The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 75, Issue 19 - February 26, 1997

Perspective Rewards of a career in the whaling arts: Page 8 Art & Theater The Nerd bumbles onto the Del Rey stage: Page 16 Я Gaines garners all¬ conference team honors: ■ A long-time sup¬ porter, Cosgrove served as trustee for Loyola University, Marymount College and LMU by Mia Shanley News Editor UTTe gave gifts to LMU ХГ1 which multiplied and dif¬ fused throughout the students and faculty,” reflected Tom Kelly, Deah of the College of Communications and Fine Arts, on the life of the late John C. Cosgrove. Cosgrove, a long-time sup¬ porter of LMU, died Thursday, at age 84. His funeral was held at 3 p.m. Monday at St. Brendan's Church. “He had an immense energy, imagination, drive and a won¬ derful sense of humor,” Fr. Donald Merrifield, S.J., President of the Chancellor's Office said. Cosgrove graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco and Stanford University, later merged with Willard W. Keith to form the firm of Marsh & McLennan - Cosgrove & Company. Cosgrove served as the gov¬ ernor of Stanford University, director of the California Institute and trustee of Loyola SCOTT GROLLER / LOYOLAN Chris Hanada, Mike Braun and Jill Frazee dance the night away Saturday with nearly 3,000 students. Charter Ball proved quite eventful; 19 people ended up in the University Pool and more ambulances were called in response to alcohol-related emergencies than in the Ball's history. ^University, Marymount College and Loyola Marymount University. At LMU, he endowed the John Edward Cosgrove Chair, LMU’s first academic chair to be established in the area of Communication Arts, in memo¬ ry of his late father. The pur¬ pose of the academic chair is to set a pace within the depart¬ ment. They are also available to their colleagues as a stimulus and a resource. The endowment, now valued at approximately $1 million, has given the Communication Arts Department opportunity to hold numerous events and pro¬ grams. This past fall, the endowment helped sponsor a screening at the Director’s Guild where students could show their work to profession¬ als in the industry. Warren Sherlock, professor of screenwriting, currently holds the Cosgrove Chair. “[The chair] is a great help to the uni- versity and to the Communication Arts Departm ent,” Sherlock said. “By estab¬ lishing this chair, it sets an example for other colleges and universities to emulate this and do the same thing. It’s a won¬ derful thing that he did and we hope other colleges start their own endowed chairs.” Ki the fall of ‘95, the Cosgrove: page 5 Rangel-Santos to Leave OISS John Cosgrove, who created CFA’s Cosgrove Chair, died Thursday. UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Vol. 75, No. 19 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY February 26, 1997 Former Trustee and Friend of LMU Dies President’s Day Lecture Series Stimulates Minds ■ Creator of Office of International Student Services to leave LMU after seven years of service to become full-time parent by Michele Tengco Staff Writer Philosophical virtues and the latest technological develop¬ ments were the topics discussed during the annual President’s Day held Saturday for 400 members of the LMU communi¬ ty The annual President’s Day, sponsored by Alumni Relations was first introduced to the uni¬ versity by Fr. James Newman Loughran, S.J., former presi¬ dent and predecessor of Fr. Thomas P. O’Malley, S. J. over INDEX News 1 Campus Life 6 Perspective 8 Feature 11 Music 15 Arts & Theater 16 Film 18 Sports 20 Classified 22 a n the w e b : mnvJmu.edu/stuaff/loyolan.htm ten years ago. “This year’s theme was the ‘homecoming of the mind’ which represented Fr. Loughran’s idea that President’s Day symbolizes a homecoming for everyone who is a part of LMU to learn and President’s Day offers the perfect opportunity to highlight the University and make people aware of how fine our institution is.” —Alma Bachrach Alumni Programs Manager - - D challenge new ideas,” comment¬ ed O’Malley. O’Malley presented a lecture on the New Testament which discussed how artists of the Gospel influenced the manner in which people viewed this time period through the various scenes and images which the Forum: page 5 by Susan Myers Assistant News Editor Les Rangel-Santos created a home away for home for many international students for the past seven years. As creator and director of the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS), Santos has calmed the nerves of many international students and pro¬ fessors and has provided for LMU a program that stands as a model for others. “He has a huge amount of knowledge in terms of the intri¬ cacies of an international stu¬ dent’s life and the issues, con¬ cerns and problems that they face,” said Barbara Avery, Assistant Dean of Student Life, about her employee for the last seven years. But now, Les Rangel-Santos, an LMU alum (‘87) has decided to leave the place where he has devoted seven years of his pro¬ fessional career. “The university has provided the opportunity to experience and learn, to pursue my dreams, and to return to the community and serve the community,” said Santos. Santos created OISS to serve the needs of international stu¬ dents at both LMU and Loyola Law School. He also designated the Exchange-Visitor Program which allows the university to bring international faculty and students to the campuses. Santos has made incredible strides in the International Students and Scholars Program since he started at LMU. Santos works with faculty and has incorporated the Office of International Affairs into Loyola Law School and graduate stu¬ dents programs. “Les is absolutely a genius in this area. And I know that his colleagues rely on him,” said Avery. “He’s an expert on the new laws and how they’re impacting students. It will be difficult to replace him. He’s brought more recognition to what he does and the issues of international students.” Santos created the LMU International Flag Collection Project which now boasts more than 100 flags. He started the International Fall Festival five years ago which now includes the International Spring Festival which is in its fourth Rangel-Santos: page 4 STUDENT LIFE Les Rangel-Santos pictured here with his son, Daniel.