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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Women’s Resource Center series aims to empower students

Jonathan Whitehead, Staff Writer February 20, 2023

Loyola’s Women’s Resource Center is aiming to create a series of events this semester designed to empower students to raise their voices and fight for what they believe in. Rosalind Wiseman, the...

More renovation to come for Sports Complex pool

Alana Thompson, Assistant Sports Editor February 19, 2023

The pool in the Sports Complex will be closed due to replacing the fiberglass lining starting on March 1, according to an email sent from University Sports Complex Coordinator Andrew Fava. The two-month-long...

A Loyola student rides a tractor whilst working on the 2023 Ignacio Volunteer trip.

Ignacio Volunteers turn mission into action

Ava Acharya, Managing Editor for Digital February 19, 2023

Loyola’s Ignacio Volunteers, through partnerships with nonprofits and the Jesuit Social Research Institute, have organized the New Orleans Urban Immersion program this semester to educate students about...

Illustration of Dolores Huerta holding a megaphone in front of a background of names of notable Latinx people and the words Latinx Studies in front of her.

OPINION: Latinx studies matters

Pablo Zavala February 19, 2023

This semester, I’m teaching a class I never took as an undergraduate, but wish I had: Latinx Experiences Through Literature. We are reading about how Dolores Huerta and César Chávez fought for workers’...

Worker using a tottering gun to make a handmade throw.

First all Vietnamese krewe sets off

Gabrielle Korein, Photo Editor February 18, 2023

Krewe of Mung Beans sets out to highlight and celebrate Vietnamese culture in New Orleans by tying in Vietnamese folklore and ghost stories with the spooky theme presented by Krewe of Dead Beans. The...

An illustration of a hand drawing an award ceremony.

OPINION: Animation deserves respect

Addison Laird February 18, 2023

Guillermo del Toro remarked after the premiere of his 2022 Netflix film, “Pinocchio” that Hollywood does not see animation as cinema. I have always found this notion surprising. For me, some of the...

English Sophomore Noah Rozzell sits outside Bobet hall.

Students miss out on “college experience”

Maria DiFelice, Asst News Editor February 18, 2023

A recent report from Loyola’s University Faculty Senate noted that “many full-time students are working 30+ hours a week” and many of the students at Loyola were, on average, 15 years old when COVID-19...

Mass Communications sophomore Mina Leffler has CPR demonstrated on her.

Loyola rethinks athlete safety protocols

Abigail Schmidt, Life and Times Editor February 17, 2023

Sports medicine has been a hot-button issue lately, and Loyola’s medical teams have their own plans in place to ensure safety on and off the court. Several schools and sports organizations across...

A photo illustration of a student viewing brochures for plantation tours.

EDITORIAL: Plantations aren’t tourist attractions

Maleigh Crespo, Design Chief February 17, 2023

Picture this: You’re standing by the Danna Center post office, perusing through the rows of tourist brochures, awaiting your next New Orleans outing. Images of Audubon Park, Jackson Square, and Bourbon...

Rocky Leonard singing at a performance.

Loyola vocalist learns self-love through music

Violet Bucaro, Copy Editor/Staff Writer/Photographer February 16, 2023

Loyola vocalist learns self-love through music “Music is healing” Loyola popular and commercial music senior and vocalist Rocky Leonard said music was one of the only ways she was able to recover...

The little Cajun saint

The little Cajun saint

Aron Boehle, Worldview Editor February 16, 2023

After decades of Catholic Louisianans’ attempts, Charlene Richard, a young Catholic Cajun girl born in Richard, La. in 1947, might have the opportunity to become an official saint in the Vatican. Her...

Person using Artificial Intelligence software on their computer to complete their work.

Chatbot cheating threat is real, but manageable

Patrick Hamilton, News Editor February 16, 2023

University professors and administrators are scrambling to address the new challenges that artificial intelligence will pose as the technology rapidly develops and intersects with academia. The software...

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