Category: Articles
Rockin’ the Bard
Two years ago, an English professor told us that Logan Metz, a singer/songwriter in a rock band that was making the rounds and becoming known in L.A.’s club scene, was among her best Shakespeare students ever. When we learned that Metz’s musical turf was that fertile soil where folk, country, blues and rock co-mingle, we said, “If he combines the Great Playwright with a genre steeped in human stories, then we have to ask him to write about that.”—The Editor
Rocket Man
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, will launch a supply ship carrying hundreds of pounds of astronaut provisions to the International Space Station. NASA is counting on the company, and another private firm, to take over the Space Shuttle’s resupply missions to the ISS. Only nine years old, SpaceX has technologically leapfrogged its competitors to lay claim to the world’s least-costly space flights. One of the brains behind SpaceX is Tom Mueller M.S.’92. He was interviewed by Doug McInnis.
Kristen Tracy ’94
Kristen Tracy likes writing, but she loves telling stories. At the root of her success is her confidence in her stories — she grew up often feeling trapped in a small Mormon farming town, population 841, and turned to her imagination for respite.
John Bailey ’64
Influenced by French New Wave films of the ’60s, John Bailey wanted to become a writer and theorist about changes emerging in American cinema, so he entered a nearby graduate film school in 1965. But a 16mm Bell & Howell with a 100-foot roll of B&W film changed all that
Postcards as History
In classes on Islamic art and history of the Mediterranean region taught by Aliaa El Sandouby, postcards are a primary learning tool.
Letter From Denver
DEAR LMU I never would have guessed that I’d be living in the Mile High City — so far away from my Bay Area home. Peg Dolan, R.S.H.M., always said that our God is a God of surprises! After all, only God could envision something as crazy as throwing me, the youngest of three girls […]
In Memoriam Fall 2011
In the print version of LMU Magazine, the names of alumni who have passed away are found in the Dispatches section. We list them separately on the LMU Magazine website to make them easier for readers to find.—The Editor John F. McLaughlin [BusAdm ’36] on April 10, 2011 Harry J. Acquarelli [BusAdm ’38] on June […]
Dispatches Fall 2011
1951 Charles “Duke” Russell [BusAdm] says something he learned from the Loyola University Jesuits is “Do something for society.” He’s organizing the 20th annual Abe Lincoln Remembrance, to be held Feb. 12, 2012, 2 p.m., at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in Westwood. 1953 Leo McElroy [LibArts] published his memoir of his years as a […]
Dear LMU — Letters From Our Readers, Fall 2011
WATTS TOWERS I am the managing director of the Watts House Project, which works with artists, architects and the families across the street from the towers to enhance the local quality of life through the arts and design. The article about the Watts Towers (“Higher Calling,” Summer 2011) captured the true spirit of the towers […]