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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

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Pop culture’s use of African-American English raises questions of appropriation, understanding

Khayla Gaston February 25, 2021

Pop culture's mass usage of African-American English has diffused the language from the Black community into the general American public, raising questions about this appropriation and its impacts. This...

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Poems for Black History Month

Valerie Cronenbold February 14, 2021

  By Ahnia Leary   Do They Care About Me? Do they care about me? The body of my brother once warm grows cold, Do they care about me? A scared young life that will never grow old, Do...

Loyola sophomore Cy Jones and her long-distance boyfriend John Lenyk take a selfie during their time together. Jones has used University Programming Board events such as Stuff a Wolf and Bears 4 Bae to make presents for her boyfriend who she hasnt seen in five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bears 4 Bae event helps long-distance couple connect

Madeline Taliancich February 10, 2021

Sophomore Cy Jones plans to stuff “Al” E. Gator or “Pudge” the Pig at the University Programming Board’s Bears 4 Bae event this Thursday. The event comes just a few days before Valentine’s...

Mike Washington makes sketches for a Mardi Gras Indian costume.

Mardi Gras costumer adapts to year without parades

Sofia Mongillo February 9, 2021

With Mardi Gras parades being canceled because of the coronavirus, many small businesses and artists have found their work disrupted. Because of the city’s well-known reputation regarding the event,...

Troy Pierre II poses in front of a billboard featuring his work The Tides Turning.

“The Tide’s Turning” for student visual artist and filmmaker

Khayla Gaston February 5, 2021

Digital filmmaking senior Troy Pierre II initiated alignment with his creative field at a young age. Now, his latest work "The Tide's Turning" stands on a billboard on the corner of Loyola Avenue and Poydras...

Krewe member Bushra Ahmad holds paintings of Mardi Gras costumes.

Krewes adapt to a pandemic Mardi Gras

Rae Walberg February 3, 2021

With Orleans Parish cancelling its parades for the first time since 1979, krewes and parade members have adopted socially-distanced ways of celebrating Mardi Gras. Queen of Sparta Shannon Garrety, A'20,...

Five members of black fraternities and sororities pose on campus.

Black fraternities and sororities on campus hold rich history, lifetime commitments

Gabriella Killett February 3, 2021

For most, it was just a Sunday. For others, it was Alpha Kappa Alpha’s sorority initiation day. For Lauren King and her line sisters, it was the first day of the rest of their lives. Now, AKA’s...

Basketball player next to his father

Father-son basketball duo faced off in Loyola v. Southern Miss. game

Jillian Oddo January 6, 2021

While the Dec. 28 men's basketball game between Loyola University New Orleans and the University of Southern Mississippi was only an exhibition contest, it meant so much more to two of its participants. On...

Graphic design senior Emilia Cicero practices sewing in her New Orleans home. Cicero is working toward opening an Instagram store to showcase her artwork. Hannah Renton/ The Maroon. Photo credit: Hannah Renton

Loyola student uses graphic design to fundraise

Domonique Tolliver November 13, 2020

As COVID-19 cases surged through the country, anxiety and isolation set in for many people. The confusion and stress of what the virus really was and when it would end began to sink into society. Loyola...

Digital film senior Alyson Hetzel and philosophy senior Regina Nicosia display a two person pole dancing technique at Nicosias 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

Everyone knows that friends who pole dance together stay together. At least, that's according to Alyson Hetzel and Regina Nicosia, who are students, friends and pole dancers. Hetzel, digital film...

Volleyball coach Jesse Zabal hand draws Christmas cards for friends and family. Art and creativity are an important outlet for her. Courtesy of Jesse Zabal

Volleyball coach finds joy drawing Christmas cards

Brendan Heffernan November 12, 2020

While she earns her living in locker rooms and gymnasiums, Loyola head volleyball coach Jesse Zabal says that art has always been a huge part of how she says, "I love you.""It definitely is a huge part...

First in the Pack students Francesca Lausen and Cynthia Russell became good friends through the organization last year. Cynthia came to Loyola representing her home, the Clifton Choctaw Native American Reserve, and wants to bring attention to the violence Native American women have to face all over the country. Francescas family is from San Juan, Puerto Rico; being a very involved student at Loyola, Francesca has plans of attending grad school after she graduates this upcoming semester. Photo credit: Maria Paula Marino

First in the PACK creates community for first-generation students

Domonique Tolliver November 5, 2020

Loyola's organization for first-generation college students, First in the PACK, is working to create a community for students to be supported and celebrated within Loyola even amid the ongoing COVID-19...

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