The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 77, Issue 21 - March 10, 1999

Campus News ‘Derby Days” promotes rape awareness. Page7 A & E “3 Pounds of Bakon” plays Regent’s Terrace. Page 12 Sports Women softball win 12 of 14 games. Page 24 March 10, 1999 Loyola M л r y m о u n t Univer s i t y Volume 77/ No. 21 Gebhard Wins Fulbright by Daniel Wolowicz Editor in Chief Tucked behind Foley is a small office packed with video tapes, audio equipment and a myriad of books. The walls are decorated with a poster of South American revolutionary Che Guevara, a pic¬ ture of Gus Hall, the communist leader in the United States, a campaign poster for Theodore Roosevelt and newspaper clippings. The office is occupied by Glenn Gebhard, 48, an assistant professor in the communication arts department, who was named as LMUs most recent recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for the 1999- CHRIS MORRING / L0Y0LAN Associate professor, Glenn Gebhard, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach American film production in Germany next year. 2000 school year on Feb. 25. The award is a month¬ ly stipend of 5,250 deutshe marks when he goes to Germany. Gebhard will use the money to live in Potsdam, Germany, where he will teach film production at the Hochschule fur Film und Femsehen (HFF) for an academic year. “Primarily, Ill be teaching German students American film techniques,” said Gebhard. According to Gebhard, HFF is one of themqjor film schools in Europe and was once the main film school for former East Germany, but has recently undergone a major renovation, “Money alone, however, does not make a film program,” said Gebhard. “At this critical juncture, the HFF school must begin to develop new ways to teach film and television pro¬ duction in order to train the next generation of media artists and film makers for a new Germany.” Gebhard’s connection to HFF was bom out of a friendship with Ullrich Weinberg, a professor in the animation department at HFF. The pair met when Gebhard taught classes for LMUs New Europe program in Bonn, Germany, in 1997. Since then, the two have kept in touch, each look¬ ing for a way to bridge LMU with HFF — the Fulbright was their answer. “My main purpose [fori going on this Fulbright is to cement the relationship between LMU and HFF, which is one of the most important film schools in central Europe.” Gebhard added, ‘There’s a lot of opportunity, a lot of jobs in the international film market. Too often students here think that the film world ends at the borders of this city, which is not true.” Fulbright: page 6 ASLMU Presidential Bids Lowest in Years by Liz Otis Staff Writer Yesterday was the deadline for those running for ASLMU President, Vice President and Senate to file their declaration for candidacy forms. This year there are two sets of students running together on the same ticket for the presidential and vice presidential positions, and four students running for ten senate positions. This has been the lowest turnout in the last four years. Last year, there were five pres¬ idential candidates, which resulted in a win by a narrow four percent margin. The first candidates for president and vice president are Salvador Ortiz, a junior lib¬ eral arts major; and Ben McIntyre, a sophomore liberal arts major. The second candi¬ dates are this year’s ASLMU president Lysandra Sapp, a junior business administration major, and Lori Givens, a junior liberal arts majof*. Since not enough people filed for senate candidacy to fill up all ten positions, ASLMU will be discussing whether to open up the filing for more dates, so that they have more applicants for the positions. They have not yet officially decided how they are going to handle the situation. The candidates running for senate are Michael Soliman, a freshman liberal arts major, Dane Gambill, a junior liberal arts major, Danny Santana, a sophomore liberal arts major, and Robert Klamser, a fresh¬ man business administration major. There are a total of 14 sen¬ ate positions. Four of them will be left open after this semes¬ ter’s elections, to be filled at the beginning of the next school year. Two of the positions will go to freshmen, one to a trans¬ fer, and the rest of these spaces will be appointed, then approved by senate at a later date. Elections will be taking place March 29-31. Everyone is invited to vote on these days, including seniors. Candidates will be campaigning March 23- 26, and the presidential and vice presidential debates will be at convocation: hour on the - 25th. The candidates for this year’s elections have turned in detailed paperwork ensuring their fitness for office. They must be enrolled as a full-time student for the next school year and have at least a 2.5 GPA. After these elections, ASLMU will be accepting applications for cabinet posi¬ tions- The president and vice president will be conducting interviews to fill those posi¬ tions. Fence Sparks Safety Concerns _ т * Tk/r * „„„ Ж¥Т as a protective barrier on a con- by Jasmine Marshall fgg|g Щ NEWS Editor According to McCarthy For several weeks last month, Resident Charity Worrell, she and three residents of the McCarthy her roommate Jade Yagi became were embroiled in a controversy, concerned about the fencing when What the students claim is a fire ^еУ returned from winter break, hazard adjacent to their dormito- She “When they first put it ry, the LMU administration sees’ UP> тУ kiitial concerns were both aesthetics and safety,” said Worrell. T was concerned because they had blocked off the [fire] road, and had told my friend she couldn’t drive around there.” Worrell and Yagi discussed the sit¬ uation and became concerned about the threat posed by the fencing posed in the event of a fire or other emergency situation where they would need to exit the building. They approached Luigi Cicdari, McCarthy’s RHA presi- McCarthy: page 5 INDEX News 1 Campus News 7 Perspective 8 Arts & Entertainmentl 2 Classified 1 7 Sports 24 О n r h e W e b : www.lmu.edu/stuaff/loyoIan CHRIS MORRING/ 10Y0UN A view of the construction fence adjacent to the McCarthy residence hall which was moved over spring break.