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Athletes assist in move

Recently many of Loyola’s student athletes took on a different type of physical challenge, helping freshmen get their luggage up flights of stairs.

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Ex-Saints player at Loyola

The school of Mass Communications will be hosting Fleur Delirious: a Look at the Saint’s Relationship with New Orleans on Sept. 7th at 7 p.m. in Roussel Hall. In attendance will be former Saints player, Michael Lewis, Times-Picayune sports reporter, Jeff Duncan and the voice of the New Orleans Saints and WWL channel four sports director, Jim Henderson.

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XC 2009

Runners expected to perform

Loyola’s Cross country team is set to host their 5k track tournament invitational for the 2nd time Saturday, Sept. 11th at Lafreneire Park in Metairie, LA.

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Women

Volleyball Tourney Recap

Going into the start of the season, [Tommy] Harold is confident in his team’s offensive abilities and said that they have to work on minor things.

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News

University ministry set to launch program

The Loyola Institute for Ministry, part of the College of Social Sciences, will launch its online master’s degree programs in pastoral studies and religious studies on Sept. 7.

National Guard Loyola

Loyola upgrades hurricane evacuation following storm

Events five years ago proved that an update to the university’s evacuation plan was crucial. Loyola University New Orleans had no evacuation plan prior to Hurricane Katrina. If a storm hit, students who lived on campus would stay in their residence hall, along with student affairs staff members.

Commencement

Freshmen enrollment increasing consistently

Enrollment numbers are looking up this year with a projected three percent increase throughout the university. The undergraduate increase is about a five percent increase.

Katrina-class graduate returns to the city he fell in love with

Only days before Hurricane Katrina swept through all of New Orleans leaving the city and its surrounding areas under water, Duncan Pray, A’10, took his first steps on campus.

AP Wire

Russia Opposition Protest

Russia Opposition Protest

Opposition groups have been calling rallies on the 31st day of each month to honor the 31st article of the Russian Constitution, which guarantees the right of assembly.

Chile MIne Collapse

Chile Mine Collapse

Thirty-three men stuck far underground are now the longest-trapped miners in recent history.

Factory Raid Lawsuit

Factory Raid Lawsuit

Hugo Alcantar Fernandez, a plaintiff, stands by as the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups announced a federal lawsuit against Terra Universal Inc., of Fullerton, Calif.,

Portugal training Euro 2012 Soccer

Portugal Training Euro 2012

Portugal's soccer player Ricardo Quaresma, right, drives the ball past goalkeeper Beto during their training session at Primeiro de Maio Stadium, in Braga, Portugal.

September Stock Slump

September Stock Slump

The economic outlook is weakening, home sales are plunging and stocks are on a four-month losing streak after a disappointing August.

Life & Times

Lee Slan Swamp Stomp SophoMORE

Initiative targets sophomore retention

The SophoMORE Swamp Stomp served as a welcome-back party for all Loyola sophomores, as well as the kick-off event for the university’s SophoMORE Initiative program.

Candy C-Store

Student eating habits revisited

Let’s face it, living in New Orleans makes eating healthy a little more difficult for those low-budget, high stress students who have the option of eating in one of the few locations that accepts Wolfbucks ----or indulging in the fatty cooking that characterizes Southern cuisine, and hitting the closest diner.

Abandon all hope ye who enter here

In Defense Of

As a junior at Loyola who has had her fair share of triumphs and more than enough failures, I will act as your tour guide through the cesspool of iniquity that could be your college experience. 

The American George Clooney

‘The American’ stands out in film

A lone stranger enters a town. His motives are nebulous and he keeps to himself. He falls for a woman while sinister forces conspire to take him unawares in the town.

Sports

Athletes assist in move

Recently many of Loyola’s student athletes took on a different type of physical challenge, helping freshmen get their luggage up flights of stairs.

Ex-Saints player at Loyola

The school of Mass Communications will be hosting Fleur Delirious: a Look at the Saint’s Relationship with New Orleans on Sept. 7th at 7 p.m. in Roussel Hall. In attendance will be former Saints player, Michael Lewis, Times-Picayune sports reporter, Jeff Duncan and the voice of the New Orleans Saints and WWL channel four sports director, Jim Henderson.

XC 2009

Runners expected to perform

Loyola’s Cross country team is set to host their 5k track tournament invitational for the 2nd time Saturday, Sept. 11th at Lafreneire Park in Metairie, LA.

Women

Volleyball Tourney Recap

Going into the start of the season, [Tommy] Harold is confident in his team’s offensive abilities and said that they have to work on minor things.

Opinion and Editorial

Rebecca Connick

In My Opinion Column: Volunteering in Jamaica changed my life

In My Opinion

About this time last year, I made the decision to trade in my Christmas break for 12 days in the Jamaican sunshine with Ignacio volunteers. I expected to have the time of my life while serving the people of Kingston, Ad Majorem Dei Glorium.

Wilda Valdez

In My Opinion Column: Spanish is more effective for emotions

Even though it has fewer words than English, Spanish has more descriptive and emotional words, and as a result can express feelings more clearly.

John Crutti

More technology, less knowledge

On The Record

Technology is incredibly powerful in function, yet behind the fancy looks and capabilities lies the same electronics and computer fundamentals that we have had for decades.

Opinion Column: Parking should cost more

Think About It

Can we really claim that high parking prices are highway robbery?

Loyola five years after the storm

AT ISSUE: Loyola thrives even after hurricanes and lawsuits

Five years later, Loyola is still not back to pre-Katrina enrollment levels. However, if we use the class sizes as a reference, the school is on the right track. This year’s freshman class came in at an impressive 801 students; if we multiply that over four years the hypothetical undergraduate enrollment in three years will be 3,204.

Letter to the Editor

To the Editors: Some thoughts on Walter Block’s “On the Record” essay (if that is the correct word—others, e.g., “screed,” come to mind). The BP oil spill, “played havoc with the economic welfare of people in states stretching from Texas to Florida (none of which, apart from Florida, voted for Obama).