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VOLUME 95 I ISSUE 7
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Talia Baugnon | Loyolan
Two LMU students and members of RESIUENCE stood on the University Hall bridge with signs telling passerby they were undocumented immigrants, encouraging awareness and discussion.
Two students stood with signs on
the U-HALL bridge that indicated
that they were undocumented.
Bri Ortiz
Asst. News Editor
@LALoyolan
Two students in orange jumpsuits
wearing blindfolds held signs that read,
“I am an undocumented immigrant and
your classmate. Ask me anything,” in a
demonstration on the University Hall bridge
on Monday, Oct. 10 at noon.
RESILIENCE organized this “ask me
anything” action with the help of MEChA
de LMU members to raise awareness of
the different views that each presidential
candidate has towards immigration.
Donald Trump’s immigration plan
consists of building a wall on the southern
border, thereby ending “catch and release,”
defunding sanctuary cities and reversing
President Barack Obama’s executive actions.
Hillary Clinton’s immigration plan includes
proposing an immigration legislation during
her first 100 days as president allowing
immigrants to gain citizenship, defending
Obama’s executive actions and making
health care affordable to all families.
RESILIENCE is an organization, or
a support network, for undocumented
students and allies within the LMU
community that provides resources and a
safe space for students to share personal
struggles and experiences. Through these
actions, RESILIENCE hopes to promote
social justice on campus.
The RESILIENCE participants from
the event spoke to the Loyolan and asked
to remain anonymous, as they were
undocumented. They will be referred to as
anonymous participant A and anonymous
participant B.
“We want to have the students at LMU to
know that we are here — to have them know
that we are their classmates, we study with
them, do the same homework as them, cram
for the same tests as them and we are not
an amorphous threat off in the horizon; we
are your friends,” anonymous participant A
said. “We, [students], think that the Bluff is a
bubble, and sometimes we don't think about
who that bubble includes and we are a part of
it , and therefore , we are a part of you , so come
talk to us. You might learn something; you
might connect with another human in a way
you couldn’t think you could have before.”
RESILIENCE’S goal was to emphasize the
openness they will continue to have for other
LMU students throughout the weeks with
the “ask me anything” demonstrations in
different areas, days and times on campus
until the election. According to one of the
RESILIENCE participants, if Trump does
win the presidential election, then this may
be the last opportunity for LMU students to
converse with undocumented students on
campus.
“We do understand that people have the
liberty to express themselves in whatever
way,” anonymous participant
В
said. “We
have to bring awareness to students on this
campus to let them know that we are here
and we are trying to [get them] to understand
that we need justice, and we need some sort
of empathy that we sometimes don’t have
because of the media. [...] We are attacked all
of the time or stereotyped.”
Residence Hall Association (RHA) sent
students an email from the Center of Service
and Action and AS LMU reminding students
that the deadline to register to vote in
California is Oct. 24. To register, you can visit
lmu.edu/vote or you can stop by booths on
Lawton Plaza on Tuesdays and Thursdays
between 12 and 2 p.m. Your vote can affect
lives and families in this nation.
“We 've been silenced , and Donald Trump 's
signature platform is to round us up in
internment camps and deport us eventually,
and that is something we cannot ignore and
he needs to be held accounted for, and it is
something that needs to be discussed so we
are here trying to continue the conversation,”
anonymous participant A said. “I feel like
the dialogue is empty if we aren’t a part of
it, and it’s impossible for us to be a part of it
without putting ourselves at risk so here we
are, putting ourselves at risk.”
McKay’s
resident
A non- LMU student lived in
McKay for weeks after lying
about his status as a student.
—
Liv Sikora
News Intern
@LALoyolan
A non -LMU student was recently
discovered sleeping in the first floor
lounge of McKay residence hall. Earl, the
mysterious undeclared freshman major
from Manhattan Beach supposedly living
in a room on the third floor of McKay,
befriended many LMU students.
Many McKay residents spent time with
Earl and formed friendships with him,
with no knowledge that he not only did
not live on the third floor, but was also not
a student enrolled at LMU.
“He didn’t talk too much about himself.
He was just super friendly and wanted to
hang out,” freshman chemistry major and
McKay resident Brynne Weed said about
Earl. She met him through some of her
friends who also live in McKay.
Described as average height with brown
hair and glasses, Earl looked just like
any other college student. He was often
characterized as being quiet but very
friendly.
“The [residential advisers] put on
events in the building, and he came to a
lot of them,” Madi Neumaier, sophomore
biology major and fourth floor McKay RA
said. “He was always in the lounge, and
that’s where our events are,”
mystery
caught
Jermaine Johnson, a sophomore
marketing major and an RA on the fourth
floor of McKay, met Earl while watching
football during the second week of school.
They continued to become friends and
watch football together throughout the
following weeks of school. Johnson said
that he assumed that Earl was a student
who lived on campus, so he did not feel
the need to check his OneCard.
Suspicious McKay residents noticed
that Earl's name was not on any of the
door decks of the third-floor rooms. They
decided to bring Earl to the attention
of the RA, who then checked with the
resident director (RD) and confirmed that
Earl was not, in fact, a registered student
at LMU.
Earl was reportedly seen sleeping in the
McKay lounge. He also brought changes
of clothes and shoes with him to campus.
Neumaier noticed that some of her
residents and some of the transfer
students on the second floor were really
affected by the situation because they
thought Earl was their friend.
There currently is no information
about the real identity of Earl or where
he is from. There are reports that some
students knew his real identity and said
that Earl got caught up in his own lies and
continued with them because he wanted
to attend LMU.
A root cause of this incident may be
linked with the easy accessibility to
McKay Hall. Students commented on how
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