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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Commuters struggle with public transportation

Nadir Benslimane, Staff Writer November 1, 2022

Public transportation in New Orleans has been running behind when it comes to suiting commuter students' needs. Loyola commuter students and some members of the Commuter Student Association gave their...

Spending on student course materials drops

Arianna D’Antonio, Worldview Editor October 31, 2022

Student spending on course materials has dropped nearly 50% over the last decade, according to the Association of American Publishers. Loyola senior Roxana Coriano said it may be due to students’ inability...

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Juvenile transfer to Angola sparks controversy

Heather Rabassa, Copy Editor October 28, 2022

Nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the South,” the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, is known for being a prison for the state’s worst offenders and death row inmates, and in June, Louisiana...

State representatives race for representation

State representatives race for representation

Jackie Galli, Managing for Print October 25, 2022

Representatives Royce Duplessis and Mandie Landry will appear on the ballot in coming weeks to fill the district 5 state Senate seat vacated by Karen Carter Peterson. District 5 encompasses much of Central...

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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 Department's 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...

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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...

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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...

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