Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Converts serve as religious advisers

HALEY SUMMERS and HALEY SUMMERS March 24, 2011

Roger White and Aaron Spevack have at least three things in common: they are both religious converts, professors at Loyola and advisers to their religious organizations on campus. White, a political science...

John Valdespino

COLUMN: Vatican II not entirely a disaster

John Valdespino and John Valdespino March 24, 2011

I hate the guitar Mass. I've spent a great deal of my adolescence blaming the modernization of the Church and ultimately Vatican II for putting me through Mass after Mass of three-chord Agnus Dei chants...

Crucifixes in classrooms spark debate

Associated Press March 24, 2011

ROME (AP) — Crucifixes in public school classrooms do not violate a student's freedom of conscience, a European high court ruled Friday in a verdict welcomed by the Vatican in its campaign to remind...

BRIEF: Professor examines Islam in America

March 24, 2011

Professor Aaron Spevack will present a lecture entitled "Islam and the American Dream" as part of the Yamauchi Lecture series Tuesday, March 29 at 5 p.m. in the Audubon Room. The lecture will discuss...

Pope speaks out on violence in Libya

Associated Press March 24, 2011

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI issued an urgent appeal Sunday to military and political leaders to consider the safety of Libyan civilians and ensure they have access to emergency aid in...

Professors John Clark (left foreground) and John Biguenet (right foreground) lead a discussion on the hardships of life in New Orleans during and after Katrina in their daily class session June 8.

Institute offers new perspective

Loyola was selected to host the introduction of the first Jesuit Summer Institute for Advanced Studies.A joint educational venture between Loyola's own honors program and that of Jesuit universities across...

A painting of Alcazar’s heroes — Mother Theresa, Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. — hangs in his office. Like his heroes. Alcazar has dedicated his life to the cause of social justice.

On a mission for social justice

February 28, 2002

Alvaro Alcazar, assistant professor of education, was inspired at a young age to act for social justice, to help the poor and to love all. His beliefs would nearly cost him his life. Alcazar was born...

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