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S P OR T S
April 28, 1999 L O Y O L A M A R Y M
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U N T U N I V E R SI T V Volume 77, No. 27
Campus Rallies for Cancer Victim
■ Bone Marrow Drive: Hundreds
of students, faculty and staff take
time out to be tested in hopes of
finding a donor for sophomore
Jorge Arias.
by Roy Rufo Jr.
Asst. News Editor
Acting out of compassion for a fellow
student, Ernesto Colin and Raquel
Amezquita took the initiative to organize a
bone marrow donor testing drive for their
good friend, Jorge Arias, who was diag¬
nosed with leukemia last winter. The event
was held on Tuesday, April 27 from 11 a.m.
— 2 p.m. Students flocked to Alumni Mall
to participate in this bone marrow donor
testing with the intent to save a life.
The call for help garnered a successful
turnout to the bone marrow testing drive.
“It’s good to see the community rally
around a common goal/’ said Arias, a
sophomore political science major. “It’s
something worth living for.”
The bond of friendship is what sparked
Colin, a senior political science and
Chicano studies major, and Amezquita, a
sophomore biology major, to organize the
drive. “Jorge is a friend of ours, a student
of LMU, and he worked at the library/’ said
Colin. “Chemotherapy and radiation failed,
and his family tested negative for a match.
We are trying to find a match for him. He’s
Hispanic and it is more likely to find a
match with another Hispanic. Although we
would like a big Hispanic turnout, the drive
is open to everyone.”
The two organizers of the drive received
CHRIS MORRING
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LOYOLAN
Dr. Daniel Hyslop takes a blood sample, frqp} a potential donor at the bone marrow drive held to find a
match for sophomore Jorge Arias on Tuesday, April 26 on Alumni Mall.
support from Health Services as well as
various service organizations and campus
groups. Colin and Amezquita hoped that
the LMU community would be receptive to
their call for help. “It’s hitting so close to
home,” said Amezquita. “It’s time that the
LMU community is aware of what’s going
on.”
Although chances to find an exact match
for Arias are slim, other people who suffer
from leukemia and other blood-related dis¬
eases can benefit from drives like this with
the possibility of locating other donors.
“There is a one in a million chance to find a
match,” said Amezquita. “Our hope is to
find something for Jorge.”
“It could happen to anyone,” said Colin.
“We need to look into this. It could be your
friend.” The situation gave the LMU com¬
munity a chance to display the cohesive¬
ness that exists between its members. “I
think it’s important that, as a student with¬
in the LMU community, that we show our
support for another person who’s in search
for a donor match,” said Roxanee Ocon, a
sophomore business administration major.
CHRIS MORRING
/
LOYOLAN
Mathematician Brian Rotman discusses the relationship of
nothing and semiotic gesture at the first SynThink coUoquim
oh April 26. See page 3 for a story on the event.
Forum Addresses
Racial Harassment
overview of her experience dur¬
ing and after the verbal assault.
Starks emphasized to the
audience that she felt her experi¬
ence was not an isolated event. “I
realize that, living in a [world]
which enslaved hundreds of mil¬
lions of Native Americans,
African Americans, Jews,
Latino/Chicano Americans and
Asian Pacific Islanders, we can’t
get away from our racist and dis¬
criminatory past,” Starks said.
“But just because we know of the
ignorance that exists today, it
does not give us an excuse or jus¬
tification of allowing it to run
rampant here at LMU.”
Following her statement,
Freeman publicly apologized to
Starks for the conduct of his for¬
mer employee. He introduced a
plan of action that his company
will follow to ensure that racial
prejudice will never again be per¬
petrated by an employee of the
Zebra cart. During the discus-
Open Forum: page 2
by Deaunte Thompson
Staff Writer
Responding to the April 13
incident when an LMU student
was racially harassed by an
employee of the Zebra Coffee Co.
cart, the LMU administration
conducted an open forum on
Thursday, April 22, to give stu¬
dents an opportunity to voice
their concerns on any matters
related to racial tension on cam¬
pus.
Dr. Lane Bove, vice presi¬
dent for student affairs, and Dr.
Joseph Jabbra, academic vice
president, were in attendance to
answer any questions posed by
students. Bryan Freeman, owner
of the Zebra Coffee Co. cart, was
also present.
The forum began with a state¬
ment from junior Danielle
Starks, the victim of the racially
motivated verbal assault. Starks
gave the audience, composed of
an ethnically diverse group of
students, faculty and staff, an
Students
Recognized
for Service,
Leadership
by Sharon King
Staff Writer
Last Friday, the Student
Service and Leadership Awards
convocation took place in honor of
outstanding students. A variety of
awards were given, ranging from
awards to fraternity members,
student service contributors and
athletes.
The event was primarily Orga¬
nized by Fr. John Weling, S.J.,
chairman of the selection commit¬
tee. The committee consists of
representatives from each
department within student,
affairs, with one additional mem¬
ber from alumni relations.
“Nomination packets are sent out
to faculty and staff who recom¬
mend exceptional student lead¬
ers, In the last couple of years,
we have also accepted nomina¬
tions from student leaders,”
Weling said.
Weling continued, ‘Tart of the
nature of service is leadership. It
is more important to promote the
statement that we are more than
just [a university promoting] aca¬
demic excellence. LMU should
also be an institution for young
people ready and willing to make
the world a better place.”
One of the most prestigious
awards given was the Fr. Robert
Graham, S.J., award for out¬
standing student service. This
year’s winners were Ted Kroeber
and Rosemary Mangosing. “I was
nominated by a number of people
and had to put in a self-reporting
form to the committee,” said
Mangosing. “In the past year, I
was president of Belles service
organization, played a part in
many intercultural programs, the
Spring Festival, Campus
Ministry and was also involved in
a number of dubs.” She received
a $250 grant from the award,
which will help towards the two
years she intends to spend teach¬
ing at inner city schools in
Chicago. “The Chicago programs
are based on volunteer communi¬
ty service, teaching and living in
the community. It involves learn-
Awards: page 2
INDEX
News 1
Perspective 6
Arts & Entertainment 14
Classified 17
Sports 5 24
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