Winter 2014

Cover Story

Intertwined: The Economics of Immigration Reform

U.S. immigration policy has been a divisive political and moral issue for decades. The Catholic Church’s call for justice for immigrants — from Pope Francis and Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez to the sponsoring religious orders of Loyola Marymount University — has been consistently clear and strong. We asked Michael A. Genovese, professor of political science, to shed another light on the subject, reflecting on the economic importance of U.S. immigration reform.—The Editor

A Conversation With Caroline Sauvage

Caroline Sauvage is an assistant professor of classics and archaeology in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts. She received her B.A. in art history and archaeology as well as her M.A. and Ph.D. in archaeology of the Ancient World from the Université Lumière Lyon 2 in France. Her research interests include trade and maritime exchanges in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as the development and use of textile tools during the Late Bronze Age and early Iron Age. Her research focuses on exchanges, the status of objects, and their representations and use as identity markers across the eastern Mediterranean. She is the author of “Routes maritimes et Systèmes D’échanges Internationaux au Bronze Récent en Méditerranée Orientale” (2012). Sauvage was interviewed by Editor Joseph Wakelee-Lynch.

A Conversation With Joseph Reichenberger

Joseph Reichenberger, a professor of civil engineering in the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering, specializes in water quality management and wastewater treatment system design. He has worked and consulted extensively on local water issues and policy. Prior to joining the LMU faculty, he served as vice president and regional manager for Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. in Pasadena. Reichenberger also serves as a director of the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District and formerly was a commissioner on the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority. Editor Joseph Wakelee-Lynch interviewed him about the current statewide drought.

Art of the San Fernando Valley

If the San Fernando Valley has been disparaged by many, including Angelenos, then its art has been even less regarded.

Fable

On a bright afternoon in 1975, English major Bruce McBirney and a motley, clever cast staged a standard text near Foley Pond: Aesop’s fable “The North Wind and the Sun.” Now, years later, McBirney, a poet, has immortalized that spring spectacle.

Greening L.A.’s Alleys

L.A.’s East Cahuenga Pedestrian Alley, known as EaCa Alley, is between N. Cahuenga Blvd. and Cosmo St., and opens onto Selma Ave. in Hollywood

NFL in L.A. — PRO? NO?

Although it has been almost 20 years since Los Angeles said good-bye to two professional football teams — the Rams, who moved to St. Louis, and the Raiders, who returned to Oakland — talk of the game’s return persists. Today there are at least three possible sites for a stadium, and three existing teams that could leave their home to come to Los Angeles. Indeed, L.A., which is the second-largest media market in the United States, could re-enter the NFL with not one but two teams. We asked two experts on the subjects of sports ethics and sports business this question: “Would the return of professional football to Los Angeles be good for the area?”

Dear LMU — Letters From Our Readers, Summer 2015

Letters From Our Readers, Summer 2015

Dirt Girl

Brenda (Kirsch) Frketich grew up on an Oregon farm. She left home to attend LMU, study business and probably go to law school. In the summer before her junior year, she took a desk job at an L.A. insurance company and had a backyard with a tiny strawberry patch. “You can’t get very dirty with that,” she says. Brenda missed the soil, the smell of dry grass and the annual summer harvest. She decided to return to the farm after graduation, her father’s farm, the farm she now runs.

Dispatches Winter 2015

1971 Ricardo Navarrette [LibArts] is vice-president of student services at Santa Rosa Junior College, in Santa Rosa, California. His wife, Luz (Armendariz) [LibArts ’73], has a private hynotherapy practice and teaches a course at the college. 1973 Maureen (Shannon) Diekmann...

In Memoriam Summer 2015

Victor Matheus [BusAdm ’36] on Feb. 18, 2013 Bolton Minister [BusAdm ’40] on Oct. 17, 2014 Robert Hayes [LibArts ’41] on Jan. 24, 2015 Frank Reilly [LibArts ’43] on Feb. 7, 2010 James Bell [SciEng ’44] on June 2, 2014...

Shoe Designer Henri Lepore Dessert ’11

Henri Lepore Dessert, who divides his time between the United States and Milan, works on every step in the shoe-making process, from the first sketches to the selection of materials and oversight of the hand-made creation of the shoes themselves.

Crossing Over

Matthew Campanella ’13 is an investigative reporter on “The Real Death Valley,” an immigration documentary hosted by reporter John Carlos Frey for The Weather Channel. The film focuses on Central Americans who make their way on a dangerous path through Brooks County, Texas, a throughway to U.S. cities to the north. While filming, Campanella and Frey also attempted the 40-mile sojourn. We asked Campanella to describe what he experienced while walking through Texas’ death valley.

Jamie Sanchez ’75, Head Coach, Women’s Tennis

Take a look at Jamie Sanchez’s iPad, which he shares with his 3-year-old daughter, Gabriella.

Intertwined: The Economics of Immigration Reform

U.S. immigration policy has been a divisive political and moral issue for decades. The Catholic Church’s call for justice for immigrants — from Pope Francis and Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez to the sponsoring religious orders of Loyola Marymount University — has been consistently clear and strong. We asked Michael A. Genovese, professor of political science, to shed another light on the subject, reflecting on the economic importance of U.S. immigration reform.—The Editor

Follow the Star

Look to the heavens on a cloudless, moon-free night: That expanse of stars has sparked the biggest thoughts the human brain can think. How strange to learn that, in galactic terms, we see only over our backyard fence.

New York

It’s been more than a year since I left the comfort of the bluff for the uncertainty of New York City...

The Greatest Gift

Sometimes the most valuable gift to give is the simplest of all.

Flu Shot

Few things would make Dan Hyslop, M.D., happier than plunging a syringe into about 9,000 arms.

Playbook: Mike Dunlap’s Influencers

The coaching career of Mike Dunlap ’80 extends across two continents and winds through many levels of competitive basketball, from a small Division III university to an NBA team. Along the way, he has worked with giants of the past who he calls “Mount Rushmore coaches” and some of the most well-regarded minds in the game today. We asked Dunlap to tell us what he has learned from his peers and mentors over the years.—The Editor

President Burcham To Step Down in May

LMU President David W. Burcham announced Oct. 6 that he will step down at the end of the current school year.

Dorota Shortell ’98

Dorota Shortell ’98 earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and is president of Simplexity, a product design firm based in San Diego.

Spivey’s at Home in Live TV Comedy

Emily Spivey M.F.A. ’96 has an Emmy Award to her credit for her work on “Saturday Night Live.”

Ethics and the Ebola Crisis

“The Dilemma” is a feature of LMU Magazine in which we ask a member of the faculty for ethical advice about a complex question. Send your moral quandary to magazine@lmu.edu with the word “dilemma” in the subject line. We’ll pick one, put it to a faculty member and give you an answer in the next issue.

The Face of NPR

In 2012, more than four decades after its maiden broadcast, National Public Radio hired its first chief marketing officer, Emma Carrasco ’82, tasking her with marketing an American media icon. Carrasco, who was a KXLU station manager, likes to say that “public radio isn’t going away — it’s going everywhere.” For her, NPR’s values of thoughtfulness, honesty, diversity and intellectual curiosity are “organically understood” — her job is simply to help articulate them. She was interviewed by José Martinez ’11.

Family Roots

The Jarlath Curran Technology-Enhanced Classroom that will be found in the new Life Sciences Building of Seaver College will include technology and devices to promote both group work by students and faculty-student collaboration during class time.

Sister Peg

On the fifth anniversary of the passing of Peg Dolan, R.S.H.M., LMU Magazine produced a video slideshow that highlighted Sister Peg’s many contributions to the LMU community. When we circulated it through social media, the slideshow elicited many moving testimonies to the impact that Sister Peg had on the LMU community. Here are some of those comments. —The Editor

James L. Brooks

James L. Brooks, winner of Emmy Awards and Academy Awards, described the cast of people in his life who have helped him achieve success when he spoke to students in SFTV’s Mayer Theater in October.