The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 91, Issue 24 - January 24, 2013

со ш ш о Z < со о ИШ LAN iTABLISHED 1921 January 24, 2013 Volume 91, Issue 24 www.laloyolan.com YOUR HOME. YOUR VOICE. YOUR NEWS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY Students witness off-campus car crash Kate Remsen A silver car (bottom right) crashed into the Lido Apartment buildings on the corner of Manchester Avenue and Park Hill Drive at approximately 12:1 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning. LMU students who lived in and around the building were some of the eyewitnesses. LMU student witnessed the silver car “careen” into a nearby off-campus apartment building. By Allison Croley and Kevin O'Keeffe Loyolan Staff Multiple witnesses reported that a car smashed into an apartment building in Westchester at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday morning. According to junior communication studies major Sonja Bistranin, a resident of the apartment building along with junior film production majors Kevin Halladay-Glynn and Kate Remsen, a “small silver car smashed into the side” of the Lido Apartments on the corner of Manchester Avenue and Park Hill Drive. Halladay-Glynn said he heard what he described as “a big bang” in his living room. When he stepped onto the balcony, he saw the car had smashed into the cement wall around the corner of the building. Paul Morgan, a senior film production major on his way home from improv practice, saw the silver car “careen” into the building at what he approximated to be 40-50 miles per hour. He said that five LAPD units appeared almost immediately after, at which point officers exited their vehicles and drew their weapons. Bistranin and Morgan both said that before additional LAPD units arrived on the scene, a man and a woman stepped out of the car. “The woman tried to run, but she fell and the man was tackled by police,” Bistranin said. See Crash | Page 2 Mark Boal to deliver speech on campus The “Zero Dark Thirty” writer will address the campus during the Loyolan ’s First Amendment Week. By Mary Grace Cemi Asst. A&E Editor The 2013 First Amendment Week keynote speaker will be Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Mark Boal, who will address the First Amendment in Burns Back Court on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. The keynote is co-sponsored by the Loyolan and AS LMU. Boal is also the mastermind behind the screenplays of the critically acclaimed films “In the Valley of Mark Boal Elah" and “The Hurt Locker;” the latter earned Boal his two Oscars for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. “The Hurt Locker” also garnered Kathryn Bigelow the Academy Award for Best Director, which marked the first — and, to date, only — time a woman has won the award. Boal’s most recent and controversial filmic work, Oscar-nominated “Zero Dark Thirty,” has caught the attention of critics, moviegoers and even the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Before Boal was an award-winning screenwriter and producer, he was a journalist and reported for various publications such as Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and Playboy. Boal’s experience from his journalism career and his time spent working with troops and bomb squads in Iraq in 2004 inspired his politically grounded movies. According to Loyolan Editor in Chief See Boal | Page 3 .TI'UNl.iplc Associated Press LAPD investigates case of sexual assault The sexual assault took place last semester and involves two acquainted LMU students. By Allison Croley Asst. News Editor Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers were seen at the Department of Public Safety (DPS ) around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The DPS Chief Hampton Cantrell released a statement to the Loyolan stating that LAPD is investigating a sexual assault that occurred between two acquainted students last semester on LMU’s campus. The incident is confidential and neither LAPD nor DPS will release information about the suspect or victim. “There is no immediate threat to campus,” Cantrell said. “We are doing everything we can to protect the young lady involved.” He continued to explain that the University is following protocol by notifying the police, but the incident is still under investigation. Chief Cantrell also mentioned that it happened around the same time as the sexual assault the Loyolan reported last semester on Oct. 1, 2012, but that this is a “completely different circumstance” involving “completely different people.” According to Cantrell, DPS will release more information when LAPD has finished the investigation. Follow the Loyolan on Facebook, on Twitter @LALoyolan, and on our website for more information on this story as it develops. Karina Johnston LMU alumnus helping conservation efforts Charles Piechowski ('1 1) began volunteering with the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission as a sophomore, but today he is a full-time staff member whose tasks include deploying a blocking net to trap fish in the Ballona Wetland's main tidal channel (above).To read Asst.New Editor Allison Croley's feature on Piechowski, see Page 3. Opinion, Pages 6, 7, 8 & 9 MAKING ‘FETCH* HAPPEN Index Classifieds . 5 Opinion . 6 A&E . 10 Sports . 16 llir next issue of the Djyolan will l>c printed onjan. 31, 2013. THURS О 65" -57’ SAT О 65" - 55" FRI © 63"- 55" SUN © 61"- 49" A&E, Page 1 0 j The Loyolan talks to LMU I graduate student Joe Taranto, ( I a finalist in the Doritos Crash the Super Bowl commercial contest. ADDRESSING THE INAUGURAL 3d a range of responses to I President Barack Obama’s j second inaugural from our I columnists and LMU students alike.