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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

A drawing of Bergeon's car is seen racing down the road after the student was carjacked

Loyola student carjacked following Hurricane Ida

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor October 14, 2021

History pre-law sophomore Madison Bergeron lost $3,500 worth of items and her car in three minutes when she turned around to find a group of teenage boys tugging on her purse outside of her Uptown apartment. Bergeon...

A graph going over the crime data for the past few years in the city of New Orleans.

Students advised to remain alert during crime spike

Daniel Schwalm, Senior Staff Writer October 5, 2021

Mass Communication Professor Lisa Collins awoke early one morning last year to find her car missing from her driveway. It had been stolen. Police found it eight days later only a few miles away with a...

An image under interstate 10 within the treme with a colorful mural on the bridge. Underneath the mural, a tent is located.

Biden’s I-10 plan impacts the Tremé

Destiny Sanders, Op/Ed Assistant October 4, 2021

The Treme neighborhood changed forever in 1966 when the Interstate 10 Claiborne Avenue Expressway emerged, turning a once vibrant, thriving Black community into a shadow of its former self. The expressway...

The sun shines through a pride flag hanging from a balcony.

Loyola alum experiences LGBTQ+ hate crime

Domonique Tolliver, Worldview Editor September 30, 2021

Kentro Mason, a queer Loyola alum and musician, said their life changed on May 16 during a night out with friends after they heard a man at a bar threaten them. Mason was after dancing for a couple...

Two New Orleans residents walk in the trash parade wearing trash cans

Trash and tensions overflow three weeks after Ida

Domonique Tolliver, Worldview Editor September 26, 2021

Orleans Parish residents are calling for action as they see and smell the effects of no garbage pickup for three weeks after Hurricane Ida. The storm disrupted the already inconsistent trash pickup...

Soldier stands with weapon in front of fellow soldiers in Afghanistan

Veterans reflect on the twenty year long war in Afghanistan

Domonique Tolliver and Jackie Galli September 23, 2021

After two decades of war, the United States has pulled its last troops from the country of Afghanistan. U.S. soldiers died fighting in the war, along with more than 47,000 Afghan civilians that got...

A student walks through a roadwork site on Freret street, Aug. 11, 2021. The roadwork, which is expected to continue through September, has caused Loyola students to rethink their parking plans.

Construction on roads impacts commuter parking

Jackie Galli, Worldview Assistant August 28, 2021

As part of the construction projects across New Orleans, Calhoun and Freret streets are expected to see continued road and drainage construction. Through September, the construction may pose parking...

Students wait to board the Saint Charles streetcar in front of Loyola and Tulane University on Aug.17th, 2021.

Transit prices temporarily reduced in New Orleans

Alexis Horton, Staff Writer August 27, 2021

The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority introduced temporary fare reductions in July, making transportation cheaper and encouraging New Orleanians to use public transportation. While this will improve...

Lexi Mestas is pictured in her kitchen in Mobile, Ala. August 3. Mestas has stage 4b ovarian cancer, which means that her cancer has spread to other areas of her body

Loyola alum raises awareness for ovarian cancer

Blakeley Cathey, Equity and Inclusion Assistant August 26, 2021

Lexi Mestas' life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in February. Mestas, a Loyola alumna, is now determined to turn what could have been the worst news of her life into...

A street sign reads Norman C. Francis Parkway. The street name was changed from Jefferson Davis Parkway on January 1, 2021. Shadera Moore/The Maroon. Photo credit: Shadera Moore

Loyola alumni work on renaming Confederate street names

Madeline Taliancich April 24, 2021

Loyola alumni Karl Connor and Sue Mobley are at the forefront of the movement to rename New Orleans streets, parks and public places with names currently rooted in Louisiana’s Confederate and segregationist...

Lee Baker, a descendant of enslaved people owned by the Jesuits, stands on Loyola's campus. The Jesuits have recently promised to pay $100 million in reparations to descendants of enslaved people owned by the order. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Jesuits’ plan for reparations met with mixed reactions

Domonique Tolliver April 21, 2021

Descendants of those enslaved by the Georgetown University Jesuits have mixed feelings about the Jesuit Orders' plan to pay $100 million in reparations. The Georgetown Jesuits owned 272 enslaved people...

Loyola student-run Food Recovery network was established to address the food waste on-campus. Currently, the leftover food is packaged and donated to a Christian non-profit organization, the New Orleans Mission.

Students save Orleans Room leftover food to be donated

Rae Walberg April 10, 2021

After the Orleans Room closes, student volunteers work to limit on-campus food waste behind the kitchen doors. On Sunday through Thursday nights, Loyola’s Food Recovery Network chapter packages...

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