The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 91, Issue 44 - May 2, 2013

Lo YO LAN t-u Ц-1 о z < on о >TABLISHED 1921 May 2, 2013 Volume 91, Issue 44 www.laloyolan.com YOUR HOME. YOUR VOICE. YOUR NEWS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY De Colores participants see family reunite Students witnessed the first time a border door had been opened in 20 years. By Carly Barnhill News Intern “We are one. We’re going to get rid of the wall that builds bridges between our two cities. We are not two different peoples — we are one. We are going to make sure that we become one,” said San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders this past weekend in Friendship Park, located on the United States-Mexico border. Breaking down borders and becoming one seemed to be the theme of the weekend for all at Friendship Park during the temporary opening of the border door. Among these people were the students of LMU’s De Colores service program, who said they felt lucky to witness a moving moment in history. De Colores took its trip to Tijuana to build houses and community buildings with residents there and to learn about immigration and poverty, and participants saw more than they expected. When Patrick Furlong, interim campus minister for faith and justice, See De Colores | Page 3 Steven Douglas | LMU Photo Class of 2013 takes inaugural class picture Graduating seniors gathered in Sunken Garden during Convo on Tuesday, April 30 to take the inaugural commencement class picture. Some seniors expressed excitement about being first class to participate in the picture. Both Sarnie De Mel and Alex Gryder, senior natural science majors, said it was "cool" to be a part of the very first class to take a class picture. "It was awesome being there together with other seniors," Del Mel said. Leslie Irwin | Loyolan Library presents Annual Undergraduate Research Awards The seventh annual William H. Hannon Library Undergraduate Research Awards ceremony was held in the Von der Ahe Family Suite on Tuesday, April 30.The first place winner received $1,000, while the two honorable mentions received $450 each. The Loft succeeds with more operating hours After struggling with liquor licensing in the past, The Loft has made changes that are proving to be lucrative. By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor When a campus-wide power outage turned the bluff into darkness on Monday, April 8, the on-campus bar, The Loft, was a “shining light,” according to senior liberal studies major Rachel Rothans. “It seemed as though the whole school, or at least those of 21 years [of age], flooded The Loft and the night was so much fun,” she said. The Loft has seen other successes like that one since its inception at LMU six years ago, though not always due to a blackout. In the September 2012 Loyolan article “Students drink to new Loft hours” Trey Duval, the director of Campus Recreation and Student Facilities, said, “Each year, it has operated differently and has varied from being open one to five days a week.” However, The Loft has met its fair share of difficulties as well. In the February 2011 Loyolan article “The Loft limits hours indefinitely,” it was repeated that after placing a piece of paper on the door of The Loft that limited its hours to Thursdays and Fridays, that sign was removed Saturday to say the on-campus bar would be closed indefinitely. The Loft has made great strides from this period in its histoiy. Fall 2012 saw The Loft reopen with a new schedule and many more hours of operation. Making the switch from being open one night a week to five has greatly improved membership at The Loft, according to Duval. Before the five-days- a-week schedule was implemented, Duval says that roughly 250-300 people could be expected to come in on that one day The Loft was open. However, Duval says there are now around 1,100 students with memberships to The Loft. “We had conservatively estimated that we would have about 500 members, so we more than doubled that,” Duval said. While a change in schedule such as this seems a simple solution to a low number of customers, it was one that took a little over a year to implement. During the one-day-a- week period, The Loft was using a different type of license, said Duval. “The way we operated last year was we got a license each time we were open, which allowed us to sell alcohol,” Duval said. 'This particular license had a limit of how many times it could be used in a year. Duval said that for LMU, this limit meant being open just one day a week. See Loft | Page 4 mendations for summer music, movies and fashion STEP INTO SUMMER .N* ■ The Loyolan staff '4 V+ - > 4 offer their recom- A&E, Page 9 Index Classifieds . 3 Opinion . 5 A&E . 9 Travel . 12 Sports . 16 Tbc next Issue of the loyolan will be printed on Mat1 6, 2013. THUR О 84" - 64' SAT О 72' - 59'