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The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

KENNETH KEULMAN

Column: North Korea practices risky brinkmanship

KENNETH KEULMAN April 25, 2013

It's the season of threats and counter-threats on the Korean peninsula. The posturing in speeches and military demonstrations by Pyongyang intensified over the annual spring combined drills between United...

Letter to the Editor: Humanity shows through in tragedy

MIKE OLSON April 25, 2013

I viewed the explosions at the Boston Marathon via replays from my hotel TV in Philadelphia, while attending an annual meeting of AJCU library directors. As a former resident of Boston for 14 years, I...

CHACHA MURDICK

Seniors should be excited for future

CHACHA MURDICK April 19, 2013

There's this running joke among the graduating senior class: Somebody walks up to you. They say, "so what are your plans after graduation?" Then you, as a graduating senior, are supposed to guffaw yourself...

Editorial: The Loyola community stands with Boston

The Maroon April 19, 2013

Loyola's students come from all across this world. When in times of crisis, it is important to stand with our fellow students, united in our choice of education and in our values. When the bombs went...

Editorial: Appointments should only be temporary

The Maroon April 19, 2013

The new SGA executive board inherited some problems from the previous executors, and the short time frame for new elections to fill the Senate has forced them to resort to appointments. These appointments...

KATE WATSON

Column: Drug use can’t be stopped

KATE WATSON April 19, 2013

The most laughable part about the crusade against marijuana legalization is that, while weed's opponents devote their time and energy towards fighting a plant, young people - particularly college students...

PATRICK LYNCH

Column: Biden is unfit to be a leader

PATRICK LYNCH April 19, 2013

The "Weekly Standard" reported on March 22 that Vice President Joe Biden stayed one night in Paris, at the five-star Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, during his first European tour of his second...

PATRICK LYNCH

Column: Senator’s inadequacy exposed

PATRICK LYNCH April 12, 2013

Senator Landrieu has argued that the federal budget and deficit problems cannot be solved by spending reductions alone. She has suggested that the solution requires tax increases as well as spending cuts. Additionally,...

Editoral: The Constitution is a living and evolving document

The Maroon April 12, 2013

Over the past few months, the question of rights has been everywhere. The rights of gun owners to possess and carry their weapons. The rights of people to not feel endangered by potential gun-wielding...

S.L. ALEXANDER

Column: A professor’s fond farewell

S.L. ALEXANDER April 12, 2013

As New Orleans Mayor Vic Schiro said during Hurricane Betsy, "Don't believe any false rumors unless you hear them from me." To prepare for the end of more than two decades of teaching (starting a three-year...

Letter to the Editor: Seek help for eating disorders

ANONYMOUS and ANONYMOUS April 12, 2013

Writing this column is hard as it makes me extremely vulnerable. There are certain people I care about that I wouldn't want to see this, and part of me hopes they never do. That is why I write this anonymously;...

KEATON POSTLER

Column: Paragraphs should flow like music

KEATON POSTLER April 12, 2013

In my last column, I discussed the body of the paper in general terms. Mainly, I stressed the importance of seeing the relationship between the thesis statement and the body. As I said, the latter defends...

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