Dear Editors, One of our goals as an academic institution is to encourage people to cultivate critical thinking. You can imagine my dismay when reading the Sunday New York Times and I found remarks...
When I was a senior in high school, the drama club coach decided we were to perform Thornton Wilder's "Our Town". For those of you who don't know, "Our Town" is notable for being performed without a set...
The other day, my friend and I were daring each other to do unusual things in crowded areas-run across table tops, stand in a trashcan for five minutes, hug a stranger and give them a compliment, etc. I...
Last Friday, President Obama delivered a speech outlining a series of reforms to the federal government's phone and Internet surveillance program. While he acknowledged that federal surveillance programs...
For some, hitting the end of the third week of the 2014 spring semester means a week closer to Mardi Gras parades. For others, it means midterms are around the corner and you haven't even bought your...
Recently unearthed from my mother's attic was a framed Maroon article. It was an interview conducted shortly after I was elected SGA president in 1999. I read with amusement and some resignation about...
Local and citywide elections are quickly approaching with the primaries taking place on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Positions held by District City councilmen and women, as well as New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu,...
On the morning of Monday, Dec. 16, more than 40 faculty and staff members anxiously waited in line, some for up to 10 hours, to elect themselves into the university's voluntary severance program. Our...
Not many Loyola students have had the privilege of experiencing a night at Friar Tuck's or a construction-free Monroe. They didn't see the vegetable garden in front of Monroe's aquarium windows next to...
"They've forgotten the drama of it all," claims the figure in a Guy Fawkes mask. The speaker is V, the anti-hero of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta. In V's world, human progress has reached an impasse, while...
Dear Loyola, You have made me a lot of promises during my time as a student. You promised me a construction-free Buddig Hall my sophomore year. You were late, but I did not complain. You put my department...
I have no pity for anyone during finals week. I realize we all spent the first half of this semester watching Breaking Bad and the second half recovering from what happened to Gustavo's face. Now, when...
