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A student stands in the residential quad among fallen branches the morning after Hurricane Ida tore through campus.

Loyola announces fall semester plans after Hurricane Ida knocks out power

Rae Walberg August 30, 2021

Loyola has announced “alternative” academic and housing plans as the university awaits word on power restoration one day after Hurricane Ida tore through Southeastern Louisiana.    The...

Finance sophomore Jordan Collins poses in her dorm with the supplies she purchased ahead of Hurricane Ida. Ida made landfall in Louisiana early Sunday afternoon.

Loyola’s campus shelters in place as Ida makes landfall

Gabriella Killett, Managing Editor for Print August 29, 2021

Students and resident assistants on Loyola’s campus are sheltering in place less than one week into the Fall 2021 semester as Hurricane Ida makes landfall in New Orleans Sunday afternoon. Just after...

Elizabeth Rainey, director of the student success center, rides in the car with her husband, children, and dog to Birmingham. Rainey is one of many members of the Loyola community to leave town for Hurricane Ida.

Loyola students, faculty evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ida

Gabriella Killett, Managing Editor for Print August 29, 2021
Loyola students, faculty and staff are making a run for it after the city issued a voluntary evacuation Friday before Hurricane Ida will touch down in New Orleans on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Sunday.
The album cover for "Portraits"was illustrated by artist and student Emma Jackson.

O’baekey reflects on debut album ‘Portaits’

Valerie Cronenbold, Life and Times Editor August 26, 2021

Urban and electronic music production junior, Owen Patrick Baekey, ‘O’baekey’, debuted his first-full length hip-hop album, “Portraits”, on June 19 and announced the release of a deluxe version...

Freshmen students walk through campus during WolfPack Welcome on Aug. 18th, 2021.

Back to masks: Students readjust to pandemic restrictions

Daniel Schwalm, Senior Staff Writer August 26, 2021

When students returned to campus this week to start the new semester, it was not the return to normalcy that many were expecting as recently as a few weeks ago. For much of the summer, students were under...

The statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola wears a protective face mask in the Peace Quad on Loyola's campus June 2020.

Loyola encouraging seating charts in classrooms

Madeline Taliancich August 19, 2021

Loyola announced today that it will be encouraging professors to create seating charts for their classrooms in an effort to help with contact tracing on campus, according to an email to faculty and staff...

Loyola's statue of St. Ignatius stands outside of the Danna Center wearing a mask at the beginning of the Fall 2020 semester.

Loyola resumes indoor mask requirements on campus

Madeline Taliancich July 22, 2021

Updated: July 24, 2020 4:38 PM Loyola announced that it will once again require masks indoors on campus regardless of vaccination status starting today, July 22, in an email from Alicia Bourque, chief...

Loyola sign sits in the grass in front of Marquette Hall

Loyola won’t require masks for vaccinated students, faculty, and staff this fall

Madeline Taliancich June 9, 2021

Fully vaccinated individuals will not be required to wear masks or social distance on campus this fall, according to Chief Student Affairs Officer Alicia Bourque in an email. This email came a week...

Loyola first year law student Bridget Wallis scrolls through her class's GroupMe group message on her iPhone April 27. The group message has erupted into political debates since last semester, leading to student conduct hearings and mediations. Photo credit: Gabriella Killett

Loyola holds student mediations, conduct hearings amid student conflict citing racism

Gabriella Killett May 11, 2021

First-year law students like Madison Tuck started their class’s group message on GroupMe once they had an idea of who would be attending Loyola Law School in the fall. It became the place to go when...

Photo credit: Rose Wagner

Conduct Unbecoming: How the student code of conduct rules conduct hearings

Rose Wagner April 29, 2021

Cristian Gilyard never expected his senior year of college to come to a halt like this. He had braved the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, three years of school and time in the military. He was...

Hardy Weaver leads musical theatre students in a "Chorus Line" dance routine during Musical Theatre Masterclass, Tuesday, March 30. With Loyola's new fall plans, classes like these can return to full capacity once again. Photo credit: Madeline Taliancich

Students express hesitation about full-capacity, in-person fall

Madeline Taliancich April 25, 2021

Some students said they're feeling nervous about the prospect of a sudden return to normalcy, after Loyola announced in March that it plans to have a full-capacity and in-person campus for the Fall 2021...

Loyola baseball players watch their teammates from the dugout during a 5-2 win against Brewton-Parker on April 9. Wolf Pack baseball made the NAIA top 25 poll for the first time since the program was reinstated in 1991. Photo credit: Gabrielle Korein

Wolf Pack baseball cracks NAIA top 15

Alex Akes April 24, 2021

With less than half of the regular season to go, Wolf Pack baseball has already made program history. The Wolf Pack appeared in an NAIA Top 25 ranking for the first time since the program returned to...

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