August 18, 2017 by Loyola Maroon

Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 96 • Issue 1 • August 18, 2017

THE MAROON FOR A GREATER LOYOLA

Father Wildes to retire as president

Princeton Review ranks Loyola as a top university in the nation By Erin Snodgrass eesnodgr@my.loyno.edu @erinsnod

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The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., addresses the Loyola community during the 2016 Spring Convocation. After 14 years as Loyola's president, Wildes is set to retire in June of 2018.

By Nick Reimann and Grant Dufrene nsreiman@loyno.edu gmdufren@loyno.edu @nicksreimann

After 14 years holding the role of President of Loyola University New Orleans, the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., has told the board of trustees he intends to retire in June of 2018. Wildes will continue as usual in his role as president for the remainder of the academic year, including commencement, before he officially steps down. In the meantime, Dennis Cuneo, a member of the Board of Trustees, will now chair a cross-functional committee that will launch a nationwide search for Loyola's next president. Wildes told the board he intends to be active in consulting his successor once the new president is selected. "This is an exciting time at Loyola, and we will miss Fr. Wildes. Please join me in thanking him for his years of leadership and commitment to Loyola — and in wishing him well in his future endeavors," Paul Pastorek, chairman of the Board of Trustees, said in a community-wide email. Many members of the Loyola community are excited about the new possibilities that will come out of this transfer of power, such as the

Rev. Francis W. Huete, S.J., a member of Loyola’s Board of Trustees. “In any kind of administrative post like this you bring your strengths to the job and you give what you have, but eventually it is time to move on because nobody’s perfect and so your weaknesses catch up to you and then you need someone else,” Huete said. He then added: “I think he’s done a great job for the university, but he’s 14 years older than he used to be and sometimes it’s good to have a change.” As Loyola's 16th president, Wildes notably led the school through a difficult period following Hurricane Katrina, resulting in the fall 2005 semester being canceled and ensuing problems afterwards. Starting in 2006, he was at the helm of the Pathways plan, a controversial restructuring plan that resulted in the cut of well-known programs, such as broadcast journalism. One of its key features was also the creation of the College of Social Sciences — a college that was dissolved with the latest college reorganization that took place last year. In more recent years, though, Wildes has been at the helm of what the university calls its most ambitious campaign ever — Faith in the Future — which seeks to raise $100 million by Dec. 31 to fund scholar-

ships, facilities and other major aspects of student life. To date, the campaign has raised $67 million toward that goal, according to the university. Wildes can also tout a 33 percent increase in enrollment for the upcoming semester as another accomplishment, though enrollment for previous years did not live up to the university’s expectations. Pastorek praised Wildes’ accomplishments in an email sent on the morning of Aug. 4, saying: "Under his leadership, we have enjoyed new and exciting academic programs; transformations to campus, especially in Monroe Hall; the most successful and ambitious capital campaign in Loyola’s history; and the creation and development of critical scholarships that so help to diversify, augment, and support our student body." Wildes said he made the decision now because he feels like the university is going in the right direction, telling the board that he “has always believed that if a university president is going to create a meaningful and lasting legacy, that legacy needs to include leaving the university prepared to do well what it needs to do next. I have always wanted, above all, to leave Loyola well-positioned for the future.” In addition to early criticisms as a result of Pathways, Wildes recent

tenure hasn't been short of detractors, either, especially since the university has made several rounds of faculty buyouts in recent years in an attempt to close a budget gap that peaked at $25 million in 2015. There have also been two votes of “no confidence” in Wildes from faculty, most recently from the University Senate in 2016. It was merely a symbolic move, though, as the Board of Trustees, the only university body that has power over Wildes, issued a statement of support after the vote. Loyola begins its final fall semester with Wildes serving as president on Aug. 21, where Wildes will continue his full normal function as president before handing over the reins to his successor in June. After that, university spokeswoman Laura Kurzu said that the community can still expect Wildes to be around — just no longer in his role as president. Should Wildes choose to regularly stick around on campus, he wouldn’t be the only retired president doing so. The Rev. James C. Carter, S.J., still teaches at Loyola. He left his role as president in 1995. For more on Wildes' tenure as president, see Page 11.

Once again, Loyola ranks among the best colleges in the nation according to the Princeton Review. In its “The Best 382 Colleges: 2018 Edition,” which provides prospective college students with a detailed description of the country’s top universities, Loyola was singled out for particular excellence in five categories, where they earned top 20 honors. These honors, according to a Loyola news release, came from lists compiled through student interviews and polls at schools across the country. According to the Princeton Review, 137,000 students at 382 colleges across the nation took an online poll, rating their universities in a number of different categories of interest to students and their parents. The highest ranking went to Loyola’s 95-year old newspaper, The Maroon. The paper was ranked as the fifth-best student newspaper in the country. This is the third time in the last four years that The Maroon has been ranked in the top five nationally. Editor-in-chief Nick Reimann feels honored to be the leader of one of the strongest organizations on campus. “I would encourage any student that is new to Loyola to write something for The Maroon during their time here, as I could not imagine experiencing Loyola without The Maroon,” Reimann said. Loyola also scored high in areas involving student life. The university ranked 11th for lots of race/ class interaction and ranked 12th for town/gown relations, meaning Loyola students are active in the larger community of New Orleans. New Orleans, as Loyola's city, came in at number 16 for "College City Gets High Marks," and the school came in at number 18 for "Best Quality of Life." According to a Loyola news release, the Princeton Review also commended Loyola’s academic rigor and focus on leadership skills. Marketing sophomore Madison Taylor took the online poll last school year to help weigh in on the rankings. After seeing the results, she believes the rankings Loyola received are representative of what it’s like to attend the university. “New Orleans is a great place to go to school. There is so much to do and to see, so I think the best college city ranking is a very good representation,” Taylor said. Taylor is excited for what these rankings could mean for Loyola in the future. She believes the university being nationally recognized in a variety of areas will help draw more potential students and from a more diverse crowd. “I think the rankings will help put Loyola into high schoolers’ minds as a great college option,” Taylor added.

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August 18, 2017 The Maroon

University convocation focuses on Project Magis

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The Rev. Kevin Wildes, (left) and board member Edgar Chase, watch as Interim Provost David Borofsky addresses the faculty and staff during the annual President’s Convocation in Rousell Hall. Borofsky claimed that by 2020, the university will have leftover funds in the budget to put back into the endowment.

By Erin Snodgrass eesnodgr@my.loyno.edu @erinsnod

Faculty and staff gathered in Roussel Hall on Monday, Aug. 14, to hear university President Kevin Wildes, S.J., deliver his annual, and final, President’s Convocation to start the academic year. Another key speaker, in his first Loyola convocation, was Interim Provost David Borofsky, who used the event to laud Project Magis, a plan that seeks to bring financial stability to Loyola in the next several years. “The path forward is not only exciting, but strong,” Borofsky said. Over the summer, a commu-

nication planning process, which included 150 faculty, staff and students, examined Loyola’s current and past performance in areas such as cost management, student retention rates and student success in order to create a plan to strengthen Loyola’s future, which became Project Magis. Borofsky stressed that when the plan is successfully implemented, two major outcomes will occur. First, there will be no draw from the university’s endowment in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Borofsky said the university has taken five percent from the endowment every year it has been in place. Second, for the first time in 2020, Loyola will have funds left over to

return to the endowment or to reinvest in the university. “We need to have open, honest conversations. We need to be transparent about the direction of the university and clear about the roles we have,” Borofsky said about how to ensure the plan’s success. In regards to the faculty buyouts announced earlier this summer, Borofsky acknowledged that the university lost good people, adding: “We are still strong and tenacious because of you.” Borofsky said there will be two town hall meetings in the upcoming weeks to discuss Project Magis – town halls he encouraged everyone to attend. “Get involved. Ask questions,

even if they’re tough questions,” Borofsky said of the town halls. Following Borofsky were remarks by Edgar Chase, a Loyola alumnus and board member. Chase stressed the significant increase in student retention, which is up 3 percent since 2015. “I believe this will be a wonderful year due to the efforts of everyone in this room,” Chase said. To close, Borofsky introduced Wildes, saying that his 14 years of service at Loyola were “a testament to his passion, strength and dedication to help students and faculty be their best.” Wildes, who announced his retirement earlier this month, explained that he made the decision

Loyola sees fourth round of faculty buyouts By India Yarborough iayarbor@loyno.edu @iayarbor

After a 28-year relationship with Loyola, psychology professor Lawrence Lewis’ future with the institution is uncertain. Lewis, a Loyola alumnus and associate professor of 13 years, accepted a voluntary severance package in May of this year as part of the university’s most recent round of faculty buyouts. His severance goes into effect January 2018. Lewis is one of 14 faculty members who accepted buyouts this year, according to University Provost David Borofsky. He said the university also cut 27 staff positions, 21 of which were formerly vacant, all in an effort to reduce spending and grow the school’s revenue. “Through our transformational strategic planning process called Project Magis, we offered buyouts as part of our effort to produce cost efficiencies in all areas of the university,” Borofsky said. According to Lewis, accepting the buyout will allow him more time to address personal health concerns and pursue other professional interests — though he does hope to continue teaching part-time “contingent on the university’s needs.”

Sociology Professor Luis Miron described the buyout process as “fair” and was happy to accept a severance package to help relieve Loyola’s financial deficit of $7 million. Borofsky, however, expects that number to drop as students continue to enroll. “Although I had planned to teach at least two more years, I wanted to help my university reduce its significant deficit and at the same time transition to emeritus status where I could devote more time to [the Institute for Quality and Equity in Education], focusing on community-engaged research and evaluation — David Borofsky projects,” Miron University Provost said. Both professors, however, worry about the buyouts’ viability. “I perceive some concern [among faculty] that any benefit from the buyout scheme may yield only a relatively small and short-term effect while depriving the university community of some of its more dedicated and experienced faculty,” Lewis said. Borofsky said no classes will be canceled this semester, but Miron,

who teaches a first-year seminar, is uncertain who would teach a course he expected to offer in spring 2018. “Loyola will need to find a replacement for my FYS, which I had agreed to teach in the spring and fall,” Miron said. He added he would be willing to teach the course as emeritus faculty. “Transforming is not an easy task,” Borofsky said. “It takes effort, and teamwork, and finding new ways to do things.” Miron said given statements from university administration, “buyouts and the significant increase in enrollment among undergraduates won’t solve the deficit.” Loyola’s fall 2017 freshman class totals just over 800 students, 150 more than were enrolled as freshmen at the start of the fall 2016 semester, according to numbers provided by Loyola’s University Fact Book. Though freshmen enrollment is looking up, recent numbers have not reached the enrollment size of five years ago. According to the University Fact Book, 953 freshmen students enrolled for the fall 2012

“Transforming is never easy.”

semester — the year before Loyola hit a financial roadblock and implemented its first round of faculty buyouts. “The university has seen fluctuating enrollment numbers for the past five years,” Borofsky said. “The enrollment decline began specifically in 2013. This decline caused the university to seek ways to better manage our resources, including offering voluntary buyouts to faculty.” The provost expects results of Project Magis — a core, strategic planning process meant to help the university become financially sustainable and more efficient — to be fully recognized within the next few school years. “Project Magis has surfaced new plans, ideas and systems that are expected not only to change how we do things at Loyola, but to help us grow and put the university financially ahead $21 million by the start of the fall 2019 school year,” he said. A financial excess could mean the end of a four-year trend of encouraging faculty buyouts. “The results of Project Magis initiatives will be fully realized by 201920,” Borofsky said. “And everyone at Loyola will be by then well in the habit of operating more efficiently, collaboratively and effectively.”

through much deliberation and prayer. He acknowledged the great progress that has already been made and said he looked forward to seeing more of it. He said he wants to leave the university in a strong position for his successor. “We live in a time where our nation has seemed to lose its way. What we do here at Loyola is important. It is important for us and for our nation,” Wildes said, commending the critical thinking skills and social justice mindset of Loyola’s curriculum. “While I will be sad to leave, I am excited for all of you and for the future of this university,” Wildes said in closing.

news brief Loyola pledges to continue addressing climate change Loyola is one of 183 universities to join “We Are Still In,” a nationwide movement of higher education institutions that have pledged to continue addressing climate change despite President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement on June 1, 2017. According to The Times-Picayune, Loyola was included in the updated list of signatories released by Second Nature on Monday, June 5. In addition to the universities, the pledge also includes over 900 businesses and leaders from nine states and 125 cities, including New Orleans. The statement, however, did not give specifics about what the pledge hoped to accomplish or how. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. reduction target is a 26 to 28 percent reduction of 2005 gas emission levels by the year 2025. Although other New Orleans universities have not yet signed “We Are Still In,” Tulane, Xavier, Delgado and Dillard all have plans to continue helping the environment.

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Campus-area crime drops in previous week By John Casey jecasey9@gmail.com @J_E_CASEY

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Solar eclipse to overshadow first day of classes By Nick Reimann nsreiman@loyno.edu @nicksreimann

Students planning for a bright start to the new semester might find their first day a little dark when classes start on Aug. 21. That’s because the first day of class coincides with a long-awaited solar eclipse that will be seen from coast-to-coast across the United States, an event that has not happened in the country since 1918. New Orleans is not lucky enough to be in the path that will experience a total solar eclipse, however. The total eclipse, where the sun will be completely covered by the moon, will only be seen in a few states, and Louisiana isn’t one of them. The effect of the total eclipse will create an eerie darkness in the middle of

the day that will last a little over two minutes in some locations along the path. Instead, the city will see a partial solar eclipse, where 75 percent of the sun will be covered by the moon at its peak. Those wishing to catch the full total eclipse experience will have to travel somewhere along the path of totality, an approximately 70-milewide path stretching from Oregon to South Carolina where the total eclipse will be viewable. The closest spot to New Orleans to see the total eclipse is Nashville, Tennessee, about a seven-and-a-half hour drive. Back in New Orleans, though, there may still be some effects from the partial eclipse, but it will be far less spectacular than in the path of totality. According to Martin McHugh,

Loyola associate professor of physics, New Orleans may see things get a little darker when the moon has its maximum coverage at 1:29 p.m. Still, McHugh said that it’s possible people could go about their day without even noticing the eclipse, since he referenced information from NASA saying 75 percent is on the threshold of when effects from an eclipse become noticeable. So instead of hoping for darkness, the best way to engage with the eclipse in New Orleans is by buying a pair of eclipse glasses (available at many retailers), which contain filtered lenses that allow viewers to watch the eclipse without harm to their eyes. NASA stresses that no one should look directly at a partial solar eclipse without the glasses, since the intense ultraviolet rays of the sun can cause blindness if seen by the naked

eye. McHugh wants to make sure curious Loyola students make it through the day with their vision intact, though. Weather permitting, McHugh said a group of physics students and faculty will be out in front of Monroe Hall with two telescopes equipped with special filters, as well as some eclipse glasses available for students looking to take in the rare sight. The sight is so rare, in fact, that the last time New Orleans was this close to the path of a total solar eclipse was in 1970. The last time the city itself saw a total solar eclipse was 107 years ago — on May 28, 1900. Those patiently waiting for the next one still have a ways to go, though. The next total solar eclipse viewable from New Orleans is on May 11, 2078.

Crime in the mile surrounding Loyola’s campus was few and far between this past week. The New Orleans Police Department’s Second District reported 10 incidents in the campus area between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13, down from 15 the previous week. Two of the incidents were acts of simple vandalism just off of Napoleon Avenue. A theft by fraud occurred in the 5400 block of Coliseum Street, the block on which Benjamin Franklin Elementary is located. A motor vehicle theft occurred in the 7700 block of Benjamin Street at 7:21 p.m. on Aug 11. Police said the vehicle has not been recovered. A residential burglary occurred in the 900 block of Pine Street on Aug. 9 in the early morning. The incident’s location is in the highly student-populated Carrollton neighborhood within a half-mile of campus. Police did not classify the incident as a major offense and have released no further details. Two assaults were reported in the mile surrounding campus this past week, one of which occurred on Tulane’s campus along Willow Street. Both the Tulane Police Department and NOPD responded to the simple battery, and no details of the crime have been released. While not within the mile surrounding campus, a single homicide did occur in the district this past week in the Broadmoor neighborhood, where many students reside. The homicide, which occurred just after 9 p.m. on Aug. 7 in the 4200 block of S. Prieur Street, remains unanswered. Police arrived on scene to find an unknown male unresponsive with a visible gunshot wound. He was then declared dead on scene. No further details have been released.

French Quarter street performer suspected killer in 43-year-old cold case By John Casey jecasey9@gmail.com @J_E_CASEY

Forensic evidence from a murder over four decades ago led Jacksonville police detectives to the New Orleans French Quarter, where longtime street performer Johnie Miller, better known as “Uncle Louie,” was ultimately arrested on May 16th of this year. Miller, who claimed to have performed in the French Quarter since 1993, is known for his frozen statue street act in which he wears an Uncle Sam-style suit, hence his nickname “Uncle Louie.” Miller is considered a staple of the French Quarter and has been interviewed on several occasions by New Orleans media outlets. During an extradition hearing on July 11th, Miller agreed to be transferred to Florida where he will face charges in connection to the May 22, 1974 murder of Freddie Farah during a botched attempted robbery. Project Cold Case, a national or-

ganization based out of Jacksonville created to raise public awareness about cold cases across the country, has had significant interest in Farah’s murder. Founder Ryan Backmann, whose father’s death is one of Jacksonville’s many unsolved murders, became close to Farah’s son several years ago and was able to provide details of how this case suddenly cracked open. According to authorities, the four-decade-old cold case was brought back to life in December 2016 when prints found at the scene in 1974 were re-entered into the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System for the first time since 1998. According to the FBI, the system is a national, computerized system for storing, comparing and exchanging fingerprint data in a digital format, allowing for comparisons to be made faster and more accurately. “It took the victim’s son running into the cold case sergeant at a restaurant to trigger pulling the file to see if there was any physical

evidence that hadn’t been tested or could be retested due to updated technology,” Backmann said. When he did, the prints registered a hit. A witness, who was 14 at the time and is now 57, was able to “provide valuable information” about the incident, which further confirmed the results of the fingerprint identification. According to NOLA.com, Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said detectives then traveled the roughly 550 miles to New Orleans to track down Miller. Upon arriving at his last known address, the landlord informed them that Miller had recently been evicted, but that he believed Miller was a street performer in the French Quarter. They then consulted with a New Orleans Police Department detective stationed in the French Quarter who immediately recognized Miller and pointed the detectives in his direction. He was arrested that day. Miller was represented pro-bono in New Orleans by attorney Aubrey Harris, who said evidence against her client is thin. A crowdfunding

page on FundedJustice.com raised a few thousand dollars intended to pay for his attorney in Florida, Ann Finnell, who served on the high-profile Casey Anthony trial in 2011. The uncovering of a suspect in a case this old is rare. There is no database available for all cold cases in the country, but Ryan Backmann believes that this 43-year-old case could be one of the oldest solved cold cases in United States history. The oldest solved case on record

is that of Maria Rudolph, who was killed in 1957 and her suspect convicted in 2012, a span of 55 years between murder and conviction. Jacksonville police confirmed that Miller has a criminal history starting in 1974 but would not provide details. Orleans Parish has no criminal record of Miller dating back to 1990. Miller will face attempted armed robbery and second-degree murder charges in Jacksonville. His court date has not been set.

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An NOPD vehicle parked as an officer responds to a call in the Lower Garden District.

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Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife

UPCOMING EVENTS 8/19 Moving Through Price: General admission $20 advance/$25 day of show. $15 students/seniors/Contemporary Arts Center members Location: CAC Freeport McMoran Theatre at 8 p.m. Description: KM Dance Project presents Moving Through. Featuring choreography by Catherine Caldwell, Jeremy Guyton, Kehinde Ishangi and Kesha McKey

8/19 Brewsiana: Craft Beer & Music Festival (21+) Price: $12 Location: House of Blues Description: Try Louisiana-native beers, bands and bites at House of Blues

8/19 Youth Voices Presents: A Youth-Led Mayoral Forum Price: Free admission Location: First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans Description: Come out to hear mayoral candidates share their vision for the future of New Orleans. Register to vote and play games like Mayor for a Day. Courtesy of Maxwell Eaton

Max Well is Maxwell Eaton’s addition to New Orleans healthy eating. The restaurant features dishes like the Carrot Ginger Soup (left) and the Hippie Salad (right) on its vegetarian menu.

Loyola grad Maxwell Eaton to open namesake restaurant By Davis Walden jdwalden@my.loyno.edu @daviswald

One recent Loyola graduate hopes that a new restaurant project will bring “maximum wellness” to the community. That grad’s name – Maxwell Eaton. Eaton, Loyola A ‘07, plans to open Max Well (Maximum Wellness) New Orleans on Magazine Street early fall this year, a health food restaurant focusing on vegetarian meals and juice pressing. Max Well will be a salad and coldpressed juice cafe featuring an organic menu that includes fruits, nuts, whole grains and vegetables. Eaton, who has been a vegetarian for four years, is also an avid cyclist

and studied nutrition at Tulane University. And Eaton doesn’t feel that living in one of America’s great gastronomical cities can’t mesh with this healthy lifestyle. “I have found that there are many people living healthfully here,” Eaton said. “They find a balance to the cultural celebrations of New Orleans. Like Mardi Gras, there’s always an Ash Wednesday after Fat Tuesday.” Inspired by food science, Eaton wanted to provide a menu for New Orleans that could “offer healthy alternatives to the southern standard fare.” After graduating from Loyola, Eaton followed a music career performing alongside friends and Loyola alumni in the New Orleans area. Eaton began cooking meals for friends and, follow-

ing Hurricane Katrina, hosted weekly dinner parties with other Loyola alumni. “We were excited about cooking and had the opportunity to bring people from different parts of the city together who were all remaking their social connections,” Eaton said. Eaton made those connections in both the event production and catering industries from his experience in the music industry. He took his first catering job in 2008. “I learned the importance of health responsibility from the difficult hours and traveling that come along with performing,” Eaton said. “I also realized the difficulty of procuring healthy food in many locations, and its importance to help balance a good life.” Eaton said he learned several les-

sons from the experience. “I learned a lot about how to recover and adapt meals with what you have in the kitchen,” Eaton said. “Having to cook for large groups of people also taught me how to scale workloads and make deadlines in a stressful environment, both of which have been very helpful in preparing for my opening.” Opening hours will span breakfast to early evening seven days a week with counter service and some graband-go meals. Max Well says it offers transparent information about what customers eat and where their food comes from as well as other nutrition information.

8/23-26 NOLA Downtown Music and Arts Festival Price: Free Location: Various sites downtown Description: See live music, food trucks, art, bowling, films, shopping and more. Emerging artists present their works and talents. From Andrew Higgins Drive to Fulton Street. Shows will take place at various places, including Little Gem Saloon, Sweet Loraine’s, the Ace Hotel, House of Blues, Sidney’s Saloon, Prime Example Jazz Club and Central City BBQ

8/24-26 Trash to Treasure Sale Price: Free Location: Tulane University Dixon Room 118. Description: Buy all of your dorm supplies and needs at this for charity sale. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day

Trevarri Huff-Boone releases his debut jazz album called TREVARRI By Emma Gilheany eagilhea@my.loyno.edu @eagilheany

“A new take on jazz with added accessories” is how recent Loyola graduate Trevarri Huff-Boone describes his newly released jazz album. Huff-Boone, who graduated from Loyola in the jazz studies/performance program in May, is the leader of a group called TREVARRI, who released a jazz album on July 28, entitled “Without My Music.” “This album was always something we had been thinking of. Trevarri, of course, is the driving force of the group, and he has been pushing us to create the album since the

beginning,” Taylor Mroski, the bass player in TREVARRI, said. TREVARRI features Loyola and Tulane graduates, including HuffBoone on saxophone, Mroski on bass, Adam DeWalt on trumpet, Andriu Yanovski on keyboard and synthesizer, Henry Green on guitar and Trenton O’Neal on drums. Mark Anthony Thomas, Nia Taylor-Jackson and Christien Bold provide the vocals. The album was recorded at Bad Storm Studio in New Orleans with Gio Blackmon. However, there were some complications with the recording of the album, and all the album files were lost, Mroski said. But the engineer gave them time to record again, so the group got another

chance to record and fix some issues with the music, according to Mroski. “This album is unique because we had to do it twice. At first, we were all devastated, but it turned out to be a blessing because I think the album came out much better,” Mroski said. Though “Without My Music” is categorized as a jazz album, it does not feature solely jazz music. The music is influenced by gospel and rhythm and blues, which is what Huff-Boone was first exposed to as a child. Those influences can be seen on tracks, such as “One Moment With You,” which shows an R&B influence, Huff-Boone said. Huff-Boone based the beginning of this song off

of a beep pattern on an ATM machine, according to Mroski. “He’s truly got an eclectic style, and he takes influences from everything he listens to,” Mroski said, who added that Huff-Boone wanted to make an album that “captured the overall concept of music.” Huff-Boone plans to stay in New Orleans to pursue a master’s degree at the University of New Orleans now that he has graduated from Loyola. Huff-Boone said TREVARRI is now focusing on using the album as a platform to get more shows and festival performances and possibly record another album.

Courtesy of Trevarri Huff-Boone and TREVARRI

Trevarri Huff-Boone releases “Without My Music,” his first album with the band TREVARRI. “Without My Music” takes inspiration from gospel and rhythm and blues, music styles which jazz studies/performance grad Huff-Boone grew up hearing.

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August 18, 2017 The Maroon

Sports complex undergoes series of renovations

Women’s basketball team hires Travis Ponton as new assistant coach By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

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Students can look forward to sports complex upgrades such as resurfaced and relined basketball courts and a reconfigured free-weight room on the fifth floor.

By Ryan Micklin rwmickli@my.loyno.edu @RyanMicklin61

Returning students flocking back to campus for the start of the new semester are due for quite a surprise when they step foot in the university’s remade sports complex this year. Some of the upgrades installed during the summer include renovations done to First NBC Court and both fitness areas located on the fifth and sixth floors, which are still in the process of receiving a few last minute touch-ups. “We have upgraded the lighting to entryways, the customer service area and around all courts. All basketball goals were upgraded to modern standards and new court curtain dividers were installed. All courts were resurfaced and relined with colors consistent with the Wolf Pack color template,” Assistant Athletic Director Courtnie Prather said. “We also reconfigured the fifth floor free-weight room and sixth floor universal machine room and car-

dio equipment space to meet ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) regulations. We also made some improvements to the men’s and women’s locker rooms including upgrades to flooring and sauna areas.” Some of the changes will be more noticeable than others, but students will be hard-pressed to remain unaware of the upgrades made to the bleachers that flank the complex’s basketball court. “The most impressive addition is the installment of new chair back, telescopic bleachers that provide better seating options for an improved game day experience,” Prather said. “We are extremely excited about the addition of the chair-back bleachers. It provides a more comfortable and familiar collegiate game day experience for our fans.” Prather is hopeful that these new and improved bleachers will help students and community members to further embrace the “Wolf Pack spirit” that has always been present within the walls of Loyola’s sports complex. “We also believe the addition

will have a significant impact on our campus community, as it is our hope that it will be the basis of providing an appealing environment that encourages students and community members to experience the Wolf Pack spirit through athletics and various other recreational activities,” Prather said. The same can be said for not only the newly-designed bleachers, but the rest of the recent modifications installed by the university over the summer. “Overall, our hope is that the upgrades will contribute to an enhanced college experience for both athletes and non-athletes alike by offering increased opportunity to feel the spirit and pride of the Wolf Pack,” Prather said. However, as it turns out, a slightly less noticeable change is one that Prather and the Athletic Department have taken the most amount of pride in. “What we are most proud of is the reconfiguration of the workout spaces on the fifth and sixth floors. The commitment to reconfigure the USC to meet ADA standards, provid-

ing equitable access for all to engage in health and wellness activities, is why we’re all here,” Prather said. Prather added that perhaps the main intention of the recent renovations was to make the sports complex feel more like a second home to students who are otherwise far away from their first. “It is our hope that these upgrades will continue to foster an environment of an on-campus ‘second home.’ Whether students are coming to utilize the facility for a workout, participate in recreational sports or to attend an athletic game, we want them to feel welcome and at home.” Unfortunately, the facility won’t be accessible right away. Loyola students and community members will have to wait until Aug. 28 to get their first look at the university’s new and improved sports complex.

After clinching the Southern States Athletic Conference title and making a run in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs last year, the Loyola women’s basketball team looks to further their success with a new addition to the coaching staff, Travis Ponton. Having 10 years of coaching experience in both the high school and college realms, Ponton is confident he can further excel a program that has already achieved so much. “I’m really excited to get to know all of our players, see where they are and find out where they want to go,” Ponton said. “My job is to help build that bridge and get them there.” Arriving straight from a coaching position at Charleston Southern University, Ponton believes he will transition well into NAIA competition and the Loyola community. “Basketball is basketball, but every level of the NCAA is regulated a little differently, and then the NAIA is in a whole different realm of its own,” Ponton said. “I think the biggest difference is just adjusting to the rules and little quirks here and there.” With a glowing resume and years of experience, Ponton also hopes to use that skill set to move Loyola even further forward. Ponton said he wishes to bring “energy, enthusiasm and spirit”, in all the tasks set before him. “Bringing what I know about the game, about succeeding as a student athlete and about life in general to our team every day in service to them is important. All of our players have goals on and off the court, and it’s my job to bring my best and help them accomplish those, as well as exceed even their own expectations,” Ponton said. Ponton understands the challenges of both a new program and a city that he is unfamiliar with, as well as the expectations to excel since the team has had such strong results recently, but he is confident he will succeed. “The bar is set very high, but we are looking to take it even higher every day. That’s the mentality we are taking. There’s always another level to achieve,” Ponton said.

Volleyball team prepares for upcoming season under new head coach Jesse Zabel By Cristian Orellana ceorella@loyno.edu @ceorellana8

Gearing up for the 2017 season and their first game with Dillard International, the Loyola volleyball team has already started working with their new coach, Jesse Zabel. “This year will be about refining skill, redefining our limits and finding out how far we can go with the talent we have,” Zabel said. The team began practicing with

Zabel on Aug. 8. Zabel has already set up a variety of goals such as reaching specific statistical goals, a better team record and also improvement in the classroom, emphasizing expectations of growth and rebuilding. As a senior player, Lindsay Ulfig hopes to see what her team is capable of and for more success this year. “I hope that the hard work will be reflected in our record for this upcoming season,” she said. Ulfig said the team has been focusing on the fundamentals, adding that Zabel has brought a new energy

to the team. “She encourages us to come together as one and to work through the tough practices,” she said. The volleyball team has already been voted fifth in the Southern States Athletic Conference Volleyball Coaches’ Preseason Poll. Zabel looks forward to the upcoming season, saying: “There is so much room for growth in the lives of our student-athletes, and it’s an honor to have been chosen to support and guide them through that process.”

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Allison Hartmann, junior psychology major, and the volleyball team look to reach new heights with Jesse Zabel, their new head coach. The team kicks off their season on August 25 versus Southern University.

August 18, 2017

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EDITORIAL

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A Loyola legend HOWLS & GROWLS HOWL to tiki torches staying on the patio GROWL to “Violence on both sides” HOWL to The Princeton Review rankings GROWL to Nazis HOWL to the upcoming eclipse GROWL to not being able to see much of it in New Orleans HOWL to incoming freshman GROWL to Mission Impossible 6 on hiatus

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Regardless of how you feel about our departing president, it is hard to deny that his 14 years here were eventful. The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., led Loyola through some important years, not only for our univeristy, but also for the city of New Orleans. A little over a year after Wildes became the university’s 16th president, Katrina hit, destroying much of the city and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Loyola was closed for one semester. It opened back up in January 2006. Like the rest of the city, Loyola faced financial hardships after the storm. To adapt to those financial woes, Wildes announced “Pathways: Toward Our Second Century,” a major academic restructuring program, which ended many degree programs, including education, computer science and broadcast journalism and reorganized Loyola into five different colleges: business,

humanities and natural sciences, law, music and fine arts and social sciences. Following this plan, 2006 brought him his first vote of no confidence. Many saw the Pathways program as unsuccessful considering the College of Social Sciences was dropped in 2016 with yet another academic reorganization. Some of the majors beneath it became part of what was formerly known as the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences to create the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2008, Wildes helped shepherd the university through the nation’s worst economic downturn since the 1920s. In the following years Loyola saw a rise in construction and inconsistent enrollment. Monroe Hall, built in 1969, underwent renovations which were completed in 2015. And the West Road Parking Garage gained two much-needed floors.

Later, in 2016, Wildes again received a vote of no confidence, this time from the University Senate. Now Wildes is again at the helm of a major university initiative — Project Magis, a program to strengthen the university. So far, it is enjoying success, with incoming freshmen enrollment up 33 percent this semester. This is the largest incoming first-year class Loyola has seen since 2013. The deficit has also been reduced from $15 million to $6 million. One of Wildes’ other current projects is Faith in the Future, a capital campaign to raise $100 million to go toward renovations, new scholarship programs and improvements to the university. No matter how you judge his tenure, there is no doubt that Wildes has truly come to define Loyola and its future. Just as former president James Carter, who served as president

for more than two decades, transformed the campus with the construction of the Communications and Music Complex and the acquisition of the Broadway campus for the law school, Wildes made his mark with the rededication of Monroe Hall and the demolition of the old library — allowing for the new green space now in the middle of campus. And this just covers the physical transformation of the campus. The legacy of men who were around as long as these cannot simply be measured in terms of the buildings they put up (or take down) — they become a fabric of the university, and shape it for years to come. When he first came in, Wildes had big shoes to fill. No matter how his tenure is viewed, one thing is for sure — his successor will have a tough time making a mark as big as Wildes, who is truly a Loyola legend.

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Loyola Jesuit reflects on Wildes’ tenure, retirement FR. TED DZIAK S.J. vice president for Mission and Ministry and university chaplain dziak@loyno.edu

When you first walk into Loyola President Kevin Wildes’ office on the second floor of Marquette, you see many framed photos on his shelves and walls. They’re pictures of Father Wildes with students or families or friends — weddings, gatherings — and all are smiling and happy. ‘Cura Personalis’ is what Jesuit educators call it: always caring for the whole person. These are the mementos of Father Kevin Wildes, Jesuit priest. This past week we learned that Loyola’s president of the past 13 years would leave the office by the end of this academic year. In a world when university presidents spend an average 8.5 years at any given institution, Father Kevin W. Wildes is one of the longer-serving presidents — the elder statesman of the New Orleans area universities. A search committee is now being formed to replace him. I’ve been honored to serve under Kevin Wildes for over 11 years and to get to know him as a friend and Jesuit companion. Being president of Loyola is not an easy job, but the buck has to stop somewhere. In an era of tightening budgets, attacks on the value of higher education and falling college-age demographics, leading a university today brings stress, headaches and challenges. How does Kevin eliminate that stress? The punching bag. He was a Golden Gloves boxer as an undergrad at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. And while teaching at Georgetown, and living on campus, he would offer Tuesday evening masses, along with the occasional Sunday evening boxing lessons. Both drew crowds. He has continued his boxing at Loyola, finding a

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University President Kevin Wildes addressing faculty and staff in Nunemaker Hall on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Wildes recently announced his intention to retire to the Board of Trustees.

local gym in New Orleans and always seeking a sparring partner of his caliber (and age class). Yes, the Jesuit priest has always been active — he’s run three marathons — and always a competitive fighter. Kevin Wildes is a Jersey boy and son of a policeman, who found his vocation at St. Joe’s University. I like to invite Kevin to come to my Ignatius class to share his vocation story, for he keeps the class laughing and enthralled — and even a bit inspired. To know Kevin, you have to understand that aspect of him: that he listened to his vocational call, felt drawn to the Jesuits, and followed his call to the priesthood. Discerning a career, he followed his call to teaching, straight through to his doctorate in health ethics.

Even as president, Kevin is always ready to share his knowledgeable perspective on current health issues in a Huffington Post article or to his bioethics class on campus. But Kevin Wildes is, and always will be, a Jesuit priest. We are all shaped by our experiences, and Kevin Wildes was named Loyola’s president in 2004, just about a year before Katrina hit New Orleans. Hurricanes were not in his East Coast mindset and he made a decision not to evacuate, but as captain, to stay with the Loyola ship. So he hunkered down with Physical Plant personnel on a cot in Mercy Hall and suffered the wind and rain of Katrina. Luckily, the campus was not flooded and our president emerged, walked around the cam-

pus and viewed the damage. When he heard the levees had broken and saw the widespread flooding, he knew he had to get out fast or he’d be stuck. So he borrowed a truck and fled the worst storm in American history to Alexandria, Louisiana, to set up a makeshift leadership group in a garage apartment. Closed for only one semester, Loyola was in the first group of schools that started again in January 2006, and we can thank him for his quick action. Cura Personalis. One of Kevin’s first initiatives was to set up a trailer park on a piece of unused land Loyola owned near Lake Pontchartrain for those staff and faculty who had lost their homes. It was a difficult second year of his presidency, and the Jesuit priest rose to the challenge.

Any college president in today’s world has successes and failures, and Kevin Wildes’ legacy as Loyola’s President is for others to judge, not me. What I see in Kevin is an exceptional bioethics scholar, an energetic colleague, a dedicated Jesuit priest, and a friend, who will soon leave our Loyola community. There will be much time for goodbyes as he will be with us through May. Ignatius calls us Jesuits to be contemplatives in action, to be always ready to move to our next challenge, the next frontier. Father Kevin Wildes now opens his head, heart and spirit to his next ministry, which will await him after Loyola. Our prayers go with him.

Biology, not free enterprise, at fault for pay gap WALTER BLOCK Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics wblock@loyno.edu

Here is a headline that recently appeared in the news: “More than 60 women consider suing Google, claiming sexism and a pay gap.” Sexism in labor economics consists of discriminating against one gender or the other (virtually always the distaff side). The free enterprise system is commonly blamed for this. In my view, it is entirely innocent of this charge. Why is it that women predominate in job categories such as nurses, beauticians, elementary school teachers, manicurists, receptionists, librarians, etc., while men do so as truck drivers, mechanics, construction workers, engineers, mathema-

ticians and others? There are two theories that attempt to explain this phenomenon. One is that men and women are exactly equal in all relevant respects; it is only socialization, culture and life experiences — in a word, the social environment — that separate the two sexes into these categories. Women are, in effect, “pushed” into taking on these employment slots, often against their will. The second possibility is that while the aforementioned do play a role in these divergences, and indeed, sometimes an important one, so too does biology (Larry Summers, the former President of Harvard University lost his job over publicly contemplating this explanation; James Dalmore was recently fired from Google for voicing similar opinions). Also a part of this second hypothesis is that it is rare that anyone is “pushing” anyone around into taking the sorts of jobs they take against their will. No short essay such as the present can hope to definitively answer

this “nature versus nurture” controversy. However, let me make two points about it. Merely discussing it is part and parcel of academic freedom. To fire a professor for doing so would be a blatant violation thereof. Second, it is readily admitted by all and sundry that many characteristics of people are indeed biological: height, weight, susceptibility to diseases (Tay-Sachs for Jews; sickle cell anemia for blacks), age of onset of puberty, short distance racing, long distance running, swimming ability, color of skin, etc. The brain, too, is part of the body. Would it not be amazing that biology played absolutely no role whatsoever in its formation, and thus in intellectual abilities of all sorts? Why is it then that males vastly outnumber females in terms of prison population, homelessness and representation in mental institutions? Those who claim biology has no role in explaining such phenomena have a bit of explaining of their own to do. Similarly, males over-

shadow females in terms of grandmasters in chess, CEOs of large corporations, political leaders and Nobel Prize winners in such fields as medicine, chemistry, physics and economics and the Fields Medal in mathematics. Biology and brain chemistry play no role whatsoever in these phenomenon? Not bloody likely. Males and females are roughly equal when it comes to averages in terms of many of these characteristics. But, the former tend to have a much larger statistical variance in these regards. It is as if men are God’s, or nature’s, craps shoot, while women are God’s, or nature’s, insurance policy. More women than men cluster around the mean. Writing computer code falls well within the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields that require abilities several standard deviations above the mean. It should occasion no great surprise, then, that females should be greatly outnumbered by males in Silicon Valley.

Let us posit, arguendo, that females were as fully capable as males of writing computer code for such companies as Google, MicroSoft, IBM, Apple, Amazon, etc. But, due to sexism, they just were not being hired in proportion to their ability, and underpaid to boot on the rare occasions they were. This would constitute a golden opportunity for a new company, or, indeed, any of the already established ones, to scoop up these underpaid and underrepresented women, and earn great profits from so doing. The fact that this has not occurred, that females still constitute far less than 50 percent of professional nerds, is amply evidence of the fact that this just is not so. The above analysis will be dismissed by feminists as “mansplaining.” That might well do in feminist “studies” courses, but should be dismissed as the ad hominem it is in all rational discourse.

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