Campus News
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under rapid construction.
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A&E
“Scream 3” fills box
office over weekend
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Sports
Bemasconi leads women’s
basketball to victory.
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Memorial Mass
Honors McCarthy
■ Benefactor:
University’s donor
remembered by commu¬
nity residents.
by Michael Ambrozewicz
News Editor
The lobby of the McCarthy
Residence Hall served as a
gathering place on Monday,
Feb. 7 for those who attended
the memorial Mass celebrated
in honor of Thomas McCarthy.
The mass, held in the hall’s
lobby and cel¬
ebrated by
university
p res id e n t
Rev. Robert
В
. Lawton ,
S.J., marked
the fourth
anniversary
of McCarthy’s
death.
Approx¬
imately 35 ____
s tu d ents
attended the half-hour
service, most of
“[He was] a hum¬
ble, great family
man, dedicated to
the education of
young people..”
—Sr. Peg Dolan, RSHM
McCarthy Resident Chaplain
long
them
McCarthy residents, to
remember and give thanks to
McCarthy and other university
benefactors. “It was a nice way
to take the time to stop and
think about what McCarthy
did for our school,” said Nicole
Allison, a sophomore unde¬
clared science major and
McCarthy resident.
The anniversary has been
remembered since the building
opened in 1996, when it was
built to accommodate the
increasing number of students
at LMU. This year’s McCarthy
housing staff started planning
for the event in November to
ensure that Fr. Lawton would
be able to preside. In year’s
past, McCarthy’s wife attend¬
ed, but due to a recent back
injury she was not able to
attend.
Sr. Peg Dolan, RSHM, who
serves as one of McCarthy
- - - Hall’s resident
chaplains, was
one of the plan¬
ners of the event,
stating that
Lawton’s mes¬
sage of “using
our talents for
the glory of God
and others” was
what McCarthy
did throughout
his life.
McCarthy, a
prominent Los Angeles lawyer,
died in 1996 from cancer after
having been one of LMU’s and
other Catholic universities’
strongest benefactors. Dolan
described him as “a humble,
great family man, dedicated to
tlie education of young people,”
who would have been honored
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In remembrence of Thomas McCarthy, university president, Fr. Robert B.
Lawton, S.J. presided at Monday's memorial mass in the McCarthy lobby.
Year of the Dragon
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On Tuesday, Members of Han Tao distributed red envelopes that are
given during the Chinese New Year to bring good luck ana repay debts.
Numbers Drop
in Tutor Program
■ Education: “America
Reads” participants
fewer than in years
past, organizers say.
BYL.EANNE SALAZAR
Staff Writer
A chance to influence a
child’s education. A chance to
earn money while going to
school.
This is what Emily
Vellanoweth, a junior political
science major, claims can be
achieved through the “America
Reads” program.
“It makes your day to see
how excited kids are to see
you,” says Vellanoweth, site
coordinator for the program at
Cowan Elementary School. “I
have the sense that I can make
a difference in a child’s life.”
However, despite all of the
positive aspects that come with
the program, participation has
declined from 80 students last
year to only about 50 this year.
Of these 50, most of the partic¬
ipants are women. Community
Service coordinator Ya’landa
Harris expects that one of the
problems is transportation.
Students must find their own
means of transportation, and
not all sites are within walking
distance.
“There was also a lack of
publicity this year, which prob¬
ably has affected the level of
participation,” said Harris,
who is currently working on
new ways to recruit more stu¬
dents. “The program looks for
people who are patient, who
like children and who aren’t
necessarily straight-A stu¬
dents,” said Vellanoweth.
These requirements are a
serious part of the job, as many
participants come to realize.
“Sometimes it’s difficult to
work with kids w hen they don’t
want to pay attention,” said
Sarah Sandoval, junior biology
major and participant in the
program. “You have to be very
patient because these are the
kids who need extra attention
and help.”
“America Reads” is in its
third year at Loyola
Marymount and currently
works with six schools in the
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Supporters
of Prop. 21
Speak at
Forum
■ Discussion: Negative
aspects of juvenile jus¬
tice bill presented to
small crowd in Hilton.
by Mara Slade
Asst. News Editor
In the aftermath of the
tragedy at Columbine High
School, and the perception of
increased violence taking
place in America’s schools,
many Americans are question¬
ing the validity of the juvenile
justice system.
California legislators have
written an initiative that
hopes to change the current
juvenile offender law in
response to this growing con¬
cern about juvenile crime.
Proposition 21, the “Anti-
Crime and Juvenile Justice
Initiative,” seeks to put juve¬
niles as young as 14 years of
age in adult prisons for less-
severe offenses and longer
periods of time. This initiative
is a tax-financed proposal
which will be entirely funded
by the California taxpayers.
In order to educate the
LMU community about Prop.
21, representatives from the
American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU) and Southern
California for Youth hosted an
open forum in the Hilton
Center for Business on
Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m.
The event was sponsored by
student development services.
Although the turnout was
somewhat small — with
approximately 35-40 people in
attendance — those present
voiced serious concerns about
the implications of the initia¬
tive.
The speakers, who are
opposed to Prop. 21, gave sev¬
eral reasons explaining why
the initiative should not be put
into action, in addition to
many startling statistics about
California’s youth crime rate.
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