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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Pomelo owners in front of sign

Pomelo celebrates 1-year anniversary

Macie Batson, Senior Staff Writer October 24, 2022

When Loyola business professor Frankie Weinberg is not in the classroom teaching students, he is putting his business knowledge to use at his Magazine Street restaurant Pomelo, which recently celebrated...

A police cruiser parked in front of New Orleans Police Departments first police station.

NOPD lacks urgency; sexual assault victim speaks out

Macie Batson, Senior Staff Writer October 21, 2022

It was October of 2019. A former Loyola student was out with her friends at a Halloween party when someone approached her and offered her a drink. She accepted it and woke up on the party’s filthy...

President Joe Biden speaks about the student debt relief portal beta test as Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. The FBI warns that those seeking loan forgiveness may be targeted in scams.

FBI warns of student loan debt forgiveness scams

Domonique Tolliver, Managing Editor for Digital October 21, 2022

The university and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are warning students to be aware of fraudulent websites, emails, texts or phone scams aiming to deceive those seeking federal loan forgiveness. The...

ship in mississippi river

Low water disrupts industry along lower Mississippi River

Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America October 19, 2022

Plummeting water levels in the lower Mississippi River are projected to drop even further in the weeks ahead, a projection shows, dampening the region's economic activity and potentially threatening jobs...

cancer alley residents with protesting signs

EPA finds evidence of racial disparity in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Janet McConnaughey and Michael Phillis, Associated Press October 18, 2022

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of cancer from a nearby chemical plant and...

fats domino

Renowned pianist Fats Domino has street renamed in his honor

Chevel Johnson, Associated Press October 17, 2022

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans street where one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll spent most of his life is being renamed in his honor. A community-wide Second line and Musical Celebration...

White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu, center, speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, on May 16, 2022, on the six-month anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law. He is joined by, from left, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan, National Economic Council director Brian Deese, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The White House will host a summit Thursday, Oct. 13 to help speed up construction projects tied to the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law — an effort to improve coordination with the mayors and governors who directly account for 90% of the spending.

White House aims to accelerate pace of building infrastructure

Josh Boak, Associated Press October 17, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House hosted a summit Oct. 13 to help speed up construction projects tied to the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law — an effort to improve coordination with the mayors...

Officers Carroll, left, and Moore-Hazelett, right, stand on duty during the Krewe of Carrollton.

2023 Mardi Gras parade routes to stay short

Associated Press October 16, 2022

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fans of New Orleans' Mardi Gras season can expect another year of shortened parade routes. The Mayor's Mardi Gras Advisory Council said Oct. 13 that the shorter routes of 2022 will...

window from hurricane laura

Hurricane hit areas led U.S. with missing 2020 census data

Mike Schneider, Associated Press October 16, 2022

Two Louisiana parishes devastated by repeated hurricanes and two rural Nebraska counties had among the highest rates of households with missing information about themselves during the 2020 census that...

hurricane ian damage in florida

Hurricane Ian floods leave behind mess and insurance questions

Rebecca Santana and Michael Phillis October 15, 2022

Christine Barrett was inside her family’s North Port home during Hurricane Ian when one of her children started yelling that water was coming up from the shower. Then it started coming in from outside...

person in wheelchair looking in fridge

People with disabilities overlooked in climate planning

Drew Costley, Associated Press October 14, 2022

When the inevitable hurricanes threaten New Orleans, it's hard for India Scott to figure where to go. In the city where she was born and raised, she’s stayed in hotels, relief shelters and, during Hurricane...

A sign which reads vote.

Student hosts voter registration on campus

Abigail Schmidt, Sports Editor October 11, 2022

Loyola students hosted a voting registration drive outside of the Danna Center Wednesday Oct. 5. Midterm elections will be held on Nov. 8, and according to freshman history major Kincaid Leger, the...

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