LoyolaMarymountUniversity
LoyolaMarymountUniversity(LMU)isacomprehensiveco-educationalprivate
RomanCatholicJesuituniversityinLosAngeles,California,UnitedStates.
TheUniversityisoneof28memberinstitutionsoftheAssociationofJesuit
CollegesandUniversitiesandoneoffiveMarymountinstitutionsofhigher
education.LMUwascreatedin1973bythemergerofMarymountCollegeand
LoyolaUniversityinLosAngeles.LoyolaMarymountistheparentschoolto
LoyolaLawSchoollocatedindowntownLosAngeles.LMUisalsoranked#4by
USNewsandWorldReportintheUniversity-Master's(West):TopSchools.
St.Vincent'sCollege,firstlocation,1866
Thenames"Loyola"and"Marymount"havelongbeenassociatedwithCatholic
highereducationincountriesaroundtheglobe.SaintIgnatiusLoyola,
founderofTheSocietyOfJesus,sanctionedthefoundationofhisorder's
firstschoolin1548.TheReligiousoftheSacredHeartofMaryhave
conductededucationalinstitutionssincetheirestablishmentinFrancein
1849byFatherJeanGailhac.Thesetwotraditionsofeducationhavecome
togetherinLosAngelesasLoyolaMarymountUniversity.
St.Vincent'sCollege,secondlocation,1905
ThepresentUniversityisthesuccessortothepioneerCatholiccollegeand
firstinstitutionofhigherlearninginSouthernCalifornia.In1865,the
VincentianFatherswerecommissionedbyBishopThaddeusAmatyBrusito
foundSt.Vincent'sCollegeforboysinLosAngeles.JohnAsmuthservedas
thefirstPresidentRector.ThecollegewasoriginallylocatedintheLugo
AdobeHouseatthesoutheastcornerofAlamedaStreetandLosAngeles
Street.Thebuildingwasoneoffewtwo-storycomplexesinthecityatthat
timeandhadbeendonatedbyVincenteLugo.Althoughthebuildingnolonger
stands,itsoriginalsiteisacrossAlamedaStreetfromthecurrentUnion
Station,onthePlazanearthesoutheastendofthecity'shistoricOlvera
Street.Aftertwoyears,theschoolmovedseveralblocksover.Thecampus
wassurroundedbyBroadway,6thStreet,HillStreet,and7thStreet.St.
Vincent'sCollegefoldedintotheSocietyofJesus'snewlyfoundedLos
AngelesCollegein1911astheysimultaneouslyopenedtheirhighschool
division(LoyolaHighSchool).RichardA.Gleeson,S.J.servedasthefirst
JesuitPresident.
RapidgrowthpromptedtheJesuitstoseekanewcampusonVeniceBoulevard
in1917;withthismove,thenameoftheschoolwaschangedbacktoSt.
Vincent'sCollege.In1918thenamewasonceagainchangedtoLoyolaCollege
ofLosAngeles.Graduateinstructionbeganin1920withthefoundationofa
separatelawschool(thoughinstructionattheundergradatelevelremained
allmale,womenwereadmittedtothelawschool).Thelawschoolwasthe
firstinLosAngelestoadmitJewishstudentsasatthetimeUSC'slaw
schooldidnot.Theschoolrelocatedunderthen-President,JosephA.
Sullivan,S.J.,tothepresentWestchestercampusin1929,andachieved
universitystatusin1930becomingLoyolaUniversityofLosAngeles.Loyola
LawSchooldidnotmovewiththerestoftheuniversity,butremainstothis
dayinalocationjustwestofdowntownLosAngeles.Thecurrentlawschool
campuswasdesignedbyFrankGehry.Theformationofagraduatedivision
occurredinJune1950,althoughthegraduateworkhadformedanintegral
partoftheTeacherEducationProgramduringtheprecedingtwoyears.Loyola
Universitycontinuedtobeanall-maleschooluntilitsmergerwith
MarymountCollegein1973.
Inseparate,thoughparalleldevelopments,theReligiousoftheSacredHeart
ofMarybeganteachinglocalyoungwomenin1923.In1933MarymountJunior
Collegeopenedasanall-women'sschoolintheWestwooddistrictofLos
Angeles.TheschoolbecameMarymountCollegeofLosAngeleswhenitstarted
awardingbachelor'sdegreesin1948,andmovedtothePalosVerdesPeninsula
in1960.
In1967RaymundeMcKay,R.S.H.M.,PresidentofMarymountCollegehad
extendedaninvitationtoMaryFelixMontgomery,C.S.J.,GeneralSuperiorof
theSistersofSt.JosephofOrange,tojoinintheiraffiliationwith
LoyolaUniversityofLosAngeles.In1968theReligiousoftheSacredHeart
ofMaryandtheSistersofSt.JosephofOrangepartneredinthegoverning
andstaffingofMarymountCollege‹itwasthenthatMarymountCollegemoved
totheWestchestercampusofLoyolaUniversityasanautonomousinstitution.
SimultaneouslySt.JosephCollegeofOrange,afouryearliberalarts
collegeforwomenreligioussponsoredbytheSistersofSaintJosephof
Orange,begananaffiliationwithMarymountCollege.Itbecameoneoftwo
branchcampusesofMarymountCollege.In1970St.JosephCollegeofOrange
wasrenamedMarymountCollegeofOrange.ItremainedoperatedbytheSisters
ofSt.JosephofOrangeandceasedtoofferundergraduatedegrees.College
courseswereofferedtomenandwomenduringthesummers.Bothcampusesof
MarymountCollegeremainedall-femaleuntilthe1973mergerwithLoyola
University.
In1970,theStudentGovernmentsofLoyolaUniversity(ASLU‹Associated
StudentsofLoyolaUniversity)andMarymountCollege(ASMC‹Associated
StudentsofMarymountCollege)joinedtoformtheAssociatedStudentsof
LoyolaandMarymount(ASLM).
Afterfiveyearsofsharingfacultiesandfacilities,LoyolaUniversityand
MarymountCollegemergedandformedLoyolaMarymountUniversityin1973.
Throughthisunion,theexpandeduniversitymaintainedthecentury-old
missionofCatholichighereducationinLosAngeles.Atthistime,ASLM
becameknownastheAssociatedStudentsofLoyolaMarymountUniversity
(ASLMU).
MarymountCollege'sfour-yearprogramsubsequentlyseparatedfromits
two-yearprogram.TheMarymounttwo-yearprogramremainedincorporatedasa
separateinstitutionandreceivedaccreditationassuchin1971.Marymount
College,PalosVerdescurrentlyoperatesinRanchoPalosVerdes,CA.
WiththemergerofLoyolaUniversityandMarymountCollegein1973,the
SistersofSt.JosephofOrangejoinedtheSocietyofJesusandthe
ReligiousoftheSacredHeartofMaryasoneofthesponsoringreligious
communitiesofLoyolaMarymountUniversity.MarymountCollegeofOrangewas
renamedtheOrangeCampusofLoyolaMarymountUniversity.TheOrangeCampus
offeredcontinuingeducationandsummercoursestomenandwomenthroughthe
1980s.
Inarticulatingavisionforthiscollegiateenterprise,theBoardof
Trusteesturnedtothehistoryofthefour-centuryoldJesuiteducational
philosophy,aswellastothehistoryandtraditionsoftheMarymountand
St.Joseph'sSisters.
Duringthesummer,theLMUcampusplayshosttoalargenumberofprecocious
children.ItistheprimaryWestCoastsitefortheCenterforTalented
YouthsummerprogramoperatedbyJohnsHopkinsUniversity.
ListofUniversityPresidentsbeginningwithSt.VincentsCollegein1865.
LMUsitsatopabluffof150acres(0.61km2)intheWestchesterareaof
WestLosAngeleslocatedintheDelReyHills.Theoriginal99acreswere
donatedtotheuniversitybyHarryCulver.XavierHall,namedforSt.
FrancisXavier,S.J.,acompanionofSt.IgnatiusofLoyola,S.J.,andSt.
Robert'sHall,namedforSt.RobertBellarmine,S.J.,acardinalandDoctor
oftheChurch,werethefirsttwobuildingstobebuiltonthecurrent
WestchesterCampus.Followingtheircompletionin1929,XavierHallhoused
boththeJesuitFacultyandthestudentsatthetimewhileSt.Robert'sHall
servedastheacademicandadministrativebuilding.
SacredHeartChapelandtheRegentsBellTowerwerethenextnon-residential
structurestobebuiltonthecampus(1953-1955).TheMaloneStudentCenter,
namedforLorenzoM.Malone,S.J.,analumnusoftheuniversityandformer
DeanofStudentsandTreasureroftheUniversity,wascompletedin1958and
renovatedin1996.LMUnowhouses36academic,athletic,administrative,and
eventfacilitiesaswell12on-campusresidencehalls(dormitoryandsuite
models)andsixon-campusapartmentcomplexes.
Thecampusalsohousestwolargeopengrassareasnotreservedforathletic
play.BothAlumniMallandSunkenGardensprovidescenerytothecampusthat
isalreadyladenwithviewsoftheentireLosAngelesBasin,MarinadelRey,
PlayadelRey,andthePacificOcean.
Theuniversity'srecentacquisitionofUniversityHallhasbroughttothe
campusanewentranceaswellasmuchneededofficeandclassroomspace.
UniversityHallisafacilityuniquetoanyacademicinstitution[citation
needed],inthatitwasoriginallyconstructedforHughesAircraftastheir
worldheadquarters,andconvertedfromanexclusivelycorporatefacility,to
abuildingthrivingwithacademiclife.LoyolaMarymountUniversityacquired
the1,000,000-square-foot(93,000m2)buildinginJanuary2000from
Raytheon,whichboughtHughesAircraft.LMUcompletedtheinteriorremodel
ofapproximately250,000squarefeet(23,000m2)inApril2001.Thebuilding
itself,whichhousestheuniversity'sBellarmineCollegeofLiberalArts,is
constructedofsteelandconcrete,andisdividedintosevenseparate
structuresaboveground.UniversityHallhasover500,000squarefeet
(46,000m2)offloorspace,andcontainsover1,000parkingspacesin3
undergroundlevels.The70,000squarefeet(6,500m2)ofatriumspacehas,
andwillcontinuetobethevenueformanyLMUevents.
TheprincetonreviewhasrecentlyrankedLMUashavingthe7thmost
beautifulcampusinAmerica.[3].CampusSqueezecollegee-zinerankedLMUas
havingthe3rdmostbeautifulcampusinAmerica.[4]
[edit]Academics
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LoyolaLawSchool
InadditiontobeingtheparentschoolofLoyolaLawSchoolinDowntownLos
Angeles,LoyolaMarymountisalsothehometosixcollegesandschools.LMU
alsooffersanAirForceROTCprogram,anHonorsPrograminwhichthe
studentshaveadifferentcorecurriculum,andseveralyear-long,semester,
andsummerstudyabroadprogramsacrosstheAmericas,Europe,Africa,Asia,
andAustralia.AdmissiontoLMUiscompetitive.StudentsfromeveryU.S.
stateattendLMU.SomeoftherecenthonorsreceivedbyLMUare:
Namedamongthe³25cuttingedgeschoolswithaneyetowardthefuture²
Kaplan¹s³YouAreHere²CollegeGuide,2008
Includedin³Best366Colleges,²³BestCollegesintheWest²,"Happiest
Students"and³10MostBeautifulCampuses²PrincetonReview,2008
Ranked4thin³BestUniversitiesWithMaster¹sProgramintheWest²U.S.
News&WorldReport,2008
BusinessWeekmagazine,2007Entrepreneurshipprogramnamedamongtop10in
thenationPrincetonReviewandEntrepreneurmagazine,2007
Thepart-timeMBAprogramisranked#4inthenationaccordingtoBusiness
Week2007;and#14inthenation,USNews&WorldReport,2008
Nameda³topproducer²ofFulbrightawardees,200607Instituteof
InternationalEducation
Named³HottestforHispanics²Newsweek/Kaplan¹s³HowtoGetintoCollege²
Guide,2006
[edit]BellarmineCollegeofLiberalArts
TheBellarmineCollegeofLiberalArtsincludestwenty-fiveundergraduate
programsofstudyaswellasfivegraduateprogramsofstudy.Itembodies
thewiderUniversitygoalsofliberaleducation,whichistheheartofthe
University'scorecurriculumforallundergraduates.Thecollegeisnamed
fortheJesuitscholar,St.RobertCardinalBellarmine,S.J.,acardinaland
DoctoroftheChurch.
[edit]CollegeofCommunicationandFineArts
TheCollegeofCommunicationandFineArtsoffersmajorsinArtHistory,
CommunicationStudies,Dance,Music,StudioArts,andTheatreArtsaswell
asagraduateprograminMaritalandFamilyTherapy.TheDepartmentofMusic
haslongbeenknownforitschoralorganizations.Twochorusesprovide
singingopportunitiesforabroadcrosssectionoftheuniversitycommunity.
Promotingtheuniversity'slongtradition,the100-voiceConcertChoir
presentsmusicformixedchorus,andwomen'schorus.Thesmaller,more
advancedConsortSingerspresentsvaryingstylesofchoralmusicand
frequentlyappearsintheLosAngelesareaastheambassadorgroupforthe
university.ItisalsotheparentcollegeofLoyolaMarymount'saward
winningDebateTeam.TheDebateTeamfrequentlyfinishesintoppositionsin
bothnationalandinternationaltournaments.ThecurrentdeanoftheCollege
ofCommunicationandFineArtsisBarbaraBusse.
[edit]CollegeofBusinessAdministration
HiltonCenterforBusiness
TheCollegeofBusinessAdministrationwasstartedtoassistinquisitive
mindsinlearningmoreabouttheeffectiveprinciplesandpracticeof
businessthroughfoundationbuilding,undergraduateprograms,andflexible
graduateprogramsforadvancingprofessionals.Itishometoeight
undergraduateprogramsofstudyaswellasanMBAprogramforgraduate
studies.
[edit]FrankR.SeaverCollegeofScienceandEngineering
TheFrankR.SeaverCollegeofScienceandEngineering,seesitspurposeto
betheeducationofprincipledleaders.Itcontainsthirteenundergraduate
programsofstudyaswellassixgraduateprograms.
[edit]SchoolofEducation
EdwardT.FoleyCenter
TheSchoolofEducationatLoyolaMarymounthasfourundergraduateprograms
ofstudy(ElementaryEducation,SecondaryEducation,BilingualEducation,
andSpecialEducation).Astudentwishingtoreceivetheircredentialupon
graduationmajorsinanyotherprogramandappliestooneofthefour
undergraduateeducationminorsduringtheirsophomoreyear.Manystudents
seekingacredentialinElementaryEducationmajorintheBellarmineCollege
ofLiberalArts'LiberalStudiesprogram,whichisdesignedtoeducateone
inthevariousartsandletterstheywillbeteachingchildren.TheSchool
ofEducationalsooffersninegraduateprogramsincludingaDoctoratein
Education...
[edit]SchoolofFilmandTelevision
Amongthebestinthearea,[citationneeded]LMU'sSchoolofFilmand
TelevisionoffersundergraduateprogramsinAnimation,FilmProduction,
RecordingArts,Screenwriting,andTelevisionProduction.Theschoolalso
offersgraduateprogramsinFilmProduction,TelevisionProduction,and
Screenwriting.
UndertheguidanceofDeanTeriSchwartz,theTelevisionprogramatLMUis
intheprocessofbeingphasedout.TheFilmandTelevisionmajorsarebeing
combinedintoaProductionMajor.
[edit]Organization
ThegoverningbodyofLoyolaMarymountistheschool'sindependentBoardof
Trustees,whichisheadedbyaChairman.TheUniversity'sexecutiveofficer
isthePresident.TheBylawsoftheUniversitystatethatthePresidentmust
beaJesuit.ThePresidentisassistedbytheChancellor,Assistanttothe
President,andDirectorInternalAudit.TheVicePresidentforMissionand
Ministry(underwhomaretheOfficeofCampusMinistryandtheCenterfor
IgnatianSpirituality)andtheVicePresidentforInterculturalAffairsare
alsomemberofthePresident'sOffice.TheExecutiveVicePresident&
ProvostreportsdirectlytothePresidentandoverseesallcampus
operations.ThePresident,ExecutiveVicePresident&Provost,SeniorVice
President&ChiefAcademicOfficer(underwhomaretheDeansofthe
BellarmineCollegeofLiberalArts,CollegeofBusinessAdministration,
CollegeofCommunicationandFineArts,SeaverCollegeofScienceand
Engineering,SchoolofEducation,SchoolofFilmandTelevision,and
UniversityLibraries),SeniorVicePresidentforAdministration,SeniorVice
President&ChiefFinancialOfficer,SeniorVicePresidentforStudent
Affairs,SeniorVicePresidentforUniversityRelations,andSeniorVice
PresidentFritzB.BurnsDeanofLoyolaLawSchoolmakeuptheUniversity
Cabinet.TheJesuitCommunityisheadedbyaRector(appointedbythe
CaliforniaProvinceoftheSocietyofJesus)whoservesastheecclesial
superioroftheuniversity,servingasix-yearterm.
[edit]Sponsoringreligiousorders
LMUissponsoredprimarilybythreereligiousordersthathavelongbeen
associatedwitheducation,theSocietyofJesus,theReligiousoftheSacred
HeartofMary,andtheSistersofSaintJosephofOrange.Although,other
ReligiousOrderssuchastheOrderofOurLadyofMountCarmel(Carmelites)
andtheSistersofSaintLouisalsohavemembersemployedoncampus.
[edit]SocietyofJesus
TheJesuitCommunityofLMUisthelargestintheCaliforniaProvinceofthe
SocietyofJesus.Thecampus'JesuitswerehousedinXavierHalluntilthe
recentcompletionofthenewJesuitCommunityComplex.LMUishometo51
Jesuits(2006-2007academicschoolyear)holdingvariouspositionsin
administrative,staff,andfacultypositionsthroughouttheuniversity.The
LMUJesuitsalsostartedandrunLoyolaproductions,Anon-profitcreative
mediacompanythatbuildsonthe450yearoldJesuittraditionofeffective
involvementinthecommunicationarts.
[edit]ReligiousoftheSacredHeartofMary
TheReligiousoftheSacredHeartofMaryalsohouseseveralreligious
sistersoncampus.TheMarymountsisters,liketheJesuitpriests,hold
variousfaculty,staff,andadministrativepositionsthroughoutthe
university.TheyalsoruntheMarymountInstituteforFaith,Culture,and
theArtswhichattemptstopreservethetransformativeeducationaltradition
oftheReligiousoftheSacredHeatofMaryandpromotesadialoguebetween
faithandcultureasexpressedinfine,performing,literaryand
communicationarts.
[edit]SistersofSaintJosephofOrange
LiketheJesuitsandMarymountSisters,theSistersofSaintJosephof
OrangeplayagreatroleinpreservingtheRomanCatholicidentityofthe
school.Severalsistersoftheorderresideeitheroncampusorinthe
surroundingcommunity,workinginadministrative,staff,andfacultyroles.
[edit]Campusministry
SacredHeartChapelandtheSunkenGardens
AsoldastheUniversity,theOfficeofCampusMinistrywasoriginally
titledUniversityChaplain,thisofficebecameknownasCampusMinistryin
1973withastipulationthattheDirectorwouldbeaJesuit.By1986this
requirementwaswaivedwhenMargaret("Peg")MaryDolan,R.S.H.M.becamethe
Director.In2008,aspartoftheuniversity's$380CentennialCapital
Campaign,itwasannouncedthata$5-millionfundraisinggoalwassetto
endowtheofficeasthePegDolan,RSHMCampusMinistryCenterinhonorof
Dolan'scontributionstotheuniversity.Dolan,analumnaofMarymount
College'sclassof1958,receivedherMaster'sfromLMUin1974andhas
servedtheuniversityasahousingdirector,campusminister,alumni
chaplain,directorofcampusministry,directorofalumnirelations,and
residentchaplainsince1973.In2008theuniversityaskedhertoaddress
theclassof2008attheundergraduatecommencementexercisesandshewas
awardedanhonorarydoctorate.AtthededicationceremonyinSeptemberof
2008,over700alumnireturnedtocampustohonorherlegacyatthe
university.
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[edit]MissionStatement
LoyolaMarymountUniversitydeclaresitsmissionandpurposetobethe
following:theserviceoffaithandthepromotionofjustice,the
encouragementoflearning,andtheeducationofthewholeperson.Being
rootedinJesuittradition,LoyolaMarymountUniversityfollowsintheir
strongdedicationtoeducation.Acommitteeoncampusmeetsregularlyto
analyzethecampus'overallstrengthsandweaknessesinfulfillingthis
missionstatement.
[edit]TheMarymountInstituteforFaith,Culture,andtheArts
Foundedin1991,theMarymountInstitutewasdesignedtohelpstrengthenthe
legacyandcontributionsoftheMarymounttraditionatLMU,andencourages
interdisciplinaryandinterculturalscholarlyandartisticactivityinthe
formofresearch,publication,exhibits,performances,conferences,
seminars,andlectures.
2008sawtheopeningoftheMarymountInstitutePress.Itselfanimprintof
TsehaiPublishersandDistributors,theMIPwasfoundedbythe
Ethiopian-bornjournalist,publisher,andsocialactivist,EliasWondimu,
andalreadyhastwopublicationstoitscredit:"PanimelPanim:Facing
Genesis,VisualMidrash"and"AJourneyintoLove:MeditatingwithPiers
Plowman".
AthleticteamsatLoyolaMarymountareknownasLions;theschool'sprimary
athleticaffiliationiswiththeWestCoastConference.WhileLMUhashad
successinseveralsports,itisprobablybestrememberedforitsmen's
basketballteamsbetween1985and1990,withPaulWestheadascoach.Tothis
day,LMUgamesoccupythetopfivespotsinthelistofhighest-scoringNCAA
DivisionIbasketballgames.
Especiallywell-rememberedwasthe1990team,ledbyHankGathersandBo
KimbleuntiltragedystruckintheWCCtournament.Gatherscollapsedduring
agameanddiedduetoapreviouslydiagnosedheartcondition.Playingfor
theirfallenteammate,theLionsadvancedtotheEliteEight(regional
final)oftheNCAAtournamentbeforefallingtoeventualchampionsUNLV.
TheprimaryindoorathleticfacilityisGerstenPavilion.
TexasRangersreliefpitcherC.J.WilsonattendedandpitchedatLoyola
Marymountin2001.
MelissaDykema,afreshmanforthe(06-07)LMUSoftballteampitchedthe
teamsfirsteverpost-seasonwinagainstUCSB.Then,later,LMU'sjuniorat
thetimeTiffanyPaganofacedUCLA.LMUhadneverbeatenUCLAbutthatwas
abouttochange.UCLAhadmadeittotheWomen'sCollegeWorldSeriesevery
yearprevious,butcouldn'tdoitthistime.TiffanyPaganopitchedagem,
helpingLMUknockoffUCLA4-2inaRegionaleliminationgameATWestwood.
ThismarkedthebiggestwininhistoryfortheLMUSoftballteam.
[edit]Studentgovernment
ASLMU,TheAssociatedStudentsofLoyolaMarymountUniversity,isthe
functioningstudentgovernment.Thegovernmentbodyiscomposedofan
ExecutiveBranch,composedoftheManagementTeamandCabinetDepartments;a
LegislativeBranch,composedoftheSenate;andaJudicialBranch,composed
oftheJudicialCommittee.Theonlyelectedpositionsarethoseofthe
President,VicePresidentandtheSenate.Unlikethesenators,thePresident
andVicePresidenthavealimitedtermoftwoyears[5].
[edit]Studentmedia
LoyolaMarymounthasarichhistoryofstudentcreatedanddirectedmedia.
Asaprivateinstitution,LMUanditsvariousstudentmediaoutletshavea
tenuousrelationshipbasedondisagreementsinregardstoFirstAmendment
rights,accessdifficulties,andprivacyconerns.
[edit]LosAngelesLoyolannewspaper
TheLosAngelesLoyolannewspaperhasbeenpublishedforover80years.It
wasoriginallytitled"TheCinder"forthecinderskickedupbythetrains
passingthedowntowncampusofSt.Vincent'sCollege.TheLoyolanhas
recentlymovedfromitslongstandingweeklyWednesdaypublicationschedule
toatwiceaweek-MondayandThursday-schedule.TheLoyolanissupported
byitsadvertisingdepartmentwhichhashistoricallypaidfrom80%to100%
ofthecostofpublication.TheLoyolan'sregularsectionsinclude"News",
"Opinions","Sports","Arts&Entertainment",and"ClassifiedAds".
In2005,thepaperwontheColumbiaScholasticPressAssociationawardfor
"BestFour-YearWeeklyTabloid."
[edit]TowerYearbook
Overtheyears,theLoyolaUniversityLosAngelesyearbookwasknownby
severaltitlesincludingtheLairAnnual.Afterthemergertheuniversity
beganpublishingtheannualTowerYearbookwhichisfinancedthrougha
mandatoryannualstudentyearbookfee(collectedalongwithtuition).
Thestudent-runyearbookatLoyolaMarymountUniversitywasnamed"Bestin
Show"atthe85thAnnualNationalCollegeMediaConferenceinSt.Louis,Mo.
onOct30."TheTower"tookfirstplaceinthe"Yearbook300-Plus"category
amongotherprestigiouscollegesfromaroundthenation.The2006yearbook
washonoredforitsuniquedesignandits"re:2006"theme.Directorof
StudentMedia,TomNelson,said"EditorinChiefAshleeGoodwinandthe
entireTowerstaffputanincredibleamountofeffortintothe2006
yearbook,whichwasnotonlythebestbutthelargesteverproducedat
LoyolaMarymountUniversity."
[edit]KXLUFM88.9/KLMUAM
TheuniversityboastsbothanAM/closedcircuitandFMradiostation.KXLU
hasanannualfundraisingdriveknownas"fundrazor"whichsupportsthe
station'songoingoperation.ThestationhasalargefollowingintheLos
Angelesarea.Avarietyof"indie"andinternationalmusicaswellasrock
andjazzareplayed.
KXLUisalsothe'flagship'stationforLMUathleticsfeaturingeveryLions
Men'sbasketballgameeachseason.KLMUistheotherradiostationonLMU's
campus,whichcanalsobestreamedonlineforlistenersacrossthecountry.
KLMUoffersundergraduatesanopportunitytohosttheirownradioshows.
[edit]ROARNetwork
ROARNetworkistheneweststudentmediaon-campus.Itprovidesaforumfor
studentproducedprogrammingtobebroadcastbothviatheon-campuscableTV
systemand,eventually,viathelocalcableaccesssystem(s).ROARNetwork
istheonlyTVStationmadefor,andrunbystudentsontheLMUcampus.The
stationprovidesstudentproducedprogrammingeverytwoweeks,withits
primetimeblockfrom10:00p.m.to2:00a.m.everynight.Currentand
previousepisodesarealsoavailableforviewinganddownloadonlineatROAR
Network'sWebsite
[edit]CenterforServiceandAction
UniquetoLoyolaMarymountisitsCenterforServiceandAction(CSA).
DedicatedtofosteringtheJesuitprinciplesoftheserviceoffaithand
promotionofjustice,CSAofferstudentsopportunitiestoservethecampus
andsurroundingcommunities.ThemissionofCSAistoeducateandformmen
andwomenwithandforothers,especiallywithandforthedisadvantagedand
theoppressed.
TheCenterforServiceandActionresultedinLMUbeingawardedthe
President'sHigherEducationCommunityServiceHonorRollwithDistinction,
thehighestfederalrecognitionaschoolcanreceiveforcivilservice.[6]
OneofthemanyopportunitiesprovidedbyCSAtostudentslookingtodo
serviceworkistheAlternativeBreakProgram.LMU'sAlternativeBreaks
programpromotesserviceandculturalexchangeonthelocal,national,and
internationallevelthroughhands-on,community-basedlearning.Studentsare
immersedindiversecontextsthroughouttheworldwithconcretechallenges
thatheightensocialawareness.
[edit]Serviceorganizations
CSAalsooverseesLMU'sstudentserviceorganizations.Thesevenservice
organizationsworktohelptheuniversityandsurroundingcommunityofLos
Angeles.
EachServiceOrganizationhasitsownuniquemission,history,charismand
organizationalstructure.Themembersoftheseorganizationsmakethemselves
availableforon-campusserviceaswellason-goingcommitmentstoserveat
specificnon-profitagenciesinSouthernCalifornia.Eachorganizationhasa
moderatorandachaplain(thoughinsomeoftheorganizationsthesame
priestorwomanreligiousservesasbothmoderatorandchaplain).
TheCenterforServiceandActionworkswiththeserviceorganizationsin
fosteringon-campusserviceandcommunityserviceaswellasreflectingupon
theirexperienceofservice.CSAcoordinatescommunicationbetweenthe
leadershipoftheseorganizations,theServiceOrganizationCouncil.CSA
alsocoordinatesthedistributionoftheOn-CampusServiceRequests.
TheorganizationsandtheirrespectivedatesoffoundingareCrimsonCircle
(1929),Belles(1960),GryphonCircle(1968),Ignatians(1981),SursumCorda
(1992),Marians(2003),andMagis(2003).
LMUisalsohometoanumberofcampusGreekOrganizations.Thecampus
fraternitiesareasfollows:AlphaDeltaGamma(1952),SigmaChi(1991),
SigmaPhiEpsilon(1996),SigmaLambdaBeta(1999),LambdaChiAlpha(2002),
andBetaThetaPi(2005).Thecampussororitiesareasfollows:AlphaPhi
(1976),DeltaGamma(1981),DeltaZeta(1986),ChiDeltaTheta(1997),Kappa
AlphaTheta(1999),DeltaSigmaTheta(2000),SigmaLambdaGamma(2000),Pi
BetaPhi(2002),DeltaDeltaDelta(2005),andSigmaGammaRho(2006).
未完待續
（美）羅耀拉大學藝術教授 Han Dai-Yu 提供。
（中）寒冰編。
