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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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OPINION: LUPD needs to do better

Sebastian Witte March 24, 2022

LUPD exists to keep students safe and patrol for danger on campus, but many Loyola students are dissatisfied with the LUPD, myself included. As we try to come back to normality after being in a pandemic...

OPINION: Plastic surgery is not superficial

OPINION: Plastic surgery is not superficial

Gabrielle Korein, Senior Staff Photographer March 24, 2022

At age 13, my body began to experience the first signs of puberty: body hair, acne, more pronounced hips, and of course, breast development. I was seemingly one of the only people in my grade to show...

OPINION: First-generation students need support

OPINION: First-generation students need support

Barbie LeRay March 24, 2022

Growing up in a low-income, Latine household with two divorced parents who didn’t go to college was definitely not an easy experience. To clarify, my parents didn’t choose not to go to college; it...

People attend a rally on the steps of city hall in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022, to protest the controversial Dont say gay bill passed by Floridas Republican-led legislature and now on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis desk. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

EDITORIAL: Queer youth refuse to be erased

Maleigh Crespo and Artie Bennett March 24, 2022

Only three months into 2022, nearly 250 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have begun making their way through U.S. state legislatures. State-sanctioned homophobia and transphobia is an act of real, physical violence....

Displaced Ukrainians onboard a Poland bound train in Lviv, western Ukraine, Sunday, March 13, 2022. Lviv in western Ukraine itself so far has been spared the scale of destruction unfolding to its east and south. The citys population of 721,000 has swelled during the war with residents escaping bombarded population centers and as a waystation for the nearly 2.6 million people who have fled the country. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

OPINION: Advocate for Ukrainians

Farah Wells March 23, 2022

I was born in Ukraine in July 2001 by the name of Vira Bondar, and since October 2002, when my American parents flew across the world to Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine and adopted me, I have asked myself many questions:...

OPINION: Kamila Valieva is a victim

OPINION: Kamila Valieva is a victim

Matthew Richards, Staff Writer March 17, 2022

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games were mired in controversy before the opening ceremonies began. Rising COVID-19 cases threatened the Olympics, and China’s stance on human rights pertaining to its native...

EDITORIAL: Refugees all over the world are reaching out; why arent we reaching back?

EDITORIAL: Refugees all over the world are reaching out; why aren’t we reaching back?

Maleigh Crespo and Gabriella Killett March 17, 2022

America’s perception of Ukrainian refugees and internally displaced peoples is a product of the same racial bias as missing White girl syndrome, a tendency of the general public to focus on missing White...

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a media conference after an extraordinary EU summit on Ukraine in Brussels, Feb. 25, 2022. Macron has formally announced he will run for a second term in April’s presidential election. In a “letter to the French” published Thursday, March 3 on French media websites, Macron said: “I am seeking your trust again. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP, file)

OPINION: Vaccinated people shouldn’t have to suffer

Ty Lawson March 17, 2022

During a recent interview, French President Emmanuel Macron said he would like to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated. While he said he would not “vaccinate by force,” the five million France residents...

OPINION: The final girl fails and flourishes

OPINION: The final girl fails and flourishes

Dajah Saul March 10, 2022

The “final girl” is a trope in horror films which refers to the last girl or woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. Film and media wouldn’t be the same...

OPINION: College doesnt have to be immediate

OPINION: College doesn’t have to be immediate

Maria DiFelice, Assistant Op/Ed Editor March 10, 2022

Picture this: It’s your senior year of high school, and you are trying to decide what college you want to go to. You ask yourself if you want to go to a big sports school up north or a small liberal...

EDITORIAL: Gen Z pushes the envelope to move forward from generational trauma

EDITORIAL: Gen Z pushes the envelope to move forward from generational trauma

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor March 10, 2022

Gen Z pushes the envelope. We break down barriers. Our generation challenges the status quo, but for many of us, the pressure can be too much to handle. We were born into a culture built on violence,...

EDITORIAL: New Orleans is putting profit over its people

EDITORIAL: New Orleans is putting profit over its people

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor February 17, 2022

Last year’s absence of Carnival and the superspreader event of the 2020 parade season has us feeling cautiously optimistic about this year’s Mardi Gras festivities. We began the semester virtually...

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