Campus Life
Former Basketball Star
Returns to LMU as
Administrator: Page 6
Film
Sneak Peak of Star
Trek: First Contact :
Page 15
Sports
Women’s Basketball
Loses Exhibition Game:
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LOYOLAN
November 13,1996
Loyola Marymount University
Volume 75, No. 11
Students Join Westchester
Chamber of Commerce
■ Westchester:
Several Students
Will Represent LMU
in Westchester’s
Political District
by Melanie Hidalgo
Contributor
Twelve LMU students have
recently been selected to
delve into politics for the
Westchester Chamber of
Commerce, where they will
voice their ideas and concerns
regarding LMU and the
Westchester community.
The students will join vari¬
ous committees under the
Community Relations Task
Force and share their opinions
with the Westchester/Los
Angeles International Airport
Chamber of Commerce. For
the past eight years, the
Chamber has relied upon the
students' input concerning
Governmental Affairs,
Business Development,
Education and Traffic and
Transportation Committees.
“What they perceive is how
changes are made,” noted
Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director Rich
Musella. “It is a delight to have
bright and energetic people to
assist the committees.”
Students who have been
selected are divided into four
committees. The
Governmental Affairs
Committee will consist of
Dania Sigler, Alex Galvez and
Elizabeth Romo; Jim French,
Mitzi Perez and Chelsea
Murray will sit on the Business
Development Committee; the
Educational Committee will
include Joanna Airey, Laura
Costello and Casey Newton;
and Emily Alpay, Arnel Dino
and Leslie Artiles will join the
Traffic and Transportation
Committee.
“This is what is really going
on in the community — it’s the
real world and this is real,
hands-on experience,” said
Chamber: page 2
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Arts & Theater
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Perspective
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Film
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Sports
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Classified
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LMU students will contribute their ideas to the Westchester Chamber of
Commerce as new cabinet members.
Student Films
Showcased During
Cosgrove Festival
by Susan Myers
Assistant News Editor
LMU student films will be the highlight of tomorrow's first
Cosgrove Film Festival to be held at 7 p.m. at the Director's
Guild Theater in Los Angeles. A reception will follow, where
faculty and students can meet and talk with the industry exec¬
utives attending,
Warren Sherlock, a professor in the Communication Arts
department and honorary Cosgrove chair of the department
this year, coordinated the film festival to give more exposure to
LMU's film program.
Howard Lavick, assistant professor of communication arts,
will be the master of ceremonies for the festival. He has been
working with Sherlock to organize the event.
Lavick said, “Professor Sherlock thought that it would be a
good way for us to reach out to the film and television indus¬
tries specifically. We've had screenings in the past of student
films, but they haven’t been targeting people in the industry.”
“This film school is the best kept secret in L.A. It would be
Cosgrove: page 4
Classic Films Donated to LMU Archive
■ Film: Collection of
Classics will be
Presented to College
of Fine Arts
by Mia Shanley
News Editor
T) emember Ben Hur, King
JLXfSolomons Mines , or
Tortilla Flat ? These films,
along with a number of others
by famed Hollywood producer
Samuel Zimbalist, will be
donated to LMU's College of
Communication and Fine Arts
at a ceremony this Monday,
Nov. 18 at 2:30 p.m. in Mayer
Theater.
Zimbalist, who passed away
in 1958, produced some of
Hollywood's most epic films
throughout his career. This
year his nephew Budd Moss, a
Theatrical Agent for the
Shapiro Lictman Talent
Agency, will be presenting a
collection of Zimbalist’s films to
the College of Communication
and Fine Arts.
“The College of
Communication and Fine Arts
is honored and delighted to
receive Mr. Budd Moss’s gift of
the films of his uncle,” said Dr.
Suzanne Frentz, Associate
Dean of the College of
Communication and Fine Arts.
The collection, which dates
back to the early ‘30s through
the ‘50s, also consists of films
such as Quo Vadis, 30 Seconds
Over Tokyo , Mogambo , and
Tortilla Flat.
“Some people use the
resources of the American Film
Institute, UCLA or USC,” said
Moss. “LMU’s will soon be
ranking right up there with the
best of them.”
Moss’s involvement with
LMU began with U
his son, Geoffrey,
who is graduating
this year from the
Communication
and Fine Arts
College. “I had
also talked to Dale
in the Admissions
Office for some
time who was a
MGM Films, we can put
together many other great clas¬
sics in the LMU Film Library.”
Jack Valenti, President and
The fact that the legendary Jack
Valenti is coming to Mayer Theater to
make the presentation and talk with
students is a historic event.
— Dr. Suzanne Frentz
Associate Dean, College of Communication and Fine Arts
the event will be a reception,
held in the foyer of the Von Der
Ahe Communications Building.
Frentz commented, “The
_ — - fact that the
legendary
Jack Valenti
is coming to
the Mayer
Theater to
make the pre¬
sentation and
talk with stu¬
dents is a his¬
toric event.
JJ
big Ben Hur fan, and I decided
earlier this year to try to get
MGM studios to donate and to
start the Samuel Zimbalist film
library at Loyola,” he noted.
“Hopefully, with the help of
Chief Executive Officer of the
Motion Picture Association of
America, will be participating
in the ceremony along with a
number of other entertainment
industry executives. Following
All are welcome to attend.”
In describing the contribu¬
tion of these film Classics,
Moss said, “I think that his
films were a collage of the
Films: page 4
Students and Faculty Say LMU-
Net Stalls on Info Superhighway
by Mark D’Anna
Assistant News Editor
Students, faculty and staff
were recently given the
opportunity to voice their opin¬
ions regarding the Department
of Information Services and
their quality of work within the
past few years. The Edutech
consulting firm provided the
forum, which was open to the
LMU community with three
general meetings beginning on
Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Those interested were given
the opportunity to discuss
issues with Edutech represen¬
tatives Linda Fleet and John
Savarice. Participants were
able to offer suggestions on how
to improve the current
Information Services. They
were also given the opportunity
to voice their opinions regard¬
ing customer service, network
reliability and the general oper¬
ation of the LMU Network.
According to Fr. Shane
Martin, S.J., assistant professor
of education, said there needs to
be a much higher level of relia¬
bility from the network which is
accessible to students, faculty
and staff.
“The problem has been that
the academic server and our
network access have not been
reliable. This is unacceptable
and has to change because it
affects our productivity for
research and teaching,” Martin
noted.
Faculty are not the only
members of our community who
have opinions on the reliability
of Information Services.
Students in attendance at a
separate meeting with Edutech
voiced similar concerns.
They complained about the
unreliability of the LMU-Net,
saying that it goes down fre¬
quently and without warning.
This was a cause of concern for
some students because teachers
increasingly encourage the use
of computers as a general
resource for many of their
Network: page 2