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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Rae Walberg

Rae Walberg, Projects Editor

Rae Walberg is a Journalism and Spanish Junior from New Orleans, LA who is excited to serve as The Maroon’s projects editor. Outside of The Maroon, Rae has worked for the Smithsonian Institute, Gambit Weekly Newspaper and Lucky Dog Publishing. Beyond newsrooms, she is passionate about traveling, learning new languages and everything bagels.

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engulfed podcast cover with smoke from oil refinery

Engulfed Ep. 1: St. John Fight: From Battling Cancer to Covid

Rae Walberg, Engulfed Producer
October 13, 2022
A bartender pours a beer at hot dog restaurant, Dat Dog

[Photo] Service industry still dealing with the impacts of COVID-19

Devin Cruice, Staff Writer
October 31, 2021
Professor Lisa Collins explains how-to use the new-and-improved tampon dispensers in the Communication building's women's bathrooms. Professor Collins was responsible for spearheading the campaign to provide free feminine products in the Communications/Music Complex.

College of Music and Media to provide free menstrual products

Rae Walberg, Projects Editor
October 5, 2021
Courtesy of Gabriel Lesser.

Commuter students reflect on challenges post-Ida

Rae Walberg, Projects Editor
October 2, 2021
Classes canceled for next week, online learning begins Sept. 13

Classes canceled for next week, online learning begins Sept. 13

Rae Walberg
August 31, 2021
A student stands in the residential quad among fallen branches the morning after Hurricane Ida tore through campus.

Loyola announces fall semester plans after Hurricane Ida knocks out power

Rae Walberg
August 30, 2021
Fallen branches block the entrance to Beiver Hall. Hurricane Ida left campus without electricity and forced classes to be canceled for the rest of the week.

Classes canceled for rest of week as Loyola goes without power

Rae Walberg
August 30, 2021
The Maple Leaf Bar was one of the first venues to enforce entry restrictions.

[Photo] Music venues require entry vaccines or tests

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor
August 28, 2021
A student walks through a roadwork site on Freret street, Aug. 11, 2021. The roadwork, which is expected to continue through September, has caused Loyola students to rethink their parking plans.

[Photo] Construction on roads impacts commuter parking

Jackie Galli, Worldview Assistant
August 28, 2021
Loyola student-run Food Recovery network was established to address the food waste on-campus. Currently, the leftover food is packaged and donated to a Christian non-profit organization, the New Orleans Mission.

Students save Orleans Room leftover food to be donated

Rae Walberg
April 10, 2021
Recycling bins sit outside the Danna Center on Loyola's campus. With Loyola's renewed recycling initiative, Loyola students will once again be able to recycle plastics. Photo credit: Gabrielle Korein

Loyola resumes recycling after year-long hiatus

Rae Walberg
April 7, 2021
Signs and a trailer from RISE St. James sit in front of a house. The environmental group has been protesting the construction of 14-plant chemical complex Formosa plastics. Photo credit: Rae Walberg

Activists fight plastic plant’s entrance into St. James Parish

Rae Walberg
March 17, 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.

Shortages slow down COVID-19 vaccinations

Rae Walberg
February 24, 2021
Krewe member Bushra Ahmad holds paintings of Mardi Gras costumes.

Krewes adapt to a pandemic Mardi Gras

Rae Walberg
February 3, 2021
A Wolf Pack batter swings at a pitch during the spring of 1991. At the time, baseball was Loyola's only varsity sports team, now Loyola has 16.

How Loyola sports created Olympic athletes, lost its athletics program and gained it back

Rae Walberg
October 31, 2020
National Hurricane Center

Classes to go online as Tropical Storm Zeta nears

Rae Walberg
October 27, 2020
Students walk in front of Marquette Hall. Loyola is partnering with Ochsner to create an undergraduate nursing program.

Loyola and Ochsner announce undergraduate nursing program

Rae Walberg
October 21, 2020
Marquette Hall stands tall on Loyola's campus at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year. Photo credit: Alexandria Whitten

Advancement continues to recruit donors during COVID-19

Rae Walberg
October 4, 2020
University President Tania Tetlow speaks at a podium.

Tetlow speaks on finances, diversity and the human resources process

Rae Walberg
October 1, 2020
Data collected from Loyola University New Orleans

Tetlow explains lack of COVID-19 testing, data tracking

Rae Walberg
October 1, 2020
Community fridge initiative aims to feed New Orleans with fresh food

Community fridge initiative aims to feed New Orleans with fresh food

Rae Walberg
September 24, 2020
Loyola plans to open campus up to normal operations after Hurricane Sally shifted East. The latest predictions said it is no longer impacting the New Orleans area, according to a university email. Photo credit: National Hurricane Center

Campus operations return to normal Wednesday as Hurricane Sally shifted East

Rae Walberg
September 15, 2020
Photo credit: Gabriella Killett

Tanuja Singh steps up as provost during unprecedented times

Rae Walberg
September 13, 2020
Loyola freshman Myranda Cook walks to her first in-person class in Monroe Hall on Sept. 3. Photo credit: Peter Buffo

Loyola freshman grapples with entering college during a pandemic

Rae Walberg
September 10, 2020
Members of the Louisiana National Guard sign students in for free on-campus testing in the parking lot of Mercy Hall Aug. 31. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Parents say unmasked soldiers conducted COVID-19 testing on campus

Rae Walberg
August 31, 2020
Predictions for Tropical Storm Laura from the National Weather Service estimate the storm may become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall later this week. Photo credit: National Weather Service

In-person classes to resume Wednesday, with caution amid tropical storms

Rae Walberg
August 24, 2020
The National Weather Service sent out an update August 23, showing Hurricane Marco as it approaches southeast Louisiana. Tropical Storm Laura is to follow later this week, authorities say.

Loyola issues campus-wide lockdown, shelter-in-place order as Hurricane Marco nears

Rae Walberg
August 23, 2020
Photo credit: National Weather Service

Loyola to largely start online as two tropical storms approach the Gulf Coast

Rae Walberg
August 22, 2020
White cement letters spell out "Loyola"

Loyola appoints new equity and inclusion officer after months without one

Rae Walberg
August 20, 2020
Students move into Buddig hall during move in on Thursday Aug. 15, 2019. A donation box will be made available at the end of the year for students to donate unwanted items during move-out.

Loyola offers delayed move-in dates for students

Rae Walberg
August 13, 2020
The Rev. Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. sits in his office at Fordham University in March 2017. Schroth served as advisor for The Maroon and a journalism professor at Loyola from 1986 to 1996. Schroth passed away July 1, 2020 at age 86. (Photo Courtesy of Michael Wilson).

Jesuit priest, former Maroon advisor Raymond Schroth passes away at 86

Rae Walberg
July 14, 2020
Photo credit: Michael Bauer

The Maroon launches mobile news app

Rae Walberg
July 1, 2020
Sunderland Shands, Political science and spanish sophomore, protests on the streets of Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd. Floyd died May 25 after Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, an action that has prompted nationwide protests against police brutality. Photo courtesy of Sunderland Shands.

Loyola students protest following death of George Floyd

Rae Walberg
June 29, 2020
Loyola Grad Sophia Thomas joins President Donald Trump in the White House for national nurses day.

Loyola’s healthcare heroes reflect on fighting a global pandemic

Rae Walberg
June 10, 2020
The Alder Hotel Uptown is a mile away from Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola has just announced a deal with The Adler to house some of the displaced upperclassmen during the Fall 2020 semester. Photo credit: Alexandria Whitten

Upperclassmen who were denied on-campus living can apply for housing at the Alder Hotel

Rae Walberg
June 5, 2020
University President Tania Tetlow speaks at a podium.

Tetlow addresses the university’s plans to be diverse and inclusive

Rae Walberg
June 4, 2020
Student Government Association President Freedom Richardson at the Presidential Candidate Debate on March 3, 2020. Richardson recently released a statement regarding racial discrimination at Loyola. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

SGA president releases plan to combat racial discrimination at Loyola

Rae Walberg
June 2, 2020
The horseshoe on Loyola's campus sits empty on a foggy day. The university is offering a free three-credit course on COVID-19 to students this summer. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Loyola to offer a free, three-credit COVID-19 class

Rae Walberg
May 15, 2020
pregnant women

Pregnant women cope with giving birth during COVID-19

Rae Walberg
April 29, 2020
The Loyola bookstore has extended the deadline for textbook returns

Bookstore extends deadline for textbook return

Rae Walberg
April 24, 2020
The Maroon's Quarantine Playlist

Songs for Self-Isolation: The Maroon’s quarantine playlist

Rae Walberg
April 13, 2020
Palm Court sits outside the Music/Communications Complex below a cloudy sky in late March 2020. The School of Mass Communication and design has received criticism for hailing a diverse student body but not a diverse faculty.

Students still at Loyola quarantine in home away from home

Rae Walberg
April 11, 2020
People in Audobon Park

Opinion: Gen Z needs to stop being selfish during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rae Walberg
April 11, 2020
New Orleans could be the New Atlantis

The New Atlantis: Climate experts prepare for New Orleans’ potentially bleak future

Rae Walberg
April 7, 2020
International Student in front of Loyola

Loyola’s international students struggle to make plans, get home

Rae Walberg
March 22, 2020
Front of Loyola University's campus

Loyola law professor dies after contracting COVID-19

Rae Walberg
March 17, 2020
Uptown college students sit outside of popular local bar and grill. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

Governor closes bars, movie theaters and restricts restaurants in efforts to slow virus spread

Rae Walberg
March 16, 2020
Glory 'Tomi' John and Alexys Wright work in a lab together on Jan.10. The two worked together to start a new chapter of the Minority Association for Pre-Medicine Students at Loyola. Photo credit: Rae Walberg

Organization MAPS out students’ futures

Rae Walberg
February 13, 2020
Students evacuate Biever Hall on Feb. 12 after a sprinkler went off, flooding the sixth floor of the residence hall.

[Photo] Sprinklers set off on sixth floor of Biever Hall

Emma Ruby
February 12, 2020

Malik Rahim from Loyola Maroon on Vimeo.

New Orleans activist reflects on a life in social justice

Rae Walberg
February 7, 2020
A woman walks by The Boot Bar and Grill while people mill around outside on Sept. 10. Tulane University Police said a shot was fired early in the morning of Jan. 12. Photo credit: Andres Fuentes

Shot fired outside the Boot early Sunday morning

Rae Walberg
January 12, 2020
Photo credit: Sam Lucio

College Football Championship to bring large weekend crowds and traffic restrictions.

Rae Walberg
January 12, 2020
Courtesy of Disney

Review: “Frozen 2” slips on thin ice with confusing plot points and loss of authenticity

Rae Walberg
December 10, 2019
The Rev. Thomas P. Greene, S.J. (right) travelled to Rome to study social justice. Greene was named a provincial superior Nov. 6. Courtesy of Robert Ballecer.

Loyola graduate to become the head of the Jesuits in the South and Central regions of the U.S.

Rae Walberg
December 5, 2019
Courtesy of Disney.

Review: “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” sticks to the status quo

Rae Walberg
December 2, 2019
Student veteran

Student veterans camouflage with the Wolf Pack

Rae Walberg
November 18, 2019
The city was granted 25 acres of green space in Gentilly to create the Mirabeau Water Garden, which is set to open in the summer of 2020. The gardens were created to educate the public on water conservation and other eco-friendly practices. Courtesy city of New Orleans.

Loyola Academy to bring conservation knowledge to Mirabeau Gardens in Gentilly

Rae Walberg
November 17, 2019
scams

Phishing scams plague student emails

Rae Walberg
November 7, 2019
Myles Burns poses with a ball in his hands at practice, Sept. 20, 2019. The men's basketball team will open up their season in the Den against Southeatern Baptis College on Oct. 26, 2019. Gabrielle Korein/The Maroon

Sophomore stars look to build off last year

Rae Walberg
October 7, 2019

College Democrats host environmental debate

Rae Walberg
October 4, 2019
Kids at climate strike

New Orleans joins nationwide climate strikes

Rae Walberg
September 30, 2019
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