Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 97 • Issue 13 • November 30, 2018
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CBD lights up for the holiday season
Dusky Gopher Frogs find no love in the Supreme Court By Cristo Dulom csdulom@my.loyno.edu
Bright decorations light up Dauphine St. and Canal St. and the rest central business district to help the city get into the holiday spirit throughout the nights before Christmas. For more of the story and photos, see page 6. MADISON MCLOUGHLIN/The Maroon.
It was a speedy trial on Nov. 27 as the highest court in the United States discussed that a portion of the land that once housed the endangered Dusky Gopher Frog. The Dusky Gopher Frog, also known as the Mississippi Gopher Frog, had 6,477 acres of land dedicated to it as a critically endangered habitat, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The frog species was also listed under the Endangered Species Act in 2001. The organization estimates that there are less than 100 of the frogs left in the wild. The dispute over the land owned by Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the leading private owners of timberlands in the world, started when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was under question as to whether or not it had properly determined the land as a critical habitat for the endangered frogs, according to the Legal Information Institute. The debate over the validity of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision found itself at the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh did not attend the ruling for the case, resulting in a rare 8-0 ruling on the 1,500 acres in St. Tammany Parish, in favor of Weyerhaeuser Company. The justices overruled a decision by the federal appeals court that said the stretch of land was a habitat for the frog. The wildlife service had won in a federal District Court and at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but
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Loyola students sleep out to raise awareness at Covenant House By JC Canicosa jccanico@my.loyno.edu On a chilly 40 degree night in downtown New Orleans, Loyola students Sophie Trist and Alex Lucas slept on a sidewalk with cardboard box mattresses so homeless children would not have to. On Nov. 15, New Orleans’ Covenant House, a local youth shelter centered toward those affected by homelessness and human trafficking, held its 7th annual “Sleep Out” event, where volunteers sleep on the North Rampart Street sidewalks in cardboard boxes and sleeping bags to raise awareness about homelessness in the city. Over 200 volunteers participated in this year's event, a record turnout, according to Ginny Kelly, co-founder of the Covenant House in New Orleans. "80 to 90 percent of people at the Covenant House have severe trauma, and they serve such a vulnerable demographic of people," said Lucas. "I am speechless at how much this place actually does, and it's beautiful." Trist, English senior, and Lucas, music senior, set multiple records through
their participation as both the youngest volunteers and for fundraising the most donations in the local program's history. Trist and Lucas, respectively 22 and 20 years old, received over 150 donations to their campaign from friends and community members. Donation sizes ranged from $3 to $1000, according to Lucas. The duo has raised $11,910 as of Nov. 25 and said they are hoping to reach $12,000 by the end of their fundraising, according to Lucas. “We are overwhelmed and so grateful for the generosity and the compassion that people have for this organization. I’ve been touched so many times by just the services and life-saving work that this place does,” said Lucas. Trist has worked as an intern at Covenant House since last summer, after having been inspired by the work that the shelter does. "At Loyola, we learn a lot about social justice and being men and women for and with others, and I learned a lot about different ways that issues intersect like poverty, race, abuse, addiction," said Trist. "Part of that help, to me, is the intersection of faith, and (the work that
Sleeping bags lined the sidewalk of N. Rampart St. outside of the Covenant House. Participants slept outside on Nov. 15 to show support for homeless youth. ANDRES FUENTES/The Maroon.
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Students fundraise for homeless youth COVENANT, continued from page 1 Covenant House does) hits on all of those really important issues,” said Trist. The volunteers for “Sleep Out” were able to exceed the event’s fundraising goal of $475,000 shortly before the event began, and have raised a total of $529,627, a record amount, as of Nov. 25. “It’s just been extraordinary. This is the first year we met our goal before the event had even started,” said Ginny Kelly. “The generosity of so many people has been very edifying, but also very humbling.” Jim Kelly, executive director of the Covenant House, and Ginny Kelly said they hope to use the money to expand on some of the programs that the youth shelter has in place, such as a mothers and babies program that offers a helping hand to struggling single mothers and their children. “We take everyone who knocks on our door: black, brown, green, doesn’t matter. Gay, straight, transgender, doesn’t matter. Timbuktu or Treme, doesn’t matter,” said Jim Kelly. Tania Tetlow, university president, accepts the official Loyola medallion during the inauguration ceremony. The names of all former Loyola presidents are inscribed on the face of the medallion around Tetlow’s neck. ANGELO IMBRAGUGLIO / The Maroon.
Tetlow officially accepts the Loyola presidency By Rose Wagner rmwagner@my.loyno.edu @rosemwagner
After months of planning, delegates from 11 Jesuit colleges and universities, alumni, faculty, Mayor Latoya Cantrell, Tulane president Michael Fitts and the Archbishop of New Orleans gathered on Nov. 16 at Holy Name of Jesus Church to inaugurate Tania Tetlow as Loyola University New Orleans’ first non-Jesuit president. The event was defined by pomp and circumstance, beginning with a procession of student leaders, alumni chapters and important community members dressed in academic regalia. One of the early highlights of the ceremony was a speech regarding higher education from Michael Fitts, president of Tulane University. Fitts worked with Tetlow during her time at Tulane and he said she is a compassionate and tenacious leader. “Working with Tania was an incredibly rewarding professional and personal experience,” Fitts said. “I know how special this event is in the life of a university and am proud I can play a small role in the ushering in this new era at Loyola.” The ceremony also featured a speech from Mayor Latoya Cantrell,
who shared what she desecribed as a sisterhood with Tetlow as Cantrell serves as the first female mayor of New Orleans. “It was once said that people who end up being the first actually do not set their sights on being the first. They only embrace the passion and the love for what they do and, as a result of that, the first just happens,” Cantrell said. In order commemorate her official inauguration, Tetlow was presented with the medallion of office, an amulet with the names of all former Loyola presidents inscribed on its face, by Robert Savoie, chairman of the board of trustees. Tetlow herself also gave an inaugural address to formally articulate to the community her vision for the future of Loyola. “To all the Jesuits whose institution this is and will always remain, I cannot express how humbled I am that you have placed your trust in me and how hard I will work to deserve it,” Tetlow said. “This is the moment to build on our strengths and to flourish. To be true to our mission. To be ambitious. And this is the moment when the world needs Loyola most as a driving engine of opportunity, as a force of innovation and change, as the place where justice and creativity come together to make the world a better place. This is our moment.”
Spring registration to close during break By Rose Wagner rmwagner@my.loyno.edu @rosemwagner
Students, faculty, staff and community leaders from were invited to Holy Name of Jesus Church to witness Tania Tetlow’s inauguration. SIDNEY OVROM/ The Maroon.
Students and faculty were dressed in -academic regalia for the ceremony where they listened to speakers introduce Tania Tetlow. ANGELO IMBRAGUGLIO / The Maroon.
In an attempt to incentivize undergraduate students to finalize spring registration plans early, the university will be temporarily closing LORA registration on Dec. 7 and reopening the process after winter break on Jan. 3, according to an email to faculty and staff from Maria Calzada, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. Calzada explained that the transition from open rolling registration until the spring semester to a temporary closure occurred for many reasons. “For starters, this downtime will allow Financial Services and Financial Aid time to work with students who have outstanding balances without concern that classes may close. This also gives department chairs and deans an opportunity to review their course offerings and make adjustments if needed,” Calzada said in the email. The email also noted that the new registration freeze will provide time for departments and professors to assess the waitlists for classes and plan accordingly. “We will assess this new practice to see if it is a good model for registration going forward,” Calzada said.
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NOLA 300th: a look back at the Crecent City in the 1900s In 2018, New Orleans celebrated its 300th anniversary. The city was founded in spring of 1718 and named after Philippe II, Duke of Orleans in France. New Orleans has seen many changes in its early days since its founding, such as the switch from French to Spanish rule in 1763. Here is a look at some of New Orleans’ most iconic sites in the early 20th century: (top right) Jackson Square: A photo of one of New Orleans’ most iconic destinations. Jackson Square was built in the early 1800s and designed after the famous 17th-century Place des Vosges in Paris, France. (bottom right) Canal Street: Canal Street, one of New Orleans’ premier shopping spots. The photo showcases the newly established
electrical service set up during the 1930s. (upper left) French Market: French Market, a center for commercial buildings in the French Quarter. Originally a Native American trading post, the market is one of the oldest in the country. (middle left) French Quarter: French Quarter, a relic of a period when the French owned Louisiana. This area is considered the oldest part of New Orleans being founded in 1718. (bottom left) Sanger Theatre: Seanger Theatre, the iconic house of entertainment. The theatre is one of the few remaining theaters that were owned by the Seanger theatre empire.
Jackson Square in 1912. The Historic New Orleans Collection, Gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.494
The bustling French Market courtesy of Julie Willoz and nola.com
View of Canal Street in 1930 with the newly established electrical service. The Historic New Orleans Collection, Gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.486
Remembering Audubon Park’s World’s Fair past A street corner in the French Quarter. Courtesy of Julie Willoz and nola.com
Crowd waiting in line outside the Seanger Theatre on June 14, 1919. The Historic New Orleans Collection, Gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.366
By Cody Downey codyadowney@gmail.com Though many people walk through the Audubon Park and Zoo, few may know that it was once the host of a world’s fair called the World Cotton Centennial in 1884. The fair was hosted with the intentions of promoting the city and all it had to offer. To host this event, buildings were made onto what would later become Audubon Park and Zoo. “At the time, it’s just an open field that they do a lot of landscaping to build these buildings which, of course, none of them exist today,” At the time of the fair, the area consisted of an open field where there was construction for buildings that no longer exist, according to Justin Nystrom, Loyola history professor.
The fair was suggested by the National Cotton Planters Association to help the state recover financially in the aftermath of the Civil War. Along with financial interests, the fair was also seen as a way to keep New Orleans from continuing to fall in its’ position as one of the primary cities in the country. “It falls not so much because it’s not growing, but because places like Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago and Indianapolis were starting to grow out of nowhere,” Nystrom said. The World Cotton Centennial would eventually open up on Dec. 16, 1884, two weeks behind schedule. Crossing from St. Charles Avenue to the Mississippi River, the fair took up 249 acres. The fair had a host of different exhibits from states like Alabama and countries like Jamaica and Mexico. The Mexico exhibit was one of
the more popular attractions showing off everything including tropical shrubs and a small pyramid made up of minerals among other things, according to the New Orleans: Gateway to the Americas website. However, the centennial wasn’t the financial success that many were hoping for. Though the event was popular, it didn’t make back the money it cost to host it. Additionally, there was trouble behind the scenes thanks to then-State Treasurer of Louisiana Edward A. Burke. Burke, as described by Nystrom, was a corrupt politician who had a part in helping set up the centennial. To get the support, Burke convinced congressional district member E. John Ellis into giving federal help despite his knowing of the corruption. Burke would eventually
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Professor ‘trades’ paintbrushes for prints By Gracie Wise glwise@my.loyno.edu
The downtown stretch of Canal St. is fitted for the holidays as lights wrap around trees and lamp posts. ANDRES FUENTES/The Maroon.
Canal wraps up Thanksgiving, spruces up for Christmas By Andres Fuentes aafuente@loyno.edu
Downtown New Orleans is full of Christmas cheer with holiday sales, Santas on street corners and carols being played over store speakers each day. But for the Crescent City night crawler (or St. Nick himself), the central business district offers a spectacle of lights to keep the holiday spirit alive even through the night. The Astor Crowne Plaza lit up their giant Christmas tree outside of their hotel in late November. The lighting signaled over one million lights to shine along the downtown street. Strands of lights were wrapped around street lights, palm trees and outside buildings and hotels. Poydras St. also shows off some holiday spirit as the Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel features a candied Superdome in their lobby. The iconic sports venue is made out of gingerbread and an assortment of candies such as peppermints, gum drops, lollipops and candy canes. Right outside the hotel doors, Miracle on Fulton Street is gearing up for a Nov. 30 debut of magical “snow” and visits with Santa.
(TOP) The Miracle on Fulton Street is gearing up for their annual holiday celebration on Poydras St. (RIGHT) Holiday garlands are hung on the Canal St. street cars in celebration of the holidays. (LEFT) A nutcracker stands guard in front of a hotel on Canal St. ANDRES FUENTES/The Maroon.
Keeping a collection can be an enjoyable hobby for anyone. From beautiful postcards to vintage Coca-Cola bottles, the possibilities of collectibles are endless. But one Loyola professor collects an assortment of trade cards from the 19th century, and he’s sharing it with the university. Printmaking professor William “Bill” Kitchens, with the help of art history professor Benjamin Benus, organized the Artistic Printing in the 19th Century exhibit of the Booth-Bricker Reading Room, which is located on the third floor of Monroe Library. The exhibit features things such as the history of the lithographic and letterpress process, examples of printmaking designs in history and the earliest printing apparatuses and Kitchens’ own collection of trade cards. Kitchens wants his students to see the quality of the work. “It’s difficult to comprehend the quality and beauty of all this color unless you’re comparing it directly to contemporary color works such as process color.” Kitchens started off as a kid collecting insects, coins and World War II military memorabilia. But, his fascination with 19th century trade show cards began while Kitchens was studying as an undergraduate at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond to be a painter. When he enrolled at the University of Georgia as a graduate, he fell in love with printmaking where he trained as a lithographer and Intaglio printer. “There was a lot of industry there, a lot of the trade cards and a lot of those elements,” Kitchens said. “From the industries, it grew up there.” For a while, his interest in trade cards dwindled until he stumbled upon eBay six years later. “It made all of this accessible,” Kitchens said of the exhibit. Now, Kitchens has been making prints for 45 years. He’s done screen-printing commercially, but has begun to focus more on his own private collection. “I’d rather be working on my own work,” Kitchens said. Although Kitchens still loves other art forms such as painting and drawing, there is an indirectness of printmaking that draws him to it. “It’s this sort of working on this matrix that doesn’t look like anything like what you’re going to end up with,” Kitchens said. “It’s sort of like coming in the back door to get into the foyer or front foyer kind of like.” The exhibit will be open from 9-12 p.m. on Tuesdays and 1-4 p.m. on Thursdays until the end of the fall semester. “I want my students to see what the possibilities are,” Kitchens said.
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Audubon Park’s rocks the location of the Cotton Expo Audubon, continued from page 5
This Sept. 27, 2011, file photo shows a gopher frog at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 that a Louisiana-based federal appeals court must take another look at a federal agency’s designation of a tract of Louisiana timberland as “critical habitat” for gopher frogs, endangered frogs currently found only in Mississippi. GERALD HERBERT/ Associated Press.
Supreme Court changes decision, frogs expected to croak
flee the United States with millions of dollars and head to Centennial-featured country Honduras, where he would live until his death in 1928. “(Ellis) kind of holds his nose and lends support in the House of Representatives so that the federal government will fund it, knowing that Burke will end up stealing some of the money, but he believes it is going to be good for the city,” Nystrom said. Due to this misfortunes, anoth-
er world’s fair wouldn’t take place in New Orleans until the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, nearly 100 years later. However, the 1984 World’s Fair would be the last to take place in the United States. Nystrom believes that this was due to the idea of a world’s fair was a product of the past. “It was an idea that well outlived its utility,” he said. However, despite all the setbacks, the Cotton Centennial provided that New Orleans was, and still is, growing to be the best. “If you were a city of any consequence, you hosted something like this,” Nystrom said.
Frog, continued from page 1 the Supreme Court ruled that the 5th Circuit must look at the unanswered question of what constitutes “habitat,” and whether the tract qualifies as habitat for the creatures that, “went extinct in Louisiana over 50 years ago,” according to Edward Poitevent, special counsel for the timber company. Chief Justice John Roberts said the species has not been spotted in
the area for decades and the area would now require modification, such as controlled burns of forest areas, to be suitable for them. As the case returns back to the district courts, the defendants of the frogs hope the ruling will fall in their favor despite their loss in the Supreme Court. Collette Adkins, attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, said the ruling was a disappointment but
didn’t weaken current habitat protections. She said she is hoping the 5th Circuit interprets the meaning of habitat broadly, to include places where the dusky gopher frog could live and breed “with some reasonable modifications.” This article was written with the help of the Associated Press.
This iron ore rock in the Audobon Park Golf Course, commonly mistaken as a meteorite, is the only survivng remant of the New Orleans’s World Cotton Centennial. CRISTIAN ORELLANA/The Maroon.
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JC Does Sports: Swing Dancing By JC Canicosa jccanico@loyno.edu @JCcanico
“JC Does Sports” is a series where sports reporter JC Canicosa engages in different club and varsity sports around campus and describes his experiences as a reporter attempting to be athletic. Remember that episode of “Friends” when Chandler brought the wrong shoes to his wedding reception and couldn’t dance without slipping off his feet? Yeah. I walked into the aerobics room of the University Sports Complex on a Wednesday night ready to get down like it was 1955, and I was taking my best gal to the big Homecoming dance. Swing dancing, or “that way people danced in those black and white film strips of 1930’s America,” seemed really tricky to pick up on at first, but I was eager to jump in. We started off by learning a move called The Pretzel, which involved twisting and spinning your partner to the rhythm like, well, a pretzel. Swing dance team captain and popular and commercial music freshman Randon Dupont was a real “Mr. Miyagi” figure to the group as he broke down each move step-bystep in a way that made the dance much easier to pick up. However, like Daniel-san, putting those
moves into practice was a little more difficult for me. Beats were missed. People were bumped into. Toes were stepped on. I was dancing like I had the confidence of a sober person in The Boot. But as we moved onto trying other kinds of dance moves and positions like The Hazard or The Sweetheart, I started to get a better feel for the rhythm. Swing dance is always in four steps, so picking up some of the dance basics like a good sense of timing and chemistry with your partner eventually comes through more practice. By the time “Fly Me to the Moon” came on, I was making proud the great name of Frank Sinatra. But in all seriousness, swing dancing is a lot of fun. It doesn’t take any experience or an impeccable sense of rhythm to get started either. Dupont does do a good job breaking down the moves and positions so the entire learning process is lively and enjoyable. In fact, throughout the entire session, the swing dance team gave off nothing but a sense of joy for doing what they loved. And though most of the members in the club had more experience in the craft than I did, I never felt too behind or that I couldn’t keep up. So whether you want to hop into a DeLorean and hit the school dance
Northwestern State Lady Demons burn the Loyola Wolf Pack By Andres Fuentes aafuente@loyno.edu @af_nola
A Loyola student endangers her health by trusting sports reporter JC Canicosa to not drop her. Canicosa showed off his moves or lack thereof by trying out Loyola’s Swing Dance Club. WILL INGRAM / The Maroon.
like its 1955 or just try out something new, spending a Wednesday night with Loyola’s Swing Dance Club is hands-down one of the best ways to spend a weeknight on campus, and I’m excited to see how this
club grows and develops. Rating: 4/5 newsies screaming “Extra! Extra!” before breaking into a dance number Verdict: “Dancing With the Stars” is fake news
Trekking up to Natchitoches, Louisiana on Nov. 24, the women’s basketball team fell to the Northwestern State University Lady Demons in an exhibition match, 66-77. The NCAA Division I school held off a late 23-11 fourth-quarter drive to send Loyola home with a loss. The defeat marks the third loss against an NCAA opponent this season. Despite losing to an out-of-association squad, the Wolf Pack has been sitting in the middle spot of the Southern States Athletic Conference rankings. The team sports a 3-3 overall record and holds the No. 17 seed in the entire National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Kalia Anthony, international business junior, leads the team in points per game with 17.3, assists with 4.0 per game and steals with 1.8 per game. Psycology senior, Megan Worry, leads the Wolf Pack with 10.1 rebounds per game and two blocks per game. Rival Brewton-Parker University will be the first conference matchup on Dec. 1 on the road.
Water Polo captures first wins in club sport’s history By Andrew Lang awlang@loyno.edu @langand87
The quidditch team practices in the 2018 spring semester. The team finished winless that semester in 16 games, but have gotten off to a 4-6 start this season. CRISTIAN ORELLANA / The Maroon.
Quidditch team rebounds from winless season By Jaime Jimenez jjimene2@loyno.edu @Jaime_Jimenez
After a rough last season, the quidditch team rebounded this year. The quidditch team ended with an 0-16 record last year. However, this season, they closed out the fall portion of the season with a 4-6 record. The Hub City Cup held its fifth annual tournament in Hattiesburg, Mississippi Nov. 17. Loyola quidditch came in second. They finished with a 3-2 record, beating Tulane University and Southern Mississippi University twice. They fell to Louisi-
ana State University in the tournament final. Music industry junior and team captain Griffin Parr credited the team’s improvements in fitness and experience as a reason for their better performance. “Our team is a lot more physically aggressive and physically fit which is a big change from last year,” Parr said. “This season half the team has played before which means that they have a better understanding of the game and the competition.” Although the fall season has ended, the quidditch team will host
open practices with the exception of tournament weekends for the rest of the semester. Parr hosts scrimmages at practices instead of drills and said it is the best way to learn the sport. “When it comes to actually playing the game, you need to play the game” says Parr. The next tournament that the quidditch team will participate in is the seventh annual Wolf Pack Classic here in New Orleans Jan. 19 at Plantation Athletic Club.
Loyola’s water polo club team won for the first time in its history after capturing three wins and finishing second in Tulane’s fall tournament before Thanksgiving break. The team topped Tulane B, Nola Water Polo and Tennessee, but fell to Tulane A who ended up winning the tournament with Loyola finishing second in the tournament. Biology junior Dhalia Martinez founded the club sport as a freshman. Martinez said the wins show how much progress the team has made over the years. “We went from a place where we couldn’t even get enough people, to playing in a regular scrimmage, to playing in a full tournament for two days and being recognized by other teams as someone to compete with,” Martinez said. Martinez credits the new members the team gained last year. Among others, Martinez specifically mentioned the water polo team’s “favorite MVP” chemistry sophomore Avery Hill. Martinez viewed Hill as a prime example of how the player’s skills had improved. “He had never played water polo before joining the club and now he’s our goalie and for three quarters he only let three goals in,” Martinez said. Martinez said it was difficult founding a new club in a “more obscure sport,” but now, she said it’s great to be able to compete now after initial struggles. “It’s great to see them also have fun and experience — cause I had
all these great water polo experiences in high school and they hadn’t really had those yet — but now they got so hype after we won,” Martinez said. “They were like ‘oh my god. We won. This is what it feels like to be good. This is what it feels like to win.’” The team will start back up with practices at the end of January and they’ll resume competition in February.
Biology junior Dhalia Martinez lines up a shot in practice during one of the water polo team’s practices. Martinez founded the club team during her freshman year at Loyola. CRISTIAN ORELLANA / The Maroon.
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Focus your energy on energy-ineffecient companies
It’s almost ironic that a report about an issue largely tied to the worst aspects of capitalism was released on the same day as a holiday celebrating it. If you haven’t heard, the second volume of the Fourth National Climate Assessment was released on Black Friday. And if you haven’t heard, it was probably intentional. The timing of the release led to accusations of attempting to “bury” the report, or release it when the least amount of people would be paying attention, distracted by the great deals of the day. Maybe if you were out shopping, you wouldn’t have noticed that we aren’t doing too hot when it comes to curbing this problem. The report concludes that we are already seeing the effects of climate change in the form of “more frequent and intense extreme weather and climate-related events.” According to the report, this could include catastrophes such as the frequent storms that have left communities demolished, as well as the raging wildfires that the West Coast is still trying to fight. Climate change will negatively af-
fect the country’s infrastructure, it’s agriculture, it’s ecosystems and it’s economy in ways that are all detailed in the report. If you want to see the Great Barrier Reef, you’d better move fast at the rate that we’re going. Despite the fact that the majority of scientists believe that climate change is both dangerous and caused by human influence, there remains a lot of misinformation regarding the issue. Many people in positions of authority remain unconvinced in these findings. Our president, for instance, has stated his skepticism about his own administrations findings on the subject. In a recent tweet, he stated that the wildfire disasters were caused by “poor forest management,” and claimed that countries like Finland are able to avoid these problems because they “rake the forests.” Simplifying the issue like this masks the real problem and makes it difficult to find a proper solution. And while this example is obvious, that same reductive attitude unfortunately persists on both sides of the issue.
How many times have you heard that it’s your duty to save the planet by going green? Whether that means avoiding straws, taking the bus, or driving an electric car, a lot of responsibility has been put on the individual to reverse climate change. And, to be clear, none of those are bad practices and it’s good to do your part. However, framing this issue so that it seems like we could roll back the effects of climate change by riding a bike three days a week is also a dangerous attitude to have. It’s reductive, and it’s a misdirection. The average person is not responsible for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions that are linked to causing climate change. In fact, according to several studies, there are about a handful of corporations that are responsible for the majority of greenhouse emissions. Some studies, such as the Carbon Majors Report, estimate that 100 companies are responsible for as much as 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. That’s an important fact to remember when looking for a solution, because as
much as we want to believe that we can change the course of history by choosing to dry our clothes by hand instead of with the machine, it’s not going to be enough. We need to focus our energy on those who are actually responsible. Amid pressure from consumers, several of the companies listed in these reports have been considering more environmentally friendly options. So before you try to convince your neighbor to go green, you might want to start by writing a letter to one of the companies instead. And that doesn’t mean that you should stop making environmentally-friendly decisions. It’s important to be the change that you want to see. But, if you really want to see that change being made, aim your efforts at those who have the most power to change it. Because, unfortunately, the future of the planet lies within the hands of a select few companies. However, the future of those companies lies on the consumer: the customer. And if they want your business, let them know that they’re going to have to work for it.
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The opioid crisis is affecting patients in Louisiana JENNA CAPPUCCIA Music industry sophomore
jncappuc@ my.loyno.edu Living in New Orleans, a city infamously known for its high rates of illegal drug usage, you tend to hear a lot about the opioid epidemic. Local news outlets constantly cycle through horrible stories of overdoses and lives lost from the unprescribed use of opioids and narcotics, yet they rarely report on the other side of this so-called “crisis.” Patients across the country are prescribed these powerful medications in an effort to treat their severe pain that other non-medicinal forms of treatment have failed to alleviate. I am one of these patients. I currently take a synthetic opioid (I will be using the word opioid here, but I mean opioids, opiates and narcotics) called Fentanyl. While this is often known as one of the most dangerous drugs when it comes to accidental overdoses, especially in the New Orleans area, without this medication my quality of life would be significantly reduced. I suffer daily with chronic pain due to a host of lower back issues and a handful of other disorders and diagnoses (for those of you who are interested in the list: lumbar disc herniation, sciatica, upper back arthritis, chronic migraines, bone
spurs… I could go on). My journey with chronic pain started at 14 years old and despite listening to all of the orders from my various doctors, every treatment I underwent only succeeded in dwindling what little optimism I had left. I even went under the knife during the peak of my junior year of high school -- twice -- only to wake up in more pain than I h a d been in previously. So when my pain management doctor, after all of this, suggested that I take Fentanyl daily for my pain, I was skeptical. After years of immobility and feeling isolated from my peers, this medicine breathed a whole new life into me. I was no longer unable to rise from my bed for the majority of the day or being forced into trying new procedures that would end up failing. With this medicine by my side, I enrolled at Loyola University, without the fear that my pain would inhibit me from getting a degree. Then, I began to feel punished by
the opioid epidemic. In moving to New Orleans, I was unable to find a doctor within a 30 - mile radius
of opioids, an increase of patrolling and shutting down of practices by
on these medications. Patients like myself are the ones being punished for the opioid crisis, even though studies show that those who are safely prescribed these medications are at a risk for addiction that falls between only .07 and 8 percent, according to the Center for Disease Control. And, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, when opioids are prescribed properly with screening and follow through care, the risk o f addiction Photo illustration by Ariel Landry.
that was willing to prescribe me the life-changing medication that brought my pain down to a livable level. While there is currently no legislature in place that restricts the prescribing
t h e F D A i n rec e n t years has caused doctors to hide their prescription pads and turn away chronic pain patients who rely
goes down significantly. While opioids, when used incorrectly, can be dangerous and life threatening, punishing chronic pain sufferers who rely on the strength of these medications to help them in everyday life is not how this crisis is going to get resolved. The majority of opioid abusers do not obtain their medication from a healthcare setting (according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), so the FDA should focus their efforts elsewhere if they truly want this epidemic to end.
Self-conscious: what it means and feelings associated JC CANICOSA Mass communication junior
jccanico@ my.loyno.edu Self-conscious. Whichever genius came up with that word knew exactly what they were doing. Self. Conscious. Literally a consciousness of the self. A philosophical awareness of the idea of “me.” That is really all that term should mean, right? The conscious awareness of “you?” But if this word is only describing a philosophical state, or referencing an idea we can consciously and cognitively understand, your self, then why is the word so synonymous with anxiousness, awkwardness and embarrassment? (which were three of the first four synonyms that popped up when looking up self-conscious on thesaurus.com). When we talk about “self-consciousness” though, rarely are we talking about philosophy. We’re talking about the feelings associated with that cognitive awareness of your self, especially in social situations. Ex: “Yeah, fumps is cool and all, but I just feel way too self-conscious for it to be any fun.” or “Yeah, it just felt like no one was f------ with me at that party, bro. Everyone was
just judging me.” (By the way, there’s never been a bar or party where “everyone” was judging somebody because of their attempts to socially interact. Often times, people are way too preoccupied with their own self-consciousness to even start judging others as harshly as they judge themselves.) But why do we equate the increase in the awareness of ourselves to an increase in feelings of awkwardness and anxiety? Self-proclaimed ‘genius’ Kanye West said it best when he said “I’m so self conscious/ That’s why you always see me with at least one of my watches/ Rollies and Pasha’s done drove me crazy/ I can’t even pronounce nothing, pass that versace (pronounced ver-say-see)!” The point Kanye was making there was that his increased levels of self-consciousness make him feel so bad, he has to overcompensate with material things that he doesn’t actually care about, but knows others see as valuable. With the hope that wearing these perceived valuable things will make others see him as valuable too. Self-consciousness keeps us from being ourselves (ironic, isn’t it?). But are the contiguous awkwardness, anxiety and embarrassment of our self-consciousness a curse that we just have to live with? Does growing up in a culture that emphasizes individualism as much as America does mean that we are doomed to suffer from the insecurities of our selves? I don’t think so.
To me, the solution is obvious. If self-consciousness, a preoccupation with oneself to the point of debilitation, is causing you to feel so awkward and embarrassed and anxious, then be other-conscious. Being other-conscious simply means being as caring and concerned for others as they are for themselves. I know it may sound cheesy and cliche, but hear me out. Any person in human history who has ever existed, you, me, your mom and dad, the Starbucks barista, that cute girl who sits across from you in your history class, that one professor who gives you a really hard time, anyone, has wanted two things: to seek out happiness and avoid suffering. In that way, we are all undeniably the same. If your preoccupation with yourself is provoking feelings of anxiety, embarrassment and awkwardness, then stop being preoccupied and solely worried about yourself. Headspace, a guided meditation app and leading pioneer in the mediation movement of the 21st century with over 30 million subscribers in hundreds of countries around the world, has a really interesting animation that talks about this. The animation explains, “When we focus less on chasing our own happiness and focus more on the happiness of others, we immediately find ourselves in the present moment. So not only are we benefiting others by having a more open, empathic mind, but we’re also benefiting ourselves by being more present and experiencing more happiness.”
Photo Illustration by Ariel Landry.
Meanwhile, several studies highlight the link that exists between altruistic behavior and happiness. Author Allan Luks, for example, has written on the morale of thousands of Americans who regularly took part in volunteer activities, and found that they were in better places of mental and physical health than others their age as well as less prone to depressive states than the average member of the population. The logic and science behind this line of thinking is pretty solid. When we focus on others and act with care and concern for the people around us, the feelings of anxiety, embarrassment and awkwardness seem to magically go away. Self-consciousness may not be a curse that humans in America have to deal with, but an opportunity to
learn, grow and empathize with each other. In the words of a good friend of mine Sabelo “the lone wolf” Jupiter put it, “When we stop caring about what other people think of us, we start caring about other people.” In conclusion of this hopefully not-too-preachy opinion piece about our self-consciousness, be selfish; love others. In Matthieu Ricard’s critically-acclaimed book “Altruism” on how the power of compassion can change yourself and the world around you, he writes. “Under the sway of defeatist laziness, it is no doubt easier to give up becoming better than to recognize the existence of human kindness and make efforts to cultivate it.”
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