly. “Things that were happening in his time parallel what is happening in our time, He came up in a pretty politically con-, servative age where people were questioning civil rights, economy, the military, and human values. Some of the issues he raised are relevant to us now.” Reilly wrote his play in a very dense fashion with long passages' of dialogue. “I did this because the chief characters Philip and the oth¬ ers interact with were orators who expounded at length on different issues.” Dr. Reilly wanted to be as true to the real characters as pos¬ sible. “I broke some of the conven¬ tions of normal theater and made the parts a little more long winded.” He noted, however that he wanted to focus on the issues of values and character. The play is about the conflict of values as well as the conflict within and for the state it¬ self. Philip is a character beset by shades of characters from the Ro¬ man past with whom he debates. The full- length play has a total of 1 9 characters and Reilly plans to present it as a dramatic work by next February. It is now being workshopped to meet the require¬ ments for theatrical presentation. The role of Philip the Arab will be played by LMU student Thurmon Wheeler. Other characters will be played by Robert Romanus, Chris Shorten, Todd Barthell, and Geof Le Doyen. Starr Jones will serve as the stage manager. The students involved in the acting are all male, to keep true to the time period. “The Roman society was extremely patriarchal and didn’t allow women in the government, and even the church was beginning to remove women from the inner circles. Is¬ sues like these are also addressed,” stated Reilly. A champagne reception will fol¬ low in Hannon Loft. Admission is free and open to the general public. Dr. John Reilly will present this Friday in Murphy Hall. Photo Courtesy of Public Relations ‘Crown and Cross” By James Keane News Editor John Olive in Good Health after Dizzy Spell tion, combined with a bad head cold,” commented Loyola Marymount Athletic Director Brian Quinn. “He just lost his balance. Chris Tucker (the team trainer) gave him a clean bill of health.” Olive spent the rest of thegame sitting down and went to a nearby hospital after the game for more extensive tests. “I went an hour after the game, just as a precautionary measu re,” Olive commented. “My heart rate was 60, my blood pressure was normal, and my EKG was per¬ fect.” Olive attributed the momentary spell to a combination of rising too quickly , along with his ear infection and subsequent loss of contin ued on page four ■oybia Marymount Men’s Bas ketball Coach John Olive is in perfect health after experiencing a dizzy spell in last Friday’s West Coast Conference match against Santa Clara. With approximately nine min¬ utes left in the game, Wyking Jones of the Lions was called for travel¬ ing under the basket. Olive be¬ gan screaming at the referee and gave a characteristic leap into the air. Upon coming down, Olive appeared to lose his balance mo¬ mentarily and went almost to his knees. “John had an inner ear infec- dent turnout, administrators also made their presence felt. Univer¬ sity President Fr. Thomas O’Malley and Vice President of Student Af¬ fairs Dr. Lane Bove made appear¬ ances at the Charter Ball. Invita- continued on page three