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Dylon Hoffpauir set to be new head dance and cheer coach

Alexandra Akes, Assistant Sports Editor May 5, 2022

Loyola’s cheerleading and dance programs faced tragic hurdles this year following the passing of their head coach, Rickey Hill, as well as being displaced due to Hurricane Ida after Loyola’s gym took...

OPINION: This year’s Met Gala was accidentally perfect

OPINION: This year’s Met Gala was accidentally perfect

Abigail Schmidt, Staff Writer May 5, 2022

Welcome to fashion’s biggest night: the Met Gala, where celebrities and designers show off their art and status to their wealthy peers. This year’s Met Gala theme was “In America: An Anthology of...

OPINION: Loyola, you will be missed

OPINION: Loyola, you will be missed

Tania Tetlow May 5, 2022

I spoke to my first incoming class of undergraduates four years ago at Wolf Pack Welcome, and now, I feel as though I am graduating with the class of ‘22. Like them, I am excited and not a little bit...

Performers play trumpet and saxophone during a second line parade at Jazz Fest Sunday May 1, 2022.

Loyola students enjoy Jazz Fest’s return

Artie Bennett, News Editor May 5, 2022

After a two-year hiatus, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival returned to the city, bringing back the music and sending Loyola students flocking to the fairgrounds. “I think just being...

Students wait for a film screening to begin at the Crescent City Film Festival April 22, 2022.

Crescent City Film Fest returns to Loyola

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor May 2, 2022

The Crescent City Film Festival, an annual film fest hosted by Loyola’s filmmaking program, made its fourth year of production the weekend of April 22. Showrunners Adam Sekuler, Loyola professor and...

(File photo) Jazz Fest fans enjoying the music at the Congo Stage on Sunday, March 29th, 2018. The Jazz and Heritage Festival takes place at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, but was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Staying safe at Jazz Fest

Jackie Galli, Sports Editor April 30, 2022

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is back after a two-year absence caused by the ongoing pandemic. According to the Jazz Fest health and safety page, the festival will be following all local...

Courtesy of Disney

Review: “Turning Red” doesn’t deserve the hate

Addison Laird, Staff Writer April 29, 2022

Pixar’s latest movie “Turning Red” has faced a great deal of controversy from the moment the first teaser trailer appeared online. From parents to film critics, it seemed to be making everyone on...

Courtesy of A24

“X” review: A fresh, provocative take on slasher films

Adam Seal April 29, 2022

Horror director Ti West’s latest entry “X” is an enjoyably grisly and foxy homage to 1970s slasher flicks that will leave audiences’ jaws glued to the floor. Set in 1979, a gang of amateur filmmakers...

A visitor to the Whitney Plantation in Southeast Louisiana admires a memorial statue April 25, 2022.

Advocates rethink antebellum tourism

Domonique Tolliver, Life and Times Assistant April 29, 2022

As the city of New Orleans moves to change the names of streets and buildings that honor Confederate figures, the image of the antebellum South still lingers within plantations across the state.   Dozens...

OPINION: The world needs more kindness

OPINION: The world needs more kindness

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor April 28, 2022

It goes without saying that the world has shifted in the last two years, but as we try to return to some semblance of normalcy, we need to lean on each other.  We’ve experienced loss and trauma in...

OPINION: Just make my sandwich please

OPINION: Just make my sandwich please

Michael Giusti, Adviser April 28, 2022

Subway and I have a bit of a problem. I have tried to work it out, but we keep coming back to the same situation. And my family loves Subway’s sandwiches, so I can’t just avoid the restaurant. Like...

EDITORIAL: SGA fails to lead the pack

EDITORIAL: SGA fails to lead the pack

It’s been nearly four months since The Maroon’s last check-in with the Student Government Association, and now that we’ve circled back, the promises they made while campaigning remain unfulfilled. President...

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