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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Illustration by Storm Wells.

Indigenous Resistance: Stolen Land and Stolen Voices

Storm Wells August 31, 2019

Those who have profited off of the death, theft and oppression of indigenous people have successfully popularized the narrative that colonization is a thing of the past. In reality, indigenous folks from...

The space that once housed the on-campus pizza restaurant, Deaux, sits outside Carrollton Hall. The space will soon become a community kitchen. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Deaux is a neaux geaux

Emma Ruby August 30, 2019

Dust has begun to collect on the windows of what was once a notorious hot spot for inebriated students in search of a slice. Deaux Pizza, the restaurant that once existed near the Carrollton Hall turnaround,...

Sophomore Chong Li Lee was named to the All-Conference, All-Freshman and Champions of Character Teams last season. In all, the golf program earned 15 conference awards. Photo credit: Loyola University New Orleans

Golf teams prepare to tee it up after a strong finish

Rosha’E Gibson August 29, 2019

  The men’s and women’s golf teams plan to get back into the swing of things in wake of the upcoming season. The women’s team made it to the national competition last season and goes into...

President-elect Jessamyn Reichmann and vice president-elect Freedom Richardson pose outside of Monroe Hall on March 11, 2019. They won after running unopposed.

SGA looks to new semester

Anum Siddiqui August 29, 2019

While most students said their goodbyes to campus in the spring, Jessamyn Reichmann, sociology senior, and Freedom Richardson, political science junior, spent the summer looking ahead to the fall semester. Reichmann...

A baby doll cools down with a drink during Art Neville's 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 Kerry's 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...

Bivouac's Will Baynum smiles after his team won over 3's 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,...

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 Louisiana's 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...

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