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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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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 show's 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...

Two esports players sit in front of a screen with Smash Bros playing on it

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 Vale's 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...

Loyola student NCognita performs during BUKU Music + Arts Project at the Riverside stage on March 26, 2022. NCognita is one member of the Loyola community who is making an appearance in local music again.

Local music festivals return to the Big Easy, feature Loyola

Gabrielle Korein, Senior Staff Photographer April 8, 2022

Festivals are a big part of New Orleans identity as a creative haven for artists and musicians alike, making the live music and arts festival dry-spell during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly...

Hand places SGA ballot in an election box labeled "To Be Determined"

SGA elections come later than expected

Gabriella Killett, News Editor April 7, 2022

Loyola’s student government elections this year will end more than a month after they did last year, as SGA’s elections commissioner, elected after an initial struggle to find one, is running events...

Professor Stacey Battis teaches Bad Moms: Literary Maternity on March 29, 2022. Classes on Jan 18, 2024 will be in-person after two days of online classes.

Loyola adds new women writers courses

Sofia Luciano Santiago, Staff Writer April 4, 2022

A new women’s writers course will be added to the Loyola core curriculum in the Fall 2022 semester as a course option for the writing about literature core requirement. While this course isn’t the...

A film is screened at the 20% Film Festival and Showcase March 24.

20% Film Festival honors women in film

Jackie Galli, Sports Editor April 2, 2022

Women filled only 20% of the behind-the-scenes jobs in the top 100 highest-grossing films of 2019. This disparity inspired the title for the 20% Women’s Film Festival and Showcase, a film festival...

EDITORIAL: To use or not to use? The Oxford comma

EDITORIAL: To use or not to use? The Oxford comma

Editor’s Note: The editorial board could not come to a consensus on the subject. Therefore, two editorials are running representing the split opinions of the staff. Long live the Oxford comma Gabriela...

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