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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

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Live power line down near Calhoun Street

Domonique Tolliver, Managing Editor for Digital October 6, 2022

The Loyola community should avoid the area of of LaSalle and Calhoun Streets due to a live down electrical line, according to an email from Loyola's emergency management service. Classes in Mercy Hall...

A ceiling in the Danna Center basement which has collapsed. Wires and pipes in the room are also visible.

Students complain about condition of Danna center basement

Kloe Witt, Staff Writer October 6, 2022

In the summer of 2022, Miller Ezell, who graduated from Loyola in 2020, sent a video to The Maroon which highlighted conditions in the lower level of the school’s Danna Student Center. She suggested...

Wayne, a member of the custodial staff at Loyola in the Danna Center.

OPINION: More respect should be shown to custodial staff

Jacob L'Hommedieu, Op/Ed Editor October 5, 2022

Compared to the amount of work custodial staff and other workers do around campus to keep the place looking good, not enough respect is shown for their efforts. After many events, you can find trash littered...

Picture of Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Category 4

Cristiana Mesquita/Curt Anderson, Associated Press October 5, 2022

HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to...

A worker passes a Dominion Voting ballot scanner while setting up a polling location at an elementary school in Gwinnett County, Ga., outside of Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2021. Testing before and after elections show the voting machines accurately tally the ballots, contradicting a relentless campaign of unfounded conspiracy theories that has undermined confidence in voting equipment throughout the U.S.

Voting systems reliable despite conspiracies

Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press October 4, 2022

ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies have whipped up a relentless campaign of attacks against voting equipment since his loss in the 2020 election. After nearly two years, no...

New Orleans bike lane

Bike infrastructure removal causes mixed reactions

Domonique Tolliver, Managing Editor for Digital October 4, 2022

In response to community concerns, District C Councilman Freddie King III proposed an ordinance to remove bike lane infrastructure, such as flex posts and concrete barriers, from parts of Algiers. The...

Computer showing Mario Super Smash Bros. tournament in Danna center basement art gallery

Esports takes home win against Missouri playing Super Smash Bros.

Conner Nicholson October 4, 2022

Loyola’s e-sports team took home a win in a Super Smash Bros tournament Thursday, Sept. 22 against the University of Missouri, one of the first competitions for the newly varsity team. With the most...

Art exhibits to visit in New Orleans this month

Lilly Watson, Staff Writer October 3, 2022

    As students, from New Orleans or from out of town, we have the chance to explore the art that lives in the city. Created by individuals who rebuild cultural narratives by creating...

The sign for the University Counseling Center. It reads University Counseling Center and room 208.

Counseling center expands student services

Bryce Oufnac, Staff Writer October 3, 2022

This year, the University Counseling Center is introducing new services to focus on more specific issues students may face in modern society, according to Asia Wong, the director of counseling and student...

A close up, drawn picture of mold. It is gross and multicolored.

Communications building finds mold, faces its effects

Sam Ufkes, Staff Writer October 2, 2022

Starting this past summer, multiple school personnel noticed mold and mildew in Loyola’s Communications and Music Complex. This caused the university to shut down a student service beloved by many,...

A pair of signs (on the left, God hates hands that shed innocent blood, and on the right, God does not make mistakes! You are: male or female, abomination and reprobate, there is no gay gene, DNA does not lie, Sodom was destroyed for sex) is held at a Pro-Life/Anti-Transgender protest on Tulanes campus on Sept. 2, 2022.

OPINION: Abortion ban puts lives at risk

Elena Voisin, Writer October 2, 2022

Just a few weeks ago, a woman in Baton Rouge was denied an abortion even though her fetus was missing a skull and would not be able to survive past birth. Her doctors could only recommend that she travel...

A student is being handed a flier with the word Veto on it.

EDITORIAL: Write your rules, Loyola

Jacob L'Hommedieu, Op/Ed Editor October 1, 2022

If there is one thing that Loyola is clear about, it is the fact that it is a Jesuit institution that promotes a Catholic way of life. What Loyola is not clear enough about, though, is how far that Catholic...

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