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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Map of the spookiest places on campus. Photo credit: Ariel Landry

Column: Howlin’ haunted places to avoid on campus

Catie Sanders October 30, 2018

1. 8th Floor of BuddigAs an incoming freshman I did a quick Google search of Buddig Hall hoping I could find pictures of the layout or color of the walls. Instead, I found an previous Maroon article by...

The Enter if You Dare sign sat outside of a palm reading tent at Scout Island Scream Park. The sign set the tone for park, as only those who are brave should risk entering in the attractions. Photo credit: Erin Haynes

City Park welcomes Scout Island Scream Park

Erin Haynes October 29, 2018

Scout Island Scream Park will leave the Wolf Pack howling as it adds itself to the list of already terrifying Halloween attractions in New Orleans. For years, City Park has held spooky festivities...

Local tour merges the haunted and the historic

Local tour merges the haunted and the historic

Tyler Wann October 29, 2018

    Many places have laws requiring disclosure if someone has previously died in the building. Tour guides like to say that New Orleans doesn’t have those because it’s almost a...

Femme Fatal(e) skeleton at The Skeleton House on St. Charles Ave. Vanessa advises everyone to stay safe on Halloween. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

How to slay Halloween in New Orleans

Vanessa Alvarado October 27, 2018

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays for many spooky and not so spooky reasons. Who doesn't love playing dress up? Halloween gives me the excuse not to be just Vanessa for the night. Being just...

The spinning 3D tunnel serves as the clown room at NOLA Nightmare. Guests were frightened by live-actors and special effects throughout the haunted house. Photo credit: Caitlyn Reisgen

NOLA Nightmare rises from the grave of House of Shock

Caitlyn Reisgen October 25, 2018

On the same grounds under the Huey P. Long Bridge, where the House of Shock terrified visitors for years, the new haunted house, New Orleans Nightmare, debuted this year. This unique haunted house...

Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

Southern Candymakers is carving up some haunting treats for October

Andres Fuentes October 22, 2018

  New Orleans: a city of haunted streets, voodoo shops and cemeteries. But one French Quarter candy shop is looking to mix the might of New Orleans with the fright of Halloween into spooky...

Loyola students portray the Radium Girls who were exposed to radium in workplace, These Shining Lives. These Shining Lives, tells the true story of a feminist victory when women took their fight for equality in the workplace to the Supreme Court. Photo credit: Sidney Ovrom

Social justice themes ring throughout theater production

Emma Ruby October 19, 2018

"Believe women." That was the message that Shelbi Copain, mass communication and musical theatre sophomore, hopes students took away from the Loyola theater department production These Shining Lives.The...

Photo credit: Ariel Landry

Gallery: Fall Break expectations in Southern Louisiana

Ariel Landry October 8, 2018

It doesn't feel like fall yet. In New Orleans, we still have the A/C cranked on high with the hope of cool weather hitting sometime during Fall Break, but the expectations of having typical autumn...

Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Column: My favorite breakfast spot near campus

Ella Nielsen October 8, 2018

As much as I love those instant waffles in the Orleans Room, the occasional splurge at a happy local spot for a fried egg sandwich and milky iced chai keeps me going. Here is my favorite restaurant for...

Photo credit: Sidney Ovrom

Gallery: Beignet Fest kicks off the Fall season

Sidney Ovrom October 7, 2018

To start off the fall break, patrons and foodies alike had the chance to try over 30 different beignet dishes at City Park. The 3rd annual Beignet Fest offered the Frech pastry in a wide range of varieties,...

Performers sing

Five Loyola artists to see before they graduate

Jacob Meyer October 7, 2018

When I started at Loyola, I once remarked that someone could throw a stone into a crowd of students and be hard-pressed not to hit a musician. Even students who aren’t enrolled in the College of Music...

Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: meal plans

Jc Canicosa October 6, 2018
In a university full of SoundCloud rappers, eccentric professors and school budget cuts, JC Canicosa— that's me—and the Wolf try to do the impossible: create a guide that will help you survive Loyola. *cue theme song*
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