The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 90, Issue 25 - January 23, 2012

MON TUES WED THUR 59"-47‘ 63 '-47" 72"-49’ 75'- 55" ESTABLISHED 1921 January 23,2012 Volume 90, Issue 25 Your Home. Your Voice. Your Newspaper. Loyola Marymount University www.laloyolan.com Unusual number of marijuana arrests occur DPS Chief Hampton Cantrell contextualizes this semester’s marijuana- related incidents. By Adrien Jarvis Incoming Editor in Chief Since the start of the spring 2012 semester, three students have been arrested on LMU’s campus by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for the possession of marijuana with the intent to sell. In comparison, no students were arrested during fall 2011, according to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Captain of Investigations and Record Management Cristina Martin. Martin also told the Loyolan that during the entirety of the 2010-2011 school year, six students were arrested for charges related to marijuana. Chief of DPS Hampton Cantrell said that this was an unusual number of arrests for a semester at LMU. “We’re speculating it is because of .. . See Marijuana | Page 3 Devin Sixt | Loyolan Sorority recruitment culminates in yesterday's bid night reveal Approximately 480 women participated in sorority recruitment this weekend, according to Rachel Rayos, a junior political science major and the co-vice president of women's recruitment. The weekend's events ended with the participating women receiving bids, in the form of individual cards, from the six different National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities in St. Rob's Auditorium. For more photos of last night's reveal, see Page 2. Community discusses parking proposals at forum Neighbors voice their concerns at the quarterly “LMU Neighborhood Advisory Committee” meeting. By Laura Riparbelli Managing Editor More than 30 Westchester residents sat in Roski Dining Hall Thursday night for the quarterly “Neighborhood Advisory Meeting,” hosted by a panel made up of University officials, neighborhood representatives and members of the community. Attendees were also given a forum in order to voice their concerns, some of which were in regards to the University’s soon-to-be implemented on-campus parking fee. The panel - comprised of three LMU staff members, four neighborhood representatives, a member of the LAPD, one student and Nate Kaplan, who is a field deputy for L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl - discussed a host of issues, one of which centered upon neighbors’ concerns that on-campus parking permits would cause headaches for the community. Kathleen Flanagan, vice president for communications and government relations, said at the meeting that the decision to charge for parking is final, although the University does recognize that this could potentially cause problems for the surrounding neighborhoods as students choose to park off campus. “I am extremely resentful of having to pay for LMU’s parking,” said neighbor Frances Christensen. “If you want to give the residents parking permits and stickers, that’s fine, but to make us pay for your parking problems is just totally unacceptable. And if you have a party and guests, that’s going to cost you ... to have guests come to your home, and you tell me what’s democratic about that. And it’s not fair. Deal with your own parking problems and don’t put it on us,” Christensen continued. Michael Wong, associate vice president for administration services, told the Loyolan in the Jan. 19 issue of the paper that parking will come with a price tag come Spring 2013, although the price per parking permit has yet to be established. The Master Plan also states that the University See Forum | Page 4 Devin Sixt | Loyolan Dance class explores Irish history and culture Marie Clerkin.a London native who is of Irish heritage, teaches an Irish dance class at LMU on Thursday evenings. Katrina Freitag, a senior mathematics and dance double major, appreciates that the class contains dancers"of a variety of different dance backgrounds" and that it explores the"cultural histories of the different dances [learned]." LMU to honor MLK tomorrow during Convo “A Time to Break Silence” aims to encourage spiritual and cultural reflection. By Christopher James News Intern Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s works are numerous and diverse in subject, theme, content and background. His actions, thoughts and speeches are the subject of LMU’s annual celebration in honor of King, titled “A Time to Break Silence.” The event will take place tomorrow in Sacred Heart Chapel at 12:15 p.m. In celebrating King’s message of multiculturalism, a wide variety of groups and members of LMU’s community helped to plan and will participate in this year’s ceremony. Each year, the planners of the event choose a specific work of King’s on which to focus. This year’s topic revolves around King’s Vietnam War speech. “Dr. King spoke prophetically from a place rooted in pacifism,” said John Flaherty, associate director of Campus Ministry and one of the event’s planners. “The answer [according to King] to end violence is nonviolence.” King wrote his message of peace and nonviolence in war during the Vietnam War era but has topical significance See King | Page 4 "COFFEE BREAK" RETURNS Cartoonists provide laughs to brighten LMU's morning. 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