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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

A hallway outside Cabra Hall on Loyolas Broadway campus sits empty in October 2019. Due to the rise of COVID-19, Loyola removed upperclassmen from on-campus housing for fall 2020, leading to frustration and concern among students. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Editorial: Housing cancellations are painful, but there were no good options

Daniel Schwalm May 23, 2020

Many students were left scrambling to find a place to live following Loyola’s May 21 announcement that most on-campus housing arrangements for upperclassmen and grad students would be cancelled. More...

A sign that residence halls are closed due to COVID-19 is posted on the door to Carrollton Hall on May 17, 2020. Upperclassmen were notified in a May 21 email that they would no longer be provided on-campus housing for the fall 2020 semester in order to decrease the density of students on campus due to COVID-19 safety concerns.

Students react to losing on-campus housing for fall semester

Emma Ruby and Zia Sampson May 22, 2020

Athena Rivera was ready to return to campus in the fall to finish out her final semester at Loyola. After the spring semester was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the biology senior wasn’t...

An issue of The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate sits on a subscribers driveway May 7. Due to COVID-19, local journalists have had their hours cut. The Advocate company put 10% of its staff on a “permanent furlough,” while the rest of the organization’s staff members have had their hours cut for payroll savings, working four-day work weeks once every pay period, according to newsroom leaders. Photo credit: Michael Giusti

New Orleans journalists face furloughs, memories of Katrina

Rose Wagner and Gabriella Killett May 14, 2020

Less than a year after The Advocate won a Pulitzer Prize and acquired the Times-Picayune, creating the largest newsroom in Louisiana and changing the face of New Orleans journalism, a global pandemic hit,...

This image represents the virtual celebrations Loyola is holding for its graduating seniors.

Virtual celebrations planned for graduating seniors

Cristo Dulom May 8, 2020

As finals week comes to a close, the university is finding virtual ways to celebrate graduating seniors in honor of what would have been their commencement weekend. The Honors Program's senior theses...

The Rev. Ted Dziak, S.J., sits in his office in the Department of Mission and Ministry on March 26, 2018. Dziak announced that he will be gping on a year-long sabbatical as well as resigning from his role as Vice President for Mission and Identity. Photo credit: Jawdat Tinawi Photo credit: Jawdat Tinawi

Rev. Ted Dziak to leave Loyola

Shadera Moore May 8, 2020

The Rev. Fr. Ted Dziak, S.J. announced his official departure from Loyola after a year-long sabbatical in a Facebook post Thursday.Dziak served as university chaplain and held two prior positions at Loyola...

Locals affected by the anti-coronavirus government measures receive free meals in a park in central Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Some Buddhist monasteries and sympathizers provide meals for people in need, whose livelihoods have been affected due to the emergency regulations enforced in Thailand to control the coronavirus that has infected hundreds of people in the Southeast Asian country. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Opinion: Now is not the time to spread hate and fear

Valerie Cronenbold May 3, 2020

In the words of Luis Gutierrez, former U.S. representative and defender of Latino rights, “When politicians do not have an answer to their social economic needs, then they blame someone and say, let’s...

The shelf outside of The Maroon office sits filled with awards.

Maroon takes home ‘barrage’ of awards, first Hearst in school history

Andrew Lang April 30, 2020

The Maroon has won multiple journalism awards in the last month including the first ever Hearst award won by a Loyola University of New Orleans student. Mass communication senior Lily Cummings was the...

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo robots weld the bed of a 2018 Ford F-150 truck on the assembly line at the Ford Rouge assembly plant in Dearborn, Mich.  U.S. businesses are edging their way toward figuring out how to bring their employees back to work amid the coronavirus pandemic, a transition that some say will result in increased automation. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Opinion: How COVID-19 will automate America’s economy

Richard Simmerman April 30, 2020

Since 2010, the United States had seen 10 straight years of job gains as employment opportunities continuously emerged. But a decade worth of gains has been wiped away in less than one month, since the...

A Tulane University Police car sits outside of Phelps House residential hall on the evening of Thursday, March 12. The police presence came after reports of a student jumping off of the stairwell outside the building. A Tulane sophomore was reported dead of a apparent accident later in the day.

Tulane student dies in ‘apparent accident’

Rose Wagner March 13, 2020

A Tulane student died late Thursday in an "apparent accident," according to Tulane University President Mike Fitts. Raymond Baltz III, sophomore and member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, lived in Phelps House,...

Groups of students wait for the Sea Store on March 11, 2020 after classes were moved online.

Students rush to spend Wolf Bucks amid class cancellations

Gabriela Carballo March 11, 2020

Panic hit the Danna Center hard early this evening after  Loyola announced classes would be cancelled for the rest of the semester due to COVID-19. Students lined-up at Starbucks and the Market at Loyola,...

Holy Name of Jesus stands against the cloudy sky March 11, 2020 after the announcement that classes were going online.

What does going online-only mean for Loyola? President Tetlow answers your questions

Rose Wagner March 11, 2020

While many remain reeling from the news that Loyola courses will go online-only for the remainder of the semester due to the spread of COVID-19, University President Tania Tetlow said she understands how...

Classes to go online for the rest of the semester due to COVID-19

Classes to go online for the rest of the semester due to COVID-19

Rose Wagner and Daniel Schwalm March 11, 2020

Loyola has cancelled classes for the rest of the week and is planning to move all courses online for the rest of the semester starting Monday, March 16 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to an...

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