Ask anyone — for the most part, a college education has lost its traditional appeal as a spillway from the awkward throes of adolescence into middle and upper-class corporate America and is instead more...
Dear Loyola Students:
In light of last week’s announcement regarding a Wolf Buck plan participation requirement for commuter students beginning Fall 2016, we wanted to take a moment to clarify the...
Last year I was one of the final five applicants of an intense internship program, but I didn’t get the position. I posted to Facebook how excited I was to even make it through that far, but for the...
Kurt Bindewald Director of University Ministry and Associate Director of Mission & Ministry
• March 13, 2015
I am responding to several illogical arguments and conclusions I found in your “The Talk” editorial of the Feb. 27 edition of The Maroon.
While I commend your voice in trying to bring a greater...
Alicia A. Bourque, Ph.D. Director, Counseling & Health Services
• March 13, 2015
The topic of sexual health and education supporting the advancement surrounding this topic is of the utmost importance. While the voice of The Maroon is much appreciated and helps bring a greater awareness...
Walmart, the largest private sector employer in the United States has announced that it will be raising its employees’ wages.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillan declared that his company would be undergoing...
Last month, a federal judge in Oklahoma City ruled that Oklahoma could continue using the controversial sedative midazolam in a three-drug cocktail to execute prisoners.
In doing so,they reject...
Disclaimer: Our editorial board recognizes our privilege in covering this subject — none of us are transgender, but we are luckily in a position where we can hear the issues that matter to our student...
It has become common today to dismiss sexual assault, especially on college campuses, because of modern hook-up culture.
Furthermore, few students are educated about what to do after a sexual assault...
I hate guns.
It’s no secret. I’ve never even held one. I think they belong solely in the military and the police force; maybe in the hands of those who hunt for sustenance, but that’s another...
You’re walking in the French Quarter and someone you don’t know asks you for a dollar, claiming homelessness. You look straight ahead and keep walking.
You might feel bad about it, but you didn’t...
We need to have a conversation about sex.
This conversation needs to arise not after another Loyola student is sexually assaulted or raped. Three such instances have been reported this semester alone.
This...
