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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

A beach volleyball athlete sets up a ball to hit is across the net to two other players at Coconut Beach

Beach volleyball plays first game

Sebastian Witte, Staff Writer March 17, 2022

The inaugural season of beach volleyball kicked off last Friday as the Wolf Pack took on Spring Hill College. It took about three years of work and proposals to show how the beach volleyball program would...

Courtesy of Colin Richards

Greek life prepares for service

Domonique Tolliver, Life and Times Assistant March 17, 2022

Loyola Greek Life organizations said they are excited to return to in person philanthropy events this spring to give back to the community of New Orleans as a whole. Pi Kappa Phi fraternity President...

Director Hardy Weaver and a student practice for the spring production of Head Over Heels, March 15, 2022. Rehearsals for the show will be masked, though actors will perform unmasked.

Theatre students frustrated by mask mandate

Domonique Tolliver, Life and Times Assistant March 17, 2022

Students in the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance said they are frustrated by the inequality of mask mandate enforcement between groups of students on campus. Artistic Director of the Department...

OPINION: Kamila Valieva is a victim

OPINION: Kamila Valieva is a victim

Matthew Richards, Staff Writer March 17, 2022

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games were mired in controversy before the opening ceremonies began. Rising COVID-19 cases threatened the Olympics, and China’s stance on human rights pertaining to its native...

EDITORIAL: Refugees all over the world are reaching out; why aren't we reaching back?

EDITORIAL: Refugees all over the world are reaching out; why aren’t we reaching back?

Maleigh Crespo and Gabriella Killett March 17, 2022

America’s perception of Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced peoples is a product of the same racial bias as missing White girl syndrome, a tendency of the general public to focus on missing White...

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference after an extraordinary EU summit on Ukraine in Brussels, Feb. 25, 2022. Macron has formally announced he will run for a second term in April’s presidential election. In a “letter to the French” published Thursday, March 3 on French media websites, Macron said: “I am seeking your trust again." (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP, file)

OPINION: Vaccinated people shouldn’t have to suffer

Ty Lawson March 17, 2022

During a recent interview, French President Emmanuel Macron said he would like to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated. While he said he would not “vaccinate by force,” the five million France residents...

Amina Scott, Loyola Contemporary Ensemble and Bass Instructor, performs electric bass at Congo Square during a Jason Marsalis show on Feb. 27, 2022.

Amina Scott balances teaching and gigs

Brendan Heffernan March 17, 2022

Loyola contemporary ensemble and bass instructor Amina Scott is teaching her students the lessons she learned while establishing herself as a fixture in the New Orleans jazz scene. Since graduating from...

mens basketball team stands for national anthem on court while one athlete bends the knee

Basketball Championship tournament marks mixed results for Wolf Pack

Jackie Galli, Sports Editor March 13, 2022

The men’s basketball team’s will be moving on to the next round while the women’s team saw the end of their championship hopes after the first round of the NAIA National Championship ended yesterday. Loyola...

Courtesy of Dave Badie.

Professors’ passions shine off campus

Gabrielle Korein, Senior Staff Photographer March 13, 2022

While it may be hard for students to imagine, Loyola professors lead complex lives outside of teaching, grading, and worrying about their students. In fact, some staff members at Loyola transform into...

Courtesy of Focus Features

“Belfast” review: Gradience in growing up

Ella Cheramie, Worldview Assistant March 13, 2022

A memoir is not a tell-all. It is made up of a million little moments. Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” achieves just that, as it tells his childhood chronicle through the idealized eyes of Buddy (Jude...

Courtesy of Janus Films

“Drive My Car” review: The long and winding road

Ver Lumod, Reviews Editor March 13, 2022

Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi may not be a household arthouse figure in Western film circles. That has since changed with the American release of his latest film “Drive My Car,” which first...

Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

“Nightmare Alley” review: A dark carnival ride in GDT’s hands

Miles Doleac March 13, 2022

Guillermo del Toro is one of modern cinema’s most original voices, so his approach to remaking the 1947 noir classic “Nightmare Alley” looms with particular fascination. Nominated for Best Picture...

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