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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Jamal Melancon

Jamal Melancon, Senior Staff Writer

Jamal is a mass communication senior with a focus in journalism. Before serving on The Maroon as the Senior Staff Writer, Jamal worked as the Worldview Editor, Life and Times Editor, Religion Editor, Assistant News Editor and a Staff Writer. In his free time, he likes to read comic books.

Contact: [email protected] or @Jam_M_Mel

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Purchasing specialists hired to maintain financial stability

Purchasing specialists hired to maintain financial stability

Jamal Melancon
October 4, 2018
Doug Page spins records between music performances at the Landing Festival Sneak Peak on Saturday, September 2. The free event previewed Tipitina’s developers’ music venue on Lake Pontchartrain. (Courtesy of Zach Brien) Photo credit: Zach Brien

Lakeshore Landing concert sneak peeks outdoor facility, preps for Spring opening

Jamal Melancon
September 21, 2017
Andreanecia Morris, executive director of HousingNOLA, leads a panel discussion about affordable housing issues facing New Orleans. The panel was held at The Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Local affordable housing officials discuss budget concerns

Jamal Melancon
August 30, 2017
Senator Jean-Paul Morrell speaks at a town hall hosted at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, located on 6001 Stars and Stripes Boulevard. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Catch basins, oversight discussed at hurricane preparedness town hall

Jamal Melancon
August 23, 2017
Robert Turner, Director of Engineering and Operations for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority East, holds up a piece fabric mat sheet that is being used in armoring levees before they are lifted in a two part project. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Flood protection officials update coastal projects

Jamal Melancon
April 21, 2017
Loyola rap duo finish new project

Loyola rap duo finish new project

Jamal Melancon
April 8, 2017
The PT-305 World War II ship sits in its boathouse at the Lakeshore Landing project site at the South Shore Harbor on Lake Pontchartrain. The public can purchase tickets for 90-minute rides on the boat starting April 1. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Tipitina’s owners to open ‘entertainment destination’ on Lake Pontchartrain shore

Jamal Melancon
March 16, 2017
Music industry junior Dominick Bioc performs as "YDS" (Young Death Stroke) at The Carver Theater on Feb. 25. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Loyola rekindles rapper’s passion

Jamal Melancon
March 13, 2017
Photo credit: aLive Coverage

Buku Music & Art Project returns revitalized

Jamal Melancon
February 16, 2017
(Courtesy of Ruvini K. Wijesekera)

[Photo] Environmental activist, filmmaker to present at Loyola

Natalie Hatton
February 8, 2017
Scott Sentilles and his girlfriend Caitlin Settle cosplayed as Wirt and Greg from Cartoon Network's "Over the Garden Wall." Photo credit: (Courtesy of Scott Sentilles)

Wizard World Comic-Con 2017 champions cosplayers

Jamal Melancon
January 13, 2017
Matthias Worch (Courtesy of 2k)

Designer discusses ‘Mafia III’ setting

Yuichiro Oguma and Jamal Melancon
December 9, 2016
Photo credit: Anna Dobrowolski

Editorial: Medical marijuana should be researched

Jamal Melancon
December 6, 2016
Photo credit: Anna Dobrowolski

Medical marijuana could serve as anti-epileptic alternative

Jamal Melancon
November 30, 2016

Loyola senior performs on Saturday Night Live

Jamal Melancon
November 9, 2016

Loyola to show “The House That Will Not Stand”

Jamal Melancon
November 8, 2016
Daniel Garrison, starring as Babylon Jones, drops to his knees in realizing the development that's occured to his old neighborhood. Mininger shot the scene in the uptown campus area. (Courtesy of Dylan Mininger)

Film spotlights black man’s reaction to gentrification

Jamal Melancon
November 7, 2016
Follow the music to New Orleans

Follow the music to New Orleans

Jamal Melancon
September 24, 2016
The New Orleans Out of the Darkness Community Walk raised over $40,000 and 600 people registered.The New Orleans chapter hopes to raise $50,000 by Dec. 31 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Photo credit: Colleen Dulle

Student confronts mental illness

Jamal Melancon
September 21, 2016
Earl St. Clair (Courtesy of Def Jam Recordings)

Def Jam artist Earl St. Clair seeks to spark positivity

Jamal Melancon
September 14, 2016
In her master class inside Nunemaker Hall, Irini Kyriakidou instructs vocal performance junior Emilie Tolley in performing her operatic arias. Kyriakidou covered how to arrive at more clear vocals to achieve a preciser sound. Photo credit: Tasja Demel

Opera stars teach master classes, perform at Loyola

Jamal Melancon
September 7, 2016
NOMA’s RosaMary Curator of Decorative Art & Design, Mel Buchanan, points to contemporary design examples in the exhibition "The Essence of Things: Design and the Art of Reduction." Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

NOMA features first design exhibition

Jamal Melancon
September 1, 2016

Krewe of OAK celebrates Mid-Summer Mardi Gras

Jamal Melancon
August 26, 2016

Acclaimed documentary to kick-off First Year Common Experience

Jamal Melancon
August 26, 2016
Mike Hazel performs at "We Are Fest" at The Fly on May 26. (Elijah LeNoir)

Rapper finds support, inspiration in relationships

Jamal Melancon
August 24, 2016
Parth Sangoli, Kinjal Shah, Kaushal Shah and Dhara Danger play with powder as they celebrate the holi festival of colors event that took place in Tulane’s Bruff Quad. Photo credit: Kristen Stewart

The Colorful faces of Holi

Jamal Melancon
April 14, 2016

Webinar discusses Pope Francis seeing mercy and encounter as teaching tools

Jamal Melancon
April 14, 2016
Medieval saint's vision of creation to be a planetarium show

Medieval saint’s vision of creation to be a planetarium show

Jamal Melancon
April 8, 2016
The Rev. Mariano Veliz shares his experience with God’s mercy in his life at St. Anthony of Padua Church. He said God gave him the strength to his forgive his parents’ decision making. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Divine Mercy conference considers social pariahs

Jamal Melancon and Caleb Beck
March 4, 2016

Pew Research Center puts Louisiana in the top five most religious states

Jamal Melancon
March 4, 2016

St. Anthony of Padua to host a two-day Divine Mercy conference event

Jamal Melancon
February 26, 2016
Sydney Smith, Leslie Rowland, June Smith, Yari Diaz, Scott Hanthorn, the Rev. Shingaku Kato and Tim O’Hara (left to right) gather for a Nichiren Shoshu general meeting on Sunday, Feb. 21. Kato presided over his first general meeting in New Orleans and plans to make a minimum of two visits per year to the area. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Nichiren Shoshu priest encourages the spread of faith through family

Jamal Melancon
February 26, 2016

Justice Scalia remembered at funeral mass

Jamal Melancon
February 26, 2016
David Lopez plays guitar during Iglesia de Dios Getsemani's 2016 Primicias celebration. Lopez has been a musician in the ministry department for three years. Photo credit: Victor Hugo

First fruits celebration puts God first

Jamal Melancon
February 17, 2016
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[Photo] Attorney credits success to mantra chanting

Jamal Melancon
January 28, 2016

Staff members are not given winter break

Jamal Melancon
January 25, 2016

Campus environmentalists choose cans over plastic

Jamal Melancon
November 18, 2015

Changes in financing medical coverage creates lower costs for faculty, staff

Jamal Melancon
November 12, 2015

Diwali: The Festival of Lights

Jamal Melancon
November 6, 2015
Enrollment and retention numbers exceed budget goals

Enrollment and retention numbers exceed budget goals

Jamal Melancon
October 22, 2015
Loyola's theater department shows students how to be "The Ladies Man"

Loyola’s theater department shows students how to be “The Ladies Man”

Jamal Melancon
October 22, 2015
Lee Deigaard stands in front of her Ink on Rag Paper, "Untitled (Wildwood III) in the Collins C. Diboll Gallery on the fourth floor of the Monroe Library at an opening for Deigaard and Rachel Jones Deris. Deigaard's work is drawings and photogenic drawings largely inspired by trees in New Orleans and Deris' will display her new paintings. Photo credit: Taylor Galmiche

Artist debut art work in Loyola gallery

Jamal Melancon
October 11, 2015

Lindy Boggs Center creates Loyola Literacy Lagniappe initiative

Jamal Melancon
October 2, 2015

New Orleans trees influence featured Diboll Gallery artist

Jamal Melancon
September 29, 2015

Loyola staff workers reflect on displacement, family members in wake of Hurricane Katrina

Jamal Melancon
September 25, 2015
Savon Jackson (left) , Nathaniel Williams (center) and Diondre Thomas and Lester Tony attended the Wilderness Camp this year. The Rev. Emanuel Smith Jr. at the Israelite Baptist Church organizes the camp. Photo credit: Jamal Melancon

Pastor sets up camp for local children

Jamal Melancon
September 25, 2015
Blackboard Mobile Learn app doesn't feature full benefits of website

Blackboard Mobile Learn app doesn’t feature full benefits of website

Jamal Melancon
September 17, 2015
Walter Burke, left, and Ian White, right, a music business sophomore, play with Chopped Up Tulips at the Willow Bar. Chopped Up Tulips are one of several bands benefiting from opportunities at Loyola.

Loyola pushes for musical diversity and opportunity

Jamal Melancon
September 17, 2015
Freshmen and seniors from last year's first-year retreat pose for a photo at the Fountainbleau State Park. This year, the retreat will be held at the same location.

The first-year retreat will be a time to bond for freshmen

Jamal Melancon
September 11, 2015

Loyola welcomes Class of 2019

Jamal Melancon
August 28, 2015

Loyola receives accolades from Princeton Review

Jamal Melancon
August 27, 2015
Law enforcement and other emergency personnel respond to the scene of a shooting at the Grand 16 movie theater on Thursday, July 23, 2015, in Lafayette, La.

Trend in gun violence sparks national attention

Jamal Melancon
August 27, 2015
Loyola created new green space between Bobet and Marquette hall. They created the green space after Thomas Hall was torn down in the spring. Photo credit: Zach Brien

The grass is greener on the other side

Jamal Melancon
August 20, 2015
Student Success Center and Magis Program introduced at Loyola

Student Success Center and Magis Program introduced at Loyola

Jamal Melancon, News Assistant
July 14, 2015

New director appointed for School of Nursing

Jamal Melancon, News Assistant
July 14, 2015
Loyola announced as "hidden gem" of Louisiana

Loyola announced as “hidden gem” of Louisiana

Jamal Melancon, [email protected], and @Jam_M_Mel
May 26, 2015

Bateman team gears up for 2015 competition

Jamal Melancon
February 5, 2015
Students Advocating Gender Equality plan for the upcoming semester at their first meeting. The club was disbanded in spring of 2014 and is now being re-established with a mix of old and new members.

Gender equality organization relaunches

Jamal Melancon
January 29, 2015
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