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Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 96 • Issue 22 • April 20, 2018

THE MAROON FOR A GREATER LOYOLA

Maria Calzada appointed as interim provost

By Sidney Holmes & Erin Snodgrass smholmes@my.loyno.edu esnodgr@my.loyno.edu

Paul Pastorek speaks to Loyola students during a town hall on April 18, 2018. Pastorek listened to and addressed the concerns of the students. CHRISTIAN ORELLANA / The Maroon.

Pastorek: Loyola's future is strong

By Erin Snodgrass esnodgr@my.loyno.edu, @erinsnod

Paul Pastorek, acting chief operating officer, is optimistic about the future of Loyola.

“There is no risk at all that the university is going anywhere other than continuing to be the university that it is today,” Pastorek said.

Pastorek said Loyola is projected not to run a deficit by next year.

If the university is successful in its goal of balancing the budget by July 2019, there will still be $100 million in the endowment and $120 million in the restricted endowment.

“If we did not have an endowment, I would be worried,” Pastorek said.

Pastorek, A'76 and J.D.'79,

stepped into the position of chief operating officer on Wednesday, April 11, after David Borofsky unexpectedly resigned his positions as interim provost and chief operating officer. Pastorek took temporary leave from the board of trustees to fulfill this position.

Maria Calzada, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the new interim provost.

Financial Struggles Through the end of 2017, Pastorek said the university was doing well financially. The university had improved by $11 million, which Pastorek said “solved half the problem.”

But at the start of 2018, the board was made aware of three financial challenges and surprises.

In early January, university offi-

cials were alerted that Loyola was being monitored and exposed to a possible probation status by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the institution responsible for Loyola's accreditation as a university.

In digging into the the accreditation situation, the board of trustees discovered that the university’s loss in fiscal year 2017 was greater than projected, and this loss had not been reported until around February of 2018. This discrepancy added an additional $6 million to the deficit, which currently stands at $17 million, according to Pastorek.

“The board takes complete responsibility for missing it,” Pastorek said at a faculty town hall on Thursday, April 12.

University officials initially be-

lieved that the deficit needed to be eliminated by July of 2018 in order to keep Loyola from being put on probation. However, a financial consultant later informed the board that Loyola only needs to show the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that it has made 'progress' on resolving its debt.

“We know we are going to be financially successful,” Pastorek said.

“The only doubt right now is whether or not the financial situation will trigger a probation by SACS.” Pastorek, however, assured students that the university will not get to the point of losing accreditation.

"We're not going to lose accreditation. Period. That is not a possibility," he said.

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Fr. James Martin named 2018 commencement speaker

By Sidney Holmes smholmes@my.loyno.edu

Writer and America Magazine editor the Rev. James Martin, S.J., will speak at Loyola’s commencement ceremony this year.

Martin said that he is excited to return to Loyola for many reasons.

"I'm honored of course. Loyola is such a wonderful place, and I've already spent time there, know the Jesuit community and have even come to know one of your recent graduates, Colleen Dulle, who works with us at America Media," Martin said.

The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., made the announcement in an university-wide email on April 13.

Wildes said that Martin is one of the world’s most widely recognized Jesuits and an “influential and important voice of the Catholic Church

and Ignatian spirituality.”

“Through his messages of compassion, humility, welcome and understanding, he appeals to people of all faiths and backgrounds and has engaged a worldwide community in the Jesuit values of reflection, contemplation, and faith in action,” Wildes said in the email.

Martin said he didn't become a Jesuit until his late 20s.

"So one thing to remember is that it's never too late to discover a relationship with God," he said.

Since then, Martin has appeared on many radio and television shows to comment on religion and spirituality. He has written 13 books about spirituality. According to Wildes, Martin’s most recent book, “Building a Bridge”, has received imprimatur from the Catholic Church and been endorsed by many bishops and church leaders.

Martin also served as a consultant to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communication, where he worked with Pope Francis.

Martin said that he hopes to impart some important lessons on undergraduates at Loyola.

"I'd say to try to discover who you are while you're at Loyola. God has already made you a wonderful person, but God's not finished with you yet," he said.

Martin said he will use some of his own lessons from his fellow Jesuits to give the speech.

"One thing I've learned as a Jesuit is not only that God meets you where you are, but that we need to meet others where they are," Martin said. "So I'll take pity on the graduates, who are looking forward to spending time with their families and friends afterwards, and make sure the talk is not too long!"

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., looks forward to returning to Loyola to give the 2018 commencement speech. Courtesy.

The undergraduate commencement ceremony will be on May 12 at 9:45 a.m. in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

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Maria Calzada, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has accepted the role of interim provost, according to a university-wide email from Paul Pastorek, Loyola's acting chief operating officer, sent on Tuesday, April 17.

Calzada will begin her provost responsibilities immediately, and she will report to Pastorek directly, Pastorek said in the email.

"I was honored to be asked by Paul Pastorek," Calzada said. "He talked to me about it. I thought about it for a few days, and I decided to take it."

Calzada joined the Loyola faculty in 1991 as a professor of mathematical sciences. In 2013, she became dean of the College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, now known as the College of Arts and Sciences.

One of her daughters attends Loyola currently, and her other daughter will start at Loyola in the fall.

"They have chosen Loyola because of the quality of our programs," Calzada said. "I’m thrilled that they’re here, because I know what we have to offer is excellent."

Pastorek expressed his gratitude that Calzada is working with him.

"Maria is well-known to the community, been here quite a long time," he said. "The provost will be an academic, steeped in understanding how the university works."

Pastorek also expressed his belief that Calzada will be mindful and respectful of faculty and staff.

"I want to respond to concerns of students, faculty and staff. I want to give a sense of stability," Calzada said. "I think I can do that. I love this institution, and I want to work to help make it stable at this point."

Pastorek said he and the board believe Calzada will make that happen.

“Maria is a trusted leader and respected member of our community, and the board of trustees and I have full confidence that she will continue to lead us toward our goals as a university,” he said.

Pastorek said that Calzada would theoretically serve for a year. As soon as the new president is announced, the university will put out an advertisement for a permanent provost.

"I have committed to serve as long as they need me here," Calzada said.

She will have the option to return to her position as dean after a permanent provost is chosen, according to Pastorek.

Associate Dean Uriel Quesada will serve as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in Calzada’s stead.

"We have no doubt that he will continue to lead faculty and students with calm and wisdom as he executes the responsibilities as dean," Pastorek said.

Calzada said that she wants students, faculty and staff to contact her if they have any questions or concerns.

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Student voices echo in town hall

By Rose Wagner

rmwagner@my.loyno.edu

The overarching theme of a student town hall with the temporary head of Loyola is that the university is not shutting down, and talk to Amy Boyle, there’s an exterminator for that.

That was the message during the April 18 town hall full of snaps of solidarity and student concerns with Paul Pastorek, acting chief operating officer, as he interacted with students on every issue from the financial stability of the university to cockroaches in showers.

Pastorek said that Loyola’s accreditation as a university is being monitored, but the university is not facing sanctions of any kind. He attributed the rumors of Loyola losing accreditation to community members’ fears about losing their jobs or having their degrees’ validity come into question.

“It’s human nature for people to project that fear and anxiety outside themselves, “ Pastorek said.

However, that’s not where student concerns ended.

Casey Dawson, english literature junior, attended the event to gain clarity on the board of trustee’s plan of action regarding the budget.

“Sometimes it feels as though the students are very disconnected from those upper workings, sometimes for good reason and sometimes to our detriment. I think this is a very good opportunity to break that wall,” Dawson said.

By JC Canicosa jccanico@my.loyno.edu

Students and faculty actively engage in the town hall discussion about the current state of Loyola on April 18, 2018 in Miller 114.

Students received reassuring answers to their questions from Paul Pastorek, acting chief operating officer. CHRISTIAN ORELLANA / The Maroon.

Dawson voiced her concerns for the future of professors and faculty members in the face of budget cuts, and Pastorek was honest in his answer.

“There will probably be some faculty that will be laid off in this process. That’s a fact,” Pastorek said.

Students also raised issues Pastorek couldn’t directly resolve.

Krewe leaders wondered how to deal with prospective students and

families asking about the stability of Loyola. Commuters expressed irritation with being “stuck in the basement” of the Danna Center.

Anecdotes about financial payment plans and the funding of resources for students of color were at the forefront of the discussion.

Ben Weil, SGA president, said the questions Pastorek wasn’t able to address still matter and will be answered at a later date.

“I believe strongly that the student voice has been heard, and I’m hopeful to see what the university can do about each and every concern,” Weil said.

Pastorek acknowledged that all concerns raised were “very reasonable,” and Laura Frerichs, vice president of marketing and communications, said the university is planning on creating a website for students to submit their concerns.

Cont.d’: Loyola has a strong future PASTOREK, continued from page 1 Pastorek said the second financial obstacle was that it took longer than expected for the board to determine what the university’s financial situation would be at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.

The third surprise came from a belief that university spending had decreased by $1.8 million in 2017.

Pastorek said the board was informed that these expense reductions were done. That was not the case.

The combination of these three challenges caused the board to grow concerned.

Pastorek said board members were forced to ask themselves “do we have all the horsepower we need to forecast any other problems out there?”

Borofsky and the Board The board made Pastorek executive chairman in the wake of these challenges, wanting Borofsky to report directly to Pastorek. Pastorek said the board does not typically get involved with university operations, but in executive session, they do.

"We felt like David needed more help, frankly," Pastorek said in a student town hall.

Pastorek said Borofsky told the board he was considering resigning about a week before he left.

“I have no criticism of his work or effort,” Pastorek said about Borofsky.

Pastorek said the board’s view was not that Borofsky was doing his job poorly, but that the university

Students appreciate chance for peace conference dialogue

needed more horsepower and didn’t want any more surprises.

“David and I had gotten to be good friends.” Pastorek said. “We began to work differently in that relationship over the next 4 weeks.”

Pastorek also said Borofsky gave him no reason for his resignation.

"I can't explain why he made his decisions," Pastorek said. "He didn't explain his rationale. We have to live with his decision and move forward."

Solving the Problems: Layoffs and Restructuring At the student town hall on Wednesday, April 18, Pastorek said in order to balance the budget, there would probably be faculty laid off.

"There will be people who will lose their jobs," Pastorek said.

However, he assured students that Loyola would not lose the character that makes the university unique and personalized.

Pastorek also plans to focus on money-saving opportunities in central operation restructuring.

“I expect we’re going to consolidate some of the administrative activities, change titles and not have as many vice presidents as we have now,” Pastorek said. “I also expect there will be some salary adjustments.”

Pastorek said the announcement about central office restructuring will be coming soon. That process will occur organically, according to Pastorek, but will happen before the end of the year so any potential financial benefits will impact next school year.

At the faculty town hall, Pastorek

Paul Pastorek speaks to Loyola students during a town hall on April 18, 2018. Pastorek listened to and addressed the concerns of the students. CHRISTIAN ORELLANA / The Maroon.

said he will also look at every college as a profit center in an attempt to save money. He has yet to investigate the direct costs of delivering each program, as well as any indirect costs.

“With my judgement, and armed with that information, we will be informed with what is working well and what is not,” Pastorek said. “It doesn’t mean we cut this program or that program. If you want to keep this program, we need to do something differently.”

Looking to the Future Loyola will have a new university president in June of 2018 and Pastorek does not plan to stay in his position for the duration of Project

Magis as he does not want to impinge on the incoming president.

The goal for the successful completion of Project Magis and the university's financial struggle is for there to be no deficit by the end of July 2019 and for the university to not draw on the endowment.

During his time as chief operating officer, Pastorek hopes to be open and transparent. He said he will value student input.

At the student town hall, Pastorek spent two hours answering student questions and concerns.

“I will always tell the truth," Pastorek said. "I believe the truth will set you free."

Loyola’s 10th Annual Student Peace Conference was the largest ever held. The conference, which ran from April 10 to April 17, was a week-long series of student panels to further community discussion about hope, renewal and global peace.

For political science sophomore Freedom Richardson, the Student Peace Conference gave him a chance to step back from personal accomplishments and see how important the progressive moment is to its community and look at what they can do better.

“This panel particularly, in regards to grassroots activism, allows me to be exposed to the work that other folks are doing, and it’s extremely inspiring,” Richardson said.

“It’s motivational for me. It makes me think ‘what can I be doing more of, and how can I do more of it?’”

Richardson was a student panelist for the “Down and Dirty: A Grassroots Activist Panel” panel, representing “Indivisible,” a progressive grassroots network of local groups to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda.

History freshman Brittany Giardina and philosophy senior Thanh Mai worked as co-chairs for the Student Peace Initiative and put together the panels for the conference.

“As far as the conversations and Q and A’s afterward, they were meaningful and productive,” said Giardina. “It was interesting to hear the different perspectives between a student and somebody who does these things for a living.”

History sophomore Claire McKenna was a student panelist for the “Chaotic Conflict and Turbulent Times” panel, where she discussed her paper, “1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran.”

McKenna talked about how scholars, journalists and the legal community have ignored the massacre of political prisoners in Iran for the past 30 years until recently.

“My panel sparked really productive discussion on the Middle East, particularly on America’s relationship with conflict. I gained a lot of new insight on these issues that I thought I understood.” McKenna said.

Veterans also spoke out on the untold horrors of war in the panel “War is Hell.” Jamie McFarland discussed the conflicts and struggles of being transgender while deployed in Afghanistan.

“The military helped turn a boy into a man and a man into a killer.

It wasn’t until I realized I didn’t want to be a man in the first place that I could just live my life and try my best to become a strong, independent woman. ” McFarland said.

McFarland began transitioning to become a woman about 3 weeks ago, she said.

“Overall, just giving you a glimpse at what these parties were facing, socially and politically, and then being able to have folks that are directly impacted by those social and political issues share their stories with the Loyola community has been extremely impactful. And hopefully they’ll convince people to get involved and get engaged.” Richardson said.

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Segregation remains a serious problem in housing, report says

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Louisiana governor pushing for trained officers in schools

By Associated Press

Cars sit at Harmony Oaks Apartments, formerly known as the Magnolia Projects before redevelopment after Hurricane Katrina, on April 18. The mixed income rentals are located on Clara St. in Central City. MILES ROUEN/The Maroon.

By Mairéad Siobhán mscahill@my.loyno.edu @mairead_siobhan Post-Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans had an opportunity to remedy centuries of housing policies that had resulted in an extreme racial disparity in the city — an opportunity they missed according to a new report released by The Data Center.

Released earlier this month, the report titled, “Rigging the Real Estate Market: Segregation, Inequality, and Disaster Risk,” examined the history of housing policies in New Orleans and focused on how they have resulted in the segregated neighborhoods we see today.

Robert Collins, professor of urban studies and public policy at Dillard University and one of four authors behind the report, stated the findings of the report are shocking.

“It’s surprising, the levels of segregation that still exist in New Orleans today,” Collins said.

The critical report pointed to centuries of systematically racist policies from slavery to the Jim Crow era, to post-Katrina policies

for causing the problem.

The report showed that it stems from both the government and the private sector. The separation of blacks and whites in housing and refusals to loan to financially atrisk neighborhoods, many of which were predominately black, added to the segregation conflict in the 1930’s.

“It’s an issue we see throughout the United States,” Collins said. “The disparity we see exists in every city, but it is certainly more acute in the South and even more pronounced in the city of New Orleans than in other U.S. cities.”

Describing Hurricane Katrina as a “missed opportunity,” Collins said the rebuilding efforts gave the city a blank slate and an opportunity to put equitable policies in place. Ultimately, that wasn’t done according to Collins.

Most significantly, the report said the post-Katrina road home grants that were federally-funded and imperative in the rebuilding effort were based on home values, automatically putting black residents at a disadvantage.

The report describes the program as “a bad deal for black residents who had been systemically pushed into isolated neighborhoods where homes had lower values.”

And while critical of those policies introduced over a decade ago, the report also highlights policies as recent as 2018 for not only failing to address the issue but for exacerbating it.

The report shared the fear that the city is reverting backwards, rather than making progress towards inclusion. Namely, it gave reasons that the “City government has failed to require developers to include any affordable housing units in an upand-coming neighborhood on high ground,” and that the “state is currently considering a bill that would prohibit local governments from acting to remediate historic segregation through inclusionary zoning measures.”

The report called instead for new housing policies to be introduced to create inclusion in the New Orleans housing market. Changes, the report said, that would be appropriate to make given 2018 is the year of the

New Orleans tricentennial.

The authors expressed hope in the 2016 Assessment of Fair Housing plan that outlined strategies for making housing options in the city more equitable, but insisted that further policy changes would be needed to remedy the centuries of racial segregation in the housing market.

Collins said the impending change of city council will bring about the necessary policies to remedy the issues unveiled in the report.

Describing himself as “hopeful,” Collins said that “often political change will bring a new perspective” but insisted that it can’t be left to the free market alone to solve.

Collins said that once Mayor-elect Latoya Cantrell takes office in May, it will be up to her and the new city council to take initiative to confront racial disparity in housing.

“If the problem becomes more severe we are going to begin to lose the working class and if left unsolved people won’t be able to live here anymore,” he said.

Drinking age bill for Louisiana fails to impress

By Tia Teamer tateame2@my.loyno.edu @tatea_time The bill that would have essentially lowered the drinking age in Louisiana was short-lived, as it was shot down earlier this month.

The bill, called the Louisiana Responsible Adult Consumption Act, was introduced by State Sen. Eric LaFleur.

It would have allowed 19 and 20 year olds to drink legally – but with a twist. They would have been required to complete a certification program that would teach them about the effects of alcohol.

Once passing the course, they

would receive an alcohol consumption certificate to show when purchasing beer, wine or liquor.

Federal law states that adults have to be 21 years old to consume alcohol.

If passed, the bill could have affected Loyola’s campus policy on alcohol — which complies with federal law, for underage students.

However, sociology junior Celeste Lavelle, 20, said the bill was unnecessary in the first place.

“In New Orleans, if it’s not heavily guarded, it won’t matter because it’s so readily accessible to kids when they’re around there families or at family functions where alcohol is present,” she said.

In an area where some minors rely on fake IDs and others to provide them with alcohol, she thinks the bill wouldn’t have made a difference at all.

“I think the big point here is that, every one drinks whether you’re 14 or 22,” she said.

LaFleur announced that the state would “not proceed any further with the bill,” following disapproval from Gov. John Bel Edwards’s administration.

The bill faced criticism because of the cost of the possible alcohol certification program would take millions of federal aid dollars from other projects.

Commissioner Jay Dardenne, left, speaks with Senate Finance Chairman Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte, on April 8, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte).

Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday that he wants a trained officer in every Louisiana school in the wake of a massacre at a high school in Florida where 17 people were killed.

“We need to know that every school district, every school, has one,” the Democratic governor said of school resource officers. He made his comments at the opening meeting of a statewide group of educators and law enforcement officials tasked with studying school safety.

The Louisiana Blue Ribbon Commission on School Safety met as bills aimed at letting teachers or certain civilians bring guns onto school grounds have failed in the state legislature. A measure allowing students to wear bulletproof backpacks has gained traction this year, easily passing the Senate earlier this month.

Edwards reiterated his opposition to arming teachers and instead says it’s important to strike a balance between safety and the needs of students, noting that campuses with fences and metal detectors could start looking more like prisons than schools.

“In order to have schools that are as safe as we want them to be for our kids, we’re tempted to create things that look like correctional institutions rather than nurturing environments conducive to education,” he said.

The February attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida has prompted protests across the country and a nationwide debate on how to protect school children from mass shootings.

Senators work on sexual harassment compromise

By Associated Press Faced with multiple proposals to toughen Louisiana government’s policies against sexual harassment, senators have whittled them down to one compromise bill, removing language that could have hidden misconduct allegations and investigation details from the public.

Three proposals to enact anti-harassment training and policies across government were pending in the Senate.

The sponsors agreed to move ahead with one bill, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Carpenter , a Baton Rouge Democrat. The Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee sent that measure to the full Senate for debate without objection.

“What I have heard from members is, for the purpose of uniformity, they would like to vote on one instrument,” said Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, the New Orleans Democrat who chairs the committee.

A legislative audit showed Louisiana has spent nearly $5.2 million on 84 lawsuits involving sexual harassment claims since 2009. That includes payments to people who filed claims as well as lawyers’ costs.

Possible changes to the bill’s language still are being negotiated.

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Tristin Sanders has talent on the stage and the track

By Will Ingram wringram@my.loyno.edu @WillIngram4

For one Loyola student, her life combines the flashing lights of a concert stage with the floodlights of a track field.

With talent in the 800-meter run and with a microphone in her hand, Tristin Sanders is a popular and commercial music sophomore that truly lives a double life of a singer and athlete.

However, when looking at her past, Sanders has done more singing than sprinting.

“I don’t entirely remember when I started singing,” Sanders said. “It’s something that I’ve always done. I can’t put an exact moment on it.”

However, Sanders does remember how and when she started her track career. Sanders first started running sprints and distance races at Coronado High School in order to help boost her singing talent.

“I got started with track in high school, and I first joined the cross-country and track teams as a reason to try to expand my lungs and gain more breath support for performing,” she said.

Sanders’ competitive spirit and drive to succeed has led her to lead a double life, one where she is a hopeful musical talent and a Loyola track sensation. A full schedule of workouts and rehearsals have not phased her.

“It’s a challenge to balance both, but it’s something I’ve never really thought about,” Sanders said. “It’s just something I’ve gotten used to like a normal schedule. I feel like if something is important enough

By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

Tristin Sanders, popular and commercial music sophomore, has been doubling as an athlete and singer since her high school years.

She took on sprinting with the track team to excel at her singing and has juggled being a performer and a student-athlete ever since she was a part of the Wolf Pack. JACOB MEYER/The Maroon.

you’re going to find ways to make it work.”

She also said that it does not take much to motivate her to practice both running and performing because of how much love she has for both crafts.

“I’m motivated to perfect my talents purely for the love of it,” Sanders said. “I absolutely love singing and performing. It’s the biggest adrenaline rush. And running is something I’ve always felt competitive in, and I’ll always want to do well in.”

Sanders said that her sport gives

her the ability to stay structured and motivated. It also helps her expand her energy throughout the day.

Sanders said the energy she gets is much needed as she can be seen performing the national anthem at the Pelicans games, singing in the Satchamo’s lounge in the Danna Center or making videos of her performances on her Twitter account.

Although she has learned to juggle both lives, she still has a preference for her first talent.

“Music is much more creative and allows me to have my own expression to add into it,” she said.

Loyola volleyball team offseason looks promising

By Sam Lucio & Yuichiro Oguma salucio2@my.loyno.edu yoguma@my.loyno.edu After a promising 2017 campaign, the Loyola volleyball team looks to take a huge step forward next season.

The team sported a 18-19 under Jessie Zabal, the head coach of the team. In her first year as the coach, she had the most wins since 2012.

The squad featured seven members earning Southern States Athletic Conference, most notably Tylar Beckham, mass communication sophomore, who was named to the conference First Team.

Zabal said that her players have grown since the fall and now have a better understanding of strategy on the court and their own skill sets.

“Just having the confidence in all of those things really changed their outlook on the game,” Zabal said.

Natavia Mitchell, psychology junior, said that she feels encouraged with the direction the team is heading and sees the team in a better position than the past year.

“We definitely have a better team dynamic. We communicate a lot better and we’re better conditioned this year so I’m excited,” Mitchell said.

The athletes are not the only ones who have gained experience, however. This past season was Zabal’s first year coaching at Loyola.

Track team upped the tempo during track-filled weekend

Tristin Sanders running at the Southern Invitational on March 10, 2018. LOYOLA NEW ORLEANS ATHLETICS/Courtesy.

Baseball takes a win versus No. 11 William Carey

By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

The Loyola volleyball team gathers in a group huddle during the game. The volleyball team has achieved record-breaking success under Jesse Zabal’s first year as head coach. ARCHIVE / The Maroon.

Zabal inherited a team that only had three seniors. Sixty percent of this year’s team were either freshmen or sophomores. The lack of veterans is usually a weakness for a program but the volleyball team thrived, reaching success that it had not previously reached in years.

The players credit their coach for their accomplishments. Mitchell said that the team couldn’t have been happier with how Zabal per-

formed as a coach in her first year.

“She went to the top and beyond with dealing with us and working with us and showing the potential that we can have as a team,” Mitchell said.

The team will look to capitalize on their new found confidence and experience against Xavier University in a scrimmage late April.

Despite the weekend downpour, the Loyola baseball team clawed out a win versus their nationally-ranked conference rival, No. 11 William Carey University.

Loyola beat the rain for their Friday double-header, gaining a win in Game 2, but the incoming storms led the Saturday match up to be moved to Sunday at Segnette Field.

Game 1 was a challenge for the Wolf Pack as they lost 10-3.

Game 2 was a different story as Loyola clawed their way to a 4-3 victory against the No. 11 team in the nation.

Game 3 was moved to Sunday due to inclement weather. The extra day did not help the Wolf Pack as they lost their final game at home.

Loyola lost 9-3 against their rivals with a crushing six runs coming from the sixth inning alone.

However, the Game 2 win proved monumental for Loyola as they improve their overall standings to 2027 and their conference record to 3-17.

Up next, Loyola will host the University of Mobile in a three-game series starting on April 20.

While festival season was starting up in the Crescent City, the Loyola track and field teams found their own rhythms at their track events.

Both teams competed in the Southeastern Strawberry Relays in Hammond, Louisiana while mass communication junior Leah Banks and computer information systems sophomore Jarrett Richard went to the Tiger Track Classic at Auburn University.

Even without the whole team present, both sets of athletes found great success at their respective competition.

The headliner at the Strawberry Relays was biology junior Yesenia Davis. Davis tore her Achilles tendon on March 25, 2017, ruling her unable to compete for the rest of her sophomore year. A little over a year after her injury, Davis hit the field again in her first appearance as a junior. She placed fifth in the women’s high jump at 1.5 meters.

Other stellar performances from Hammond came from environmental studies freshman Walter Ramsey.

Ramsey broke his second school record of the year with a 4:09.67 time in the 1500-meter run.

Biology freshman Cecilia Terracina and criminal justice sophomore Diamond Pearson both set new personal events in their events. Terracina scored a 2.27 meter leap in the pole vault and Pearson racked up a time of 12.58 in the 100-meter dash.

The success followed the two Wolf Pack athletes at the Tiger Track Classic.

Banks went up against NCAA talent for the second time this season to earn the 12th spot in the heptathlon. Throughout the seven events, she racked up 4,340 points, giving her the sixth place in the nation.

Richard set a season-high in the 100-meter dash with 10.81 and he finished second in his heat in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.89.

Golf finishes seventh in conference playoffs

By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

The Loyola men’s golf team finished in seventh place with a score of +61, 913 in the Southern States Athletics Conference playoffs.

The Wolf Pack team was led by business junior, Philip Nijoka, who finished with a score of 220 (+7). He tied in seventh place with Dalton State’s Ben Rebne.

Nijoka was named to the All-Conference team and finished in the top 10 in the tournament for the second consecutive year.

His twin brother, finance junior, Mark Nijoka, tied for the 26th spot in the competition.

Loyola had a set back from last year’s tournament as they had landed in the fifth spot in the previous year.

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Wolf Pack seniors win in final home series

Cont.’d: Yesenia Davis hurdles over injury DAVIS, continued from page 4

By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola

In their final season in maroon and gold, the seniors went through spurts of consecutive wins and tough, devastating losing streaks.

However, in their last series in Westwego, Louisiana, in front of a crowd of parents and fans, on Senior Day, the Loyola veterans shined as they notched wins versus No. 11 University of Mobile.

It felt straight out of a dream as two Wolf Pack seniors racked up wins on their last time on the mound.

Finance senior Jason Roussel, had red hot throws in Game 1, as he led his team to a 2-1 win versus the Rams.

Roussel threw a complete game without allowing an earned run.

He only allowed one run in the first inning on an error and then struck out five Rams players without surrendering a walk over eight innings pitched.

Loyola scored two runs late in the game to give Roussel the victory.

Marketing senior Joseph Kuchler also had a remarkable last game as he silenced the visiting team to a 4-0 victory.

Kuchler registered his third com-

Finance senior Jason Roussel takes the mound at Segnette Field for his last time on April 21, 2018. Roussel and marketing senior Joseph Kulcher helped pitch Loyola to back-to-back victories versus University of Mobile on Senior Day. LOYOLA NEW ORLEANS ATHLETICS/ Courtesy.

plete game of the season while he allowed only four hits the entire game, not surrendering a single walk and striking out two.

A pair of home runs by business freshman Zachary Cook and business management junior Charlie Seiter solidified Loyola’s win on one

of the top teams in the nation.

The pair of wins increased the Wolf Pack’s record to 22-28 and their conference record to 5-18.

Loyola will close out the regular season on the road in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. for a three-game series with Stillman College on April 27th.

me if we were going to have a shot at winning the conference championship. This pushed me even more.

Although I wasn’t able to practice with my teammates, I made sure I was present at as many practices, weight lifting sessions and all of the meets to support my teammates.

Seeing them work hard made me want to work hard. I officially returned to the track on February 7, 2018. I tried to keep it a secret to surprise my teammates but Coach Dodson seemed to be more excited about my return than me and couldn’t wait to tell my teammates.

Coach Dodson made sure not to rush me into anything too quickly and risk re-injury. It was very important that I felt comfortable getting back into the swing of things.

I’ll admit that I was nervous getting back into everything but I was also excited.

I had been working for this since all year. I competed in my first meet since my injury on March 30, 2018 at the University of South Alabama which was exactly a year since my surgery and a year and five days since my injury occurred. I was nervous but I knew I had to get back out there and I couldn’t be scared. I had to trust myself and all the ther-

apy I had done up until that point.

I competed both in 100-meter hurdles and high jump and did alright for my first meet back. I knew that I would be okay going forward.

I competed at Southeastern Louisiana University and jumped five feet which was a huge milestone and dropped three seconds from my hurdle time as well as ran the 400-meter hurdle race. I felt like I was back to my old self at this point and was ready for the conference championships the next week. I just knew that this was going to be the year that we won the championship and that I would reclaim my high jump title. At the conference meet, I competed in high jump first. I cleared 1.50 meters and was attempting 1.55 meters when I injured my right Achilles. This was the only event I got to compete in at conference. Although I wasn’t able to help my teammates on the track, I made sure I was there for them the rest of the meet. I made sure everyone’s minds were in the right place and cheered everyone through their events. I had been in this situation before and knew that my teammates still needed me. I found out that I partially tore my right Achilles but I know I can overcome this injury again and that’s exactly what I plan on doing.

Loyola, meet Jazz Fest. Jazz Fest, meet Loyola.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27

SUNDAY, APRIL 29

The New Orleans Guitar Masters featuring Cranston Clements, Loyola guitar and music industry studies instructor John Rankin, and Jimmy Robinson ’76

Sarah Quintana ’07 and the Miss River

Jazz guitar instructor Don Vappie’s Tribute to King Oliver

Imagination Movers featuring contemporary ensemble instructor Rich Collins

Wess Anderson Quintet featuring saxophone instructor Wess Anderson

featuring Marc Paradis ’02 and Omar Ramirez ’02*

Luther Kent and Trick Bag featuring jazz bass instructor Ed Wise

Voice instructor Quiana Lynell

New Orleans Nightcrawlers featuring

John Mahoney Big Band featuring

Saxophone Studies instructor Jason Mingledorff

professor emeritus John Mahoney; jazz bass instructor Ed Wise; percussion instructor Wayne Maureau; Ray Moore ’80; piano instructor Matt Lemmler ’90; associate professor of film and music industry studies Jeff Albert ’93; Brian Graber, M.S. ’98; Saxophone Studies instructor Jason Mingledorff; and Greg Hicks ’04

SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Bonerama featuring Mark Mullins ‘91 and Gregory Hicks ‘04

Delfeayo Marsalis presents the Uptown Jazz Orchestra featuring

Meghan Swartz ’07, Gregory Agid ’09, and Matt Skarzynski ’10

Magnificent 7 featuring John “Papa” Gros ’89 and Mark Mullins ’91

Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes

Band

THURSDAY, MAY 3

Loyola University Jazz Band Ed Voelker with Los Reyes de Lagardo featuring Saxophone Studies instructor Jason Mingledorff

SATURDAY , MAY 5 James Rivers Movement featuring

Peter Cho ’93, M.M. ’94

The Revivalists featuring Andrew

Campanelli ’09, George Gekas ’09, and Michael Girardot ’08

Stoop Kids featuring Griffin Dean ’15, Patrick DeHoyos ’15, Thomas Eisenhood ’15, David Paternostro ’15, and Joe Tontillo ’15, Astral Project featuring percussion instructor Johnny Vidacovich ’72 and saxophone professor Tony Dagradi ’86

SUNDAY, MAY 6

Jeremy Davenport featuring Jesse Boyd ’94

Galactic featuring Rich Vogel ’92, Stanton Moore ’94, and Jeff Raines ’95

Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show featuring music industry studies

Ellis Marsalis, M.M.E. ’86

instructor Jim McCormick

Naughty Professor featuring Sam *Also contains former Loyola students

FRIDAY, MAY 4

Shahin ’12, Ian Bowman ’14, John Culbreth ’14, and Bill Daniel ’14*

This is just a partial list of more than 50 members of the Loyola community performing live at the 2018 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

And you’re up next.

Flow Tribe featuring Mario Palmisano ’10 Contemporary ensemble instructor

Mia Borders ’10 featuring percussion

instructor Wayne Maureau

The New Orleans Suspects featuring Saxophone Studies instructor Jason Mingledorff

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Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife

Students across majors celebrate Earth Week

By Calvin Ramsay cbramsay@my.loyno.edu

This year’s Earth Week at Loyola was kicked off by a greenhouse concert complete with empanadas and science projects, all on the roof of Monroe Hall.

The Azby Rooftop Greenhouse Facility is rarely accessible to non-science majors but on April 16, 2018, the space was open to the public in celebration of Earth Week.

The event included live performances and science demonstrations from Loyola students. The event also showcased the greenhouse rooms and its collection of plants ranging from coffee shrubs to Venus flytraps.

Students Anthony Rizzi, Ella Hall and Liza Woodfield put together the rooftop event that has now been going on for three years at Loyola each Earth Week.

Rizzi, an anthropology and environmental law and policy junior, thinks that an important part of Earth Week is the inclusion of as many organizations as possible in the event.

“The idea is to bring together as many on-and off-campus organizations from all different fields because the environment really does affect everyone no matter what you study or what your skills are,” Rizzi said.

Musical performances at the event included the Darelilies and Tristin Sanders.

Sanders, a music industry sophomore who performed at the event last year, was keen to play again.

“I think the venue is just incredible. You have the sunset and everything. It’s just pretty and makes you really appreciate the actual event of Earth Day,” Sanders said.

By Paulina Picciano pjpiccia@loyno.edu @piccianopj

Tristin Sanders and her band performing at the Earth Week party atop Monroe Hall Monday, April 16. According to the singer, this was her first gig “in a long time.” Nonetheless, the singer and her band drew a crowd. JACOB MEYER/The Maroon.

Sanders and her band sang covers as well as original songs to celebrate the Earth and to raise awareness about ecological conservation.

“I think that music has a lot of power to influence things and so when musicians want to influence the environment, we have the power to do so,” Sanders said.

The event had students of all majors collaborating together in cele-

bration of Earth Week.

Loyola’s Physics Club also shared a light show they produced, followed by stargazing on the rooftop.

Rizzi and the rest of the group have many more environmentally friendly activities set up for the rest of Earth Week such as farmers markets, a multi-faith celebration and informative lectures.

A Loyola student inspects one of the smaller plants showcased in the Azby Rooftop Greenhouse atop Monroe Hall Monday, April 16.

New play deals with science and religion coming to a head

By Erin Snodgrass eesnodgr@loyno.edu @erinsnod

After premiering an award winning-play in New York, Loyola alumnus James McBride has returned to his alma mater to direct Loyola’s theater arts program’s final production this year, Informed Consent.

“Informed Consent,” written by Deborah Zoe Laugher, is at the intersection of medicine and ethics, according to McBride. Laugher was inspired by a real-life lawsuit against the University of Arizona after genetic anthropologists used a Native American tribe’s blood to track their migratory patterns, revealing scientific contrasts with the tribe’s deeply held beliefs about their ancestry.

“That was the jumping off point for the play,” McBride said. “There’s also a storyline in the play that was completely her own creation.”

McBride, A’12, has spent the last six years working everywhere from New York City to a regional theater in Denver. Despite his travels, McBride said he is happy to be back in New Orleans and excited to be working on this show in particular.

“I approached this show with questions about my own journey, with my sense of spirituality and religion and balancing that with existing in the modern world,” McBride said.

He described the play as being

Memorial opens up dialogue on mental health

about science and religion coming to a head, a topic McBride said a lot of people experience in life.

“I think there are questions that we all sort of have to wrestle with,” McBride said. “And that’s one thing I really love about this play – it provides space for those monolithic ideas to stand in a room and talk to each other.”

As an alumnus of the theater program, McBride said he uses what he learned at Loyola in every way when it comes to his directing. McBride said the department’s heavy emphasis on research is beneficial.

McBride said the department’s strengths are “approaching work not only from an artistic point of view but also an academic point of view, with the Jesuit ideals of this university, to be socially just.”

One of the unique aspects of this production is its set design. Grace Jinnah, studio art sophomore, drew all the set pieces that were then projected onto the stage.

“Projecting the set onto the stage is relatively new in theatre, so we were all learning throughout the production,” she said.

Jinnah used India ink and chalk to create an artistic effect that provides a “sketchy” atmosphere to accompany the theme of the play.

“The stage itself has texture, so seeing my paintings projected on the stage was a completely new experience with a new sense of life,”

Two actors gaze at one another mid-performance on the set of “Informed Consent”, directed by James McBride. The play focuses on themes at the intersection of religion and science, a fitting topic for a Jesuit university to examine. All of the backdrops in the play are original student works in the place of traditional scenery. KYLE ENCAR/ Courtesy.

she said.

According to Jinnah, technological advances have allowed new art forms to thrive and advance mediums which already exist.

“The projections aid the storytelling quality through their flexibility.

The light of the projector gives the

stage a completely fresh narrative,” Jinnah said.

“Informed Consent” runs April 19 through April 21 with performances at 7:30 p.m. in the Lower Depths Theatre in the Music and Fine Arts Building.

The Social Political Design class unveiled The Kendall Collective, a memorial to the late Kendall Michelle Daigle.

Kendall Daigle was an English writing student who passed away March 2014 from a heroin overdose, and her memorial aims to create an open dialogue about mental health and drug addiction.

The memorial was put up April 18. It sits in the green space in front of Monroe Hall and is a newly planted Japanese magnolia tree that will soon grow bright pink petals, representing Kendall’s pink hair, surrounded by a bench with a lending library. The library contains copies of Kendall’s book, published posthumously by her family, and books chosen by the memorial’s student designers.

The event featured an interactive portrait of Kendall Daigle, a table giving away her book and reflection journals, and open mic readings to honor Kendall Daigle’s love of writing. The design class also handed out a series of postcards with prompts that encouraged people to write their struggles anonymously or make other comments on mental health.

Jessica White, design junior and one of The Kendall Collective’s creators, said that she hopes the memorial will encourage people to share with and help others.

“It’s important because most people struggle from some type of struggle. We suppress our feelings a lot. We wanted to create an environment where you can talk about that,” White said.

It was important to both the designers and Kendall’s parents, who commissioned the memorial, not to shy away from the way Kendall had died but to create awareness for the issue instead. Part of the goal of the memorial was to create a space that challenged the stigma around mental health among students and encouraged discussions.

“The idea of the memorial was to kind of create a safe space,” Savana Jonau, design junior and one of the creators of the memorial, said.

Jonau painted a portrait of Kendall that served as a centerpiece for the event.

Kendall’s mom, Michelle Daigle, regularly visits campus and commented on the significance of having the memorial at Loyola.

“Now that they have this live memorial, it just means so much to me that people can reflect,” Michelle Daigle said. “Even though they don’t know Kendall, it’s kind of like her memory can continue on, and plus it’s really nice for me to have a place to sit and reflect and connect with her.”

The Daigles have ensured that Kendall’s life and legacy will live on at Loyola. In addition to a physical memorial that students can visit, they have also created an endowment with the English department that will help fund programs like the New Orleans Review and study abroad opportunities. As of now, the endowment is set at $100,000, but they are hoping to grow that number in the future.

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Design class unveils student memorial

The Kendall Collective memorial is a newly planted Japanese magnolia tree that will soon grow bright pink petals, representing Kendall’s pink hair, surrounded by a bench with a lending library. PAULINA PICCIANO/The Maroon.

Jessica White helps open The Kendall Collective event. The Kendall Collective was a memorial designed by the Social Political design class to remember the life of Kendall Daigle, a Loyola student who passed away March 2014. PAULINA PICCIANO/The Maroon.

In addition to the unveiling of the memorial, an interactive portrait of Kendall Daigle and a display of postcards served as centerpieces of The Kendall Collective event.

PAULINA PICCIANO/The Maroon.

A student who helped design The Kendall Collective explains the items being given away at a display table. PAULINA PICCIANO/The Maroon.

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Borofsky’s gone. It’s time to give Pastorek a chance.

If Paul Pastorek thought he knew campus before, he knows it a lot better now.

Hours of being grilled by faculty, students and The Maroon editorial board will do that.

It’s the tale of Pastorek’s first week on campus — going around and getting input from organizations, in much the same way that endeared former Interim Provost David Borofsky to many.

But Pastorek’s got more of a challenge than Borofsky did. That challenge: fixing “the hysteria,” as one student at Wednesday’s student town hall meeting called it, that Loyola is losing accreditation or even shutting down completely.

“We’re not going to lose accreditation. Period. It’s not a possibility,” Pastorek responded.

It was one of many issues Pastorek faced from frustrated campus community members, with questions by faculty, staff and students showing that they are concerned to the point of being cynical. And at this point, who can blame them?

They have seen a continued budget shortfall gut many jobs on campus, with the one man — David Borofsky — who seemed to have the university on a path to stability leave under sudden and unclear circumstances.

In stepped Pastorek, a man who went to Loyola, whose family for multiple generations has gone to Loyola and a man who headed the

board of trustees.

With the state the university’s in, that pedigree brings a lot of baggage.

Pastorek is, whether fair to him or not, the epitome of the Loyola establishment — a far cry from the mercenary outsider attitude Borofsky brought, which often sees him stay at a university for a year or two before moving on.

But though Loyola is in his blood, it’s not fair to blame Pastorek for past university failures. He’s only been on the board of trustees for a few years and has only gotten hands-on with the university in the past few months.

So Pastorek deserves a clean slate.

We must be open to what he has to offer, and the good news is, so far, he looks to keep us on much the same track as Borofsky had us on. And, most importantly, he has vowed to all the groups he’s met with to erase the university’s budget deficit by July 2019.

He said he will do this by restructuring administration, and, in a move he let students know in the town hall meeting, there will likely be additional faculty layoffs.

“There will be some people who lose their jobs. That’s a fact,” Pastorek said.

In the spirit of giving him a clean slate and keeping an open mind, we’ll assume that something changed between when he met for the faculty town hall and the student one six days later, because

when faculty — the one’s whose livelihoods are on the line — asked him that question directly, he declined to say one way or the other.

In any case, if Pastorek is as committed to transparency as he claims to be, he will offer an explanation for the difference in answers. Faculty deserves it.

And with Loyola community members in as frustrated of a state as they are, Pastorek must know that every statement he makes will be taken to heart.

But meetings like the ones he’s had are a start, because the only way for Pastorek to ease the concerned mood over campus is to keep an open dialogue.

And in that dialogue, he too needs to have an open mind. He needs to learn from these meetings.

He preaches transparency, but now it’s time to prove it.

In the coming weeks, Pastorek said he and Interim Provost Maria Calzada will release the restructuring plan for the university.

Let us hope this is the final restructuring plan for a long time.

And let us hope that “restructuring” will finally give faculty, staff and students what they’re begging for — a future with real, actual “structure.”

Borofsky may have had us on that path, but he’s gone. It is time to move on. The ball’s in Pastorek’s court now. We must give him a chance to succeed.

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lilly suthon Criminology and psychology sophomore lesuthon@my.loyno.edu

Brianna Daniel-Harkins, LIT Conference co-organizer leads a workshop during the event. The conference, which was completely organized by students, aimed to break down stereotypes of leadership and encourage students to be leaders in their lives. Thabata argues that student leadership is as rewarding as it is tiring. LACINEA MCBRIDE/ The Maroon.

Remember to thank your student leaders rana thabata Political science sophomore rwthabat@my.loyno.edu

When you are a student leader there is no doubt that you have a tremendous amount of responsibilities. Don’t get me wrong, being a student leader is great. It’s very fulfilling and rewarding, but it is also hard and tiring.

When you are an avid student leader, lots of people know who you are. They know that you are a good contact and often go to you for answers to questions or ask if they can collaborate. It’s awesome when we collaborate and co-sponsor events

on campus because, let’s be honest, our campus (like many others) has an over-programming problem.

There are so many amazing events going on at the same time. When you’re involved in so many things, you’re conflicted on where you’re supposed to go to.

First, let’s look back at the phrase student leaders and remember that the first word of that phrase is “student.” Student, as in someone going to an educational institution to learn. We are all here to learn, but we do not learn if we do not make mistakes.

Our student leaders are taking 15-18 credits a semester, have internships, some live off campus and many have part-time jobs. Our student leaders are being pulled in so many directions and no one is going to take care of them, except for them.

So my opinion is: cut them some slack. They do a lot for our campus and get to make mistakes, they get to forget, they get to take a day off of being president of something and just be themselves — they’re human. Just because they’re student leaders does not mean they are perfect.

Student leaders are incredible people who love Loyola and want others to love Loyola. The work they do is because they want to do it. Loyola gives its students the opportunity to be leaders and to discover their amazing skills. I am not saying that they should not be held accountable, but everybody fails at something in life whether it is now or in the future, and we deal with it at a pace we are comfortable with.

Despite disappointing others, and most importantly themselves, student leaders should know that they

are giving their all —all the time— and they are allowed to take a breath from time to time.

The entire university community is working toward the same goal: making Loyola the best university it can be, but that goal does not just lie on student leaders, it’s on us all.

To all my fellow student leaders, thank you. Thank you for making our school fantastic, thank you for showing others that they can also be leaders, thank you for being phenomenal despite everything else going on in your life. My admiration and appreciation for all of you is endless. Thank you is an understatement.

If you know someone who is a student leader, thank them and remind yourself that they should be fully recognized in their humanity before any of the other roles they play.

Be quiet on the third floor of the library grant dufrene Philosophy and English sophomore gmdufren@my.loyno.edu

I want to be able to study on the third floor of the Monroe Library without being subjected to adult cartoon characters screeching, “Pickle Rick!”

Is that too much to ask?

When I first toured Loyola I was told that each floor gets progressively quieter, with the third floor being silent, but this is not the reality of it.

I get it. The library has comfy chairs and your roommate exiled you, but there are other places to seek refuge and watch cartoons at full volume besides the third floor of the library.

To be fair, the noise pollution from Adult Swim shows is not the extent of the problem. Phone calls

from parents are answered, couples have arguments about how one partner is texting a ‘friend’ a little too often, and people listen to music out loud which all contribute to unnecessary noise on the third floor.

Those of you who whisper on the third floor don’t deserve to be put in the above- mentioned groups. You are the real problem. Why do you hate order? Who hurt you?

The second floor volume is supposed to be a whisper. Why go to the floor above to follow the rules of the floor below? Maybe you’re confused. The fourth floor gallery is not silent. I don’t know the volume rules for that floor, but I assume there are none, so whisper there, or anywhere else.

I know, I could just find a new place to study, like the Holy Name of Jesus Church, but I somehow find reading Feuerbach in front of the crucifix inappropriate. Plus, the pews are uncomfortable.

I’m sure I sound like an old man with sensitive ears, but we should all be concerned about the disappear-

“I guess what I think would be a really great senior gift would be if maybe the seniors who were graduating would leave behind their textbooks, or just other materials that they’ve had, for students who are incoming into their majors or minors. And maybe some more benches outside for students to enjoy the greenery that we have—I think that’d be a really awesome gift.”

louisa hurt Mass communication junior lhhurt@my.loyno.edu

“I think it would be really cool for the seniors to donate more of those solar powered charging tables that are outside the Mass Comm and music building. I think those can be really beneficial for Loyola, energy efficient and good for everyone.”

beth cohen Music industries sophomore elcohen@my.loyno.edu

“I want the senior gift to be some kind of dining area outside.”

laci mcbride Mass communication and sociology junior ltmcbrid@my.loyno. edu

“I wish the senior gift was an all-access pass to the roof of Monroe.”

Michael Koster, Management junior, studies on the third floor of the Monroe Library.

Many students choose to study on the third floor because of its no-talking rule--a rule that Dufrene says is seldom enforced. KATELYN FECTEAU/The Maroon.

ance of quiet zones because we are constantly bombarded with noise.

Whether it be events happening in the quad or airplanes flying overhead, living on a college campus in the middle of a city can be pretty loud, so an escape is crucial.

I think we could all benefit from a little silence, not only for the rea-

sons mentioned above, but also for self-reflection.

We need more places to escape noise, not fewer, so next time you’re on the third floor, please keep the silence rule in mind. You may actually benefit from it.

riley katz Mass communication senior rdkatz@my.loyno.edu

“A parking garage where students could park for free.”

For suggestions on next week’s question, email letter@loyno.edu.

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