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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Opinion: Prospective libertarian students should consider the Walter Block scholarship

Walter Block February 3, 2019

I have been a professor of economics at Loyola since 2001. During that time, I have had numerous excellent students, who were interested in my research projects: Austrian economics and libertarian theory....

Illustration by Ariel Landry

Review: ‘Resident Evil 2′ remake is a scary-good time

Riley Katz February 3, 2019

Two bullets in the chamber, no health left and a seven-foot-tall hulk in a trench coat and hat hot on my tail. I will never forget this moment from "Resident Evil 2." When I played the original "Resident...

A Loyola women's swimmer warms up before a swim meet at Loyola. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

Both swim teams finish in third at Mid-South Conference Championships

Andres Fuentes February 3, 2019

The Loyola swim teams finished up the Mid-South Conference Championship with 13 swimmers winning conference awards and Head Coach Thomas Natal winning the Coach of the Year award for the second year in...

Biology senior Sebastian Gomez hits a tennis ball during warm ups. Both men and women's teams won two matches in a double-header. Photo credit: Loyola University Athletics

Tennis program racks up wins on the road

Andres Fuentes February 2, 2019

Both the men's and women's tennis teams hit the road to face off against conference rivals Belhaven University and Blue Mountain College in a double-header on Feb. 2. Both Wolf Pack teams came out on top,...

Loyola's dance team strikes a pose during their routine during the conference championship. Photo credit: Ariel Landry

Cheer and dance teams shine in front of Wolf Pack fans

Vanessa Alvarado February 2, 2019

Out of four events held in The Den this past weekend, both the Loyola cheer and dance teams had the home field advantage, winning five total events including the third-consecutive Southern States Athletic...

Photo credit: Shamaria Bell

Loyola’s janitorial staff placed under new management

Emma Noble February 2, 2019

After spending six years on submarines for the United States Navy and 25 years traveling the country with his wife, John Andrews has joined Loyola's community as the new site manager of the school's custodial...

Screenshot of Netflix's "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" home page. Courtesy of Netflix

Review: ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ is a Wild West masterpiece

Sam Lucio February 2, 2019

The latest movie from the famed Coen brothers, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” is a Netflix exclusive that brings you on a journey through the Wild West. “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” is a...

Paul Hetherington created a Mardi Gras set completely out of LEGO pieces. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

LEGO convention assembles its way to New Orleans

Andres Fuentes February 1, 2019

Brick by brick and piece by piece, BrickUniverse has built its weekend-home from Feb. 2 through Feb. 3 at the Pontchartrain Center, marking the first-ever LEGO convention in Louisiana. Combining both...

The people of the court surround the prince as he mopes in his chambers. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

‘Cendrillon’ comes to Loyola

Gracie Wise February 1, 2019

Nearly everyone has heard of the "Cinderella story" in which Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother, meets Prince Charming and loses one of her glass slippers. But what if she lived in the Roaring...

Trump’s trans military ban sets us further back from the goal of a united armed forces

February 1, 2019

The United States military, like the country itself, has a long history of policies based around bigotry. Still, the military has a similarly long history of overcoming bigotry in order to unify and strengthen...

Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to take effect

John Casey February 1, 2019

The Supreme Court of the United States voted on Tuesday, Jan. 22 to allow President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban to take effect, sending shock waves through the LGBT community. The 5-4...

Jockey Tavis Smith competes in the camel race atop MikeMikeMikeWhatDayIsIt. The race at the Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots was one of three exotic animal races alongside 9 thoroughbred races.

Fair grounds goes wild with camels, zebras and ostriches

Andrew Lang January 31, 2019

The Fair Grounds were filled with thousands of fans hotly anticipating a race of the world’s largest birds. Capable of speeds up to 40 mph in the wild, the ostriches were the climax of the exotic animals....

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