LMU Magazine - The Magazine of Loyola Marymount University

May 10, 2012  |  Lincoln's Lessons

Ken Burns is a documentary filmmaker who is immersed in history. At the 2012 undergraduate commencement, he told LMU's graduating class that in times of crisis, the United States repeatedly returns to Abraham Lincoln's grand and generous vision of this American nation for good reasons. Watch his exceptional commencement address.

May 7, 2012  |  Net Gain

LMU lacrosse players are giving Westchester kids a league of their own. For the past four years, they've been teaching and mentoring children in the neighborhood by helping create a local lacrosse league where none existed before. Watch our video to see LMU athletes passing life's lessons to the next generation.

May 7, 2012  |  Rapid Prototyping

Professor Rafiqul Noorani's rapid prototyping machines can make a prototype of almost anything in almost any shape. We filmed one in action, for 10 hours, as it constructed an iconic symbol of LMU. Watch our time-lapse video to see a prototype take shape.

May 7, 2012  |  Alternative Break

For seven days in spring 2012, students learned about rural poverty, mountaintop removal and life in the hollers of Appalachia. Watch our slideshow about an Alternative Break trip to West Virginia.

May 7, 2012  |  A Walk Across the City of Angels

Herbert Medina, professor of mathematics, leads walks for staff and faculty all across the city. We put a camera on one of his walkers a few weeks ago as the grouped trekked from LMU's Alumni Circle to the Loyola Law School in downtown Los Angeles. Take a look at the time-lapse video.

May 7, 2012  |  Wojciech Kocyan in Performance

Wojciech Kocyan, clinical professor of piano in the College of Communication and Fine Arts, is an internationally celebrated pianist. He played pieces by several composers at his spring recital in March 2012, including Chopin and Liszt.

May 7, 2012  |  Baseball Time-Lapse

Baseball parks have been compared to cathedrals by some adoring fans. Watch our time-lapse, stop-action film of a day at the game — LMU vs. the Portland Pilots — with all the rituals, from chalking the batter’s box to the final out and the closing of Page Stadium.

May 7, 2012  |  The Centennial Slideshow

One of the benefits of the past year of centennial celebrations has been bringing a trove of historical photos into public view. Here's a 35-minute walk, in the form of a video/slideshow, through the university's history as seen through the photographic record of LMU.

May 7, 2012  |  Dugout Chants

Chants are a trademark of softball. A chant may be a cheer tailored for one's teammate batting at the plate, or a gentle taunt at the opposing pitcher. They may be call-and-response, or even a melody close to a lively gospel hymn. Chants are the soundtrack of softball. We put a tape recorder in the LMU dugout this spring to share the Lions' chants. Have a listen.

May 7, 2012  |  LMU Lacrosse

On Saturday, April 21, LMU Lacrosse met Claremont at Leavey Field with a season's worth of work on the line: A win would take them to a quarterfinal match in the Southwest Lacrosse Conference playoffs with the University of Arizona. LMU took the win, 8–4. Watch the slideshow to see the intensity of match.

May 7, 2012  |  Sunday Night Mass

Sunday Night Mass is a foundational spiritual experience for many students, and one that still shapes the lives of innumerable alumni. Take a look at our slideshow to see this special liturgy at work today.

May 5, 2012  |  Sacramento Alumni Reception

Take a look at photos from the Sacramento LMU Alumni Regional Reception hosted this spring by Lucy and Peters, class of 1988.

April 24, 2012  |  LMU Alumni on Display

A new photo display in the Charles Von Der Ahe Building featuring more than 50 alumni success stories offers plenty of reasons to believe that dreams can come true.

March 1, 2012  |  Jon Rou's LMU Takes

The photography of Jon Rou, LMU's university photographer, has become one of the most distinctive elements in the LMU Magazine's award-winning design. Rou has been given assignments from shooting a De Calores trip in Tijuana, to athletic portraits, surf scenes, and a theology class on Catholicism and Native Americans that took place in the southwest. Here is a selection of his work.

February 6, 2012  |  De Colores

For 25 years, the De Colores service-immersion program, a project of the Campus Ministry office, has been changing the lives of LMU students and the community of friends in Tijuana with whom they work.