Spring 2019
Who Are We?
By D.J. Waldie
Illustration by Michael Waraska
The people of Los Angeles have had many names since 1850, complicating their sense of place. But each is a part of who they are.
Read MoreIt’s California’s great divide — do you bleed Dodger blue or back the Giants? Watch fans on the LMU campus talk the talk to back up their team.
Credential-Sharing
Credential-sharing may seem victimless. But if you care about the future of streaming content, you may miss what you haven’t paid for.
Fletcher on First
Former Lion shortstop David Fletcher remembers a series of firsts from his rookie season in Major League Baseball as a Los Angeles Angel.
Burning the Roots
In some of California’s farm communities, the education of farmworkers’ children is going up in flames.
Homeless Country
Homelessness may be more like a territory, not a state of life, where we may live, visit, pass through or work.
Girls in the Garage
You may not recognize all their names, but these 10 all-female rock bands have shaped, and changed, your rock ‘n’ roll.
Robert B. Lawton, S.J.
Robert B. Lawton, S.J., left a legendary legacy as LMU president. His honorary doctorate was fitting tribute to his leadership and vision.
My L.A.: Mariachi Plaza
Mariachi Plaza, in Boyle Heights, is a cultural, historic and community hub reminding us that L.A. was once Alta California.
Who Are We?
The people of Los Angeles have had many names since 1850, complicating their sense of place. But each is a part of who they are.
Play Works
Martin Hernandez says his chance to participate in Playworks as an athlete and, now, a junior coach has changed his life.
The Lessons
Kenzie Izzard, a junior teacher with Girls on the Run, now mentors young girls who are enjoying the same opportunities that she did.
Equal Play
Should a child’s access to recreation depend on ethnicity, family income or geography? Renata Simril ’93, CEO of LA84 Foundation, says never.
Looking for Sepulveda
Driving the length of Sepulveda Blvd., a major city arteries, is a sojourn along a border between L.A.’s past and present, and its living and its dead.
Calling All Angels
Whether the Catholic Church will shape the Los Angeles of the future may depend on its ability to call forth our better angels.
Wazed and Confused
Does convenience threaten our quality of life when apps like Waze turn neighborhood streets into drivers’ shortcuts?
Brand Identity
When the Jesuits planted their third California college in the L.A. basin, their brand included hope, commitment and an ability to imagine a better world.
Letter From Malibu
When the Woolsey Fire tore through Malibu in November 2019, it brought destruction and psychological trauma to the city’s residents.
Do Not Fear Grief
Loss and suffering in her and her students’ lives led a teacher to grief’s depths. Then she learned a deeper meaning of the words “Be not afraid.”
Bingeing
LMU’s 2019 Day of Giving, a one-day call for gifts, surpassed all expectations and raised hopes for even greater success next year.
A Conversation With Mayor Eric Garcetti
Mayor Eric Garcetti says that for Los Angeles homelessness is the “the moral and humanitarian crisis of our time.”
A Conversation with Garland Kirkpatrick
A professor of design talks about design in one of the world’s creative capitals, Los Angeles.
A Conversation With Julia Newman ’11
Solving homelessness will require good design as well as more housing stock. This designer is working on it.
A Conversation With Kyla Danforth ’19
A long-distance runner describes how her competitiveness helped her not care about pain.
LMU Athletics Adds to Fame
The LMU Athletics Hall of Fame adds former star players, an entire team and two alumni benefactors to its roster.
Legacy in Progress
Crimson Circle, LMU’s oldest service org, celebrates its 90th anniversary this coming fall, and it’s still all about wearing the sweater.
Love Story: B. Kevin Brown ’08, M.A. ’11 and Megan McCabe
The marriage path for theologians may be refreshingly ordinary.
LMU’s Great Carmelite
Albert P. Koppes, O.Carm., served under six LMU presidents and shaped almost every aspect of the university’s life, from athletics to academics.
The Builder Passes
As chair of the Board of Trustees, R. Chad Dreier ’69 was a crucial partner in transforming the university and its campus during his term.
Dispatches Spring 2019
It’s the stuff of life — our alumni keep us all up to date with news, developments, work, achievements, accomplishments and more.
Dear LMU — Letters From Our Readers, Spring 2019
Tell us what you think: Send us your barbs and bravos.
Makes No Census
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a proposed change to the 2020 national census could change U.S. politics for the next decade.
