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Students walk past the sign for the Tom Benson Jesuit Center in the center of campus on March 4. Loyola is relocating the plans for the center from the place where the sign sits to the corner of Monroe Hall near the large oak tree. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Loyola relocates plans for Tom Benson Jesuit Center

Rose Wagner March 6, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nbyoXm-D20 After years of signs for The Tom Benson Jesuit Center looming in the center of campus, the university has finally decided on a location, and timeline for...

Photo illustration by Michael Bauer

Wi-Fi continues to aggravate

Emma Ruby March 5, 2020

Throughout December and January, Loyola University saw three campus wide internet outages that totaled in 11 hours without campus Wi-Fi access, according to Senior Director of Information Technology Joseph...

Who are the candidates? A look at who is running for SGA president and VP

Who are the candidates? A look at who is running for SGA president and VP

Rose Wagner and Erin Snodgrass March 3, 2020

Only one year after an uncontested SGA election, four executive tickets are now running for student government's top spots and students have until Wednesday, March 11 to elect their new student leaders. An...

Tulane establishes COVID-19 research treatments to develop vaccine

Tess Rowland March 3, 2020

The state of Georgia reported its first two coronavirus patients, pushing the number of infected people in the U.S. to 105, according to NBC News. This fear and concern has prompted Tulane researchers...

A sock on a door handle with a text tag on the top rading "hey... wyd? you up?

Opinion: It’s OK to still be a virgin

Georgett Hernandez February 15, 2020

In this century, the term "Hookup Culture" is seen as a healthy thing that has developed for younger people to express themselves. It most often pressures young adults into having casual sex with no strings...

Photo credit: Rose Wagner

Tanuja Singh will step into provost role this summer

Emma Ruby February 14, 2020

For three years, the Loyola community has been without a permanent provost. The position of University President Tania Tetlow's second in command has been temporarily filled by three different people...

Students evacuate Biever Hall on Feb. 12 after a sprinkler went off, flooding the sixth floor of the residence hall.

Sprinklers set off on sixth floor of Biever Hall

Emma Ruby February 12, 2020

  Fire alarm sprinklers went off on the sixth floor of the Biever Hall Wednesday morning, soaking residents' belongings and leading to the building being evacuated. The cause for the incident is...

Norman Weinstein holding book of his paintings open.

Elderly artist uses art to cope with wife’s death

Andres Fuentes February 12, 2020

The elderly residents of Laketown Village live like a family: they talk, dine and share stories with one another, living in comfort and care. The facility houses retirees years after they've given...

Sophomore Nora Cullinan, member of Loyola's MMA club, kicks. Gabriella Killett / The Maroon

Mixed Martial Arts club welcomes all

William Savoie February 10, 2020

Despite keeping a low virtual profile, Loyola's Mixed Martial Arts club has not only been quietly expanding its small yet dedicated membership, it has been upgrading its training and equipment as well,...

The St. Louis Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and the Frauenkirche are iconic buildings in New Orleans, Paris and Munich. The Global MBA Triple Master Program lets students study in three cities while earning three degrees  Photo Illustration by Michael Bauer

Business program offers international master’s degrees

Daniel Schwalm February 10, 2020

Graduate students looking to broaden their horizons can now look to Loyola for a unique opportunity in international business. Starting in fall 2020, the College of Business will offer the Global MBA...

Loyola Law Professor Chunlin Leonhard sits on a plane out of China, her faced covered with a medical mask in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus outbreak leaves law professor in quarantine

Andres Fuentes February 9, 2020

Loyola law professor Chunlin Leonhard had her dreams of studying Chinese law cut short due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Now, she’s under a two-week quarantine period at a U.S. Air Force base. Leonhard...

Loyola Law Professor Chunlin Leohard's office sits empty on Feb. 7 while the professor remains in coronavirus quarantine in California after evacuating Wuhan, China. Leonhard does not have any symptoms of coronavirus, according to media outlets, but is under federally mandated quarantine for two weeks.

Loyola law professor under coronavirus quarantine

Andres Fuentes and Rose Wagner February 7, 2020

Hundreds of Americans have evacuated out of Wuhan, China to escape the growing coronavirus outbreak. One of those evacuees is Chunlin Leonhard, a professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.  Leonhard...

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