The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 95, Issue 10 - November 2, 2016

www.LALOYOLAN.com ■л0ОАШаёШ> LOYOLAN EST. 1921 Sodexo workers fear job loss Employees risk losing their jobs for unintentionally missed union dues. Bri Ortiz Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan Sodexo workers on campus are worried they may be in jeopardy of losing their jobs because of union dues that need to be paid. While most workers signed a contract for the dues to be taken out of multiple paychecks in small amounts, these payments were not taken and workers were not notified immediately. Every other paychecks for workers is being taken in whole and put toward the union dues. According to Sodexo workers, before Sodexo hires an individual, all workers must sign up for the union or risk not getting the job. This contract had an option that allowed the company to take money for the union dues out of workers’ paychecks. Union dues are payments made to unions that help carry out and fund the different activities and benefits that workers gain. These benefits include more affordable healthcare, wage raises and workplace rights. While Sodexo workers at LMU agreed and passed this type of contract back in 2012, the employees agreed to join a union because they believedit would help the workers collectively. According to Sodexo employee Maria Gonzales, who works in the Lair Marketplace, workers received letters from the union saying that if they did not pay their union dues, they would be in risk of losing their jobs. “They are telling us that they will take every other one of our paychecks, but if they do that we wall not have enough money to pay our rent, to buy food, to pay our bills,” Gonzales said. “We can’t pay, but we don’t know what to do. We are not sure whose fault it is, so we See Sodexo | Page 3 Jason Munoz | Loyolan Sodexo employs the workers on all campus food locations except for the Coffee Cart and the Lion's Den. Workers are upset over union dues. Second Title IX case opened against LMU The Office for Civil Rights now has two Title IX investigations open against LMU. Kellie Chudzinski News Editor @LALoyolan The U.S. Department of Education last month opened a second Title IX investigation against LMU. The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched the investigation on Oct. 25. This is the University's second Title IX investigation opened this year. The first case was filed on June 8. OCR enforces Title IX of the Education Amendments. As of Nov. 1, OCR has 282 open investigations into 213 colleges and universities with 56 resolved cases. The average case duration is 1.4 years, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education Title IX tracker. LMU has received the most recent complaint and is in the process of gathering information requested by OCR, according to University Title IX Coordinator Sara Trivedi. Trivedi is coordinating with multiple departments and offices in response to the newest complaint. University Title IX investigations are different than criminal investigations. Unlike criminal investigations, Title IX cases are not resolved with incarceration. Schools are required to conduct a Title IX investigation in cases of sexual assault, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Three allegations areunderinvestigation for the Jun. 8 case , according to documents released by Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. OCR is investigating LMU on behalf of a student that “alleges discrimination on the basis of sex,” OCR Program Manager Charles Love said in documents obtained by FOIA requests. The first of three allegations states that LMU — identified in the documents as the Recipient — did not prompt or fairly resolve the student’s sexual assault complaint when the student was not notified of the investigation’s outcome. The second allegation states that LMU did not fairly or promptly respond to See Title IX | Page 2 Title IX Coordinator Sara Trivedi (holding microphone) spoke on the sexual assault panel at the Loyolan, ASLMU and LMU CARES co-hosted event on Oct. 27. Trivedi handles all Title IX Stop whitewashing the stories of Asians and Asian Americans. Page 12 Page 14 VOLUME 95 I ISSUE 10 New club on campus for conservatives A chapter of Young Americans for Freedom is being started on LMU’s campus. Jaqueline McCool News Intern @LALoyolan A new conservative group, the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), is chartering on LMU’s campus; the first unofficial meeting took place on Oct. 27 in St. Robert’s Hall room 361. The first meeting of YAF began in a prayer, and was followed by each new member introducing himself, giving way to a discussion of what the group described as “the oppressed Olympics,” the students’ individual definitions of freedom, the idea of liberalism and what it means to be a conservative on a college campus. Three men attended the first meeting not including the founder. The founder of the chapter, Adam Duarte, a sophomore economics and political science double major, defined himself as an extremist for freedom. The group described “the oppressed Olympics,” which is the idea that certain minority groups leverage their social standing to gain government or social assistance, while competing for the title of most oppressed. Evan Jost, a senior communication studies and psychology double major, attended the club meeting, fost is a veteran who carries an American flag around campus in attempt to show respect for the flag and his country, fost described an over- sensitivity in America which he believes creates an inability to discuss and fix what he believes are the real issues facing America. “Today, the most protected class in America is the ‘offended’ class,” fost stated. “As [Duarte] said, it’s become a game of the offended Olympics — whoever can be more offended than everybody else wins the prize.” The group, Duarte said, will aim to be controversial and to challenge their political adversaries, garnering any attention they can get while being strategic in their messages. YAF is not yet an official LMU club. Duarte is currently working on being recognized by the campus by following the necessary guidelines put in place by LMU. He said he hopes to equip members of YAF with the ability to voice their viewpoints on campus. The group cited specific examples of times they felt isolated in their views on campus. Jordan Coley, a freshman entrepreneurship major, observed a fellow student during the anti-deportation protests on campus in the last three weeks with a sign that read, “Do not deport my friend.” Coley told the group he felt uncomfortable when he saw this, but did not say anything to the student. See Freedom | Page 3