Features
Election 2000 raises ques¬
tions about campaigns,
Capitol Hill. Page 19
A & E
KXLUs Alma del Barrio
spawns a Grammy-
nominated CD. PAGE 10
Women’s Basketball
drops a pair versus the
Waves. Page 29
February 23, 2000
Volume 78, No. 20
A Memorable
Homecoming
■ Spirit: Students
come out in record num¬
bers to watch as No. 44
and No. 30 are retired.
by Kasey Seymour
Editor in Chief
As the roar of over 3,000
fans filled Gersten Pavilion this
past Saturday, Feb. 19, Hank
Gathers’ number 44 and Bo
Kimble’s number 30 were
retired to the rafters of “Hank’s
House” during a half-time cere¬
mony at the men’s basketball
Homecoming game.
Bradley
Resigns
as
Coach
by Kasey Seymour
Editor in Chief
Two days after the
Lions skidded to a 12-point
loss to Pepperdine in their
final home game of the sea¬
son, men’s basketball Head
Coach Charles Bradley for¬
mally resigned on Monday,
Feb. 21. The resignation
will be effective at the end
of the season, .vrfyich ends
this coming Saturday when
the team meets San Diego.
Bradley came to LMU
in the 1997-1998 season
after spending three years
as the head coach at the
Men’s Coach: pages
“By far, it’s the biggest crowd
that’s ever been in there this
year. Just the atmosphere that
everybody brought in there was
incredible,” said ASLMU
President Lys{andra Sapp.
The jersey retirement was
publicized as the highlight
event for Homecoming, with
fliers and signs up for weeks
urging students to come to “The
Gathering.” Sapp said, “The
emphasis was on getting people
to the game [against
Pepperdine] . That was where
our focus was.”
Homecoming kicked off with
the women’s basketball team
playing Pepperdine at 5:30 p.m.
As the game was underway,
employees from In-N-Out
served food to fans outside and
students offered free face paint¬
ing in the Gersten lobby. Young
fans took to the court during
timeouts and at half-time to
show off their basketball skills
for the crowd.
In between the women’s and
the men’s games, television
crews set up for broadcast of the
game on Fox Sports Net 2.
Students were invited into the
upper east balcony of the gym,
behind the bleachers, to partici¬
pate in a variety of activities. A
DJ was playing music to the
crowd of mostly students, and
some were playing in a basketr
ball shooting contest.
As the men’s game was set
to get underway, handkerchiefs
honoring Hank Gathers were
distributed. With the Lions
trailing 28-39 at the half, cam¬
era crews came onto the court to
await the retirement ceremony.
Frenzy: pageie
MATT JILISON
/
LOYOLAN
At the half-time ceremony during Saturday’s Homecoming game in Gersten Pavilion, Hank Gathers’ mother, Lucille
Cheeseboro Gathers, shouts out to the crowd as her late son’s number is retired.
Tuition Increase
Near Average
by Mara Slade
Asst. News Editor
With the approval of a
4.84% increase in tuition, LMU
students will have to shell out
an additional $868 for the
2000-2001 school year. This
will bring the cost of tuition fpr
continuing students up to
$18,800 a year, as opposed to
this year’s tuition cost of
$17,932. The majority of the
school’s operating budget
(92.7%) is funded by tuition
and student fees. The increase
has been approved by the
Board of Trustees as part of the
Westchester campus budget for
the 2000-2001 school year.
Another new aspect of the
approved budget will require
the incoming class of 2004 to
ANA MARIA UAVtlbA
/
LUYULAN
Fan support and attendance were at the highest levels in recent memory for the men’s basketball Homecoming game
last Ibhiek featured the retirement of Hank Gathers’ and Bo Kimble’s jerseys.
pay an extra $300 in addition
to the hike in tuition. The
additional charge is projected
to provide $389,700 towards a
new-equipment fund for all of
the colleges, with special con¬
sideration for the colleges of
communication and fine arts
and science and engineering.
According to John Oester,
vice president for business and
finance, “This is an average
percentage increase in tuition
for LMU. It is almost identical
to last year’s 4.85% increase.” .
He added that it is almost cer¬
tain that tuition costs will
increase every year at private
institutions across the nation.
The question lies in how much
that increase will be for each
individual institution.
This year, in comparison to
other private California univer¬
sities, tuition costs at LMU are
considered to be slightly lower
than the average. Stanford
University, Pepperdine
University, and the University
Budget: pages
Bush to
Speak
at LMU
■ Publicity: Spanish
television network and
university team up to
bring presidential can¬
didates to campus.
by Michael Ambrozewicz
News Editor
Today, at noon, LMU will
enter the national spotlight
with a visit from Republican
presidential frontrunner
George W. Bush. While taping a
broadcast for the Spanish telev-
sion network, Univision, Bush
will speak in Murphy Recital
Hall to an audience of LMU
community members and oth¬
ers from throughout the greater
Los Angeles area.
Murphy Recital Hall will be
filled with invited guests for the
taping which will air later this
week, but a live video feed to
Hilton 100 will allow up to 300
people in Hilton to view the tap¬
ing as it happens. Following the
taping, Bush will do a few short
Politicians: page s
INDEX
News
1
Campus News
8
Arts & Entertainment 10
Perspective
13
Homecoming
16
Features
19
Classifieds
23
Sports
32
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