The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 78, Issue 25 - April 5, 2000

Campus News jSBRKl A&E Sports I Ш ш Ar M Japanese Culture Night continues celebration of heritage. PAGE 8 ШШЫШшШгШЛ Discovering the Road to El Dorado. Page 10 : - ШжЖ - 1 - 1 Baseball blasts 30 runs against St. Mary’s. Page 24 April 5, 2000 Loyola MarYmount University Volume 78, No. 25 Special Games Unites 300 Champions BV Mamsol Gahcia Staff Writer Games since I was a first-year Each spring, crowds of people coach, and every year it grows gather for Special Games at LMU with the number of athletes and to celebrate one thing — human coaches,” said Megan Barker, life and friendship. This year’s director of this year’s Special annual event was themed Games. With the help of the “Bringing Champions Together,” administration,, staff and faculty, and marked the 23rd anniversary 15 LMU students served on the of the event Special Games 2000 Planning With over 300 athletes with Committee and devoted a full mental or physical disabilities year to the preparations for Big from various agencies and the Day. surrounding community, and “This year, the LMU groups over 300 volunteers, coaches, and were more diverse than ever in team leaders from LMU, a cultur- terms of a more balanced mix of ally diverse group participated in genders and ethnicities,” said over 30 different events this past Barker. Saturday, April 1 in Sunken Coaches and team leaders Gardens. reported to the front entrance of Activities ranged from cami- the university 'Sit 7:30 a.m. to val-like, non-competitive; games, begin the sunny, activity-packed such as tic-tac-toe, ring toss, team day. The first actual event, the volleyball and basketball to a parade walk, did not take place bounce house, arts and crafts, until 9:30 a.m. The parade, with dancing to music and visiting the over 30 teams made up of ath- petting zoo. The purpose of the letes and LMU participants, student-run, non-profit program walked from the front entrance is to increase human responsibil- down Alumni Mall and in to the ity by providing an outlet for the Sunken Gardens, social and recreational needs of Before starting the busy day, the disabled population of Los Hung Manhatten Duong, sopho- Angeles, and to help the commu- more team leader, said that, from nity better understand and his previous practice session days accept the handicapped. a*...™#.. « “There weren’t any problems, • Pa£e Crowded House ANA MARIA DA VE1GA / LOYOLAN Students await the fate of next year’s housing on Tuesday, March 28. See Story on page 3 . МАП JILLSON / LOYOLAN A local athlete who competed in the Special Games held in the Sunken Gardens on Saturday, April 1 enjoys a hug from Minnie Mouse. Film and TV Department Spins Off by Jen MacNeil Managing Editor Hoping to add more acade¬ mic clout to one of LMlTs fastest-growing programs, the department of film and televi¬ sion will break away from the communication arts depart¬ ment and will now be officially named the School of Film and Television. The new addition to the college of communication and fine arts will include the pro¬ grams in film production, tele¬ vision and video, animation, recording arts and screenwrit¬ ing, all of which were previ¬ ously emphases under the communication arts major. Howard Lavick, associate professor and chair of the department of communication arts, said that the change fdl- FlLMl page 7 Students Get Taste of Real World at Fortnight ■ Experience: National universities visit LMU for ethics competition. by Michael Ambrozewicz News Editor Following the ranking of LMU’s College of Business Administration as one of the nation’s top 10 business schools for its ethics program, the Business Ethics Fortnight is helping to draw even more national attention to the ethics program, the college, and the university. Teams from LMU and all over the nation will compete in the sixth annual Business Ethics Fortnight, held from April 3 through 15. The competition challenges participants to pre¬ sent to a panelist of judges an ethical solution to a business dilemma. “The competition is unusual in some important ways that make it particularly appealing as an educational experience,” said Dr. Thomas White, Hilton Chair of Business Ethics. He said that this program is unique in that it is both a presentation and a competition, judged by people from the business com¬ munity. “You have to stand there in a business setting and con¬ vince the group of people of the efficacy of your ideas,” said White. Fourteen teams from LMU JAMIE SOLANO/ LOYOIAN Students from LMU and across the nation participate in the sixth annual Business Ethics Fortnight competition that runs from April 3 to 15. and teams from universities including Manhattan College, the University of Virginia, Loyola University of Chicago, Texas A&M at College Station, Santa Clara, and others will compete at the event. White added that most of the team members from LMU were junior and senior business majors, but that other schools “have a wider range” of team members. Many of the LMU competitors are in White’s Management 405 class, and participate in the competi¬ tion for class credit. “It’s more hands-on. You’re more involved than you might be in a regular ethics class where you’re just learning diy, philo¬ sophical material. [Here], you’re actually practicing it, having to Business: page 7 INDEX News 1 Campus News 8 Arts & Entertainment 10 Perspective 12 Classifieds 16 Sports 24 On t h e tV e b : www.imu.edu/stuaff/ioyolan