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Record Numbers at
Family Weekend
■ Families: Activities
bring students and parents
dose once again.
by Michael Ambrozewicz
Asst. News Editor
LMU students thought that
they had left their parents at
home when school began in late
August. Family Weekend remind¬
ed students that they aren’t as far
away from their parents as they
thought. According to the office of
annual support, this year’s
Family Weekend of Sept. 24-26
was the largest ever, attracting
parents from all over the nation.
“We had more than a thousand
folks come through here,” said
Ray Watts, director of annual
support. Although it attracts
mostly first-year families, the
weekend’s activities are designed
with no specific year level in
mind.
Attendees enjoyed sports,
karaoke, campus tours, student
film screenings, a professional
tour of Los Angeles, and free time
to spend with their LMU stu¬
dents. First-year families are usu¬
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Arts & Entertainment
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ally the largest percentage of
attendees, with about 30% this
year.
Friday, Sept. 24 was far less
structured than the rest of the
weekend. Families were invited to
sports events like LMU women’s
soccer vs. San Diego State, which
LMU lost 2-1. The* men’s team
beat out Oregon State 2-0 in an
earlier game on Friday. A welcome
reception at the Birds Nest invit¬
ed guests to mingle with others
and to loosen up for the weekend
with karaoke.
The heart of Family Weekend
began on Saturday, Sept. 25 with
a welcome address by university
President Rev. Robert B. Lawton,
S.J.. The afternoon offered time
for campus tours or student film
screenings, both of which were
sold out. Following lunch, several
activities were offered, including
a professional tour of Los Angeles,
a men’s water polo match which
LMU won 10-1, and free time to
relax arid enjoy LMU.
Watts said that this year was a
bit different because the weekend
was “m
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offered families more free time to
enjoy as they wished. He credited
the great success of the weekend
to Jeanette Parker, associate
director of annual support and
parent relations. “We added some
new things that went over really
well,” Parker said, who said that
the event could not have been pos¬
sible without the efforts of count¬
less volunteers.
The high point of the weekend
was the gala dinner which began
with a social hour at “The Hill,”
followed by dinner in the
Ahmanson Dining Hall. After din-
Weekend: page 6
CLA Dean's Address
Focuses on Research
■ Academics: Dean
Kenyon Chan speaks
about upcoming
changes for CIA
BV Jasmine Marshall
Managing Editor
Achievement and research
by undergraduate students
were the focus of Dean
Kenyon Chan’s annual college
of liberal arts convocation held
Thursday, Sept. 24 in St.
Robert’s Auditorium. The find¬
ings of an interdisciplinary
research project made possi¬
ble by a $50,000 grant by
NCUR/LANCY foundation on
the Ballona Wetlands were
also highlighted.
Chan opened his address
by explaining the purpose of
the annual convocation. “This
is an activity which provides
us with the opportunity to talk
about the state of the college,”
Chan said. “I am happy to
report the college is in excel¬
lent shape. In the past year,
we have added eight new
tenure- track faculty mem¬
bers, and nine visiting profes¬
sors.”
Chan also spoke of Contin¬
uing efforts to improve teach¬
ing and academics within the
college of liberal arts. “One
thing
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want to encourage
among our more senior faculty
members is to continue to
teach introductory required
courses. I know one of the best
things about becoming a
tenured faculty member is
that you don’t necessarily
have to teach re-treads of
familiar
material in
introductory
courses, but
it is impor¬
tant that we
find ways to
be creative
in these
courses, and
thavt stu¬
dents devel¬
op a rela¬
tions hi p
with faculty early on.”
Continuing his trend of
combating the problem of
grade inflation, Chan said, “I
was pleased to see that As are
becoming harder to earn.
They are rarer. However, I
would say that we also need to
examine what constitutes a *B’
or a *C\ One statement I’d
really like to see on course
evaluations from students is
This is the hardest class I’ve
ever taken, arid I loved it.’ ”
Addressing what is per¬
haps most important to the
future of the college of liberal
arts, Chan discussed the col¬
lege’s potential move to the
Raytheon budding, following
finalization of the deal expect¬
ed to be announced by the
board of
trustees on
Oct.4.
“Psycho¬
logists say
that, next to a
death or
divorce, mov¬
ing is the
most stressful
life event,”
Chan said. T
know we are
all eager to
know when we are going to
move, and who wdl go where
in the new budding. We are
trying to keep you abreast of
changes as they are given to
me by the planning councd. Of
course, not eveiyone may get
Convocation: page 2
“I am happy to
report that the
college is in
excellent shape.”
— Dr. Kenyon Chan
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
