The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 97, Issue 27 - April 24, 2019

Senior Makeen Yasar's program was created to help expose high schoolers to opportunities in the health field. Page 4 LOYOLAN www. LALOYOLAN.com Find us @LALoyol Your Home. Your Voice. Your News. EST. 1921 April 24, 2019 VOLUME 98 I IS SUE 27 Beach volleyball wins championship The women's beach volleyball team clinched their first ever WCC championship over rival Pepperdine in a 3-2 match. See page 16 for coverage of the win. LAX, UCLA exposed to measles Five measles cases were reported in L.A. from April 1 to 13. Isabella Murillo News Editor @LALoyolan Several sites close to campus have been identified by the Los Angeles County Health Department as possibly exposed to measles. LAX airport, UCLA and California State University, Los Angeles were all named by the Health Department, according to a report published on April 22. A restaurant in La Canada Flintridge and a restaurant in Glendale have also been named as possible sites. The earliest exposure was reported on April 1 and the last was on April 13. The L.A. Public Health Department says there is currently no risk of infection at those locations, but it could take up to four days for the first symptoms of a rash to appear after exposure. People without the measles immunization have a 90 percent chance of contracting the disease within 21 days of exposure. Public health officials have found the five measles cases are mostly due to unvaccinated patients and are encouraging all those missing their second vaccination doses to contact their doctors, according to the report. The Los Angeles Loyolan prides itself on providing accurate, relevant and responsible news and information to the LMU community. On Wednesday, April 10, we failed. In an article discussing a transfer student sentenced to jail for charges related to the hazing death of a fraternity member at Penn State University, we published — in multiple areas — inaccurate information. We said that the student was arrested when he was arraigned. We said that he was convicted of manslaughter when he was convicted of hazing and conspiracy to commit hazing. We had incorrect dates, titles and information. For this major series of errors, I owe our readers an apology. I have also personally apologized to the subject of the article. As the paper is being produced, every article goes through at least seven rounds of edits. Each page is checked by five different student editors, including myself. This process is usually precise and thorough; in this case, however, it did not succeed. As soon as we learned of the errors, we removed all remaining newspapers from newsstands around campus, updated the article online with correct information and removed the PDF of our printed newspaper from our website. In the language of journalism, we "retracted" the story. I understand that we have let our readers down. As the editor-in-chief of this paper, I take full responsibility, and I am actively working with our staff on ways to prevent such a thing from happening again. The Loyolan has been around for nearly a century, during which time it has won numerous awards, including the College Media Association's Best Newspaper award last March. We have high standards for ourselves, and I can assure you that every one of our student staff members is rededicating themselves to those standards. -Jacob Cornblatt, editor-in-chief Graphic: Aurora Schnurr | Loyolan