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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

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Editorial: Stop dividing and start unifying

Ella Jacobs November 20, 2016

Moments after Trump’s election, the U.S. experienced its biggest political upheaval since Bush v. Gore. A great divide has formed in this country, and people are rejecting the political process....

OPINION: Roots of the modern opiate addiction problem

Ella Jacobs November 9, 2016

J. Christopher BrownLoyola community [email protected] British East India Company started importing opium, grown in India, into China in the eighteenth century. This trade increased dramatically...

Is forced participation ruining our classes?

Ella Jacobs November 9, 2016

Flora NguyenManagement [email protected] I look through a class syllabus, the first thing I check is how much participation is worth in the class. If it involves a lot of participation, I...

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Editorial: Tulane admissions video whitewashes New Orleans

Colleen Dulle November 6, 2016

On Oct. 31, Tulane University published an admission video that immediately drew attention for its lack of diversity. The video features an almost entirely white cast, fronted by the Green Envy a cappella...

Editorial: We need to be able to take midterm grades seriously

Ella Jacobs November 6, 2016

Midterms matter. Both professors and students fall prey to misunderstanding this simple concept. Professors need to take midterms seriously, and students need to take midterms seriously. Loyola has recently...

Opinion: Attendance policies need to go

Gage Counts November 6, 2016

Gage CountsManagement junior & Managing Editor for Electronic [email protected] are often criticized for sacrificing the quality of their education due to coddling millennials,...

Gina Salacki, A16

Opinion: Study abroad will make you mindful

November 6, 2016

Gina SalackiSociology [email protected] early morning in Dharamsala, India, I woke up just as the sun was rising. I looked out my window and saw the foothills of the Himalayas, cows mooing and...

A student fills out an absentee ballot. Photo credit: Alliciyia George

Editorial: Speak Now, Or Forever Hold Your Peace!

Ella Jacobs October 29, 2016

See The Maroon's guide to absentee ballot deadlines belowFor the vast majority of students on Loyola’s campus, this is our first time to exercise our right to vote, yet we barely feel as though this...

Donald Trumps fervent support could spill over to help David Duke in Louisianas senate race. Photo credit: Evan Vucci / ASSOCIATED PRESS

Opinion: David Duke needs to be taken seriously

Nick Reimann, [email protected] October 27, 2016

Nick ReimannMass communication junior & Worldview [email protected] you think that a neo-Nazi, former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and founder of the National Association for the Advancement...

OPINION: Vote for Gary Johnson

OPINION: Vote for Gary Johnson

Richard Fast October 24, 2016

The majority of registered voters in the U.S. do not belong to a political party. Read that again: The majority of registered voters do not belong to a political party. There are several ways we can look...

Mallory Dickerson, political science sophomore

Opinion: Southeastern Louisiana is tired but not defeated

October 18, 2016

Mallory DickersonPolitical science [email protected] on Aug. 12, 2016, southeastern Louisiana experienced a historical flood. According to coverage by CNN, in one part of Livingston...

J. Christopher Brown, Loyola community member

Opinion: Opiates are not a new problem

October 17, 2016

J. Christopher [email protected] community memberOpium is one of the oldest effective drugs known to humanity. Its use goes back thousands of years.It is prominently mentioned in the Odyssey:...

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