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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Graph showing the disparity between Schaberg's salary and that of the national average increase for full time professors. Loyola is behind by half the growth that of the national average percentage increase.

Professors uncertain about new contracts

Aron Boehle, Worldview Editor March 22, 2023

Loyola is releasing contracts to faculty in a few months, and some professors are skeptical that promises of increased wages will be kept by the university. Last summer, Loyola interim president Rev....

A honors medal that is given to students who successfully graduate from the University and stay in the program.

COLUMN: The honors program isn’t worth it

Maleigh Crespo, Design Chief March 22, 2023

As a promising high school senior, I applied to dozens of colleges and universities across the country. From Ivy Leagues to local community colleges, I didn’t limit myself when applying to schools,...

A honors medal that is given to students who successfully graduate from the University and stay in the program.

Graduates from honors program reflect on experience

Kloe Witt, Breaking News Editor March 22, 2023

Alumni from the honors program are speaking out about how the program affected their experience at the university, after last semester when upperclassmen in the program said they were upset over the program...

Negina Khalili talks to students and faculty at the International Women's Day event on March 8.

Loyola law makes new home for Afghani human rights activist

Brendan Heffernan March 21, 2023

Negina Khalili has made standing up for Afghanistan’s women and girls her life’s work. As the first female prosecutor from her home province in Afghanistan, she used her position in the country’s...

Loyola announces leadership changes

Arianna D'Antonio, Senior Staff Writer March 21, 2023

After serving as Loyola’s interim president for almost a year, Fr. Justin Daffron, S.J. will be shifting leadership to serve as interim provost and senior vice president of strategy, according to...

Three women, the speakers, stand on stage after their presentation to the community.

Loyola hosts inaugural International Women’s Day event

Anna Hummel, Assistant Photo Editor March 20, 2023

Loyola University hosted the inaugural International Women’s Day event in coordination with the Women’s Leadership Academy and Women’s Resource Center, and focused on a call to action for accelerating...

Junior biology major Isabella "Isa" Leaño (center, smiling) sits at a table in the Danna Center to promote the Smash Cancer Tennis-athon on March 13, 2023

Leaño leads Smash Cancer into 4th year

Alana Thompson, Assistant Sports Editor March 19, 2023

After junior tennis player Isabella “Isa” Leaño’s paternal grandfather died due to acute myeloid leukemia, it motivated her to found an event for cancer while playing a game she loves. Leaño,...

Shrubbery in front of tall pedestal in Harmony Circle.

Future of Harmony Circle’s center still uncertain

Jackie Galli, Editor in Chief March 19, 2023

As we come up on the six year anniversary of the removal of enslaver and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s statue from the center of Harmony Circle, all that currently remains in it, aside from some...

3 people reaching out for each other.

OPINION: COVID redefined the way we maintain friendships

Lizzy Hadley March 19, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic affected my social skills in maintaining friendships. I came to college fresh out of friends and full of hope to find more. The pandemic hit my junior year of high school. This left...

Man stands performing onstage at Loyola University's Nunemaker Hall auditorium.

Irish musician holds benefit concert at Loyola

Brendan Heffernan March 18, 2023

Musician Danny O’Flaherty built a shrine to Irish music and culture with O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel Pub, a French Quarter bar he operated for 16 years alongside his brother, Patrick. While the...

Sitting down with the only SGA president and vice president candidates

Kloe Witt, Breaking News Editor March 18, 2023

Loyola’s Student Government Association opened their ballots for their 2023-24 elections this year with only one ticket with Makayla Hawkins as the presidential candidate, and Sydney Randall as vice...

A picture of someone with a trans flag draped over them standing under a sign that says "welcome to Loyola."

OPINION: Transphobia runs rampant on Loyola’s campus

Slater Arlt March 18, 2023

Loyola has a pervasive transphobia problem – a problem that only seems to be escalating. I’ve had my pronouns and preferred name repeatedly ignored by faculty, despite signing every email with “Slater,...

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