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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Rebekah Vensel, music industry senior, stands in the center with Adren LaGrone, biology senior, (left) and Danely Romero, music with elective studies senior, (right) pose at the Punkin Point Farm. The farm is Vensels family-owned pumpkin farm in Pennsylvania. Photo credit: Rebekah Vensel

Loyola senior runs pumpkin patch with family

Andres Fuentes October 30, 2018

Fall break is typically filled with Netlfix binges, small road trips and maybe an essay or two, but for Rebekah Vensel, it's always been about the pumpkins.Making the 1,140.3 mi trip every year to her...

Pharmacist Donna L. administers a flu shot Jan. 18, 2018, at a Walgreens in New Orleans. Doctors and pharmacist can give the flu shot. SOFIA SAMAYOA/The Maroon.

College students fail to be vaccinated

Tyler Wann October 26, 2018

College students are failing to make the grade when it comes to being vaccinated for the flu, with less than half of students on college campus getting vaccinated. According to a 2017 survey done by the...

A catch basin on St. Charles Ave. near campus sits next to still water. Mayor Cantrell looks to New Orleans communities to help clean the catch basins. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Mayor’s office launches new plan to fix city infrastructure

John Casey October 26, 2018

In the peak of hurricane season, flooding in New Orleans can become dangerous. As the city struggles to mobilize resources, efforts to solve the problem have fallen to the New Orleans community. Mayor...

FILE - In this June 15, 2017, file photo, a customer inserts a Mastercard credit card to pay for parking in Haverhill, Mass. Mastercard rolled out a digital trade platform Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, designed to make it easier for companies to do business around the world. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Students crumble under looming debt

Saylor Britt October 23, 2018

With student loan debt in the United States amounting to more than $1.5 trillion, according to a 2018 Forbes report, many students may be asking themselves if college is worth the price.WalletHub, a nationally...

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Disney announces cruises to base out of New Orleans in 2020

John Casey October 19, 2018

The tourist experience in New Orleans just became a little more magical. Disney Cruise Lines announced on Sept. 27 that the company will begin operating cruises out of the Port of New Orleans starting...

students cheer

High school rivalries in the Big Easy are a unique tradition

India Yarborough October 18, 2018

There’s one question New Orleans natives can’t escape: “Where’d you go to high school?” It’s a seemingly simple inquiry, but for many, the answer is rife with history. New Orleans native...

Logo of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault. LaFASA works with colleges to prevent sexual violence. Courtesy of LaFASA.

Foundation fights to end campus sexual violence

Samuel Kahn October 1, 2018

Amid numerous sexual violence threats on campuses and Secretary of Education Betsy Devos’ proposed change to Title IX, the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault is allocating its federally...

Portrait of Chloe’ Washington, popular commercial music senior. Washington said that having natural hair protects your hair from harmful chemicals. ROSHA’E GIBSON/The Maroon. Photo credit: RoshaE Gibson

Women embrace their natural hair

Rhon Ridgeway September 28, 2018

Recently, women have started to embrace their natural curls, coils, and kinks. While the surge in self-confidence in hair may be a defining moment for women who have started styling their natural hair,...

Photo credit: Jacob Meyer

Alcohol sales rise during Tropical Storm Gordon

Tyler Wann September 25, 2018

Hurricane days usually mean local businesses are going to take a hit while everyone is holed up inside waiting for the storm. But for businesses serving booze, the bad weather can end up paying off.“There’s...

Students outraged over $1,000 Ebook

Students outraged over $1,000 Ebook

Khayla Gaston September 25, 2018

Students at University of Louisiana at Lafayette were shocked at the $999.99 price of an ACCT 201 and 202 e-book required for accounting courses. The topic made headlines and sparked a discussion about...

Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn rescinds his order banning the city’s recreation department from purchasing Nike products for use at city recreation facilities, during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, at Veterans Park in Kenner, La. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP)

Kenner rescinds Nike ban following backlash

John Casey September 24, 2018

Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn faced backlash on Sept. 9 after a controversial memorandum calling for all city recreation facilities to halt the purchasing of all Nike products became public on social media. The...

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Tenants sue in discrimination lawsuit

Jc Canicosa September 21, 2018

Unlike the typical annoyances of New Orleans, such as living like cockroaches or broken air conditioners, several Uptown tenants say they have dealt with a much bigger pest, their landlord. Jerry Kelly...

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