The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 76, Issue 13 - November 26, 1997

Protesting the School of the Americas in Georgia Features, Page 10 A CD full of “Verve” proves lively Women’s Volleyball drops to third in WCC Sports, Роде 14 -чииг" L о s A n g e l e s ЩШГ> LOYOLAN November 26,1997 L o y о la Mary m о u n t Uni v e r s i t y Volume 76, No. 13 LMU Community Remembers Melissa Rauber DENISE ESPINOZA /L0Y0UN Rev. Keith Brehob, S.J., delivers a moving eulogy at the memorial mass for sophomore Melissa Rauber. The mass included memories from her friends and the reading of a letter from her family by her uncle. Holiday Outreach Begins ■ Charity: Campus wide efforts being made to help homeless and impoverished. by Christina Thomas Staff Writer Christmas may be a month away, but the holiday spirit of giving is clearly visible at LMU. Many campus organiza¬ tions are beginning the holiday early, reaching out to help the less fortunate in the Los Angeles community. the assistance of students, staff, and faculty. Gifts have been col¬ lected for nearly a month and will continue to be accepted through Nov. 30. Student affairs will hold a gift-wrapping party before the distribution of their collected gifts on Dec. 5, when the chil¬ dren will enjoy a Christmas cel¬ ebration, complete with Santa and Christmas goodies. “The essence of this program lies within the Jesuit tradition of serving with and for others. The campus community has united in an effort to raise over 700 toys for families of lesser means Philosophy Society to benefit the LAX Food Pantry’s annual Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless. The pantry will also distribute food baskets to the Outreach: page 2 ■ Memorial: Friends and family gather in Sacred Heart Chapel to say goodbye to sophomore student. by Daniel S. Wolowicz Managing Editor With sparkling blue eyes and a smile that is printed upon the memories of all that met her, Melissa Rauber’s photo looked out over friends and fam¬ ily who came to Sacred Heart Chapel yesterday to honor her in a Memorial Mass, five days after her funeral in Porterville, California. Rauber, a 19 year old sopho¬ more, was found dead Nov. 14 in her Rains Hall dorm room after she had been suspected to be missing. The mass, presided over by University President Rev. Thomas P. O’Malley, S.J., began with a reading by Mitzi Perez, president of Delta Zeta, the sorority Melissa joined last spring. Perez was accompanied by fellow sorority sisters who filled the front three rows and were joined by members of the Alpha Delta Gamma fraternity. “It was an honor to have Melissa as a sister in Delta Zeta,” said Perez. “We were all blessed to have known her.” Father Keith Brehob, S.J., delivered the eulogy, in which he compared Rauber’s life to a but¬ terfly that “wraps itself in a blanket of silk, knowing by faith and instinct that God has more waiting for her, eventually spreading its wings and flying away.” Brehob led Melissa through a confirmation program and was present when she was con¬ firmed by regional Bishop Stephen Blaire of Los Angeles on April 6, 1997. O’Malley offered commu¬ nion, which was followed with a speech by Jennifer Sailer, Melissa’s roommate. Jennifer and Melissa had met during their orientation lip sync, when Rauber played one of the Brady kids. During the speech, Sailer discussed why she remains in the room where she found Rauber: “Melissa filled the room Rauber: page 2 “We want to provide the homeless with warm, dry clothing since we are having one of the rainiest years.” —Heidi Lee President, Sursum Corda The department of student affairs is conducting “Gift for an Angel,” a Christmas toy drive for underprivileged children. The goal is to supply 700 chil¬ dren with Christmas gifts with INDEX News 1 Perspective 4 Arts & Entertainment 6 Features 1 0 Sports 1 4 Classified 1 8 Q_n_ t_b_e_ Web: www.lmu.edu/stuaff7byolan than ourselves,” said Sandrell Doerr, director of the office for international students and scholars. The Sigma Pi fraternity will build sled runs in Alumni Mall with three tons of real snow, and at convocation hour on Thursday, Dec. 4, this tempo¬ rary “winter wonderland” will be open to 30 students from the Nickerson Gardens Elementary School in downtown L.A. The fraternity will also organize a Christmas party for the chil¬ dren, with a visit from Santa Claus. , Damus Nostrum, LMU’s newest service club, is co-spon¬ soring a food drive with the Dr. Renee Harrangue Takes Helm of Marymount Institute by Jason Foo Asst. News Editor Dr. Renee Harrangue, the for¬ mer chair of the psychology department and current acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts, was appointed as the direc¬ tor of the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts. Harrangue was one of the found¬ ing institute board members in 1991 and will be the third direc¬ tor the institute has had, suc¬ ceeding Dr. Marie Anne Mayeski of the theological studies depart¬ ment. “It’s a privilege to be asked to serve in this capacity,” said Harrangue. “The Marymount Institute preserves a very rich tradition on the campus.” “She comes from an extensive Marymount background which is important,” said Beatrice Henson-O’Neal, administrative assistant of the institute. “She brings a unique vision to the institute.” As director, Harrangue will formulate a program to investi¬ gate the theme “Millennial Visions: Apocalypse Now or a DENISE ESPINOZA / LOYOLAN Dr. Renee Harrangue. New Heaven and a New Earth?” With over forty years of working in higher education, Harrangue has a background rooted in the Marymount tradition. She is a graduate of Marymount College and served as the college’s acade¬ mic dean. In addition, she served on the merger committee that combined the colleges of Loyola and Marymount. After the merg¬ er, she designed the LMU crest logo that is still used today The Marymount Institute serves to enrich LMU’s curricu¬ lum by offering interdisciplinary courses. “What the Marymount Institute can do is provide oppor¬ tunities for faculty to design courses,” said Harrangue. “It also gives the students an oppor¬ tunity to have exposure to inter¬ disciplinary kinds of things that they may not get in the regular curriculum.” The institute will dedicate itself to the development of such courses through the lens of “Millennial Visions”. A chair position will be created to specifi¬ cally design courses that go beyond the scope of ordinary teaching. Also, the institute offers an annual $5,000 grant competition for faculty to jointly contrive interdisciplinary courses consistent with the theme. Harrangue said she expects to investigate “Millennial Visions” until the end of the millennium and will subsequently focus on what various academic disci¬ plines, such as history, English, art and theology, will look like in the year 2000.