The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 75, Issue 6 - October 2, 1996

Campus Life Kyodai Presents Ghost In the Shell: Page 6 Art & Theater Diego Rivera and Modem Muralism: Page 21 Sports Men’s Water Polo Dominates at Cal Tech: Page 24 -^| Los Angeles ^ЯГ LOYOLAN October 2, 1996 Loyola Marymount University Volume 75, No. 6 Sunset Concert to Draw Thousands ■ Joan Osbourne to Headline Event; Carnival Games Featured as this Year’s Theme by Susan Myers Assistant News Editor Four thousand people are expected to pack Sunken Gardens on Friday, October 4, for the third annual Sunset Concert presented by ASLMU. The carnival will open at 5 p.m. and the bands will start playing at 6:30. The theme for the concert this year is “A Student Community United.” Joan Osbourne will be headlining the Sunset Concert. She was last year’s seven-time Grammy nominee, with a nomination for best song, “God is One of Us.” “It is very gracious of Joan [Osbourne] to do this concert for us,” Kathryn Courtney, Assistant Director of Student Life, said. “[Osbourne] is not doing any concerts until next spring, and because of an AIDS benefit in Los Angeles she’s doing the next night, we were able to secure her. A major artist doesn’t just come to a campus because [the University] wants them to, it has to be in collaboration with other dates in the area.” Osbourne turned down approximately 10 other con¬ cert bids when she chose to perform at LMU. “We are getting Joan Osbourne for just about the same price that we got Montell Jordan [last year],” said J. Ruben Gonzalez, President of ASLMU. ASLMU was not able to confirm Osbourne’s appear¬ ance until last Friday. “Joan Osbourne is one of the most exciting things to happen to the LMU campus,” said Gonzalez. Thomas Johnston, Vice President for the Activities Programming Commission, said ASLMU wanted to create a more lively atmosphere for this year’s event by adding a carnival theme to the concert. There will be 20 carnival-type game and food booths as well as clowns, a dunk tank, moon bounce, gyroscope and invert¬ ed bungee jump. The number of booths at the concert is restricted this year because of limited space since ASLMU is expecting 4,000 people, said Courtney. “We wanted to do some¬ thing for the students that would be free of cost. It was one method by which [ASLMU] could see uniting the student government,” said Courtney. According to Gonzalez, the goal was to make the concert bigger by bringing in a large name artist. Having higher- quality talent, as well as hav¬ ing the concert during the fall semester, is expected to SUNSET: page 4 SCOTT GROLLER/LOYOLAN LMU students Margie Natron (left) and Michelle DeCastro (right) catch a glipse of Thursday's lunar eclipse, which was visible around 7:30 p.m. The next lunar eclipse will occur in 2000. SCOTT GROLLER/ LOYOLAN Proposal Drafted to Reinstate Budget Ballot В ORGANIZATIONS: ASLMU Senators' Will Present Bill to Eliminate Club Allocation Board by Josephine de Felice Contributor Student Senators Paul Lukaszewski and Jacob Vander Linden plan to intro¬ duce a bill this Sunday to bring back the budget ballot. Effective this academic year, the bill would allow students to allocate funds directly to the campus clubs and organiza¬ tions of their choice. “There have been numerous complaints from the student body about how funds were dis¬ tributed this semester,” com¬ mented Lukaszewski. Under the new provisions, power to allocate funds would partially return to the students. “We wanted to involve both the students and the elected officials. This system is the Three Seniors Receive Rotary Grants by Jason Foo Staff Writer Three LMU seniors — Molly Scott, Dan Chavira and David Herzog— have each been awarded $22,000 Paul Harris Ambassadorial Scholarships by the Rotary Club to study abroad for the 1997-1998 academic year in the country of their choice. Scott, a Spanish major with a minor in sociology, will study in Santiago, Chile. She plans to pursue her master’s in Latin- American Studies/public policy at the Institute of International Relations, which is run through the University of Chile. “The course of study [at the Institute of International Relations] is very important because it offers specialized seminars on international issues,” said Scott. “I’m hoping that this course of study will help me decide if I want to apply my career abroad or domestically.” Scott is involved in the SAGE Center program tutoring children in Watts. Scott also makes weekly trips to visit teens in L.A. County’s Juvenile Hall. “Community service has had a really big effect on my life,” explained Scott. Service has influenced her goal to set up humanities programs either in third world countries or in bar¬ rios in L.A. Scott added, “This is my dream because I’ve never been best of both worlds. As sena¬ tors, we have a duty to make certain decisions. This includes decisions about money and funding. But, as a student, I want my say directly,” rea¬ soned Vander Linden. Under the new bylaw, full¬ time students would receive $10 to allocate at the beginning of the second semester, to the organizations of their choice. Part-time students would receive a lesser amount to be determined by the existing club allocation board. The rest of the funds would still be dis¬ tributed by the board through¬ out the year as both emergency relief and general support. Lukaszewski explained, “It is important to remember that, ultimately, this campus belongs to the students. They should have a say in how things are run. This bill gives each student that opportunity.” The bill will be presented Sunday before the Senate at 5:30 p.m. in the Senate Chambers in Malone next to the Lion’s Den. SCOTT GROLLER / LOYOLAN ROTARY: page 4 Molly Scott and Dan Chavira (pictured above), along with David Herzog (pictured on page 4) were awarded Rotary > scholarships to study abroad. INDEX Campus Life 6 Music 9 Film 12 Perspective 16 Arts & Theater 20 Sports 24 Classified 29