Social media is one of the hallmark innovations of our generation. It brings us humor, entertainment, and community. Most platforms nowadays are designed to bring each user the most tailored, personalized...

As college students, we understand that life is many things, but it is not easy. No matter what background you come from, what race you are, what gender you are, what age you are, everybody has their own...

One out of five Loyola students is Hispanic/Latine, while only 16 out of 280 full-time faculty members fit the same demographic. Why are White professors teaching classes about people of color and their...

As a student who embodies the minority identity, I have first-hand experience with the struggles of trying to pursue a post-secondary education. Due to socioeconomics, Black and Brown children typically...

My first week on the beat as a crime reporter this summer, a 12-year-old girl was shot in the Lower Ninth Ward the Sunday before Memorial Day. Growing up in New Orleans, you know tragic things happen but...

Crime rates are rising in the city and nationwide despite movements to increase and reform policing. The increase in crime and failure of the criminal justice system has led us to one conclusion --we need...

Over the past three years, I have been establishing a bat monitoring program across southeastern Louisiana to document and track the ecology of our local bat populations. As I designed this to be both...

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg: arguably some of the most recognizable names in the modern world. Known for being billionaires, these men (among others) have managed to take advantage of capitalism...

For much of Loyola’s student body, Louisiana is home, but most of us are transplants. We come to New Orleans, party, and mooch off of the city for four years. Then, many of us will move away again. When...

At the time of writing, most New Orleans music and culture festivals scheduled for the fall have been canceled, and the cruel fever dream of “normalcy” that prevailed the last few months has been put...

After almost two years of the pandemic, there seems to be no new normal at all. But the transition back to a full capacity campus is beginning to look increasingly daunting, and we’re scared of what’s...

In October of 2018, I was invited to lead a workshop on “interfaith understanding” for students at the National Society for Minorities in Honors. Standing in two concentric circles, students bravely...