The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 76, Issue 24 - April 8, 1998

Special Games wrap-up of ‘Big Da/ Excitement Features, Page 10 ‘Far’ takes our inter¬ viewer on musical jour¬ ney A&E, Page 1 2 UCLA’s Krumpe named, new LMU men’s soccer coach Sports, Page 15 Despite Rain, Special Games Shines on ■ Big Day: Hundreds of athletes and coaches gather for 21st annual celebration. DENISE ESPINOZA/ LOYOIAN Athletes and coaches on Team 20 march into Gersten Pavilion at the start of Special Games’ Big Day on Saturday, April 4 .. by Kasey Seymour and Jen MacNeil Section Editors Chris Davis of the CCS Harry Miner agency made his way down a crowded aisle, amid shouts and cheers, a medal in one hand and a small bou¬ quet in the other. Upon hearing his name announced over the public address system, Chris jabbed a euphor¬ ic fist into the air, jumped on the back of his coach, and held up his medal for all to see. This enthusiasm was a common sentiment felt up and down the aisle at the * 1998 Special Games. $pedel Games: Features, page 10 by Susan Myers Copy Editor As your fingers wander through the card catalogue, searching for a book on zygote mitosis of jungle mosses, the available books seem scarce. Brian Molony, a sophomore busi- ness major, found his expe¬ riences with the current Von der Ahe library to be “total frustra¬ tion.” “You can never find stuff and then when you do, on the computer searches, you have to go to UCLA to get it.” So what is the university going to do about this “total frustra¬ tion?” In hopes of accommodating ' | ’ ф W timi аш * the educational needs of the students, the university has completed plans for construc¬ tion of an 85,000 square foot addition to the Von der Ahe library, the Miyawaki Library. Molonys account of a trip to the library seems to be a com¬ mon experience among LMU students in search of mate¬ rial for their r e s e arch papers or class¬ es. An ASLMU senate survey conducted dur¬ ing the ’96-’97 school year found that the majority of stu¬ dents surveyed "found the library’s current resources to be “terrible.” David Trump, vice president for facilities management, said, “It’s probably one of the most critical academic additions to the campus that can be made.” The Miyawaki Library, named for Dr. Edison Miyawaki, a primary donor to the project and a member of the board of trustees, will begin con¬ struction this summer. The new library will extend from the existing Von der Ahe library by means of a pedestrian bridge across Ignatian Drive, connect- “[The Library] is probably one of the most critical academic additions to the campus.” — David Trump V.P., Facilities Management * Library: page 2 ASLMU Debates Focus on Race Relations, Tuition Hikes ■ Elections: Candidates for presi¬ dent, vice president, weigh in on the issues. by Jasmine C. Marshall News Editor Under stormy skies, 10 LMU students took the podium on Regent’s Terrace before their fellow classmates and argued how they planned to create a brighter future, during the ASLMU presidential/vice presi¬ dential debates held April 2 at convocation hour. The hour and a half debate consisted of pre-screened ques¬ tions contributed by members of the department of student life and a period of questioning from audience members. Candidates discussed tuition hikes, lack of school spirit, effectiveness of the ASLMU Senate and solutions to the problems created by the large percentage of commuter stu¬ dents at LMU. Sabrina Elizando, ASLMU vice president of community service and head of this year’s election committee, served as moderator. The first question, “Which systems will you create to ensure communication between ASLMU and the stu¬ dent body?” found consensus among presidential candidates for the idea of appointing dele¬ gates from campus clubs. All agreed the delegates would report their concerns to ASLMU. The idea was first put forth by presidential candidate Lysandra Sapp, who also noted, “Shivohn [Valdecantos] and I would like to set up a ‘Good Morning Commuters’ table, with coffee and doughnuts for all commuters, as well as mak¬ ing an ASLMU newsletter available, and sponsoring a Meet the Senators Night.’” Presidential candidate Shirley Blazich agreed that clubs needed to be more involved with ASLMU, but sug¬ gested distributing responsibil¬ ity of club relations among elected ASLMU senators. “We can also increase levels of direct communication between students and ASLMU by maintaining close contact with RHA (Resident Housing Association). J.W. and I would like to see more ASLMU/RHA co-sponsored events.” Marshall Coyle, vice presi¬ dential candidate and running, mate of La Terra McDaniels, said, “One of the best ways La Terra and I can think of to increase communication would be to have weekly silent mes¬ sages sent out to all students announcing events. We also Debates: page 2 MATT JIL1S0N / LOYOtAN Vice presidential candidate Marshall Coyle takes a question while fellow ASLMU presidential I vice presidential candidates look on.