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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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mens basketball player Brandon Davis plays on the court facing several players from Mesa's team during the national championship

No. 1 Men’s basketball breeze through first championship game

Alexandra Akes, Assistant Sports Editor March 12, 2022

Loyola men’s basketball team kicked off the opening round of the NAIA National Championship Tournament with a win against #16 Benedictine University Mesa. The Wolfpack entered the tournament as the...

The national championship game is ongoing as Hansberry dribbles across the court with speed so fast the image is blurry around her feet and arms

Women’s basketball dominate first championship game

Jackie Galli, Sports Editor March 12, 2022

Loyola women’s basketball in their first game in the NAIA National Championship tournament won against #11 Menlo College with a score of 78-40. Loyola made it clear from the outset of the game that...

Golf coach Cory Amory stands looking at athlete holding a golf club and golf bag on the green

COLUMN: Cory Amory is a hole-in-one as new head golf coach

Emma Smithers, Staff Writer March 10, 2022

A few weeks before the start of school, the golf team was put in a new group chat that included the incoming freshman like we do every year. I already knew the freshman, but I had no idea who Cory Amory...

Recreational sport players face inwards towards a soccer player with a ball in the field

Recreational sports back in full force after COVID-19 challenges

Alexandra Akes, Assistant Sports Editor March 10, 2022

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit New Orleans in March 2020, students traveled home, saying goodbye to their dorms, friends and classes, but many students also left behind a campus favorite—recreational...

OPINION: The final girl fails and flourishes

OPINION: The final girl fails and flourishes

Dajah Saul March 10, 2022

The “final girl” is a trope in horror films which refers to the last girl or woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. Film and media wouldn’t be the same...

OPINION: College doesn't have to be immediate

OPINION: College doesn’t have to be immediate

Maria DiFelice, Assistant Op/Ed Editor March 10, 2022

Picture this: It’s your senior year of high school, and you are trying to decide what college you want to go to. You ask yourself if you want to go to a big sports school up north or a small liberal...

EDITORIAL: Gen Z pushes the envelope to move forward from generational trauma

EDITORIAL: Gen Z pushes the envelope to move forward from generational trauma

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor March 10, 2022

Gen Z pushes the envelope. We break down barriers. Our generation challenges the status quo, but for many of us, the pressure can be too much to handle. We were born into a culture built on violence,...

Brenna Byrne kisses their partner, Chelle Kim on the cheek outside at Uhaul's queer skate night event Feb. 23, 2022. Byrne and Kim are members of the Crescent Skate Krewe, a women's and queer friendly skating group. Hannah Renton/The Maroon

“Uhaul” collective builds safe space for LGBTQ+ nightlife

Artie Bennett March 10, 2022

Uhaul, a queer event planning organization, is striving to build a space where the New Orleans’ LGBTQ+ community can express themselves, build connections, and have fun in a safe environment, according...

Courtesy of BUKU Music + Art Project

BUKU organizers to hold no-fee ticket sale downtown

Maria DiFelice March 9, 2022

BUKU Music festival organizers will be selling tickets Saturday March 12 from 12-8pm at a pop-up event at Pythian Market in downtown New Orleans.  They will be selling GA and VIP passes without the fees....

Courtesy of Netflix

“Don’t Look Up” review or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the absurdity of it all

Ver Lumod, Reviews Editor February 18, 2022

Adam McKay’s latest satire “Don’t Look Up” may be far from this generation’s “Dr. Strangelove” with its heavy-handed approach to issues of climate change and the relative lack of collective...

Jill Odom displays her orginal artwork and custom jewelery at an art market held at Bratz Yall in New Orleans, La. Saturday, Friday, Feb. 5, 2022.

Artists look to online markets to sell work

Jabez Berniard February 17, 2022

A few months into the pandemic, Jill Odom let her responsible vendor card expire, a choice she said felt like burning a bra, dangerous but freeing. Odom, a veteran in the service industry with over...

EDITORIAL: New Orleans is putting profit over its people

EDITORIAL: New Orleans is putting profit over its people

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor February 17, 2022

Last year’s absence of Carnival and the superspreader event of the 2020 parade season has us feeling cautiously optimistic about this year’s Mardi Gras festivities. We began the semester virtually...

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