Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Doubles pairing Lucy Carpenter and Fatima Vasquez play against Nicholls State University at City Park Tennis Center on Jan. 31, 2023. Carpenter and Vasquez are the No. 10 ranked doubles pairing in the International Tennis Associations NAIA preseason polls.

Tennis has a ball while aiming high

Abigail Schmidt, Life and Times Editor February 8, 2023

As Wolf Pack tennis heads into their spring season, head coach Matt Llewellyn said he hopes the team has special moments together on and off the courts. “That's the heart and soul of college tennis...

Wolf Pack inducts 2023 Hall of Famers

Arianna D'Antonio, Senior Staff Writer February 6, 2023

Wolf Pack Athletics and the Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association held their 2023 Hall of Fame reception and induction ceremony in honor of this year’s inductees. Also honored alongside the...

Drawings of various decorations, including a mask, a king cake, a shot glass, and a shoe, that are typically seen in Mardi Gras celebrations.

A Guide to Mardi Gras

Violet Bucaro, Staff Writer February 6, 2023

The city of New Orleans has entered carnival season, a holiday that may be new to some and a classic tradition to others. While carnival is not a New Orleans invention, the way it is celebrated in the...

Senior infielder Luke Clement is at bat in a scrimmage against Nunez Community College at Segnette Field on Jan. 20. Clement was first team All-Southern States Athletic Conference last season as a designated hitter.

Baseball starts off the season with high hopes

Kloe Witt, Breaking News Editor February 5, 2023

The Loyola baseball team is preparing to swing into the upcoming 2023 season with several new players on a team that came one win short of making it to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics...

Incumbent governor John Bel Edwards waves to a crowd during his inauguration.

Governor’s race remains unclear despite key announcements

Kincaid Leger, Assistant Worldview Editor February 5, 2023

This year Louisiana will elect a new governor as incumbent Democrat John Bel Edwards is termed out, and Loyola political science professor Sean Cain said the unique primary system in the state makes governmental...

A Loyola student stands outside of Mercy Hall, one of the administration and classroom buildings on Loyolas campus. The student is holding their suitcase and waiting outside the front entrance - waiting for the building to open.

New dorm to take over Mercy Hall

Kloe Witt, Breaking News Editor February 4, 2023

If all goes according to plan, this year's first-year students may also get to experience another first at Loyola — the first class to live in the soon-to-be-built residence hall. According to the...

Two people sitting at desks by computers.

OPINION: The internet could be better

Dexter Earley, Staff Writer February 4, 2023

The internet has always been a social place. It was created to enable communication. But the rise of Facebook, Twitter, etc. has launched the social web to a scale unimaginable to its first users. It...

Albert Dupont accepts the St. Sebastian Award at the 2023 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Jan. 28, 2023.

The man behind the scenes

Arianna D'Antonio, Senior Staff Writer February 3, 2023

The technology coordinator and instructor for the College of Music and Media, Albert F. Dupont, Jr, was given the St. Sebastian award by Wolf Pack Athletics, to which one of his student employees, Julia...

EDITORIAL: An open letter to Jeff Landry

EDITORIAL: An open letter to Jeff Landry

Patrick Hamilton and Mark Michel February 3, 2023

Dear Attorney General Jeff Landry, Enshrined in its mission statement, Loyola University encourages students to “pursue truth, wisdom, and justice; and to work for a more just world.” Loyola students...

Student Health provides free STI testing

Maria DiFelice, Asst News Editor February 2, 2023

University Student Health Services announced that they will be hosting free, on-campus testing events for sexually transmitted infections this semester for all Loyola students. The testing events,...

The inside of Neutral Ground Coffee House

Neutral Ground owners left “heart broken,” start GoFundMe page to find new location for coffee shop

Macie Batson, Editor in Chief February 2, 2023

Caroline Williams, known by most as Phant, broke down in tears last Thursday when she was greeted at the door by someone who mistook her for the realtor of the building where her beloved coffeeshop Neutral...

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stands in the Planalto Palace.

Failed coup “threatens” Brazil’s democratic values

Macie Batson, Editor in Chief February 2, 2023

Many Brazilians, like Loyola Latin American history professor Tiago Fernandes Maranhão, were not surprised about Bolsonaro’s supporters attempting an attack on Brazil’s capitol, citing the country’s...

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