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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Tennis teams reflect on recordbreaking fall season

Tennis teams reflect on recordbreaking fall season

Matthew Richards, Managing Editor November 15, 2024

Men and women’s tennis wrapped up their fall seasons with some record firsts. The women’s team opened the season ranked number nine in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics preseason...

Courtesy of Qifan Wu.

Classical pianist enters “jazz world”

Violet Bucaro, News Director November 15, 2024

The Symphony of New Orleans presents "Winter Rhapsody,” to commemorate the centennial anniversary of George Gershwin's 1924 masterpiece, “Rhapsody in Blue.” The performance will feature guest...

Farah Wells, Program Coordinator for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development holds a reptile from breeding business Katamaran Reptile Ranch by Kat Lee. Courtesy of Sam McCabe.

Students win scholarships with side hustles

Magnolia Birch November 15, 2024

The Side Hustle Expo, organized by Loyola’s School of Business, gives Loyola students an opportunity to showcase their skills and businesses for a chance to win scholarships and sell their products and...

Attendees stand at Black Tech Nola conference.

NOLAvate Black advocates diversity in tech industry

Ecoi Lewis, Worldview Editor November 15, 2024

Sabrina Short launched tech collective NOLAvate Black in 2018 in response to systemic racism and social injustices. Short said these issues prevented people of color and certain communities from gaining...

Shocking Win

Shocking Win

Sophia Maxim and Alana Frank November 9, 2024

The world tuned in with anxious anticipation for the reveal of the next U.S. president. Polls fluctuated, beginning in favor of Kamala Harris but shifting toward Donald Trump by the late night....

Taylor Swift reveals purple bodysuit that she described as "very New Orleans" on her third performance in the city on Oct. 27, 2024. Her New Orleans stop was the second to last U.S. show on the tour.

Taylor Swift brings magic to New Orleans

Maleigh Crespo November 8, 2024

When Taylor Swift made her star-studded appearance in the Big Easy for The Eras Tour, it felt like the entire city had embraced her. From the giant friendship bracelets on the dome, an entire section...

SOUL volunteer Anna Hernandez works hard shoveling dirt in Mid-City on Jan. 20, 2023. SOUL has made strides to reforest New Orleans.

SOUL NOLA celebrates planting its 10,000th tree

Kloe Witt November 8, 2024

Seeds are being planted in efforts to make New Orleans a greener place, thanks to the organization SOUL NOLA. Sustaining Our Urban Landscape is a nonprofit organization that has been working since 2016...

"Dix on South Rampart." Courtesy of Christine Harvey.

“Picturing Blackness”: Photo gallery honors New Orleans photographer

Eloise Pickering, Managing Editor November 8, 2024

Loyola University’s Monroe Library has unveiled a new photography exhibition, “A Tribute to Harold Baquet: Picturing Blackness.”  Located on the 4th floor of Monroe Library in the Diboll Design...

Graduate school students pose together in Rome. Courtesy of Emily Jendzejec.

Graduate students make pilgrimage to Vatican for global Synod

Maria DiFelice November 8, 2024

Loyola graduate students got to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Rome, according to assistant professor of pastoral studies, Emily Jendzejec. Six students and one faculty member went on a...

Private investment specialist Will Harrison analyzes data of unemployment and economy trends in his office at Merril Lynch of Sept. 30.

City struggles with unemployment, savings

Violet Bucaro, News Director November 8, 2024

Unemployment is up, savings are down in Louisiana With high unemployment, a tourist economy, and low-wage part-time jobs, New Orleanians are desperate to save money. Ryder Vassilos is a newly employed...

Sophomore forward Alissa O’Dell stands on the baseline during a free throw in an exhibition match vs. Tulane University in the Den on Nov. 2, 2024 in New Orleans, La.

Loyola hosts Tulane for first time since 1972

Matthew Richards, Executive Editor November 2, 2024

For the first time since 1972, a Loyola team welcomed Division I neighbors Tulane University to the Den for an exhibition basketball match. “We had a scheduling issue at Devlin, so the game wasn’t...

Loyola student pets dog while volunteering for Zeus' Rescue as dog walkers.

Rescue shelter addresses overcrowding

Eloise Pickering, Managing Editor November 1, 2024

Ten years ago, one New Orleans woman built a no-kill animal rescue shelter from the ground up with the goal of eliminating pet homelessness and euthanasia due to overcrowding at local municipal shelters. That...

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