Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Liz Cooke works in her studio, situated in a sunlit room in the back of her home. Her print company Lionheart Prints is one of the many new startups in New Orleans.

New Orleans: a haven for young entrepreneurs

CHERIE LEJEUNE March 20, 2014

Graphic designer Liz Cooke's path to becoming a business owner began one year ago with an "Ah Lurve You" greeting card. Cooke founded her design and print company Lionheart Prints mid-January when she...

Caffeine Calvary

Caffeine Calvary

Topher Danial March 20, 2014

Students line up at Community Coffee's mobile facility in the Peace Quad. The CC's location inside the Danna Student Center was temporarily closed due to last week's water damage and the exposure of asbestos,...

Task force addresses Internet issues

MARY GRACI March 20, 2014

Shelby Kirby is an avid blogger and Tumblr-user, so when her GIFs don't load due to Loyola's Wi-Fi inconsistencies, she "gets irritated." Kirby is not the only student on campus with these same complaints,...

Brief: Paris will elect its first female mayor

The Associated Press March 20, 2014

PARIS (AP) - Two women are vying to be the new face of Paris, the first time in the city's long history that the mayor won't be a Monsieur. Anne Hidalgo, a Socialist favorite to the elections, and her...

Patrick Reagin, 3L common law student

College of Law students gain experience with clerkships

RAQUEL DERGANZ BAKER March 20, 2014

Hours of research and studying are about to pay off for two 3L College of Law students as they will soon have the chance to apply their lessons to the real world. Patrick Reagin, 3L common law student,...

Brief: Former governor to run for Congress

The Associated Press March 20, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Three years after his release from a federal prison, 86-year-old former Louisiana governor, Edwin Edwards, announced that he will enter the race for Louisiana's 6th Congressional...

Brief: Former governers to deliver lecture on Louisiana issues

The Maroon March 20, 2014

This year, the Institute of Politics' Ed Renwick Lecture will feature former governors Kathleen Blanco, Buddy Roemer and Edwin Edwards, who recently announced his run for Congress. The lecture is called...

Student representative joins Strategic Planning Team

Student representative joins Strategic Planning Team

BUKRE BISCHOFF March 20, 2014

A Student Government Association business senator, Andrew Dalton, has been chosen to fill in the SGA president's role in Loyola University's Strategic Planning Team in order to help better the university. The...

Brief: New grant to assist families in Louisiana and Mississippi

The Maroon March 20, 2014

Loyola's Jesuit and Social Research Institute has recently been awarded a $200,000 grant. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation made the donation in an effort to help families in Louisiana and Mississippi that...

Brief: Inmates learn poetry and lit with Loyola English professor

The Maroon March 20, 2014

Mark Yakich, Loyola English professor, is teaching 16-week poetry classes to inmates in the Orleans Parish Prison. The classes are a part of the prison's English program that is directed and funded by...

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