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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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JC Canicosa

JC Canicosa, Op-Ed Editor

JC Canicosa is the Op-Ed Editor for the Maroon and a senior at Loyola. He has also served as the Sports Editor, Breaking News reporter, Foreign Correspondent and Senior Staff Writer in his time at Loyola, and has interned in newsrooms in New Orleans and San Francisco.
All content by JC Canicosa
OPINION: JC'S Declassified Alumni Survival Guide

OPINION: JC’S Declassified Alumni Survival Guide

JC Canicosa
April 21, 2022
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JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Goodbye Edition

Jc Canicosa
May 9, 2020
Bryant Istre doing his job remotely from home on his laptop as he waits for his stimulus check to come in

Recent alumni take advantage of stimulus check

Jc Canicosa
April 22, 2020
Rex, King of Carnival, greets parade-goers on St. Charles Ave. Many have begun blaming Mardi Gras for the spread of COVID-19 in the city, although the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Louisiana was two weeks after Fat Tuesday.

Editorial: Blaming New Orleans is easy, but wrong

Jc Canicosa
April 21, 2020
Picture of Lisa Collins

Breaking: Journalism professor Lisa Collins named interim director of the School of Communication and Design

Jc Canicosa
April 14, 2020
A poster for the film The Hunt. It reads: Warning. Hunting Season Open. Only Designated People May Be Hunted at The Manor.

Review: “The Hunt” provides a satirical critique on modern-day political discourse

Jc Canicosa
April 7, 2020
The University will hold a virtual event on May 9, in place of the planned commencement event. President Tetlow said she is still trying to find a date for an in-person event. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Breaking: Loyola to hold virtual commencement on May 9

Jc Canicosa
April 3, 2020
Photo illustration by Hannah Renton

Editorial: We all must continue to support the trans community

Jc Canicosa
March 31, 2020
Photo illustration by JC Canicosa

Opinion: A letter to the Loyola Class of 2020

Jc Canicosa
March 20, 2020
An empty Loyola classroom on Friday, March 13. In the wake of COVID-19, Loyola has moved all classes online and closed campus. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Editorial: COVID-19 isn’t about us

Jc Canicosa
March 18, 2020
University Provost Maria Calzada announced in an email that students would have the option to make all Spring 2020 courses pass/fail.

Students will have option to make Spring semester courses pass/fail

Jc Canicosa
March 18, 2020
Loyola students walk on campus

Loyola students react to move to online classes

Cody Downey and JC Canicosa
March 14, 2020
The front door of the University Counseling Center. The center is transitioning to online starting Monday, March 15 in accordance with Loyola's precautionary COVID-19 measures. Cristian Orellana/The Maroon.

University Counseling Center moves online

Jc Canicosa
March 13, 2020

SGA President Jessamyn Reichmann gives us an update on coronavirus affects on students

JC Canicosa and Cody Downey
March 11, 2020

Opinion: We need to re-examine our perspective on art

Jc Canicosa
March 9, 2020
Aly Hetzel recording herself doing a TikTok. Her account, @cajunqueer, reaches over 50,000 every post. Courtesy of Aly Hetzel

Loyola student uses TikTok to connect with queer community

JC Canicosa
March 9, 2020
An illustration of apathetic students on their phones near a voting box for SGA

Editorial: An election worth voting for

Jc Canicosa
March 7, 2020
Junior Robert Prasso poses by the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy. Passo was one of the students abroad sent home due to the coronavirus. Photo courtesy of Robert Passo.

Students abroad return early amid outbreak

Jc Canicosa
March 6, 2020
Aly Hetzel records herself doing a TikTok. Her account, @cajunqueer, reaches over 50,000 every post.

Loyola student uses TikTok to connect with LGBTQ community

JC Canicosa
February 26, 2020
a To-Do List of when people can have sex, with a checkmark next to "when I want!"

Editorial: The choice is yours, love

Jc Canicosa
February 15, 2020
An illustration of the Maroon staff holding up a banner that reads, "The climate is changing. Why aren't we?"

Editorial: It’s time we change our coverage. Here’s why.

Jc Canicosa
February 9, 2020
An electric car owner charges his car in front of Loyola University New Orleans. Charging stations in various New Orleans locations have been used to promote going green.

[Video] Electric car use promotes going green in New Orleans

JC Canicosa
February 7, 2020
The Alpha Chi Omega 2019 Fall pledge class posing for picture.

Opinion: Everyone should geaux Greek

Jc Canicosa
February 2, 2020
A black and white photo of two hands holding.

Editorial: They dropped the case, but we won’t forget

JC Canicosa
February 2, 2020
An illustration of a crowd cheering on a Louisiana-shaped runner crossing the finish line.

Editorial: Students need to have Louisiana’s back

JC Canicosa
January 26, 2020
Exiting House Speaker Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, left, prepares to pass the gavel to newly elected House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Jan. 13, 2020.

Explained: the role of the Louisiana Speaker of the House

JC Canicosa, Reporter
January 19, 2020
A student is using the new oven of the Carrolton kitchen to bake.

Editorial: New Carrolton kitchen leaves us wanting

JC Canicosa
January 19, 2020
(Top left) advertising freshman London Hua, (top right) Amy Ngo, (bottom left) Gabby Lenz, (bottom right) journalism senior JC Canicosa. Photo credit: Jc Canicosa

JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Being Asian in College

Jc Canicosa
November 23, 2019
Photo credit: Rose Wagner

Incoming classes won’t take a math placement test

Jc Canicosa
November 14, 2019
Photo credit: Storm Wells

Editorial: The Battle of Christmas Celebrations

Gabriela Carballo and JC Canicosa
November 10, 2019
JC's Declassified School Survival Guide: Music Festivals

JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Music Festivals

Jc Canicosa
October 12, 2019
Photo illustration by Will Ingram Photo credit: Will Ingram

Louisiana legalizes alcohol and wine delivery

Jc Canicosa
October 1, 2019
Courtesy of Netflix.

Review: What the critics got wrong about “Dave Chapelle: Sticks and Stones”

Jc Canicosa
September 26, 2019
JC Canicosa offers freshman his best advice for surviving that first year of college. Tess Rowland/The Maroon. Photo credit: Tess Rowland

JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Freshman Year

Jc Canicosa
August 22, 2019
A cleaning cart left by a WFF janitorial worker sits in a hallway on Aug. 21, 2019. Loyola WFF workers had their hours changed to overnight and early morning shifts for the current school year.

WFF staff face shift time changes

Jc Canicosa
August 22, 2019
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Tetlow gives updates on probation status, incoming freshman class in town hall

Jc Canicosa
July 19, 2019
Best friends JC Canicosa and Harvey the horse take a ride through Nine Acres on a wonderfully cloudy British day. The pony pictured above is not Patch.

JC Does Sports Abroad: Equestrian

Jc Canicosa
April 26, 2019
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JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Studying Abroad

JC Canicosa
April 16, 2019
A pro-Brexit protester holds onto placards as he demonstrates near the House of Parliament in London, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May's government says Parliament's decision to take control of the stalled process of leaving the European Union underscores the need for lawmakers to approve her twice-defeated deal. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Column: Brexit explained by an ‘American Idiot’

JC Canicosa
March 28, 2019

Opinion: How well does ‘snowflake’ rhetoric hold up under logical scrutiny?

Jc Canicosa
February 3, 2019
Danna Center water cutting off on Dec. 17

Danna Center water cutting off on Dec. 17

Jc Canicosa
December 5, 2018
Swing dancing

JC Does Sports: Swing Dancing

Jc Canicosa, Staff Writer
December 3, 2018
Photo credit: Ariel Landry

Opinion: Self-Conscious: What it means and feelings associated

Jc Canicosa, Staff Writer
December 2, 2018
Sleeping bags lined the sidewalk of N. Rampart St. outside of Covenant House. Participants slept outside to show support for homeless youth. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

Loyola students sleep outside to support youth shelter

Jc Canicosa
November 29, 2018
Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

JC’s Declassified School Survival Guide: meal plans

Jc Canicosa
October 6, 2018
Photo credit: Ariel Landry

Tenants sue in discrimination lawsuit

Jc Canicosa
September 21, 2018
Loyola News

Loyola Center for Entrepreneurship receives a $1.5 million donation

Jc Canicosa
September 19, 2018
Loyola classes and operations to resume on Wednesday, Sept. 5

Loyola classes and operations to resume on Wednesday, Sept. 5

Jc Canicosa
September 4, 2018
The printer room in Monroe Library sits empty and devoid of work-study students. Several students were denied work-study for the 2018-2019 school year. Photo credit: Jc Canicosa

Work study renewals caused campus confusion

Jc Canicosa
September 3, 2018
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Loyola launches Handshake employment program

Jc Canicosa
August 20, 2018
President Tetlow addresses the Loyola community

President Tetlow addresses the Loyola community

Jc Canicosa
August 14, 2018
In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a speech at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. For years, Tesla has boasted that its cars and SUVs are safer than other vehicles on the roads, and CEO Elon Musk doubled down on the claims in a series of tweets this week. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Opinion: What Elon Musk doesn’t get about journalism

Jc Canicosa
May 28, 2018
A playground outside Mercy Hall sits empty May2, 2018. The rising cost of tuition at the daycare center has led multiple faculty, staff and community members to remove their children from the center's care. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Loyola faculty remove children from daycare after increase in tuition

Jc Canicosa
May 4, 2018
The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. speaks to faculty and staff at the spring convocation in Nunemaker Hall, January 13 2018. After Wildes completes his tenure as president of Loyola, he will serve as a professor at Saint Joseph's University. Photo credit: Nicholas Boulet

Father Kevin Wildes to begin professorship at St. Joseph’s University

Jc Canicosa
April 30, 2018

Loyola hosts Student Peace Conference

Jc Canicosa
April 19, 2018
Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Loyola awarded Coca-Cola Public Space Recycling Grant

Jc Canicosa
April 14, 2018
While taking on boxing in Loyola’s University Sports Complex, sports columnist JC Canicosa did not exactly “float like a butterfly.” However, he found a “hidden gem” where students can spend an afternoon. Photo credit: Jose Taveras

JC does sports: Boxing

Jc Canicosa
April 6, 2018
Brothers, Vincent Duhé, history senior, and Lester Duhé III, A'17, have played rugby together through their time at Brother Martin High School and Loyola. Vincent Duhé is the team's captain in his final year on the team. Photo credit: Sonya Duhé

Rugby is a Duhé family affair

Jc Canicosa
March 17, 2018
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
President Donald Trump speaks at the 2018 White House Business Session with the nation's governors on Monday, February 26, 2018 in the State Dinning Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Opinion: You and Trump supporters want the same thing

Jc Canicosa
March 4, 2018
Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Quidditch team focusing on rebuilding this season

Jc Canicosa
February 24, 2018
Students Rush to an anatomy and physiology lab Jan. 12, 2018, in Monroe Hall. The 12:30 class had seven students waitlisted that day. It had one of the largest waitlists at the time. Photo by Julia Santos. Photo credit: Julia Santos

Class registration order pushes seniors out

Jc Canicosa
January 19, 2018
FILE - In this June 17, 2015 file photo, medical marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions green-lighted federal prosecutors to pursue violators of federal marijuana laws, not only states that legalized recreational pot are at risk of a crackdown, but so is most of the rest of America. All but four states allow some form of medical marijuana, even Sessions' home state of Alabama. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Louisiana could lose medical marijuana

Jc Canicosa
January 17, 2018

Sports briefs for 12/8

Jc Canicosa
December 8, 2017
In his final edition of "JC does sports," sports columnist JC Canicosa takes on water polo, his wettest sport yet, Dec. 2, 2017 at the University Sports Complex. How did JC survive this oxygen-impaired challenge?

JC does sports: water polo

Jc Canicosa
December 8, 2017

Sports briefs 12/1

Jc Canicosa
November 29, 2017

Sports briefs 11/10

Jc Canicosa
November 8, 2017
Wolf Pack Wrap Up November 6, 2017

Wolf Pack Wrap Up November 6, 2017

JC Canicosa
November 6, 2017
Sports editor JC Canicosa tries out the sport of cheerleading. Certainly, this can only go well.

JC does sports: Cheerleading

Jc Canicosa
October 25, 2017

Sports briefs 10/27

Jc Canicosa
October 24, 2017
Women's basketball team enjoying a refreshing water break. The practice was held in the Loyola University sports complex on Friday. Photo by Jules Santos. Photo credit: Jules Santos

Loyola named a Champions of Character Five-Star Institution

Jc Canicosa
October 18, 2017
A basketball in the sports complex is held together by tape. Photo credit: Jc Canicosa

JC scrutinizes sports (special edition): Loyola’s balls fall flat

Jc Canicosa
October 4, 2017
Sports editor JC Canicosa stands in a satirically heroic pose, ready to take on what Lake Pontchartrain throws at him. Photo credit: Sophie Duffy

JC does sports: sailing

Jc Canicosa
September 20, 2017

Sports briefs 9/22

Jc Canicosa
September 20, 2017
Photo credit: Joe Diliberto

JC does sports: Quidditch

Jc Canicosa
September 6, 2017
Photo credit: Jc Canicosa

Volleyball team defeats Alcorn State in first home game of the season

Jc Canicosa
August 29, 2017

Sports briefs 8/25

Jc Canicosa
August 23, 2017
Johnny Griffin Jr.

Former Loyola basketball star goes pro, heads to Canadian league

Jc Canicosa
August 21, 2017

Track and Field’s camaraderie leads to success

JC Canicosa
May 2, 2017
Fourth wave feminism marks new chapter in equality

Fourth wave feminism marks new chapter in equality

Jc Canicosa
April 21, 2017

Golf teams aim for a shot at conference title

Jc Canicosa
April 8, 2017
Tanks and the Bangas, a New Orleans-based funk-soul musical group, performs at the Feminist Festival on March 10. The second annual festival will have events until March 18.

Second annual Feminist Festival promotes positivity

JC Canicosa
March 14, 2017
Sophomore Ethan Turner defends a player in his game on Jan. 26. The Wolf Pack enter the conference tournament with the fourth seed. Photo credit: Marisabel Rodriguez

Men’s and women’s basketball teams prepare for championship

Jc Canicosa
March 1, 2017
Senior guard, Kylah Jones calls a play during their game on Jan. 26. The Wolf Pack defeated Faulkner University 79-54 on Saturday. Photo credit: Marisabel Rodriguez

Women’s basketball defeats Faulkner University 79-54

Jc Canicosa
February 12, 2017
Members of the Wolf Pack Golf Team play a practice match January 24, 2017, at the Audubon Park New Orleans, Louisiana, for practice. Drew Goff,team head coach, said he had a talented team to work with, and he looks forward to helping them fulfilling their potential. Photo by Osama Ayyad

Golf team’s preparation for spring season is in full swing

Jc Canicosa
February 9, 2017
A Loyola player hustles up court in their game on Jan. 26. The Wolf Pack fell to Brenau University 85-78. Photo credit: Marisabel Rodriguez

Brenau University defeats Loyola 85-78 in come from behind thriller

Jc Canicosa
February 2, 2017
Leslie Parr, A. Louis Read Distinguished Professor in Communication, gives speech after receiving Dux Academicus award. Parr is the 39th faculty member to receive this award. Photo credit: Nicholas Boulet

Leslie Parr honored with Dux Academicus award

Jc Canicosa
January 25, 2017
Biology and pre-med sophomore Kayla Noto takes a shot during the women's game against William Carey College on Jan. 19. The Wolf Pack defend NBC Court on Jan. 21 against Blue Mountain College. Photo credit: Marisabel Rodriguez

The Wolf Pack defeat the Crusaders 84-44 behind Jackson’s triple-double

Jc Canicosa
January 20, 2017
Sophomore Asia Marie Kelly jumps over a hurdle at the Tulane Twilight Invitational on March 4, 2016. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Athletic Department

Loyola’s track and field team sets eyes on conference championship

Jc Canicosa
January 17, 2017
Vincent Duhe warms up in the Residential Quad. Loyola's rugby team is currently 4-1. Photo credit: Alliciyia George

Rugby team looks to build on successful season

Jc Canicosa
December 9, 2016
J.P. Holyoak, chair of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, speaks at a news conference as he is joined by a host of doctors and nurses gather at the Arizona capitol to endorse Prop 205, the legalization of recreational marijuana, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Majority of Americans may soon be living with legal marijuana

Jc Canicosa
November 7, 2016

Loyola hosts suicide prevention week events

Jc Canicosa
September 12, 2016
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