The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 91, Issue 42 - April 22, 2013

LOYO LAN on t-u UJ о z < on о ESTABLISHED 1921 April 22, 2013 Volume 91, Issue 42 www.laloyolan.com YOUR HOME. YOUR VOICE. YOUR NEWS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY SlutWalk for sexual violence awareness On-campus walk aims to reclaim the word “slut” by allowing women to dress how they want. By Allison Croley News Editor To take a stand against sexual violence, LMU women and men — dressed in anything from coats to bras - will participate in the first LMU SlutWalk on Thursday, April 25 at Convo. “This is a peaceful protest against rape culture,” said Lorena Romero, a senior communication studies major and coordinator of the event. The SlutWalk movement started in 2011 after a Toronto police representative said that women should avoid “dressing like sluts” if they don’t want to be victimized by sexual violence, according to the SlutWalk Toronto website. Romero noted that rape victims gathered in the street dressed in the clothes they were wearing when assaulted at the first event. According to the Toronto SlutWalk website, the SlutWalk movement was designed to reclaim the negativity of the word “slut” through dialogue and community. See SlutWalk | Page 4 Leslie Irwin | Loyolan 'Taking Chances' at this year's Pilipino cultural night On Saturday, April 20, LMU's Filipino-American student organization, Isang Bansa, hosted "Taking Chances," its 22nd Annual Pilipino Cultural Night. Members directed, produced and starred in this year's show which highlighted the Filipino culture through acting, song and dance, such as the performance above featuring senior physics major Cassey Gatchalian and senior Asian and Pacific studies major Matthew Kerr. For more photos from the event, visit laloyolan.com. Leslie Irwin | Loyolan Sigma Phi Epsilon hosts annual Futballin' event Senior economics major Danielle Smith (left) and junior film production major Renee Kbzikcwski (right) battled it out on Hannon Reid on Saturd^, April 20 for Sigma Phi Epsilon's event in support of the Brad FundTeamstookpartinatoumamentof soccer games.See Page 15fbrphotos of the event Drinking games analyzed in LMU professor's study LMU professor surveys students to research drinking games and their effects on college campuses. By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor Beer pong; flipeup; the good, the bad and the ugly; keg stands and kings cup. These drinking games, plus 95 more, came up when 3,500 students were surveyed about the drinking games they played within the last month. Dr. Joseph LaBrie, S.J., an associate professor of psychology at LMU, has spent the last five years working on this larger intervention study that has taken place on several campuses across the U.S. His particular interest in high-risk alcohol-related activities motivated him to conduct further research on drinking games and pre¬ gaming or pre-partying activities. As a result, LaBrie has published three articles on the topic. Published a little over a week ago in Volume 38, Issue 5 of the Addictive Behaviors Journal, LaBrie, Phillip J. Ehret and Justin F. Hummer’s article, “Are they all the same? An exploratory, categorical analysis of drinking game types,” provides an exhaustive list of 100 drinking games in addition to the categorization of the games and the types of students taking part in them. LaBrie said the authors surveyed approximately 3,500 students and had them list the drinking games they had participated in during the last month. What he found to be surprising was that 70 percent of students who drink have played a drinking game during that time. Once these games were all collected, LaBrie’s staff researched them further to identify the rules and methodology for playing each. From there, the experts determined a categorization scheme. As stated in his article, the five categories that were determined were “targeted and skill games, communal games, chance games, extreme consumption games and even competition games.” Upper-class, white males in fraternities were described as the group most likely to engage in the competitive drinking and extreme consumption games, according to The Daily Breeze’s article “Loyola Marymount University study categorizes 100 most popular college drinking games,” published on April 9. Chance games, which have been categorized as a little less harmful See Drinking Games | Page 5 Opinion, Page 6 Asst. A&E Editor Chelsea Chanel le explains why extra support is not always the best option. TO BRA OR NOT TO BRA? Index Classifieds . 4 Opinion . 6 A&E . 9 Sports . 16 The next issue of the loyolan will be printed on April 25, 2013. MON О 65” -55- WED О 62" - 57‘ TUES О 66" - 57" THURS О 61 '- 55" From spectacular to sub par, Managing Editor Dan Raffety ranks the WCC’s mascots. Sports, Page 16