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Monica Lewinsky.
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Black History Month
Event Calendar
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Black Heritage Poetry night
The Living Room. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
How Prince Went Beyond Race and Back: A Book Talk with Dr. Adilifu Nama fflceofB,ack indent ser
University Hall Ahmanson 1000, noon - 1:30 p.m.
i 2000s Forever: A Valentine’s Day Bash
The Hill, 8:00 p.m. - midnight
. Black Student Union presents An Excursion to the Pan-African Film Festival
8J Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall. 1 1 =00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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; National Association of Black Journalists presents First Amendment Week Diversity panel
& The Hill. 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
g Let’s Have Church: An Evening of Praise and Worship
Sacred Heart Chapel, The Cave, 7=30 - 9:00 p.m.
Reframing Black Queer Perspectives in Art and Media
William H. Hannon Library. Von Der Ahe Suite, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Voices of Justice: The Francisco Homes
Murphy Recital Hall, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Embodying the Freak: Janeile Monae’s Black Woman Body Blues - A Salon with Dr. Jennifer Williams
University Hall 3500, noon - 1:30 p.m.
To Protect & To Serve: a Critical Conversation with the LAPD
University Hall ECC 1857, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
In The Heights
Foley Building. Sturb Theater. 8:00 - 10:30 p.m.
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i Unveiling of the Hank Gathers Statue
Gersten Pavillion at Lion Athletics Center, 4:00 p.m.
Graphic: Kate Leahy | Loyolan
Celebrating
Black History
Month on
campus
Events will occur all month,
ranging from a film festival to a
discussion with the LAPD.
Kennedi Hewitt
Asst. News Editor
@LALoyoian
In the midst of the Valentine's Day
celebrations a and pink decorations,
something else is happening during
the month of February: Black
History Month.
There will be many LMU events
taking place on and off campus
throughout the month. According
to LMU This Week, the events,
organized by the Office of Black
Student Services (OBSS), began
with a pop-up African marketplace
in Lawton Plaza on Feb. 3 and will
culminate with the unveiling of a
statue of LMU basketball legend
Hank Gathers at Gersten Pavillion
on Feb. 29.
See Black History | Page 3
Dr. Hyslop makes a difference at Homeboy Industries
The SHS medical director
recounts his volunteer
experiences removing tattoos.
Grace McCauley
Asst. Managing Editor
@LALoyolan
Dr. Dan Hyslop is the medical
director and a physician at Student
Health Services (SHS) on campus.
When he's not treating students, Dr.
Hyslop devotes his time to volunteering
at Homeboy Industries. Homeboy
Industries helps former gang members
“redirect their lives” and is the “largest
and most successful gang intervention,
rehab and reentry program in the world
and has become a model for other
organizations and cities,” according
to their website. LMU alumnus Father
Greg Boyle S.J., M.A. (’85), founded the
organization in 1988. Hyslop volunteers
to remove tattoos that would otherwise
prevent some of the clients from
rejoining the workforce.
Hyslop recalled his own past with
gangs. “I have a lot of gratitude
because where I grew up, we were in
a gang. I was arrested when I was 16
years old on a felony charge, I was
convicted, I was on probation and
only because I was under 18 was my
record expunged and I was able to
go onto college and medical school.
You don’t go to medical school
with a felony,” said Hyslop. “I go
[to Homeboy Industries] because it
could have just as easily been me
had a couple of things not gone
right for me.”
Hyslop has been volunteering at
Homeboy Industries for many years.
“A friend of mine was volunteering at
Homeboy ... she got me down there. I
went down and you just need to have
a medical license ... I think there’s
even dentists doing it,” he said.
The removal process involves a
laser that penetrates the skin and
disperses the ink. Hyslop explained
that the pain involved with this
process is far greater than the pain
people feel when they get the tattoo.
“They say it’s like hot bacon grease
popping on your skin,” said Hyslop
about the removal process. “I’ve seen
guys who’ve done hard time, real
rough and tumble guys, have tears in
their eyes it hurt so much.”
Hyslop said that every time he has
gone to Homeboy Industries, he has
interacted with people whose stories
changed his life.
“I met a young woman who was
kidnapped from the high desert after
cheerleading practice and she was
sex trafficked around the world.”
See Dr. Hyslop | Page 3
Photo: Alyssa Reece | Loyolan
Dr. Hyslop, medical director and physician at LMU, poses next to a framed print of a
tattoo by artist George Perez. Hyslop does volunteer tattoo removal services for former
gang members and the formerly incarcerated at Homeboy Industries.
