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December 8, 2011
Volume 90, Issue 22
Your Home. Your Voice. Your Newspaper. Loyola Marymount University
Unauthorized solicitors present
a concern for LMU’s ‘open campus’
Kenzie O'Keefe | Loyolan
Three Public Safety officers apprehended a man selling magazine subscriptions yesterday. He was not an authorized on-campus vendor.
The Department of Public Safety
responds to a report of a “suspicious”
magazine salesman on campus.
By Tierney Finster
News Editor
“Excuse me - can I talk to you for just a
minute?” Class projects and organization-
sponsored fundraisers have made this a
commonplace question on the University
campus, where students conducting surveys
or hocking event tickets often draw responses
or support from their peers. However this type
Finals week
Students rush to complete
assignments and prepare for exams
as die end of the semester nears.
By Zaneta Pereira
Centennial Intern
It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night,
and there is a large crowd of people
waiting for their order in The Lion’s
Den, the Academic Resource Center
(ARC) is busy, people are sniffling
and complaining about headaches
and the door to every study room in
the library is firmly shut. All these
signs point to one thing: Finals are
right around the corner.
“It gets really packed in here around
finals, but the rush is beginning
already,” noted The Lion’s Den
barista and sophomore mechanical
engineering major Kieran Killion.
“Almost everywhere on campus is
packed with people studying, and it’s
not even finals week yet.”
Dr. Karen Carmichael, associate
director of the ARC, sees an increase
of social interaction is under scrutiny after
rumors of a fraudulent magazine salesman
on campus have recently arisen.
Wednesday, Dec. 7, Department of
Public Safety (DPS) officers apprehended
Christopher A. Coppick in front of St. Robert’s
Auditorium. According to an email Chief
of Public Safety Hampton Cantrell sent
the Loyolan, Coppick claimed to have been
soliciting “capital subscriptions" for “LTP Inc.
Capital Subscriptions” on campus. Coppick
was identified and questioned by Public
Safety and then escorted off campus.
Loyolan Asst. Managing Editor and Sports
Editor Michael Goldsholl was approached
in activity as well. “Utilization [of
the ARC] rises during the last couple
weeks of the semester, not during
finals week,” she said, “Perhaps
students decide they want to, or
need to, perform really well on the
assignments going into the final
and seek out resources to help them
reach that goal. The ARC is one such
resource.”
Indeed, as both the ARC and the
long line for coffee demonstrate, LMU
students are getting down to work as
finals approach.
Senior liberal studies major Nicole
Fuhrman revealed her strategy for
studying. “I know they [finals] need
to get done, so I create a countdown
until I’m free. I didn’t really study
when I was in high school because
everything was pretty easy. So I had
to start studying habits while in
college,” she said.
Sophomore business marketing
and economics major Victoria Rocha
agreed with Fuhrman about the
increasing difficulty of finals at the
university level. “Finals in high
by Coppick moments before Coppick was
confronted by DPS.
‘1 was walking by the library, and he stopped
me. He said he was raising money for college
through a scholarship of some kind, and
that he needed me to rate him on his public
speaking abilities," Goldsholl said. “At first I
was happy to help him, but once he brought
up the magazine sales, I got suspicious."
Cantrell maintains that DPS has found “no
evidence" of “fraudulent activity." Coppick’s
company was not approved to solicit on
campus, thus he was only in violation of
See Solicitor | Page 5
school were not as crucial or difficult,
so I have definitely had to change
my attitude on understanding the
importance of finals in college and
how to handle all of the deadlines I
am required to meet,” she said.
As she prepares to take her first
finals at LMU, freshman psychology
and biology double major Lexii
Alcaraz felt differently. “My finals
in high school were harder and more
stressful. Here they seem more like
another test — an important test
but one that’s not as stressful.”
For Alcaraz, making sure not to
procrastinate is key, but she believes
that, with preparation, finals “are
not impossible.”
Time management is also important
for Rocha and Fuhrman, though
the increased workload does bring
drawbacks. For Fuhrman, a key issue
is having no free time. “I really like
to take breaks in between essays and
projects, but when everything starts
piling up you have no time to rest.”
www.laloyolan.com
Vandalism
mars holiday
Nativity scene
Nativity scene tampering
may be classified as a hate
crime, according to DPS.
By Laura Riparbelli
Managing Editor
Looking towards the Nativity scene
in Alumni Mall early Tuesday morning,
passersby would have witnessed an act
of vandalism to the traditional setup:
The Department of Public Safety (DPS)
reported that vandalism was evident to
the statues of Mary and Joseph. Mary’s
left ring finger was removed, Joseph
had been turned away from baby Jesus
and the head of Joseph was cracked.
DPS confirmed that a metal object
in the form of a Star of David was
also found in the hay area of the
Nativity scene. The matter is under
investigation and may be classified as
a hate crime by the department.
“We are certainly looking into the
possibility of classifying this as a hate
crime. The first order of business is to
find the individuals responsible and
see what their intent was. But it’s
a good possibility that this will end
up being classified as a hate crime,”
said Chief of Public Safety Hampton
Cantrell.
After reviewing surveillance footage,
DPS believes that the incident took
place at 3:53 a.m. Tuesday morning.
According to police, two persons of
interest, a male and a female, appear
on the footage entering the Nativity
scene at that time and are then
seen walking southbound on Alumni
See Nativity | Page 4
Katie Matthews
The Nativity scene has been restored
to its pre-vandalized condition.
See Finals | Page 2
PEPPER SPRAY USAGE SPIRALS OUT
OF CONTROL
Columnist Amanda Kotch
argues against the use of
the chemical in the face of
conflict.
Opinion, Page 5
Index
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The next issue of the Iuyolan will lx- printed
on January 12, 201 1.
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j/spj Sports Editor Michael
Goldsholl gives four reasons
not to miss the 201 1 -1 2 NBA
season.
Sports, Page 1 6
prompts student worry