Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

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Title IX changes nationally and on campus

Zia Sampson, News Assistant November 1, 2021

President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through university communities last year when he made a change to Title IX policy that meant victims of sexual violence had to take the stand during campus disciplinary...

A bartender pours a beer at hot dog restaurant, Dat Dog

Service industry still dealing with the impacts of COVID-19

Devin Cruice, Staff Writer October 31, 2021

The pandemic, subsequent mandates, and Hurricane Ida have brought the status quo of restaurant operation in New Orleans and the nation to its knees. Just under half of all food service and accommodation...

A design of three New Orleans homes include the words Full House in the center, representing the Uptown housing issues

Uptown home expansions impact community

Jackie Galli, Worldview Assistant October 28, 2021

Lifelong Carrollton neighborhood resident Sallie Davis saw an unusual-looking building permit on the front door of a house on the other side of her street a couple years ago. She later found that the permit...

The building formerly used as a Shwegman’s grocery store on Bullard Avenue stands empty in New Orleans East on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2021.

Commercial development meets continued challenges in New Orleans East

Jackie Galli, Worldview Assistant October 24, 2021

Lois Washington raised her three children, became a grandmother of five, and even became a great grandmother in New Orleans East. She moved there 47 years ago, at a time when it was the ideal place to...

An array of colorful pills, representing opioid pills, fall from the inside of a mask.

The COVID-19 pandemic triggers a rise in opioid cases

Madeline Taliancich, News Editor October 21, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has run parallel to another problem facing the nation — the opioid epidemic. The number of deaths caused by drug overdose has increased in every state over the course of the pandemic,...

Brianna Thompson stands onstage, looking at her fellow actor in Caroline or Change

Alumni take on Broadway during COVID

Max Malone, Staff Writer October 19, 2021

Broadway is getting the chance to brush itself off and start anew after being knocked off its feet by the pandemic. Loyola theatre arts alumni Bari Bellard and Brianna Thompson are now working post-shutdown...

Ella Cat is standing behind the bar preparing a drink, while a customer waits patiently at a stool on the other side

COVID inspires kindness among bar patrons

Jackie Galli, Worldview Assistant October 17, 2021

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and bars in New Orleans. In the continued presence of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Uptown bars are seeing fewer patrons as well as changes in customer attitudes. “I...

A drawing of Bergeons car is seen racing down the road after the student was carjacked

Loyola student carjacked following Hurricane Ida

Oliver Bennett, Op/Ed Editor October 14, 2021

History pre-law sophomore Madison Bergeron lost $3,500 worth of items and her car in three minutes when she turned around to find a group of teenage boys tugging on her purse outside of her Uptown apartment. Bergeon...

A graph going over the crime data for the past few years in the city of New Orleans.

Students advised to remain alert during crime spike

Daniel Schwalm, Senior Staff Writer October 5, 2021

Mass Communication Professor Lisa Collins awoke early one morning last year to find her car missing from her driveway. It had been stolen. Police found it eight days later only a few miles away with a...

An image under interstate 10 within the treme with a colorful mural on the bridge. Underneath the mural, a tent is located.

Biden’s I-10 plan impacts the Tremé

Destiny Sanders, Op/Ed Assistant October 4, 2021

The Treme neighborhood changed forever in 1966 when the Interstate 10 Claiborne Avenue Expressway emerged, turning a once vibrant, thriving Black community into a shadow of its former self. The expressway...

The sun shines through a pride flag hanging from a balcony.

Loyola alum experiences LGBTQ+ hate crime

Domonique Tolliver, Worldview Editor September 30, 2021

Kentro Mason, a queer Loyola alum and musician, said their life changed on May 16 during a night out with friends after they heard a man at a bar threaten them. Mason was after dancing for a couple...

Two New Orleans residents walk in the trash parade wearing trash cans

Trash and tensions overflow three weeks after Ida

Domonique Tolliver, Worldview Editor September 26, 2021

Orleans Parish residents are calling for action as they see and smell the effects of no garbage pickup for three weeks after Hurricane Ida. The storm disrupted the already inconsistent trash pickup...

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