Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

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Best friends JC Canicosa and Harvey the horse take a ride through Nine Acres on a wonderfully cloudy British day. The pony pictured above is not Patch.

Emotional support pony joins NOPD

Chiara Faircloth, Assistant Worldview Editor January 25, 2024

Patch, the one-eyed pony, will keep the New Orleans Police Department horses comforted this year as they stroll the streets together for Mardi Gras. His presence will grace both parade onlookers and the...

A man waves a Nicaraguan flag as people participate in a demonstration called the March of the Flowers remembering the children killed during the last two-months violence, in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, June 30, 2018. The Central American nation has been rocked since April 19 by daily chaos as protesters maintaining roadblocks and demanding Ortegas ouster are met by a heavy-handed crackdown by security forces and allied civilian groups.

Nicaragua threatens religious and speech freedom

Sophia Maxim January 20, 2024

The Nicaraguan government seized the prominent Jesuit-run Central American University – just one of many instances of the recent rampage of President Daniel Ortega’s administration against academic...

Meteorologists predict rainy winter due to “El Niño”

Nezar Berryhill December 1, 2023

We are in an El Nino year. For Louisiana, it means mild and rainy winters, and in this instance for 2023, a very hot summer with a severe drought. Bruce Katz is the chief meteorologist at Fox Station...

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond speaking in Holy Name of Jesus Church, Nov. 10, 2023. Archbishop Aymond announced the closure and consolidation of several parishes in New Orleans due to budget concerns and declining participation, changing the total number from 13 to five.

Jesuits reflect on parish consolidations

Ava Acharya, Senior Staff Writer December 1, 2023

As an effort to ensure the prosperity of New Orleans’ Catholic parishes, Rev. Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans, announced significant consolidation of these parishes. Despite the difficulty...

Loyola, Tulane students partake in nationwide pro-Palestine protest on Nov. 9, 2023.

Loyola, Tulane participate in nationwide protest in support of Palestine

Maleigh Crespo, Managing Editor for Print November 9, 2023

Students from Loyola and Tulane chapters of Students for a Democratic Society banded together for a joint walkout on Nov. 9, 2023. The walkout was part of a series of nationwide demonstrations at colleges...

Actors strike maybe nearing end

Actors’ strike maybe nearing end

Jacob L'Hommedieu, Worldview Editor November 3, 2023

July 14. The day the film industry stood still. Since that day, the SAG-AFTRA strike has been a constant in the news cycle, with updates on stalled negotiations and delayed movie releases reminding...

Elections go to runoffs; amendments go to legislature

Ava Acharya, Senior Staff Writer November 3, 2023

Ahead of Louisiana’s Gubernatorial General elections, the state’s runoff elections clarified a number of candidates and constitutional amendments. As the state moves into Nov. 5 elections, several...

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...

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...

A woman sorts her glass into recycling bins at Glass Half Full on Oct. 22, 2023.

Glass Half Full: Local recycling restores coastal erosion

Eloise Pickering, Assistant News Editor October 27, 2023

  “Louisiana has lost approximately 1,900 square miles of its coast since 1932,” according to the City of New Orleans. The rapid coastal erosion comes as the byproduct of climate change,...

Lucas Harrell stands with fellow protestors on the neutral ground outside Washington Square, Oct. 22, 2023. He spoke out on the injustices perpetrated by the far-right along with Quest Riggs, Laura Rodriguez of the Tampa 5, Lou Blumberg of Jewish Voices for Peace New Orleans, and Serena Sojic-Borne for Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

Activists rally against Landry and far-right legislation

Jacob L'Hommedieu, Worldview Editor October 27, 2023

Not everyone is happy with the results of Louisiana’s 2023 state elections. Some of the most vocal about their displeasure are members of the Real Name Campaign and Freedom Road Socialist Organization. The...

Raymond Flanks speaking on the steps of the Orleans Parish courthouse at the Rally Against Killing the Innocent by the Innocence Project New Orleans on Oct. 2, 2023. Flanks was exonerated after serving 38 years for a wrongful conviction.

Innocence Project New Orleans fights death penalty

Eloise Pickering, Assistant News Editor October 27, 2023

“In Louisiana, for every seven executions, there have been three people exonerated,” said Innocence Project New Orleans executive director, Jee Park, at the Rally Against Killing the Innocent that...

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