2008 Woodie Awards
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After two years of sagging post-Katrina admissions, the university has hastened to make this year's incoming class a symbol of progress. The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., university president, highlighted this year's larger-than-expected freshman class at both faculty and student convocations held on Sept.
After consulting faculty, students and staff members, the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., university president, announced the cancellation of the Oct. 13 and 14 fall break holiday in an e-mail to the student body today. Wildes stated that the schedule changes were necessary after the campus's closing for Hurricane Gustav to meet the required number of class hours for the academic year.
Walking through the new and improved Danna Center has left many to wonder, "Whose idea was this?" With new paint, television monitors, more food selections and new furniture, the Danna Center can best be described as "mod." Director of co-curricular programs Chris Cameron said architect Henry Muñoz of the Kell-Muñoz Firm first had the vision for the student activity center's modernized look.
Loyola announced this afternoon that, due to the increased threat of Tropical Storm Gustav, classes are cancelled Aug. 29 and normal campus operations will cease the next day. Students, faculty and staff must evacuate Loyola's campus by Aug. 30 at 9 a.m. The university requested that all staff check in on the morning of Aug.
Loyola will allow students to return to residential halls noon on Sunday, Sept. 7, when normal campus operations resume, said university emergency communications. Classes and business operations will resume the following Monday, including the Whelan Childcare Center, said the university.
View photos of the hurricane damage sustained by Loyola's campuses and nearby neighborhoods.
University operations were successfully suspended Thursday, and the campus was fully evacuated Saturday morning, said the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., university president, in an email to the Loyola community.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - University authorities expect classes to commence on-campus starting Monday, Sept. 8, according to the Loyola Web site updated today at 4:22 p.m. Although prior to the storm the date of return had been scheduled for Thursday; the Office of Public Relations said the Emergency Response Team awaited further verification of levee safety levels.
Traces of environmental friendliness are everywhere, from the shirts with a healthy earth slapped across the fronts to bags in the grocery store to other consumer merchandise advocating a "greener" lifestyle. Loyola, too, has recently been aiming to make its campus more eco-friendly and to raise its D minus grade from the non-profit Sustainable Endowments Institute to a more acceptable score.
Loyola announced this afternoon that, due to the increased threat of Tropical Storm Gustav, classes are cancelled Aug. 29 and normal campus operations will cease the next day. Students, faculty and staff must evacuate Loyola's campus by Aug. 30 at 9 a.m. The university requested that all staff check in on the morning of Aug.
The Office of Co-Curricular Programming has made efforts to bulk up teamwork and organizational skills on campus by implementing a personal assessment test for new students and staff. Generated from 30 years of research in positive psychology, the Gallup Organization developed the StrengthsQuest program as a Web-based 170-question test designed to help determine a person's top five strengths from of a comprehensive list of 34.
Orientation for the 2012 centennial class ended Saturday with the opportunity to help rebuild New Orleans. Mission and Ministry - a new joint organization between Loyola University Community Action Program and University Ministry - collaborated with new student orientation to coordinate "Into the Streets," three community service tours addressing post-Katrina issues: "Rebuilding New Orleans," "New Orleans Social Justice" and an "overflow" tour to areas hardest hit by Katrina.
William Locander joined Loyola this spring semester as the new dean of the Joseph A. Butt, S. J., College of Business. Coming from Jacksonville, Fla., Locander brings to Loyola a sense of energy, hard work and entrepreneurship. Locander served as the founding director and chair of the Davis Leadership Center at Jacksonville University's Davis College of Business. Locander brings this leadership role to Loyola to share it with students and faculty.
For many Loyola students who light up after a few hours of studying, the library entrance's steps are the perfect social smoking area. But if a new Loyola SGA proposal passes this year, the smoke clouds that rise above the Monroe Library and many other places on campus will permanently disappear.
View Larger Map Although The Maroon took a hiatus during the summer, thieves - both successful and unsuccessful - and the occasional transvestite did not. To compensate for the time, here are five of the top stories between May and August. Two men wearing ski masks broke into a business on the 7600 block of Maple St.
Loyola beamed up a number of new art pieces placed around campus to complement the city-wide international modern art show visiting New Orleans this November
Professors at Loyola get special attention from the credit crisis
The faculty senate approved the Student Government Association's smoking policy, after Robert Gerlich, S.J. voted in favor, breaking the tie.
"I am absentee voting," graphic design sophomore Audrey Schreck said.
Loyola has joined a new trend in universities across the country with the development of service-oriented living/learning communities.
Law alumni return
Everyone complained about this year's Voodoo Fest lineup. We all whined about the prices and Death Cab For Cutie's sudden drop out. But when the weekend finally rolled around, time could not be better spent anywhere other than with your drunken friends in City Park.
Fall fashion may be hitting the runways of New York, but political buttons, t-shirts and bumper stickers seem to be the fashion-forward trend dominating the Loyola "runway."
You see that title under my name? That's unadulterated theft. It comes from my brother Jimmy Bower. He's a high-school dropout, has tattoos from head to toe and Willie Nelson's taste in hair and drugs. And he's from the West Bank. He sounds just terrible, doesn't he? But since his Wikipedia page says he's the "Godfather of Southern Metal," I guess someone digs his style.
The Office of Admissions recently discovered not as many people love Loyola as much as they do.
Next Tuesday is fast approaching and you know what that means - new DVD releases. Well, if you want advice on what you should absolutely buy, what you should rent once and what you should stay away from, check out this guide on what's hot and what's not.
Need advice on the twists and turns that young love can make? Then read this column for a straight solution.
Loyola is a constant haven for music all around its historic campus. Take a peek at these rising stars within its own galaxy.
Jennifer Hudson (Academy Award winner and American Idol finalist) experienced a family tragedy when she learned her mother and brother were shot to death. FBI later found her 7-year-old nephew dead too.
Loyola's men's basketball team is hoping to improve their record for the second straight season after an 11 game improvement in the 2007-2008 season.
The recent economic crisis is taking its toll on people and institutions, and Loyola University athletics is no exception. While the athletics department hasn't felt the sting yet, it could in the future, according to Michael Giorlando, athletic director and men's basketball coach.
To follow up from my last column, this will be the second in a series of seven principles that I will discuss in fitness and how they apply to our life dilemmas.
Amanda Oldani marketing freshman, has been playing volleyball since she was in sixth grade, when she played for a club team. In eighth grade, Oldani began playing for her high school team, New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas, where she won the True Blue Award for being an outstanding student-athlete.
AT ISSUE: City-wide exhibit to display artwork on Loyola's campus
In response to the article "WFF workers lunch underground in closet with cleaning supplies" written on Oct. 29: A result of raising worker wages is attracting a higher class of worker and retaining the best current workers. This is fine and good, as Loyola will see better results: a cleaner campus and a higher skilled work force.
Dear Editor, Hookah cafés and lounges may be one of the hottest college fads to pop up in New Orleans, but smoking hookah tobacco pipes has many health consequences.
Libraries across the country are developing spaces called Information Commons, Learning Commons or Research Commons. At Loyola University New Orleans, the mission of the Monroe Library's Learning Commons is to provide a collaborative space where students, faculty and staff can come together to study, learn, teach and socialize.
Alex Guiden
Come Nov. 5, either Barack Obama or John McCain will be President-elect of the United States. Our president. My president. President of Democrats, Republicans and independents. After a drawn out campaign and vicious attacks, it is time for national unity.
Day one: Day two: Day three:
