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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

A baby doll cools down with a drink during Art Nevilles second line procession on July 30, 2019. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

The Wolf: What’s it like to be a New Orleanian?

Andres Fuentes August 28, 2019

I've had the privilege of living in New Orleans all my life, and for that, I am grateful. I've seen the city through crooked politicians, crippling storms and cursed football seasons, but it's all worth...

An armored vest displays a Homeland Security Investigations badge. HSI participated in the Aug. 14 raid.

Border patrol arrests 15 undocumented workers using fake documents

Andres Fuentes August 28, 2019

13 miles away from campus, St. Rose, Louisiana became the site where a number of undocumented immigrants were detained. According to the U.S. Border Patrol, New Orleans agents arrested 15 immigrants...

A member of the Big Easy Rollergirls charges the runners of San Fermin in Nueva Orleans on August 25, 2019.

Olé, Olé, Olé: NOLA bulls run wild in the Warehouse District

Andres Fuentes August 27, 2019

At the crack of dawn on Aug. 25, hundreds of runners volunteered to be batting targets for the Big Easy Rollergirls in the tight streets of the Warehouse District. Participants dressed in stereotypical...

Doug Marshall signals the Krewe of the Rolling Elvi to start their parade near Kerrys Irish Pub on Decatur Street on Aug. 16, 2019.

Krewe has a hunk of burning love for Elvis

Andres Fuentes August 27, 2019

Some came in sequin suits, some in Hawaiian button-downs, some even had on robes, but one thing remained the same for the members of the Krewe of the Rolling Elvi: a lavish head of dark black hair. New...

Wolf Pack for Life president Madison Tuck listens as vice president Alex Lucas speaks in the August 20 officer meeting.

Wolf Pack for Life embraces change

Madison Mcloughlin August 26, 2019

Loyola’s Wolf Pack For Life club is beginning the 2019-2020 school year with a pro-change attitude. In previous years, there had been controversy surrounding the group's presence on campus. But for...

An ICE detainee waves at people chanting and holding signs along the fence while boarding a Swift Air flight on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at McCormick Air Center in Yakima, Wash. (Evan Abell / Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

Editorial: Stand with our immigrants

Gabriela Carballo August 25, 2019

Over the weekend, agents arrested 15 undocumented immigrants in St. Rose, Louisiana, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. Fourteen of the arrested people are Mexican, while one is Nicaraguan. They were...

FILE- In this Nov. 6, 2007 file photo, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is greeted by students of Maplewood Middle School in Sulphur, La.  Blanco, who became Louisianas first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. She was 76.  (Brad Puckett/American Press via AP, File)

Opinion: New Orleans lost two iconic women

Andres Fuentes August 25, 2019

New Orleans was not its usual self over the weekend as locals took to social media for commemoration posts, flocked to memorial sites to lay flowers or embraced one another in mourning. Instead of a...

Bivouacs Will Baynum smiles after his team won over 3s Company on Aug. 25, 2019. Bivouac won the game 50-36.

BIG3 stars shine in the Big Easy

Andres Fuentes August 25, 2019

Former NBA stars drove in the paint, dove for loose balls and proved they could still play physical basketball despite leaving the association behind. New Orleans got their first taste of BIG3 basketball,...

Illustration by Ariel Landry.

Opinion: To pee or not to pee? That should not be a question.

Shelbi Copain August 24, 2019

Imagine this: You are staring down the clock, hoping the minutes will fly faster, but the hand remains still. You tap your foot on the ground and try to focus on the words coming out of your professor’s...

Roland Lugo Arroyo and Michael Ahearn take a hydrometer reading during their May-term Beer Brewing class. The Beer Brewing class combined the biochemistry of fermentation, along with the cultural, historical and methods of brewing beer. Courtesy of Hailey Clancy

Beer brewing class meets science

Gracie Wise August 24, 2019

The world is surrounded by science, and this summer, students in need of natural science-in-context credit hours studied the science behind one beverage: beer. In May, Michael Giusti, chairman of the...

Mourners honor Kathleen Blanco at the State Capitol

Andres Fuentes August 23, 2019

Even in her death, former Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco is making history. She is now the first woman to ever lie in the State Capitol and just the fourth governor to receive the honor. Her...

Workers prepare the containers of material for removal from Gert Town. Six large containers were filled with contaminated dirt and left on the side of the street for weeks before they were removed. Photo credit: Issac Cheatham, Sr.

Radiation in Gert Town alarms residents

Daniel Schwalm August 23, 2019

Issac Cheatham, Sr., a 30-year resident of the New Orleans neighborhood of Gert Town, walked outside his home on the morning of June 28 to see workers wearing protective gear digging up the intersection...

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