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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

University budget deficit decreases

University budget deficit decreases

TAYLOR DENSON September 19, 2013

On Sept, 12 the University senate announced that the budget deficit has dropped almost two million dollars from a projected $9.5 million in early August to $7.5 million. The original projection was based...

Brief: Book release honors Jesuit

September 19, 2013

Loyola's Institute for Ministry will celebrate the late Rev. Gerald "Jerry" Fagin, S.J., and the recent release of his new book, "Discovering Your Dream: How Ignatian Spirituality Can Guide Your Life." The...

Brief: College of Law: there’s an app. for that

September 19, 2013

Loyola's College of Law has developed four apps and a search engine for Louisiana Laws through the Litigation and Technology Clinic. Law students represent clients each fall and utilize their experiences...

Firms hired to help with enrollment

KARL GOMMEL and KARL GOMMEL September 19, 2013

Loyola will be host to a title fight happening on campus. In one corner, there's the university's enrollment shortfall. In the other corner, we've got a tag team of consulting firms with a history of...

College of Social Sciences Senators Allison Cormier and Amy Pirtle, Senator- at-large Brooke Mcfarland, and Freshman Senator Lester Duhe sit at the first SGA meeting of the year on Sept. 11, in the Audubon Room. Though SGA is in session, the group is still operating without a constitution.

SGA still without laws

ALICIA SERRANO September 19, 2013

Four weeks into the fall 2013 semester, Loyola's Student Government Association constitution remains inaccessible to students. On Aug. 16, student government was awaiting approval from the Office of Co-Curricular...

ANDREA GALLO

LSU faces legal battle in open records suit

NIA PORTER September 13, 2013

Louisiana State University's adamant refusal to hand over presidential search records has landed its Board of Supervisors in hot water with the Louisiana Supreme Court., according to The Associated Press. The...

Loyola professor fights crime through religion

Loyola professor fights crime through religion

The Maroon September 13, 2013

As a professor in Loyola's Institute for Ministry and chair of the New Orleans Crime Coalition, Michael Cowan combines these distinct passions to combat crime through a religious perspective. In his public...

ALLISON ROGERS

Column: Unilateral action in Syria is not the answer

ALLISON ROGERS September 13, 2013

Something needs to be done. Syrian civilians cannot keep dying at the hands of their government and as a cost of a rebellion. CNN reports that more than 100,000 Syrians are dead and millions more are...

Brief: Journalism student nominated for award

The Maroon September 13, 2013

Lucy Dieckhaus, news editor of The Maroon and mass communication junior, is a finalist for "Story of the Year" from the Associated Collegiate Press. Dieckhaus received the accolade for her coverage on...

Potential new members discuss recruitment with current members. Applications are still being accepted.

Council brings changes and invites new faces

LAUREN CUTULI September 13, 2013

The potential new members for the four sororities on campus will engage in the Panhellenic Council's new process for recruitment this fall. Ariel Breaux, psychology senior and Panhellenic Vice President...

POLICY: Res Hall policy changes

September 13, 2013

Upperclassmen still have 24-hour-visitation until they complete their roommate agreement. Kelch gives an example of how the roommate agreement would help upperclassmen. "Just because I'm an upperclassman...

Students hand their identification cards to the desk assistant in Cabra Hall. The new visitation was implemented this fall in order to place more responsibility upon individual residents.

Visitation policy is modified

DIANA MIRFIQ September 13, 2013

Until three area directors on campus came together to formulate a new residential visitation policy, it looked as if a change would not come. Residential Life area directors Alex Kelch, Christina Nielsen...

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