The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 76, Issue 14 - January 21, 1998

LMU students and Des Colores Service in Mexico Features, Page 8 Tim Gane speaks about Stereolab A&E, Page 10 Men’s Volleyball trounced in season opener by UCLA Sports, Page 12 L о s A n g e l e s LOYOLAN January 21,1998 Dorothy Leavey, LMU Benefactress, Dies at 101 by Roy Rufo & Gina Opinaldo Staff Writers “It’s easy to say that some¬ one's gracious, but in my experi¬ ence I’ve never met anyone with as much graciousness as Mrs. Leavey. She was unimpressed by high positions and low posi¬ tions. She was a remarkable woman. She lived into old age without a complaint,” said for¬ mer LMU President Rev. Donald Merrifield, S.J. Dorothy Leavey, a depend¬ able source of support and financial aid for Loyola Marymount University, died Jan. 7, at the age of 101. L О Y О I 4 M A R Y МО V N T U N I V E R S i i Y Volume 76, No. 14 Leavey: page 3 INDEX News i Features s Perspective 6. I Arts & Entertainment 10 1 Sports 12 Classified 17 On the We b : I iww.lmu.edu/stuaft7lovolan 1 _ _ _ _ _ 1 Athletic Director Quinn Moves to New Post ■ Athletics: Quinn to be replaced at end of 1998 Accademic year. by Daniel S. Wolowicz Managing Editor After a 13 year tenure, Brian Quinn will step down at the end of the 1997-98 acade¬ mic year as Loyola Marymount University's Athletic Director. Quinn will assume a new position as LMU’s senior director of athletic development and promotion, announced University President Rev. Thomas P. O'Malley, S.J., on Dec. 2 . Quinn will head Recreation Athletic Health (RAH), a capital campaign planned to raise over $18 million for construction of a new gymnasium, an Olympic-size swim¬ ming pool, a state-of-the-art training facili¬ ty and weight rooms. Athletic field renova¬ tions and general additions to the athletic and recreation facilities are also planned. “Basically, what the university wants me to do is raise the rest of the money that has to be raised for the entire recreation center,” said Quinn, who further explained that RAH will require roughly eight to 10 million dollars more to reach Hieir goal. Commenting on his change of position, Quinn said, “I definitely did not ask for it. The President made the decision that he wanted the change in the athletic director position, and he felt that I would do well as a fundraiser and fill this position.” LMU is currently searching nationwide for Quinn's replacement. The decision will be made by a committee headed by Vice President of Facilities Management Dave Trump. “Brian's legacy as athletics director will stand as testament to his success for years to come,” said O’Malley. “His proven experi¬ ence will allow him to continue to have a positive influence on the future of Loyola Marymount University as our campaign for athletics moves forward.” Quinn, a 1963 graduate from Loyola University of Los Angeles, was considered a standout collegiate athlete in baseball and basketball. He began his professional career as a teacher at St. Anthony’s High School of Long Beach, continuing at St. Bernard High School, Irvine High School, and finally at Woodbridge High School where he served as the athletic administra¬ tor. Hired as LMU's athletic director in 1985, Quinn stepped into a program that boasted only two full time coaches for baseball and men’s basketball. The department was also PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Brian Quinn : LMU Athletic Director , 1985-1998 faulted for a large disparity in the monetary equality between the men's and women's athletics teams. Quinn brought LMU up to standards with the NCAA Title IX, which called for gender equality in col- Quinn: page 4 PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS Dorthy heavy , LMU Benefactress: 1896-1998 Dorothy was born in Nebraska and raised in Montana. She married the late Thomas Leavey, who was her husband for 50 years . Together they raised their daughter Kathleen L. McCarthy, who is a member of our board of trustees. The Terry Leavey Lemons Hall complex was named after their other daugh¬ ter who was killed in an auto¬ mobile accident in 1979. Leavy leaves behind nine grandchil¬ dren and many great-grandchil¬ dren. . Along with her husband, Leavy became known for her Martin Luther King's 'Dream' Celebrated ■ Memorial: LMU stu¬ dents pay homage to Civil Rights leader ’s legacy by Jasmine Marshall News Editor As a nineteen-year old living in Hollywood, Genethea Hayes watched images on the evening news in horror as “freedom rid¬ ers” marching against segrega¬ tion in the South were called racial slurs, beaten, and dowsed with fire hoses. “Living in Los Angeles, I could not immediate¬ ly connect the type of racism Dr. [Martin Luther King], Jr. was talking about with myself, for although racism was certainly part of the landscape, I had never seen anything like those images. Suddenly I understood those people were me, that I was part of a collective body, and that I had a personal responsibility to make a state¬ ment,” said Hayes. Hayes used that conviction to become one of the freedom riders in the south, and to rise through the ranks of the move¬ ment to become the executive leader of the western regional branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization founded by King in 1957, she told students in her address on Jan. 16 commemo¬ rating King’s birthday and lega¬ cy at LMU. In addition to Hayes' speech, LMU also commemorated King with a play on Jan. 20 in Hannon Loft entitled “The meeting of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X,” imag¬ ining a fictional щ e e t i n g between King and the more m i 1 i t an t Malcom X, in which the two African- American lead¬ ers discuss their divergent views regarding activism and civil rights. The play focuses on the struggle between the desire to win rights and equality through nonvio¬ lent means and Malcom X's ideal of “by any means neces¬ sary.” Following the play, Bob Singleton, professor of econom¬ ics, lead a discussion. Singleton was one of the “freedom riders” who fought to desegregate buses in the south during the Civil Rights Movement. A chronology of King's role in the civil rights movement, as well as books he authored, are on display in the minority resource center (Malone 305) until Jan. 30. Teresa Cook, director of the RON QUAN/ LOYOLAN Genethea Hayes of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. office of black student services said the observation of King's birthday is important because, “First and foremost, King was a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, not just for African Americans, but for fighting for equality for many different peo¬ ple; Native Americans, Latino Americans, and Asian- Americans. Dr. King was killed at a young age, 39. He used to say Tf a man hasn't found some¬ thing he's willing to die for, he’s not fit to live.' Dr. King obvious¬ ly did.” Hayes com¬ mented that a key part of King's leader¬ ship style and the SCLC “is based on the commonality of humanity, peo¬ ple bearing wit¬ ness from a sacred tradition — that is what influenced us to have secular behavior and work in the sec¬ ular world in a way that follows King: page 3-