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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Title IX issues revealed with Climate Assessment

Title IX issues revealed with Climate Assessment

Tyler Wann April 13, 2018

Loyola’s recently released Campus Climate Assessment revealed that 16 percent of survey respondents had experienced unwanted sexual contact or conduct. These results have brought issues of sexual...

Blue Bikes sit outside the Contemporary Arts Center on Camp Street on April 11th. CHRISTEN ORELLANA/The Maroon. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Blue Bikes benefit riders around New Orleans

Sidney Holmes April 13, 2018

New Orleans is making strides in city transportation and is now helping members of the community get around with bike transportation. The City of New Orleans partnered with Social Bicycles, Inc. to launch...

The sign for the future site of Tom Benson Jesuit Center stands between Monroe Hall and the sculpture garden. CHRISTIAN ORELLANA/The Maroon. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Benson’s death leaves a hole at Loyola and in the city

A. Sofia Samayoa April 6, 2018

The death of prominent New Orleans figure Tom Benson has left a vacancy in the Loyola community where his name was a dominant presence. Benson, 90, is regarded as a key figure at Loyola for his donations...

From left to right: Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, former mayor Sidney Barthelemy, former mayor Moon Landrieu and moderator Clancy DuBos in Roussel Hall Thursday, April 5, 2018, for the annual Ed Renwick Lecture Series. Photo credit: Nick Reimann

Cantrell, Landrieu(s) discuss New Orleans past, future at Loyola lecture

Nick Reimann April 6, 2018

Though he had been told so before, Mitch Landrieu learned after he was elected mayor that it was true — you inherit all the potholes. Landrieu shared that experience to Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell...

Protests take to the streets in the March for Our Lives on March 24, 2018. The march was organized by high school students to push for stricter gun laws. Photo credit: Caleb Beck

New Orleans students march for stricter gun laws

Caleb Beck March 24, 2018

High school students, many of them yet unable to vote, vowed their message would be heard at the March for Our Lives gun control rally in downtown New Orleans. These students and some 6,000 supporters...

Women’s History Month serves as a reminder of progress

Vanessa Alvarado March 21, 2018

The month of March marks Women’s History Month, which began being nationally celebrated in 1981. However, it was never intended to last a month– it was made to last only a week. In 1987, it was developed...

Bess Baria, environmental studies sophomore,  (left) and her sister Merrit Baria, marketing and psychology double major, (right) scroll through Facebook family photos March 7, 2018, in their off-campus apartment. Their father, David Baria announced his candidacy for the midterm U.S. Senate election in Mississippi in November. BRIAN WOLLITZ/ The Maroon.

Loyola sisters focus on family in U.S. Senate race

Miles Rouen March 16, 2018

The U.S. Senate elections in Mississippi may be far away for New Orleanians, but, for sisters Merritt Baria and Bess Baria, the action is much closer to home. Their father, David Baria, has been a member...

Loyola students walk out of Bobet Hall on March 7, 2018. The University Counseling Center is working to correct some myths about mental health at Loyola to show its commitment to all students. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

University Counseling Center looks to dispel myths surrounding counseling

Jc Canicosa March 10, 2018

English sophomore Kate Herrick initially had a difficult time finding a counselor at Loyola. She began seeing one at the University Counseling Center last year but ended their sessions due to personality...

The Robert E. Lee statue at Lee Circle seen prior to its removal in 2017. Photo credit: The Maroon

Landrieu releases plan for future of Confederate monument sites

Nick Reimann March 7, 2018

Almost 11 months after the first removal began and after years of legal battles over the fates of four Confederate monuments, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced plans in a news release Wednesday,...

A crime camera flashes at the corner of Broadway and Freret on Feb. 27, 2018. 250 new cameras will be installed in the city this year. ANNA KNAPP/The Maroon.

New Orleans adds crime cameras to keep an eye on the city

Anna Knapp March 1, 2018

https://vimeo.com/254320039 Flashing blue and red crime cameras have recently popped up on various corners of New Orleans streets. The city is in the process of installing 250 of these cameras, adding...

Photo credit: Hayley Hynes

Florida high school shooting sparks concerns about campus violence

Miles Rouen February 23, 2018

When students walked through the doors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on the morning of Feb. 14, they did not know that hours later their school would be invaded by an active...

Club workers march down Bourbon Street Feb. 1, 2018, in protest against recent NOPD raids that they say caused massive unemployment Photo credit: Mairéad Siobhán

Bourbon Street dancers fight back

Mairéad Siobhán February 22, 2018

It has been a month-long fight for Bourbon Street strip club workers, who made it known that the war is not over following the raids, closures and suspensions of eight clubs last month. A month after...

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