The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 96, Issue 17 - January 24, 2018

2018 # С <0 sb LOYOLAN Take a took at one Women's basketball gets seniors take on the best back on track despite Jewish delis in L.A. free throw struggles. Page 11 Page 14 www.LALOYOLAN.com EST. 1921 VOLUME 96 I ISSUE 17 LMUs School of Business Administration gets new dean Dayle Smith will be coming from Clarkson University to LMU to take over as dean. Kayla Brogan Interim News Editor @LALoyolan LMU will welcome a new dean to the College of Business Administration (CBA) beginning June 1, 2018. Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D. , will succeed Dean Dennis W. Draper, Ph.D., as CBA’s newest dean. According to CNBC, Dean Draper announced last year that he will be stepping down as the college’s dean after 11 years of service. According to an LMU This Week bulletin, which first announced Dean Draper’s replacement, Smith will be joining LMU from Clarkson University in upstate New York. She currently serves as the Dean of the David D. Reh School of Business at Clarkson. The decision to choose Smith was made by a variety of sources including the search committee, the Committee on Rank and Tenure, faculty and senior leadership. When asked about the strategies she plans to implement, including changing or altering existing ones, Dayle said she would be going on a “listening tour” inspired by Anne Mulcahy, former CEO of Xerox. “I want to meet and listen to each member of the faculty and staff in the CBA and have them share their perspective and aspirations with me,” Smithsaid. “I’ll also want to meet with representative undergraduate and graduate students to learn from them as well as meet leaders across the institution.” She added that she wants to work with everyone to learn how President Snyder’s vision for LMU can be best achieved . Smith holds a Ph.D. and an M. A. degree in organizational communication from USC. She earned her B.A. degree in communication studies at the University of Texas, Arlington. She holds the Elmer Gates Endowed Professorship for Innovation Culture and spent five years at Clarkson where she “[grew] a diverse faculty; [developed] new programs; [merged] two business schools; [fundraised] for student start-up funds, See Dean | Page 3 LMU ranked third for Latino student success Based on Latina/o graduation rates, LMU is ranked third in the nation in recent report. Kayla Brogan Asst. News Editor @LALoyolan In a report released by Education Trust, Loyola Marymount University ranked third in the nation for Latino student success. LMU was only behind the University of San Francisco which was ranked second, and Whittier College which was ranked first. There were five California colleges that made the nations top ten list, according to the L.A Times “Often times, the academic ability of Latina/o students is brought into question, and this report truly shows that stereotypes and biases against Latinas/ os are just simply not true,” Christopher Reynoso, a senior psychology and Chicana/o and Latina/o studies double major, said. “However, even though we may be excelling academically, there are still some areas where Latina/o students may need more support, which often include financial aid.” The report analyzed 613 public and nonprofit private nonspecialized institutions. The report centers its analysis around two pieces of information: graduation rates for Latino students and the completion or graduation rate gap between Latino and white students. “In the study, the two institutions performing better than LMU on graduation percentages and scores were USF and UCI, both very high research activity institutions, as Carnegie classifies them,” said Deena f. Gonzalez, Ph.D. associate provost for faculty affairs and professor of Chicana/o studies. She stated that these campuses are larger and “LMU offers a better one-to-one ratio, See Success | Page 2 LMU held a Homecoming Tailgate on Saturday, Jan. 20 in Lot A, near Hannon Field. The tailgate took place right before the LMU men's basketball team faced off against the University of Portland and lost 65-72. The event featured onsite grilling, DJ music and ice skating sessions and was hosted by the LMU Athletics, BCLA, Marketings Communications, Community Relations and University Relations in collaboration with ASLMU. See page 16 for more. via Isabel Brown The second Women's March took place in Los Angeles and around the globe with between 1.6 million and 2.5 million people attending. LMU students marched in protest at the Women’s March and OneLife L.A. March. Sami Leung Interim News Editor @LALoyolan LMU students were among thehundreds of thousands of protesters across Los Angeles this past weekend attending the Women’s March in Downtown Los Angeles and the OneLife LA march near Chinatown. From Pershing Square to Grand Park, protesters and speakers attended L.A.’s second annual Women’s March for equality for women and the protection of a wide range of liberties, from disability rights to Indigenous peoples rights, according to the L.A. Times. From Chinatown to Los Angeles State Historic Park, thousands gathered in the third annual OneLife LA march to celebrate and support the dignity of the human life from conception until death, according to their website. “The [Women’s March] was an amazing reminder that even when the world looks bleak and a little hopeless, people can and will unite regardless of age, race, gender, sexuality or socioeconomic status,” Ciara Osorno, senior political science and history double major, said. “Standing in a crowd of that size makes you feel empowered and invincible ... women have a lot more to fight for but progress is being made and we are doing it together. I think that was the most beautiful part of it all.” The Women’s March was held with the goal of fighting for the protection of reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, workers’ rights, civil rights, disability rights, immigrant rights, Indigenous peoples rights and environmental justice, according to their website. The march ended near City Hall and featured speakers such as LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, Viola Davis, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Laverne Cox. The slogan of the event was “Hear our vote,” hoping to inspire democratic voters across the nation to vote in the midterm elections this November. “I went to the Women’s March because I wanted to show that I stand in solidarity with all the women who are still fighting for equality in our country,” Kyle Schoener, a freshman physics major, said. “It was a truly electric experience.” Taleene Armen, a junior psychology See March | Page 3 Jose Aguila | Loyolan LMU holds Homecoming Tailgate before basketball game