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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

The street car that commuters often use passes in front of Loyolas campus.

City transit systems are changing in favor of commuters

Domonique Tolliver March 27, 2021

Change is coming to transportation in the Greater New Orleans Area. The Regional Transit Authority is using information from a 2019 study that will help to connect transit routes in Orleans and Jefferson...

A tangled bunch of wires hangs from a pole in Carrollton. Recently, many Entergy customers have reported rising costs of electric bills. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Rising electric bills spark concern

Daniel Schwalm March 24, 2021

Electricity bills are rising across New Orleans, causing anger and concern among residents and consumer advocates. Charlie Coulter, a junior English major at Loyola, said her last bill from Entergy...

New Orleans EMS introduces a Black Lives Matter Pin. The pin is meant to show support for members of the Black community. Photo credit: Courtesy of Lt. Jonathan C. Foucade

New Orleans EMS launches Black Lives Matter pin for workers

Destiny Sanders March 20, 2021

New Orleans EMS has introduced a Black Lives Matter pin that providers can wear throughout the year. “We recognize that this was an opportunity to work towards cultural competence and bridging some...

Signs and a trailer from RISE St. James sit in front of a house. The environmental group has been protesting the construction of 14-plant chemical complex Formosa plastics. Photo credit: Rae Walberg

Activists fight plastic plant’s entrance into St. James Parish

Rae Walberg March 17, 2021

In 2016, Sharon Lavigne was diagnosed with Autoimmune Hepatitis. Lavigne noticed an uptick of chemical plants moving into her home of St. James Parish as well as neighbors being diagnosed with cancer,...

Loyola senior Yenisel Santiago pets her dog, Maurice. Santiago credits her adoption of Maurice with restoring a sense of routine to life amid the disorder of COVID-19. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Furry friends create a needed routine and connection

Will Ingram March 3, 2021

More and more students have turned to pet adoptions to find a sense of connection that the pandemic has taken away. That connection to someone or something is a feeling that Frazier Woods, university counselor,...

Martinus Mitchum, via Facebook

Former Loyola Officer Martinus Mitchum killed during Carver basketball game

Rose Wagner February 26, 2021

The officer killed Friday during a high school basketball game at George Washington Carver High School has been identified as Martinus Mitchum, 38, a member of Tulane University's police force and a former...

A billboard funded by Roy Bourgeois calling for the ordination of women priests stands in front of downtown New Orleans. Bourgeois was expelled from the priesthood for his advocacy of ordaining women. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Billboard keeps conversation about women’s ordination alive

Zia Sampson February 26, 2021

Roy Bourgeois, the founder of School of Americas Watch, has funded two billboards in New Orleans to promote the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. While the billboards have only been up for a...

Fourth year pharmacy student Tiffani Collins innoculates Wilfred Griffin, Jr. with his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Crescent City Pharmacy Feb. 18, 2020. COVID-19 Pfizer booster shots are available at Tulane’s Lavin-Bernick Center.

Shortages slow down COVID-19 vaccinations

Rae Walberg February 24, 2021

For Crescent City Pharmacy Director Lishunda Franklin, administering the COVID-19 vaccine has been a waiting game. “I won’t be getting any more first doses maybe until the end of the month,” Franklin...

The ballroom at Sugar Mill venue stays empty since the start of the pandemic. The venue will not be hosting any Mardi Gras balls this year, in accordance with the modified Phase 2 guidelines set in place by the city. Photo courtesy of Larissa Jama.

Event venues sit empty as COVID guidelines restrict Mardi Gras 2021

Domonique Tolliver February 12, 2021

No parades. No balls. No parties. At a time when the hospitality industry in New Orleans is normally thriving, businesses are scrambling to survive within the city's COVID-19 guidelines. Orleans Parish...

Despite that the annual Mardi Gras festival season was cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, New Orleanians are still celebrating in their own way. A new krewe, “Krewe of House Floats”, decided to decorate houses for the festival season in keeping with the tradition of the Mardi Gras floats. Photo credit: Maria Paula Marino

House floats raise money for Mardi Gras artists

Annie Oddo February 10, 2021

A large papier-mâché skull has taken over the front of the house at 1834 Toledano Street, surrounded by snakes, cypress trees and irises in bright hues of purple and green. This installation, titled...

Photo credit: Mikayla Ferro

History complicates the Black community’s decision to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Domonique Tolliver February 10, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine has been introduced into the world, but many people of color, particularly Black Americans, are hesitant to get the vaccine due to distrust in the healthcare industry based on a history...

Mike Washington makes sketches for a Mardi Gras Indian costume.

Mardi Gras costumer adapts to year without parades

Sofia Mongillo February 9, 2021

With Mardi Gras parades being canceled because of the coronavirus, many small businesses and artists have found their work disrupted. Because of the city’s well-known reputation regarding the event,...

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