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The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Editorial: CISPA threatens our privacy

Editorial: CISPA threatens our privacy

The Maroon and The Maroon May 2, 2013

While the Boston bombings held the focus of news in the United States two weeks ago, the House of Representatives voted on and passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill was introduced...

KATE WATSON

Column: Racism affects perception

KATE WATSON May 2, 2013

The most tragic part about tragedies is how eager people are to politicize them. Within hours of the Boston Marathon Bombing, xenophobes, racists and Islamophobes had taken to Twitter to blame the calamity...

CHACHA MURDICK

Column: Feminism is still necessary

CHACHA MURDICK May 2, 2013

"Feminism." It's an injustice that I even have to explain it, but I do. Feminism is simple for me: it means graduating from college. There are systems in place to distract me. These systems also affect...

DANIEL QUICK

Column: Do not treat apathy as your enemy

DANIEL QUICK May 2, 2013

Around this time of year, everyone's feelings are split between desperation and apathy. Finals come due - major projects and papers and exams, all of which weigh heavily on whether you pass or fail or...

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...

JOHN SEBASTIAN

Column: Finals schedule may need change

JOHN SEBASTIAN April 25, 2013

Well, here we are again, the end of another semester and another academic year. A wise man once remarked that April is the cruelest month, and nowhere does that feel more true than on a college campus. Just...

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...

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...

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...

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