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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Larry Rolling, left, and Duchess Hearst, right, parade down Camp street in the Lower Garden District as part of the second line for Will Smith on April 15. Smith, a former New Orleans Saint, was shot killed in an altercation after a minor traffic accident in the Lower Garden District on April 9.

Residents march for peace in the wake of Smith’s death

Mark T. Robinson and Zach Brien April 16, 2016

https://vimeo.com/163057790 Hundreds of people gathered at the Half Moon Bar in the Lower Garden District and paraded to the Ooh Pooh Pa Dooh Bar in the Treme in honor of former New Orleans Saints’...

Superdelegates act as a Democratic counterweight

April 15, 2016

With the Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders separated by around 200 delegates, the purpose of superdelegates come into question. According to Philip Dynia, professor and chairman...

Kay Charbonnet makes a sale at her boutique, Kay’s. Charbonnet is one of the many small business owners who are  worried about their businesses being negatively affected by the new sales tax increase, which was put into effect on April 1.

Sales tax hike affects small businesses

Emily Branan April 15, 2016

Kay Charbonnet, owner of a boutique called Kay’s, is worried her customers now have a reason to spend less money at her store because of a new tax. The one-cent sales tax increase went into effect on...

Protestors gather for an action against prison expansion in front of the Orleans Parish Criminal Courthouse on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

Citizens protest the expansion of the Orleans Parish Prison

Taylor Galmiche April 15, 2016

Lea Stern is a felon. She has served time in prison, a fact that will mark her for the rest of her life. She tells a crowd of protestors about the “x” on her back in front of the Orleans Parish...

Photos Courtesy of Tippy Tippens

Loyola design students create logo for Lower Ninth Ward Market

Skyllarr Trusty, staff writer April 13, 2016
Burnell Cotlon was hand-making signs for his Lower Ninth Ward Market before Loyola design students decided to lend their talents to the local cause.

San Francisco first to require paid paternal leave

Nick Morea April 8, 2016

San Francisco became the first city to require businesses to provide full paid leave for new parents. Approved uncontested by the Board of Supervisors, new mothers and fathers will receive six weeks...

Millennials show increased participation in the 2016 presidential elections

April 8, 2016

Contrary to popular belief that Millennials do not vote, Cate Tringali, philosophy senior, will be at the polls this November and every other time she has the opportunity to vote. “I voted in 2012...

Potholes like the one shown above are littered around the streets of New Orleans, often causing expensive car repairs and unattractive streets. Fix My Streets Working Financial Group aims to work with the city to make smooth streets in New Orleans.

Initiative aims to fill in NOLA’s street troubles

Taylor Galmiche April 8, 2016

Gretna resident Christian Holmes was dropping his son off on the way to work when a pothole blew out his tire. “It was a giant pothole in the middle of the street. You couldn’t really avoid it,”...

Napoleon construction expected to finish by December of this year

Nick Morea April 6, 2016

The Napoleon Avenue Drainage Project is projected to finish by late 2016 or early 2017. The project began in the summer of 2011. Due to lack of funding and unpredictable weather conditions the construction...

Mississippi governor passes religious freedom bill

Nick Morea April 6, 2016

Mississippi Governor Phillip Bryant has signed a bill allowing businesses to turn down service because of their religious beliefs. This bill allows religious organizations the ability to deny same-sex...

Trump supporters and opposition in the Latino community

Trump supporters and opposition in the Latino community

Zayn Abidin and Valeria Kawas April 6, 2016

Donald Trump has hurled insults at the Latino community on and off again, throughout his presidential campaign and those derogatory remarks seem to have created a division within the community. There...

Patrick Coates relaxes in his apartment in Metairie, Louisiana. After struggling with and overcoming his addiction twice, Coates is able to live a normal life through help and guidance from the methadone clinic.

Heroin haunts a recovering addict

Emily Branan April 5, 2016

The first time Patrick Coates tried heroin, he didn’t like it. He was around 16 at the time, and said it made him throw up. “That’s what helped me not to do it for the next 15 years,”...

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