Theater students allege typecasting, exclusion of students of color, department promises change
July 13, 2020
The death of George Floyd and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests have catalyzed students in Loyola’s Theater Arts and Dance Department to come forward with allegations of typecasting in productions, having a European-based curriculum and ignoring students of color within its community. The...
The Maroon launches mobile news app
July 1, 2020
After a year of development, The Maroon is launching an app to make Loyola coverage available on handheld Android and Apple devices. Maroon advisor Michael Giusti said the intention of the app is to expand the Maroon’s mediums of coverage. “The app is just one more tool to let us do what we...
Online, hybrid fall classes spark student calls for a tuition reduction
June 25, 2020
Although campus will be re-opening in August, Loyola has adjusted classes so that most instruction is partially or entirely online in order to follow social distancing guidelines, a decision that has left many students frustrated. Out of the over 1,000 classes being offered this semester, 20% of those...
2020 graduation ceremony cancelled, sparks petition to refund fees
Gabriela Carballo and Shadera Moore
June 20, 2020
Postponed commencement ceremonies that were set to take place this August have officially been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to an email from University President Tania Tetlow, prompting some students to demand that Loyola refund their graduation fees. “Our plans to h...
Clashing petitions call for Walter Block to be fired, given a raise over academic work
Emma Ruby and Rose Wagner
June 17, 2020
A student petition urging Loyola to fire Walter Block, professor and chairperson of the economics department, on the basis of “racist and sexist beliefs” has received more than 500 signatures, sparking a counter-petition in defense of Block and university-wide conversations about the professor’s controv...
Accrediting visit reported mass communication program “free of harassment,” discrimination
June 15, 2020
During an October 2019 site visit evaluating Loyola's mass communication program, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication reported that Loyola’s school benefited from strong leadership and a diverse student body. “The unit has a climate that is free of harassment...
Loyola faces a budget deficit, staff furloughs due to COVID-19
Khayla Gaston
June 14, 2020
Loyola is starting to grapple with the initial financial impacts of COVID-19, which University President Tania Tetlow predicts will leave the university with a budget deficit for this fiscal year, forcing administrative salary cuts and staff furloughs, at least temporarily. In statements sent to both...
President Tetlow addresses community on racism, bias at Loyola
June 12, 2020
University President Tania Tetlow spoke at a virtual town hall June 11 with over 50 members of the Loyola community about racism and bias at Loyola. The meeting was held in the wake of allegations of racism and insensitivity made by more than a dozen students against former Director of the School...
New ASU dean led Loyola’s journalism school accreditation visit
June 11, 2020
Arizona State University’s journalism school has named Kristin Gilger, business journalism professor, as its interim dean, after Sonya Duhé was removed as the school's incoming dean due to allegations of racism and insensitivity. Gilger was also the chairperson of the three-person team from the...
Faculty respond to student concerns, Sonya Duhé allegations
June 9, 2020
Many students in Loyola’s School of Communication and Design are reeling after more than a dozen former and current students came forward with allegations of racist and insensitive conduct by former director Sonya Duhé during her time at Loyola. Those allegations resulted in the termination of her contract to be the next...
Sonya Duhé will not return to Loyola after losing ASU deanship over allegations of racism
June 8, 2020
Loyola will continue with plans to hire a new director of the School of Communication in Design even after Sonya Duhé, previous director of the school, was removed as the incoming dean at Arizona State University over allegations of racism and insensitivity. "Dr. Duhé submitted her resignation from L...
ASU nixes Sonya Duhé as next journalism dean amid allegations of racism, insensitivity
June 7, 2020
Sonya Duhé, outgoing Loyola journalism director, will not be the next journalism dean at Arizona State University after allegations of racist and insensitive conduct by Duhé during her time at Loyola surfaced last week, sparking an investigation by ASU as well as concerns among ASU students and faculty. "We had high confidence we had selected the right person for the position. Subsequently, is...
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