The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 76, Issue 1 - August 27, 1997

August 27,1997 L о y о l a M a r y m о u n t University Volume 76, No. 1 LMU Welcomes First Class Of Next Millennium ■ Orientation: Class of 2001 begins their col¬ lege odyssey at LMU during Welcome Orientation Days by Jasmine Marshall News Editor They came by the hundreds with boxes packed to the brim — T.V.’s text books, com¬ puters pictures of family and friends were all carried into their new dorms. The college odyssey had begun for the class of 2001 of Loyoia Marymount University. Welcome Orientation Days commenced on August 23. The day began with a welcome speech from LMU President Thomas P. O’Malley. O’ Malley emphasized the level of excel¬ lence already apparent in this year’s incoming class through their SAT scores, GPA’s and past accomplishments. He also encouraged students to become involved in the LMU communi¬ ty “This is a school where it is very hard not to become excited about what is going on in our community,” O’ Malley said. “You will develop special friend¬ ships with other students as well as the faculty here at LMU.” O’Malley also addressed the accomplishments of former stu¬ dents during their tenure at LMU to encourage the new stu¬ dents, “Just as Agamemnon had brave warriors who went before him, so you have great students who have gone before you,” O’Malley said. The new students were also treated to Play Fair, a series of fun activities designed to break the ice for students and help them meet each other. In the evening, Marlon Smith, an electrical engineer turned collegiate speaker, addressed the class of 2001. Smith’s speech, entitled “The Choice is Yours”, encouraged students to take charge of their own destinies in order to improve their academic, social and spiritual lives while in col¬ lege. New LMU students leap for joy during OLympics , on August 24. ‘You should write down your goals and review them three times a day,” Smith said. *ln 1983, Harvard University did a study of students. Those who didn’t write down their goals did the worst after college. Surplus of Students Results in Resident Hall Overbooking by Jasmine Marshall News Editor and Jason Foo Assistant News Editor It’s a problem that effects Beijing and Calcutta, but no one would ever think that it would beset the campus of LMU. The issue: overcrowding. To accommodate an increased demand for DENISE ESPINOZA/ LOYOLAN Three female residents compromise space in their Doheny room, which last year accommodated two. housing by first-year students, residence halls on the north side of campus— Rosecrans, Whelan, Desmond and Doheny— are currently accommodating 50 more students than last year. This means that in many rooms, which are mostly 12 x 16, three students will be housed in a space previously occupied by two. In addition, the central study rooms in Rosecrans, Whelan and Desmond have been converted into triplets to handle the overflow. Requests from first-year stu¬ dents to live in the resident halls rose from 942 last year to 1061 requests this year, according to the Student Housing office. The campus is currently accommodat¬ ing 844 first-year students. According to Richard Rocheleau, Director of Student Housing, last year’s rate of can¬ cellations in housing was higher than expected. As a result, this housing was guaranteed to stu¬ dents who applied after the cus¬ tomary May 1 deadline to ensure as many students as possible who requested housing would be accommodated. “The situation is only tempo¬ rary,” said Rocheleau. “We are confident that we will be able to solve the problem as the semester Housing: page 2 Those who wrote them down, but didn’t review them had onty accomplished a few goals, but those who wrote them down and reviewed them three times a day were very successful. They were successful because they took their destinies in their own hands,” Smith said. On Sunday, students took part in the O’Lympics competi¬ tions among the College of Liberal Arts, College of Fine Arts, College of Science and Engineering and College of Business. The first year stu¬ dents were then introduced to LMU’s various organizations and clubs at O’Fest in the Sunken Gardens. When asked how the first few days at LMU had gone, first-year film production major Devin Valdesuso said it’s been great so far. “Moving in was easy. My R.A. even helped me carry in my CD player and refrigerator,” he said. First year communication arts/liberal studies major Brigid Braun agreed. “Everyone is really accepting and upbeat,” she said. “I really like it here.” INDEX News 1 Perspective Features 4 8 I Arts & Entertainment 1 0 Sports Classified 12 14 On the We b : www.lmu.edu/stuaff/loyolan.htm LMU Trustee Bernard Bannan Dies by Daniel Wolowicz Managing Editor Bernard Jerome Bannan, Trustee Emeritus and for¬ mer Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees, died after battling cancer August 17 at his home in South Pasadena. “He brought to us a very careful and reflective mind, a warm and generous heart, and a great devotion to Catholic higher education,” said Father Thomas P. O’Malley, S.J. A San Francisco native, Barney Bannan was the youngest of five brothers and four sisters. He graduated from Santa Clara University in LMU PUBLIC RELATIONS 1942, magnum cum laude with a degree in mechanical engi¬ neering and was elected to the Jesuit Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Nu. Because of his involvement with Santa Clara University ROTC he entered in the Army Air Force as a lieutenant and served in Africa and Italy dur¬ ing World War II. He completed his three years in the service and married his first wife, Catherine McNamara. Bannan’s engineering back¬ ground then led him to the fam- ily business, Western Gear Company. Western Gear quickly expanded and Bannan moved out to Los Angeles in the early 1950s. Eventually, he took over as President of Western Gear and then Chairman in 1971, a position he held for a decade when the business was sold to Bucyrus-Erie Company. Unable to satisfy his strong work ethic, Bannan began a business that was named after a fictitious brother. According to his actual brother, Father Louis Bannan, S.J., in 1951, Bannan and few of his friends were at a bar in Santa Clara when he began to tell them about a long lost Bannan: page 2