Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

GEORGE MEDAILLE Seeing Things

Editorial: The Great Depression marks the death of capitalism for US

GEORGE MEDAILLE Seeing Things April 14, 2012

At the beginning of the present depression in 1929 there was a group of bright and optimistic economists who prophesied very confidently that we had nothing to fear. Depressions, they said, were bound...

Feb. 6, 2009. carrollton hall roommates Chelsea Ormon, business management sophomore, and music industry sophomore Bethany Wilde do homework in their residence suite.

Housing grows more important as years pass

For the first 50 years, Loyola was mainly a commuter university, but since the 1960s Loyola has grown to be a much more residential campus. Today, Loyola has four residence halls and 1,308 students who...

BOB RAYHAWK In My Opinion

Editorial: Political climate offers no end for draft season

The draft will continue. Despite the efforts of more than 80 Democrats and Republicans, in all probability America's young men will still have to succumb to the whims of a lottery. Recently many Congressmen...

CHARLES YOUNG Editors Notebook

Editorial: Kennedy is assassinated

CHARLES YOUNG Editor's Notebook April 14, 2012

Atatimeinthe world when the voice of democracy is as important as food and air it will be interesting to see whether certain sectional leaders of the nation join in hands or continue to fight to the losing...

originally published in 1987

Choice of drug among Loyola students changed over the years

SHANNON DONALDSON Staff Writer April 13, 2012

The first plant that was smoked regularly on Loyola's campus was tobacco. In April 1940, The Maroon reported a story titled "Tobacco Business Healthy in Colleges, Survey smokers." Three decades and a...

Feb. 6, 2009. carrollton hall roommates Chelsea Ormon, business management sophomore, and music industry sophomore Bethany Wilde do homework in their residence suite.

Housing grows more important as years pass

For the first 50 years, Loyola was mainly a commuter university, but since the 1960s Loyola has grown to be a much more residential campus. Today, Loyola has four residence halls and 1,308 students who...

Students deal with war while at Loyola

LORA GHAWALY The Maroon April 13, 2012

War: what is it good for? Learning about history, of course. Students at Loyola in the late 1930s and early 1940s had a great deal to say about the politics of their time, most notably about World War...

Twist eliminates inhibitions, becomes biggest fad of 60s at Loyola

Twist eliminates inhibitions, becomes biggest fad of ’60s at Loyola

DORIS GRISTMAN April 13, 2012

Come on everybody! Let's do the Twist-and it goes like this! Everybody's doin' it: from L.A. to Paris, tots to grandmas, beats to socialites, they're all getting into the act. And do you blame them? Can...

File photo from The Wolf yearbook, 1965. Black students often found themselves isolated in the early

Racial diversity was challenged at the university for much of its history

PATRICK RAFFERTY Staff Writer April 13, 2012

In an era of supposed equality, where men and women of all races are widely accepted, it is difficult for some to remember how different the world was 50 years ago, when minorities were fighting just...

Rock’n roll singer set for concert: Elvis Presley To Entertain

Maroon Staff April 12, 2012

April Fools' Day- it's that good old day today, so don't believe anything you read. This is particular true of the things you may read in this Maroon. It's all in fun and The Maroon sincerely hopes...

File photo from The Wolf yearbook, 1965. Black students often found themselves isolated in the early

Racial diversity was challenged at the university for much of its history

PATRICK RAFFERTY Staff Writer April 12, 2012

In an era of supposed equality, where men and women of all races are widely accepted, it is difficult for some to remember how different the world was 50 years ago, when minorities were fighting just...

Twist eliminates inhibitions, becomes biggest fad of 60s at Loyola

Twist eliminates inhibitions, becomes biggest fad of ’60s at Loyola

DORIS GRISTMAN April 12, 2012

Come on everybody! Let's do the Twist-and it goes like this! Everybody's doin' it: from L.A. to Paris, tots to grandmas, beats to socialites, they're all getting into the act. And do you blame them? Can...

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