Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Fine arts junior Grace OMalley makes an art print. She opened her Etsy shop to make art more accessible. File photo. Photo credit: Cristian Orellana

Loyola student artist launches designs for sale on Etsy

Valerie Cronenbold October 15, 2020

Fine arts junior Grace O'Malley wants to speak to the youth in abstract forms through her innovative style of t-shirts and gloss stickers that she sells on her Etsy store.During her third year at Loyola,...

Sophomore Saskia Walker from Rome, Italy stands in her hometown. Walker is one of many international students at Loyola in a tough spot due to COVID-19. Courtesy of Saskia Walker

International students have conflicting feelings as they return to campus

Sofia Mongillo September 28, 2020

Amidst the chaos and tragedy that has swept the nation as a result of COVID-19, international students have been caught in the crossfire of the virus.At Loyola, where more than 100 students are from 40...

Posters advertising February concerts are still in the window of Gasa Gasa. The venue closed and is now for sale because of COVID-19.

New Orleans music venues struggle and endure during COVID-19

Valerie Cronenbold September 25, 2020

The mecca of jazz music has felt the impact of the hit that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on the music industry, which has shifted the landscape in live performance. With the closing of Gasa Gasa and...

Psychology sophomore Constance Ward attends Dr. Alvaro Alcazars Spirituality and Environment Class on Sept 23, 2020. Classes will remain online on Jan 17, 2024 due to inclement weather.

Professors struggle through online teaching

Zia Sampson September 25, 2020

Professors entered this semester teaching more online classes than ever after Loyola changed learning management systems over the summer and the change has made online learning more difficult for educators....

Cosma Dog performs a live show at Gasa Gasa.  The band has been struggling since the outbreak of COVID-19. Courtesy of Kate Fenasci.

Loyola-based band adapts to a ‘new normal’

Gabby Barre September 14, 2020

As the city remains under COVID-19 restrictions and music venues remain closed, local musicians are facing uncertainty about the state of their industry.At the rise of the COVID-19 outbreak in March, Loyola...

Elisabeth Beth Cohen is mixing music at the Banks St. Bar. Cohen, class of 2020, is building her career as DJ Lady Lavender. Courtesy of Bryce Ell.

Loyola alumna builds career as DJ

Gabrielle Korein September 10, 2020

Elizabeth “Beth” Cohen, 22, better known as Lady Lavender, is an up-and-coming electronic music DJ, as well as a Loyola university alumna. Cohen graduated this past May with a degree in music industry...

Loyola freshman Myranda Cook walks to her first in-person class in Monroe Hall on Sept. 3. Photo credit: Peter Buffo

Loyola freshman grapples with entering college during a pandemic

Rae Walberg September 10, 2020

Six months before studio art freshman Myranda Cook came to Loyola, she was told that she would finish her final year online, missing out on the festivities that usually conclude a senior year of high school,...

A picture of history senior Stephanie Adams

Loyola senior grapples with saying goodbye to college during COVID-19

Rose Wagner September 10, 2020

History senior Stephanie Adams never imagined her final year of college would look like this. She had planned for Feminist Fridays surrounded by her friends and young freshman eager to talk for hours...

The Rev. Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. sits in his office at Fordham University in March 2017. Schroth served as advisor for The Maroon and a journalism professor at Loyola from 1986 to 1996. Schroth passed away July 1, 2020 at age 86. (Photo Courtesy of Michael Wilson).

Jesuit priest, former Maroon advisor Raymond Schroth passes away at 86

Rae Walberg July 14, 2020

The Rev. Raymond A. Schroth, S.J., a Jesuit priest, former journalism professor and advisor for The Maroon for 10 years died July 1, at 86 years-old. Schroth is survived by his nephew Kevin Schroth and...

Photo credit: Courtesy of Zach Brien

COVID-19 Brings News Challenges to Photojournalism

Erin Haynes June 16, 2020

With COVID-19 looming in the air, the world is zooming in on how communities are being impacted. Photojournalist Zach Brien, A'16', believes there is no better time to show how ordinary people are living...

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

Athena Rivera was ready to return to campus in the fall to finish out her final semester at Loyola. After the spring semester was cut short due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the biology senior wasn’t...

Alcoholics Anonymous goes virtual during COVID-19

Alcoholics Anonymous goes virtual during COVID-19

Rose Wagner May 19, 2020

Skyler was isolated. They were anxious to be around people in public, plagued by a certain social paranoia. Feeling a lack of control, unable to see some semblance of a future, Skyler spent most of their...

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