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The Los Angeles Loyolan is LMU's student-run news organization, publishing new content online multiple times a week. The Los Angeles Loyolan is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the California College Media Association. The Loyolan's core values are accuracy, responsibility, and relevancy. We are dedicated to keeping the LMU community informed about what's happening on and off campus

. Now celebrating its centennial year, the Loyolan continues to publish award-winning content about the LMU community, covering news, sports, life + arts and social justice, as well as providing opinion and satire. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to make sure you never miss content from us. Apart from producing content, the Loyolan sponsors 60 Second Lectures (an annual event during which speakers give minute-long lectures, followed by a Q&A) and First Amendment Week (an annual event that has hosted speakers such as Monica Lewinsky, Jesse Williams, and America Ferrera in the past). Interested in joining a team of people keeping Lions connected to our community?

11/18/2025

In St. Robert's Auditorium, Mane Entertainment hosted a nostalgic arcade night, bringing back students' favorite games from the early 2000s. Students took the chance to unwind from their week and indulge in classic arcade games with their friends. The events featured mini golf, air hockey, Pac-Man, pop shot and many more. Lions also had the chance to enter raffles for prizes, including candy, small toys and gift cards.

Check out the photos below.
https://www.laloyolan.com/photo/galleries/night-of-nostalgia-y2k-arcade-night/article_1681631f-9539-5d15-9b23-15d0f038c281.html

LMU men’s water polo heads to the West Coast Conference Tournament this weekend at the United States Air Force Academy. ...
11/18/2025

LMU men’s water polo heads to the West Coast Conference Tournament this weekend at the United States Air Force Academy. The blueprint: press hard, communicate from the cage and play with patience over panic — echoed by attacker Abel Romero Corbalan, goalkeeper Finn Friedland and attacker Nick Leung. Stressing connection, defense-to-counter and clean possessions, can that formula carry the Lions to victory this weekend?

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LMU men’s water polo heads to the WCC Tournament this weekend at the United States Air Force Academy. Players, Abel Romero Corbalan, Finn Friedland and Nick Leung stress connection, defense-to-counter

Jared Coleman, Ph.D., discusses his work in computer science and Indigenous language revitalization and why he thinks cu...
11/18/2025

Jared Coleman, Ph.D., discusses his work in computer science and Indigenous language revitalization and why he thinks curiosity for curiosity’s sake should be more encouraged in research.

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Jared Coleman, Ph.D., discusses his work in computer science and why he thinks curiosity for curiosity’s sake should be more encouraged in research. Listen here.

OPINION: Zohran Mamdani's win has made one thing obvious — he has mastered the poetry of politics. But despite my optimi...
11/17/2025

OPINION: Zohran Mamdani's win has made one thing obvious — he has mastered the poetry of politics. But despite my optimism for his tenure, I'm not confident that he can live up to his bold claims.

Notoriety and responsibility carry a heavy burden. Mamdani now faces the task of proving that the energy of youth movements and his careful words can endure beyond the ballot box. His administration will be scrutinized, dissected and held to a higher standard not just by classic Republican opponents but by the young voters who delivered his victory. In fact, even the idea of selling an ineffective product to his voters could represent not only a downfall for Mamdani, but a downfall for the concept of Democratic Socialism as a whole.

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Zohran Mamdani’s recent victory electrified New York City — but as new progressive ambitions meet reality, the true examination of Mamdani begins. Does he have what it takes?

What started as an entrepreneurship class project for entrepreneurship majors Parker Semenza and Ryan Zahri tuned into a...
11/17/2025

What started as an entrepreneurship class project for entrepreneurship majors Parker Semenza and Ryan Zahri tuned into a new way to spread kindness on LMU’s campus. “Fresh as Flowers” is a student-run business that allows customers to send flower arrangements to others on campus.

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Whether anonymous or not, the LMU student business “Fresh as Flowers” allows for students to spread kindness to one another by sending each other floral bouquets. The business was founded

The LMU community has voiced their concerns following the board of trustees’ decision to invoke a religious exemption fr...
11/17/2025

The LMU community has voiced their concerns following the board of trustees’ decision to invoke a religious exemption from the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction. T’sai Cunningham, a journalism major, believes that this decision is an “institutional cowardice” and “moral contradiction of Catholic and Jesuit principles.”

Cunningham submitted a guest editorial to the Loyolan about this contentious decision, outlining several student perspectives.

Read more about her opinion on the religious exemption at the link below.

T’sai Cunningham, journalism major, submitted a guest editorial to the Loyolan about the board of trustees’ decision to invoke a religious exemption from the National Labor Relations Board's jurisdiction. Read

On Oct. 21, students on The Bluff received a series of text messages, emails and calls about police activity and a "pote...
11/16/2025

On Oct. 21, students on The Bluff received a series of text messages, emails and calls about police activity and a "potential threat" on campus. In response, some students reported feeling safe on campus while others expressed uncertainty about the recommended practices that ought to be taken during potential and active threats.

Following the threat, the Loyolan looked into LMU’s protocol for emergency scenarios, current facility safety and the resulting student sentiment.

In two separate emails to the Loyolan, Roberto Aguirre, vice president of Campus Safety Services, highlighted the University’s detailed processes for handling threats, LMU’s compliance with California Fire Code (CFC) and how students should practice the national best practices of “run, hide, fight” during an emergency.

Watch the video at the link below.

How do students and the University respond to potential emergencies on campus?

Last weekend, Kappa Alpha Theta hosted their annual Rock the CASA fundraiser. In this week's episode, Assistant News Edi...
11/16/2025

Last weekend, Kappa Alpha Theta hosted their annual Rock the CASA fundraiser. In this week's episode, Assistant News Editor Zak McHale sat down in the studio to fill me in on the fun-filled event and how it plays a role in combatting federal funding cut by the Trump administration.

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Daylight savings comes and it’s all an adjustment. Classes, darkness, jobs …
11/16/2025

Daylight savings comes and it’s all an adjustment. Classes, darkness, jobs …

Daylight savings comes and it’s all an adjustment. Classes, darkness, jobs …

Jonathan Petropoulos, Ph.D., the John V. Croul professor of European history at Claremont McKenna College, spoke at LMU’...
11/16/2025

Jonathan Petropoulos, Ph.D., the John V. Croul professor of European history at Claremont McKenna College, spoke at LMU’s Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration about art looted by N***s and the importance of post-war restitution on Wednesday, Nov. 13. He introduced attendees to his experience studying the restoration of art pieces, promoting his work that includes both a scholarly component and a real-world application. This commemoration brought the community together to remember a night of destruction and its legacy.

“We should use this history and use the commemorations of the Holocaust to understand what fear and hatred of any group can do as a collective,” said Elizabeth Drummond, Ph.D., associate professor of history and director of the Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the Arts. “And the ways it can motivate people to violence, lead to violence and lead to violence that’s designed to eliminate an entire culture, an entire people [and] an entire society.”

Read more about the Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration through the link below.

This year’s Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration featured Jonathan Petropoulos, Ph.D., who presented on his life’s work involving art looted by N***s and the fight to restore Jewish-owned property.

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