The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 76, Issue 11 - November 12, 1997

‘All Service Da/: LMU joins the ‘Tree Musketeers’ Features, Page 9 ‘Mad Cit/ features stars, story with shine. A&E, Page 11 Women’s Soccer ends record breaking season Sports, Page 16 -w" Los Angeles т^Г LOYOLAN November 12,1997 Loyo M A R Y M О UN I I V E R S I T Y Volume 76, No. 1 1 i; DENISE ESPINOZA / LOYOUN LMU students continued the UNO-A-Thon until they broke the world record Sunday afternoon . Card Game Marathon Breaks World Record ■ Card Game: LMU stu¬ dents playing Uno to benefit homeless beat five other colleges, break world record. by Jason Foo Assl. News Editor They came, they played, they conquered. On Nov. 3, six LMU students gathered at a table in the cor¬ ner of the Lion's Lair to begin the first National College Uno Marathon. On Nov. 9, after over 145 hours of non-stop play, weary players laid down their cards. They were informed that LMU had outlasted five other participating schools to become the new world record holders for consecutive hours playing Uno. Colleen Davis, Vice Chair of the Activities Programming Commission, ASLMU, who spent most of last week play¬ ing Uno, said, “Not only did we accomplish something for LMU, we accomplished some¬ thing for a good cause.” The world record is based upon records kept by Mattel, the makers of Uno. The previ¬ ous record for continuous Uno was 144 hours, set in Finland in 1985. For the past week students paid $3 to play America's most World Record : page 3 Telling the "Homeboys" Story CFA Curriculum Faces Change by Elizabeth Yu Asst. News Editor The Hilton auditorium was bustling with excitement and anticipation. For the fourth year in a rowr, Fr. Boyle, S.J, was invited to give a pre¬ sentation about his experi¬ ences working with the gang members of the Dolores Mission. Boyle is nationally recognized for his work and has provided much insight into the truth concerning gangs and gang violence. M.E.Ch.A., the School of Education, and the Office of Chicano Studies spon¬ sored the Nov. event. From 1986 to 1992, Boyle served as a pastor at the Dolores Mission parish which is situ¬ ated in East Los Angeles between Pico Gardens and Aliso Village. It constitutes the largest grouping of public housing in the western United States, which is an area with 60 active gangs and more than 10,000 gang members. He has also worked as a chaplain at Folsom prison and at numer¬ ous detention facilities and juvenile halls. Boyle created several pro¬ grams which attempt to pro¬ vide jobs for gang members. “Jobs for the Future” is an employment referral service, and “Homeboy Industries,” which is made up of three sep¬ arate agencies - the Homeboy Bakery, Homeboy Silk Screening, and Homeboy Merchandising - also provides a source of income for many of the youth. The idea is to give both potential and active gang members more opportunities for a future they can look for¬ ward to. “They have been twice aban¬ doned in many cases - first, by parents who aren't there for a lot of com¬ plex rea¬ sons, and then aban¬ doned a sec¬ ond time by society who doesn’t real¬ ly consider them as people with value,” Boyle said. Rev, Shane Martin, S.J., assistant professor of Education said, “One of the things that Fr. Greg addresses is his attitude, his philosophy, his whole stance of what he believes about the dignity of each person, and this is so cru¬ cial and important.” High Boyle: page 4 ■ Academic Divisions: As university moves into the 21st Century, more course offerings are created to meet stu¬ dent needs by Don Zacharlas Editor-in-chief In response to a growing stu¬ dent population and an influx of students in the field of com¬ munications, five majors, previ¬ ously under the umbrella of communication arts, have been given their own titles within the Spring 1998 schedule of classes at LMU. The changes are strictly for registration clarification only, and do not represent a depart¬ mental restructuring. In addi¬ tion to streamlining the regis¬ tration process for the existing programs, the reorganization helps delineate the newly named Animation major. An additional program in broadcast media has been intro¬ duced. The program, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media (INDA), will focus on training students in the produc¬ tion aspects of broadcast jour¬ nalism, especially through KXLU 88.9, the campus FM radio station. This restructuring updates the registration process for stu¬ dents in the college of communi¬ cation and fine arts (CFA) by clarifying where certain classes fall under each specific track. The classes will now appear under the specific major they fulfill. The new titles are as fol¬ lows: animation (ANIM), film production (FILM), recording arts (RECA), screenwriting (SCRW), and television produc¬ tion (TVPD). “These changes are in no way meant to divide the depart¬ ment,” stressed Howard Lavick. department chair. “They were created only to help students find the necessary classes with¬ in their major during registra¬ tion.” Lavick added that the idea to give each major its own title within the schedule has been in consideration for close to two years, but it was not until August that actions were taken to institute the change. According to Thomas Kelly, dean of CFA, the changes in communication arts are mostly an attempt to make the regis¬ tration process simpler and more convenient for students who are applying for those Curriculum : page 4 INDEX News 1 Perspective 6 Features 9 Arts & Entertainment 1 1 Sports 16 Classified 21 On the We b : www.lmu.edu/stuaff/loyolan KATIE SEUSS / LOYOUN KXLU DJ Steve Castaldi spins tunes from LMU’s student-run radio station DENISE ESPINOZA/ LOYOUN. Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J.