LMU Students

Christmas is in the Air

'Twas the weeks before finals
All through the campus
Not a student was stirring
Not even P-Safe

The books were spread on the desk with care
In hopes that an A+ was in the air

The students were nestled in their chairs lookin at their beds
Visions of break and sleep danced in their heads

When outside of W.O.W. arose such a clatter
The deprived of sleep students sprang to see what was the matter
Away to the window they flew like a flash
3rd floor DRS fell with yawps because of the dash
"OHHHHHHs" and "Sir" filled the halls

The bright LA moon and smog covered below
Everyone hoping for rain or maybe some snow
Could it be the fire department or an EMT's siren
or that crazy guy with the guitar singing again
what's his name Byron...

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
We knew in a moment it was then man from Orientation President Burcham duh! not St. Nick!
a sigh of relief from all the freshman in worry that it was Lowney and his book part 2
Then out of no where was a loud "BOOOOO!"

Why was the President out so late thought the students
we have finals and movements that must be attented too

Little did they notice he was dressed in red and filled with delight
Then in a blink of an eye he took flight

"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

Shocked and sleepy the students thought it was all a dream and not real
just like the imaginary snow they could feel

Their beds looked warmer and warmer as the hours started to tick
they could hear the rats running in the attic

Then, in a twinking, heard in the common rooms
prancing and pawning of some kind of goons

Who was fooling around at this time of the hour!?
The RD's and RA's gather together to solve the problem.
Is it the 3rd floor boys again with the cone
or is someone on the 4th floor on the phone?

With delight and cheer they find the person and grab him by the ear!
President Burcham dressed in red is found by the Christmas Tree in the hall
laying down socks and a basketball

With a smile on his face he says no more finals everyone go home
With a flash the international kids booked flights from Brazil to Rome!

"Is this a joke do you think your funny?" yelled a girl that was half asleep

"Not a joke but gift for you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" was the response

All filled with happiness and joy the students pack their bags and head to the cars
greeting the Professors recieveing giant gold stars!

Then all of the sudden darkness and mist fill up sunken gardens on the campus!

something isn't right...

Then somehow there is a disappearance of the delight...

The student wakes up from reading "Twas the night before Christmas"
and realized he checked out the wrong book!
He was looking from Christ's mass,
he was in the wrong nook.

So much for fun a delight.
Back to studying and fright.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

B-Riv
 

Being Open To Growth

Upon coming to LMU, working in the Admission Office is one thing that I spend most of my hours doing during the week. Work-study keeps me busy and also helps me professionally since I work in an office all day.

 

A big project that we worked on for the past couple of weeks has been Open House. I can honestly say I have never been to a LMU Open House so this was going to be a first on many occasions.

 

1. Admission Office had to help set up for the event
2. Along with my co-workers, we were cart trained and drove golf carts around campus, which was a great honor!
3. Woke up super early on a Sunday morning to LA smog and mist (this is my first year living in Los Angeles so the weather is new to me)
4. Open House in high school, looks like practice compared to a College Open House which is huge and always has events going on
5. No matter how many people ask me, I cannot get there kid into college but I can help them and direct them in the right directions to applying for LMU

 

It was great to see over 100 LMU student volunteers, Counselors, and Professors walking around talking to parents and young students.

 

Along with talking to people from out of town and state, I was greeted by people from my own Coachella Valley and my High School. I was told by one of my friends still in high school that her tour guide mentioned me and she was proud to hear I was making a name for myself here at LMU as a freshman.

 

It is all about the process of being Open to Growth in this new pond for this small fish! 

- Bryan

LMU at 100: A Glance Back in Time

Hello Blogging world! My name is Gina Steward, and I am a Junior Communications Major and a Tour Guide here at Loyola Marymount University. 

In the spirit of the centennial year of the university, I’d like to talk about a recent experience I had on one of my tours.

On one afternoon tour, an elderly gentlemen and his wife caught up to my tour group as we were walking to our next location. I noticed him looking around with wandering eyes at the campus as I continued on with my everyday monologue about the university. There was this glimmer in his eyes, I couldn’t pin point it, but something was up. I knew what I was saying wasn’t that exciting! As we continued on he asked questions here and there about the university, not the questions of a inquiring parent or student, but of something else. He had an interest in this campus that was both all knowing as well as foreign. This would stump me for some time during the tour. As we reached our last stop, I concluded the tour, as I normally do and asked if anyone had any questions. There was silence for a while until in the back a hand went up. There he was in the back of the group, his wife beside him. He asked me why I chose this university.

I had been asked this question before. I knew how I would answer. I told him that LMU was like home for me. I came on this campus and felt as if I belonged. The strong community environment welcomed me. The powerful value system appealed to me. The beauty of the campus captivated me. And the focus on education of the whole person motivated me. I then closed the tour and asked the group to enter the info session that follows.  If they had any other questions they could feel free to come up and ask. The group thanked me and entered the meeting room. As the last family went into the room, I shut the door.  I noticed two people left behind. The man and his wife stood out on the patio. I walked over and asked if they had any questions. The wife told me that she had graduated from Loyola Law School and she had loved her experience there. I acknowledged her and turned to her husband, who had been looking off in the distance at the extent of the campus.  Then he turned to me and spoke. He had graduated from Loyola Marymount University in the fifties. He said that he had enjoyed every minute of his time here. I agreed with him about the impact that the campus and the foundation of the university had on the students. I then raised the question about the change over the years. Was it different for him? Did it feel different? He responded “The buildings are new, but the feeling…the feeling is still the same.” He turned into the distance again, and looked to the landscape that was and is LMU. A smile lit up his eyes.

 LMU was founded in 1911. 100 years have past. The buildings have changed. People have come and gone, but the feeling…the feeling is the same.