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2 months ago | 
loyolamaroon.com | Eloise Pickering |Mark Michel
It was made legal for Louisiana residents over the age of 18 to conceal and carry a weapon without a permit. At the same time it was made that 17 year olds can be tried and sentenced as adults. Since October 2024, there have been changes in Louisiana law that have introduced harsher sentencing requirements for minors and previously in July, relaxed certain regulations making it easier for people to carry firearms without a license.
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2 months ago | 
loyolamaroon.com | Eloise Pickering |Mark Michel
The St. Charles Room has undergone renovations and has been closed since the start of the spring semester. As construction finishes in certain areas on campus, like the new residence hall on Calhoun Street and the recent addition of food businesses in the Danna Center, including Smoothie King and Jimmy John’s, the Loyola community has seen the construction crew transferred to other parts of the Danna Center, including the St. Charles Room.
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2 months ago | 
loyolamaroon.com | Eloise Pickering |Mark Michel
In the Catholic faith, which is supposedly the guiding doctrine of our school, it is said that when Jesus saw the temple being used as a marketplace for things that had nothing to do with the worship of God, He destroyed it. Is our school the same? We deserve to know if the money is going towards things that don’t advance social justice, charity, and the mission statement of the school.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Francisco Esteves |Eloise Pickering
Loyola’s Costume Shop organized their annual fundraising BOOtique Sale. Theater arts students sold upcycled costume pieces to students, faculty, and community members. “The Bootique is really an opportunity for the costume shop to share what we have with everybody else,” Yalani Warren, a senior theater arts major, said. In addition to displaying their handmade pieces, the BOOtique provides the Loyola community with an opportunity to purchase affordable, earth-conscious Halloween costumes.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Francisco Esteves |Eloise Pickering
Loyola University’s Monroe Library has unveiled a new photography exhibition, “A Tribute to Harold Baquet: Picturing Blackness.” Located on the 4th floor of Monroe Library, this new installation is a “mediation on Black imagery and culture,” according to Christine Harvey, Loyola’s College of Music and Media public relation manager, highlighting the work and legacy of noted New Orleans photographer, Harold Baquet.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Francisco Esteves |Eloise Pickering
Ten years ago, one New Orleans woman built a no-kill animal rescue shelter from the ground up with the goal of eliminating pet homelessness and euthanasia due to overcrowding at local municipal shelters. That goal has transformed into Zeus’ Rescues, a non-profit organization that houses 60 dogs and dozens of cats, keeping them safe and off the streets of New Orleans. Zeus’ Rescues is located in Uptown New Orleans on the corner of Freret Street and Napoleon Avenue.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Francisco Esteves |Eloise Pickering
With the 2024 presidential election quickly approaching, Louisiana’s Secretary of State Nancy Landry and her office have been issuing press releases to remind residents of voting protocols and additional information. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5, and local polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. New Orleans Regional Transit Authority will additionally be providing free transit on all buses, streetcars, and ferries for the day through their “Roll to the Polls” program.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Francisco Esteves |Eloise Pickering |Mark Michel
While the class of 2024 took their class photo, protesters chanted from the sidewalk: “Xavier Cole, you can’t hide. You’re supporting genocide.” The next month, the protesters marched to Loyola President Xavier Cole’s house. These series of protests called for administrative transparency and university divestment from corporations with ties to Israel. Since the May encampment, Cole remains a target of criticism.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Francisco Esteves |Eloise Pickering
Senior Siobhan Terry spent an “unforgettable” day assisting professional photographers at the first home Saints game of the season. Professor and Director of Photography at the Times-Picayune and Nola.com David Grunfeld is in his sixth season of taking his students to Saints football games at the Caesars Superdome. For each game, Grunfeld takes one student from his photography class, chosen by lottery. Each interested student writes their name on a piece of paper, which is then rolled into a ball.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
loyolamaroon.com | Eloise Pickering |Terrilynn O’quinn
On a rainy fall day, several university students like myself, professors and event organizers gathered for an event that sought to bring the lessons of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement into the present day.
