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Voices of the Newsroom: LMU responds to Los Angeles wildfires

Jan 17, 2025 | laloyolan.com | Emma Russell |Grace McNeill

CBS New York: At this hour, there are four major fires burning across Los Angeles. ABC7 Eyewitness News: Millions facing an extreme fire risk in Southern California. The Times: These homes are on fire, and you can feel the heat from the flames even from inside your car. ABC7 Eyewitness News: And for the people who were able to escape, their lives are never going to be the same again. LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone: We know that over 7,000 structures are damaged or destroyed.
LMU community reacts to destructive Los Angeles fires

Jan 14, 2025 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill

With more than damaged, of Angelenos under mandatory evacuation orders and at the time of publication, the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles have been deemed some of the most in the city's history. With LMU just miles away from some of these fires, the University began sending out alerts regularly beginning Tuesday, Jan. 7, informing community members of air quality on campus and ensuring that campus was safe to return to for the first day of the 2025 spring semester on Monday, Jan. 13.
LIVE: LMU responds to Los Angeles fires

Jan 11, 2025 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill |Olivia Palombo

Editor's NoteUpdates on this page will be from Friday, Jan. 10 and onward. For updates from Tuesday, Jan. 7 to Thursday, Jan. 9, click here. Since the initial community advisory sent by LMU to community members on Tuesday, Jan. 7 as a result of high winds and fires in Los Angeles County, the University has provided community members with various updates. In-person classes are set to continue on Monday, Jan. 13 and all campus operations remain normal.
DEVELOPING: LMU issues campus advisory as Pacific Palisades fire grows

Jan 8, 2025 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill

Update (Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 10:09 p.m.): LMU sent an email and text alert urging community members to remain at home on Wednesday, Jan. 8 due to ongoing wildfires across LA County. The alert sent at 10:04 p.m. on Tuesday evening also stated that international student move-in is continuing as planned, and campus amenities are fully operational for students living on campus. Update (Tuesday, Jan.
AI task force proposes ‘artificial intelligence, ethics and society’ minor in BCLA

Nov 19, 2024 | laloyolan.com | Coleman Standifer |Grace McNeill

The Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts (BCLA) is taking steps to further educate students on artificial intelligence (AI) through the development of an “artificial intelligence, ethics and society," spearheaded by an AI task force. This proposed addition comes two years after the widespread adoption of OpenAI's ChatGPT in classrooms. Prior to stepping into his role as the new dean of BCLA, Richard Fox, Ph.D., surveyed BCLA’s 175 faculty about how the college could best support their teaching.
Faculty Senate overwhelmingly rejects 'time, place, manner' faculty policy

Oct 25, 2024 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill

The Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly to reject a draft “Interim Policy on Faculty Rights to Free Speech and Assembly,” also known as a “time, place, manner” (TPM) policy, at their Oct. 3 meeting.
Stacey Abrams talks the power of the youth vote at Election 2024 event

Oct 2, 2024 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill

Stacey Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives and the to secure a major-party nomination in a gubernatorial election in the U.S., had a strong message for young voters ahead of the November election as she spoke to a crowd of LMU students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Oct. 1. “I think that the volume you have in terms of the sheer number of voters should be a power harnessed by [Generation Z] Gen Z in a way no one has ever managed before.
LMU to release new “time, place, manner” policy that applies to faculty and staff

Sep 27, 2024 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill

LMU is expected to release a new “time, place, manner” (TPM) policy that pertains to faculty and staff, according to Kristin Agostoni, associate director for public and media relations, in a statement on behalf of the University. The policy — which was first addressed at a Sept. 5 meeting of the Faculty Senate — would come following the TPM policy as it applies to student conduct, which was developed ahead of the 2024-25 academic year.
President Timothy Law Snyder’s annual pay package jumps 33% to $1.18 million

Sep 27, 2024 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill |Kylie Clifton

University President Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D., made $1,175,991 in compensation in LMU’s 2022-23 fiscal year, according to the IRS Form 990. On the precipice of his 10th year serving as LMU’s 16th president, Snyder received a 33.35% salary increase from the previous fiscal year, marking his second highest raise during his tenure at LMU. Snyder’s highest raise came following his first year serving as LMU’s president, where he received a from the 2015-16 fiscal year to the 2016-17 fiscal year.
Westchester faces potential loss of ‘beloved little Vons’

Aug 27, 2024 | laloyolan.com | Grace McNeill

Nestled on the corner of W. 80th Street and Emerson Avenue in Westchester sits a Vons grocery store. While to visitors it may not be anything remarkable, for local residents, “little Vons” is a community centerpiece. Nicknamed “little Vons” for its modest size, the quiet store in a family-oriented Westchester neighborhood has “everything you need and nothing you don't,” Councilwoman Traci Park told the Loyolan.