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VOLUME 93 I ISSUE 14
Candlelight vigil remembers
victims of sexual assult
Leslie Irwin | Loyolan
Belles service organization held a candlelight vigil on Monday, Oct. 20 in front of Foley fountain to honor victims of sexual assault as part of
their Domestic Violence Awareness month. Belles also held a Good Shepherd Shelter Fundraiser and self-defense seminar this week. Their
next event will be the silent protest on Thursday, Oct. 23 in the William H. Flannon Ubrary at Convo. For more see the article on Page 8.
Alumni
engage
in JVC
program
LMU alumni do post¬
graduate service around the
U.S. with prestigious program.
Amanda Lopez
Asst. News Editor
@AmandaLo_
For LMU alumnus Eric Joseph de Lara, one
of his key experiences in postgraduate service
was being “able to work with a family, who
has been living in their car the past few years,
to finally obtain a place of their own. Seeing
the face of the mom sign her lease papers was
seriously one of the most life-giving things
I have seen and am just happy to be part of
something that gets us one step closer to
ending chronic homelessness.”
De Lara, who graduated from LMU this
past May, is currently volunteering as a case
manager at Miriam’s Kitchen, one of the
biggest soup kitchens in Washington, D.C.
The kitchen seeks to put an end to chronic
homelessness and provide supportive services
to homeless individuals. De Lara is one of
several LMU graduates currently engaged
in postgraduate service the Jesuit Volunteer
Corps (JVC).
JVCis one of thelargestpostgraduateservice
programs in the United States. About 12,000
people have volunteered with the program
in more than 30 cities in the U.S. and six
countries internationally. Within these areas,
there are hundreds of different placement
sites. Volunteers focus on social justice issues
including, but not limited to, homelessness,
AIDS/HIV and domestic violence.
People participating in a JVC program
typically work 40 hours per week, and are
See JVC | Page 2
Permit parking
is on the horizon
One Westchester block
implemented permit parking
and others are soon to follow.
Julia Sacco
News Editor
@_JuliaSacco_
At the end of July, Westchester
established its first permit parking on a
block adjacent to LMU. The 7900 block of
Fordham Road now has enforced permit
parking, leading the way for other blocks
surrounding the back gates to follow this
example.
After a year-long dispute with LMU
over parking policies, the residents of this
block have positive feedback about the
new permit enforcement.
“It is definitely effective for the
residents,” said associate professor and
the chair of the economics department
Jennifer Pate, also a Westchester resident.
“We only have a one- car driveway and we
have to park on the street, so the permits
are helpful from a family standpoint.”
The process to establish permit parking
on these blocks is extensive for the
residents, especially in areas with many
houses per block.
“Residents of the block worked with
the local CD11 city councilman’s office
to implement permit parking on their
block,” said Michael Wong, associate vice
president for administration services.
In order to permit the block, the
residents must cooperate and have a clear
majority on the ruling.
“You can’t permit a block unless two-
thirds of the residents agree to permit the
block, one cross street to the next, so my
small block was easier to collaborate with
the neighbors,” Pate said. “It took a long
time from when we submitted a position
to go through with it; we turned it in
February, and we didn’t get the signs up
until late July.”
While LMU has no role in the
establishment of the permit parking, it has
committed to reimbursing the residents
for the permits used by their households.
In a parking update issued by LMU
Local Lions News on Oct. 17, it stated,
“LMU’s current master plan, approved
See Parking | Page 2
Defense seminar
empowers women
Emelia Shelton | Loyolan
As part of their Domestic Violence Awareness month, Belles teamed up with LMU peer
educators and Pi Beta Phi to put on a self-defense workshop on Tuesday, Oct 21 in St.
Robert's Auditorium. The seminar was taught by junior Belles member Sierra Hegle (center)
who educate attendees on what to do in threatening and potentially violent situations.
