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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

The warehouse holding Canal Furniture Liquidators and NOLA Til Ya Die, pictured here on April 24, stands damaged after being engulfed in flames Monday morning.  The cause of the fire has yet to be discovered and is under an ongoing investigation. Photo credit: Caleb Beck

Mid-City fire destroys local businesses

Caleb Beck April 26, 2018

Jordan Stradler, a mechanic at Bayou Bicycles in Mid-City, didn't expect to wake up to a tragedy.“I heard your shop’s on fire, is everything all right?” was the phone call he received...

Artist Jim Bilgere poses in front of his paintings which are displayed on the walls of Café Luna. Photo credit: Catie Sanders

Cafe Luna curates hip monthly art market

Christopher Gilyard April 26, 2018

The Garden District community came together at Cafe Luna to sell and celebrate art, eat hand-rolled bagels and drink freshly roasted coffee.Cafe Luna, located on the corner of Magazine and Nashville streets,...

The Loyola volleyball team gathers in a group huddle during the game. The volleyball team has achieved record-breaking success under Jesse Zabal’s first year as head coach. Photo credit: The Maroon

Volleyball looks to improve next season

Sam Lucio and Yuri Orguma April 23, 2018

  After a promising 2017 campaign, the Loyola volleyball team is looking to take a huge step forward next season. The team sported an 18-19 record under Head Coach Jessie Zabal which marks...

Business senior Ernesto de Diego earned his second consecutive All-Conference team selection. Both the men's and women's Loyola tennis teams lost in the semifinal round at the Southern States Athletic Conference Championship on April 20, 2018. Photo credit: Loyola University Athletics

Tennis teams wrap up their season with conference awards

Andres Fuentes April 22, 2018

In one of the most successful seasons to date for the Loyola tennis program, the men's and women's team end their season to the top conference seeds at the Southern States Athletics Conference Championship,...

Computer information systems Jarrett Richard competing in a relay at the Southern States Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships on April 21, 2018. The women's team finished in third place overall while the men's team placed in fifth. Photo credit: Loyola University Athletics

Wolf Pack track dominate at SSAC Championship

Andres Fuentes April 22, 2018

After a successful trip to the Southern States Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, the Loyola men's and women's team leave Mobile, Alabama with more medals than necks they can wear them...

Finance senior Jason Roussel takes the mound at Segnette Field for his last time on April 21, 2018. Roussel and marketing senior Joseph Kulcher helped pitch Loyola to back-to-back victories versus University of Mobile on Senior Day. Photo credit: Loyola University Athletics

Wolf Pack seniors win big in final series at home

Andres Fuentes April 22, 2018

In their final season in maroon and gold, the seniors went through spurts of consecutive wins and tough, devastating losing streaks. However, in their last series in Westwego, Louisiana, in front of...

Opinion: Be quiet on the third floor of the library

Grant Dufrene April 22, 2018

I want to be able to study on the third floor of the Monroe Library without being subjected to adult cartoon characters screeching, “Pickle Rick!” Is that too much to ask? When I first toured...

Photo credit: Hayley Hynes

Ask the Pack: senior gift

Vanessa Alvarado and Katelyn Fecteau April 22, 2018

What do you want the senior gift to be? Lilly Suthon, criminology and psychology sophomore "I guess what I think would be a really great senior gift would be if maybe the seniors who were...

Brianna Daniel-Harkins, LIT Conference co-organizer leads a workshop during the event. The conference, which was completely organized by students, aimed to break down stereotypes of leadership and encourage students to be leaders in their lives. Thabata argues that student leadership is as rewarding as it is tiring. Photo credit: Lacinea Mcbride

Opinion: Remember to thank your student leaders

Katelyn Fecteau April 22, 2018

Rana Thabata Political science sophomore [email protected] When you are a student leader there is no doubt that you have a tremendous amount of responsibilities. Don’t get me wrong, being...

Tristin Sanders, popular and commercial music sophomore, has been doubling as an athlete and singer since her high school years. She took on sprinting with the track team  to excel at her singing and has juggled being a performer and a student-athlete ever since she was a part of the Wolf Pack. Photo credit: Jacob Meyer

Tristin Sanders is a star on the track and on the stage

Will Ingram April 20, 2018

  For one Loyola student, her life combines the flashing lights of a concert stage with the floodlights of a track field. With talent in the 800 meter run and with a microphone in her hand,...

Two actors gaze at one another mid-performance on the set of “Informed Consent”, directed by James McBride. The play focuses on themes at the intersection of religion and science, a fitting topic for a Jesuit university to examine. All of the backdrops in the play are original student works in the place of traditional scenery. Courtesy Photo credit: Kyle Encar

Informed Consent deals with science and religion coming to a head

Erin Snodgrass April 20, 2018

After premiering an award winning-play in New York, Loyola alumnus James McBride has returned to his alma mater to direct Loyola’s theater arts program’s final production this year, Informed Consent. “Informed...

Borofsky’s gone. It’s time to give Pastorek a chance.

Borofsky’s gone. It’s time to give Pastorek a chance.

April 20, 2018

If Paul Pastorek thought he knew campus before, he knows it a lot better now. Hours of being grilled by faculty, students and The Maroon editorial board will do that. It’s the tale of Pastorek’s...

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