Essay
Imagined L.A.: Brian Doyle on the City’s Past and Future
Brian Doyle says that of all literary forms the essay is “closest to the human voice at play; the most naked unadorned form, with none of the filters and often stilted self-indulgent vibe of the other forms; the essay is you and your friend having a pint and telling tales with glee and tears.” Doyle has never set foot in Los Angeles. But his song of this city, an original essay, describes a place we recognize.
The Interreligious Imperative
In a radio address given in September 1962 shortly before the Second Vatican Council opened, Pope John XXIII expressed the hope that the council would present the Church as “the Church of all, and especially of the poor.”
The Values of Business Education
The world that today’s students face is more global, more technologically advanced and perhaps more ethically challenged than ever before.
The Urbanizing Frontier
In 2008, the human population passed a critical threshold in its ontogeny, according to the United Nations Human Population Fund.
The Inaugural Address
The inauguration of a university president is a day like few others. Ritual signals the seriousness of academic study, and pageantry symbolizes the celebration of the event.
Learning in Study Abroad
LMU’s new Casa de la Solidaridad program is an atypical education opportunity for students that combines innovative features of both community-based learning and study abroad programs. The result is an experience in transformational learning.