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Ruiz deemed ‘no longer eligible’ due to Judicial

A!airs issue

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Caserio takes on role with just 11

weeks remaining in o"ce

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Board Editorial: What does Ruiz’s removal mean to

the University?

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Caserio in as ASLMU president

As senior marketing major Bryan Ruiz (right) is removed from his position, senior sociology major and former ASLMU Vice President Vinnie Caserio (left) takes the helm.

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Former ASLMU president ‘no longer eligible’

Stephanie Schiller | Loyolan

Senior marketing major and former ASLMU president Bryan Ruiz was deemed “no longer eligible” to continue as head of the student body because of a Judicial Affairs issue, multiple sources confirmed last week.

A letter released Thursday evening on the ASLMU Facebook page announced that Ruiz was no longer serving in his position and would be replaced by senior sociology major and vice president Vinnie Caserio, in accordance with the ASLMU bylaws. According to sophomore psychology major and Speaker of the Senate Ceci Rangel-Garcia and senior political science major and Attorney General Sarah Palacios, Ruiz was deemed no longer eligible because of a Judicial Affairs issue, but wouldn’t discuss any details of the case.

Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Development (SLD) and ASLMU Adviser Alexandra Froehlich told the Loyolan on Monday that there were “possibly” removal efforts in motion internally that were unrelated to Greek Council’s impeachment complaint. Palacios confirmed to the Loyolan that these removal

efforts were the same as the Judicial Affairs issue that resulted in Ruiz’s removal from office.

However, official notification of Ruiz’s removal was not sent from the University to the ASLMU management team until Thursday afternoon, according to Director of Student Leadership and Development (SLD) Andrea Niemi. The management team – made up of Caserio, Rangel-Garcia, Palacios and junior mathematics major and ASLMU Treasurer Anna Keathley – then informed the rest of ASLMU.

“It was certainly an emotional day for ASLMU,” said Niemi of the notification. “To have notice that the person the student body had elected as president would no longer be serving as president certainly was emotional, and they had to work through all of that and figure out how they would continue working for the student body.”

Though certain members had knowledge of Ruiz’s potential ineligibility ahead of time – including Palacios and former ASLMU senator and sophomore finance major Roy Dilekoglu – nothing was finalized until Thursday, according to Niemi and Palacios.

Because Ruiz is no longer president, the Senate impeachment hearing reported

in the Feb. 21 Loyolan article “ASLMU president faces impeachment hearing” will not take place.

Several sources, including Palacios, Rangel-Garcia and Keathley, stressed that both Greek Life and ASLMU had nothing to do with this removal, but that it was a University decision.

Dilekoglu, whose resignation of his position in ASLMU Senate was reported by the Loyolan online on Friday (“ASLMU Senator Dilekoglu resigns”), characterized the University’s treatment of Ruiz as similar to that of a criminal.

“At LMU, where they feed you these pillars of this ‘Catholic institution,’ this ‘Catholic education,’ this ‘holistic service and education,’ ‘being men and women for others,’ but then you see all this stuff going on and you have to question, ‘Where are we?’” Dilekoglu said.

Caserio, who served as Ruiz’s vice president, assumes the presidency mere weeks before ASLMU’s next elections. In an interview with the Loyolan last Monday, Froehlich called Caserio “ready and willing” to take on the presidency.

According to the statement on ASLMU’s Facebook on Thursday, Caserio will present a vice presidential nominee for approval at next Wednesday’s weekly Senate meeting.

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Greek Council President Lauren Coons informed the Loyolan of the Greek commu-nity’s decision to fi le an impeachment com-

plaint against Bryan Ruiz.

Ruiz posted a response on the ASLMU Facebook page that was removed and later reposted on his personal Facebook page.

Coons gave a formal statement of the impeachment complaint during the ASLMU

Senate meeting at 1:15 p.m.

A statement on ASLMU’s Facebook page announced that Ruiz was no longer eligible to serve as president, and that Caserio would take

over the position effective immediately.

Sophomore fi nance major Roy Dilekoglu resigned his post as ASLMU senator.

By Kevin O’Kee!eEditor in Chief

Due to a Judicial Affairs issue, Bryan Ruiz is no longer ASLMU president.

For the RecordIn previous articles in the Loyolan this academic year, senior Bryan Ruiz was

mistakenly referred to as a management major. He is a marketing major.

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with an actress on ‘Glee’

While Chan balances acting with student life, she says she has not had to deal with any “overwhelmingly difficult conflicts.”

This issue, Assistant A&E Editor Chelsea Chenelle sits down with senior English major and “Glee” actress Pamela Chan to talk about her role on the show and career as an actress.

11 BURNING QUESTIONS

1. Were you a fan of “Glee” before working on the show?

2. How long have you been performing?

3. What is your role on “Glee?”

4. How did you get the role?

5. Is it hard to balance school and shooting? How do you

do it?

6. Who has been your favorite major “Glee” actor to work

with?

7. Describe a typical day on set.

8. Do you get recognized on campus? Have you signed an

autograph?

9. What is your dream career?

10. Do you have any advice for aspiring actors?

11. What is the best part about playing Dottie?

To read the extended version of “11 Burning Questions,” visit the News section of

laloyolan.com.

Caserio to assume role of ASLMU president

Annual  LMU  Blood  Drive

The  Center  for  Service  and  Action  (CSA)  sponsors  two  blood  drives  per  year:  one  in  fall  and  one  in  spring,  according  to  the  LMU  website.  These  blood  drives  run  in  conjunction  with  the  UCLA  Blood  and  Platelet  Center.    

276  pints  were  collected,  according  to  Tom  King,  the  CSA  Student  Programs  Coordina-­tor.  This  is  398  pints  less  than  the  best  blood  drive.  According to Tom King, the CSA Student Programs Coordinator, 276 pints were collected. LMU’s all time record for a blood drive is 674 pints.

“I personally believe it is important to give blood because it is easy and fast. There are people who cannot give because of travel issues, illnesses, tattoos/piercings and other stipulations, but many people do not have a legitimate reason not to give. So why not give?”–Collin Ehret, sophomore biology major

“I think it makes us less focused on ourselves and more on giving to others and realizing that other people need parts of ourselves that we don’t necessarily need as much. You are giving someone a chance to live.”–Brya Sablan, junior sociology major

“I served as a blood drive representative for the Belles Service Organization this semester, and although I can’t donate blood myself, by encouraging people to donate I am able to contribute.” –Miriam Vega, sophomore communications studies major

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Sophomore biochemistry major Alexander Santiago was one of the students who took part in this spring’s blood drive.

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Information compiled by Jenna Abdou, Asst. Managing Editor; Graphic: Mercedes Pericas | Loyolan

As senior marketing major Bryan Ruiz’s era as ASLMU president ends, the LMU student body will have to look to former ASLMU Vice President and senior sociology major Vinnie Caserio, the new ASLMU president, as ASLMU pushes forward.

“There will be a lot of people with a lot of questions,” said Dan Faill, assistant director of Student Leadership and Development (SLD) and Greek Life adviser. “And my sincere hope is that Vinnie will be up to the task of conducting himself and [ASLMU] to the best of his ability.”

One of Caserio’s first tasks will be to refocus ASLMU as the voice of LMU’s student body. The impeachment complaint and subsequent unrelated removal of Ruiz have brought dispute not only between members of the organizations involved, but between other students as well. Status updates on both the ASLMU and Loyolan Facebook pages quickly filled with comments ranging from students arguing the validity of the impeachment complaint to whether the University should have removed Ruiz.

Senior political science major Sarah Palacios, ASLMU’s attorney general, told the Loyolan that Caserio’s ability to bring students together will be vital during this period of transition. “Vinnie was elected for a reason. He has this strength to unite people. It’s unparalleled,” she said.

Caserio’s time to unite is short, however. According to the ASLMU

website, campaigns for the 2013-14 election are already undergoing approval, and platforms will be posted this Thursday, Feb. 28. Elections will be held from March 19-21, and results will be posted at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. Though the ASLMU president and vice president don’t officially transition until commencement, according to Director of SLD Andrea Niemi, this still only leaves Caserio with a few weeks before elections to seize the spotlight.

Still, according to Assistant Director of SLD and ASLMU Adviser Alexandra Froehlich, Caserio will make the most of the time he has. “One thing I’ve learned about Vinnie this entire year is that he will step up to the plate and try everything,” Froehlich said.

Palacios was optimistic, saying, “[This] is about moving forward and about what Vinnie will continue to do.”

ASLMU Treasurer and junior mathematics major Anna Keathley agreed, saying, “Vinnie has a spirit that lights up a room, and Vinnie is the perfect person to support ASLMU and the rest of the student

body through this process.”The spring semester of ASLMU’s

schedule is notable for March’s Collegefest, the annual spring concert that has in the past brought acts like The Bravery and Gym Class Heroes to LMU. Though ASLMU may be transitioning leaders as Collegefest rapidly approaches, Froehlich said she has faith the planning would proceed properly.

“One thing I’ve learned about ASLMU is while I’d love to pretend that the president and vice president do everything, that’s not the case,” Froehlich said. “Collegefest will still happen.”

Though a change in leadership at a crucial time can be intimidating, members of ASLMU have faith that things will progress as they should.“We’re a team, and we look forward to providing the students with great memories,” Palacios said of ASLMU going forward. “That’s really what we’re looking forward to.”

“You know, we might lose people here and there, I won’t lie,” Froehlich admitted. “But for the most part, they are an amazing group of people. They will keep going.”

By Allison Croley and Kevin O’KeeffeLoyolan Staff

Ruiz is no longer having an impeachment hearing following his stepping down.

Liana Bandziulis | Loyolan

Assistant Director of SLD and ASLMU Adviser Alexandra Froehlich says that this year, Caserio will “step up to the plate and try everything.”

Burns Recreation Center (Burns Rec), the primary workout facility for LMU students, implemented a new policy this semester in which students would pay for gym use after forgetting their OneCard.

Students, faculty and staff were informed about the new policy through flyers posted around Burns Rec. The flyer states that students have one time to forget their card without penalty. The second time they forget, it is a $5 fee to enter the facility and any time after that, it is a $10 fee to enter.

According to Assistant Director of Campus Recreation Kelsey Lee, the new policy is a safety precaution for emergency preparedness.

“When you think about all the things that can happen in a facility like [Burns Rec], like say if an emergency happens and someone goes down, and there’s no OneCard, and they have no identification on them, how would we ever know who they are?” said Lee.

For some students, the new rule is an adjustment. Ryan Yamashita, a senior entrepreneurship major, said that although the new policy holds him accountable to bring his OneCard to the gym, the rule makes it easier to forget his OneCard for other campus

activities.“I think the main problem

that I normally run into is I’ll forget my OneCard in my gym bag or shorts after working out, which is frustrating for trying to buy food on campus or when [the Department of] Public Safety gives me a hard time for not having my OneCard on me,” Yamashita said.

Deonte Lang, a junior business finance major, said that a student ID number should be an alternative form of identification.

“A OneCard is the not the end all be all for student identification. A student ID number should be enough to grant access to the gym without having to pay,” Lang said.

Lang also added that the reasoning behind the new policy was never explained to students, saying, “I don’t know exactly why it was implemented in the first place.”

The flyers do not contain information on why the new policy was put in place. However, Danielle Harris, the membership services coordinator, explained that the new policy was implemented for safety, but she understands that some students think otherwise.

“I think a lot of the students think we’re doing it to be mean or add another [fee],” Harris stated. “But it totally has nothing to do with that. The department of Campus Recreation brings in money other ways. That’s not what it’s about.”

Harris explained that previous incidents had spurred the implementation of the new policy, saying, “There’s been people in the building who shouldn’t be, and who have then caused problems … and if we would have [made] sure that they had a OneCard, we could have avoided a lot of those situations.”

Lee added that the structure of the policy was based upon policies in place at other universities.

“Some of my staff members and I … went to USC and UCLA, and they both have similar policies,” Lee stated. “USC was having problems with students, faculty and staff forgetting their cards, and as soon as they implemented the same policy, they said they get around one person a day who forgets their card. At the time, we were getting close to 30 people a day.”

UCLA, however, has harsher penalties for their facilities.According to Ali Schieffer, building supervisor at the UCLA John Wooden Center, if patrons of the center forget their cards more than three times in one calendar year, their use of the facility is suspended for the rest of that year.

Harris emphasized that LMU’s new policy is mainly for campus security. “You know … we just want everyone to be safe.”

According to Lee, there has been only one student who has had to pay the $10 fee under the new policy this semester.

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Burns Recreation Center starts charging students for forgetting their OneCards.

OPINIONStudent Editorials and Perspectives

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Removal denies students closureI n the wake of an impeachment complaint

against, and eventual removal of, the ASLMU president, LMU students have

been left confused. Between the mixed signals and confusing timelines, it’s easy to see why.

As reported in the Page 2 article “Former ASLMU President ‘no longer eligible,’” senior marketing major Bryan Ruiz was deemed ineligible to occupy the ASLMU presidency due to a Judicial Affairs issue. Senior sociology major Vinnie Caserio took Ruiz’s place as ASLMU president effective immediately, in accordance with its bylaws.

Regardless of the exact details that brought Caserio to the presidency, the fact remains that he is our new ASLMU president, and the Loyolan would like to congratulate him. We wish him the best as he assumes his new role.

Before we go forward, however, we should look back at what caused Ruiz to be removed and Caserio to be brought in. As reported in the aforementioned news article, on Monday, prior to when junior entrepreneurship major and Greek Council President Lauren Coons brought the Greek community’s impeachment complaint to the ASLMU Senate, ASLMU Adviser and Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Development (SLD) Alexandra Froehlich indicated to the Loyolan that there were “possibly” removal efforts already underway, unrelated to the Greek community’s impeachment complaint. According to Sarah Palacios, attorney general of ASLMU and a senior political science major, these removal efforts were the same as

those that came to light on Thursday.Former ASLMU senator and sophomore

finance major Roy Dilekoglu, who resigned his position on Friday, told the Loyolan that he unofficially learned Ruiz was no longer eligible to serve as ASLMU president two hours after last Wednesday’s meeting. However, other sources within ASLMU, including Palacios and sophomore psychology major and Speaker of the Senate Ceci Rangel-Garcia, indicated that the University officially informed ASLMU of Ruiz’s ineligibility Thursday afternoon.

Further confusing the timeline, when asked exactly what date and time Caserio began work as ASLMU president, Director of SLD Andrea Niemi would not comment.

The question the Loyolan is left with is this: If removal efforts were underway, and Caserio was potentially acting as ASLMU president before Thursday, why was the impeachment effort allowed to continue? Moreover, once the impeachment effort was initiated, why was it not allowed to run its course?

The Loyolan believes that the University’s approach to this situation was a clear display of University politics in action. If there were other “wheels in motion,” as Froehlich described, the University should have been honest with the LMU community about what was going on behind the scenes. Instead, they chose to watch as the student body launched itself into an impeachment process that would never be resolved. We’re not surprised – but we’re still disappointed.

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A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has found fish oil and as-pirin can be a potential cure for arthritis. According to the study, the aspirin aids in the production of re-solvins, an anti-inflammatory molecule produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil. The combination helps control the overactive immune response, reducing the pain and inflammation, allow-ing the body to heal. By slowing, or even stopping, the early stages of the arthritis, the study believes it can re-duce the prolonged consequences, including diabetes and various cancers. Thumbs up to aiding the arthritic.

According to Merriam-Webster, the defini-tion of a sprinkler is “a device used for water-ing lawns.” Any late-night stroll around campus will produce evidence of LMU’s sprinklers not abiding by this definition. It appears more wa-ter is being spit on the sidewalks than nourish-ing the grass. With University funds supporting the beautification of campus, it would be nice if our dollars were sprinkled where intended. Thumbs down to the inefficient use of water.

Fifty-one-year-old Roland Ross was released from prison Saturday, Feb. 23 after being vindi-cated of a 2006 shooting. Seven years after his conviction, Ross’ appeals were heard by a judge in Oakland, Calif. Ross’ team of volunteer law-yers argued that he had been sentenced due to poor police investigation and false claims from witnesses. Ross said, “I can feel sunshine and breathe clean air again.” Though it is unfortu-nate he had to spend undeserved jail time, Ross’ release is amazing news. Thumbs up for Ross’ truly deserved freedom and justice being served.

Exoneration of innocent man

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Fish oil and aspirin: A cure for arthritis?

StudentsreactTO BRYAN RUIZ’S REMOVAL

“That was dumb of him, to become president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon when he was president of ASLMU. That was obviously a con!ict. He needed to pick what was important to him.” – Lauren Baerg, sophomore humanities major

“I do think he violated the rules. ... If he’s a president of LMU, he’s setting an example for the students.”

– Ravina Saini, sophomore business management major

“I think it’s ridiculous, because there [are] three weeks left [before elections] and they’re changing the president now. Next year’s people are already advertising to run.” – Brooke Standring, freshman communication studies major

“If you’re constantly warned and if you are a head of something, you should be a role model and should follow rules. You’ve been given a lot of power, but there are still boundaries you can’t break.”

– Stefan Stau!er, freshman psychology major

For more student reactions, visit laloyolan.com.

W hen contraception first emerged on the market in the early 20th century,

the nation was starkly divided. While some rejoiced at the liberat-ing opportunities, others felt it was

a direct insult to their religious beliefs. Fast for-ward to 2012, when President Barack Obama’s administration included a con-traceptive man-date as part of the Affordable Care Act. A Feb. 1 “State Policies in Brief” analy-sis of the act

explained a new provision in which “private health plans writ-ten on or after August 1, 2012 [must] cover contraceptive coun-seling and service.”

However, this requirement has been opposed by some on the basis that it infringes on one of our First Amendment rights: the freedom of religion. Many business own-ers who explicitly claim a reli-gious affiliation, such as a Catholic family in Indiana interviewed by the L.A. Times on Feb. 8, are caught between the requirement to provide health insurance and the opposing view their religion espouses. The family – who run a large auto company – believe providing such coverage would be “sinful and immoral,” according to the article “Judges split over birth control coverage and religious lib-erty.” New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, reminded us, in the same article, how the Obama administration “assured [the religious community] that we will not have to refer, pay for, or negotiate for the mandated

coverage.” While this reform is advantageous to many employees in the nation, it has continuous-ly failed business owners. They already have to face numerous taxes (such as the excise tax and punitive tax). Why should they have to deal with the additional concern of a possible infringement on their religious freedom?

So should religious business owners be exempt from this rule? Do they have the right to deny their female employees’ contracep-tive needs because of their per-sonal religious beliefs? On the con-trary. As active members of our working society, religious business owners should work on compro-mising instead of refuting the posi-tive shift towards advancement.

While I understand that their religious beliefs are safely guard-ed within the First Amendment, women have rights that extend

beyond being religious or non-religious, Republican or Democrat. Why should we have to limit our liberties? We have the right to equally work alongside men, and we should receive equal health insurance plans.

As a young woman who will soon be leaving the collegiate bubble, I hope to find a job that will provide me with a personal-ized health care plan. Along those lines, I personally wouldn’t go work for a company that will deny or become uneasy with my health care demands, specifically contra-ception. If I am given the chance to work on the same tasks as my male coworker, I have the right to a similarly beneficial health insur-ance plan as well.

When businesses endorse reli-gious principles, they are pro-moting a sectarian, rather than secular, exercise of the right of reli-

gious freedom. Health insurance is intended to provide medical security in case of and as precau-tionary measures against illness or accident. In my opinion, this is no different from the the point of contraception: to act as a preven-tive measure against an unwanted pregnancy.

A Feb. 9 U.S. News’ Debate Club article, “Should Catholic and Other Religious Institutions Have to Cover Birth Control?,” stated that “98 percent of American women have used birth control in their lives and … no one is requir-ing the use of contraception … only requiring that it be available to those who want it.” As men-tioned during Obama’s campaign by White House spokesman Jay Carney, the main point of readily available contraception is that it gives women the freedom to make a choice. It allows us the liberty to

decide what we want to do with our bodies, and taking away that freedom will only push us back-wards. Religious business owners are not in the right by attempting to strip away the possibility that not every woman will capitalize on, for the sake of those whose beliefs line up with their own.

The aforementioned L.A. Times article also discussed how “dozens of religiously affiliated employers, including schools and charities, have sued to seek an exemption from the contraceptive mandate.” I’m a young woman who is attend-ing a religious university, but if I were denied the right to obtain proper medication for my own needs, I would be appalled and outraged. While I’m not forced to attend LMU, I have come to adopt this university as home. It would be extremely disheartening to have my medical needs denied by a place I feel so comfortable in.

Currently, judges are split on a decision. While some agree that government-mandated contracep-tion coverage does infringe on our right to practice religion freely, oth-ers believe that it is the business owner’s duty to provide complete health care. The health insurance reform is not optional, as every business owner must abide by it. After all, the plan is meant to be implemented at a federal level.

It has, unfortunately, come to a point where there is a conflict of interest on both sides. Even though ‘Obamacare’ was intended to come with more benefits for the greater good, American citi-zens continue to run into new and challenging social and religious conflicts.

www.laloyolan.comFebruary 25, 2013Page 6 OPINION

This is the opinion of Pooja Sharma, a senior English major from Villa Park, Calif. Please send comments to aheck@theloyolan.com.

Two freedoms: Contraception and religion

Information compiled from State Policies in Brief, Guttmacher Institute & U.S. News’ Debate Club; Graphic: Tyler Barnett | Loyolan

By Pooja SharmaContributor

The Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Actmandates that all “private health plans written on or after August 1, 2012 [must] cover contraceptive counseling and services.”

“About 98 percent of American women have used birth control in their lives.”

“Dozens of religiously affiliated employers, including schools and charities, have sued to seek an exemption from the contraception mandate.”

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Wilder Ways

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By Georgia Henderson, sta! cartoonistSigns of Improvement

By Jackson Turcotte, Cartoon editorOdd Turtle

By Coralie Eilers, contributing cartoonist

Mary Poppins’ umbrella gone wild.

Fantasy football.

LoyolanGoes CountryThe With country music on the rise, the Loyolan staff looks at the new generation of country music.

Universal storytellingpopularizes country

New country gives women a voice

Country relates tonon-Southerners, too

Bluegrass dominant in country resurgence

“I can’t see this world unless I go outside my Southern comfort zone,” sings Brad Paisley in his

new song, “Southern Comfort Zone.” Country music has seen a resurgence in popular culture among those not native

to the South as new country artists are able to bring their down-home mes-sages and make them relevant to those who never learned how to drive a tractor.

Even though I grew up with 90 percent of my fam-ily living on farms, I never used to see the power and sto-rytelling of country

music. Like most, I saw the “Chicken Fried” surface of country music that seemed to only glorify beer drinking, red-neck women and camping by the river. However, upon moving to L.A., the coun-try music revival became like experienc-ing a little slice of my rural hometown.

Listening to country, there is a certain authenticity and sensitivity that is hard to find in other styles of music. Many of the themes in country music are about dealing with loss and change, something that resonated with me as I entered the next chapter of my life. Perhaps the best example is Trace Adkins telling me “You’re Gonna Miss This,” teaching me that each stage of life is filled with appre-hension so one must embrace and thrive in any situation.

While many hailed fun.’s “We Are Young” as the anthem of youth, I feel that Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” perfectly captured a carefree spirit and painted a perfect picture of simplicity and carefree enjoyment.

From the lovelorn Hunter Hayes, the down-home revelry of Jason Aldean and the vigor and heart of Luke Bryan, I can only wonder what new personal gems will find their way onto my iPod as coun-try music and the stories that come along with it enjoy their spot in the limelight.

Country music may not be for every-one, but for my money, country is where the heart of storytelling is in music. As Paisley sings in “This is Country Music,” “This is your life in a song.”

This is the opinion of Christopher James, a junior screenwriting and marketing major from Lodi, Calif. Please send com-ments to cjames@theloyolan.com.

LoyolanGoes CountryThe With country music on the rise, the Loyolan staff looks at the new generation of the genre.

W riting off country music as a social exercise in hyper-mas-culinity and misogynistic be-

havior is easy to do, particularly since it has historically been such. However with the new millennium came a new kind of

woman – the kind who could not only keep up with the boys, but could one-up them if they did her wrong.

You could say it started with the Dixie Chicks – three women from Dallas, Texas who refused to let the country niche keep them from winning a total of 13 GRAM-MYs. Though they broke into the mainstream with

apolitical tunes such as “Wide Open Spaces” that discussed a woman’s need to explore the world, they became leg-endary after refusing to revoke an anti-George W. Bush statement. As hoards of their conservative audience rushed to burn their albums, the Dixie Chicks fought back with their album “Taking the Long Way” and won five GRAMMYs.

Carrie Underwood continued this legacy of women who refuse to care what you think after winning the fourth sea-son of “American Idol.” Three years after winning, she had been inducted into the country music haven, the Grand Ole Opry, and was one of the most talked-about musicians across all genres. Her

most popular song, “Before He Cheats,” is arguably the best revenge song of the decade, combatting cheating through the total annihilation of a man’s “souped-up four-wheel drive.” It enforces the idea that women can act up out of anger, rath-er than whining about it like the rest of the world expects.

The new country woman is not some-one to pity; rather, she is someone to fear. For the past decade, women have been dominating the country music scene and flooding it with songs that transcend heartbreak and form a new identity. The “Redneck Woman,” as Gretchen Wilson suggests, can drink you under the table, understands who she is and refuses to let middle class prudes stifle her self confi-dence.

This is the opinion of Chelsea Chenelle, a sophomore art history major from San Diego, Calif. Please send comments to cchenelle@theloyolan.com.

B eing a Southern California na-tive, country music doesn’t lie in my soul. My parents and grand-

parents didn’t raise me to listen to beau-tiful ballads or honky-tonk tunes. So because of my hometown, can I not be a

true fan? I say no.Folks in other

areas of the coun-try might look at me, a Southern California college boy who enjoys a nice bro tank and Chubbies shorts, as an imposter. But I respond with this: What makes you more of a fan than I am? Just be-cause you grew up in the deep South

or the mountains of Montana, does that give you the right to be more entitled as a country music fan? Again, my answer is no.

Music is beautiful because it can be interpreted in so many different ways and can touch people in ways words sim-ply cannot. I don’t believe the region you come from plays a role in one’s ability to be a true fan.

That being said, the country music imposters do get under my skin. It’s the fans who claim to be in the know with music but in reality like one or two mainstream songs that they may have heard on a non-country music radio station, that get to me. The people who buy a cowboy hat for a country concert because that’s what they think is cute,

rather than being genuine in their ap-proach to the genre – that gets to me. This demographic gives guys like me a bad name because many of them reside in Southern California. Many of them look just like me.

So how do I distinguish myself from the rest of that negative group? I strug-gled with this question, but soon enough realized this genre is personal; it’s for me. I know it, and that’s all that matters.

Country music is a beautiful thing. Whether its Toby Keith telling girls off in “How Do You Like Me Now?!” or Carrie Underwood getting real in “Temporary Home,” this genre is special because it takes reality and gives it a tune. Even a Southern California boy can appreci-ate that.

This is the opinion of Dan Ra!ety, a junior commu-nication studies major from Eagle Rock, Calif. Please send comments to dra!ety@theloyolan.com.

I wouldn’t consider myself a fan of country music, yet I find myself able to sing along to almost every country

song that some rogue soul decides to play.I think that my knowledge of coun-

try music is because many older country songs continue play on country radio sta-tions. Who doesn’t love old-school Sha-nia Twain?

More importantly, I think that my ex-tensive knowledge of country music is due in large part to its newfound popularity.

It was icons like Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson that

helped put country music on the national playing field, and I have faith that there will be country musicians just as power-ful in our generation. I think that our icons might hail from an all but previous-ly forgotten country subgenre: bluegrass.

“Bluegrass?” you might worriedly question. Yes, you read correctly. I think bluegrass is leading the way in country music and has the potential to give Tay-lor Swift and Carrie Underwood a run for their money. With incredibly popu-lar bands like the Zac Brown Band and Mumford & Sons, I think that there is the potential for serious growth. I don’t think that it will be an instant transition, or even an obvious one, but I think that, in the next decade, bluegrass as a genre will show what exactly it has to offer.

As for the age-old argument that coun-

try music is becoming a mushy mess of synthesizer, banjo and Auto-Tune, let me just say this: Maybe we aren’t looking hard enough. All popular music is going to resemble, well, pop music, so the fact that many of the most popular country songs can sound a bit trendy shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Country music is evolving, bringing new things to center stage while cooking up some pretty cool stuff in the back. So before you (or I) criticize a whole musical genre that has turned out such classics as “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” (thank you, George Strait), I think we might just want to sit down and have a nice, long listen – maybe with our toes in the water and ass in the sand, as the Zac Brown Band says goes.

This is the opinion of Allie Heck, a freshman business major from Dallas, Texas. Please send comments to aheck@theloyolan.com.

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Scout’s HonorBy Dan RaffetyManaging Editor

Brad Paisley is one of a group of country artists putting storytelling first.

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Shania Twain is classic, but bluegrass bands are creating a popular alternative.

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Chris Culture By Christopher JamesA&E Editor

What the HeckBy Allie HeckOpinion Editor

W hat do Local Natives, The Hush Sound and Joanie Payne all have in com-

mon? As of next month, they will have all been featured on LMU’s Collegefest stage. Senior graphic design major Joanie Payne and her band, made up of senior civil engi-neering major Mike DeLuccia, se-nior recording arts major Neil Wo-gensen and sophomore music major Alby Hickman, have been asked to perform as the Collegefest open-ing act this year. They entered into Battle of the Bands unaware that the winners would get this opportu-nity to perform in front of the stu-dent body. A&E Editor Christopher James sat down with lead singer Payne to talk about her plans for Collegefest, the band dynamic and the thoughts rushing through her head when it was announced she would be performing at Collegefest.

Christopher James (CJ): How did you find out that you were the opening act at CollegeFest?Joanie Payne (JP): Mike Derenzo [se-nior communication studies major and producer] and I entered Battle of the Bands a few weeks ago, not knowing that opening for Colleg-efest was one of the prizes. We’ve been working on writing and pro-ducing our own music for about six months now, so we asked Mike DeLuccia [drums], Neil Wogensen [bass and back-up vocals] and Alby Hickman [mandolin, guitar and back-up vocals] to play with us a week before the show. When we got there, Dan Fromhart [senior film and television production major] an-nounced that the winner could open

for Collegefest. And then we won!

CJ: How long have you been singing?JP: I’ve been singing since the song “MMMBop” by Han-son came out [in 1997].

CJ: What is your band like for Collegefest and how long have you been with them?JP: The coolest part about our band is how different everyone’s back-grounds are. Mike Derenzo and I had envisioned an original sound together, but when we brought in the band, it transformed into something even cooler than what we had imagined – and that was just in one practice. I think we’re all really excited to keep expand-ing on that initial chemistry.

CJ: What is it about sing-

ing and music that you love?JP: Singing was never my stron-gest suit growing up. I did musical theater and, for me, it was always about the emotion behind what I was saying rather than focusing on how my voice sounded. When it comes to music, mostly I love cre-ating something completely new.

CJ: What do you hope perform-ing at Collegefest will lead to?JP: Big things. I’m so lucky to have met Mike Derenzo this year be-cause he helped me transform the music I wrote for fun into a sound that I truly believe in. And now with some incredible band mates added to the mix, I can’t wait to see where we’ll go with this.

Senior graphic design major Joanie Payne was shocked to !nd out thatwinning LMU’s Battle of the Bands meant they would open Collegefest.

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When Ain’t BeautifulDr. Yaba Blay’s lecture, “When Black ain’t Beautiful,” held in Malone 112AB during convo this past Thursday, aimed to raise increase appreciation of black beauty. She talked about the history of beauty products that black women use (e.g. chemical relaxers and skin lighteningcreams), their detrimental effects and how they perceive beauty as a form of social power.

Melvin Robert, interim Director of Black Student Services: “This whole idea of beauty, this notion of light skin versus dark skin and its influence on the definition of

beauty is such an issue within our community.”

Dr. Blay: “Beauty translates as a type of social power.”

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L MU is preparing for a new kind of British Invasion. Rather than looking back to

vintage band bowl cuts or debonair secret agents, students and faculty can expect a much more artistic endeavor at the William H. Han-non Library’s latest edition of Fac-ulty Pub Night on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Amy Woodson-Boulton, associate professor of history at LMU, will be speaking about her new book, “Transformative Beauty: Art Mu-seums in Industrial Britain.” The text takes an artistic and historical approach to 19th century museums of Victorian England. Woodson-Boulton explores art as it pro-gressed in the evolving landscape of industrialization. Among matters of social inequality, environmental disintegration and urbanization, audience members can expect to hear more about the public percep-tion of art and what these muse-ums meant for the larger society. In Woodson-Boulton’s opinion, the ap-preciation and appeal to study art goes beyond the walls of a museum.

“This is a really great opportu-nity for students who know Pro-fessor Woodson-Boulton to see a different side of her and to hear about the subject that inspired her to become a history profes-sor in the first place,” said Jamie Hazlitt, outreach librarian for the William H. Hannon Library.

Kristine Brancolini, the dean of the Library, is also looking forward to the unique touch

that Woodson-Boulton’s experi-ences will bring to the event.

“I hope that lots of students will attend, as the topic seems to be very interdisciplinary,” Bancolini said.

Along with her discussion, Woodson-Boulton hopes to ig-nite the same passion she has for looking to the past as a hope-ful example for the future.

“If we’re unhappy with our cur-rent world, things have changed in the past and they can change again,” Woodson-Boulton said. “When we understand why, we can gain an appreciation and hopefully see the potential for change that exists.”

Faculty Pub Night will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Von der Ahe Family Suite, located on the third level of the William H. Hannon library.

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Professor Woodson-Boulton’s book discusses the influence of the indus-trialization of Britain on the art world.

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puts Brennand seventh on the top -10 list.

The Lions followed with another strong performance on Friday as more school records fell. The team of Allen, Hopp, Brennand and Clarno placed sixth and broke the 400-yard medley relay record by almost a second, finishing with a time of 3:46.07. In the 100-yard backstroke, Magnuson finished sixth in the championship final. Her 56.35 finish in the preliminary

put her in the third spot on the Lion’s top-10 list.

Dekar finished fourth in the 100-yard breastroke in a record time of 1:02.36 just ahead of Hopp, who placed sixth with a time of 1:03.07. Both swimmers were able to secure an NCAA Division I B cut in the event. This is Dekar’s first season back after having shoulder surgery last year.

“I’ve been working really hard to get back where I was before surgery. To be able to go [and record] a best time and re-break my record and

get [to] NCAAs was awesome,” Dekar said. “It’s been difficult going through rehab so it was awesome to place that well because all the hard work really paid off.”

The MPSF Championships wrapped up on Saturday with longer distance events. Hopp set the school record in the 200-yard breastroke in the preliminaries with a time of 2:16.38 before placing seventh in the finals. She was followed by Dekar, who finished 12th with a time of 2:18.08. Senior Stephanie Hess and freshman

Hallie Hengels touched in at 18th and 21st, respectively.

Hopp credits quitting water polo to her record-breaking swims. The senior played two seasons for LMU’s water polo team before focusing solely on swim.

“It made it possible for me to really focus on swimming and it really helped on my breastroke technique,” she said. “In practice, I was mostly just pushing myself as hard as I could so that when I got to my races I would know that I had put in the work.”

The Lions wrapped up the meet with the 400-yard freestyle relay with the quartet of Clarno, Magnuson, Allen and Hopp finishing in seventh place with a time of 3:26.76.

Despite the eighth-place finish, Adiar remains optimistic about the future of the Lions.

“We are a young team and only one senior made it into the top eight,” Adair said. “The transition from one conference to another takes awhile to get into that level. Each class should get stronger than

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the remaining three quarters. Senior utility Jessica Morelos and freshman driver Danielle Johnson led the Lions with four and three goals, respectively.

“We had a lot of help from our freshmen off the bench this weekend. Danielle John-son, Bridgette Alvarez and Ivana Castro all played well this weekend,” sophomore util-ity Mackenzie Beck said.

Beck finished the weekend with seven goals.

On Sunday morning, the Lions toppled No. 9 San Jose State University (SJSU) by a narrow margin, winning 10-9. SJSU led 7-6 after three quarters of play, but LMU out-scored the Spartans 4-2 in the fourth quarter, securing the victory. Morelos again came through for the Lions, scoring four goals for the second con-secutive game and finishing with eight total goals on the weekend.

“This is definitely a growing period. We put it all together to get three straight wins,” Beck said.

Freshman goalkeeper Claire Wright recorded 20 saves in this past weekend’s action.

“We were very balanced. It’s one of those weekends where we had balance stats,” Witt said. “It’s hard to defend us when we are so balanced.”

Again, the Lions were un-able to open up their tourna-ment play with a victory. LMU fell to No. 19 UC San Diego (UCSD) in their opening game at the UCSD Triton Invitation-al two weeks ago. LMU pro-ceeded to win three straight games to finish ninth in that tournament.

“We played more consistent this weekend and more cohe-sive as a team as a team,” Beck said. “We played together.”

LMU travels to La Jolla, Ca-lif. this Friday for a rematch against UCSD. The Tritons are 5-7 this season.

Women’s water polo finishes ninth at invite

Senior utility player Jessica Morelos (pictured in a game last season) has 11 goals, four assists and eight steals so far this season. The Lions are currently 9-5 overall and 1-0 in conference play.

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on this floor,” Good told the LMU Athletics website. “We had a chance to get a big road win and we didn’t get it done, to say this is tough is an understatement.”

While the Lions’ most recent losses have been close, they haven’t been close enough to halt the team’s losing streak, which extended to 13 straight after the loss to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. LMU hasn’t won a game since it knocked off Santa Clara University on Jan. 10.

“We’re definitely sick to our stomachs,” said junior guard Anthony Ireland on Thursday. “We’re just finding different ways to lose now and it’s sad, because we’re winners. We come from winning programs, and we know how to win. It’s just repetitive that we’ve been losing and we’ve gotten complacent with it. We just have to get out of this funk.”

Ireland averaged 20 points on 50 percent shooting in the two losses. Ireland’s new starting backcourt mate, walk-on redshirt senior guard Taylor Walker; has etched new career highs in back-to-back games, posting 10.5 PPG on 50 percent shooting in the first two starts of his career.

“First of all, I feel that I just need to come out and be more aggressive,” said Walker after Thursday’s loss. “Because if I come out aggressive from the jump, then I let the other team

know they have to worry about someone besides Anthony. It lets Anthony be more aggressive. I just want to come out and be an offensive threat.”

The Lions’ loss to USF on Thursday cements them into a last-place finish in the West Coast Conference (WCC), sending the team to Las Vegas, Nev. a day early for the play-in game of the WCC Championships (March 6-11), where it will be pitted against the eighth-place team, either the University of Portland or Pepperdine University. Both teams swept their season series against LMU this season.

Just two games remain on the Lions’ regular season schedule, as they are set to head north to take on Santa Clara on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. PST and will host third-place Brigham Young University for the Lions’ final home game and senior night on Saturday, March 2 at 8 p.m.

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The Lions ended smoothly after a rocky start this past weekend at the 2013 UC Irvine Invitational. Women’s water polo (9-5) won three straight

games after losing its opener to No. 4 UC Berkeley, placing them ninth at the invite.

“We recovered really nicely. The key this weekend was trusting the system. We responded well after los-ing the first game,” said LMU Head Coach Kyle Witt.

On Saturday, the team lost to to No. 4 UC Berkeley, 9-5, but then bounced back for a 12-7 victory over Cal State Northridge (CSUN).

The UC Berkeley Golden Bears stormed out to a 4-1 first quarter lead

and stayed ahead for the rest of the game.

“Everyone was trying to find their [own] shot. For us, it’s about making the extra passes and setting up your teammates,” Witt said. “We lost ev-ery quarter by only a goal or two. We showed we could hang with them.”

In the Lions’ evening match against No. 15 CSUN, LMU exploded for five goals in the first quarter and scored two or more goals in each of

The LMU women’s swim team wrapped up its first year in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) on Saturday with an eighth- place finish in the conference cham-pionships. The four-day meet, which was held from Wednesday to Satur-day, saw multiple program records broken and numerous other top-10 finishes.

“The competition was really tight so for us to get in the top eight was exceptional,” Head Coach Bonnie Adair said. “We had five top-eight

swims and quite a few in the next level [which was 9-16]. It was an improvement for our team cause we changed conferences and we’re trying to work our way up.”

The Lions moved to a much more competitive conference this year fea-turing teams including UC Davis, Brigham Young University, Universi-ty of Hawaii, UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, University of San Diego and the University of the Pacific. The Lions were previously members in the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Diving Conference (PCSC) before making the jump to the MPSF this season.

The Lions wasted no time in start-ing the meet on Wednesday, as the 200-yard medley relay team of senior Sophie Allen, redshirt junior Rachel Dekar, sophomore Kjirsten Magnu-son and senior Camille Hopp broke

the school record by nearly two sec-onds with a time of 1:42.46.

On Thursday, in the first day of in-dividual competition, the Lions put together a strong outing in the 500-yard freestyle. Junior Angelina Pratt finished 12th in the event, becoming the first LMU swimmer to break the five-minute barrier in almost five years. Her finish of 4:58.21 put her in the second spot in the school’s top 10 times list. Freshman Stephanie Horwitz and junior Mary Kate Short placed 19th and 22nd, respectively, in the event.

In the 200-yard individual medley later in the evening, freshman Kris-ten Clarno finished 15th in 2:05.08. She was joined by freshman Kristen Brennand, who touched 24th, finish-ing with a time of 2:08.86. The time

No. 16 women’s water polo beat three ranked teams consecutively at the UC Irvine Invitational.

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Junior Katie Rick dives into the pool at the Jan. 26 double dual meet against CSU Bakersfield and Cal Baptist University at the Burns Aquatic Center. Rick finished 24th in the 100-yard breaststroke at the MPSF Conference Championships.

Swim turns heads at MPSF debut

Just five points and 1.2 seconds were the barrier between two victo-ries and a pair of losses for the men’s basketball team this past weekend. Unfortunately for the Lions (8-20, 1-13 conference), they were on the wrong side of that divide, losing con-secutive games on near-buzzer beat-ers against the University of San Francisco (USF) and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

“I am not sure I have seen anything like this,” Head Coach Max Good told the LMU Athletics website after the loss. “We played so much better of-fensively, did a good job on them from the 3-point line and on the final play, our defender slips on the only guy who hit a three all night. Just heart-breaking.”

And for the second game in a row, the Lions managed to fumble a late three-point lead into a loss decided by one possession. University of San Francisco junior forward Cole Dick-erson drained a 3-pointer to tie the game. The Dons then converted on a game-winning layup by USF junior guard Cody Doolin on Thursday.

“You’re up three [points], you have to protect that lead,” said Associate Head Coach Myke Scholl following Thursday’s loss. “You think if any team is going to make the plays down the stretch – that wants to win – it’s this team. But my heart bleeds for this team, its coaches and players, be-cause it seems like we had it figured out once again, after playing terrible in the first half. We came back and there was no quit in this team. I’m proud of that. But there are no moral victories when you’re 1-13.”

Saturday brought a bout of déjà vu for LMU, as senior guard Dylan Royer drained a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining to hand the Lions the ESPN BracketBuster loss. With the victory, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo moved to 11-1 on their home court this season.

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BASEBALL WEEKEND UPDATELIONS LOSE 2 OUT OF 3 TO OREGON DUCKS

With the Lions facing their third Pac-12 opponent to start the season, the team lost two of three in the Pacific Northwest after winning the first game of the series 7-2, but losing the following two games by 6-1 each time. When asked what he thought of the Lions Pac-12-heavy slate to start the season, Head Coach Jason Gill said, “It will be a nice test for us. I want to see how our guys respond to quality talent because this is the type of talent we hope to see in the postseason.” Sophomore starting pitcher Colin Welmon impressed in the team’s opening game, throwing six scoreless innings, allowing six hits, three walks and striking out nine Oregon batters. He earned his first win of the season after suffering his first loss on Opening Day to the University of Utah. Senior infielder Cullen Mahoney led the team with three RBIs on two hits. The Lions, however, could not replicate their success in the final two days of the series. Sophomore starter Trevor Megill gave up five runs, four of them earned, but did strike out eight opposing hitters in his losing effort.

The Ducks only got two hits on the day, but took advantage of six hit batters by Megill, along with two walks. He only had 10 hit batters in 15 starts last season. Megill fell to 1-1 on the season. In Sunday’s contest, the club cruised through the first five innings behind a strong effort from senior starting pitcher Aaron Griffin, leading 1-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. However, with the bases loaded and two outs, the Ducks cleared the bases, taking the lead and eventually the game. Senior catcher Colton Plaia led the Lions in the final game of the series, reaching base three times in four attempts, but the Lions could only muster up one run in the series finally to give the Lions a 3-4 overall record. The Lions have lost three of four games, including a loss to the University of Southern California on Wednesday. The club was in another tight game, leading 1-0, when it surrendered two Trojan runs to let the midweek game, which had been rescheduled due to rain, slip away. Senior reliever Matt Florer took the loss in that contest. Photo: Chris Delgado | Loyolan; Graphic: Stephanie Schiller | Loyolan– Compiled by Dan Raffety, managing editor