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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Carter swings a club while two teammates look on as well as Head Golf Coach Cory Amory

Men’s golf wins first tournament since 2017

Emma Smithers, Staff Writer April 8, 2022

The men's golf team took home a win for the first time since 2017 at the 2022 Wolf Pack Spring Invitational this March. The men won the tournament by two shots and had two players finish in the top...

Loyola student NCognita performs during BUKU Music + Arts Project at the Riverside stage on March 26, 2022. NCognita is one member of the Loyola community who is making an appearance in local music again.

Local music festivals return to the Big Easy, feature Loyola

Gabrielle Korein, Senior Staff Photographer April 8, 2022

Festivals are a big part of New Orleans identity as a creative haven for artists and musicians alike, making the live music and arts festival dry-spell during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly...

OPINION: The U.S. health care system fails us

OPINION: The U.S. health care system fails us

Ava Acharya, Assistant News Editor April 8, 2022

The American health care system is widely conducted on the basis of capital profit. Human lives are essentially treated as a product which must be purchased and further maintained at the cost of the person ...

OPINION: Leaving your hometown broadens your horizons

OPINION: Leaving your hometown broadens your horizons

Maggie Lewis, Staff Writer April 8, 2022

When I was in high school, people always asked me why I wanted to leave so badly. They couldn’t understand why I would leave when I had everything I needed. To them, life was centered around our two...

EDITORIAL: Attendance shouldn’t be mandatory

EDITORIAL: Attendance shouldn’t be mandatory

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor April 8, 2022

Attendance policies are implemented at a young age to hold students accountable. Many of us have spent more than half our lives in grade school, being forced to attend every day or avoiding pesky absence...

Francesca Ariemma, digital filmmaking senior, hangs out at the BUKU Music + Art Project March 26.

Students enjoy BUKU Music + Art Project’s return

Maria DiFelice April 3, 2022

BUKU Music + Art Project was held March 25-26 for the first time since 2019 and many Loyola were in attendance. After several festival dates were canceled amid COVID-19 outbreaks, last weekend’s festival...

A film is screened at the 20% Film Festival and Showcase March 24.

20% Film Festival honors women in film

Jackie Galli, Sports Editor April 2, 2022

Women filled only 20% of the behind-the-scenes jobs in the top 100 highest-grossing films of 2019. This disparity inspired the title for the 20% Women’s Film Festival and Showcase, a film festival...

EDITORIAL: To use or not to use? The Oxford comma

EDITORIAL: To use or not to use? The Oxford comma

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. Long live the Oxford comma Gabriela...

Courtesy of DC

“The Batman” review: Sneaking a real movie into Hollywood

Michael Lardizabal March 31, 2022

Editor’s Note: The following review has spoilers for “The Batman.” Directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson, “The Batman” is an unlikely kind of superhero film in today’s oversaturated...

Courtesy of HBO

“Insecure” review: The end of an era

Brooklyn Joyner, Staff Writer March 31, 2022

After getting sick with COVID-19 at the start of the year and being stuck at home for two weeks, I felt I had no choice but to binge watch all five seasons of HBO’s “Insecure.” The final season finished...

OPINION: Artists need to get out of their heads

OPINION: Artists need to get out of their heads

Ver Lumod, Reviews Editor March 31, 2022

One of my favorite filmmakers, Ingmar Bergman, once talked about the relationship between the artist and his audience in a 1967 interview. He told the story of a wood-carver in medieval China who was tasked...

Vasquez goes for the ball on the beach court wearing cool shades and facing the net

Beach volleyball ends inaugural season

Jackie Galli, Sports Editor March 31, 2022

Sunscreen. Sandy toes. Cool shades. The beach volleyball team experienced these for the last time together this season on the court March 29. The beach volleyball team ended the roughly three week season...

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