The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 75, Issue 14 - January 29, 1997

Campus Life Kickboxing and More at Rec Sports: Page 6 Film Take an Early Look at a Rereleased Classic: Page 8 Art & Theater Going Solo with Jane Eyre: Page 16 Los A n g e l e s - LOYOLAN January 29, 1997 Loyola Marymount University Volume 75, No. 14 Classics Department Receives NEH Grant GLENN MARZANO /PUBLIC RELATIONS The efforts of Dr. Birute Vileisis, Dr. Matthew Dillon, and Dr. Susan Lesser won a challenge grant for LMU’s classics department to endow a new department chair and expand its curriculum. ■ $405,000 grant to create department chair and rare archaeology program by Kristin Veitch Managing Editor LMU students will soon be able to experience what has been only a dream to undergraduate archaeology students throughout the country. Thanks to a $405,000 grant given to the classics department by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the rare opportunity to be trained by a prominent archaeologist will be offered to students at LMU through one of the only hands-on archaeology programs available to students at the undergrad¬ uate level. “It’s a wonderful opportunity that will enable us to provide archaeological training to our students — something very unusual for an undergraduate pro- Celebration Honors Dr. King ■ Reflection: Office of Black Student Services sponsors campus-wide event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Michelle Tengco Staff Writer Over 100 LMU students, alumni, and faculty came together at convocation hour Thursday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. Every year, the Office of Black Student Services sponsors an event to commemorate King's birthday. “This year, the students wanted to do something dis¬ tinctive through various forms of creative expression,” commented Shell Amegah, Acting Director of OBSS. Numerous campus organizations such as the Black Students Union, National Society of Black Engineers, OBSS Academic Persistence Program, Alpha Phi Alpha, African American Studies Department, and Admissions volunteered their ideas and time to create the event program. Dr. Lane Bove, Vice President for Student Affairs, said, “The Martin Luther King program is a perfect way to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., who is certainly one of America’s great heroes, particular- aware of the principles of justice, freedom and equality for all,” noted Bove. “I thought the Martin Luther King event, sponsored by OBSS, had a good balance of celebration and education.” Reverend Mary Minor Reed of the - - - - — First African Because of [King’s ] efforts we Methodlst ly of the twentieth century.” Several African American students demonstrated their talent by praise danc¬ ing, singing, U - and step danc- E pi sc opal have all become more aware of Church of Los Angeles con¬ cluded the commemora¬ tion with a —Dr. Lane Bove Vice President for Student Affairs the principles of justice, free¬ dom and equality for all. INDEX News i Campus Life 5 Film 8 Perspective 12 Music 14 Art & Theater 16 Sports 20 Classified 23 О n the Web. www. lmu.edu/ staff/ loyolan . h t m ing. OBSS APP Counselor, T e n e c i a Singleton, began the cele¬ bration by singing the Black National Anthem, “Lift - Every Voice and Sing,” which is sung at formal events and ceremonies to show respect and pay tribute to Africa. Aderemi Adebiyi, sophomore, performed 'praise dancing' which entailed a combination of dance and sign language. Senior Frank Harris, along with other mem¬ bers of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, con¬ cluded the entertainment segment of the celebration by performing a step dance exhi- b i t i о n . Stepping, a style of dance, is fre¬ quently per¬ formed by African American Greek L e t t e r Organizations. “Because of [King's] efforts, we have all become more JJ reflection on America, com¬ menting on present day civil rights issues. Reed’s speech focused on how King would have addressed current race relations and how it affects people KING: page 4 MIKE SCHODORF / LOYOLAN Aderemi Adebiyi performed a solo ' praise dance,' a combination of dance and sign language, part of Thursday's celebration for Dr. King's birthday. gram,” commented Dr. Jane Crawford, Classics Department Chair and project director for the grant. “The grant will put LMU on the map as one of the few undergraduate programs in archaeology in the country.” The University has committed to match the NEH challenge grant on a three-to-one basis, which will result in a total of $1,620,000. The prestigious three-year challenge grant is one of the largest single federal grants LMU has ever received. “To get a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as we have succeeded in doing, is quite an achievement, because NEH suffered quite a few losses during the budget cuts of the last Congress,” stated Rev. Thomas Grant: page 4 Cooney Named PR Director by Michael Johnsen Staff Writer LMU grad Sandy Cooney (’84) has returned to the University to take over Ralph Consola's Director of Public Relations posi¬ tion. For the past f i v e weeks, Cooney has been overseeing all publications, media relations, community outreach and on-campus communications through the Public Relations office. Cooney returns to LMU with many enthusiastic ideas regarding LMU's pub¬ lic relations. One of his main goals is to improve dialogue and interaction on cam¬ pus. “It is very difficult to present an accu¬ rate and positive image of this wonderful place without having consistently well- managed internal communication. There has to be a direct link between faculty, administration, staff and students,” said Cooney. “Because we are small, and because we don’t consistently have enough out¬ side recognition for different things,” he continued, “it's a challenge to be able to promote how positive this university really is.” Cooney pointed out three areas that he believes distinguishes LMU from most other universities. He will be focusing on these areas in an effort to highlight LMU’s assets: class size and personal attention; the Jesuit tradition of academ¬ ic excellence and the promotion of social Cooney: page 4 GLENN MARZANO / PR Sandy Cooney, Director of Public Relations.