The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 97, Issue 22 - March 6, 2019

LOYOLAN WWW.LALOVOLAN.COM MARCH 6, 2019 Breaking As reported by the LA Times News An adminstrative specialist who worked for former LMU School of Education Dean Shane Martin filed a whistleblower lawsuit claiming she was fired after refusing to comply with Martin's attempts to misuse University funds. Mary Navia, former administrative specialist who worked under Martin, detailed Martin's instructions to illegally use University money on pornography, expensive meals and unnecessary travel expenses, as reported by the L.A. Times yesterday afternoon. Martin denied these allegations, according to the Times. Navia claims she attempted to alert other superiors at the University, and that all attempts were unsuccessful. She claims that when she raised concerns to administrator Jordan Gadd, he told her pornography was an appropriate use of funds. The University and Gadd declined the Times' request for comment. According to the LA Times the lawsuit alleges: •Martin helped a student participate in financial aid fraud, encouraging them to enroll in classes and drop once they received funding. •Martin regularly spent LMU funds on personal matters and pressured Navia to participate in this. •Navia was fired for "unsatisfactory job performance" but claims no one complained about her work according to the Times. •Martin (and subsequently LMU) violated labor rights by refusing to give Navia lunch and rest breaks and not paying her for overtime. The Loyolan is following this story as it develops. Follow the Loyolan on social media for updates. Information Compiled by Isabella Murillo, News Editor; Graphic: Autumn Collins | Loyolan Busy Philipps comes back to the bluff LMU alumna Busy Philipps speaks on women in film and television. Jacob Cornblatt Editor-in-Chief @LALoyolan Acclaimed actor, influencer, author and talk show host Busy Philipps came to LMU for the second annual Alliance of Women Philanthropists (AWP) Speaker Series on Friday to speak on women's health, being a woman in Hollywood and her time as a student at LMU. The interview, moderated by award¬ winning journalist and LMU First Lady Carol Costello, began with a conversation about being public with emotions. “It’s okay to be moved; it’s okay to feel sad,” Philipps said. “I feel like crying is an act of defiance.” She said this during a discussion of what it is like being a woman in the film industry — an industry which has been at the center of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. “I used to not be able to cry. I wanted to be seen as someone strong, someone who could hang with the boys,” she said. Philipps began working as an actor in the late '90s, during her sophomore year at LMU. She auditioned for over 90 television pilots, crying late at night to her then- boyfriend Colin Hanks (who also attended LMU) that she “needled] to be an actress.” She said, “I started working when I was young — I wasanactor-for-hire.” Her first job was on the beloved sitcom “Freaks and Geeks,” created by Judd Apatow. She played the role of Kim Kelly. “I was lucky that my first job was ‘Freaks and Geeks,'” she said. “[Apatow] encouraged us to do our own things.” Her hardship as a woman in Hollywood began after “Freaks," Philipps recalled. “I faced a lot of pressure about my own body as a young woman. I was told to change things that would’ve made me less me,” she said. Philipps said she would often get calls from her agents telling her to lose weight, sometimes bluntly and sometimes in coded messages about wanting her to feel her best. Through all of this, Philipps said her ideals never faltered. “I thought I was destined to rule the world,” she said. “I really believe my mission in life is to dismantle the patriarchy.” During a period where she struggled to find work due to her reluctance to travel in order to take care of her child, she discovered a new area where she could dismantle the patriarchy. “There was a deficit in the late -night space for women,” she said. She walked through the doors of Tina Fey's production company, where she had done work in the past, and demanded a late night show according to Philipps. She told a story about “bro-y” men at the company passively telling her that they would see what they could do, only for her to firmly restate that she would have a show. The show created is “Busy Tonight,” which airs on E! four nights a week. See Philipps | Page 3 via Autumn De Wilde Above, Philipps poses for her new book "This Will Only Hurt a Little." In her interview at LMU, Philipps discussed her role as a women in entertainment. VOLUME 97 ISSUE 22 The Jonas Brothers are back after a six year hiatus; see what students have to say. Page 9 EST. 1921 Social media and social justice collide Prominent activists speak to the LMU community about social media's role in activism. Grace McCauley News Intern @LALoyolan The Women’s and Gender Studies department hosted three well-known activists for their Social Media for Social Justice event on Thursday, Feb. 1. The event focused on hashtag activism and the conversation surrounding it. The three activists speaking were Monica Ramirez, founder of Justice for Migrant Women, Myrla Baldonado, organizer of household workers for Latino Union of Chicago and Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter. The event was moderated by Dr. Sarah Jackson, associate professor of communication studies at Northeastern University and expert on how communication influences social change in the United States. Ramirez spoke about her experience as the daughter and granddaughter of migrant farm workers. She was inspired to begin her activism after her local newspaper had a section welcoming back the fishermen, but “didn’t have a 'welcome back, farmers’ section," she said. She later began to write for her local paper in an effort to report on the migrant farm workers. Baldonado came to the U.S. from the Philippines as a domestic worker. She spoke of her sexual harassment stories and her fight to make the voices of domestic workers heard. Cullors spoke of her upbringing at a “social justice" high school. Cullors witnessed over -policing and a lack of infrastructure in her community, which led her to activism. The role of social media within activism was widely discussed. “When I started writing for the paper, it was because I realized if we weren’t being written about, we were invisible,” said Ramirez. During her talk, Baldonado emphasized how important it is to stay up to date on technology. “Catch up. It’s the only way,” said Baldonado. Jackson asked the speakers how powerful they believed social media was for activism. Cullors responded by discussing how instrumental social media has been for Black Lives Matter. “Social media has been able to amplify the voices of the most marginalized ... [It] has become a bullhorn for us ,” said Cullors . Students in attendance reacted to the notion that social media could be unsafe for young activists. "I could be in a bubble... when I post online I'm in a large group of supporting people," said Bird Cooley, freshmen management major. "[It helps to be in] a group that believes in the same thing as you." See Social Media | Page 3