Bias, discrimination and hate crimes affect communities every day, and the small community of LMU is no exception. In response to past instances of insensitivity towards different individuals and groups on campus, ASLMU, in collaboration with LGBT Student Services, Ethnic and Intercultural Services, LIONS Garden Club, Human Resources, the Office of the Vice President, Student Housing and Student Leadership and Development, are presenting a Zero Tolerance Week starting tomorrow during Convo and continuing through Thursday, Sept. 13.

“Zero Tolerance Week is all about taking a stance against discriminatory acts and allowing all

students on campus to feel wanted and appreciated for their cultural backgrounds,” said Kiana Williams, a senior communication studies major and ASLMU’s Director of Social Justice.

Zero Tolerance Week is packed with events geared toward intercultural awareness and peace. With film screenings, guest speakers and educational workshops, the goal of this week is to inform students about the importance of acceptance and motivate them to learn more about different cultures.

“Many people do not know how to respond to or speak against hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents. My hope is that by having experts on our campus this week, our students will gain concrete tools in addressing bias-motivated incidents and will feel empowered to stand up against such injustice in our world,” said Ilana Schachter, Hillel rabbi and

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“It does feel as if we are responding to more complaints off campus [this year],” Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief Hampton Cantrell told the Loyolan regarding students living in the neighborhood.

But, he added, “there are reasons for that.”According to Cantrell, DPS and Off-Campus

Student Life (OCSL) have developed a “better complaint system for our neighbors, which is a good thing. They have a clear pathway for expressing their concerns.”

The system has two options: a “Report a Concern” webpage where someone can log a complaint, as well as calling DPS. The system, Cantrell said, has helped ease tensions in the neighborhood regarding student partying.

“All of that has been advertised and put out to the public for quite some time, and neighbors are utilizing those portals,” said Cantrell.

Junior business management major Andrew Kelley, who is living off campus for the first time this year [outside the LMU back gates], feels “like there’s more [of a DPS] presence this year” in the neighborhood. Although he is a first-time off-campus resident, Kelley noted that he’d been to parties in previous years which had been broken up by DPS. Earlier this semester, DPS came to his house.

“We had Public Safety come to our place because I think we had a noise complaint,” Kelley said. “They were professional … [and]

By Adrien JarvisEditor in Chief

Public Safety more prominent off-campusDPS Chief notes that officers only respond to in-progress complaints, do not patrol neighborhood.

By Allison CroleyStaff Writer

Nationally-recognized experts will speak on campus about intercultural awareness and peace.

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Alpha Phi, Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta emerged as the victors of Saturday night’s contest, winning in the sorority, fraternity and Stroll Off categories, respectively. For more photos from Lip Sync and Stroll Off, see Page 2.

Fraternities and sororities compete during for annual Lip Sync and Stroll Off

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Immigration: Awareness of Border Region and Urban Issues Tucson/East L.A. (Jan. 4-Jan. 12) Sustainable Development/Women's Cooperative Haiti (Jan. 3-Jan. 12)Peace & Conflict Resolution Rwanda (Dec. 29-Jan. 12)Human Trafficking & Sustainable Development Philippines(Dec. 29-Jan. 12)Civil Rights Movement & Disaster Relief New Orleans (Jan. 5-Jan. 12)

Indigenous Rights San Lucas Tolimán, GuatemalaYouth & Families/Poverty: Direct Service/Cultural Immersion Quito, EcuadorMountain Top Removal Appalachia, West VirginiaRefugee Services Dallas, TexasFood & Environmental Justice Oakland/Bay Area, CaliforniaSpecial Needs Issues: Direct Service/Cultural Immersion Lima, PeruMigrant Farmworker's Issues San Diego

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coordinator for Jewish Student Services.

One featured event of the week is a workshop for students and faculty tomorrow, the director of StirFry Seminars and Consulting, will lead this workshop. Wah is a diversity training expert who specializes in directing and producing documentaries and seminars. According to Stirfryseminars.com, Wah’s goal is to teach people how to facilitate multicultural dialogue in their communities. He has been so successful that Oprah Winfrey highlighted him in a one-hour special about his life and documentary, “The Color of Fear.”

Following this workshop will be a screening of Wah’s film, “If These Halls Could Talk.” It follows the lives of 11 college students, exploring

the discrimination and adversities they face as a result of their ethnicities. This film is geared towards the American education system, emphasizing techniques that can help create stimulating, profound discussions within a short period of class time.

Another event on Thursday, Sept. 13 features Ariella Schusterman of the Anti-Defamation League. Schusterman is an expert regarding bias clashes on college campuses. According to Schachter, “Schusterman will present hate crime statistics in Los Angeles and draw the distinction between bias-motived incidents and hate crimes.” Following this presentation, there will be a discussion about how to react to discriminatory actions.

“In the end, we hope to strengthen our community and our Lion spirit,” said Nancy Flores-Grajeda, a senior Spanish and political

science double major and ASLMU’s director of intercultural affairs.

In addition to these featured events, the week will consist of a Zero Tolerance rally, a peace pole commemoration and several interactive discussions. The lead coordinators of this week have high hopes that these efforts deeply move the LMU community.

“I hope this week will encourage students to appreciate the importance of culture and understand that all students deserve the right to feel safe and comfortable on LMU’s campus,” Williams said. “We all come from different backgrounds and are all exposed to various cultures, both on and off campus, and it is important to understand that we must not simply tolerate each other, but understand and appreciate one another for our differences as well.”

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Medal-worthy performances from Greeks

For the RecordIn the Sept. 6 article “Assistant to president takes leave from Jesuits,” Fr. Felix Just, S.J. was incorrectly named Fr. Felix Hughes, S.J. Additionally,

he was listed as the rector of the LMU Jesuit Community. He was a professor in the theology department.

Members from all of LMU’s 16 fraternities and sororities came together to put on Lip Sync and Stroll Off routines in support of local and national philanthropies last Saturday in Gersten Pavilion.

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While Burns Recreation Center part-time Campus Rec staff members have been afforded the privilege of utilizing the gym facilities for free in the past, the 2012-13 school year is changing that.

In an Aug. 2 email, Danielle Harris, coordinator and front line supervisor with campus recreation and membership services, and Jennifer Westendorf, the assistant director of fitness and wellness, addressed all part-time Burns Recreation Center staff members: “As of August 1, 2012, in order to work out in the facility (swim, fitness center, basketball courts, group x classes, etc.) outside of your job duties you must purchase a staff membership to the Burns Recreation Center.”

Director of Campus Recreation Trey Duval said that this

change, discussed and finalized over summer, “keeps our policy consistent for everyone,” since all “students, faculty, alumni and staff who chose to use the Rec Center pay a membership fee.”

While Duval said that he has personally not received any feedback regarding the change, the Loyolan received an anonymous letter from someone personally affected and angered by the fee. As a part-time instructor at the Burns Rec Center, the source saw this new “university policy” as being “slammed on us without any warning or discussion that [the individual] was made aware of.”

The source went on to explain that, while “part-time Rec Center employees make good wages, [they] have no benefits other than access to the use of the Rec Center, which is effectively not going to be an option for many of us with this change in policy.”

The Aug. 1 fee will be $11 per month per part-time staffer wishing to utilize the facilities. They will need to provide a Visa or MasterCard for the monthly payment, according to the email sent out by Harris.

If these “personal trainers, group exercise instructors, master swim instructors, swim lesson instructors and summer lifeguards,” to name a few, do not wish to use the facilities, then they are not required to purchase a membership, according to the3 same email.

However, Harris said, “If you are caught working out and have not purchased a membership, you may jeopardize your position here with the University.”

The decision to implement this fee was considered at great length by the Campus Recreation staff beforehand. Duval said over the summer the Campus Recreation team examined “a number of policies and made the change in an effort to be consistent and fair.”

Even though the anonymous source felt blindsided by the fee, Duval said that “the few people that were affected were told in the middle of the summer with the change happening at the end.”

Harris encouraged any part-time staffers with questions regarding the membership charge to direct them to their respective supervisors.

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1. As an incoming freshman, why did you choose to come to LMU?I liked the creative environment, more so than any of the other schools

that I toured. It drew me in. I’m from northern California … so it’s just the right distance from home and there’s a great climate.

2. You’ve self-published two novels – “The Seven” and “Leviathan.” Can you tell me a little more about them?

Well, they’re both urban fantasy. … One’s about 140,000 words and the other is like 100,000 words. And I’m starting an epic fantasy now. I’ve been outlining and planning for the past five months.

3. When did you first start writing seriously?When I was going through my room and throwing out stuff before

coming to college, I found notebooks of my old stuff and it’s just so funny to read through them. I have this amateur 60-page thing on my computer that I wrote when I was 14. But it was really when I was 17 that I started my book.

4. What made you want to publish and put your work out there?I wanted to know how I was doing and get reader feedback. I mean, I

already know that I’m never satisfied with any of my writing, so I’d like to know how bad it is. ... I wanted to publish just to see what would happen, and at the time I didn’t like the way traditional publishing influences the rights. I like having control over that kind of stuff.

5. What do you think is the future of publishing; do you see traditional methods dying out?

I don’t think that traditional publishing will ever truly die out just because they have such a stranglehold on the industry, and for traditional publishing to die out would mean big-bookstore browsing would be gone. I like going into a bookstore and spending two hours finding a book or two. I think that eventually we may transition to ebooks, but not in this generation.

6. Where do you stand on traditional books versus ebooks?I used to be so bad that I wouldn’t even look at ebooks, but I read all my

books in like a day, so it takes too long for me to order the book and wait or go down to the store and get the book. So I go on Amazon.com, order like five and then I have them on my Kindle in seconds. It’s just easier for me. But the majority of my books are still traditional.

7. Why did you decide to write urban fantasy in particular?There’s quite the story behind that. The short version would be that I’m

very well-read, but horribly read. I know that’s a contradictory statement, but I basically have read 800 to 1,000 books, but they’re all fantasy. I have my little world up here [in my head] and so that’s what I wrote about.

8. Who would you say were the inspirations behind your writing? It’s hard to define [them] because I know that I’ve read a lot of books

so my mind just picks it all up, jumbles it up and spits it back out with a twist on it. But Jim Butcher was one of my big inspirations, he’s [an] urban fantasy [author] as well and he has the humor aspect that I also like to put into my work.

9. Do you have any advice for aspiring writers?There’s a quote I like [by Richard Bach]: “A professional writer is an

amateur who didn’t quit.” I talked to Patrick Rothfuss – he’s pretty well-known, top of the New York Times Bestseller List – and he told me not to publish but to keep writing. I’d say just keep writing because it takes a long time for you to find your voice and the more you write, the better you get.

10. Apart from writing, what would you say your passions are?That’s hard, because writing is like my life, but I run a lot. I found

martial arts my junior year of high school and that really helped with my confidence because, you know, it’s high school and high school is just this cesspool of hate and anger and it’s horrible. I also like anything extreme.

11. With all you’ve achieved already, what are your goals for the future?

I wanted to get 10 books written by the time I got out of college. I don’t know how realistic that is. It’s an ambitious goal, so it’s probably going to be more like at least six or seven. Seven’s a good number. … I want to take a lot more time and make my plots more complex.

11 BURNING QUESTIONSwith a self-published student author

Edgington’s books were published as ebooks and paperbacks through Createspace.com, and are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

This issue, News Editor Zaneta Pereira sits down with freshman entrepreneurship major Derek Edgington to talk about his novels and passion for writing.

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“I expected more out of it before I read it. It was a very factual book. I felt like they were just spewing out scientific facts. From what I gathered, it was just them repeat-ing themselves. It was not thought provoking. I was pretty disappointed.”

“They didn’t answer any questions that were posed to them. People would ask direct questions, and Tucker would just drop some kindof roundabout language and move on to the next question.”

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“It really puts into perspective how little of the universe’s history humanity takes up, and how much of an impact we’ve had on it in such a short amount of time.”

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didn’t step on our property. … That was the good part of it.”

Kelley added that DPS asked whether their house was affiliated with a Greek organization and that their names were taken down. So far, there has been no follow up from the University, according to Kelley.

“They took our names on record, but I don’t know what they are doing with that information,” said Kelley. “It would have been nice if I asked.”

Kelley also noted that in the past, he saw more of a presence from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) but this semester, it seems as though DPS is more involved in the neighborhood.

Assistant Dean for Student Engagement, Retention and Transition Jade Smith – who works in OCSL – has not noticed much of a change in off-campus life. However, she stated that the beginning of a semester often sees “more activity,” largely due to the fact that each year presents a “new batch” of students living off campus. She added that there has been a slight increase in the number of commuter students, which seems to have resulted in more houses in the neighborhood being rented to students for the first time.

According to Cantrell, DPS’s role is to respond to complaints regarding in-progess situations. Any reported issues that occurred in the past are handled by OCSL. Then, an officer responds to the scene, establishes that the house belongs to current LMU students and informs and advises the residents.

“If they are not LMU students or the students have graduated

or separated from the University for whatever reason, we don’t have jurisdiction over them,” said Cantrell. “A big part of what we do is [also] to verify if, in fact, the complaint is true.”

Cantrell went on to explain that the responding officers look for evidence of a party and make notes for a report that is sent to OCSL. They inform the students that a complaint has been made against them, and, if the officers know, alert the students if LAPD has been called, according to Cantrell.

“Oftentimes, our officers do arrive before the [LAPD] arrives,” said Cantrell.

Cantrell added that DPS only goes into the neighborhood in response to an in-progress complaint and that they usually remain within a one-mile radius of the University; however, they operate on a case-by-case basis.

“We do not patrol the neighborhood at all, it is only based on a complaint. … We take no enforcement action whatsoever, and you have to understand that [DPS] has no enforcement jurisdiction in the neighborhood,” Cantrell said.

He added, “The only reason that we are out there is for administrative purposes with respect to our student code of conduct.”

According to the Student Conduct Code, as stated in the 2012-2013 Community Standards book the University issued at the start of the semester, “Loyola Marymount University may hold students accountable for Student Conduct Code violations committed off campus which adversely affects LMU, its community standing and/or the pursuit of the mission, goals and objectives of the University.

… Jurisdiction extends to conduct which occurs … on or off campus.”

In addition to the revamped complaint system Cantrell described, he added that DPS recently hired a new investigator: Chris Woodson, whose “primary responsibility is to handle off campus issues.”

As for OCSL, Smith said that they follow up with students to make sure they are aware a complaint has been filed about them, as well as to address the situation in hopes of keeping it from escalating. “Our jobs are really to communicate and outreach and advocate for our off-campus students,” Smith said, adding that OCSL is a “fairly new department.”

Overall, Smith believes that off-campus students are “pretty civil” and that, for the most part, students and neighbors get along.

“The extremes on both sides drown out the rest on what’s really happening in the community,” said Smith.

Both Cantrell and Smith emphasized that their roles are not simply to respond to neighbor complaints about students and off-campus parties. They each mentioned their hope to educate students regarding neighborhood issues, such as theft and robbery. Additionally, Smith encourages students to learn about local ordinances and how they may affect their off-campus lives.

“I really want the students to also understand that the investigator and [DPS] are there for them as well,” Cantrell said. “If they’re having issues, it’s OK for them to call us or to use our ‘Report a Concern’ website as well, because they’re our neighbors too.”

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National conventions set narrative for 2012 presidential election

The opinions on this page reflect those of the individual authors. Please send comments to Managing Editor Kevin O’Keeffe at kokeeffe@theloyolan.com.

By Erica CascianoContributor

By Austin CollellContributor

By Cruz QuinonezAsst. Sports Editor

The 2012 Repub-lican National Con-vention (RNC) two weeks ago show-cased some of the nation’s newest, di-

verse talent already hard at work. These officials have brought businesses to their states, lowered taxes and decreased state spending, thereby proving the effec-tiveness of the GOP’s strategy.

Governor Susana Martinez of New Mexico told the story of how she came to be a Republican, how she ridded New Mexico of its deficit and the barriers she never allowed to af-fect her. Martinez was only one of many elected officials who illustrates how the newcomers are the source of actual progress across the country and who would be reinforced by Mitt Romney as president.

Later, the current economic situa-tion was the main topic in vice pres-idential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan’s speech. It is a subject he knows well – he’s an economist and congressman, not a lawyer. At 42 years of age, Ryan is

the first of his generation to be nomi-nated to a national political ticket. Contrasting Obama’s apathy towards economic development and private enterprise, Ryan spoke of problems that were not fixed and need concrete solutions. Ryan’s frustration with the lack of jobs available to young Ameri-cans is one that every college student shares. Ryan stated, “College gradu-ates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, star-ing up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.” It is not the “rising of the oceans” that Americans are concerned about – it’s paying off college loans, saving for a down pay-ment on a home and building some-thing out of the investment young Americans made in themselves.

But most importantly, the RNC served to define the party and Mitt Romney in a clear way. Between the crops of diverse speakers to an ex-traordinary speech by Mitt Romney himself, the RNC conveyed a platform for the next four years that would rec-ognize American hard work.

“The RNC conveyed a platform for the next four years that will

recognize American hard work.”The Democratic

National Conven-tion (DNC) last week featured strong speeches by key figures of the Dem-ocratic platform.

Some highlights were keynote speaker and San Antonio’s Mayor Julian Castro, who gave a very moving speech to which I personally related. Another highlight was that not one speaker tried talking to a chair. But to me, there were three true highlights.

Regardless of your feelings about President Barack Obama, everyone loves the First Lady. Michelle Obama nostalgically recalled when she and her husband first started dating, as well as more specifically about policies like the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and how the President is working hard to increase student financial aid. The First Lady’s recollections of the Obamas’ fi-nancial strains growing up served the crucial cause of identifying them with middle-class Americans. The First Lady’s speech was a spectacular combination of storytelling and policy.

In comparison, President Bill Clinton’s speech was long. Really, really long. But it was also superb. Most impressive to me was how Clinton ad-libbed major parts of his speech. Even more astound-ing is how much better those ad-libs are compared to the original speech. The speech itself sounded formal and political, but Clinton made it all so per-sonal and relatable – everything from job numbers to plans to remove debt. Clinton is a great speaker, but, more im-portantly, his reputation as an atypical Democratic president will help Obama win over some non-Democrats and In-dependents.

Finally, President Obama’s speech was arguably even better than his 2008 speech. The President eloquently de-scribed his plans for the next four years should he win. In a departure from his 2008 speech where he focused on “hope,” Obama spoke specifically about what he wanted to do. Though political pundits haven’t been as receptive to his speech as they were to Clinton’s and Michelle Obama’s, the President still gave a very strong speech and has like-ly gained major momentum in the race.

“The President ... gave a very strong speech and has likely gained major

momentum in the race.”

There’s something about announcing yourself as the next president of the Unit-ed States, the next first lady or the next vice president that

really puts me off. What it does is shift the messianic complex that surrounded Pres-ident Barack Obama in the 2008 election – which really bothered me – to former Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Paul Ryan. The “U.S.A-U.S.A” cheer rallies and the weird booing during candidate speeches gave the Republican National Convention (RNC) the air of a sports arena. I half-expect-ed a group of portly men to have “MITT” painted sloppily on their bellies.

Really, from what intermittent and piece-meal following I gave the RNC, I sensed a very predominant feeling of showman-ship rather than politics. I think it was most apparent when Clint Eastwood made the remark, “We own this country.” Slack-jawed isn’t the cliché I’d use to describe my reac-tion, but I was stunned by how loaded that comment was. And Ryan’s remark that

‘[Obama] assumed office four years ago. Isn’t it about time he assumed responsibil-ity?’ only demonstrates their complicity in the microwave attention-span of current politics, rather than concretely illustrating ways in which their platform would im-plement the tangible, progressive change that the American people have been hop-ing for since the last election.

I realize the “we” he is addressing is not merely the Republicans at the RNC but the people of the United States – but that’s not the first impression you’re going to get when he’s talking to a room full of Repub-licans.

Are the Democrats just as full of them-selves? I wouldn’t put it past them. But when you’re up to bat first and that’s the rhetoric you start throwing around, it real-ly sets the tone of the whole election akin to a schoolyard fight. There shouldn’t be booing in a political atmosphere. There shouldn’t be rally chants. There shouldn’t be such unbridled, headstrong behavior. It sets up an arena where debate can’t exist, where all we have are yes-and-no’s with-out room for discussion.

“From ... the RNC, I sensed a very predominant feeling of

showmanship rather than politics.”

By Joseph DemesAsst. Opinion Editor

My issue with the Democratic Na-tional Convention (DNC) has nothing to do with President Barack Obama and President Bill Clin-

ton’s speeches. Frankly, I thought both men delivered exceptional oratory. No, my issue is with the statistic that everyone at the DNC seemed to plug at every possible opportunity: that President Obama has created 4.5 million jobs.

According to CNN in February 2009, during Obama’s first full month in of-fice there were 111 million private jobs in America. Now in 2012, as he runs for re-election, there are 111.3 million. That’s only a gain of 300,000 jobs – hardly over 4 million. Looking at the total number of jobs in America, both private and public, that number actually goes down even further from 133.6 million in 2009 to 133.2 million in 2012. So, where did Obama get the 4.5 million statistic?

According to Democrats, the 111 mil-lion jobs in 2009 plummeted to 106.8 mil-

lion jobs in 2010 when the economy final-ly hit rock bottom. From 2010 to 2012, jobs in America went up by 4.5 million. So tech-nically, 4.5 million jobs were created even though 4.2 million jobs were lost. Were these 4.2 million jobs lost Obama’s fault? No. But the average unemployed Ameri-can does not care about placing political blame. They only see their bills and mort-gage rising with no job to pay for them.

This is where Democrats failed to grab a huge opportunity: They tried to create a political sound bite rather than focus on the true victory they had achieved. It could have been argued that President Obama was able to take America from its worst economic crisis in 50 years and turn us in the right direction. This is what he cam-paigned on: the “hope” that he would be able to bring “change” to the U.S. after the economic meltdown.

True leadership during times of crisis is much more admirable than creating jobs, and it’s what separates a good president from a great one. This should have been the focus of the DNC – not an oversimpli-fied jobs statistic.

“True leadership ... should have been the focus of the DNC, not an

oversimplified jobs statistic.”

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Diversity week starts year off rightWhether it’s different ethnic cultures,

socioeconomic statuses or even location, it’s very hard to define a “typical LMU student.” LMU’s celebrationof this diver-sity is nothing new, but the University’s support of LMU’s Zero Tolerance Week, which kicks off tomorrow during Convo– is not only progressive, but also completely necessary to lay the foundation of why diversity is so important to the LMU com-munity.

The week is centered around dissect-ing and celebrating the aspects of differnt cultures and groups on campus (See “Zero Tolerance Week sets stage for discussion,” Page 1). The Loyolan wholeheartedly sup-ports the weeks planned talks and events. The next step is utilizing this unique opportunity to make LMU even greater.

On April 28, 2012, the Loyolan reported online an incident in which the Department of Public Safety investigated the use of offensive language and symbols on a fresh-man student’s door in Del Rey North. A swastika was drawn on the student’s door along with the words “Jew Die.”

This hate crime and incidents like it have a strong, negative impact on the University that requires University lead-

ers to address the disconnect between LMU’s values and such behavior. This is where Zero Tolerance Week comes into play. It’s a week to show freshmen in their first few weeks of school, and everyone else, what makes LMU different than just any other school. Although diversity is important in theory, it is essential in practice.

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For Apple, imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery. And they have an

extra billion dollars to explain why.

We are in the afterglow of the biggest tech-nology pat-ent trial ever. The Apple v. Samsung lawsuit has k n o c k e d Samsung, the South Korean conglomerate and largest mobile phone company in the world, back $1.05 bil-lion in dam-ages paid to

Apple. The reason? Apple is pat-ent trolling. Apple claimed that Samsung willingly infringed on seven patents, including those of utility (patents reserving the way the phone works) and design (how it looks) in regards to their iPhone and iPad products. On Aug. 24, Samsung was found guilty of infringing on six of the seven patents and was ordered to award Apple $1.05 billion in damages. Apple has also listed eight Samsung products it wants banned.

There’s no doubting the simi-larities between the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy 3S. The smartphones have rounded edges, touch screens and multi-finger use touch systems. Your grand-mother probably couldn’t tell the devices apart. This goes for the iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tablet as well, as these products also played a role in the tech trial.

The differences are in the oper-ating systems. Apple functions with iOS, and Samsung with the Android operating system pow-ered by Google. Apple attacked Samsung for allegedly copying utility features of the iPhone, like double tap to zoom and bounce back scrolling. Samsung failed to convince the jury that these so-called innovative features of the iPhone were not unique to Apple, and had in fact existed in ear-lier cellular devices. Yes, Apple is creative. But creative enough to sue a competitor for over a billion dollars because they also made a black rectangle that allows you to play games and talk to people?

The case has reaffirmed the ridiculousness of patent law. Apple’s reason for suing com-pletely clashes with the way the capitalist American economy is supposed to work. When a com-pany realizes that they could face competition or that their ideas are catching on, they throw every sin-gle legal accusation they can think of at their competitor rather than

accepting that their genius has set a standard for the way consumer electronics should be created and distributed. Steve Jobs himself loved to quote Picasso, saying, “‘Good artists copy, great art-ists steal.’ We have always been shameless about stealing great

ideas.” This is true, seeing that back in the 1980s, Apple got much of its inspiration from a computer model designed by Xerox.

The world’s infatuation with Apple is understandable. We are smitten with the sleek, sexy iPhone. Who doesn’t love ponder-ing the meaning of life with Siri? There is no denying the genius behind Apple. But the conglomer-ate’s recent business strategies are reprehensible, specifically in the Samsung patent war.

Take the spotlight off the corpo-rate lawsuit and onto the consum-er. Instead of draining the judicial system with this tedious case, these companies should focus on what they do best: creating quality consumer electronics that continue to amaze us and make our lives easier. In the Aug. 28 Inquirer article “Apple v. Samsung patent result is a loss for innova-tion,” by Dave Neal, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) staff attorney, Julie Samuels is quoted as saying, “Apple and Samsung would be better off – and their

consumers would be better served – if the tech giants took their epic pat-ent battle out of the courtroom and into the marketplace.” Behind this lawsuit is the notion that Apple should domi-nate the consumer

electronics industry. The compa-ny’s victory has only solidified this notion and will result in stifled innovation for all other competi-tors, which will hit consumers with less variety in smartphones on the market and higher pric-es for them. Despite Samsung’s

attempt to countersue and deter-mination to reclaim the creative rights over its products, the com-pany will surely suffer as Apple demands the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail be taken out of U.S. market, The Examiner reports in the Aug. 19 article, “Apple asks U.S. Court to ban 8 Samsung phones” by Rajesh Hingoranee.

Anyone who doesn’t own an Apple product should be mad. More cell phone companies will become restricted in terms of what they can and cannot include in their product as well, crown-ing Apple as the victor not by innovation and fair competition, but by legal force. This is unfair from an economic standpoint. Was our country’s economic system not founded on competition? As

Samsung argued, suing competi-tors just because you can instead of accepting a competitive chal-lenge is a contradiction to the way a capitalist society should function.

Apple is a conglomerate willing to make a plethora of false claims to deceive a jury in the interest of gaining billions in undeserved profit at the expense of a competi-tor and thus hurting their con-sumers. What they really should be doing is continuing to inno-vate and better their product in a way that no other company can simulate rather than cut off their competitor by legal force and stop wasting everyone’s time.

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Re: Should “8” play?, Thursday, Sept. 6

Dear Editor,

The gay marriage debate ignores children. I’ll limit my objection to adoption situations.

If gay marriage is legalized, children up for adoption must be made equally available to both gay couples and non-gay couples: An adoption agency can not legally favor one over the other. Are gay parents the equal of heterosexual parents? Do two gay men provide the balance of a female and male couple to a child? I doubt it, but I don’t have the burden of proof. Do we know all the benefits derived from female mothers, benefits of which the child will be deprived if adopted by a gay male couple?

Has there been sufficient studies to measure the effect of the absence of a female adult when two males adopt (or vice-versa)? What if a child experienced his biological mother prior to being placed for adoption: Do advocates know the effect of placing that child with two gay males? Absent knowledge of the conse-quences, should gay marriage be legalized, at least in adoption situations? Gay couples considering having children need to study the impact such a relationship can have on a child’s well-being. And consider civil unions instead.

I believe females bring to mothering (and males to fathering) a unique set of benefits that people “acting” as substitutes cannot.The benefits of motherhood may stem from hormonal, psycho-logical, instinct or some other source. I don’t believe lesbians are adequate substitutes for fathers. While I’ve heard anecdotal sto-ries of “exceptional gay parents,” which I believe are true, I have not heard any coherent argument or research supporting substi-tutes as equal to the opposite gender. The issue is all but ignored.

Gay marriage advocates, as those seeking the change, carry the burden of explaining clearly why children up for adoption don’t deserve what they had before the adoption: a heterosexual upbringing and the benefits derived from it.

The lack of proof that same-sex parents bring identical benefits to children is among the reasons even many conscientious gays oppose gay marriage but favor civil unions.

Ron Slater, child advocateAlumni, Class of ‘77

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Re: Should “8” play?, Thursday, Sept. 6 Dear Lauren Rockwell,

I just wanted to give you some extra information that might change your “one-sided” ar ticle. “8” does indeed promote gay marriage. However, the play is based almost entirely (aside from a few personal plaintiff monologues) on actual testimony from the court case. Thus, the court case itself promotes gay marriage because the marriage opponents came to court with a small frac-tion of the witnesses and evidence the equality supporters had. All the play does is bring the court case to the public eye – the case promotes marriage all by itself. So you see, this isn’t just another example of LMU bringing liberal-biased material to cam-pus, it’s an example of them bringing a completely factual play to campus.

Also, the head of LGBT Student Services that put the play on guaranteed that there would be panel members for the talk back from all sides of the debate, including Catholic figure heads. He wanted to promote an intellectual discussion between people of all beliefs and opinions.

Thanks,Hannah FaustSenior communication studies major

“Suing competitors just because you can . . . is a contradiction

to the way a capitalist society should function.”

T he MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) has always been quite a collection of surprises.

Dating back to Kanye’s famous mic snatching and beyond, the VMAs has been the most exciting tele-vised musical event I can recall. I

remember watching the VMAs e n t e r i n g junior high for the first time and seeing Did-dy hand his gold watch to an audi-

ence mem-ber before saying, “It’s

the VMAs, anything can happen.” Since then, this particular award show has been my favorite topic of discussion in the opening weeks of school. As a night of popular music and the newest talent in the mu-sic industry, the VMAs takes the cake as the most fun and engaging awards show on television.

Rihanna emerged from the under-world (well, under the stage) clad in blood red, casually sprawled across a leopard print, gold-plated throne in the mouth of a lion to open the show. Behind her minions dressed in gold Egyptian garb, Rihanna rose to perform “Cockiness (Love It).” She was joined by rapper A$AP Rocky, entering the stage in his signature all-black aesthetic, delivering his lyrics flowingly and moving across the stage with impeccable presence. Rocky finished his guest appearance by giving Rihanna an impromptu kiss on the neck, possibly mak-ing him the newest member of Ri-hanna’s love triangle (quadrangle? pentagon?). Floating into the crowd, Rihanna concluded with the club anthem “We Found Love” as backed

by resident DJ Calvin Harris. After last year’s host-less antics,

MTV took a clue from the rest of the entertainment world and hired comedy giant (sorry, I had to) Kevin Hart. Our host for the evening en-tered with a Hart 2012 presidential gag, featuring a gang of vertically-challenged Secret Service agents designed to make the grown little man look taller. Hart took a couple of shots at celebrity mistakes and blunders in the past year, including Drake and Chris Brown’s nightclub brawl, Snooki’s childbirth and Kris-ten Stewart’s fling with her “Snow White and the Huntsman” director. He topped it off with a stage dive and let the awards presentations begin.

The talented boys of One Direc-tion (I’m biting my tongue pretty hard right now) won their first award of the night for Best Pop Vid-eo. While not a fan of the boy band scene, One Direction has enjoyed a following that has been almost un-paralleled. I cannot avoid seeing the band in the trending topics on Twit-ter or hearing its song “What Makes You Beautiful” in just about any fast food restaurant I’ve been to in the past year. In short, congratulations, One Direction. You have a promising career ahead of you.

The performance we were all waiting for finally came with Frank Ocean. He took the stage with noth-ing but his voice and a guitarist in the middle of an ethereal campsite under stars, the so-called “northern lights” (a nice touch) and a bright moon. Seated near the fire and bowing his head slightly, letting the light hit his signature red and white headband, Ocean moved into the all-too-familiar first lines of his break-out hit, “Thinkin Bout You” (you just sang them, didn’t you?). Ocean absolutely kills during every perfor-mance, including his album release

concert at The Wiltern in July, which I was so lucky to have attended. The man’s voice is impressive, but his stage presence is superb. Even more so is his falsetto, which welcomed a great deal of applause before he qui-etly left the stage, leaving his guitar-ist to close the song alone.

One Direction later beat out Frank Ocean, the presumed top con-tender, for Best New Artist. Ocean’s reaction was one of silent disbelief, slowly mouthing “wow” almost in sync with my suitemates and me (who weren’t nearly as silent). Al-though a well-deserved award on the boy band’s part, Ocean left Sta-ples Center empty-handed, unable to join his cohort Tyler, the Creator in the ranks of Best New Artist.

Cue One Direction in a stage per-formance surrounded by screaming girls. Very original, guys. Yet those little boys can sing. Shortly after I turned the channel back to MTV, Nicki Minaj and her ridiculous out-fit, addressed here as its own sepa-rate entity, accepted Best Female Video for her song “Starships.” I can-not tell a lie: That song was stuck in my head for the majority of this summer. Not with her to accept her award, Lil Wayne rolled out to the stage on his skateboard, following 2 Chainz, performing what I think was a song off of 2 Chainz’s debut album, “Based on a T.R.U. Story.” I am only speculating because, due to censorship, I could actually only hear half of the song.

Drake accepted the Best Hip-Hop Video award for his song “HYFR,” bringing his Young Money family on stage with him. Drake’s V-neck silk shirt coupled with Nicki Minaj’s usual attire and Lil Wayne’s TRUK-FIT army looked like, if I can steal a joke from Tumblr, the band at Chuck E. Cheese (remember them?). Lil Wayne especially looked like the kid no one really invited to the party. He

just kind of showed up.I snapped back to seventh grade

again when Green Day took the stage, because it reminded me of the last time they tried to make a come-back. While outdated in content and outnumbered in loyal fans, Green Day held its own. The ’90s rock band performed down in the dance floor, eventually becoming surrounded by screaming audience members who were just as wistful as I was, save for any younger spectators who had no clue who they were.

How could I forget the song ring-ing in everyone’s head on any given Friday, the song that has yet to win an award? Video of the Year was awarded, of course, to Rihanna for her smash hit, “We Found Love.” Prevailing over Katy Perry for Video of the Year, who was sitting next to her playing nice all night, Rihanna snatched the microphone from a shrieking Kevin Hart, giving an ex-citing and lovely thank-you speech.

Closing the night was a perfor-mance from the quirky, misunder-stood songbird of our generation, Taylor Swift. Emerging from a studio booth on stage, she danced through a crowd of young adolescents into a

Broadway-inspired routine. Danc-ing in the middle, dressed in red and white, she may as well have been dancing through a “Where’s Waldo?” book. Sure enough, there she was, expressively leading the crowd through another one of her ex-boyfriend-inspired high school anthems, “We Are Never Ever Get-ting Back Together.”

Full of exciting performances and moments, this year’s has definitely been my favorite VMAs ceremony show. Rather than taking the most popular and mainstream artists and awarding them from the point of view of the older generation (I’m looking at you, GRAMMYs), the VMAs is a young man’s game, filled with our favorite artists. Big and small, old and new, the VMAs brings our best, most popular talents to-gether in an engaging performance brought together by exciting sur-prises and run by a great host. Like Diddy said in 2005, “It’s the VMAs, anything can happen.”

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F ollowing in the spirit of this summer’s London Olympics, LMU’s annual Greek Life

event Lip Sync and Stroll Off show-cased a night of skits, dance and friendly competition with its theme of the Greek games. Fourteen sorori-ties and fraternities battled it out on stage at Gersten Pavilion on Satur-day night. But who were the brains behind the moves? Asst. A&E Edi-tor Amy Lee got to know the event’s very busy choreographers.

Alpha Delta Gamma: Nick Ke-malyan Senior English major

What is your favorite part of Lip Sync?

“The best part is seeing all the frats and sororities put on a per-formance for the entire school. The LMU community is so tight-knit that everyone has a good time.

There is a lot of positivity that night and lots of smiles, which is one of the great things LMU can offer.”

Alpha Kappa Alpha: Michel’le Brown Senior sociology and African American studies double major

What are you most excited about for your sorority for Lip Sync & Stroll Off?

“This is our first Lip Sync, so it’s great to see all of us are able to do it together. Most of us are seniors, so it’ll be a beginning and an end for us.”

What is the work entailed in cho-reographing for Lip Sync?

“It consisted of picking the hot new songs with certain beats. We also had to find music that incorpo-rated with the sorority and audience in one. Then making up the strolls and steps towards the end.”

Alpha Phi: Dawne StanleySenior communication studies major

How did you become the choreog-

rapher?“I was a dance major, but I got

injured sophomore year. The other choreographer Christie Afzal, a se-nior communication studies major, and I have been dancing since we were 3, so the opportunity fell into us when we became seniors.”

What’s your favorite song to dance to?

“‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ by Taylor Swift.”

Beta Theta Pi: Dre GriffinSenior finance major

What is your favorite part of Lip Sync?

“It’s cool seeing everyone out of their comfort zone. Not everyone is a performer or dancer, so it’s nice to see people giving their best effort to do something they wouldn’t typical-ly do, which is the most entertaining part of it.”

What is the work entailed in cho-reographing for Lip Sync?

“I just listened to the songs and tried to visualize the concepts and work them with our story. It was a

lot of repetition, and we had to be patient. Most of the guys are not comfortable with dancing so we had to systematically go through every-thing as much as we could.”

Delta Delta Delta: Anna Keathley Junior mathematics major

How did you become the choreog-rapher?

“The head of Greek Week asked me to do it. I was one of the assis-tants last year for Lip Sync.”

What is your favorite part of Lip Sync?

“My favorite part is the practices. It’s so much fun spending time with everyone. A lot needs to be done, but my sorority handles it in a fun and entertaining manner.”

Delta Gamma: Kelly Jacobs Junior psychology and dance double major

What are you most excited about for your sorority/fraternity for Lip Sync?

“It’s exciting to get to know the new girls. We have about 60 new girls, so it’s the best way to finally get the chance to know each other.”

What’s your favorite song to dance to?

“‘Check On It’ by Beyoncé.”

Delta Sigma Theta: Imani Hayes Junior dance major

What are you most excited about for your sorority for Lip Sync & Stroll Off?

“I’m excited to see everyone be together. The chapter is bigger now so it’ll be exciting for us to stroll together in a long line. I’m excited for everyone to perform and have a lot of fun. I want oth-ers to see us in a different light, a performing light.”

What’s your favorite song to dance to?

“‘Rock With You’ by Janet Jack-son.”

Delta Zeta: Tori Harris (TH)Junior dance and communication studies double majorCatherine Beard (CB) Senior sociology major

What are you most excited about for your sorority/fraternity for Lip Sync?

TH: “We’re excited because we’re going with an edgier theme than we’ve had in the past. It’ll portray the different personalities of our chapter.”

What is your favorite part of Lip Sync?

CB: “Favorite part is getting to know everyone better. We’re always practicing and meeting more people. We’re constantly together, and we talk to people we might not usually talk to.”

Kappa Alpha Theta: Jordynn OttoJunior dance major

What is the work entailed in cho-reographing for Lip Sync?

“There is a lot of work for cho-reographing Lip Sync. Some of the details include communication be-tween members about attending re-hearsals (via text, email, Facebook), scheduling rehearsals and booking rooms at LMU or finding other loca-tions, organizing and being on top of your game so you know who exactly is participating, making formations, communicating with Rina Kirima [co-choreographer] and with the members, making up the dances, changing the dances, using con-structive criticism, always staying positive, the list goes on.”

Lambda Chi Alpha: Brantley JittuAlumnus class of 2012 dance ma-jor

What is the work entailed in cho-

reographing for Lip Sync?“It’s an intense amount of work

and dedication. Choreographing [includes] creating a vision and put-ting people in the right spots. It is methodical. Everything needs to be planned out and run smoothly back to back from piece to piece. It’s a col-lection of pieces strung together, and there are transitions between them where you have to be artistic. You have to link people through. It’s a lot of work, practice and communicat-ing. Before every rehearsal, we do a group warm-up to get us united and focused. This is one of the most im-portant things. It’s all about getting together for one purpose. It’s about the mind and body and experienc-ing something together. This is one of the defining factors of performing well. This is what unites us.”

Pi Beta Phi: Deanna Walker Junior business major

How did you become the choreog-rapher?

“My cousin was a Pi Phi at LMU, so I’ve known about Lip Sync since I was about 16. We danced together competitively, so I knew that if this was something she was interested in then I should check it out. I par-ticipated in Lip Sync my sopho-more year once I became a Pi Phi. Throughout the entire process I couldn’t help but come up with my own ideas of what it would be like if I had the opportunity to be a cho-reographer my junior year. I started spreading the word that I was inter-ested, showed off my groundbreak-ing moves many times throughout the year and demonstrated my abil-ity to take a leadership role pertain-ing to dance amongst my peers.”

Sigma Chi: Chase Lehner Sophomore communication stud-ies major

What are you most excited about for your sorority/fraternity for Lip Sync?

“I’m excited because it’ll be dif-ferent from what we’ve done before. The format is different, and it’s a lot of high-energy dancing. It’s a fast-paced dance. We really wanted to incorporate the strengths, such as comedy, of our chapter because we have a lot of writers and actors. It’s a huge jumbled thing of everything we’re good at with a lot of dancing.”

What’s your favorite song to dance to?

“I love dancing to anything from the Dougie to Blink-182. I love any-thing upbeat.”

Sigma Lambda Gamma: Michelle Lara Senior sociology major

What are you most excited about for your sorority for Lip Sync & Stroll Off?

“I am most excited to showcase to other Greeks and the LMU com-munity our tradition of strolling. I am glad that we have an opportuni-ty to show others part of our Greek culture.”

What is your favorite part of Lip Sync?

“My favorite part is being able to spend more time with the girls in my organization during practices.”

Sigma Phi Epsilon: Ena KirimaJunior dance major

How did you become the chore-ographer?

“I’m a dance major here at LMU, and I had the privilege to be asked to choreograph Sig Ep’s Lip Sync.”

What are you most excited about for the fraternity for Lip Sync?

“I’m excited to see everyone’s fi-nal product on stage since so much hard work has been put into Lip Sync.”

Out of the five fraternities that performed, it was the choreography created for Lambda Chi Alpha by LMU alumnus Brantley Jittu (above, ‘12) that shined brightest.

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Mitrovic led the Lions with three goals on the day, with two of them coming from the five-meter line af-ter Pepperdine penalties. He has scored nine times in two games, leading the team in scoring as a true fresh-man. Junior Peter Olson scored in the second quarter to give the Lions the one-point edge. Freshman Vuk Cvetkovic also added a goal on the day.

The victory gave Pepper-dine the first point of the

Wells Fargo Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) Cup, an an-nual competition between the two schools located only 19 miles from each other. The Waves have won the competition the last two seasons.

The Lions rebound from the loss by playing in the NorCal Invitational on Sat-urday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16, a tournament that hosts top teams in the na-tion. Seeding for the tourna-ment has not yet been de-cided.

“We feel we are a bet-

ter team than what we are ranked,” said senior utility man Jon Colton. “We just have to go out there and prove ourselves.”

Two years ago was the last time LMU appeared in the tournament, with the team going 2-2 on the weekend.

“The results of the tour-nament will dictate what national rank we are coming out of the weekend,” said Colton. “We have a really young team and we need to focus on who we are playing now instead of who we could possibly play.”

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Are you ready for some football?are going against? Second, how have they performed against the same defense in weeks past, or against defenses with similar characteristics? Dis-claimer: This formula does not guarantee you fantasy football glory. Michael Goldsholl is not responsible for the weekly pro-duction of your fantasy football team or the overall outcome of its season.

Stay away from teams/players involved in on-field scandals with the league: The example this year is obvi-ously the New Orleans Saints. Due to the sanctions imposed on the franchise by the bounty scandal, the Saints have been left with Head Coach Sean Payton suspended for the sea-son, Lead Assistant Joe Vitt banned for six games and Gen-

eral Manager Mickey Loomis out for eight. Not only will they be working with an interim coach (Offensive Line Coach Aaron Kromer) for the interim head coach (Vitt), but their en-tire defense will be under tight scrutiny by the NFL and its referees. You can be sure that the team will be playing with a lighter touch on the defensive end to avoid any allegations that the bounty program is still in place. We saw the same thing happen to Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Har-rison’s production last season, when the league clamped down on his hard hits and proceeded to fine and suspend him until he figured out a way to alter his style of play on the defen-sive end. Quarterback Drew Brees will struggle to perform at his accustomed level, and running back (RB) Darren Sp-

roles will not repeat as a fan-tasy stud this year, since Mark Ingram and Pierre Thomas will likely steal touches from him. Barring injury, tight end (TE) Jimmy Graham may be the saf-est bet on this team – but then again there are no “safe” bets with a team in turmoil.

The average QB with a very good offensive line and underrated offensive weap-ons will actually perform exceptionally well. Enter San Francisco 49ers QB Alex Smith. Skill-wise, he’s nothing out of the ordinary: He doesn’t have the size and speed of a Cam Newton (Carolina Panthers) or Robert Griffin III (Washington Redskins), nor does he have the throwing ability and lead-ership skills of Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers) or Tom Brady (New England Patriots). But this season, he will per-

form at the level the franchise expected him to when they drafted Smith No. 1 overall in 2005. With an incredibly deep receiving corps of Randy Moss, Vernon Davis, Michael Crab-tree and Mario Manningham, he will have plenty of options when moving the ball through the air. And on the ground, he has a top-10 RB in Frank Gore, whose rushing capabilities command attention from the defensive side, further opening up the passing game for Smith to succeed (think Matt Cassel in 2008 for the Patriots during Tom Brady’s injury season).

Never accept the first trade offer you get. As some-one who likes to send daily trade proposals, I can tell you from personal experience the first trade offer is never with the recipient’s best interests in mind. In fact, it’s generally

with the hope that the recipi-ent of the proposal will some-how be extremely intoxicated or in a hallucinogenic state at the time they receive the offer, and accept a deal that gives the league’s best team another su-perstar for pesos on the British pound.

Maybe you’ll finally win your fantasy league this year, but the odds are you probably won’t. Unless you’re in a four-team league where you control every team, get used to an early playoff exit or a season of close losses where you were “really just five points away from be-ing in the championship game.” Sure, buddy, we all were. So keep telling yourself that.

This is the opinion of Michaell Goldsholl, a senior English major from Santa Barbara, Calif. Please send com-ments to ndines@theloyolan.com.

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Myers said about the team’s defensive play: “Our whole defensive unit did a great job. That goes from our goalkeeper, all the way to our four backs and our mid-fielders – who battled very hard – and our forwards who were basically tracking their [UCLA’s] outside backs that were trying to get forward.”

Last Sunday, the Lions fell to the at-the-time No.11-ranked University of Wis-consin. The Lions allowed a ghastly four goals against the Badgers and ultimately lost 4-2. Myers viewed their de-fensive performance against UCLA as a form of redemp-tion for the team.

Myers said, “Tonight, I think, was a very important night because it showed how good they can be and how good they are. UCLA is a very talented team; we withstood a lot of their attacks. But our kids were there and they were able to get it out, and that says a lot because nor-mally against a fast team like UCLA, it just takes one little mistake and the ball’s in the back of the net. And tonight we really, really defended well.”

The score was 0-0 through most of the first quarter, un-til the 27th minute when red-shirt sophomore combination defender and midfielder Jen-ni Benger scored off a corner kick by freshman midfielder Jocelyn Blankenship. LMU managed to keep the Bru-ins scoreless throughout the rest of the half and entered

halftime up 1-0. UCLA came out of the half tenacious and scored quickly in the begin-

ning of the half in the 48th minute to tie it up at 1-1. The Lions stepped up their de-

fense after that quick lapse and the Bruins were shut out the rest of the half, despite

multiple shots taken. Most of those shots were far and wide of the goal, due to pres-sure put on by the Lions not allowing UCLA to get close to the box.

LMU normally plays an up-tempo and aggressive style, but Myers decided to change things up a bit to keep pace with UCLA.

Myers said of the style change: “Our depth isn’t as good as their depth by far, so our bodies by that time are super tired. We wanted a result, and a tie is a good result for us. At that point, you’re just trying to get that result and also help our kids because they’re dying out there. So were trying to kill the clock as well as get fresh legs out there at times.”

LMU’s use of substitutes helped to slow the match down for the Lions as it pro-gressed through the first and second overtimes. The slower tempo helped the team regain its stamina against the con-stantly fresh UCLA squad. It also helped to give UCLA less time to score by running off time UCLA could have used to take more shots. When time ran out in the second over-time, the Lions had earned a tie against the best team in the nation and proved itself a force to be reckoned with.

The Lions followed up their impressive game with a 2-0 win against the Idaho State Bengals on Sunday at Sulli-van Field. LMU’s next game is against the Arizona State Sun Devils and will take place on Friday, September 14, 5 p.m., at Sun Devil Soc-cer Stadium in Tucson, Ariz.

Following tie at UCLA, Lions shut out Idaho State

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Senior defender Whitney Sharpe (middle) led the Lions down the field against Idaho State on Sun-day, assisting senior midfielder Cori McGovern for the second and final score of the 2-0 shutout.

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Think you have what it takes to win your fantasy football league this year? Trying to win nice

chunks of change (or “stacks,” as Tyga would say) and bragging rights as the Don of football knowledge among your

friends, co-work-ers and message board enemies? Then take a look at this checklist of dos and don’ts that could provide a few wins for even the biggest novice of fantasy football.

Repeat after me: “I will never draft Chris John-

son in the first round of a fantasy football draft.” As an owner, the ex-pectations for him are too high and the eventual payout too low. I made this mistake last year in the keeper league I’m in with my family (eight-team league counting points per re-ception (PPR) and using individual

defensive players (IDP)). For some bizarre reason, I did so again this year in a two-quarterback [QB], 12-team league (eighth pick) that I’m in with my friends. And so, my first NFL Sunday of the 2012 regular sea-son was spent screaming at the TV as I watched my No. 1 pick rush for four – count ‘em, four – yards on 11 attempts without even sniffing any-where near the endzone. It almost made me wish I was hung over so I could have just slept through his psy-chologically draining performance.

“Projections” mean absolutely nothing. If you plan on basing your weekly strategy on what the “experts” at ESPN or Yahoo! say a certain play-er is going to score that week, make sure to stock up on the Kleenex, be-cause you will spend every Sunday night soaking your pillow(s) in tears. Sure, they are a good foundational barometer of which players are go-ing against favorable opponents, but when you make those numbers your bible, enjoy being the butt of every joke on your league’s message board. A good rule of thumb is to look at two things when picking your lineup each week. First, if they are an offensive player, how strong is the defense they

With championship experience, Michael Goldsholl enlightens those striving to win fantasy football.

Dos and don’ts from a back-to-back fantasy champ

Playing away under the lights of UCLA’s famous Drake Stadium and more than 1,000 pairs of eyes on Fri-day night, LMU’s women’s soccer team came up big.

“I’m super proud. Super proud of the team and excited for them,” Head Coach Michelle Myers said after the game. “They worked hard tonight and left everything on the field. It was a great team effort and I’m proud of them.”

The Lions had to withstand an intense volley of shots from UCLA throughout the game. The final shot count was 27 shots for UCLA and four shots for LMU. The Lions had trouble getting the ball up against the Bruins’ stout defense, but made up for it by stopping UCLA practically every time they tried to score.

Part of LMU’s incredible defense was redshirt junior goalkeeper Brit-tany Jagger’s great play. Jagger had six saves on the night helping the Li-ons to stay in the game. However, it wasn’t only Jagger who was respon-sible for the Lions defensive stand.

Women tie No. 1 UCLA Bruins

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Three, two, one – and the buzzer sounds.

The No. 10 LMU Lions’ comeback came up short by milliseconds against cross-town rival No. 8 Pepperdine University this past Saturday, Sept. 8, in Malibu, Calif. during a non-con-ference water polo showdown.

The Lions found themselves down three goals midway through the fourth quarter, but mounted a come-

back that nearly tied the game going into overtime.

Down 8-7 with seconds to play, the Lions took over possession with three seconds left and looked to score. Freshman Milutin “Milo” Mitrovic tipped in redshirt senior Robert Pu-sic’s shot after Pepperdine’s goalie saved the ball from entering the goal, but was a tenth of a second late as the buzzer sounded with zeroes on the scoreboard.

The Waves team and their fans erupted in cheers while Head Coach John Loughran and the Lions were dismayed with the result.

The Lions led by one heading into the half, but Pepperdine scored the first two goals of the second half to not only take the lead, but also the

momentum. “I thought it was the first four min-

utes of the third quarter that was the difference,” said Loughran. “We came out flat defensively and they scored some goals that really didn’t go in during the first half. Our guys played flat the first four minutes of the third quarter and it cost us the game.”

With Pepperdine’s 8-5 lead in the final quarter, the Lions scored two goals: one by redshirt freshman at-tacker Seth Coldren and the other by sophomore utility man Joe Feretti, to trim the Waves’ lead to one. But that wasn’t enough, and the Waves defeated the Lions for the third year in a row.

“We showed some good character to come back in the fourth quarter,”

said Loughran. “But, again, they scored some goals in the fourth quar-ter that really shouldn’t have gone in. I thought our defense had some let-downs that were a little dishearten-ing. Overall, we had a solid team ef-fort and now we have to build on this and work on our defense heading into [the Nor Cal Invitational].”

Senior goalie Kyle Testman record-ed 14 saves on the day to keep the Lions close, adding the nine he had in the team’s first game. His total count has climbed to 142 saves.

“As the goalie, I’m the quarterback of the pool,” said Testman. “I direct traffic and communicate with the de-fense.”

The men’s water polo team loses to crosstown rival Pepperdine 8-7 on Saturday.By Dan RaffetyAsst. Sports Editor

Lions lose to rival Pepperdine despite late comeback

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Behind strong defense, the LMU women’s soccer team draws 1-1 with the top-ranked team in the nation.

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Redshirt sophomore defender/midfielder Jenni Benger (17) scored the lone goal for the Lions against top-ranked UCLA on Friday night. Pictured here in Sunday’s contest, Benger helped the team record a 2-0 shutout against unranked Idaho State.

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Quarterback Alex Smith (above) led the San Francisco 49ers to the NFC Championship last year and looks to improve both on the field and fantasy level with an improved receiver core.