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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

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Loyola remembers Peace Quad Massacre

Anna Therapondos, Staff Writer May 5, 2022

In late February, prosecutors charged the former president of El Salvador, Alfredo Cristiani, for the murder of eight people, including six Jesuit priests, on Nov. 16, 1989 during the Salvadorian Civil...

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Oblena/Alvarez ticket takes SGA

Artie Bennett, News Editor May 4, 2022

Environmental studies sophomore Stephanie Oblena and Viviana Alvarez, pre-law philosophy junior, have won the Student Government Association president and vice presidential seats, respectively. Oblena...

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Local music artist creates safe haven to empower young women

Parker Boyd, Staff Writer May 3, 2022

Daughter of the King is a safe house for young women who have faced hardship and is led by local artist and former “The Voice” contestant Casme Barnes-Carter.  The purpose of the club is to help...

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Foreign ducks flock to New Orleans due to climate change

Artie Bennett, News Editor April 30, 2022

The rapid increase in the presence of ducks in New Orleans parks has local bird specialists saying, “What the duck?” Boisterous and noisy, black belly whistling ducks have flocked to the Gulf South,...

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The CROWN Act has yet to pass in Louisiana’s state legislature

Arianna Blakely, Copy Editor April 28, 2022

On Aug. 20, 2018, then 11-year-old Faith Fennidy was sent home from Christ the King Middle School in Terrytown, Louisiana, for wearing a braided ponytail. “My principal pulled me out of class and told...

Plants hang in the greenhouse on the roof of Monroe Hall on April 22, 2022. The environment program hosted a party in the greenhouse to celebrate Earth Week. Anna Hummel/The Maroon

Loyola celebrates Earth Week

Jenna Riess, Staff Writer April 28, 2022

A team of Loyola students, faculty, and staff collaborated for eight months to plan and execute a variety of events for students for Earth Week, according to Aimee Thomas, director of the environment program...

The cast of Everyone and Everything rehearses ahead of the shows premiere April 19, 2022.

“Everyone and Everything” debuts in Lower Depths Theater

Arianna D'Antonio April 25, 2022

The Loyola Department of Theatre Arts and Dance premiered an original piece entitled “Everyone and Everything” April 21 in Loyola’s Lower Depths Theater. This piece, devised by Professor Helen Jaksch...

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Ncognita releases debut EP

Jabez Berniard April 16, 2022

Since deciding to pursue music in high school, rapper Paige “NCognita” Stevenson has amassed over 25,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, starred in her own Youtube docuseries, and signed a deal with...

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Esports Head Coach hosts first campus Smash Bros tournament

Maria DiFelice, Staff Writer April 15, 2022

Sports at Loyola have expanded beyond the court and onto the computer screen. Loyola Esports Coach, Lumen Vera, hosted the first campus Smash Bros tournament this past weekend. Vera said the tournament...

Actors Symphony Sanders and Cecil Baldwin get in formation during Welcome to Night Vales live performance at the Civic Theater March 31, 2021. Welcome to the Night Vale is a supernatural radio show for a nondescript, fictional South Western town.

Welcome to Night Vale brings surreal storytelling to New Orleans

Artie Bennett, News Editor April 10, 2022

Welcome to Night Vale returned to the stage and ended the podcasters’ two-year touring hiatus last month. After shows in Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia the podcast performed...

Carter swings a club while two teammates look on as well as Head Golf Coach Cory Amory

Men’s golf wins first tournament since 2017

Emma Smithers, Staff Writer April 8, 2022

The men's golf team took home a win for the first time since 2017 at the 2022 Wolf Pack Spring Invitational this March. The men won the tournament by two shots and had two players finish in the top...

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Community reacts to gas prices

Arianna Blakely, Copy Editor April 8, 2022

Matt Gantt has seen many things during his six years as an Uber driver. Paying up to $200 for a week's worth of gas? That's a new one—until now.  Today, gas prices are reaching record highs across...

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