The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 91, Issue 6 - September 20, 2012

uo ш ш о Z < о Lo YO LAN STAB LI SHED 1921 September 20, 201 2 Volume 91, Issue 6 www.laloyolan.com YOUR HOME. YOUR VOICE. YOUR NEWS. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY University investigates alleged molester President David W. Burcham plans to send a letter to alumni regarding Brother William Farrington, S.J. By Adrien Jarvis Editor In Chief News brake last week that a former 15- year Jesuit employee of LMU, Brother William Farrington, S.J., had been accused of sexual misconduct at two schools where he previously worked. The University has since launched an investigation into Farrington’s time at LMU, according to President David W. Burcham. So far, no similar allegations have been made against him during his tenure at the University. “As of now, I can say confidently that ... there’s no evidence of any complaint or wrongdoing while he was here - not even rumors,” said Burcham However, Northwest Regional Director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPl Joey Piscitelli believes that alleged victims at LMU will come forward. “He was in a position [at LMU] in admissions to actually talk to people who are under the age of 18. ... For him to be there for that long, and for him to be a serial molester, the chance that he didn’t molest somebody there, I think, is very little,” said Piscitelli. He added that since the first alleged victim from Farrington’s former place of employment, Bellarmine College Preparatoiy in San Jose, Calif, came forward on Sept. 11, he has received five calls from others claiming sexual misconduct by Farrington. See Farrington | Page 4 OFF-CAMPUS COMPLAINTS r - Substantiated •- Д. 8 15 36 19 26 r - "V Unsubstantiated к _ лЯ 46 26 Z 40 24 15 r - "V Unfounded £3 ^10 ^16 3^ Information: Department of Public Safety: Graphic: Joanie Payne | Loyolan Public Safety releases new statistics on off-campus complaints The Department of Public Safety (DPS) saw a spike in reports regarding off-campus activity last fall (92). With just under four weeks of the semester over, there have already been over half as many reports (50). Of them, only one was a non-referral complaint, meaning it was not related to off-campus student housing. Twenty- six were substantiated, meaning DPS saw evidence of the reported complaint, and 15 were unsubstantiated, meaning the complaint was made after the fact. The nine unfounded complaints are when DPS responded to a report and there was no evidence of the reported action. DPS Chief Hampton Cantrell told the Loyolan in a Sept. 7 interview: "It does feel as if we are responding to more complaints off campus [this year]." Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan Convo sees students perform on slackline Ashkan Farida, a senior entrepreneurship major, balances on a slackline set up outside McCarthy Hall during Convo on Tuesday. For more photos from Convo, see Page 2. The garbage cans have left the building The Lair implements new dish carousels to reduce waste and aid in recycling efforts on campus. By Casey Kidwell Asst. News Editor The trash cans have gone missing from the Lair. But there is no need to panic, since a new mode of disposing of trash has been introduced into the campus dining hall. In line with Sodexo’s “14 Better Tomorrow Commitments,” the company has introduced the same turnstile method used in Roski Dining Hall to the Lair. Where there used to be trash bins on the way out the doors are now signs reminding patrons to place their trash on the rotating conveyor belt on the right hand corner of the Lair. According to Amyna Hale, director of marketing for LMU Hospitality Services by Sodexo, with over 3,000 students, faculty and staff going in and out of the Lair every day, the University knew that action had to be taken to reduce collective waste. Over the summer, Sodexo worked hand-in- hand with the University to install a state-of-the-art pulper in the Lair, according to Hale. She went on in detail about how, with the help of this pulper, paper plates, cups, utensils and other waste will have their volume reduced by almost 90 percent. “We continually try to find ways to be good stewards of our planet in everything that we do, and reducing the amount of waste that goes to the landfill is a challenge we are working with the University to tackle," Hale said. What is the journey like for the trash once it’s on the other side of that dish carousel? Hale said that once placed on the turnstile, the recyclables are sorted and taken to the on-campus recycling center while all other waste is pulped down by the aforementioned 90 percent. Following this, the pulped trash makes its way to the Somat dehydrating machine where its volume is reduced by another 70 percent. As a result, Hale said, this process “significantly reduces how much we send to the landfill.” See Trash| Page 5 PICTURE PERFECT DEBATE Index Should the L.A. Times have run a photo of the dying U.S. ambassador in/ Libya on its front page? Asst. Opinion Editor Anna Escher and Contributor Lauren Rockwell disagree. Opinion, Page 7 Classifieds . 5 Opinion . 6 A&E . 10 Sports . 16 din- next issue of die loyolan will lie printed on Sept. 27,2012. THURS FRI 78' - 65' 78' - 66’ SAT SUN 78' -67' 75'- 65' MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC A&E, Page 1 1 ■Go behind the scenes j of KXLU with the radio station's general manager, Bennett Kogon.