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Cooks at NOLA Crawfish King and BBQ pick through fresh crawfish.

New Orleans chefs share crawfish boil traditions

Jariah Johnson, Digital Team February 8, 2022

For many Louisianans, the smell of crawfish in the pot brings up memories of good times, loved ones, and original recipes. New Orleans area crawfish chefs are no exception as many local cooks prepare...

boxes of COVID-19 tests

Students struggle with COVID-19 testing availability

Arianna D'Antonio, Staff Writer February 8, 2022

Students struggled with a lack of COVID-19 testing availability as they prepared to return to in-person classes and fulfill the university’s requirement to submit a negative test result before arriving...

Akilah Jones sits in her new office at Loyola. Jones was recently hired as the new Director of Student Conduct.

Loyola hires new Director of Student Conduct, Akilah Jones

Hannah Darcey, Worldview Editor February 3, 2022

Loyola hired Akilah Jones last November as the new Director of Student Conduct after months without a permanent director or Title IX coordinator. Though the Title IX position remains unfilled, Jones said...

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Loyola sets guidelines for yet another COVID-19 semester

Daniel Schwalm, Senior Staff Writer February 3, 2022

In the face of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Loyola is ramping back up restrictions and safety guidelines to protect the campus community from the new wave of the pandemic. All students who are eligible...

Mardi Gras decorations featuring a face wearing a COVID mask adorns an oak tree on St. Charles Avenue Jan. 22, 2022.

New Orleans residents make plans for COVID-safe Mardi Gras

Domonique Tolliver, Life and Times Assistant February 1, 2022

“Without a doubt, we will have Mardi Gras 2022,” declared Mayor LaToya Cantrell at New Orleans’ annual Kings Day celebration on Jan. 6. While this excited some New Orleanians who have missed the...

EDITORIAL: Weve got déjà vu

EDITORIAL: We’ve got déjà vu

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor February 1, 2022

It’s official: we’ve been in a pandemic for nearly two years now, and it has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride. Our heads are spinning in this endless cycle, and after Loyola announced that...

Rack of basketballs are in focus behind Loyola players standing and cheering at the ongoing mens basketball game

Mens’ basketball adds 17th win

Alexandra Akes, Assistant Sports Editor January 28, 2022

Loyola mens’ basketball added a 17th win to their record last week as they returned to The Den for the first time in nearly three weeks. Despite losing their first game of the season last week, the...

A computer with a track running across the screen

Zooming into the semester

Maleigh Crespo, Op/Ed Editor January 27, 2022

Loyola announced that classes would begin virtually until Jan. 31 with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in New Orleans due to the omicron variant for the spring 2022 semester.  “It’s kind of...

Loyola sign sits in the grass in front of Marquette Hall

Loyola announces return to in-person classes on January 31

Domonique Tolliver, Assistant Life & Times Editor January 21, 2022

After starting the spring semester virtually, in-person classes will resume for all colleges of Loyola University on Jan. 31. In the last two weeks of the fall semester, the omicron variant caused COVID-19...

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Loyola will no longer require proof of vaccination to attend university events or use university facilities.

Loyola confirms 84 active COVID cases

Madeline Taliancich, Managing Editor for Digital December 14, 2021

There are 84 cases of COVID-19 among the Loyola community as of Dec. 14, according to the COVID-19 dashboard. Eighty-one cases are among students while three are among faculty and staff. Fifty-six of...

Theatre arts sophomore Steven Pendleton chats in the dressing room with friends before rehearsal Nov. 9, 2021.

Loyola systems complicate lives of trans community

Gabriella Killett, Managing Editor for Print November 15, 2021

Transgender and gender nonconforming students say that Loyola’s records system and lack of mandatory gender identity training for professors is harming them by allowing misgendering and dead name usage...

tattoo artist

Tattoo Takeover: Art students and alumni joning the tattoo industry

Gabrielle Korein, Senior Staff Photographer November 14, 2021

Grace Powell, Loyola graphic design senior, went from drawing up doodles for her parents as a child to exploring her dreams of entering the tattoo industry as a young woman. Since she can remember,...

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