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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Computer information studies junior Jarrett Richard made the All-Third Team for the men's 200-meter dash. Both men's and women's teams earned a total of 28 conference awards. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

Track and field teams rack up conference awards

Andres Fuentes May 1, 2019

As the school year dwindles down, Loyola track and field athletes have something to celebrate other the upcoming summer break. In total, the men's and women's team picked up 28 conference awards, four...

Athletic Director Brett Simpson gives a speech at the Scholar-Athlete Award Ceremony. 163 student-athletes were honored. Photo credit: Loyola New Orleans Athletics

Loyola honors 163 student-athletes at academic ceremony

Andres Fuentes May 1, 2019

Loyola'a athletic department invited outstanding athletes to be honored for their efforts in their sports and in the classroom. On April 30, the 15th-annual Scholar-Athlete Award Ceremony was held in the...

Autographed books are on display at Garden District Book Shop. Local book stores are still around and thriving, according to owners. Photo credit: Riley Katz

Readers are shelving their Kindles in favor of local book stores

Riley Katz April 30, 2019

Independent bookstores are beginning to thrive again after years of losses because customers are beginning to favor brick and mortar stores again.In the American Bookseller Association’s yearly wrap...

Banners were hung for the dance team, the women’s golf team and both swim teams at Senior Night on Feb. 14 2019 for competing nationally last year. The Directors’ Cup judges based on a school’s national performance.

Loyola on pace to reach new heights in Directors’ Cup standings

Andres Fuentes April 29, 2019

As the campus blossoms with life once again after Spring Break, the Loyola athletic department will have the difficult task of designing and ordering a championship banner for the conference title-winning...

Psychology sophomore Brenden Taravella (10) throws a pitch from the mound at Segnette Field. Loyola lost their final series of the regular season to William Carey. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

Loyola finishes regular season among the bottom of the barrel

Andres Fuentes April 28, 2019

In a season plagued with struggles against other Southern States Athletic Conference schools, Loyola's baseball team suffered yet another sweep at the hands of a conference team to wrap up the regular...

Illustration by Cristian Orellana and Riley Katz.

Think of the kids, and stop buying Madden

Riley Katz April 28, 2019

Stop me if you've heard this before. The score is 24-21 in the fourth quarter, you're down by a field goal, but you're driving and in opponent territory. It's 3rd and 15 so you know you need to pass, but...

This image of Jesus and Mary that stands on Loyola's campus is a copy of the original image St. Ignatius and his companions made their original vows to. According to certain polls, more Americans are not identifying as religious. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Record number of millennials report no affiliation with religion as faith and spirituality evolve

Riley Katz April 28, 2019

Various reports claim religion is losing the influence it once had among millenials and adults. In the annually published American Family Survey conducted by Brigham Young University in 2018, 44% of...

Pre-med junior Nadja Ochsner earned her first All-Conference selection. 14 tennis athletes in total won conference awards. Photo credit: Loyola New Orleans Athletics

Tennis program racked up 14 conference awards

Andres Fuentes April 27, 2019

With another successful season in the books, the men's and women's tennis teams are celebrating even more accolades after winning 14 Southern States Athletic Conference awards. Head Coach Kyle Russell...

Courtesy of Netflix

Review: Netflix’s ‘Love, Death and Robots’ is a burst of creativity

Sam Lucio April 27, 2019

Have you ever wanted a series about a sentient yogurt conquering the world, or farmers in giant mech suits defending their land from aliens, or mercenaries battling dracula with cats? Probably not, but...

Nathan C. Henne, Latin American Studies and Spanish professor, poses in the Loyola University horseshoe. HOLoyno is a project by Sofia Santoro, psychology sophomore that highlights the creativity and diversity across Loyola's campus.

HOLoyno: Who is Henne?

Sofia Santoro April 27, 2019

Inspired by the Humans of New York series, often shortened to HONY, psychology sophomore Sofia Santoro started an experimental project that involved taking portraits of professors, followed by a brief...

The greenhouse located on the roof of Monroe Hall sits lit with fairy lights on April 23. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

Greenhouse party sows the seeds for Earth Week

Hannah Renton April 27, 2019

Loyola switched out its maroon and gold for more earthly hues on April 23 in celebration of Earth Week. Complete with green punch and floral headdresses, Students for Environmental Action and the Physics...

Courtesy of Marvel Studios.

Review: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a fantastic end to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (spoiler-free)

Cody Downey April 26, 2019

This is the moment the entire world, seemingly, has been waiting for about a year now. After the literal shockwave that was "Avengers: Infinity War," the sequel, "Avengers: Endgame," comes back to finish...

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