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Students
evaluate
hookup
culture
Open forum invites students
to talk about having healthy
relationships in college.
Casey Kidwell
Interim News Editor
@c_kidwell
Hooking up is a term that is not
only an integral part of most college
student’s vocabulary, but one that lacks
an indisputable definition. On Urban
Dictionary, a fascecious online dictionary,
the first definition that is displayed reads
as follows: “an incredibly ambiguous
phrase that drives me absolutely insane
when people use it.”
The person responsible for posting this
definition goes on to describe his or her
frustration and uncertainty as to what two
people who hooked up actually did. From
meeting in the park for a lunchtime date
to acting like “Viagra-injected rabbits,” as
he puts it, this popular jargon can have a
number of meanings.
While the media portrays hooking up in
one fashion, other sources that infiltrate
the minds of college kids describe it in a
different manner. That’s why the office
of Ethnic and Intercultural Services (EIS)
and #hitmeup, the Healthy Relationships
Initiative are hosting The Hookup Culture:
An Open Discussion on Thursday, Nov. 21,
at 6 p.m. in The Hill.
This open forum is part of a larger
healthy relationships initiative, which has
been bringing programs to campus that
allow students the opportunity to discuss
with their peers the factors of healthy
relationships that are affecting their
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16th annual Charity Ball: Out of this world
Leslie Irwin | Loyolan
Belles and Crimson Circle service organizations hosted their 16th annual Charity Ball this last Friday, Nov. 15. Students were encouraged to
dress to this year's theme, 'Forever Endeavor,' and dance the night away with friends as junior dance major Charissa Kroeger (left) and junior
entrepreneurship major Miranda Ordonez (right) did. Proceeds went to Belles' service sites, Good Shepherd Shelter and Richstone Family Center.
Lions to take on Stanford
Caroline Burt | Loyolan
AII-WCC first team selection freshman forward Adrien Perez (right) and the LMU Uons travel
to Palo Alto, Calif., to take on the Stanford University Cardinal on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the
first round of the NCAA tournament Read more on Page 9 in the Sports section.
Fest honors cultures
World Fest features programs
highlighting international
culture and studies.
Julia Sacco
News Intern
@_JuliaSacco_
Keep your passport handy this week - LMU’s
Office of International Students and Scholars
(OISS) is taking you around the world. OISS’
annual World Fest week of activities is aimed
at highlighting and promoting international
education on campus and encouraging
students to participate and get involved in
cultural and international studies.
“It started in 2000, and it was a joint
initiative by the Department of Education and
the Department of State and it is celebrated all
over the world,” said Denise Folga, director of
OISS. “It’s called international education week
and we also call it World Fest here at LMU. So
this is our 14th year celebrating it at LMU.”
For OISS it’s important to emphasize the
international aspects of our campus, as well as
celebrate international students, study abroad
and international programs through this week
of events.
“It’s part of LMU’s mission to have every
student have some experience in some
international education,” said Marki Hackett,
program coordinator for the Center for Asian
Business.
The collaborators of World Fest vary from
year to year. This year, they consist of Asian
Pacific Student Services, the Athletics
department, the Center for Asian Business,
the College of Communication and Fine
Arts, the Ethnic and Intercultural Services,
the International House, the National and
International Scholarship Office, the Office of
Black Student Services, Student Affairs and
Study Abroad.
“We try to bring as many different aspects
of campus together as possible. There is such a
large number of events that happen at LMU, so
we don’t want to create more work for offices,”
Folga said. “So we ask that if an organization
is doing an international event, that you host
it during this week, and we collaborate all the
publicity.”
World Fest creates an international sense
of community on campus and sheds light on
the various cultural collaborators through fun,
interactive and informative events.
“Because it is coming from a variety of
offices, students that are outside of the Office
for International Students and Scholars would
be driven to attend this because since you have
a bunch of collaborators from all over campus
you are more able to pick up students outside of
international outreach,” Camile Jimenez said.
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