Having a medical practitioner mother and immunocompromised father meant early pandemic paranoia ran rampant in my household.
Fortunately, my dark days in fearful isolation were brightened with streaming...
Jerry Hernandez was hired to coach a men’s basketball team at Loyola that hadn’t existed for 19 years, at a school where 36% of students said they didn’t want athletics, and the only funding for...
As I walked towards the metal double doors of the 12th floor isolation ward, I was overcome with fear and anxiety. I didn’t know what the next five days had in store for me.
Equipped with a small...
Editor’s Note: The following review has spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
While slightly off-beat from the MCU’s formula, the latest Spider-Man movie has garnered much critical and commercial...
Khayla Gaston, Equity and Inclusion Officer
• February 17, 2022
New Orleans is home to a vast array of people, parties, and types of king cake.
King Cake Hub, a seasonal pop-up shop, gives New Orleanians the opportunity to sample dozens of different king cakes without...
For Alaina Paul-Mensah, the connection between New Orleans and West Africa is undeniable.
Paul-Mensah and her foundation, Queens of Africa United International Foundation USA, are inviting people to...
Paige Magee went downstairs in the Danna Center at Loyola Jan. 31 to check on the university’s closet belonging to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and she walked down the hallway to find a horrible...
As Mardi Gras returns to the streets of New Orleans for the first time since the pandemic started, The Maroon presents a compilation of some of the best films in the “Films for when you miss Loyola and...
Ella Cheramie, Worldview Assistant
• February 16, 2022
Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of “West Side Story” puts a mirror up to America. It is masterfully supported through realism and cultural nuance. Reverently and intentionally reborn, Tony Kushner’s...
Biting into a gooey piece of king cake while rushing to catch the streetcar before a parade, sucking the meat out of a crawfish tail at UPB’s annual crawfish boil, cooling off with a juicy snowball...
Lana Wachowski understands the power of nostalgia, and she musters it mightily in “The Matrix Resurrections.” What makes the film work, however, is that while building from the obviously-sweeping legacy...
Bomb threats are haunting historically Black colleges and universities across the country. Books reflecting an ugly truth are being banned to make people comfortable. Critical race theory, the way we view...
