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
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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.
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Leavey: page 3
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Sports
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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
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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-