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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon
Emma Ruby

Emma Ruby, Projects Editor

Emma is a mass communication junior from Arlington, Texas. This semester she serves as the projects editor and has previously been a staff reporter, news editor and senior staff writer at The Maroon. She has also had experience on the breaking news desk at her hometown paper, The Dallas Morning News.

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Drugging incident opened up a complex disciplinary maze for one student

Emma Ruby, Staff Writer
March 17, 2022

[Video] Team manager makes buzzer beater ending 100 point game

Alexandra Akes
February 11, 2022
Chloe Russo (second from right) plays Janet Weiss in a performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Prytania Theater.

Halloween Rocky Horror Picture Show returns to New Orleans

Emma Ruby, Staff Writer
November 15, 2021
Classes from the Caribbean

Classes from the Caribbean

Emma Ruby, Staff Writer
November 8, 2021
Biever Hall stands tall on a muggy morning on Feb. 6, 2018. As the first home of many freshmen on campus, it develops its own unique culture. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Residential Life looks to loosen COVID-19 restrictions in fall semester

Emma Ruby
June 7, 2021
The entrance to Iggy's Cupboard, an on-campus food pantry for students, welcomes students in. Students on Loyola's campus have experienced food insecurity and relied on the pantry for support. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

Resident assistants voice concern over university food allowance

Emma Ruby
March 26, 2021
Digital film senior Alyson Hetzel and philosophy senior Regina Nicosia display a two person pole dancing technique at Nicosia's uptown residence on November 6. To Hetzel and Nicosia, pole dancing can be more of a fitness-based art, rather than something that is solely sensual. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Students find their art in pole dancing

Emma Ruby
November 12, 2020
Student contact tracers struggle to keep up with workload

Student contact tracers struggle to keep up with workload

Emma Ruby
November 12, 2020
Loyola professor Lindsay Sproul stands beside her float in the Krewe of Nyx this Mardi Gras season. Sproul helped disband many members from the krewe after a leader posted an All Lives Matter post on Facebook. Courtesy of Lindsay Sproul

Loyola professor stands up against Mardi Gras krewe leader

Emma Ruby
October 19, 2020
Screenshot from the Loyola chapter of Pi Kappa Phi's Instagram. The chapter announced a recent bias incident investigated by the University in an Instagram statement posted on Sept. 24, 2020.

Pi Kappa Phi addresses allegation of racial slur used by fraternity associate

Emma Ruby
September 24, 2020
Walter Block, professor of economics at Loyola's headshot. Block's academic work has been criticized for what some students have said is an ideology that perpetuates racist and sexist beliefs.

Clashing petitions call for Walter Block to be fired, given a raise over academic work

Emma Ruby and Rose Wagner
June 17, 2020
The Communications/Music Complex at Loyola sits under a sunny sky May 17, 2020. During an October 2019 accrediting analysis of Loyola's mass communication program, visiting accreditors reported that Loyola’s school benefited from strong leadership and a diverse student body.

Accrediting visit reported mass communication program “free of harassment,” discrimination

Shadera Moore and Emma Ruby
June 15, 2020
A sign that residence halls are closed due to COVID-19 is posted on the door to Carrollton Hall on May 17, 2020. Upperclassmen were notified in a May 21 email that they would no longer be provided on-campus housing for the fall 2020 semester in order to decrease the density of students on campus due to COVID-19 safety concerns.

Students react to losing on-campus housing for fall semester

Emma Ruby and Zia Sampson
May 22, 2020
Prospective students talk to Loyola staff members during Admitted Students Day back in March 2020. Due to COVID-19, admissions has had to transition from in-person tours to online marketing techniques in order to recruit graduating high school seniors. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Admissions at Loyola, Tulane adjust processes due to COVID-19

Emma Ruby
April 21, 2020
A rent sign outside an Uptown home. Many students are facing uncertainty surrounding their rental agreements amid the growing coronavirus crisis. Photo credit: Andrew Lang

Students struggle to pay rent amid COVID-19 economic impact

Emma Ruby
March 26, 2020
University President Tania Tetlow has encouraged students still in New Orleans to go home.

Tetlow urges students still in New Orleans to go home

Emma Ruby
March 16, 2020
Photo illustration by Michael Bauer

Wi-Fi continues to aggravate

Emma Ruby
March 5, 2020
Photo credit: Rose Wagner

Tanuja Singh will step into provost role this summer

Emma Ruby
February 14, 2020
Students evacuate Biever Hall on Feb. 12 after a sprinkler went off, flooding the sixth floor of the residence hall.

Sprinklers set off on sixth floor of Biever Hall

Emma Ruby
February 12, 2020
Kern Maass dancing on a parade route

Parade stomping gives Dean Maass appeal

Emma Ruby
January 20, 2020
The Jonas Brothers perform live at the Smoothie King Center on Nov. 12, 2019. The group performed in New Orleans as a part of their "Happiness Begins" tour. Photo credit: Emma Ruby

Review: The Jonas Brothers in concert is the comeback you’ve been waiting for

Emma Ruby
November 20, 2019
The single sign on log in screen.

Students face single sign on frustration

Emma Ruby
November 17, 2019
A commercial production filming on campus redesigns a Loyola sign for their set on Nov. 8 2019. The production sparked controversy when students and faculty reported hearing simulated gunshots. Hannah Renton/The Maroon. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

Opinion: Don’t film your violent show on my campus

Emma Ruby
November 15, 2019
A student wears a cross necklace on Nov. 6. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Students explore faith, new religious perspectives

Emma Ruby
November 8, 2019
A woman walks by The Boot Bar and Grill while people mill around outside on Sept. 10. The Boot is the site of a recent sexual battery, in addition to the starting point of two recent sexual assaults.

Police chief offers updates on assaults

Emma Ruby
October 24, 2019
Girls dance at an Uptown bar on Sept. 6. Police have warned students that Uptown bars such as The Boot, TJ Quills and The Willow are "target rich environments."

Nightmare bar scene plays out Uptown for senior

Emma Ruby
September 16, 2019
A police car sits on Broadway Street outside The Boot Bar & Grill on Sept. 6. The recent reports of sexual assaults linked to the Uptown bar have led to an increase police presence in the area.

Recent assaults linked to The Boot

Emma Ruby
September 13, 2019
A police car sits on Broadway Street outside The Boot Bar & Grill on Sept. 6. The recent reports of sexual assaults linked to the Uptown bar have led to an increase police presence in the area.

Loyola police chief says of recent Boot assaults, “we’re dealing with predators”

Emma Ruby, News Editor
September 6, 2019
Students eat at a table at the Dining Room at the Commons on Sept. 3. The new dining hall was opened up to Loyola students on Sept. 3.

Tulane unveils new dining hall

Emma Ruby
September 5, 2019
The space that once housed the on-campus pizza restaurant, Deaux, sits outside Carrollton Hall. The space will soon become a community kitchen. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Deaux is a neaux geaux

Emma Ruby
August 30, 2019
Chris McQueen (bottom row center) sits with the 2019 Krewe leaders. McQueen is leaving Loyola after two years in the student life and ministry office.

Greek life coordinator leaves Loyola

Emma Ruby
August 22, 2019
Cars in the Freret Street parking garage back into spaces despite new parking policies. Backing into a space will now lead to a citation from LUPD. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

New parking policies bring aggressive change

Emma Ruby
August 19, 2019
Incoming freshmen and their family members attend a Wolf Pack Welcome orientation in Roussel Hall on Aug. 14., 2019. The first-year class is one of the largest in recent years and has led to discussions about expanding and altering on-campus housing options. Photo credit: Michael Bauer

Freshman class size causes housing concerns

Emma Ruby
August 16, 2019

HowlConnect replaces OrgSync

Emma Ruby
August 15, 2019
SGA’s executive branch is inaugurated in Thomas Hall on April 10th. The administration is still without a Director of Communications for the 2019-2020 school year. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

New SGA cabinet appointees draw excitement and criticism for next year’s government

Emma Ruby
April 25, 2019

Loyola Student named Truman Scholar

Emma Ruby
April 11, 2019
Environmental studies sophomore Liam Donovan picks up a plate of pasta in the Orleans Room. Wolf Pack athletes try their best to maintain a healthy diet.

Loyola athletes learn how to dine with the Wolf Pack

Emma Ruby
April 9, 2019
Illustration by Ariel Landry.

Democrats prepare for 2020 election

Emma Ruby
April 8, 2019
SGA announces cabinet positions

SGA announces cabinet positions

Emma Ruby
April 5, 2019

English department announces editing and publishing center

Emma Ruby
April 4, 2019
Loyola Loyal Day aims to exceed $250,000 in gifts

Loyola Loyal Day aims to exceed $250,000 in gifts

Emma Ruby
March 20, 2019
Creepy, paranormal events have haunted students for years. In this story, Emma Ruby describes the history of the spoopy tales.

Loyola has a history of haunted happenings

Emma Ruby
March 8, 2019
beth cohen loyno dance

Beth Cohen shares a love of dance and music

Emma Ruby
February 5, 2019
SGA kicks off election season

SGA kicks off election season

Emma Ruby
January 31, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during an organizing event at Manchester Community College in Manchester, N.H., Saturday, Jan.12, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Democrats double down for 2020 election

Emma Ruby
January 19, 2019
Marquette Hall

BREAKING: Loyola put under financial probation for fiscal year 2019

Emma Ruby
December 11, 2018

‘Women in Music’ panel encourages gender inclusivity

Emma Ruby
December 7, 2018
Design by Emma Ruby and Riley Katz

Tetlow to receive Loyola scepter

Riley Katz and Emma Ruby
November 14, 2018
Photo credit: Loyola University New Orleans

UPB honors the President with ‘Tetlow Fest’

Emma Ruby
November 11, 2018
Resigns

Vice president for finance and administration resigns

Emma Ruby
November 7, 2018
Loyola students portray the Radium Girls who were exposed to radium in workplace, "These Shining Lives." "These Shining Lives," tells the true story of a feminist victory when women took their fight for equality in the workplace to the Supreme Court. Photo credit: Sidney Ovrom

Social justice themes ring throughout theater production

Emma Ruby
October 19, 2018
Priority registration no longer guaranteed for students with disabilities

Priority registration no longer guaranteed for students with disabilities

Emma Ruby
October 18, 2018
NOLA Chicken Fest

New Orleans flocked to Fried Chicken Fest

Anderson Leal and Emma Ruby
September 27, 2018
The organization of Young Americans for Liberty had a free speech ball in the Peace Quad. Marcus Maldonado, Tulane student, wanted to promote free speech. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Loyola students exercise free speech through giant graffitied beach ball

Emma Ruby
September 20, 2018
Audubon Zoo elephants

Audubon Zoo elephant herd grows by two

Emma Ruby
September 6, 2018
Beiver Hall

[Photo] Res Life triples up in Biever Hall

India Yarborough
August 23, 2018
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