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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Dance team competes at Battle in the Big Easy

Arianna D’Antonio, Senior Staff Writer February 22, 2023

Loyola’s dance team is getting into the competition groove again for their new season. The team performed at the Battle in the Big Easy competition last weekend at Xavier University of Louisiana. The...

EDITORIAL: To eat or not to eat? King Cake

EDITORIAL: To eat or not to eat? King Cake

Macie Batson and Jackie Galli February 22, 2023

Editor’s Note: The editorial board could not come to a consensus on the subject. Therefore, two editorials are running representing the split opinions of the staff. It's the tradition that matters Macie...

More renovation to come for Sports Complex pool

Alana Thompson, Assistant Sports Editor February 19, 2023

The pool in the Sports Complex will be closed due to replacing the fiberglass lining starting on March 1, according to an email sent from University Sports Complex Coordinator Andrew Fava. The two-month-long...

Illustration of Dolores Huerta holding a megaphone in front of a background of names of notable Latinx people and the words Latinx Studies in front of her.

OPINION: Latinx studies matters

Pablo Zavala February 19, 2023

This semester, I’m teaching a class I never took as an undergraduate, but wish I had: Latinx Experiences Through Literature. We are reading about how Dolores Huerta and César Chávez fought for workers’...

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OPINION: Animation deserves respect

Addison Laird February 18, 2023

Guillermo del Toro remarked after the premiere of his 2022 Netflix film, “Pinocchio” that Hollywood does not see animation as cinema. I have always found this notion surprising. For me, some of the...

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“The Fabelmans” review: Pure Spielberg with a twist

Miles Doleac February 17, 2023

On the one hand, “The Fabelmans” bears the narrative hallmarks that have punctuated Steven Spielberg’s now fifty-plus-year career: troubled family dynamics, children adrift, an idealistic dreamer...

Mass Communications sophomore Mina Leffler has CPR demonstrated on her.

Loyola rethinks athlete safety protocols

Abigail Schmidt, Life and Times Editor February 17, 2023

Sports medicine has been a hot-button issue lately, and Loyola’s medical teams have their own plans in place to ensure safety on and off the court. Several schools and sports organizations across...

A photo illustration of a student viewing brochures for plantation tours.

EDITORIAL: Plantations aren’t tourist attractions

Maleigh Crespo, Design Chief February 17, 2023

Picture this: You’re standing by the Danna Center post office, perusing through the rows of tourist brochures, awaiting your next New Orleans outing. Images of Audubon Park, Jackson Square, and Bourbon...

Rocky Leonard singing at a performance.

Loyola vocalist learns self-love through music

Violet Bucaro, Copy Editor/Staff Writer/Photographer February 16, 2023

Loyola vocalist learns self-love through music “Music is healing” Loyola popular and commercial music senior and vocalist Rocky Leonard said music was one of the only ways she was able to recover...

Photo of swimmer and history pre-law major Harvey Quiddington is pictured at the University Sports Complex pool.

Wolf Pack swimming welcomes British talent who’s rewriting record books

Brendan Heffernan February 15, 2023

When Harvey Quiddington stepped onto Loyola’s campus for the first time last summer, he’d already competed at the highest levels of British amateur swimming. But as he got settled into his dorm, Quiddington...

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“Elvis” review: How a straight man achieved high camp

Oliver Parker, Contributing Writer February 14, 2023

I have seen Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” six times. Four of the six were in theaters. Even after six times, I cannot fully comprehend the way I feel about this film. I hope it sweeps at the Academy Awards. “Elvis”...

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“Abbott Elementary: Season 2” review: Emmy-award-winning Quinta Brunson does it again

Victoria Hardy, Equity & Inclusion Officer February 13, 2023

Quinta Brunson upheld the caliber of her pilot episode, which won her an Emmy Award in 2022, and graced "Abbott Elementary" fans with a second season of comedic realness. The Hulu series entertains...

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