The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 75, Issue 7 - October 9, 1996

Campus Lifa Meet the Psychology Department’s Dr. Machon: Music Semisonic Debut Tour of The Great Divide: WHOI нвв шаннвшШ > f&jjfc? fill Sports Women’s V-Ball Starts WCC with 2-0 Record: .,".*Ч^ЯВл Page 6 ШрЩ| Page 8 Page 18 "шг Los Angeles LOYOLAN October 9, 1996 Marymount University Volume 75, No. 7 Osborne Jams for Crowd at Annual Garden Fest ■ SUNSET CONCERT: ASLMU-Sponsored Event Attracts Thousands for Music, Games and Food in Sunken Gardens by Jennifer L. D’Andrea Managing Editor Sunken Gardens rocked Friday evening during a Sunset Concert bash that fea¬ tured singer Joan Osborne, who took the stage under the stars while students enjoyed carnival games and rides. Approximately 3,500 stu¬ dents, faculty and staff attend¬ ed this year’s event which was sponsored and funded by ASLMU, according to J. Ruben Gonzalez, ASLMU President. “We didn’t have any prob¬ lems with the crowd,” Gonzalez noted. “They were pretty tame except for some moshing, crowd surfing and some lively com¬ ments directed toward Joan Osborne, but that just shows that people were having fun.” The entertainment for the event began with the band Moonpools and Caterpillars. Following this group was recording artist Chris Whitley, who sang while playing an acoustic guitar. The two bands that preced¬ ed headliner Joan Osborne were chosen by Osborne’s pro¬ Lecture to Shed Light on Roots of Societal Violence by Mia Shanley News Editor Everyone is surrounded by the reality of violence — particularly those living in the Los Angeles community. Here to address the topic of violence this Thursday, Oct. 10 is Stanford University Professor Rene Girard and Florilegia Institute founder, Gil Bailie, who will brief the LMU commu¬ nity on such issues, as gang warfare and the global crisis of violence in Bosnia. The lecture is sponsored by the Charles S. Casassa, S.J. Chair of Social Values and the CASASSA: page 4 COURTESY OF FR. JAMES FREDERICKS Stanford University professor Rene Girard will discuss the origins of vio¬ lence at a lecture tomorrow evening. duction company as stipulated in ASLMU’s contract with Osborne, Gonzalez said' Osborne, of course, performed her hits, ‘What If God Was One of Us” and “St. Theresa.” “I believe [Osborne] gave an outstanding, energetic concert,” Gonzalez said. “This concert brought the campus community together. We had students, fac¬ ulty and staff side-by-side enjoying Joan Osborne’s music.” Nick Hutchinson, Director of Operations for ASLMU’s Activities Programming Commission, echoed Gonzalez’s critique of Osborne’s perfor¬ mance. “Overall, the perfor¬ mance Joan Osborne put on was very good,” he said. “I think the concert established LMU as a social campus as well as an academic campus. I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback regarding the con¬ cert.” Thomas Johnston, Vice President for APC, added, “ASLMU has shown that LMU can compete with any school in Southern California socially.” Osborne wTas contracted for approximately the same cost as last year’s headliner Montel CONCERT: page 4 MATT BAZAR / LOYOLAN Joan Osborne performs in front of an energetic audience of dancing, yelling and crowd-surfing students. ASLMU Edges Toward Budget Ballot Compromise ■ Student Government Continues Deliberation on Constitutional Amendment; Vote to Take Place Sunday by Joseph Costanzo Staff Writer ASLMU Senators were unable to come to an agree¬ ment on the proposed Club Allocation Board amendment presented by Senators Paul Lukaszewski and Jacob Vander Linden at last Sunday’s Student Senate Meeting. Lukaszewski, one of the two authors of the proposed amend¬ ment which calls for a combina¬ tion of Budget Ballot and Club Allocations Board, said he was frustrated by Sunday’s meet¬ ing, but remained hopeful. “I was frustrated because I was really hoping to get it passed, but now I see it’s going to take a little time. [On Monday], without the pressure of an official protocol, we can sit down and discuss it so that next Sunday we can show up with a ready bill and vote on it.” In response, an emergency meeting of the Senate was held late Monday night in the ASLMU Cabinet Chambers with Vice President of Finance Sharon Marciniak, in the hopes of moving closer to a final deci¬ sion. “It is an informal meeting in order to discuss any new pro¬ posals and possible additions to the amendment,” said Christa Lopez, Vice President of ASLMU and Chair of the Student Senate. “There will be no voting until Sunday.” Lopez emphasized the fact that the Senate is not attempt¬ ing to eliminate Budget Ballot or the Club Allocations Board, rather the senate aims to join the two together. Lopez noted, “[The Senators] do not want to just bring back the Budget Ballot or just use the Club Allocations Board. There is a need for both of them, and all the Senators are trying to come up with a compromise of both systems.” The newly proposed Budget Ballot would allow students to have a say in how their money is spent, while the Club Allocations Board would ensure that the money is used AMENDMENT: page 2 INDEX Campus Life 6 Music 8 Perspective 12 Film 14 Arts & Theater 16 Sports 18 Classified 21