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Westboro Baptist Church to protest at Loyola

Andres Fuentes June 26, 2018

According to the Westboro Baptist Church, a number of protesters will picket at Loyola University New Orleans on Thursday, June 28. The Westboro Baptist Church is a hate group of fewer than 100 members...

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Barnes & Noble College selected as new manager of Loyola’s bookstore

Olivia Ledet June 14, 2018

Loyola's on-campus and online bookstores will soon be managed under the direction of Barnes & Noble College, an education company owned by the Fortune 500 bookseller Barnes and Noble, starting June...

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Gallery: New Orleans Saints hit the field for mini camp

Andres Fuentes June 12, 2018

The New Orleans Saints hit the field at the Ochsner Sports Performance Complex for their first mini camp of the season on June 12, 2018. The mandatory practice for players saw all of their stars in...

In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a speech at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. For years, Tesla has boasted that its cars and SUVs are safer than other vehicles on the roads, and CEO Elon Musk doubled down on the claims in a series of tweets this week. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Opinion: What Elon Musk doesn’t get about journalism

Jc Canicosa May 28, 2018

There is a serious problem with American journalism today, but it has nothing to do with Tesla. To catch you up, Elon Musk sent out a series of tweets about how no one trusts the media anymore, claiming,...

Cissy Petty

Petty to take on new role at George Washington University

Andres Fuentes May 24, 2018

M.L. “Cissy” Petty is leaving Loyola to become the inaugural dean of the student experience at George Washington University in July of 2018, according to an email sent to students on May 24 by the...

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Tetlow looks to continue Loyola’s Jesuit legacy

Anum Siddiqui May 23, 2018

During a time of institutional and financial adjustments, Loyola University New Orleans' new president Tania Tetlow will lead the university as its first female non-Jesuit president beginning in September...

Ignacio Volunteers program will not be cut

Anderson Leal May 9, 2018

Despite rumors, the Ignacio Volunteers program will continue to be an integral part of Loyola and no decisions have been made as to whether the program will change, according to Paul Pastorek, interim...

Non-parishables lines the shelves of the new food pantry created by the Loyola Music Therapy Student Association and the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. The pantry opened on Monday, April 30, 2018. Photo credit: Sidney Holmes

Loyola students skipping meals, struggling to afford food, survey finds

Sidney Holmes May 8, 2018

The cost of food is proving too much for almost half of Loyola students to afford, according to data from the Campus Climate Assessment.The results of the assessment, which showed that over 47 percent...

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New residence hall merges history with the future

Rose Wagner May 8, 2018

New Orleans is world renowned for its culture and history. It practically oozes out the walls and flows through the streets. Loyola students now have the chance to be surrounded by history. They have the...

Political science freshman Sam Conway holding her partner Lally Seither in the air. Conway has chosen to leave active competition. Eric Chang/Courtesy.

Samantha Conway retires from gymnastics

Andrew Lang May 7, 2018

Political science freshman Sam Conway is leaving the sport she has been involved in since she was two years old. Conway says her family is what got her started. “My sister was a gymnast, and my mom...

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Bills seeking to tax opioids have been introduced in Alaska, California, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia. Nearly all of them have been introduced since 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

University officials reach out to students with drug issues

Mairéad Siobhán May 7, 2018

New Orleans experienced a meteoric 57 percent rise in fentanyl-related deaths in 2017, and that has led Loyola officials to reach out to students with warnings and offers of support.According to a report...

A Honduran sits with his painting on which he included text that reads in Spanish: "No war. No violence. No discrimination.",  at the El Chaparral U.S.-Mexico border crossing, in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, May 2, 2018, where the caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States have set up camp. Some migrants in the caravan have started what will likely be a long process. About 28 were accepted for processing Monday and Tuesday by U.S. border inspectors at a San Diego crossing. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)

Opinion: Immigrants deserve to be respected

May 6, 2018

After a few months of migration, the caravan of Latin American immigrants reached the southern border of the United States on seeking asylum, and I hope that all of them get in. Originally numbering in...

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