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VOL. 74 -NO. 4 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY September 20, 1 995
Infamous KLOS morning Disc Jockeys Mark and Brian
unexpectedly invaded KXLU last Wednesday morning, calling
themselves “Greg and Greg” and filling the LMU radio waves
with Christmas carols to soothe the ears of KXLU’s regular
audience. ( See story’, page two.)
LMU Ranked Among Top
Ten Regional Universities
U.S. News & World Report Places LMU
Eighth; Fourth in Teaching Commitment
By Josephine De Felice
Assistant News Editor
We should be number one, but
nevertheless, what is hap¬
pening to our university is exciting.
Loyola Marymount is expanding to
fit the needs of all students, and we
are trying to provide support and
everything else possible for our stu¬
dents,” stated Dr. Joseph Jabbra,
Academic Vice President, in re¬
sponse to the latest issue of U.S.
News and World Report which
placed LMU at number eight in its
most recent rankings of regional
universities in the western United
States.
This ranking marks a five spot
decrease from last year’s poll.
Campus
Life
Campus Ministry
Provides for All Stu¬
dents
•page 6
Perspective
More Text Than You
Ever Cared to Read
•pages 10-13
Arts &
Entertainment
Garbage
•page 16
Sports
W. Volleyball Wins
Red Lion Hotel Clas¬
sic
•page 22
According to Jabbra, the drop in
rank is due to miscommunication in
the data sent to U.S. News & World
Report. “We are trying to get to the
bottom of the problem,” Jabbra
commented. “LMU is definitely pro¬
gressing.”
For the first time, the magazine
included rankings of schools based
on teaching commitment and
placed LMU fourth among regional
universities.
1 ,41 9 accredited four year insti¬
tutions, a small increase from the
number of participants last year,
were divided into four categories
determined by the Carnegie Foun¬
dation for the Advancement of
Teaching.
LMU was placed in the category
for regional colleges and universi¬
ties (divided into north, south, east,
and west regions) offering a full
range of bachelor degrees and at
least 20 masters degrees per year.
Over 2,700 college presidents,
deans and admission directors were
asked to participate in a statistical
questionnaire in which they ranked
colleges and universities that share
their category and placed each
school in one of four quartiles. Each
time a school was placed in the top
quartiie it received four points. Each
consecutive quartiie received one
less point.
The schools’ total points were
then divided by the number of par¬
ticipants. These results were com¬
bined with information provided by
schools regarding their selectivity,
faculty resources, retention, finan¬
cial resources and alumni satisfac¬
tion.
Using data from the 1 994 school
year, selectivity of a school was
determined by the comparison be¬
tween the number of applicants
and the actual entering class, the
number of enrolled students, the
median math and verbal SAT score
(which has dropped an average of
56 points nationally), and the high
school standing of entering first year
students.
continued on page four
LMU Celebrates Mass of The Holy Spirit
Students Officially Welcomed
by Traditional Ceremony
By James Keane
Editor-In-Chief
Loyola Marymount officially ush¬
ered in the new academic year
last Thursday, September 14, with
the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit
in Sacred Heart Chapel.
A traditional mass to start off the
year at all Jesuit schools world¬
wide, the Mass of the Holy Spirit
brings together all facets of the
University, including the adminis¬
tration, faculty, staff, and represen¬
tatives from all student organiza¬
tions and clubs on campus.
“I’d just like to compliment the
campus community on the way they
came together for the Mass of the
Holy Spirit — so many sectors of the
campus work together to organize
an event like this, from student
groups to faculty and staff,” com¬
mented Fr. Thomas P. O’Malley,
S.J., University President, who also
presided over the ceremony. “The
Mass of the Holy Spirit is a far more
enlivening experience at Loyola
Marymount than at any other cam¬
pus I’ve been on.”
Mass began with a procession of
the Academic Deans, University
Vice Presidents, members of the
Jesuit Community, and represen¬
tatives from student clubs and or¬
ganizations. The procession was
joined by four incense-bearing
dancers from the liturgical dance
group, coordinated by students
Leah Bishop and Sharnel Robbins.
Fr. O’Malley spoke on the impor¬
tance of appreciating the journey
through the academic year as well
as the result, relating the year-long
jou rney to the message of the poem
“Jthaka,” by contemporary Greek
poet C.P. Cavafy.
The Mass of the Holy Spirit was
planned by LMU Campus Ministry
in conjunction with the University
sacristans and LMU students.
Fernando Moreno, LMU Director
of Campus Ministry, commented,
“The Mass of the Holy Spirit serves
to remind the community that our
year is to begin with a reflection on
the need for God.
“It reminds us of God’s presence
with us during the academic year,
and reminds us of the gifts of the
Holy Spirit [Wisdom, Understand¬
ing, Counsel, Fortitude, Fear of the
Lord, Knowledge, and Piety] which
are accessible to us every day of
our lives.”
Fr. Thomas O'Malley , S.J., speaks at last Thursday's Mass of the Holy
Spirit in Sacred Heart Chapel.
Food Poisoning Update
By Jennifer D’Andrea
News Editor
■refiminary test results have
beeni; reported to Loyola
Marymount’s Department of
Health Services following the epi-
th
Leadership Conference on Sat¬
urday, September 9, which
caused over 50 students and fac¬
ulty members to seek treatment
from Health Services about 24
hours after they ate a meal ca¬
tered by Marriott Management
Tests conducted by the Los
Angeles County Public Health De¬
partment on stool samples and
leftover food samples confirmed
that bacteria, including salmo¬
nella and sigella, which are com¬
mon causes of food-borne gas¬
trointestinal illness, were not
present in the food served by
Marriott, according to Dr. Dan
Hyslop, LMU’s Medical Director
for Health Services.
“[The lab] took a number of
[blood and stool] samples from
d Hyslop.
“The first thing back is the bacte¬
rial culture, and these cultures
have not borne any bacteria.”
Although these test results elimi¬
nate the possibility that students
became ill as a result of bacteria,
further test results are needed to
determine whether or not a virus
was present in the food which
caused the illness. Blood samples
will be used for viral antibody test¬
ing, Hysiop said.
‘•The two big viruses that we
tend to see with large outbreaks of
gastrointestinal illness are the
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