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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.

How To Get There

You know the freeway connector from the 110 S carpool lane to the 105 W to LAX? It’s what the avenue to heaven should be like: graceful, sweeping, a short trip through a holy atmosphere. Down in Long Beach, there’s…

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….

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…

Dispatches: Summer 2010

1944 Byron Dillon [SciEng], after graduating in 1944, received a degree in dentistry from USC School of Dentistry in 1949. He served in World War II and was a captain in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Argentina and Newfoundland….

Equal Opportunity Offender

Mike Smith is a self-proclaimed “geeky artist.” He’s been drawing since childhood, and when he found his old sketchbooks in his mother’s garage, they proved that he was opinionated even as a boy. But his career as an editorial cartoonist…

Conversation: Paul Zeleza

Paul Zeleza is dean of the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at LMU. He has taught at universities in Canada, Jamaica, Kenya and the United States. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Malawi, a master’s degree from…