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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

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...

Students mingle in the lobby of Biever Hall.

Despite reopening Cabra Hall, campus residences may overflow for second year

MELANIE POTTER April 11, 2013

For Alex Kagwima, finding out she was waitlisted for housing at Loyola for the upcoming school year was frustrating. Kagwima, mass communication sophomore, is one of 20 students on the housing waitlist...

New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman speaks to reporters after a news conference outside the construction site of new jail facilities in New Orleans, Thursday, April 4. The Sheriff’s management of the New Orleans prison has been brought to national attention after a video of prisoners was publicized.

New Orleans sheriff scrutinized

KEVIN McGILL April 11, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman suggested Thursday that a lurid video depicting intravenous drug use and weapon possession in the jail he oversees may have been doctored. Gusman first...

Brief: Alumnus wins Fulbright Grant

The Maroon April 11, 2013

Loyola alumnus Brian Ea A '12 received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistantship grant to Thailand, one of only 20 who received the grant this year. Ea, a graduate of Loyola's Department...

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