Some of Hollywood’s roots are sunk deep in Southern soil, and the film industry has shown us both the good and the bad fruit.
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Joseph Wakelee-Lynch
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Dreamscape
The DACA program and the fate of Dreamers now appear to be languishing in legislative limbo. LMU experts examine DACA’s prospects and make their best guess about its future.
Producer’s Credit
Prolific and outspoken, film producer Effie Brown ’93, one of the industry’s prolific filmmakers, just wants to make movies that reflect the America she lives in and cares about.
What’s My Next Step in Sports Broadcasting?
Chat is an LMU Magazine feature that links current students with alumni by using social media to get alumni responses to a student’s question. Post your suggestions for questions at LMU’s LinkedIn page or email us at magazine@lmu.edu.
Fine China
If ever foreign news bureaus were useful, they surely are now when it comes to China. On almost every front, the Middle Kingdom is asserting itself on issues ranging from building bases in the South China Sea, to organizing international trade pacts, targeting Taiwan’s status as an international actor, and moving forward in technology innovation. China even aims to catch up to world soccer. We asked journalist John Corrigan ’77 to give us an eyewitness account of life in China’s capital, Beijing. Here’s his report.
A Conversation with David W. Stewart
David W. Stewart is President’s Professor of Marketing and Business Law in the Department of Marketing and Business Law in the College of Business Administration. We spoke with him about research into the differences between how men and women shop for food. He was interviewed by Editor Joseph Wakelee-Lynch.
Trench Art
In the long, empty hours between the horrific battles of World War I, soldiers sometimes turned their attention to making works of art, now known, and valued, as trench art.
The State Taketh Away
Originally intended as a way to seize property obtained through criminal activity, civil asset forfeiture, some say, is often a practice abused by civil and state authorities as a way to supplement enforcement budgets.