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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

New study shows disparities in Louisiana executions

Marie Simoneaux • September 18, 2015
New research shows that the majority of death sentences in Louisiana involve crimes involving black men against white women.
In this photo taken March 27, 2014, President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican. When Pope Francis arrives in the United States, he will get an airport welcome that few world leaders have ever received: a plane-side greeting from President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. The extraordinary gesture on Sept. 22 is just the beginning of the pomp and protocol that will be on display as Washington welcomes the popular leader of the world�s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics and the head of Vatican City. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The pope is coming to America

Andrew Callaghan • September 18, 2015
Pope Francis will be welcomed by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on his arrival to the United States on Sept. 22, followed by a private meeting in the White House on the following day.
Cuba-U.S. relationship sparks mixed feelings

Cuba-U.S. relationship sparks mixed feelings

Dannielle Garcia • September 17, 2015
For many Cuban Americans residing in the port cities, resentment towards Fidel Castro, the President of Cuba, runs deep through their blood.

Professor killed in Delta State shooting

Nicholas Morea • September 17, 2015
A History professor at Delta State University was fatally shot in his office on Sept. 14.

Texas student detained by police

Nick Reimann and Gabriel Garza • September 17, 2015
Police arrested a 14-year-old Muslim boy at an Irving, Texas high school on Sept. 16 after the homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a bomb.

Fatal Flash Floods in the Southwest

Nicholas Morea • September 17, 2015
Flash floods took over parts of Utah and Arizona Tuesday killing 16 people.
Cyclists prostrate themselves in front of City Hall as part of a die-in protest on July 23. This protest was part of a call for bicycle-friendly laws and infrastructure in the city of New Orleans and an overall awareness of cyclists' rights on the road.

Cyclists vs Cars

Gabriel Garza, Worldview Editor • September 11, 2015

While some students like to take leisurely bike rides to school, students such as Wil Hernandez, marketing junior, have had his brakes put to the test after being hit 12 times by cars. “Two years...

Early Monday morning, Danny Bettencourt died at the Oz nightclub located on 800 Bourbon St. The cause of his death is currently unknown. Photo credit: Monica Zengel

Foul play suspected surrounding death at Oz

Starlight Williams • September 10, 2015
The New Orleans Police Department is currently investigating a sudden death at the Oz nightclub during Southern Decadence weekend.
Louisiana runs out of license plate combinations

Louisiana runs out of license plate combinations

Tobias Kreutzer • September 10, 2015
After 20 years of the same system, Louisiana is finally running out of license plate combinations.

Europe accepts migrant refugees

Nicholas Morea • September 9, 2015
Over the past year, millions of Middle Eastern refugees have been seeking asylum in European countries.
Paraders march across the St. Claude bridge into the Ninth Ward. The second line went through the Ninth Ward, ending at one of the many breaches on the industrial canal. Photo credit: Andrew Callaghan

The Lower Ninth Ward celebrates revival

Andrew Callaghan • September 4, 2015
Ten years later, New Orleanians gather for a second-line march at the Ground Zero of Hurricane Katrina
Candles commemorate victims of Sexual Assault.

Mayor Landrieu signs rape kit reform

Kristen Stewart • September 4, 2015
Mayor Mitch Landrieu approves a reform to help improve the rape kit backlog in New Orleans.
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