The Behind the Mask event took a deeper look into the Black-Indian culture with a 2-hour performance of their music and traditional dancing in Roussell Hall. The Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience,...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The observance goes back to the 1945 “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week,” celebrated in the first week of October.  The...

Loyola Theatre Arts & Dance Department will be performing CRITTERS from Nov. 13 through 22 at Marquette Theater, a Loyola-commissioned ensemble written by Loyola alum Emma Schillage, a queer Southern...

Ten inmates managed to make a bold and brazen escape from the Orleans Parish Jail here in New Orleans in May.  Ten inmates planned an escape in the dead of night. The inmates used various materials to...

Some Loyola students rely on affordable reproductive care and federal insurance, which are core components of Planned Parenthood. The organization closed their last two clinics in Louisiana, citing towering...

Helena Moreno, mayor-elect for the city of New Orleans, will be the first hispanic mayor of the city.  Moreno secured the victory with 55% of the vote. Elections in New Orleans require a candidate to...

The room hums with the low buzz of computers and the rapid clicking of keyboards. Headsets are on, eyes are locked in, and every player is fully focused on the match unfolding on their screens. It’s...

Amani Weary’s life appears dazzling as she stands in the center of the stage, the spotlight trailing behind her.  The sophomore musical theatre major let me shadow her during the opening night of Loyola’s...

There’s something about New Orleans that makes you feel like you already know it, even if you’ve never set foot there. As an online student, I may be miles away, but that distance doesn’t stop me...

It is that time of the year when the fall leaves start to turn colors and the wind picks up into an autumn breeze. In the early 2000s both my sister and I would rush home and sit in front of a TV to catch...

For 36 years, the New Orleans Film Festival has placed the spotlight on up-and-coming filmmakers in and around Louisiana as well as established creators within the medium. It attracts film lovers from...