After a three-year hiatus, the Loyola Jazz Fest was back for its 53rd annual festival to bring together a community with a love for music, particularly jazz, said its host and Loyola Jazz studies professor...
Ava Acharya, Managing Editor for Digital
• March 25, 2023
Imagine this: you’re walking in your neighborhood, getting groceries. It's a beautiful, sunny day. Perfect for a leisurely walk. You’re crossing the street. You look both ways and take a step into...
From 1927’s “Metropolis” to “The Hunger Games”, the idea of dystopia has always captivated audiences. Growing up, dystopia quickly became one of my favorite genres. Movies like “The Maze Runner”...
Nola on Tap returned to New Orleans this past weekend after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
Nola on Tap, hosted at Lafreniere Park on Saturday, March 18, is an event dedicated to showcasing local...
Loyola’s dance team accomplished their first preseason goal with a home-field win at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics regional competition. The win gave the team the chance to compete...
As a promising high school senior, I applied to dozens of colleges and universities across the country.
From Ivy Leagues to local community colleges, I didn’t limit myself when applying to schools,...
Negina Khalili has made standing up for Afghanistan’s women and girls her life’s work.
As the first female prosecutor from her home province in Afghanistan, she used her position in the country’s...
Alana Thompson, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 19, 2023
After junior tennis player Isabella “Isa” Leaño’s paternal grandfather died due to acute myeloid leukemia, it motivated her to found an event for cancer while playing a game she loves.
Leaño,...
The COVID-19 pandemic affected my social skills in maintaining friendships. I came to college fresh out of friends and full of hope to find more. The pandemic hit my junior year of high school. This left...
Musician Danny O’Flaherty built a shrine to Irish music and culture with O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel Pub, a French Quarter bar he operated for 16 years alongside his brother, Patrick.
While the...
Loyola has a pervasive transphobia problem – a problem that only seems to be escalating. I’ve had my pronouns and preferred name repeatedly ignored by faculty, despite signing every email with “Slater,...
Dajah Saul, Social Media Graphics Lead Designer
• March 17, 2023
“Ladies and gentleman, give a warm heartbreak welcome to the wonderful, RAYE,” serves as the melodic introduction to one of the best albums of the new year: “21st Century Blues" by blues artist RAYE.
I...
