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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Date Auction hosts announcing the total amount of money raised on Nov. 11. Date Auction is an annual event put on by the Union of Vietnamese Student Associations to raise money for a philanthropy.

Watch: Vietnamese student associations take Date Auction to new heights

Sidney Holmes November 15, 2017

New records were broken this year as Vietnamese student associations from all over the Gulf Coast gathered for their annual Date Auction. With more than 600 people in attendance at Tulane’s McAlister...

In this June 15, 2017 photo, a bipartisan group of lawmakers surround Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards as he signs 10 criminal justice bills into law during a ceremony in Baton Rouge, La. Hundreds of inmates are about to get early releases from Louisiana prisons and jails, a milestone in a push to reduce the nation’s highest incarceration rate. The early release of roughly 1,500 inmates on Nov. 1 is the product of a new package of laws overhauling the state’s criminal justice system. (AP Photo/R.J. Rico) Photo credit: Associated Press

Louisiana criminal justice reform goes into effect

John Casey November 11, 2017

Lower prison populations may be coming for Louisiana as criminal justice reforms went into effect on Nov. 1.The overhaul, comprised of 10 bills, passed through state legislature this past June. The bills,...

An unidentified prisoner stares out into the crowd of free people at the Angola Rodeo.  Almost half of all Louisiana convicts return to prison within five years of their release, a problem that reentry programs like the one at the Louisiana State Penitentiary aim to fix. Photo credit: Andrew Callaghan

Prisoners look to life after incarceration through reentry program

Andrew Callaghan November 10, 2017

Louisiana is the most incarcerated state in the most incarcerated country in the world. At 776 per 100,000 people incarcerated, Louisiana sits well ahead of the rest of the United States. Under the...

LaToya Cantrell (center) speaks at a forum in Nunemaker Auditorium on Sept. 19, 2017. She was joined by fellow runoff candidate Desiree Charbonnet (right) and third place finisher Michael Bagneris (left). Photo credit: Nick Reimann

New Orleans to elect new mayor on Nov. 18

Nick Reimann November 8, 2017

Polls open at 7 a.m. next Saturday (Nov. 18) for New Orleans voters to decide who will lead their city for the next four years. One thing is for sure – that next leader will be a woman. The two vying...

Murder clearance rates in New Orleans have dropped for the last several years.

New Orleans hits 120th homicide for 46th year in a row

John Casey November 3, 2017

The city of New Orleans is on a grim streak. The first of October marked the 46th consecutive year with over 120 homicides in the city. Only two other American cities with populations under a million can...

Algiers Folk Art Zone to host sixth annual festival

Kaylie Saidin November 1, 2017

It has been 17 years since New Orleans native Charles Gillam founded the Folk Art Zone & Blues Museum, which continues to be an integral part of the artistic community in Algiers Point. The museum,...

Mass communication junior Nick Boulet uses a water refill station in the Monroe Library.  The stations have eliminated waste from millions of water bottles. Photo credit: John Casey

Water refill stations reduce plastic bottle use

Hayley Risse November 1, 2017

Loyola’s sustainability initiative in 2012, intended to implement water refill stations around campus, has eliminated waste from just over three quarters of a million disposable water bottles as of this...

Tulane provost Robin Forman speaks about his universitys decision to allow guest status to students from Puerto Rico. Photo credit: Nick Reimann

Tulane offers free tuition for displaced students in Puerto Rico

Nick Reimann October 25, 2017

With Puerto Rico still reeling after Hurricane Maria, Tulane is now offering a helping hand for the thousands of students studying there that were displaced. The university sent out a blog post...

Loyola hosts annual Take Back the Night march

Cody Downey October 25, 2017

Sponsored by Loyola, Tulane, Dillard, Xavier, University of New Orleans and University of Holy Cross, the annual Take Back the Night event will begin at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday night in Loyola’s Horseshoe...

President Donald Trump listens as he is introduced to speak with winners from the National Minority Enterprise Development Week Awards Program, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump speech at Values Voter Summit draws criticism

Jack Deorio October 24, 2017

President Donald Trump became the first president to attend the Values Voter Summit earlier this month, a summit that has been criticized by organizations nationwide for connections to anti-LGBT and white...

Brittiny McNeil holds the hat and flag of her late husband New Orleans Police Officer Marcus McNeil while she is comforted by her daughter Camille McNeil, 2, left, next to her other daughter, Maisie McNeil, 5, bottom right, and McNeils mother Kimberly McNeil, top right, and his grandmother Alvena McNeil at Mount Olivet Cemetery during his funeral in New Orleans, La., Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michael Harrison, left, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu, second left, stand with hands over their hearts. McNeil, 29, was shot and killed Oct. 13 during a routine patrol. (Matthew Hinton/The Advocate via AP) Photo credit: Associated Press

City mourns fallen police officer

John Casey October 24, 2017

A New Orleans police officer was shot and killed in the early morning of Oct. 13 during a shootout in New Orleans East.According to NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison during a press conference, four...

A student walks out of the Dana Center on Loyola Universitys campus and tosses a bottle into nearby recycling bins.  The new bins were intended to be more attractive and unique with hopes of enticing individuals to use them more frequently. Photo credit: John Casey

Recycling efforts on campus still evolving

Hayley Risse October 19, 2017

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Plastered on posters and printed on trash cans, these three words, accompanied by three rounded arrows, are the distinguished symbol of environmentalism. In recent years, Loyola’s...

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