Four African American men who helped change U.S. history and who live in Los Angeles testified about their experiences in the Civil Rights movement at a documentary screening on campus this past week: Robert Farrell, Michael Grubbs, Claude Liggins and…
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Golden Years
This past Sunday, a woman who devoted 25 years of her life to LMU was honored when the Campus Ministry suite in the basement of Sacred Heart Chapel was dedicated. The suite has been named for Agnes Marie Schon, C.S.J.,…
Seasonal Change
During the past few weeks, I’ve become enamored with the films of Yasujiro Ozu, a Japanese filmmaker. He made seminal movies about post-World War II Japan, including “Late Spring” and “Early Summer,” two I’ve seen recently. I’m attracted to his…
“Bearing Witness: Daniel Heyman”
When painter Daniel Heyman heard the stories of people who have suffered from war and other dire experiences, he decided his portraits were incomplete without his subjects’ words.
Confession Time
I have a confession to make: I really don’t have a major problem with Saint Mary’s College. And while I’m at it, this: I used to be on their payroll. It’s true: I once was a writer for their university…
The Story Bronzed
Universities are considered places of texts and stories, but a foundational story was told in bronze this past week. A sculpture symbolizing the mission of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary was unveiled Nov. 13 at the Marymount…
First Person: My Life on Olvera Street
Christina Mariscal, who majored in history and Spanish as a student at Loyola Marymount University, grew up on Olvera Street, the heart and birthplace of Los Angeles.
A Welcome to the Lion’s Den
There were neighborhoods in this country in the ’50s and ’60s where no one’s kids went to Notre Dame University, yet, it seemed, everybody rooted for the Irish. Mine was one. In my Irish Catholic Philadelphia parish, you’d think we…