The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 91, Issue 28 - February 7, 2013

ESTABLISHED 1921 February 7, 2013 Volume 91, Issue 28 www.laloyolan.com Mark Boal delivers FAW keynote Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Mark Boal spoke during the keynote event of the Loyolan's First Amendment Week lastTuesday in Burns Back Court. Boal addressed the controversy surrounding his latest film, saying, "If you're getting criticism from both sides, you knowyou're right." Boat’s speech on “Zero Dark Thirty” and the First Amendment fills venue. By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor “There is nothing that compares to the power of film.” And on Tuesday night, there was nothing that compared to the ability of the student body at LMU to assemble in Burns Back Court to listen to Oscar-winning screenwriter and producer Mark Boal. Burns Back Court was filled with approximately 450 students, faculty, staff and guests as the Loyolan and ASLMU co-hosted Boal. Chairs had to be added to accommodate the size of the audience as people showed great interest in listening to the “Zero Dark Thirty” and “The Hurt Locker” screenwriter and producer. As the keynote speaker for the main event during First Amendment Week, Boal touched upon the importance of the First Amendment, especially in regards to his recently-released and controversial film “Zero Dark Thirty.” Boal referred to his “based-on-first - hand-accounts-of-actual-events” film and the reactions he has received from both sides of the political spectrum. This is a “nonpartisan” subject, Boal said, as it’s something that has and continues to affect Americans, not Republicans or Democrats, but Americans. ‘“Zero Dark Thirty’ is a story of today, right now. ... It is front page art. ... It was written and produced almost in real time,” Boal said. This See Boal | Page 3 Mayoral debate engages students LMU students ask the five Los Angeles mayoral candidates about issues affecting the city. By Pamela Rios Contributor The Los Angeles mayoral race took center stage on the Loyola Marymount campus last Tuesday night, Feb. 5, as the five candidates vying for the mayor’s seat assembled for a debate before an audience comprised of students, faculty members and campaign organizers. The candidates include City Councilmembers Eric Garcetti and Jan Репу, City Controller Wendy Greuel, former U.S. Attorney and radio host Kevin James and former technology company executive Emanuel Pleitez. The debate followed a simple format of questions and answers, led by moderator Dr. Fernando J. Guerra, an LMU professor and director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at LMU. Questions were asked by select students, who each brought to the forefront editorial issues facing the city today, ranging from the topics of immigration to gun control. Each of the candidates used their responses as an opportunity to display and expand upon their vision for the future of Los Angeles. In an effort to keep within the debate’s civil guidelines, some of the candidates found themselves playing off of each other, either building on the other’s reply or turning it completely on its head to show their own take on an issue. This also often led to the candidates going over their allotted speaking times. At one point, Репу requested that Guerra reinforce this regulation. On the candidates’ interaction, Celia See Debate | Page 4 Freshman recovering from recent car accident Cahill is currently recuperating from surgery at the USC medical center. By Zaneta Pereira News Editor Freshman business management major Tori Cahill was involved in a serious car accident on the Interstate-5 on Dec. 31 while en route to Arizona. The car in which she was a passenger overturned several times and Cahill suffered injuries to the left side of her head and fractures of her skull, spine, left hand and elbow, according to the CaringBridge website that appears to be run by her family. Cahill was initially being treated at the University of Arizona Medical Center, but she was recently moved to another facility in Orange County to be closer to her parents’ home. She is currently recovering from a surgery at the University of Southern California Medical Center during which a shunt was put in her head in order to drain fluid, according to the same website. According to entries on the CaringBridge website, Cahill is not yet fully conscious, but she is no longer in a comatose state and is able to open her right eye. Her doctor explained to her family that she is at a “low level of cognition” and her family’s prayer is that “she would become more alert and start to relearn the basic functions of life,” according to a Jan. 29 entry on the same website. Although Cahill was only at LMU for a single semester, senior See Cahill | Page 5 Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan Sororities collaborate for service project All of LMU's sororities came together on Feb.6 at4 p.m. in St. Rob's Auditorium for "No Letters, Just Boxes/'an all-sorority service event where the women boxed up notebooks, pens and picture frames donated by LMU Greek Life to send to women in need in the LA.community.They also collected goods to send to U.S. troops. Contributor Hassan Abdul laments the transition from printed books to ebooks as Barnes & Noble struggles to stay in business. pinion Index Classifieds . 6 Opinion . 7 A&E . 9 Business . 1 1 Sports . 16 Tlie next Issue of the loyolan will be printed on Feb. 1 1, 2013. THURS FRI О G 56* - 50" 59" - 46" SAT SUN О О 56" -47" 59" -47" WINE AND DIME v The 32nd Annual Wine Classic ~ Ш this weekend will help raise Mk scholarship funds for LMU alumni’s progeny. % A&E, Page 9