Election
Weir and Brock take the
cake in narrow victory.
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A&E
Showing off at the
Playwrights’ Festival.
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Sports _
Lion catcher carries on
family tradition.
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Controversial
Posters
Mysteriously
Vanish
■ Controversy: Poster
promoting summer
session course on cen¬
sored literature deemed
“tacky” and ‘inappropri¬
ate” by university
officials.
by Kasey Seymour
Editor in Chief
He had his hands up in the
air. She had her hands
wrapped around his shorts.
One day they were aS over
campus. The next day, they
to^jaysteri ouslydis^ppe ar ed .
Over the course of the last
two weeks, fliers promoting a
literature class have inspired
more tMh just student enroll¬
ment in two Summer session
courses.
The fliers, advertising
“Forbidden Fruit: Censored
L i t e r a t u
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о
f Sex ” a n d
“Unpardonable Sin:
Literature of Illicit Love
Between Black Men and
White Women, ” were posted
around campus during the
last week of March. They dis¬
played an image of an interra¬
cial couple, Dennis Rodman
and Carmen Electra.
According to Dr. John Reilly,
one of the professors of
“Forbidden Fruit” and the sole
professor of “Unpardonable
Sin,” the image of Rodman
and Electra reflects the con¬
tent of the courses. Both
courses are cross-listed in the
English, women’s studies, and
African - American studi e s
departments; “Forbidden
Fruit” is further cross -listed in
the psychology department as
well, and is to be team-taught,
by Reilly, assistant professor
of psychology Dr. Joanne
Poster: page 9
INDEX
News 1
Campus News 1 G
Perspective 12
Noriega Highlight 16
Features
Ц
18
Arts & Entertainment 20
Classifieds § 22,
Sports 32
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Rough Fun with Pennywise
Students swarm the stage and join Pennywise in the final moments of the band’s
рефгтщще
on the evening of
Friday ; April 7. Severalliundred people attended the free concert, which left its mark on the grounds of Alumni Mall,
by Mara Slade •
Asst. News Editor
Students didn’t have to shell out a penny to
ei\joy the sights and sounds of Pennywise, a punk-
rock band who performed in front of a crowd of
several hundred people on Friday afternoon, April
7, on Alumni Mall.
The event had a format similar to that of the
annual Sunset Concert, but on a much smaller
scale. Because it was a free show, meant only for
LMU students, tickets were not sold in advance
and the concert was not publicized until the last
minute.
To prevent non-LMU students from attending
the concert, ASLMU did not publicize the event
until four days before the show. Because of the
late publicity, the concert came as something of a
surprise to LMU students.
When he first saw the posters, Joe Footman, a
sophomore mechanical engineering major, coiild
not believe that Pennywise was really coming to
campus. Upon attending the concert, Footman’s
disbeliefs were squelched. He said that he really
enjoyed the show and was pleased that there was
no charge for students.
Shortly after Pennywise began their first song,
a small group of predominantly male concert-
goers formed a mosh pit in front of the stage.
Footman said that the concert was a good time “to
get out there and get a little crazy,” and that the
mosh pit looked worse than it actually was.
Other students found the mosh pit somewhat
rowdy and overwhelming. Nicole DeVoe, a first-
year student, was hit in the head after trying to
Concert: page 7
LMU Alumnus
Involved in
Ugandan Cult
Mass Murder
■ Tragedy: ni-fated
religious group faintly
connected to campus.
by Leigh Woosley
Asst. News Editor
Though the shocking erup¬
tion of a murderous Ugandan
cult seems distant from this
university, tremors of disbelief
are being felt locally after it
was revealed Thursday, April
6, that a former LMU student
was one of six men account¬
able for the multitude of slay¬
ings.
Ugandan police have
issued a warrant for Dominic
Kataribabo, an excommuni¬
cated priest who earned a
masters degree in religious
studies from LMU in the sum¬
mer of 1987. Kataribabo is
alleged to have been the third
man in charge of a religious
cult called the Movement for
the Restoration of the Ten
Commandments.
Believed to have started in
1991, the Movement for the
Restoration of the Ten
Commandments preached
that the world would end on
Dec. 31, 1999. The fate of the
religious cult ended in the
worst cult-related mass mur¬
der that the world has known.
On March 17, the cult’s
Cult Connection: page 7
New Coach Delivered from Big Sky
■ Program: Aggers
named head coach of
LMU men’s basketball.
by Jeff Janssens
Section Editor ^ >
Last Wednesday, at a press
. cohferenfce held in the founders
Room inside Gersten Pavilion,
the university announced that
Steve Aggers would become the
new men’s basketball head
coach following the resignation
of Head Coach Charles Bradley
on Feb. 21 of thisyqar.
After the worst season in the
history of men’s basketball at
Loyola Marymount University,
changes were definitely in
order. Fittingly, the first order
of business in the off-season was
to find a new head coach.
Aggers takes the helm of a
squad which produced a 2-25
regular season record in the
1999-2000 season, one which
included not a single victory
over a Division I opponent or
West Coast Conference foe.
Aggers replaces the departed
Bradley, whose resignation was
effective at the conclusion of the
season. Bradley coached LMU
for three seasons, compiling a
record of 20-62. Despite the lack
of success for the men’s basket¬
ball program at LMU in the
past decade, Aggers firmly
believes that he can restore the
pride of the Lions.
T believe this program can
become successful. Otherwise, I
would not have taken this job,”
said Aggers. “It has tremendous
potential and promise. If that
promise and potential becomes
fruition, it will get there
because of work ethic and work
habits.”
Aggers has a proven track
record of success throughout his
Coach: page 25
namm/mm
Steve Aggers dons a Lions’ cap at a press conference Wednesday, April 5,
where his appointment as the new men’s basketball coach was announced.
