September 8, 2017 by Loyola Maroon

Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 96 • Issue 4 • September 8, 2017

THE MAROON FOR A GREATER LOYOLA

Thefts plague Loyola's studio artists

The Willow to host Harvey relief concert By Emma Gilheany eagilhea@my.loyno.edu @eagilheany

Artwork courtesy of Zoe Blair-Schlagenhauf. Illustration by Hayley Hynes.

Zoe Blair-Schlagenhauf reports her artwork missing on the first day of school. Others in Loyola's Department of Art also attest to having this experience.

By Seán Brennan shbrenna@my.loyno.edu @sean_themaroon

Earning a studio art degree requires dozens of projects and hundreds of hours. Stealing student artwork takes all those hours away. Three weeks ago, Zoe Blair-Schlagenhauf, studio art major, walked into her Monroe Hall studio on the first day of her senior year to find three of her pieces gone, her desk re-organized and only a small piece of paper with the letters “D-E-DO-I” written on the back. She reported her work stolen three days later on Aug. 24 to University Police but doesn’t except her projects to re-appear anytime soon — something all-too-familiar for Loyola’s studio art students. “This is my studio space. This isn’t even a public gallery space,” Blair-Schlagenhauf said. “That means somebody I know who has a code to the door or a friend of somebody who has the code to the door came in and took them.” Hours of work went into Blair-Schlagenhauf’s missing pieces — a painting, a sketch for a painting and a book filled with origami — and while the fourth floor Monroe

art studios are meant to be a personal space for students, this incident makes them the newest scene of art theft on campus. Blair-Schlagenhauf and other studio art majors have previously had their work taken from the Danna Center, the first floor of Monroe Hall and now their own private studios. Stolen off tables or simply taken down from the wall, their projects can take a semester to complete but be gone in a moment. Two semesters ago, Blair-Schlagenhauf and June Gehringer, A'17, spent almost 40 hours on a sculpture entitled “Trash Heart” for their class. Once completed, it was displayed in the gallery located in the basement of the Danna Center, only to be stolen off a table within a week. The same semester, another of Blair-Schlagenhauf’s works called a diptick — two pieces meant to go together on separate pieces of paper — was taken off the gallery wall. The next spring, the diptick re-appeared in the gallery, wrinkled and dented. She believes it was probably hanging in a student’s dorm room before being returned. “I think it’s just other students that think it’s not that big of a deal if you take someone’s work, but

they don’t understand that hours go into it,” Blair-Schlagenhauf said. “If someone really wanted it, they could have offered to buy it.” William Kitchens, professor of printmaking in the Department of Art, says the program is no stranger to art thefts and hopes that culprits come to their senses when things go missing. “There have been thefts in the past. Students have lost supplies and, on occasion, artwork,” Kitchens said. “We lost several silkscreen prints a year ago, and I posted flyers with pictures of the stolen work and the prints appeared a day later in the hallway near where they were stolen. If a student steals artwork and hangs it up in their room, someone will eventually see it.” University Police said it investigated the matter and determined the student was not at fault and that they took the art since it was out in the open and had assumed it was available for taking. According to Kat Dilonno, studio art junior, Kitchens and her professors are flexible when it comes to these incidents when they grade. “They’re really understanding. They get it that it’s so many hours of work taken so they don’t penalize

anyone for it,” Dilonno said. Dilonno has had both sculptures and paintings stolen out of Monroe Hall, work that had to be turned in for a grade and was taken right off their pins on the wall. When students display their art, they risk walking in the next morning to see it gone. “I have no idea who would do it, but I’d put money on that it’s nobody in the art program,” Dilonno said. Following Blair-Schlagenhauf’s back-to-school thefts, she suggests the door to the senior studio has the code changed. While she thinks the mysterious letters “D-E-D-O-I” are nonsense, she plans to buy a lock and start to only keep her belongings in cabinets, as she waits to hear back from University Police. According to the safety tips located on the Public Safety and University Police section of Loyola’s webpage, students should immediately notify the police if a crime occurs on campus or in off-campus housing. The investigation into the disappearance of Blair-Schlagenhauf's artwork remains ongoing. University Police stated they could not comment since the investigation is ongoing.

Well-known local performers, including Cyril Neville, Rockin Dopsie Jr., Hot 8 Brass Band, Michael O'Hara and more are set to come together at The Willow starting at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, for a benefit concert to raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey. All of the ticket sales from the event, which will come in the form of a $10 minimum entrance fee (though concert-goers may donate more), will go to the Houston Food Bank, and there will also be a truck collecting food and clothing donations at the event. The hurricane, which struck southeastern Texas on Aug. 25, is believed to be responsible for at least 70 deaths in the United States and could potentially break Hurricane Katrina's record for the costliest natural disaster in United States history. The idea for the concert came after an event The Willow planned to host on Aug. 28 was cancelled due to the inclement weather caused by Harvey. It was a charity event called the Rock Against Racism, which benefited the Southern Poverty Law Center. When the event was canceled, Claude Bryant, one of the musicians, as well as a manager at The Willow, had the idea to host this event instead. They started planning it the next day. The musicians from the Rock Against Racism agreed to participate in the flood relief concert, and all have agreed to send the money they would have earned to hurricane victims, according to Jared Mintz, the production manager of The Willow. All of the musicians "want the money to go to the best place possible," Mintz said. Aaron Cohen Band is the youngest of the groups playing at the concert. Cohen described their style of music as "rock 'n' roll grit meets Detroit soul and electric NOLA brass." "We're thrilled to be taking an active role in the Houston recovery process, and honored to share the stage with musicians we admire," Aaron Cohen, who offers vocals and guitar for Aaron Cohen Band, said. Most of the performers at the event are local, so they "have a lot of sympathy for Houston because of Katrina," Mintz said. Cohen, who went to college in New Orleans but is originally from Detroit, said he had made many Houston connections after attending school here and knew people affected by the floods. "The cities are inextricably linked, both geographically as major hubs in the Gulf South, and spiritually, as Houston held host to so many New Orleanians following Katrina. That's why it's so important for the New Orleans community, especially the artistic community, to give back as they face this challenge," Cohen said. Tuesday's concert will be for audiences age 18 and up.

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news briefs Loyola holds ‘Harvey’ relief week

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Photos of Father Carter from 1945 (left) and 1977 (right) editions of The Maroon. Carter had been elected freshman Arts and Sciences president by his peers in 1945 and was serving as president of the university in 1977.

Father, Physicist and President Father James Carter has been part of Loyola since 1944. Since then he has fulfilled many roles, including Loyola’s longest serving President By Madison McLoughlin mmmcloug@my.loyno.edu

For Loyola, the Rev. James Carter, S.J., has done it all. From student to physics professor to minister to university president, Carter has been a presence on campus ever since he first arrived in 1944. This week marks his 90th birthday. In honor, Loyola is asking for donations, with an anonymous donor offering to match the first 90 donations of $90. It was 1944 when Carter first joined the Wolf Pack, looking to become a member of the Jesuit order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, and to study physics. While studying at Loyola, he was inspired by two of his professors, Fr. Flichter and Fr. Twomey, whom he credits for giving

him his passion for racial justice. Carter considers himself a civil activist and believes his time at Loyola has played a significant role. “It has given me an opportunity to serve the community,” Carter said about the many positions he has held. Carter also taught physics at Loyola and eventually worked his way up to being the 14th president of the university. He served in the position from 1974 to 1994 — the longest tenure in university history. While teaching physics, Carter expanded his passion for the subject by researching nuclear and elementary particle theories. “When I began graduate school, nuclear energy was the promising safe, efficient, clean source of energy for the future. Particle phys-

ics was a natural sequel to nuclear physics,” Carter said. Between his research and his time serving Loyola, Carter has been the recipient of many awards and honors. He credits his role as president for being the reason for those accomplishments. “Much of it has to do with the high visibility of being a university president,” Carter said. Carter’s current course, ‘Faith, Science, and Religion,’ tackles the oftentimes difficult relationship between science and religion. Carter, however, says he is not afraid of the controversy and tries to put such doubts to rest in the course. “First, many of the great men who started modern science as we know it today were believers. Second, how does one answer the question: why

is there something rather than nothing?” Carter said about his course. Hera Bodganos, history sophomore, previously took Carter’s course and described the class as mind-opening. “Looking at religion and its relationship with science itself was fascinating. Father Carter really dove into issues and peeled back the layers to get to the root of the controversy. We talked about everything: from the obvious issues such as creationism to the lesser known environmental issues,” Bodganos said. Carter is proud of his time at Loyola, which has spanned seven decades, believing he “made some small contribution to Loyola’s Jesuit mission.”

Website redesign focuses on mobile-friendly use By Sam Lucio salucio2@my.loyno.edu

The Loyola website underwent a major redesign over the summer, and while the university is glad to have a more modern look, some students said that finding the resources they need has become more difficult. Eric Schmidt, web developer for Loyola, said the current website is an interim solution while the developers work on a large redesign of the entire site, which is planned to launch next year. Laura Kurzu, vice president of marketing and communications, explained the importance of the new website, saying it is the first introduction to prospective students and parents. Kurzu said the old website had around 140,000 total pages, 30 percent of which hadn’t been visited in the last three years. “We want to be relevant and meaningful and memorable to prospective students. We try to reflect

what’s new and exciting,” Kurzu said. Marissa Noell Dougherty, Loyola web developer, said the previous home page had a hard news focus. “We wanted to make sure [the new website] was a jumping-off point for so many more aspects of the university,” Dougherty said. The old website was not built with a responsive design, which resulted in slow and difficult mobile navigation. “People weren’t getting the full experience on mobile,” Dougherty said. While the goal was to modernize the website, some students initially found the new website difficult to navigate. Greg Fortier, music industry sophomore, was unable to find the familiar links he often used, such as Blackboard and LORA. “I believe that this new website was a confusing shift at first, but within a matter of seconds, I already found where everything is located,” Fortier said.

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The new website aims to be more mobile user friendly, as well as to make a positive first impression on prospective students and parents. The redesigned website is meant to give users the full Loyola experience.

He wasn’t the only one that saw an issue with the new design. “It took me a while to get used to it, but as I continued to go on it, it got easier to use,” Dane Castillo, music composition sophomore, said.

Kurzu said she understands the issues and is always open for constructive feedback. “What we want to know is if there’s an opportunity to improve,” Kurzu said.

Organizations came together to sponsor a relief week for victims of Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Houston and impacted some Louisiana residents. Some of the participating organizations were the Student Government Association, Black Student Union, National Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council, as well as many other campus groups. Throughout the week there were bins in the residence halls where non-perishable items could be collected. On Thursday, volunteers collected hygiene products, canned goods and more in the One Loyola Room in the Danna Center. On Friday, SGA will collect the bins and tally up how much money was raised. To donate money to the cause, send it via Venmo to @LoynoHarvey. To get involved, email SGA President Ben Weil at bnweil@my.loyno.edu.

Panhellenic recruitment begins Thursday, Sept. 7 Loyola’s four Panhellenic sororities began primary recruitment on Thursday with a kickoff event featuring Catherine Lenihan, visiting assistant professor of marketing, speaking to potential new members about the merits and benefits of sorority life. The recruitment activities will continue through the week, ending with “Bid Day” on Monday, Sept. 11, when the new members’ sororities are revealed to them. Amy Watkins, vice president of recruitment operations for the Panhellenic organization, encouraged all women to go through the process, emphasizing the unique and progressive culture and community. Watkins stressed that Loyola’s greek women come from all walks of life, and are involved in a variety of activities on campus. This is why women are required to meet and experience all four sororities instead of choosing a single one. Watkins believes that this way, potential members are able to see the benefits of all four sororities, and the opportunities of being part of the larger greek society on campus.

Mass of the Holy Spirit held on Sept. 7 All 11 a.m. classes on Thursday were canceled as the university came together for the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit in Holy Name of Jesus Church. The annual event was hosted by the Office of Mission and Ministry. This year’s mass was notable for celebrating the 90th birthday of the Rev. James Carter, S.J., who served as the homilist, as well as being the final time the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., attended the mass as university president. The spiritual gathering began at 11:30 a.m. Students were encouraged to attend with their organized and affiliated campus group or organization, wearing their club shirts. Immediately following the mass, the community celebrated Carter’s 90th birthday with a light reception in the narthex of the church.

Life &Times

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Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife By Andres Fuentes andresafue@gmail.com @af_nola

While most graduates go off to interviews and internships in order to fulfill their dreams, Kelsey Brehm, A’17, decided to take a different route. Upon graduating, she has already started her own lingerie company, called A Little Something, and made it into a successful business. “I have been sewing since I was a young girl,” Brehm said. “My mom taught me in Girl Scouts.” Despite having the ability to sew engraved in her at a young age, it was not until Kelsey studied abroad in Amsterdam that she realized her true passion. “[I] saw some lace at a market and I thought to myself, ‘I want to make myself a bra,’ and everyone really dug it,” she said. “One thing lead to another, and people started paying me for them, and now it’s A Little Something.”

g O n u i t t s u B Loyola grad starts booming lingerie business

With A Little Something, Brehm aims to take an approach that the typical retail outlet does not: make clothes personal. “There’s very much a person behind it. It’s super fun,” she said. “Everything is hand-made by me and an assistant to make women feel comfortable in a little something that they can wear: a

very functional piece of lingerie that they can wear every day.” What her customers can expect is lingerie personalized to them and completely unique. “It’s more inclusive because it’s not factory made and will never be factory made. That’s not our morals. They will be handmade forever. I get to have those happy customers because I have my hands on everything,” she said. Brehm’s desire is to create something one-of-a-kind, mimicking the fact that women come in a variety of different shapes and sizes. She said that drives her ideology, which is “making women feel comfortable and powerful in their own skin in clothes that, if they feel necessary, that they need.” A Little Something has also been gaining support from the local community. Last year, Kelsey hosted her first fashion show at The Willow using her own lingerie and models. Most recently, A Little Something was featured at Boyfriend’s Fifth Annual Birthday Extravaganza on Sept. 1 at the Joy Theater. “Me and Boyfriend are kind of all linked up in our belief in women’s rights and health and supporting women and who we are and what we do,” Brehm said. A Little Something has taken off at a rapid pace. Brehm said she has turned a profit from her first transaction and continues to do so. “It’s definitely a growing business,” Brehm said. “It’s always been successful. I put $20 into this business that first time and I just kind of ran it from there. Now I’m paying accountants and I’m buying new machines.” Any potential customers can message @KelseyBrehm on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Customers can also message A Little Something on Facebook or @_alittlesomething on Instagram.

UPCOMING EVENTS Courtesy of Kelsey Brehm

(Left) One of Kelsey Brehm’s designs. Brehm fabricates designs based on the client’s measurements. Each item of clothing is a oneof-a-kind piece that is handmade by Brehm.

Embrace your fears at the NOLA Horror Film Fest By Emma Gilheany eagilhea@my.loyno.edu @eagilheany

Locals hoping to get into the Halloween spirit a little early will have their chance at the NOLA Horror Film Fest from Sept. 21-24. Held at Castillo Blanco Art Studios on St. Claude Avenue, the festival will have film screenings, as well as featuring vendors and burlesque performances between showings. After starting in 2011, the festival has evolved over its seven-year run. Founded by J.T. Seaton and Ryan Blake George, they were shocked to realize that New Orleans, known for its culture of the supernatural, did not have its own festival celebrating

horror films, so they decided to start their own. Charles Lucia, the local director of the festival, said that in future years they hope to make it more of a convention, showcasing their love of sci-fi, horror and local artists. The film fest received around 500 submissions this year and will be showing 65 films. Filmmakers can submit their film for consideration to be shown at the festival through FilmFreeway. When picking what films to showcase, the board judges on originality and production value, but they mostly look for films with a good story and that are “something people need to see” according to Lucia. The NOLA Horror Film Fest

shows a variety of films in the horror genre, from low-budget, locally made short films to blockbuster full length films. Lucia is excited for this year’s opening night pick, “Welcome to Willits,” which he thinks will be a crowd favorite. It is a “good balancing act between being creepy and funny,” Lucia said. Some standout films from past years of the festival include “Shortwave,” “The House on Pine Street” and “Blood Punch.” In addition to their four-day festival, the organization also hosts monthly screenings of both new and classic horror films at different venues in New Orleans. The fest also hosts “Halfway 2 Halloween” in April, which shows the best films

from the last festival as well as new films. NOLA Horror Film Fest runs this year from Sept. 21-24. Single screening tickets start at $8 online, and can be purchased at the door for $10. Day passes can also be bought: Thursday for $14, Friday and Sunday for $20 and Saturday for $40. Weekend passes can be purchased for $75 and VIP passes can be bought for $150.

9/9 — The New Orleans Pancake and Booze Show Description: Art show featuring over 50 artists, live body painting, live DJ sets, live art and a free pancake bar. Price: $7 (early bird general admission), $10 (doors) Location: Howlin’ Wolf, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

9/10 — And the Echo and Nebula Rosa Concert Description: Oxford, Mississippi synth-poppers And The Echo with Nebula Rosa. (18+). Price: $7 Location: Gasa Gasa, 8 p.m. (doors) 9p.m. (start of show)

9/16 - 9/17 — National Hispanic Celebration Description: A celebration of the Hispanic community and its diversity. Event has soccer, dances and more. Price: Free Location: Annunciation Park. 1500 Annunciation St., from 12 p.m.- 9 p.m.

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1. MTV toon teen 7. Sings the blues 14. Planned city in California’s Orange County 15. Conquered 17. General courses 18. “Could be worse” 19. __ talks 20. Ones in a mess, briefly 21. Celestial body 22. Chug-__ 23. Persuaded 25. Instrument dating to the Paleolithic age 27. “Go ahead” 29. One determining 17-Across 30. Wikipedia is an example of it 32. Like most capital costs 33. Kind of response to mortal danger 39. Brody who was the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner 40. Contingency plan 43. Double-check 44. Old Italian capital 45. “__ oui!” 46. Provoke 47. San Francisco’s __ Valley 48. Presages 49. Symbolic attitude? 52. Star close to Venus? 53. Field of dreams? 54. Pucker-inducing 55. Denies 56. Parks with games

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1. Digital image format 2. Jazz virtuoso Garner 3. Street in Manhattan’s Alphabet City 4. Salad bar item 5. __ 500 6. His, to Henri 7. Reunion discovery 8. Bypass

9. Last team to play in the Polo Grounds 10. Sounds from the stumped 11. Base fig. 12. Bulgur salad 13. Spruce (up) 16. Swedish tennis great 23. Like some patches 24. Harder to explain 25. Precede 26. Inc. kin 28. Blackened from combustion 29. Exfoliation material 31. NFL Titan, once 33. Pasta pellets in Jewish cuisine 34. Thoughtful guy? 35. Breakfast bar 36. Sought anonymity 37. “Just play along, okay?”

38. Exploit 41. “Burnt” crayon color 42. Prose pieces 44. More than a little foolish 47. BCS org. 48. It’s often tapped out 50. North Sea feeder 51. They, in Tours 52. Radical ‘70s org.

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Research lab assistant William Brandt cleans equipment in the lab located on the fourth floor of Monroe Hall where Dr. Rosalie Anderson’s joint regeneration research takes place. The project involves cutting chicken embryos in the hope that research may one day help regrow human joints.

Biology students delve into ambitious project By India Yarborough indiayarborough97@gmail.com @iayarbor

As a child, Loyola biology professor Rosalie Anderson held a love for the natural world. “I attribute my love for biology to, definitely, my family life,” she said. Anderson grew up in Ocean Springs, Mississippi — the Gulf Coast town home to some of her grandfather, Walter Anderson’s, most famous works of art: colorful renditions of the region’s plants, animals and people. “He called himself a painter,” Rosalie Anderson said. “He never called himself an artist, but he was definitely a naturalist.” Anderson’s love for nature and biology led to her interest in joint regeneration research, which she

has conducted at Loyola since 2009 and hopes to complete this school year. Through her research, Anderson — who teaches cells and heredity, investigating nature and additional higher-level biology courses — works closely with her students to study the joint tissue of chicken embryos. Their goal? Improving human health. “It’s kind of shocking when you go into science,” Anderson said. “At least from the textbooks, I felt like we knew most of the answers except for maybe cancer, and then I realized we don’t know as much as we need to know. Regeneration became one of them — or even how the limb develops, which is where I started.” Anderson said she operates her research under two grants from the National Institutes of Health. According to Anderson, deter-

mining what makes tissue regeneration possible could help people combat arthritis, aid athletes recovering from joint injuries and make certain prosthetic limbs more usable. “To figure out how to get to the point where we can regenerate a joint, we need to find out what kind of conditions exist for that to happen,” she said. In the lab, Anderson and her students cut out portions of chicken embryo joints. If and when a joint fully regenerates to close the gap left by the original incision, they study the environment of that embryo to narrow down conditions conducive to regeneration — a process Anderson says is “fun.” Sometimes, Anderson said, she sees tissue regenerate in a matter of hours. “We can look at the cellular level

— what types of cells are replacing the joint — and we can look at the molecular level, which is what genes are being turned on to cause that to happen,” she said. While Anderson initiated the joint regeneration research, she admits she has not done it alone. Michael Dubic, biology senior, joined Anderson’s research team over the summer and said he — like each of the few dozen students who have worked with Anderson over the years — has a specific lab project he will tackle during his final year as an undergraduate student at Loyola. “My task throughout the year is I’m going to be studying the placement of tendons and ligaments in the chicken embryos after the experiments we do,” Dubic said. For Dubic, the Loyola baseball team catcher, Anderson’s research hits home.

Dubic underwent elbow surgery over the summer after tearing his ulnar collateral ligament. Because of his surgery and rehabilitation process, he sees Anderson’s joint regeneration research as a unique opportunity. “There is some personal motivation there,” he said. Dubic and Anderson both hope for promising results, allowing them to build on what Anderson said is a limited base of research on the subject. Dubic said he plans to present his portion of the research during the biology department’s annual undergraduate research symposium held during the spring semester. “It’s one of the most rewarding things that I do here — having my students work with me side by side to try to answer these questions,” Anderson said.

Proposed healthcare plan could cut Medicaid in Louisiana By Jack Deorio jackdeorio@gmail.com

It’s been almost a month since Senate Republicans rejected four Affordable Care Act repeal bills, leaving federal and state policymakers to call for a more transparent, bipartisan approach in healthcare reform over the summer recess. The recently proposed “compromise” bill led by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has gained traction among conservative lawmakers. Cassidy and Graham argue the bill is a way to return power to states, giving local governments more control over how they spend federal dollars. According to a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Cassidy and Graham’s bill would transfer much of the healthcare burden to the states through eliminating the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace subsidies and enhanced matching rate for Medicaid expansion. This will then ultimately replace the money that would have been used for Medicaid expansion with block grants whose funding

would decrease each year and then disappear altogether after 2026. These block grants (grants from the federal government that a local authority can allocate to a wide range of services) could be set based on overall past state needs or based on the number of beneficiaries in the state. The CBPP report also estimated that the plan would convert Medicaid’s current federal-state financial partnership to a per capita cap. By switching to a per capita cap, necessary federal Medicaid funding for seniors, the disabled and low income families with children are at risk to be cut. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, Orleans Parish by itself has over 156,000 people currently enrolled in Medicaid — 58,000 of which are children including 18,000 children with disabilities. The 430,000 low-income adults in Louisiana who qualified for Medicaid expansion would lose their coverage by 2021 under the proposed repeal, plus the six out of every 10 children in Louisiana that receive coverage through the program. Louisiana Governor John Bel

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. and other senators gather for final votes on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. After the GOP health care bill collapsed the previous week due to opposition within Republican ranks, the Senate worked in rapid succession as the chamber confirmed a new FBI director, sent President Donald Trump a key veterans health bill and cleared a batch of lower profile nominations that have been bottled up by Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Edwards voiced his distaste for the proposal in early August during a press conference. “Louisiana would be uniquely penalized in the calculation of federal spending on state Medicaid programs under the Senate GOP’s proposed health law repeal,” Edwards said.

Judith Solomon, the vice president for health policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, voiced her opinion regarding the new proposal in the CBPP report. “No one should be fooled. The Cassidy-Graham plan is just another ACA repeal bill and would have the same harmful effects as the other

failed repeal bills, including costing millions of people their health coverage. Despite claims to the contrary, there are no winners under this plan: all states would eventually face deep and growing cuts to federal health coverage programs,” Solomon said.

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SPORTS

September 8, 2017 The Maroon

JC does sports: Quidditch JC Canicosa Mass Communication Sophomore jccanico@loyno.edu

“JC does sports” is a series where sports editor JC Canicosa engages in different club and varsity sports around campus and describes his experiences as a reporter attempting to be athletic.

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The rugby team gathers around coach Jerry Malina before practice begins. The squad looks to build on last season’s success with some new faces.

Brand new faces, same old goals By Ryan Micklin rwmickli@my.loyno.edu @RyanMicklin61

After losing seven seniors from the competitive squad a year ago, the rugby team’s battle-tested veterans have begun to take on more duties than the typical player. Vincent Duhé, history senior and co-captain, has taken it upon himself to mentor prospective newcomers who have shown an interest in joining the rugby team. To him, it’s vital that he and the older players begin embracing leadership roles to aid in the development of freshmen who are already beginning to show their potential. “We do have a lot of freshman coming in that I think can step up and play right away for us, and make an impact on the team. It’s important for us to try to mold them into the best players that they can be for us,” Duhé said.

After losing so many key components from a squad that enjoyed success in 15-player tournament action last season, team coach Jerry Malina is welcoming the presence of newcomers who can provide immediate contributions. “I’m just getting to know the freshman but I am excited at their size and skill. There are five or six who could contribute immediately,” Malina said. Some of these freshmen are providing the team with more than just depth. According to Malina, they have already helped the team gain more of a physical presence. “We were a smaller team last year compared to our opponents. We have several big incoming freshmen who should bring more physicality to the team,” Malina said. “As a club sport with no access to the strength and conditioning facilities as a team, fitness is always an issue to focus on.”

As Duhé takes on the task of molding these freshmen into players capable of filling the shoes that he and the rest of the seniors leave behind, he believes that the rugby program is in a better state now than it was when he was a freshman four years ago. “It started off kind of shaky with coaching issues in the earlier years, but I feel like we’re starting to get it back,” Duhé said. “I think we’re on the right track. I’m excited.” Chalk up Duhé’s sense of optimism for the rugby program to one person — coach Malina. “He’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever had. I can’t say enough good things about him. He’s a great coach,” Duhé said. “He’s never one to yell and he always gives constructive criticism which you need in a coach.” Now a senior, looking back, Duhé is glad he took the opportunity to join the team as a freshman.

“It’s definitely been a good thing to be a part of. A big part of the game that a lot of people don’t realize is that it’s a very social game,” Duhé said. “After the game we go and hang out with the other teams, so you beat the crap out of each other for 80 minutes and then you go say, ‘hey, what’s up’, and you talk to them and it’s a community. I’m very happy that I did that here.” Malina and Duhé are preparing the team for battle with one thing on their mind as the fall season inches closer and closer — getting back at the only team that beat them a year ago. “Our only loss was to LSU-Alexandria and we would certainly like to redeem that. I think we play them in November or late October. That’s definitely on the minds of everyone on the team,” Duhé said. “We’re definitely trying to avenge that loss.”

Golf team ready to reach new heights By Cristian Orellana ceorella@loyno.edu @ceorellana8

With high hopes for the year, the Loyola golf team has already set their goals and begun practicing for their first tournament on Sept. 1011 in Sea Island, Georgia. “We had historic seasons on both the men’s and women’s side, breaking every school record previously held. I expect that trend to continue this season,” head coach Andrew Goff said. Entering the season with both the men’s and women’s teams ranked in the top six in a Southern States Athletic Conference coaches’ preseason poll, all of the players have their own personal goals to help prepare them for the upcoming season. Management junior Daria Delfino, First-Team All-Conference selection and winner of the Tennessee Wesleyan Bojangles Invitational, said that her team with four new freshmen should be a force to be reckoned with. “Last year, we positioned our-

selves where we needed to be, and this year we hope to prevail,” Delfino said. On the men’s team, music industry junior Ryan Hicks is looking for ways to improve. In particular, he is trying to to be more methodical and less emotional on the golf course. “Everyone is competitive, so when things aren’t going your way, it’s hard to see the forest through the trees, but I’m making a conscious effort to be less results-oriented this year and direct my focus towards hitting one good golf shot at a time,” Hicks said. On the coaching side, Goff hopes to improve upon the team’s overall consistency in tournaments. “We had some great showings last year but weren’t consistent enough on either the men’s or women’s team,” Goff said. Overall, the team is aiming for a higher level of competitive play in the upcoming season. “I feel like Loyola golf is ready to be competitive on a national level right now, so all that’s left is for us is to go and prove it,” Hicks said.

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Daria Delfino holds her follow through. Delfino and the rest of the golf team prepare for the upcoming season by staying focused on the big picture.

While it was not as glamorous as chasing a golden snitch on a Nimbus 2000 for House Gryffindor in the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup, playing in a practice for Loyola’s club Quidditch team is probably as close as I will ever get. The practice itself started off like any other sport: a quick warm-up run and the standard team stretches, but the unique character of the fantasy-inspired sport became apparent when we got out the “broomsticks” (made of PVC pipe). One thing that I quickly found out is you need to be comfortable feeling silly when running around with a plastic stick between your legs. Though it is a difficult skill to master, the different drills that the team ran did help me get a hang of it. And somewhere between running from cone to cone throwing volleyballs, or “quaffles,” and simulating in-game scoring sets to try to put a volleyball into a plastic ring, I realized, “Shoot. This is actually really fun.” I liked the creativity of various scoring plays that comes from the looseness of the “rules.” I liked the quickness and agility aspects needed of different offensive and defensive positions in the game. I even liked learning how to be good at running and throwing dodgeballs with a stick between my legs. Slowly, but surely, Quidditch went from being a quirky Loyola club sport into something that I really wanted to be good at. Also as a reporter who has covered the quidditch team for over a year now, one of the aspects of the sport that players talk most about is the camaraderie of the game. Now I can see why. Not only was the strong bond that veteran players had with each other undeniable, but the leaders of the team, like team captains Alex Pucciarelli and Sebastian Gomez, were open and patient with the newer players (like me) to help them learn the game. I guess great friendships are bound to happen when a group of athletes are so open to the creativity, goofiness and fun of a sport like quidditch. So while a lowly muggle like me did not get the chance to fly or chase enchanted golden orbs whizzing about, I was still able to find some magic in Audubon Park with the quidditch team. It is understandably difficult as an outsider looking in to get past the visual and physical goofiness of it all, but once you do, you may want to give the — formerly — fictional sport a try yourself. Rating: 4.5/5 Golden Snitches Verdict: Still definitely not the first thing I would try in the Wizarding World

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September 8, 2017

Mayoral candidate addresses students at Tulane University Irish Fest spreading lucky charm By Andrew Callaghan andrewcallaghan1997@gmail.com

Campaign season came to Tulane’s campus last week as mayoral candidate LaToya Cantrell touted her plans to address city issues, taking questions from the 70 or so students in attendance at Josephine Louise Hall. Cantrell first came to the spotlight for leading the Broadmoor neighborhood through recovery after Hurricane Katrina. She was the president of the neighborhood organization before and after the storm. Elected as city councilwoman in 2012, Cantrell describes herself as a political outsider to the New Orleans establishment. “When I was running, I was against the political machine. Absolutely I was. From the the mayor to the sheriff, you name it. They were not with me,” Cantrell said. “But you know what? I’ve never been a candidate of the political machine, just the people.”

Cantrell vowed to fix roads and secure affordable housing across the city. Her plan includes requiring developers and landowners to reserve units for New Orleanians living in poverty. Cantrell’s unique plan to address city-wide crime includes policing through video surveillance but focuses primarily on repairing the city’s poor school system, which she sees as a root cause of criminal behavior for young adults. Nick Mosher, a philosophy major at Tulane University, does volunteer canvas work for Cantrell’s campaign in his spare time. He sees affordable housing as the city’s key issue. Many residents he spoke with are anxious about rent hikes and worried they won’t reap the benefits of New Orleans’ growing economy. “When I was canvassing for her around Mid-City and Broadmoor, I realized that affordable housing would be a huge benefit for New Orleans residents. A lot of them think they’ll be priced out as the city recovers, and they’re not wrong be-

cause wages aren’t going up,” Mosher said. During her campaign speech, Cantrell also highlighted the lack of post-graduate jobs for Tulane and Loyola students who want to remain in the New Orleans area, but are unable to find work. Cantrell aims to spur economic growth by welcoming investment and new industry to the city. “Young folks who graduate college are finding it very difficult to find a job in our city, and even if they find a job, they feel like they’re getting lowballed for salaries, so [they] go elsewhere,” Cantrell said. According to an alumni survey conducted by Tulane researchers in 2015, just 21 percent of Tulane alumni stay in the New Orleans metro area after graduating, and only 11 percent reside within the city limits. Cantrell outlined a vision for an economically powerful New Orleans, which would be a practical place to live for all future graduates. “We don’t want you to leave,” she said.

ByIndia Yarborough indiayarborough97@gmail.com @iayarbor

Members of New Orleans’ Irish community will join forces next week to host the city’s fourth annual Irish Festival — an event promising more than just green beer and leprechauns. “We’re passionate about keeping the Irish culture alive in New Orleans,” Joni Muggivan, Irish Festival board vice president, said. “I think as far as Irish culture goes, it’s often just green beer and shamrocks, but there’s Irish folklore, Irish dancing, Irish history.” Muggivan, owner of the Muggivan School of Irish Dance, has helped organize the family-friendly event each year since it began in 2014 and plays a large role in organizing the festival’s official Irish dance competition known as “Irish Channel Feis.” She expects over 1,000 attendees this year and said 17 vendors plan to participate in the day-long festival, which is set to take place Sept. 16 at

the Kingsley House — a settlement house located near New Orleans’ Irish Channel. “This year’s festival we have almost triple the number of vendors we’ve had in the past,” Jan Gunter, Irish dancer, festival organizer and vendor coordinator, said. “Now that we’re in our fourth year, we’re finally being noticed.” Gunter said festival vendors will include many local shops and restaurants such as Bayou Soap Company, Still Waters Jewelry, Abita Brewing Company and Dickie Brennan and Company. “Another thing we’ve done this year, bigger and better, is social media,” Gunter said. “We’re really expecting to have a good turnout.” Everything is planned out for a great festival this year, Gunter said, but there is one thing that still worries her. “I hope that the weather cooperates,” she said. “That’s it. It’s the one thing we have no control over.”

EDITORIAL

September 8, 2017 THE MAROON

OUR EDITORIAL

The majority opinion of our editorial board

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EDITORIAL BOARD Nick Reimann

Editor-in-Chief

Paulina Picciano

Managing Editor for Print

Sidney Holmes

Managing Editor for Electronic Properties

Lily Cummings

Maroon Minute Executive Producer

Hayley Hynes

Design Chief

Barbara Brown

Photo Editor

Erin Snodgrass

News Editor

Davis Walden

Life & Times Editor

Caleb Beck

Wolf Editor

John Casey

Worldview Editor

JC Canicosa Grant Dufrene

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Katelyn Fecteau

Copy Editor

Jamal Melancon

Senior Staff Writer

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Senior Staff Photographer

EDITORIAL POLICY The editorial on this page represents the majority opinions of The Maroon’s editorial board and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Loyola University. Letters and columns reflect the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of The Maroon’s editorial board. The Maroon does not represent the opinion of administration, staff and/or faculty members of Loyola. Letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and style. Please limit submissions to 400 words. Submissions are due no later than 4 p.m. the Sunday before publication. Please send all submissions — The Maroon, 6363 St. Charles Ave., Box 64, New Orleans, LA 70118. Email us your letters — letter@ loyno.edu. Submissions may also be made online at www.loyolamaroon.com.

Loyola Greek life: a (Trojan) horse of a different color By now, the old Greek life one-liners seem less witty and more cliche; “you shouldn’t have to buy friends” is not only inaccurate, but it’s also trite. With Primary Recruitment around the corner, it’s time to reflect on Loyola’s long history with Greek life, how far we’ve come and where we are. Loyola is home to the first and oldest fraternity on a Jesuit university — The Beggars in 1923, which required a petition to the Vatican and paved the way for Greek organizations at Jesuit universities across the country. This gave rise to future Greek organizations, which gave back to Loyola — setting the precedent that Loyola Greek organizations are different than the stereotype. Greek organizations have GPA requirements which encourage students to keep up their grades to the set standard of their sororities or fraternities. The average GPA of Loyola fraternity and sorority members is higher than the average of all undergraduate students at Loyola, accord-

ing to Loyola Student Affairs. In addition to academics, community and philanthropy are also important parts of Greek life, though they are often overlooked by the negative air surrounding sorority and fraternity organizations. With the university itself lacking a service learning requirement, it can be difficult to get its students to be active in the community. Greek life not only encourages this, but requires it. There is a biannual Greek Day of Service as well as various fundraising activities throughout the year, where all Greek members are asked to participate in a communal act of charity in addition to each organization’s individual philanthropies. Working on their respective philanthropies as well as a communal day of service, Greek organizations not only support Greek service but Loyola’s service endeavors as well, like Dance Marathon, which raises funds for the Children’s Miracle Network. The group that raised the most money of any club or orga-

nization on campus for Dance Marathon last year was a Panhellenic sorority — Gamma Phi Beta. Greek organizations also react to natural disasters, like Alpha Phi Alpha who organized a tornado relief effort when an EF-3 tornado struck New Orleans East last semester, or when various Greek community members helped with clean-up after flooding in the Baton Rouge area last year. With 57 percent of Loyola’s population made up of out-of-state students, Greek life here offers a new family for students to rely on and confide in — unlike many state schools where a majority of students are local or only a few hours away and may not need the same sense of community. That being said, anyone who imagines Animal House when thinking about Greek life clearly hasn’t experienced it at Loyola. That’s not to say the fraternities and sororities are solely responsible for keeping themselves out of trouble: Loyola has strict policies that regulate Greek

life, preventing much of the stereotypical behavior that the Greeks are typically criticized for before they could even happen. Rules like the no-hazing policy and no longer supporting off-campus housing for student organizations are at the center of this. The latter policy was under much scrutiny by Greeks, but after a fire burned down the now-inactive Alpha Delta Gamma chapter’s house in 2006, this didn’t look like such a bad idea. Greek life still has work to do. There still are double standards amongst Greeks with ideas about how sorority members should behave compared to fraternity members. However, pinning these things onto Greeks is not entirely fair since we all need to make similar changes individually. Greek life at Loyola has come a long way and prospective students shouldn’t be discouraged from joining because they fear it will be anything like they see in movies.

OPINION

September 8, 2017 The Maroon

Where’s the whiny Wolf Pack?

KATELYN FECTEAU Copy Editor, English Writing Senior kifectea@my.loyno. edu

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Students wait in line at the vegetarian section iof the Orleans Room, a favorite amongst Loyola and Tulane alike for a freshly cooked mea. The Orleans Room vegetarian options draw Tulane students from across Freret Street.

“Part of our family”: Tulane Dining provides options for a price Skye Ray Mass Communications Sophomore saray@my.loyno.edu

Tulane University -- some may call it the Ivy League of the south, and it may be the #1 party school in the country, but to Loyola students, it’s a campus full of endless possibilities for food. Esven though it may consist squeezing through Bruff’s dining hall or waiting in long lines at City Diner, it is still somewhat worth it. In terms of dining halls, our schools should just switch. Tulane

students love the OR, and Loyola students find Bruff more convenient. I guess we both enjoy getting the best of both worlds. On Tulane’s dining website it states, “At Bruff Commons, you will find more than food — you will find a community built around friends and classmates, charismatic chefs and delicious meals.” However, that is not the case. Walking into Bruff feels like walking into your high school cafeteria. Everyone is wearing Tulane gear and the dining hall is clearly divided. You have the table of athletes, international students and a sprinkle of Loyola kids. Although it may seem a little uncomfortable at first, the food makes up for it. Bruff has lots of different sections, including pasta, pizza, a sandwich/salad bar, a

large dessert table and more. Yes, it sounds similar to the OR. However, there is a wider variety of types of foods. Another thing to note is that if you have food allergies, this is the place to be. Along with a gluten-free section, Bruff Commons also offers a whole fridge of almond, soy and lactose-free milk. There is no doubt that going to Bruff is a great way to experience a different atmosphere and save Wolfbucks. And when one is in the mood to splurge, Tulane’s LBC is the perfect place to go, with a wide range of vendors that produce a “global menu,” including Star Ginger for the place to go for “Asian cuisine”, al Fuego as your knock-off Felipes/ Chipotle fix, Panera, WOW Cafe and Zatarains. Although they are pricey, they definitely offer a lot of flavor.

For late night, City Diner was always the reliable option. However, they changed their menu by taking away seafood dishes and notable New Orleans dishes. Now, City Diner is a basic diner with breakfast food, burgers and overpriced chicken fingers. Not much of a variety, but it still gets the job done after a long night at The Boot. With a funny staff, comfortable seats to watch Saints games and a large pancake that can feed 4 for $6, City Diner never disappoints, even with a smaller menu. So overall, while there aren’t that many options to get a good bang for your buck, Tulane is always reliable. Thank you Tulane for making sure that everybody eats. We can always depend on you.

“Part of our family”: Loyola’s Orleans Room offers variety, ambience Kate Parker Staff Reporter of The Hullabaloo at Tulane University

The Orleans Room, located in Loyola University’s Danna Center and lovingly referred to by Tulane students as “Luff,” is an attractive dining option to those seeking to escape the monotony of Bruff Commons. Located just past the

always-buzzing Starbucks, the Orleans Room atmosphere is more ambient and café-like than the cafeterias that come to the minds of most and is aesthetically pleasing enough that scenes for a major motion picture were filmed there during the 2016-17 academic year. Its front section has comfortable seating with plenty of room for groups of all sizes, and the back area near the grill is perfect for students to grab a quick bite while they listen to music or work on assignments. “The fact that it’s even called ‘Luff’ by most of the Tulane population is indicative of its importance to us,” Henry Greenblatt, a Tulane

sophomore and frequenter of the Orleans Room, said. “We adopted it as our dining hall to the point where we named it after our own official dining hall. It’s part of our family.” Though the two dining halls are both Sodexo-run, the differences are certainly discernable in both the feel and the food. A commonly-cited reason among Tulanians who prefer Luff to Bruff is the consistent rotation of different dishes that Loyola’s spot offers. While the two cafeterias are similar in their staple items — large salad bar, burgers, potatoes, sandwich bar, pizzas — Luff certainly provides more in terms of variety. Instead of resorting to another

unsatisfying salad, vegetarians can explore more interesting dishes, like Luff’s African curry with peanut sauce. Tulane students do have qualms about Luff, typically limited to small issues like the dining hall’s limited hours, a routine lack of silverware and a lack of alternative milks beyond soy (Bruff has several varieties of coconut, almond, and rice milks in addition to the Silk soy milk machines). Options like the ever-abundant dessert bar and featured daily specials like fondue bars and ice cream sundae bars, however, surely compensate.

Around here, we’ve got a lot of opinions. Everything from international news to the daily dish at the OR is up for scrutiny — and pretty vocally, too. I’ve heard heated debates in the library regarding everything from politics to pizza to pilates. So, why is it every week that the staff of The Maroon scrambles for authentic student voices for its opinion section? One of Collins Language’s 2016 words of the year was “snowflake generation,” described as “the young adults of the 2010s, viewed as being less resilient and more prone to taking offense than previous generations.” If this is true and we really are the whiny bunch we’re painted to be, why are these complaints nestled safely in unread rants between shared memes and recipe videos on Facebook? Why aren’t we sifting through hundreds of heated emails a week at The Maroon office, written by offended members of the majority “snowflake” Wolf Pack? We ran a student opinion piece about the — surprising — merits of The Boot store last week. No opinion is too comical or too serious. It pains me to see so many members of the Loyola community openly share their opinions in class but neglect to expose them to a wider audience. If you really feel that strongly about the line at Starbucks to complain about it to any of your friends that will listen, why haven’t you told us? I’ve heard a few choice words from students about everyone from Tupac to Trump — but I didn’t read them in The Maroon. If this paper is a reflection of campus, apparently our students don’t have too much to say. The Maroon prides itself on its campus-wide content, but it’s missing a major component of this communal interaction: the student body itself. If the only consistent opinions we run are from a couple of outspoken professors, we’re only getting a small slice of campus A right to an opinion doesn’t make an opinion right, but having it published in print does give you a voice that’s a bit louder than that passive-aggressive Instagram caption. Write about your life. Tell us about your ideologies, your classes, that thing you hate or that moment you love. Make us laugh, make us think — educate us about what it’s like to be you. Here at The Maroon, we are dying to know your opinions. By contributing your thoughts, you’re adding to a wider conversation about the topics you care about and making your school newspaper more relatable. We are listening. So the next time you angrily type out that 10-tweet manifesto about hook-up culture or the implications of Taylor Swift’s new song, copy us in on it, too — you may end up actually changing something.

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September 8, 2017

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