The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 78, Issue 9 - October 27, 1999

Campus News Turtle Tug raises money for charity with Jell-0 fun. Page 8 A & E Interview with Ozomatli and Sunset review. Page 14 Sports Young sensation, Arturo Torres, leads Men’s Soccer team. PAGE 28 October 27, 1999 L О YO L A M A R Y M Й U N T XJ N I V R R S i Г Y ■ UM ■1111111111. in III II ||||.иш1ишрии|| Jill»™ 4mm 7% H:. f NATHAN JIM ШИШОИ / 10Y0UH Ozomatli’s multi-cultural blend of music filled Gersteri Pavilion Saturday, Oct. 23 as the band played to a record crowd. Fans cheered as the group performed their mix of salsa, hip-hop, and rock en espanol. Television Crew Disturbs Students, Administration ■ On LOCATION: Questions arise after crew inconveniences residents and script offends with stereotypes. by Kasey Seymour Editor in Chief & Michael Ambrozewicz Asst. News Editor In the early dawn hours of Wednesday, Oct. 20, cast and crew from the production company, Dakota North Entertainment, Inc., began setting up in McCarthy Hall to begin work on a pilot episode of “Sorority.” As the filming continued over two days in the residence hall, as well as in the Lair, several students voiced concern over the inconveniences of having their dorms turned into film sets. Some also took offense to material in the script — material of which university officials were not made aware. When students rose on Wednesday, they found that the “McCarthy Hall” sign which normally adorns the front of the building h ad b e e n chan g e d to “International House,” and that equipment and cables filled the lobby and the first floor east hallway. “You h a d to climb over all their stuff,” said Shital Pavawalla, sophomore psychology major and resident of McCarthy . The plot of “Sorority” follows two different sororities on a college campus. Patty Tharavej, a senior television production major, acted as an extra on the set. Upon expressing interest in what was being shot, Tharavej was asked if she would like to have a part as an extra in the inter¬ national sorority. She noted that, at the time, she thought, “Finally, there's a show that promotes cultural diversity,” and decided to take the part. However, Tharavej said that what she origi¬ nally thought did not turn out to be true. She was told to dress in traditional ethnic clothing and that she was to be in a party scene at the International House sorority. It was during this party scene that crew from the production compa-. ny brought in sheep. “They were trying to make us look like we were uncivilized and wild,” she said. Additionally, the crew placed beer bottles in their hands and told them to “go buck wild.” Tharavej said that she regretted being in the scene, especially since she has tried to play posi¬ tive roles in the past. “Even if it is offensive, why does it have to be offensive about ethnicity?” she asked. In addition, Tharavej said that the pilot was also scheduled to include an initiation scene of the other sorority, Kappa Kappa Kappa (KKK). She continued, “It just made everyone cringe [when they heard about the initiation]. I could not believe it, LMU would never endorse such a thing.” ' 1 Щ ЦЦ Roland De Angelo, director of conferences and scheduling, said that in the script which he saw and gave to the university's vice presidents for Fuming: 5 Ozomatli Fires Up Sunset Concert ■ Performance: Record crowd packs Gersten for annual tra¬ dition; one incident mars successful night. by Paula Haifley Section Editor & Michael Ambrozewicz Asst. News Editor Over 3,000 concert-goers attended last Saturday’s long- awaited Sunset Concert featur¬ ing headliners Ozomatli and supporting band Black Eyed Peas. People from all over the Los Angeles area headed to Gersten Pavilion for the much- anticipated concert, which had been postponed from earlier in the month to Saturday, Oct. 23. According to John Coelho, vice president for activities pro¬ gramming, the majority of the crowd was from LMU. Despite students' initial frustration with the choice of bands, Coelho felt that the concert was a success in part because of ASLMU's efforts to “[expose] people to the experience of the band through publicity.” Due to increased security and a long line to enter Gersten Pavilion, t he s h о w s t arted roughly an hour late. Although the concert ended later than expected, Lysandra Sapp, presi¬ dent of ASLMU, said, “It in no way cut into the shows because everyone got their full amount of showtime.” “The show was exciting, energetic, and worth the seven bucks to get in,” said senior film production major David Maurer while at the concert. “I know that people went that were complaining about . . . the bands that we got, and they were having the time of their life. It wasn't a concert that they would have gone to if they had just heard it advertised on the radio, but since it was at LMU and since it was at a $7 ticket price, now we have people going around saying, Tm going to go buy their CD .' It was suc¬ cessful,” said Sapp. Headliners Ozomatli have a unique musical sound to which most of the students in the audi¬ ence had never been exposed. 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