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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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A storm hits New Orleans on April 24. The storm left many with-out power and caused flooding throughout the city.

Southeast Louisiana hit by storm and tornadoes

Associate Press April 26, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A line of thunderstorms flooded streets, knocked out power to more than 30,000 people in southeast Louisiana and spawned two tornadoes that damaged homes and businesses in Jefferson...

Brief: Bookstore hires new manager

The Maroon April 26, 2013

Loyola hired Maleta Wilson as the new manager of the University Bookstore. Prior to starting the job at Loyola on April 1, Wilson was a bookstore field manager at California State University Dominguez...

Oil spill judge: What is gross negligence?

Assocciate Press April 25, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The judge who will allocate responsibility for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill has told lawyers to give him their views about whether a series of negligent acts can add up to gross...

Video leak, consent decree brings Orleans Parish Prison under scrutiny

Video leak, consent decree brings Orleans Parish Prison under scrutiny

NIA PORTER April 18, 2013

Providing inmates with protection is the most critical reform needed in Orleans Parish Prison that can be made, especially when taking into account students imprisoned for misdemeanors, according to Loyola...

Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, holds up a sticker in response to questioning by Rep. Barbara Norton, D-Shreveport, during the House Criminal Justice Committees discussion of House Bill 8 on Wednesday, April 17, at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge

Pro-gun bills approved by LA house committee

LITTICE BACON-BLOOD April 18, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - With gun control being debated at the federal level, Louisiana lawmakers advanced a batch of bills Wednesday they say are aimed at pre-empting any stricter gun laws that could...

Monroe Hall construction is on schedule

TAYLOR DENSON April 18, 2013

In the past three weeks, Laura Tuley has found it difficult to conduct a class in Monroe Hall. While construction on Monroe Hall has been going on throughout the semester, Tuley, instructor of English,...

No money, more problems

No money, more problems

The Maroon April 18, 2013

In this photo combo, New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman, left, speaks to reporters at a news conference outside the construction site of new jail facilities in New Orleans on Thursday, April 4; at right,...

Brief: Broadway closes for construction

The Maroon April 18, 2013

 Road construction on Broadway Street began on April 18 stretching from Fontainebleau Drive to Leake Avenue. Residents of Broadway Street were given notices to vacate their parking spots on the street...

Brief: Physics senior accepted to summer program

The Maroon April 18, 2013

Loyola physics senior William Duhe has been accepted into the prestigious Nevis Summer Research Program for Undergraduates at Columbia University, a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation....

Brief: Loyola hosts environmental film screening

The Maroon April 18, 2013

Loyola Environment program and the Loyola Film Buffs Institute will present a public screening of the "Dirty Energy" film on Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. The filming coincides with the third anniversary,...

Brief: Shannon Donaldson elected as 2013 Wolf Magazine Editor

The Maroon April 18, 2013

Mass communication junior Shannon Donaldson has been elected editor of The Wolf for the 2013-2014 academic year. Donaldson has served as design chief, staff writer and assistant Life and Times editor...

Rae Tate, of Sacramento, Calif. leads the supporters of gay marriage during a demonstration at the Federal Courthouse in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, March 26. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, turns to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.

Appeals court hears challenge to gay therapy ban

LISA LEFF & PAUL ELIAS April 18, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California's novel law seeking to ban licensed counselors from trying to turn gay teens straight is boiling down to a question over whether the therapy is free speech or a medical...

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