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The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

A sign promoting social distancing hangs from a lamppost in Palm Court Aug. 3. Loyola is offering free on-campus testing in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Photo credit: Alexandria Whitten

Loyola will host free COVID-19 testing the first week of classes

Gabriella Killett August 19, 2020

Loyola will have free COVID-19 testing on campus next week, according to a university email sent by Lesli Harris, chief of staff. Testing sponsored by the city and state will be available 8 a.m. to 6 p.m....

A Tulane blue line shuttle pulls out of the Carrollton turnaround in 2018. The cross-campus shuttle service has been replaced with Loyolas own service amid COVID-19 concerns. Photo credit: Julia Santos

Loyola reopens university shuttle service

Gabriella Killett August 18, 2020

Loyola's Shuttle Service is now available again for students, according to an email sent out August 17 by Police Chief Todd Warren. The university will offer two types of services, both requiring Loyola...

The Balcony Ballroom in Metairie sits under a sunny sky on Aug. 18. The venue hosted an event that violated state and city COVID-19 guidelines July 18 and is one of many venues that wedding vendors say have put attendees and service workers at risk during events. Photo credit: Gabriella Killett

Large weddings during COVID-19 frustrate vendors

Gabriella Killett August 18, 2020

Over the span of an hour and a half, about 200 guests, including Jefferson Parish detail officers, walked into The Balcony Ballroom the evening of July 18. While many people who entered the establishment...

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Streaming This Week: August 14

Ver Lumod August 14, 2020

We are now two weeks away from the return to classes. Streaming services have you covered with exciting new content to pass the time and be enthralled. Here are the films and TV shows streaming this week. August...

Sonya Duhé poses in front of the anchor desk in Studio A at Loyola. Duhé is suing Loyola University New Orleans, where she taught for more than a decade, claiming the school violated her contract by not welcoming her back as a member of its faculty after Arizona State University nixed her as its next journalism dean amid allegations of racism back in June.

Sonya Duhé sues Loyola, claims wrongful termination after losing ASU job

Rose Wagner August 12, 2020

Sonya Forte Duhé is suing Loyola University New Orleans, where she taught for more than a decade, claiming the school violated her contract by not welcoming her back as a member of its faculty after Arizona...

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Loyola requires students to undergo COVID-19 training, sign updated code of conduct

Gabriella Killett August 3, 2020

Loyola is requiring students to complete an online COVID-19 training course about health policy, social distancing, as well as Loyola's new standards for the return to campus by Aug. 10. Those who don't,...

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Review: On “Hollywood” and the American dream

Sam Marin July 29, 2020

When I started watching the Netflix limited series "Hollywood," I didn’t have many expectations. Like a lot of shows on the streaming service, I found it because it was on my recommendations list (congrats...

The statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola wears a protective face mask in the Peace Quad on Loyolas campus June 2020.

Loyola plans to reopen as COVID-19 cases in Louisiana rise

Gabriella Killett July 24, 2020

As Louisiana surpasses 100,000 total cases of COVID-19, Phase 2 of reopening the state has been extended, but Loyola still plans on reopening campus, with students traveling from all over the country,...

Loyola commit Stephen Still plays the field in one of the final games of his high school career. Courtesy of Dunham Athletics.

Life goes on for Wolf Pack recruits who lost senior seasons

Brendan Heffernan July 23, 2020

After six years of being on the same team, Wolf Pack volleyball recruit Emily Sheperis wasn’t sure if she’d see some of her best friends ever again. “I’ve seen these girls grow up.” said Sheperis,...

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ICE mandate fuels efforts to accommodate international students

Shadera Moore July 14, 2020

Disclaimer: As of July 14, the Trump administration has reversed course and rescinded the guidelines that would have prevented international students from taking a full schedule of online classes this...

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...

Talia Moore (right), A20, performs a fight scene as Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet in 2019. Moore was one of several theater students of color who said they felt typecast in the departments productions, but her role as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet was one of the first opportunities she was able to play a non-traditional Black role.

Theater students allege typecasting, exclusion of students of color, department promises change

Erin Haynes July 13, 2020

The death of George Floyd and the resulting Black Lives Matter protests have catalyzed students in Loyola’s Theater Arts and Dance Department to come forward with allegations of typecasting in productions,...

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