Category: Articles
Reading the Waters
It’s not all happening at the beach for members of the Surf Club. One thing Chris Collato ’10 has learned, after 10 years of surfing, is the ocean isn’t necessarily as it appears: “Standing on the beach and looking out, conditions may look windy and rough, but you can get out there and have three […]
Profile: Lecia Brooks ’78
Lecia Brooks is no stranger to the “isms” that exist as the ugly potholes on the road to a better society. In 2004, she took a job in Montgomery, Ala., with the Southern Poverty Law Center, which fights racism and intolerance.
Profile: Kate Micucci ’03
Not everyone gains fame and success with catchy ditties filled with clever wordplay. But Kate Micucci is doing just that. She and her original songs — and her hilarious and appealing personality — together have led to a recurring role on the TV hit “Scrubs,” stints on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and a […]
Profile: Brett Beach ’96
Brett Beach is hoping for some sweet success in his new venture with partner Timothy McCollum. The duo founded Madécasse, a company that grows and manufactures chocolate “from bean to bar” in Madagascar, an island off the southeastern coast of Africa. Beach works with a handful of farming cooperatives that grow and harvest the beans. […]
Object Lesson: History Set in Sand
It must be one of the oddest historical pieces in the William H. Hannon Library Archives and Special Collections: a sand jar, eight inches tall, with the words “The New Loyola — Rev. Joseph Sullivan —For the greater glory of God,” an image of the U.S. flag, and a jagged pattern of green, white, red, tan, pink, gray and gold sand lines. Even stranger is its origin.
No One Left Behind
In fall 1950, the Civil Rights movement had barely begun. Sit-ins and Supreme Court decisions were a few years away. But ethical stands against segregation were already being taken, including at Loyola University, where a great football team refused to play a game in Texas when told their African American players couldn’t take the field.
My Take: Defense Walls
An L.A. Times business editor assesses the damage in the tumultuous decline of the newspaper industry.
Love Story: The Bonn Connection
Every year they got closer, but Suzanne Pompili ’04 and Ryan Lucke ’04 had to travel halfway around the world to meet.
Letter From Brooklyn
DEAR LMU Who would have thought I’d leave sunny California and LMU’s amazing view from the bluff for the fast-paced life of New York! After graduation, I headed east to pursue a master’s degree in social work at Columbia University. My first winter here was truly miserable, and I ached to be home in sunny […]
Help Us Write a New LMU Alma Mater
Students rally the men’s soccer team at a match last season, when LMU finished with an invitation to the NCAA tournament. LMU’s Alma Mater, “Hail Crimson Blue,” was written in 1938 by John T. Boudreau, a composer and band leader who was deeply involved in the L.A. music entertainment world. College life has changed since […]