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Student contact tracers struggle to keep up with workload

Student contact tracers struggle to keep up with workload

Emma Ruby November 12, 2020

As the two week mark following Halloween draws to a close, so does the 14-day incubation period for any COVID-19 infections that may have resulted from the holiday weekend. Since the holiday, the number...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally at Belle Isle Casino in Detroit, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, which former President Barack Obama also attended. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Students react to Biden victory

Victoria Sosa November 8, 2020

After four days spent on edge wondering who the next president would be, the nation finally received answers Saturday morning as the Associated Press declared Joe Biden the new president-elect of the United...

Municipal workers extract Luzerne County ballots from their envelopes, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Students await presidential election results

Gabriella Killett November 4, 2020

The day after students stayed up late into the night worshipping the artificial light of their TVs, crunching electoral college numbers with their friends and having a cocktail or two to combat election...

A  Wolf Pack batter swings at a pitch during the spring of 1991. At the time, baseball was Loyola's only varsity sports team, now Loyola has 16.

How Loyola sports created Olympic athletes, lost its athletics program and gained it back

Rae Walberg October 31, 2020

Hidden in Loyola's athletic history are early Olympic and World Series athletes, a National Championship win and the disbandment of the athletic program following the pinnacle of what Wolf Pack Athletics...

Jayme Causey, a new resident of the Broadmoor neighborhood, displays her estimated water bill from the Sewerage and Water Board Oct. 16, 2020. Photo credit: Malik Jamileh

Sewerage and Water Board estimates New Orleanians’ bills

Malik Jamileh October 31, 2020

Jayme Causey has lived in New Orleans for three years now attending UNO, but just recently leased her first house. When she received her first water bill from the Sewerage and Water Board, it estimated...

Natalie Gunderman sits in her room at the Alder Hotel. Gunderman has lived in the hotel since the beginning of this semester, utilizing the housing partnership between Loyola and the Alder Hotel. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Loyola’s hotel partnership houses students

Sofia Mongillo October 30, 2020

Loyola decided to partner with the Alder Hotel Uptown to offer a living opportunity for upperclassmen who were denied on-campus living for the fall 2020 semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Natalie Gunderman,...

Kedrick Perry sits at his desk Oct. 26, 2020. Perry began his position as Senior Vice President of Equity and Justice  this school year after months without a permanent person in the position. Michael Bauer / The Maroon Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Kedrick Perry starts as new senior vice president of equity and justice

Shamaria Bell October 30, 2020

After months without a permanent person in the position, Kedrick Perry has officially started as the university's new senior vice president of equity and justice after former Vice President Sybol Anderson...

Editorial: Give us a break

Editorial: Give us a break

Daniel Schwalm October 29, 2020

When University President Tania Tetlow’s announcement about the spring semester’s academic calendar was sent out to students last week, it was met with universal dismay. The spring break we all expected...

A Loyola sign sits bathed in sunlight outside Marquette Hall.

Students react to spring break cancellation

Victoria Sosa October 29, 2020

Any Loyola student who opened their email Oct. 23 saw a special message from the university's Office of Academic Affairs. The message: spring break next semester is canceled and any days off will be dispersed...

Signage for GeauxVote, taken on October 28, 2020. Primary elections in Louisiana are occurring soon, and GeauxVote provides resources for students to be involved in the voting process.

Professors encouraged to be flexible with election day attendance

Chloe Caudle October 28, 2020

Provost Tanuja Singh encouraged professors in an email sent out to faculty to allow "as much flexibility as possible" in attendance this election day, Nov. 3.Attendance for both classes and work-study...

National Hurricane Center

Classes canceled after noon ahead of Hurricane Zeta

Rose Wagner October 28, 2020

Classes Wednesday are canceled after 12 p.m. as Hurricane Zeta, expected to become a Category 2 storm, approaches New Orleans, according to a campus-wide email from University President Tania Tetlow. The...

National Hurricane Center

Classes to go online as Tropical Storm Zeta nears

Rae Walberg October 27, 2020

Loyola will hold online classes tomorrow as Tropical Storm Zeta, which is expected to upgrade to a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in New Orleans Wednesday afternoon. Zeta is the...

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