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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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REVIEW: “Red, White & Royal Blue” is your new favorite corny rom-com

Addison Laird, Managing Editor for Digital September 1, 2023

  “Red, White & Royal Blue,”the new to Amazon Prime and based on the best-selling novel of the same name, is one of the few rom-coms in recent years that fully encapsulates everything that...

Midsummer Mardi Gras parade begins

Natalia Silva, Life & Times Editor September 1, 2023

Editors note: This story has been updated to reflect krewe organization information. The Krewe of OAK’s 37th annual Midsummer Mardi Gras began rolling on Aug. 23, starting on Oak St. with the theme...

Picnic tables on the hallway outside of Thomas Hall.

Loyola’s best study spots on campus

Eloise Pickering September 1, 2023

Loyola University is a pleasant campus, with numerous outdoor and indoor locations ideal for reading and studying. Some locations are lesser known than others. The Monroe Library alone holds multiple...

Photo illustration by Taylor Falgout/The Maroon

“Ted Lasso: S3” review: How to raise strong and independent men

Ella Michna, Reviews Assistant August 25, 2023

Unlike recent Netflix originals, Apple TV Original “Ted Lasso” retains all the elements of a high-quality, original, and entertaining series. This series came to a wrap in May with its third and final...

Madison Wolfe looks at footage from her music video Black Till Blood Spills

Loyola student starts her music career

Natalia Silva, Life & Times Editor August 25, 2023

Digital filmmaking junior Madison Wolfe is multitalented. Wolfe has been working on her film career for a few years, and now has recently opened up to the music industry. Wolfe is originally from New...

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“The Bear: S2” review: Every second counts, so let it rip

Mia Oliva, Reviews Editor August 25, 2023

Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for FX’s first season of “The Bear” Writer and director Christopher Storer presents audiences with a subsequent season of his critically acclaimed...

4 The Culture Vol. 1 split into two editions; The  Maroon Edition is for Hip-Hop and the Gold Edition is R&B.

Hip-Hop and R&B program drops first album

Abigail Schmidt, Staff Writer August 25, 2023

Loyola’s Hip Hop and R&B Program, the first of its kind in the country, now boasts not one, but two full-length albums of brand-spanking-new songs from the school’s own artists. 4 The Culture...

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“Barbie” review: How a metaphysical matriarchy aggrieved a petulant patriarchy

Mia Oliva, Reviews Editor August 18, 2023

In spite of being long overdue, Greta Gerwig has become the first female director with a billion-dollar film under her belt. “Barbie” has been the highlight of the summer, drawing discourse from...

Singer/songwriter Cason Taite performs at an open mic event at The Writing Wall. The club hosts open mic events once a month.

The Writing Wall fosters student creativity on campus

Kloe Witt, News Editor August 18, 2023

Juniors Addison Laird and Maleigh Crespo started a new student organization that encourages creativity in all forms after feeling Loyola lacked such. The Writing Wall came to Loyola last semester as...

Loyola artist Electra Pelias talks with patrons at art pop-up on Aug. 16, 2023. Pelias often donates 20% of proceeds to local nonprofits.

Loyola artist creates sustainable art for community

Maleigh Crespo, Managing Editor for Print August 18, 2023

Psychology senior Electra Pelias found solace in an unexpected way in early 2020, making and selling face masks to her peers – in the height of the pandemic. What started as a temporary project quickly...

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“Oppenheimer” review: Whose side are we on?

Arianna D'Antonio, Analytics Manager August 18, 2023

A star-studded cast backed by Christopher Nolan had audiences expecting a box office success. But what sets this film apart from the rest of the biopics that have been taking over the industry in the past...

Wild Roots Rising vocalist and instrumentalist, Julia Houghton, performs a folk song on a banjo.

Neutral Ground Fest gathers community support

Sophia Maxim, Lead Page Designer May 31, 2023

Neutral Ground Fest, a benefit event for the relocation of the long-standing coffeehouse, gathered the community members together on the Mississippi River batture. The event featured many regular Neutral...

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