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LMU Hosts Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate

On Dec. 19, 2019, LMU played a national role in the U.S. presidential election process when it hosted the sixth Democratic Party presidential candidates’ debate of the 2020 election. The event was both the most complex and visible held on campus since the 1984 Olympics. Political leaders whose names have become household words, including former Vice […]

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Obama’s Mirror

Former deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes shared with students his White House stories and his unusual career path.

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Gryphon Circle at 50

Gryphon Circle started as a service org for newly arrived Marymounters. Service endures: Gryphons everywhere are celebrating 50 years.

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LMU’s Charlie Brown Story

Mere hours, it seemed, after Thanksgiving cleared out and parking-lot pumpkin patches gave way to Winter Wonderlands, one of my neighborhood tree lots decided to bypass those ceiling-scraping Douglas Firs as its seasonal showcase out front. In their stead stood a spindly, listing underdog — a clever interpretation of that imperfect, evocative yuletide symbol — […]

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Standing With Dreamers

The fate of some 800,000 children and young adults who live in the United States and were brought into the country by parents and guardians has taken center stage in recent months in the nation’s politics and in Catholic institutions. Support for the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program has become a priority for […]

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LMU Announces Playa Vista Campus

LMU Playa Vista Campus will house graduate programs for the School of Film and Television and provide space for academic and creative activities and events. Opening in fall 2018, it will be located in The Brickyard Playa Vista.

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