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VOLUME 94 I ISSUE 23
Special Games serves smiles and sports
Student-run event brings flin
and games to the LA. special
needs community.
Gillian Boss
Staff Writer
@LALoyolan
The 39th annual Special Games is in
full swing, and LMU students have been
working since September to organize
Saturday’s event. Established on campus
in 1977, Special Games is a student-
run, non-profit organization that brings
together the special needs community of
Los Angeles and LMU.
Under the Center for Service and
Action, Special Games is dedicated to
the inclusion of individuals with physical
and mental disabilities. LMU is the first
and only university to create, sponsor
and produce a community project such as
Special Games.
A team of LMU students organizes and
plans each year’s event. Typically, 30 team
leaders are involved, as well as hundreds
of student coaches, over 400 athletes and
numerous volunteers.
Junior accounting major Adrianna
Garcia has been with the Special Games
for three years. She explains her role
serving as co-director along with senior
biology major Pateel Margossian.
“In our roles, we oversee the committee,
which is made up of eight other students,
and plan the logistical side of Special
Games. This includes reserving locations,
working with SLD, creating a timeline for
the year, checking in with the committee
and ordering larger items,” Garcia said.
The committee hopes this years’ games
run smoothly, in order to continue to
create lifelong memories for students and
athletes.
“Working with so many people and with
so many different groups makes it difficult
See Special Games | Page 2
Sophie Broide | Loyolan
Freshman Shane O'Donnell spent time with one of the Special Games' athletes at Saturday's festivities. Students worked as
volunteers and coaches at the event, preparing for the Big Day this coming weekend. Junior accounting major Adrianna Garcia and
senior biology major Pateel Margossian co-directed the events, which will welcome more than 400 athletes to LMU.
Purim party
celebrates holiday
Dustin Tan | Loyolan
Jewish Student Life celebrates Purim, a Jewish holiday, through Ethnic and
Intercultural Services. The event featured costumes, an open bar for attendees of
age and a DJ. Guests also donated canned foods and toiletries to go to a local food
bank in Los Angeles to spread the spirit of the Purim holiday.
Loyolan & Tower
win gold in N.Y.C.
The student media publications
were honored with prestigious
Gold Crown Awards this week.
Amanda Lopez
Asst. Managing Editor
@AmandaLo_
While the Los Angeles Loyolan and the
Tower Yearbook are separate publications ,
they have something in common: they are
both student -run organizations striving
to produce quality work. All of the time,
effort and contributions put into both
publications paid off on Sunday, when
each was honored with a Gold Crown
Award, one of the most prestigious
awards in collegiate student media.
The Columbia Scholastic Press
Association (CSPA) awarded both the
Los Angeles Loyolan and Tower Yearbook
with Gold Crown Awards at the 2016
College Media Convention in New York
City this past weekend. The Gold Crown
is the highest honor given by the CSPA,
and LMU stood out, becoming the only
university in 2016 to take home Gold
Crowns for both the newspaper and
yearbook.
The Loyolan and Tower were among
the 1,186 publications submitted for
consideration for the 2014 to 2015 school
year. According to the CSPA, winners were
chosen based on the design, photography,
concept, coverage and writing aspects of
each publication.
For former Loyolan Editor-in-Chief
and senior psychology major Ali Swenson,
the Gold Crown Awards are indicative of
student media’s dedication to creating
top-notch work.
“For me, this is an affirmation of what I
already knew — that our staff is producing
high-quality work and collaborating to
cover our campus in ways that engage
readers. It’s a great motivation to keep
innovating, keep looking to tap into our
students’ needs and grow our coverage
even further,” Swenson said. “I’m glad
our student media leaders at Tower were
recognized with their Gold Crown, too.
I see how hard they work in the office,
and I’m looking forward to reading their
finished product this spring.”
Current Loyolan Editor-in-Chief,
sophomore psychology major Karis
Addo-Quaye echoed Swenson’s thoughts,
adding that this achievement would not
See Awards | Page 3
