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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Artie Bennett

Artie Bennett, Op-Ed Editor

Oliver Bennett is a mass communications journalism and sociology major from Dallas, Texas and Natchitoches, Louisiana. This semester, he’s excited to be serving as the Opinions and Editorial Editor. He previously worked as the Assistant Op/Ed Editor and Distribution Manager. Outside of The Maroon, he works with the University Honors Association as the academic coordinator and is a member of the Social Justice Scholars Program. Off campus, he enjoys standup comedy, hanging out with his cat, and hiking.

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OPINION: NFTs are pointless

Artie Bennett, Managing Editor for Print
May 11, 2022
Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, May 4, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday. Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the courts secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

EDITORIAL: This isn’t just about abortion

Artie Bennett and Domonique Tolliver
May 6, 2022
Performers play trumpet and saxophone during a second line parade at Jazz Fest Sunday May 1, 2022.

Loyola students enjoy Jazz Fest’s return

Artie Bennett, News Editor
May 5, 2022
girl being suprised

Oblena/Alvarez ticket wins SGA race

Artie Bennett, News Editor
May 5, 2022
girls posing for picture

Oblena/Alvarez ticket takes SGA

Artie Bennett, News Editor
May 4, 2022
ducks in water

Foreign ducks flock to New Orleans due to climate change

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 30, 2022
Deon Wilson, right, and Tyler Sanchez, left, meet with students at the presidential meet and greet in March 2021. Wilson and Sanchez reflect on their tenure.

SGA reflects on their tenure

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 29, 2022
SGA President Deon Wilson and former Vice President Tyler Sanchez pose for a photo days after their win was announced. Sanchez has stepped down as vice president.

Student Government Vice President steps down

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 28, 2022
Courtesy of Neon

Review: “Titane” redefines trans film tropes

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 22, 2022
SGA presidential and vice presidential candidates talk to students during the SGA Meet and Greet on April 13. Adele Colson and Jospeh Pitre, Robert Morrison III and Destiny Sanders, and Stephanie Oblena and Vivian Alvarez are all competing for the positions, despite a delayed election season.

SGA candidates compete for presidential seats

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 22, 2022
SGA President Deon Wilson and former Vice President Tyler Sanchez pose for a photo days after their win was announced. Sanchez has stepped down as vice president.

SGA vice president resigns

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 22, 2022
Loyola sign sits in the grass in front of Marquette Hall

LORA self-service uses preferred names on all platforms

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 19, 2022
Actors Symphony Sanders and Cecil Baldwin get in formation during Welcome to Night Vales live performance at the Civic Theater March 31, 2021. Welcome to the Night Vale is a supernatural radio show for a nondescript, fictional South Western town.

Welcome to Night Vale brings surreal storytelling to New Orleans

Artie Bennett, News Editor
April 10, 2022
Photo illustration by Hannah Renton

Sustainability fund proposed

Artie Bennett, News Editor
March 31, 2022
Students sit in the Res Quad on March 29, 2022. A vigil will be held weekly for students in the res quad over situations in the Middle East.

[Photo] Upperclassmen struggle to find housing

Breanna Henry, Staff Writer
March 31, 2022
Picture of LOYNO

Loyola announces mobile ID app

Artie Bennett, News Editor
March 28, 2022
People attend a rally on the steps of city hall in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022, to protest the controversial Dont say gay bill passed by Floridas Republican-led legislature and now on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis desk. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

EDITORIAL: Queer youth refuse to be erased

Maleigh Crespo and Artie Bennett
March 24, 2022
A group of Ukrainian protesters demonstrate near the Chateau de Versailles, where a European Union summit will take place, Thursday, March 10, 2022 in Versailles, west of Paris. With European nations united in backing Ukraines resistance with unprecedented economic sanctions, three main topics now dominate the agenda: Ukraines application for fast-track EU membership; how to wean the bloc off its Russian energy dependency; and bolstering the regions defense capabilities. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Study abroad students react to tensions in the Ukraine

Artie Bennett, News Editor
March 24, 2022
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola drops vaccine requirement

Artie Bennett, News Editor
March 22, 2022
Front of Loyola Universitys campus

Classes moved online due to severe weather

Artie Bennett, News Editor
March 21, 2022
Director Hardy Weaver and a student practice for the spring production of Head Over Heels, March 15, 2022. Rehearsals for the show will be masked, though actors will perform unmasked.

[Photo] Theatre students frustrated by mask mandate

Domonique Tolliver, Life and Times Assistant
March 17, 2022
Courtesy of Adele Colson.

Study abroad makes a comeback

Artie Bennett, News Editor
March 17, 2022
Brenna Byrne kisses their partner, Chelle Kim on the cheek outside at Uhauls queer skate night event Feb. 23, 2022. Byrne and Kim are members of the Crescent Skate Krewe, a womens and queer friendly skating group. Hannah Renton/The Maroon

“Uhaul” collective builds safe space for LGBTQ+ nightlife

Artie Bennett
March 10, 2022
The Rev. Justin Daffron, S.J. stands in front of his bookshelf in his office on Feb. 14, 2021. Daffron is interim president after former president Tania Tetlow left the position in the summer of 2022.

The Rev. Justin Daffron S.J. prepares for presidency

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 17, 2022
Loyola sign sits in the grass in front of Marquette Hall

Loyola hires new Title IX coordinator

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 15, 2022
A Freshman student passes by a window advertising greek life recruitment. The Interfraternity Council began tabling for recruitment during the first week of in person classes. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Spring fraternity recruitment begins

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 11, 2022
Loyola Law accepts the GRE

Loyola Law accepts the GRE

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 11, 2022
University President Tania Tetlow speaks at a podium.

Tania Tetlow steps down as university president

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 10, 2022
Rev. Justin Daffron, S.J., walks with students around campus. Daffron will be serving as Loyolas interim president.

Justin Daffron steps up as interim president

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 10, 2022
A plate is served up in Loyolas Orleans Room. Loyola and Tulane students will be able to use their meal plans at each others campuses for the first time since the Omicron surge.

Loyola, Tulane reinstates reciprocal dining

Artie Bennett, News Editor
February 7, 2022
Bobby Peters receives a vaccine at Oschners 24-hour, drive through Vaccine Fest on March 29. Loyola will now require the COVID-19 vaccine booster for students to return for the spring semester.

Loyola announces booster requirement, possible online start

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 23, 2021
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola confirms 140 active cases of COVID-19

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 17, 2021
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola confirms 136 active COVID-19 cases

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 16, 2021
LUPD police car. LUPD is testing out a new dispatch system.

Loyola students carjacked off campus

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 16, 2021
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola confirms 100 active COVID-19 cases

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 15, 2021
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola confirms 40 active COVID-19 cases

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 11, 2021
Photo illustration by Hannah Renton

EDITORIAL: WEED like it legalized

Artie Bennett and Maleigh Crespo
December 10, 2021
New Orleans lights up for December

New Orleans lights up for December

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
December 9, 2021
This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola confirms 19 active cases of COVID-19

Artie Bennett, News Editor
December 9, 2021
Medical Marijuana in a prescription bottle sits on a psychadelic table beside some rolled joints

Marijuana charges hold past offenders back from future opportunities

Artie Bennett and Jabez Berniard
December 9, 2021
Sodexo employee

Sodexo struggles with understaffing, overworked employees

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
December 9, 2021
EDITORIAL: Systems of racism suffocate communities of color

EDITORIAL: Systems of racism suffocate communities of color

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
December 3, 2021
Student swiping meal card id

Loyola, Sodexo partner to start meal swipe bank

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 16, 2021
File Photo

Students displaced from mold months after Ida

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 13, 2021
A student poses in a Philadelphia pride flag binder, a garment used by transmasculine people to compress their chests.

COLUMN: As a transgender student, I feel seen, but not heard

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 13, 2021

EDITORIAL: Transgender students feel isolated on campus

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 12, 2021
White cement letters spell out Loyola

Loyola extends mask mandate through end of semester

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 11, 2021
Students and faculty wait in line to order food at Subway located in the Danna Center on Nov. 3, 2021. Long wait times for food are frustrating students.

EDITORIAL: We’re getting hangry

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 5, 2021
Bobby Peters receives a vaccine at Oschners 24-hour, drive through Vaccine Fest on March 29.

Loyola to host Moderna COVID-19 booster shot fair

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 5, 2021
Fourth year pharmacy student Tiffani Collins innoculates Wilfred Griffin, Jr. with his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Crescent City Pharmacy Feb. 18, 2020. COVID-19 Pfizer booster shots are available at Tulane’s Lavin-Bernick Center.

COVID-19 booster shots available at Tulane

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
November 2, 2021
Photo Illustration by Hannah Reiton

EDITORIAL: The board of trustees should mirror the students

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 29, 2021
The statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola wears a protective face mask in the Peace Quad on Loyolas campus June 2020.

Loyola continues mask mandate until at least Nov. 15

Artie Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 28, 2021
Picture of LOYNO

Evening operations cancelled due to severe weather

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 27, 2021
Scholarships at Loyola have stagnated

EDITORIAL: Scholarships shouldn’t stagnate

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 22, 2021
A plate of pasta and spinach is served up in Loyolas Orleans Room. Loyola and Tulane students will be able to use their meal plans at each others campuses for the first time since before the pandemic. File photo.

Loyola, Tulane reinstates reciprocal dining

Oliver Bennett
October 18, 2021
Jose Hernandez with his upright bass. He is a jazz musician with an ear for experimental music.

Latine artists celebrate their heritage

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 16, 2021
Mold displaces Carrollton Hall residents

Mold displaces Carrollton Hall residents

Madeline Taliancich and Oliver Bennett
October 16, 2021
Latine

EDITORIAL: Loyola needs to serve its Latine Students

Oliver Bennett and Gabriela Carballo
October 15, 2021
The Maroon

The Maroon wins 2021 Newspaper Pacemaker Award

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 14, 2021
A drawing of Bergeons 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
LUPD police car. LUPD is testing out a new dispatch system.

Student arrested for narcotics possession

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 13, 2021

Students find mold in Carrollton Hall post-Ida

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 8, 2021
LUPD police car. LUPD is testing out a new dispatch system.

University police warn students of possible druggings

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 4, 2021
crime

EDITORIAL: You can’t out police crime

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
October 1, 2021
(File photo) Jazz Fest fans enjoying the music at the Congo Stage on Sunday, March 29th, 2018. The Jazz and Heritage Festival takes place at the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, but was cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Festival Cancellations

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
September 30, 2021
Loyola moved to test-blind admissions policy

Loyola moved to test-blind admissions policy

Oliver Bennett
September 30, 2021
EDITORIAL: This isnt a hurrication

EDITORIAL: This isn’t a hurrication

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
September 24, 2021
The Maple Leaf Bar was one of the first venues to enforce entry restrictions.

Music venues require entry vaccines or tests

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
August 28, 2021
How do we transition to a post pandemic world?

How do we transition to a “post pandemic” world?

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
August 28, 2021
Loyno Confessions builds community during COVID

Loyno Confessions builds community during COVID

Oliver Bennett
April 23, 2021
A drawing featuring a figure wobbling on a bridge labeled tenure track

Editorial: We need to save tenure

Oliver Bennett and Daniel Schwalm
April 22, 2021
SGA President Deon Wilson and former Vice President Tyler Sanchez pose for a photo days after their win was announced. Sanchez has stepped down as vice president.

Wilson and Sanchez plan for next year’s SGA

Artie Bennett
April 7, 2021
Design by Grace Powell Photo credit: Grace Powell

Editorial: Don’t throw your mask away yet

Artie Bennett
March 30, 2021
Cabra Hall stands on Loyolas Broadway Campus. The residency requirement that requires first and second year students to live on campus has been reinstated for next school year. Photo credit: Shadera Moore

Students react to reinstated residency requirement

Artie Bennett
March 7, 2021
Robert Verchick, a future member of the Climate Emissions Task Force, poses in front of some greenery.

Loyola law professor named to climate emissions task force

Artie Bennett
February 13, 2021
The SGA office sits unoccupied.

SGA administration reflects on the semester

Artie Bennett
November 15, 2020
A sign marked No Bar Service sits on the bar at Brunos Tavern. Brunos is one of many bars in New Orleans that has been forced to adapt with new protocols as a result of current COVID-19 related restrictions. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Uptown bars host patrons amid COVID-19

Artie Bennett
November 13, 2020
The Student Success Center encourages students to reach out for career development, success coaching, and academic advising. The Success Center recieved a $1.4 million grant that they will disperse over the next five years. Photo credit: Maria Paula Marino

Student Success Center receives $1.4 million grant

Artie Bennett
October 29, 2020
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