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Classics department cele¬
brates Dionysos festival.
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LMU film student wins
cinema awards.
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Priddy named AVCA
national player of the
week. Page 24
A Night Under the Big Top
event a success.
by Marisol Garcia
Staff Writer
■ Charter
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New location and
more activities helped
to make 11th annual
Under a cool, spring night
sky, students were dressed to
impress at LMU’s free-of-
charge 11th Annual Charter
Ball, held in Alumni Mall this
past Friday evening, March
17 from 8 p.m. until mid¬
night.
From semi-formal to the
elegantly clad, attendees cele¬
brated the university receiv-
ing its charter in 1 9 18.
Faculty, guests, and students
enjoyed the Las Vegas
themed gala, “Under the
Desert Lights.”
Tents were sent up on
Alumni Mall Wednesday
through Friday of last week,
while lights, carpeting, and
hardwood dance floors were
installed. According to the
One Card office, a total of
2,367 people attended, 312 of
whom were guests who do not
attend LMU. The general
response from guests was
positive.
A guest, Niku Patel, who
attends California State
University, Long Beach, felt
that “the whole dance, with
the laser lights, fog machines
and big screens reminded me
МАП
JILLSON
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LOYOLAH
Guests entering one of the tents at Charter Ball on Friday, March 17 were greeted with a replica of the
“Welcome to Las Vegas” sign. The casino theme was carried throughout with blackjack and craps tables.
of a club setting. There were
such good vibes from all
around. I just wish that my
school had a free, cool event
like Charter Ball that every¬
one’s invited to*
With no apparent fights,
violence was not a problem at
the event. Eight calls were
made to the Emergency
MATT JILLSON
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LOYOLAN
Students play the stakes with fake money at a crap table during the Las
Vegas themed Charter Ball onFriday, March 17 in Alumni Mall.
Medical Technicians, two of
which resulted in students
being sent to the hospital.
Security hired by LMU was
seen both inside and outside
of the tents, overlooking the
general dispositions of the
students.
“I really didn’t even notice
the security because I was
having so much fun,” said
first-year USC guest Mollie
Gamo. “I was real tired at the
end, but while I was dancing,
L could tell
that the peo¬
ple that go
to LMU are
real neat
and that
they care
about cele¬
brating their
school. The
best part
was seeing
some guy
with a green
St. Pattie’s
Day w i g
dancing solo
around the
dance floor.”
Because the ball was held
on St. Patrick’s Day, there
was some concern regarding
how belligerent or intoxicated
students would be at the
dance. ' Valid picture identifi¬
cation was needed in order to
purchase alcoholic beverages.
ASLMU President Lysandra
Sapp said the ball went
smoothly.
“As a senior, I’ve been
involved with Charter Ball
for the past three years, and
this year’s was incredible,”
Sapp said. “Nothing majorly
bad happened, and for the
seniors, I think it was the last
big event to go out with a
bang.”
After being greeted by stu¬
dents from ASLMU at the
registration tables on
Regent’s Terrace, the first
1 , 5 0 0
attendees
were given
glow-in-
t he -dark
necklaces
of various
colors and
fake $500
bills to use
at the casi¬
no tables
inside the
tents. Such
t a b 1 e s
included
d ealer s
e x p e r i -
enced with blackjack,
roulette, and craps.
Students and their guests
were also given bracelets to
wear for identification. They
were allowed to leave and re¬
enter the tents at their dis¬
cretion, either to relax out¬
side or to run to their rooms,
Charter Ball
by the Numbers
♦ 2,055 LMU Students
♦ 1,500 Glowing
Wrist Bands
♦ 312 Guests
♦ 8 EMT Calls
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New Dean
for Loyola
■ Law School: Search
selects candidate from
home ground.
by Kasey Seymour
Editor in Chief
The year after LMU welcomed
a new university president,
Loyola Law School will be wel¬
coming a new dean, David W.
Burcham, Law School alumnus
(‘84) and current law school asso¬
ciate dean of academic affairs. He
will be taking the helm in July,
when current Dean Gerald
McLaughlin steps down at the
end of the academic year.
University President Rev.
Robert B. Lawton, S.J., made the
announcement on March 3. “I am
excited about the choice of David
Burcham,” Lawton said. “He was
a graduate of the law school, he
has been on the faculty for sever¬
al years, and he was a Supreme
Court clerk, so he really embodies
the highest accomplishments of
the law school and its finest ambi¬
tions.”
Burcham said he would plan
to work closer with LMU. “It feels
challenging,” said Burcham. “I
think Fr. Lawton and I are both
committed to [taking] the law
school to the next level — both in
terms of the educational pro¬
grams as well as in terms of
increasing the endowment, so
that we can reduce our depen¬
dence on tuition-derived income.”
After teaching constitutional
law at Loyola Law School for
eight years, Burcham was named
associate dean of the school last
April. “I love teaching, and I love
the classroom,” he said. “I knew
that this would be a change in
career paths, but after talking to
friends here on the faculty and
thinking about how I wanted to
spend the next segment of my
career, I knew that this was a
challenge I wanted to embrace.”
Burcham cited his “strong
commitment to Loyola” as one of
the reasons he decided to commit
to applying for the position of
dean of the law school. “It seemed
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