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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

A student adjusts the volume dial on a mixer. The music industry college offers a mix of music and business classes for its students.

Loyola named one of the top music business school

Kloe Witt, News Editor November 2, 2023

Billboard Magazine has once again named Loyola as one of the top music business schools in the world. This is the third year in a row Loyola has been on the list with other universities such as Berklee...

The Loyola community celebrates Loyola Week on campus with banners such as this one in November of 2010. Some of the activities during Loyola Week include a dodge ball game and a concert.

Loyola week events

Eloise Pickering, Assistant News Editor November 2, 2023

Loyola is hosting a week of events in honor of Loyola week. 11/4 Wolves on the Prowl Day of Service from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Good Shepherd School 11/5 Walking Pilgrimage of Churches 8:30...

Pro-Palestine protest met with opposition

Eloise Pickering, Assistant News Editor October 28, 2023

Tulane and Loyola students took to the street to launch the first of what is to become a weekly pro-Palestinian protest. They were met with opposition, as pro-Israeli counter protesters formed on the opposite...

Violence erupts at protest

Jacob L'Hommedieu, Worldview Editor October 27, 2023

A pro-Palestinian protest began on Freret Street and McAlister Dr. in Uptown New Orleans at 12:30 p.m., on Thursday October 26. Between Tulane and Loyola campuses, several hundred people gathered to protest...

Tampa 5 figure speaks at Loyola

Tampa 5 figure speaks at Loyola

Eloise Pickering, Assistant News Editor October 27, 2023

Chants saying “Justice for the Tampa 5, protesting is not a crime” rang out of a Monroe Hall classroom as a group of students and staff welcomed speaker for the Tampa 5, Laura Rodriguez, to tell her...

Students sit in the Res Quad on March 29, 2022. A vigil will be held weekly for students in the res quad over situations in the Middle East.

Loyola hosts weekly vigil for community

Ava Acharya, Senior Staff Writer October 27, 2023

In response to the ongoing violence in the Middle East, Loyola will be holding a weekly open-mic vigil for students to share their thoughts and feelings surrounding the conflict. Ken Weber, Loyola’s...

Picture of the 12th floor in Buddig Hall. In 1968, an exorcism was performed on the eighth floor of the building.

Spooky Flashback: ‘Satan’ visits Buddig Hall

Vicki Salloum, Staff Writer, Spring 1974 October 27, 2023

EDITORS NOTE: This story was originally published on Feb. 14, 1974 by The Maroon following an exorcism on the eighth floor of Buddig Hall. The story has been republished in honor of the Halloween season. With...

Students hold candles at annual Take Back the Night event on Oct. 17, 2023. This event is for community members from around New Orleans to stand in solidarity of violence against women.

Community aims to take back the night

Tiara Perrie, Staff Writer October 27, 2023

Loyola’s annual Take Back the Night event showcased community and support for survivors of sexual assault and gender based violence. Loyola University’s 33rd annual Take Back the Night event took...

The front of the Loyola University Police Department.

LUPD: Stay alert during protest

Kloe Witt, News Editor October 25, 2023

Chief of Loyola University Police Department Todd Warren sent an email out reminding community members to stay alert during the protest in support of Palestine. The protest is set to occur on Oct. 26...

Law professor Andrea Armstrong teaches Constitutional Law at the law school on Oct. 17, 2023. Armstrong was awarded the Genius Grant for her work with prison reform.

Law professor named MacArthur Fellow and recepient of “genius grant”

Kloe Witt, News Editor October 20, 2023

Loyola’s Dr. Norman C. Francis Distinguished Professor of Law Andrea Armstrong has been named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow and received the “Genius Grant” for her creation of the Incarceration Transparency...

Professor Alvaro Alcazar teaches Liberation Theology on Sept. 27, 2023. Alcazar teaches ideals of social justice in his classes.

From Exile to Educator: Loyola professor fosters social justice

Sophia Maxim, Design Chief October 20, 2023

After being tortured in and exiled from the Philippines for his political activism, professor Alvaro Alcazar came to Loyola to foster a community driven by social justice. This was 38 years ago. Since...

Loyola band Planet of the Little Green Men performing at Gasa Gasa on March 11, 2023. The band is frustrated with Loyola not paying them timely for performing at university events.

Artists frustrated with untimely payments

Abigail Schmidt, Staff Writer October 20, 2023

Loyola musical artists have recently expressed concern over not getting paid in due time for shows and events they have done through the university. Popular and commercial music junior Diego Gutierrez...

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