Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 96 • Issue 3 • September 1, 2017
THE MAROON FOR A GREATER LOYOLA
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Demetres Fair holds a towel over his daughter Damouri Fair, 2, as they are rescued by boat by members of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Houston Fire Department during flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Hurricane Harvey brings devastation to the Texas coast. Michael Graczyk and David J. Phillip, Associated Press Floodwaters reached the rooflines of single-story homes earlier this week and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues. The nation's fourth-largest city remained mostly paralyzed by one of the largest downpours in U.S. history. There was no relief in sight from the storm that spun into Texas as a Category 4 hurricane and then parked over the Gulf Coast, dropping over 50 inches in some areas — the most ever seen from a tropical cyclone in the contiguous United
States. Several students at Loyola come from areas hit by the storm, including Houston native Claire Mouton, who said her family is safe but that her home could have extensive damage. "I live by the bayou, so the flood came right up to my property line. Most of my floors are wet and my atrium filled with water. My parents were here, luckily, for my brother's birthday, but our house got flooded. My high school got flooded and most of my friends are without power. Luckily, Houston has a great response team and we'll be doing fine ASAP," Mouton said. Mouton's family may have damages, but they are safe, something
many that fared less fortunately cannot say. Houston police said that many individuals have come forth with concerns about missing or possibly deceased family members. Harvey has been blamed for at least 30 confirmed deaths, including a woman killed Monday in the town of Porter, northeast of Houston, when a large oak tree dislodged by heavy rains toppled onto her trailer home. Police Chief Art Acevedo said he's "really worried about how many bodies we're going to find" amid the disaster, which unfolded on an epic scale in one of America's most sprawling metropolitan centers. The Red Cross quickly set up the George R. Brown Convention Center
and other venues as shelters. At least 7,000 people have arrived at the shelter set up inside the George R. Brown Convention Center — which originally had an estimated capacity of 5,000. The storm is generating an amount of rain that would normally be seen only once in more than 1,000 years, said Edmond Russo, a deputy district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, which was concerned that floodwater would spill around a pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston. On Tuesday, parts of the Houston region broke the nearly 40-year-old U.S. record for the biggest rainfall from a tropical system, which was 48 inches, set by Tropical Storm
Amelia in 1978 in Texas. The amount of water in Houston was so unprecedented that the weather service on Wednesday had to update the color charts on its official rainfall maps to indicate the heavier totals. In Washington, President Donald Trump's administration assured Congress that the $3 billion balance in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster fund was enough to handle immediate needs, such as debris removal and temporary shelter for displaced residents. The Maroon's John Casey contributed to this story.
Correction: Last week The Maroon ran an incorrect story under the headline "Former Loyola basketball star goes pro." The correct version of the story can be found on Page 8 of today's issue. We at The Maroon regret this error. LOYOLAMAROON.COM • FB.COM/THELOYOLAMAROON • @LOYOLA_MAROON
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By Jules Lydon jmlydon@my.loyno.edu
The large freshman class isn’t the only new change on campus this fall — this year, Loyola is introducing five new degree programs, including computer programming (with a game programming concentration), food studies, interaction design, translation and interpreting and visual communication. The new degree programs are part of Project Magis and the attempt to make Loyola a more financially stable and efficient university. “We are living in a world that is constantly changing, and the reason these majors were added is because they are becoming more and more relevant,” Abigail Justice, public relations senior, said. In June of 2017, the College of
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Business launched a 10-week summer coding program that focused on coding fundamentals. According to the Loyola Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development, the program’s implementation is a response to a lack of qualified employees in emerging technology fields. Ralph Tucci, professor of mathematics and computer science, said the degree will allow interested students to refine core computer science knowledge and skills, as well as explore what it means to be a computer scientist in this day and age. “The computer science program prepares students for an increasingly digitally-focused world while also encouraging students to lead ‘meaningful lives with and for others’ while working to ‘benefit the larger community,’” Tucci said.
According to Tucci, the game programming concentration will further focus attention on expertise and will be applicable to the ever-growing gaming industry. Interactive design is another new major that is meant to aid students in an increasingly digital world. Daniela Marx, director of interactive design, said the program will feature cutting-edge computer design techniques while preparing students for design careers. “Students who wish to get jobs like creating a new app for a game company or building a touch screen interface for a bank teller need more computer design education. Interactive design builds on graphic design instruction and principles but also adds an abundancy of technology components,” Marx said. Marx emphasized that the major
will create designers who are critical thinkers and who are able to use their work to aid social and political change while also developing conceptual skills to benefit a larger community. The School of Mass Communication is also expanding its reach with a new visual communications major. This program is focused on creating relatable, consistent and engaging content in a visually-centered society. Another recent addition, the new food studies program, is the first to offer Loyola’s campus a centralized home for food-related courses, according to Daniel Mintz, director of food studies. The program has developed new courses covering the culture of food, food policy from farms to retail to health codes and the interrelated systems that bring
food from the field to the plate. “Food justice is at the core of what we teach, and we’re beyond excited at the partnerships we’re developing with organizations working for a more just and equitable food system in our community and in the world at large,” Mintz said. In addition to bridging the gap in food-consciousness and knowledge, Loyola is also striving to bridge linguistic gaps. The Certificate in Translation & Interpreting (TRIN) is a non-credit certificate program offered jointly by the Office of Professional and Continuing Studies and the Department of Languages and Cultures. It is designed for fully bilingual students who are interested in learning techniques and practice in Spanish/English and English/ Spanish translation and interpreting in legal or healthcare settings.
Secure Wi-Fi implemented in Danna Center, Library By Erin Snodgrass eesnodgr@my.loyno.edu @erinsnod
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The new Starbucks on the Go station is in the Danna Center next to Tsunami Sushi. Students are able to buy hot and iced Starbucks coffee, while avoiding the long lines at the Danna Center Starbucks.
Starbucks on the Go opens in Danna Center By Emma Gilheany eagilhea@my.loyno.edu
Students looking for caffeine before starting their morning (or afternoon) class won’t have to wait through long lines to get their cup of Starbucks anymore. That’s because there’s a new selfserve kiosk in the Danna Center, featuring both hot and iced Starbucks beverages. Of the two new coffee machines, one is a standard espresso machine that makes lattes, cappuccinos, flavored coffee and more, while the other machine, known as the Serenade, is a single cup brewer, similar in style to a Keurig machine. The kiosk is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to midnight. A
cashier will be at Tsunami Sushi to ring up drink orders and help make them. They will accept cash, credit, Wolf Bucks and Wave Bucks. This new station is in addition to the full service Starbucks already located in the Danna Center — a location that is one of the busiest in the New Orleans area, according to Dining Services Director of Operations Renee Burgess. The new option for coffee is already getting positive reviews among students. “I think it’s a great idea, considering how many Loyola students grab Starbucks every day,” Lauren LeCompte, journalism sophomore, said. The Starbucks in the Danna Center is known for its long lines. It was
those lines that inspired the decision to open the new kiosk in hopes that it would “ease the pain of the long line,” Burgess said. The Starbucks on the Go was opened for those “just looking for a plain cup of coffee,” according to Burgess. LeCompte agreed, saying: “Hopefully it reduces the issue with the daily endless line in front of the Starbucks.” For those looking for some late night coffee, Dining Services is considering keeping the kiosk open until 2 a.m. during finals, Burgess said. Dining Services is also working on making the Starbucks on the Go truly self-serve with students being able to ring themselves up using their Wolf Bucks.
After problems with slow Wi-Fi last semester, students were welcomed back to campus with a secure Wi-Fi network in public spaces. Students are now required to log into “Wolf Net” in the Monroe Library, the Danna Center and the law library on the Broadway campus. Ben Weil, student government president, said last year’s SGA president, Ellie Diaz, started the campaign to create a secure network. A social media page requesting better Wi-Fi was created, and Diaz spent time emailing the information technology department in an attempt to find a solution. “In SGA we have this saying: that we have really big dreams, but one administration won’t be able to do it by themselves. One administration will spearhead it and do a lot of planning, and then it won’t be realized until later with a new administration,” Weil said. Weil acknowledged that the Wi-Fi problem typically reaches its peak during finals time, when public spaces have an influx of non-Loyola Wi-Fi users. “The Wi-Fi during finals time has always been hard; it has always been slow. It’s been a frustration for students,” Weil said. Last semester, as a result of Tulane students and community members studying in the Monroe Library and Danna Center during finals, the Wi-Fi was unusually slow, hindering Loyola students. Tensions rose when a Facebook argument broke out on the popular Uptown messaging group Tulane Classifieds between Loyola and Tulane students. Weil stressed that the slow Wi-Fi was not just a result of Tulane students. Community members often come to Loyola’s campus for the Starbucks as well as the study spaces in Monroe Library. “We never want to come across like we’re shutting anyone out. That was never the intent. It was really a push to make sure the resources were there for Loyola students,” Weil said.
Weil believed the switch would have been too challenging to make during finals time, so the summer provided a prime opening to make the change. He also noted that one particular proactive senator, Victoria Cinnater, took it upon herself to send emails and organize a meeting to discuss the problem. Weil, who had just been elected as president, attended the meeting. “It was really awesome to be able to talk to staff and really have our voice be heard. That’s where a lot of ideas started pouring out,” Weil said. The switch officially began on Aug. 18. In an email sent to Loyola students, Joseph Locascio, senior director of information technology explained the details for new logins and passwords for the system. Students’ user IDs are their email addresses before the “@”” symbol, and their passwords are the first six letters of their LORA password, capitalized. “I’m grateful to IT for being receptive and open to doing this. It’s a huge product to take on, and I think there are always going to be kinks in the first couple of weeks, but we’re going to work it out. In the long term, this is going to be a really great thing for Loyola,” Weil said. Susannah Milby, theatre arts sophomore, is enthusiastic about the secure switch and is hopeful for finals time. “I’m really happy because this means our internet is now protected from people outside the Loyola community, which then gives us better access when we are trying to study for finals,” Milby said. Some students, however, have had troubles adjusting to the new network. Locascio sent out a follow-up email to students on Aug. 23, reiterating that the new password for Wi-Fi, Org-Sync, library computers and other programs is the first six capitalized symbols of their LORA password. “I think right now it can be a little frustrating because people are still trying to figure out their passwords, but people are going to be happy when it’s finals time,” Milby said.
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September 1, 2017 The Maroon
City affordable housing budget in question By Jamal Melancon jmmelanc@loyno.edu @Jam_M_Mel
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Construction continues along Jefferson Avenue in Uptown New Orleans. The intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Freret Street is projected to be closed for the next three
Students, local businesses upset as construction on Jefferson continues By Melody Bigelow mbigelow16@gmail.com
For students like Joseph Sweet, the stress of going back to classes is not the only challenge for the upcoming school year. Over the next three months, students, residents and business owners will face difficulties as road work on Jefferson Avenue continues. Living there, Sweet has adapted to the controversial construction. The road construction on Jefferson Avenue, part of the Southeastern Louisiana Drainage program, has been going on for the past five years. During the last 24 months, construction has reached the Freret intersection. Although the Southeastern Louisiana Drainage program is focused on long-term ben-
efits, the execution of the project is causing headaches for those in the community. “You have to park your car blocks away from your house, and in New Orleans, you hope it will still be there in the morning,” Sweet said. While many students may just open their front door and walk to the sidewalk, Sweet has to climb through the chain link fences that surround his home. The construction on Jefferson Avenue has altered the way residents leave their home, park their cars and even get packages delivered. “It’s like I’m trapped,” Jessica Greenwood, a resident nearby to the construction, said. Due to the construction, Greenwood has to take a detour on her drive to work. Instead of driving straight to Claiborne Avenue,
Greenwood takes Freret Street to Napoleon Avenue and then drives to her job in Mid City. Like residents, business owners on Freret Street are also dealing with impacts from the road closure. Restaurants like Liberty Cheesesteaks are experiencing a decline in customers coming from the university area, though they did report an increase in delivery orders. “It was pretty slow during the school year because that whole area was blocked off, and then they unblocked it and we got a huge influx of customers, and then they blocked it off again and now it’s slow again,” Stephan Belle, manager at Liberty Cheesesteaks, said. The road development on Jefferson Avenue is part of a city-wide construction project. Although the project is currently an obstacle in
the community, its main goal is to improve the city’s flood relief system. The project was started after substantial flooding in May 1995 claimed seven lives and flooded 35,000 homes. Currently, the Southeastern Louisiana Drainage program is taking place in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes while the funding for St. Tammany has not yet been allocated. Of the 20 funded projects in Orleans Parish, 13 are completed, while Jefferson Parish has 53 of 59 finished. Jefferson Avenue and the Freret Street intersection is set to be closed for three months. Sweet has a different expectation on how long it will take. “I think it’ll take longer, maybe five months as opposed to three,” Sweet said.
With a new mayor and new members of City Council on the way, affordable housing officials reached out to the community to get them involved in the budgeting process. The Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design hosted a red beans roundtable on Aug. 21 for a panel of affordable housing officials to speak about the issues facing New Orleans. Among those in attendance were Kelly Foster, campaign director for Committee for a Better New Orleans; Andreanecia Morris, executive director of HousingNOLA; and Andy Kopplin, president and CEO of the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Morris explained that she and her fellow panelists decided to have this meeting once they found out hearings before the city council would not be happening this year. She said they needed to figure out where the allocation of funds needed to come from in the city. “Almost 40 percent of the renters in this city spend more than 50 percent of their gross pay on housing costs, so this is the second-worst housing market for renters in the country,” Morris said. Morris and her colleagues’ call to action suggests that the city mainly gathers its financial resources from short-term rental revenue. “Now we’re seeing only about a half a million dollars of short-term rental money being made available to create affordable housing, and we don’t think that is enough,” Morris said. Kopplin, who praised some mayoral candidates for attending the panel, said there are not many mayoral campaigns advocating to take away money from the NOPD, but that’s where a lot of the city’s money is going. The panelists urged the community to contact city council officials with their concerns and ideas heard at the meeting for how to allocate more money to affordable housing. The city council’s 2018 proposed budget hearings will be held on Sept. 6 in the council chambers at New Orleans City Hall.
House GOP eyeing $1B disaster funds cut to finance wall Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president’s border wall. The pending reduction to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief account is part of a massive spending bill that the House is scheduled to consider next week when lawmakers return from their August recess. The $876 million cut, which is included in the 1,305-page measure’s homeland security section, pays for roughly half
the cost of Trump’s down payment on the U.S.-Mexico border wall that the president repeatedly promised Mexico would finance. It seems sure that GOP leaders will move to reverse it next week as floodwaters cover Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city, and tens of thousands of Texans have sought refuge in shelters. There’s only $2.3 billion remaining in federal disaster coffers. The disaster relief cut was proposed well before Harvey and the politically bad optics are sure to lead lawmakers to do an about face, though that would create a money crunch in homeland security accounts. The FEMA cut is the handiwork of House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen,
R-N.J. — the major force behind a $50 billion-plus 2013 Superstorm Sandy recovery package — and Rep. John Carter, whose home state of Texas is suffering badly from Harvey. “Circumstances have changed significantly since the bill was drafted earlier this summer,” Appropriations Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Hing said Wednesday. “Given the current situation, the committee is reassessing the issue.” Trump is slated to meet with congressional leaders next Wednesday. The meeting follows a recess that has seen Trump lambast several top Republicans, especially Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., after the collapse of the GOP health care bill in his chamber. “You’re not going to bully United States senators, this isn’t the Ap-
prentice,” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., referring to Trump’s star turn on the reality television show. “You can’t look at them and say you’re fired, you’re going to need their vote and you oughtta remember that they’re going to be at the table in every major deal you need for the next three years. So I just don’t think that’s a productive way to proceed.” McConnell is scheduled to attend next Wednesday morning’s White House meeting, according to congressional aides. Also going are House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the aides said. “We expect to hear their proposal for getting done all that we have to get done in September,” said
Schumer spokesman Matt House. Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the chamber’s No. 2 Republican, is pressing for an emergency infusion of disaster aid pending estimates of longer-term rebuilding costs. Most Republicans, including Trump, want to move on to a sweeping revamp of the tax code, and a shutdown debacle would only make tax legislation more difficult. A tax overhaul, cutting rates for individuals and businesses while erasing numerous tax breaks and loopholes, is difficult enough as it stands. Like the failed push to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the tax effort is likely to encounter strong Democratic opposition and divisions among Republicans, leaving its fate uncertain.
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Film • Arts • Food • Music • Leisure • Nightlife
UPCOMING EVENTS 9/1 — Southern Decadence Begins Description: The French Quarter becomes a beacon for LGBT activities in the south on Labor Day weekend with dozens of clubs, bars and hotels participating in parades, contests, dance parties, street parties and more for six days of celebrating pride. Price: Varies Location: French Quarter and Downtown
9/2 — Back 2 School Bash Description: The Willow celebrates the start of the school year with a party. (18+). Price: $5 Location: The parade starts near Decatur and Barracks Streets at 2 p.m. and ends near Bourbon and Dumaine Streets.
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Cocksure by Natalie McLaurin (left). Monitoring Pareidolia by John Seedfeldt (top right). Preaching to the Choir by Mark Grote. A 3-D printing and cloth with a strand for every mass shooting in America starting with the University of Texas,, Aug. 1, 1966. The piece is ongoing (bottom right).
Art Faculty showcase pieces in the Monroe Library By Andres Fuentes aafuente@my.loyno.edu @af_nola
At the very pinnacle of the Monroe Library lies the Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, an entire floor dedicated to showcasing art for the Loyola community. The gallery is always changing, showcasing new pieces from local artists to internationally-known icons. The current exhibit is the Art Faculty Spotlight, a mixture of different types of pieces from the art professors at Loyola. The art ranges from basic oil paintings to 3-D printed models of buildings to city landscapes and even sculptures. The exhibit is a great way to educate students, according to Karoline Schleh, assistant professor of art. “The Diboll Gallery is dedicated to reinforcing Loyola’s mission by serving as an educational exhibit space and offering free exhibitions,”
Schleh said. As a studio art professor, Schleh sees educational value in the oil paintings on cardboard she had done of her children. “I made these small oil paintings on cardboard as demonstrations for my painting classes I teach at Loyola to discuss not only materials and technique, but also to begin the conversation on understanding the concepts of observation and representation,” she said. “I worked on these in the classroom with the students so they could see the process directly.” Schleh recognizes the advantages students have when there is a model to reference, especially when the model is on display on campus. Assistant Professor of Interactive and New Media John Edward Seefeldt agreed, saying, “I enjoy the exhibitions in the gallery and feel they play an important role in the design and art curriculum.” Seefeldt has several pieces in the
gallery, a group in particular being glass bottles scattered around the exhibit. Two sets of bottles contain microphones in them that transmit sound to the remaining bottles that have a speaker in them. The event is supposed to trigger a pareidolia, or a physiological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus. Seefeldt also has a 3-D printed model of the town of Fazendeville on display. “It was created for display in the National Park Services Chalmette Battlefield visitors center,” Seefeldt said. The model was constructed using photographs taken in the 1960s. “The photographs were taken as part of a campaign to annex and remove the African-American community. The model was 3-D printed using durable plastic and designed to fit inside a travel case allowing for easy transportation for offsite edu-
cational outreach,” Seefeldt said. Other pieces of the exhibit include monotypes of New Orleans by Barbara Brainard, pieces by Bill Kitchens and an array of cloth and 3-D printed bullets by Mark Grote. Grote’s work is a representation of the mass shootings that have plagued the nation since a shooting at the University of Texas in 1966. With each shooting, Grote has a piece of cloth with the location and the date of the shooting as well as 3-D-printed bullets painted red, white and blue. “I’m struck by the centrality of place in the work of Kitchens, Grote and Brained. The overtly political realm that Grote explores, with the direct address of issues of justice and peace, and then the seemingly mundane places — like a living room, a neighborhood — which of course are just contexts for other brands of politics,” Fr. Gregory Waldrop, S.J., director of the Dilbol Art Gallery, said.
Great American Bar Crawl hits New Orleans on Labor Day By Alena Cover mrcover@my.loyno.edu
New Orleans bar patrons will have the chance to be a part of the Great American Bar Crawl, a nation-wide bar hopping celebration of the United States on Labor Day weekend. The Great American Bar Crawl will take place at various downtown venues on Sept. 2, starting with registration at Chart Room from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and continuing into the evening. When the event’s creator, Zach Medford, came up with the idea for the Great American Bar Crawl last
summer, he was seeking out something that would help bring people together. “The presidential election was in full swing,” Medford said. “We wanted to produce an event where people could put away their politics and come together to celebrate everything that makes America great. We come in every, shape, size and color, but one thing unites us: we are all Americans.” A lot of work went into organizing this event, as Medford and his team travelled to dozens of cities in the process and teamed up with almost 100 bars. Medford felt overwhelmed by the success of the Great American Bar
Crawl in summer 2016 and participation has grown in this second season. He described why the event is important to him. “Despite what they say on television, deep down I think there is a whole lot more that unites us than divides us. Getting people from all walks of life together to have a beer is our job, and it’s something we take a lot of pride in,” Medford said. According to the event’s Facebook page, after the recent flooding in southeast Louisiana, the organizers have decided to partner with the NOLA Pay It Forward Fund, a charity focusing on nine different causes for the greater New Orleans area. The $5
from each ticket sale will contribute to flood relief for the impacted communities. Participating venues include Chart Room, Claire’s Pour House, Industry Bar and Kitchen and Sneaky Pete’s. Julian Harmon, senior English major, is interested in participating in the event, even though he’s not interested in the theme as much as he is just looking for something to do. “Bar crawls are always a lot of fun, especially in a city as festive as New Orleans. I don’t even think you need to be a patriot to enjoy a nice drink and an afternoon in the Quarter,” Harmon said.
9/2 — GIRL | Crush Presents: Fleurt Southern Decadence 2017 Description: GIRL | Crush celebrates Southern Decadence with DJs, drag performers and more. (21+). Price: $5 before 10 p.m., $10 after 10 p.m. Location: Bamboulas. 514 Frenchmen St.
9/3 — Southern Decadence Parade Description: A walking parade celebrating LGBT pride. Price: Free Location: The parade starts near Decatur and Barracks Streets at 2 p.m. and ends near Bourbon and Dumaine Streets.
9/5 — 2017 Internship and Part-Time Job Fair Description: Recruiters from over 60 agencies will be present to speak about job and internship opportunities with their organizations. Price: Free Location: St. Charles Room
9/5 — Spectrum Back to School Party Description: Local queer bands perform for this school year kick off party at The Willow. Queer artists will be selling products at the event (18+). Price: Free Location: The Willow
9/7 — Metro Station Concert Description: Metro Station makes a stop at The Willow for their 10th anniversary tour (18+). Price: $12-18 Location: The Willow
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Former Loyola basketball star goes pro, heads to Canadian league By JC Canicosa jccanico@loyno.edu @JCcanico
After signing with Canada’s Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada, Johnny Griffin Jr. will become a part of Loyola’s rich history of athletes that have moved on to professional basketball. Griffin will join Wolf Pack Hall of Famers like Leroy Chollett, Bob Bissant and Pete Gaudin as alumni who moved on to North American professional basketball after Loyola. After waiting a while to get a start on his professional career, Griffin now feels that heading north to Canada was the right move for him. “Signing with Windsor took a little time, but it was not difficult at all. I felt like Windsor Express was the right fit for me,” Griffin said. “A lot of things played part in making my decision as far as family, money, coaching staff and the environment I would be in.” The Windsor Express is a part of the National Basketball League of Canada, a professional develop-
mental league that features nine teams — five located in provinces near the Atlantic (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and four in Ontario, where Windsor is located. Griffin, who holds Loyola’s single-season record for rebounds (319), believes he is ready for this next step in his career and hopes to use his strengths as a good teammate and lockdown forward to help the Windsor Express become a better team. “I’m so anxious to start because I always wanted to play professional basketball and now that I actually get a chance to fulfill my dream makes the experience for me real special,” Griffin said. Now that Griffin has the opportunity to show off his talents at a professional level, he said he’s ready to display what he can do. “I am looking forward to the experience the most,” Griffin said. “I’m ready to contribute to the great year we will have and show what I’ve been working on all off-season.”
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Johnny Griffin Jr. finishes in traffic against Dillard University in a regular season game last year. Griffin will begin his professional career with the Windsor Express this October in Canada.
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Swim team strengthens roster
Sailing team picking up wind this year
By Brian Wollitz
By Andres Fuentes
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With the inaugural season of Loyola swimming in the books, the Wolf Pack is eager to take its program to the next level in the second year. Last season, the women’s and men’s teams finished in 14th and 15th place, respectively, at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics swimming national championship. Making it to nationals took time and learning, but Jon Tarpey, biology sophomore, said the team formed a close bond from day one to help them get to that point. “We got super close, super fast because there weren’t that many of us,” Tarpey said. The Wolf Pack fielded a small team on both sides throughout the year with a primarily freshmen make-up on both rosters. As one of the freshmen stepping into the first-year program last season, Paige Carter, public relations sophomore, said the team experienced some growing pains. “When we first got to Loyola, it was actually really difficult because we didn’t have any upperclassmen to show us around,” Carter said. By fielding a smaller team in their first year, they didn’t have enough swimmers to fill all events during a meet, and Tim Buisson, marketing senior and men’s team captain, said they would come up just short in many meets, leaving potential points on the board. “There were meets where we were the fastest team there, but we didn’t have enough numbers to win. I think it was kind of an exercise of patience for all of us. It kept us motivated because we’re not able to be complacent because we didn’t win enough. All of the returners were very excited to come back with a bigger team and a better team,” Buisson said. This year, however, Thomas Na-
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The swimmers practice their strokes in the sports complex pool. The Wolf Pack is eager to improve and grow with the new additions to the squad.
tal, head coach, added seven freshman to the women’s team and four to the men’s team to balance the rosters and help get the extra points needed to make them competitive in more meets. “Winning individually in swimming, it helps, it’s good, but you if you don’t score more points as a team, you have a losing record,” Tarpey said. Buisson also thinks that the addition of the new faces will help the team create more positive competition during practices. “Everyone does a good job of encouraging each other, but just having someone there to push you while your face is in the water and you’re swimming, it’s different,” Buisson said. Part of the culture that helped their success in year one was from what Natal established in and out of
the pool. Natal emphasized a teamfirst mentality and a strong work ethic putting classes first and swimming second. “He takes the smallest part of something and breaks it down even more to make sure that you really perfect every level of it before you build it back up to the full concept. That’s in the pool and in the weight room, and I think that’s really beneficial,” Tarpey said. With new swimmers on both rosters, returning members are excited to see the potential of the program this season and moving forward. “I think this year’s going to be awesome because we’re going to have a big team. So with a big team, I think that it kind of lays off the pressure and I think that’s really going to benefit everyone,” Carter said. After making nationals last year with a smaller squad, the Wolf Pack
look to send more swimmers to nationals and hope to climb the national rankings, while winning more individual meets this season and maintaining a higher GPA as a team. “It’s seeing how much we can do in one year to advance the program. Last year was a lot of ground work. Those freshman are going to be here all the way until it’s a full team,” Buisson said. “I think this year is really about setting the trajectory for where the team is going to go. It just feels like everyone has that feeling like they know what they’re getting into, they know what we’re working toward. Everyone just seems really excited to start working and see where that takes us.” The Wolf Pack’s first meet of the season is Sept. 29 as the team will face off against Tulane and LSU in Baton Rouge.
Quidditch team rebuilds for the season By Cristian Orellana ceorella@loyno.edu @ceorellana8
The quidditch team hopes to build and establish a stronge team for its upcoming season, as it hopes for a boost in number, and talent, thanks to a large incoming freshmen class. Inspired by the fictional sport in the Harry Potter book series, quidditch is a co-ed full contact sport where two teams of seven try to win the game by getting the most points by scoring goals with specific balls all while riding on broomsticks (made of PVC pipe) like the characters in the series. “I think this is kind of a rebuilding season because of the upcoming freshmen,” Griffin Parr, one of the team’s chasers, said. There are four positions on the team: three chasers, who are responsible for passing the quaffle, which is a volleyball used for scoring goals; two beaters, who throw and block bludgers, which are three dodgeballs per team that can tag
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Team captain Alex Pucciarelli runs drills with her team during practice. The team looks to reshape their identity as new members join the fantasy-inspired club sport.
players out; one keeper, who is a goalie; and the seeker, who tries to grab the golden snitch, a tennis ball in a yellow sock on the snitch catcher. The snitch catcher is a neutral player who runs around
trying to avoid getting the golden snitch taken from them. “Quidditch is like a mix of rugby, lacrosse and dodgeball,” Parr said. According to Parr, the team has three main goals for the year. The
first is to have a complete roster of 21 players, so that they can compete with a variety of teams from places like Texas, Florida and South Carolina in a tournament called the Wolf Pack Classic on Nov. 4. The team also aims for the large incoming freshman class to be a recruitment advantage, hoping to grab anyone who might have had an athletic background in high school that’s looking for an outlet in college. Finally, the team hopes to create a welcoming environment for all of its players. The team captain and one of its beaters, Alex Pucciarelli, said because quidditch is co-ed, it allows for more diversity. “If you’re on the fence, just come to our practices,” Pucciarelli said. The quidditch team meets for practice every Monday and Wednesday on the Residential Quad from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. and on Sundays at 2 p.m. “It might turn people away at first, but it really is welcoming if you just want to try out a sport,” Parr said.
Out of all the typical clubs that universities have to offer, there is one that makes Loyola stand out — its sailing team. Starting in 2012, the team has brought together seabound students as they compete against other universities in races called regattas. Loyola competes in the Intercollegiate Sailing Association and is a part of the Southeastern Intercollegiate Sailing Association, which encompasses teams from Louisiana to Colorado. “What most people don’t know about the sport is how intense it is,” Sofia Giordano, an environmental science sophomore and the sailing team captain, said. “Unlike other sports, we compete throughout the entire school year. And many people associate sailing with lounging in a boat, but most days, we’ve experienced rough conditions of high winds, rain [and] choppy waves. Basically, the only thing that keeps us out of the water is lightning.” Last season they competed in six regattas against southern schools like Tulane, Texas A&M and the University of Texas, and this season they plan to go against the same competition. “These regattas are highly competitive because we sail against some of the biggest schools in the south,” Giordano said. The sailing team also has a new identity this season, with a new coach and new sailors added to the team. Patrick Burtchaell, senior design major and regatta manager, said, “With our new coach, new sailors and the experience from last year, I’m looking forward to this year.” With a young team at the helms, Burtchaell is optimistic about what the team can do collectively. “Even though almost everyone on the team is new, as of last year, the chemistry of everyone on the team is great,” Burtchaell said. With the next regatta coming as soon as Sept. 9, the team is looking ahead to rough competition. “The start of the race is on the water in the wind and the waves, so the boat does not like to stay still. Getting your boat to line up in an advantageous position relative to your opponents can be a challenge. On windy days, it may be a challenge just to keep your boat upright,” Gunn said. Despite the difficulties and skill needed to sail, the team is still open for newcomers, especially those without any experience in the sport. “Most college sailors in our conference never sailed before joining their college sailing teams. Give it a try. You may end up with a sport you can enjoy for the rest of your life. If you decide to join, expect to put in the hours,” Gunn said. The sailing team will kick off their season on Sept. 10 in the Baldwin Wood Regatta at Tulane. The team begins open practices Sunday, Sept. 3 at Lake Pontchartrain for new members looking to try the club sport. The team practices every Friday and Sunday during weeks that the team doesn’t have a regatta, but open practices will only be held during this season wbefore the final roster is set.
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Rescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Houston was there for New Orleans. Now, let’s be there for them 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.
With the effects of Hurricane Harvey on New Orleans being underwhelming and barely noticeable besides a few showers, it can be easy to forget the devastation those in Houston are facing right now and will face as a result of losing family members and their homes. New Orleans should know the feeling. When Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005, leaving thousands displaced, Houston was there to pick up much of the burden – housing and feeding them until their city recovered, and in some cases, becoming their permanent home. And now that the city’s fortunes have been reversed, it is time for New Orleans to return the favor – 12 years later. For Loyola, there now seems to
be a split on campus between those who experienced post-Katrina PTSD and those who were not at all worried about the storm. But this is the time we should remember our Jesuit values. Of course, at a time like this, our commitment to service is both necessary and obvious, but a less evident Jesuit ideal is special concern for the poor and oppressed. Those who already endure the mental and physical pains of poverty now have to deal with losing the little of what they had. Appreciation of things both great and small is also crucial. In times like this, great and small acts of kindness make all the difference and so does being open to them. Things can also be learned from how this storm was handled. Houston, much like New Orleans in 2005,
seemed terribly unprepared for the devastation the storm would bring, despite warnings well in advance by the National Weather Service. Loyola acted quickly and responsibly by canceling classes and asking its students to stay put during the storm. For students, Tuesday was just a day off, but with New Orleans’ pumps being compromised, we could have just as easily experienced the same destruction if the storm made landfall further east. Hurricane season is still in its height and all storms need to be taken seriously. As Katrina destroyed New Orleans in 2005, Rita narrowly missed Houston later in the season, prompting a massive evacuation of the city. Let’s hope the analogies to the events of 12 years ago end here, but
with the worst of hurricane season historically not coming until Sept. 10, we must continue to prepare for the in this active 2017 season. For Houston, though, as the flood waters start to recede, the hard part really begins. In the eight counties in Texas affected by Harvey, only 17 percent of homeowners have flood insurance. Where are these people to go and who is going to pay for the damages? The answer for who pays is likely government money (at some much later date), and the answer for where they are to go is whoever decides to take them in. So, time to step up, New Orleans. It’s time to open our homes to our friends and relatives to the west, just as they did for us in 2005.
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Jon Ossoff, the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 2017 special election in Georgia’s 6th congressional district, addresses a crowd in Atlanta during his election campaign.
Prediction: 2018 to be another blue year for Democrats RICHARD Simmerman Political Science freshman rwsimmer@ my.loyno.edu
After suffering one of the most lopsided election seasons within the last decade, the Democratic Party doesn’t seem to be benefiting from therapy. It was one of the most expensive races in congressional history. The 2017 congressional race held in Georgia’s 6th District between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel was one that all Americans seemed to be watching. As both the Democratic National Committee and the GOP pumped their candidates with millions of dollars, the summer political bout
was heating up to record highs. It was a race that was gridlocked but often showed the young Democrat Ossoff with a slight lead. In the final days, his numbers only seemed to improve. But late into the evening on June 20th, the DNC staffers found themselves opening extra tissue boxes — again. The Democratic Party has burned millions of dollars, countless hours of resources and relationship after relationship in the past year alone. And it doesn’t look like things will get any better next year. A total of 468 seats in Congress will be up for grabs in 2018, as the first midterm of the Trump presidency is set to kick off. That’s 33 Senate seats and 435 House seats that the Democrats will have a shot at — well, on paper at least. Let’s get realistic. Starting with the U.S. Senate races, you can almost automatically rule out places like Mississippi, Tennessee, North Dakota and Arkansas
as places that Democrats will invest in (unless something big happens like in Louisiana’s 2015 governor’s race). Typically, Texas would be on this list ,too, but that’s one possible sign of light for the DNC in 2018. Aside from that, most seems dark. But why? Typically, the sitting president’s party doesn’t do well in midterm elections (headed back to 2014 when the GOP re-took Congress with a Republican wave). But why will it be different in 2018? Last year, Democrats slept easily at night for the majority of the election season. That is until the final weeks, and then their nightmares had caught up with them before they could wake up. The first issue here was that the national party typically refuses to listen to the ins and outs of their voters. In the months leading up to Hillary Clinton’s “cakewalk” nomination, Democrats from all over the nation spoke out about Clinton’s weaknesses. From
email scandals to terrorist attack confusions, Secretary Clinton had baggage. The party refused to make the necessary adjustments to the national staff and to Hillary’s total image, causing them to completely come unhinged on election night. But you see, after that fateful night, Democrats only seemed to have taken the first step in recovery — recognizing the problem. But since then, they’ve done nothing to fix it. After appointing Tom Perez, a man widely criticized for the job even by the base, the DNC proved even after the election that they had no intentions to listen to the outskirts of the party. But it is not as if their issues stopped in 2016 — the party still seems to be having an extremely tough time establishing their identity. Typically, a party in a strong state selects key issues, voices their opinion and fights for it in the election season. In 2014 for example, the GOP united under two
things — Obama and Obamacare. The majority of the party highly disapproved of the president, and due to a widespread propaganda being sold by the party’s leaders, the base hated the Affordable Care Act (or so they thought, at least). The party leaders picked up on the most popular issues, spent millions of dollars running their campaigns on them from coast to coast and shook the nation red. The GOP was united in 2014 — and it showed. But in 2018, the DNC shows no signs of that unity. From arguing over how to handle the Affordable Care Act to the party’s stance on public education, the DNC shows no signs of unity and has been unable to identify central stances as of yet. The clock is running out for the blue party. The year 2018 will be a replay of 2016 for Democrats from coast to coast if the party doesn’t find common ground, and begin to utilize it’s resources properly.
The Boot Store is an unexpected savior during times of need DAVIS WALDEN Journalism and Theatre Arts Junior jdwalden@ my.loyno.edu
Yeah, you read that headline right: the Boot Store saved me. I stayed on campus in Buddig over the summer break and owe that wonderful store nestled by the wildest student bar on Broadway my sanity — and you would, too. Any student reading this should beware that staying over the summer isn’t just a big commitment: it means that the Orleans Room and any other food locations
on campus won’t be there for you when you need them to be. And you’ll be hungry. That “booze store next to the Boot” will become a beacon of warm light in the darkness: an oasis of ramen, as well as one of the most important grocery store locations in a reasonable walking distance. Why? The Boot Store is the only thing consistently there for you — at any hour. If you happen to miss the 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. C-Store window, you’re treated to nothing but vending machine snacks and drinks that aren’t refilled until the rest of the students get back for the fall semester. If you’re lucky, like I was, you might be able to sneak into the OR during a convention and steal an all-youcan-eat meal. It was like I was film-
ing an offshoot of Home Alone: Dorm Edition. Living in a city full of gastronomical prestige, you may be shocked at my lack of eating options. However, for a non-car-owning student on a budget with a very limited window of time to eat, campus food availability is crucial. If you’re willing to shell out $20 for a meal, you’re more than able to order off of UberEats, but if you stay up too late the only places open are McDonald’s (which often cancels your order), Tic-Toc Café or IHOP. Accommodating students over the summer should be a responsibility for any institution willing to do so. However, it falls on the back burner of institutions because the likelihood of making a reasonable
profit margin to pay back food costs and worker wages is slim to none. However, that does not mean that a university should abandon students staying over the summer at dorms — especially if summer room and board is a resource Residential Life offers. Speaking of Residential Life, don’t expect to get your toilet paper either. You’ll probably find yourself snatching rolls from the public restrooms around campus, unless you can make that pilgrimage to the Boot Store to pick up some one-ply along with your Riceroni. If you’re a workaholic like me, you have an 8-to-5 job and are taking three summer courses. The crux of that is, if you don’t have the time in your schedule to drop by the cam-
pus stores and stock up before they close at their earliest convenience, you’re on your own. Anybody who thinks the Boot Store is just a place for drunken freshmen to stumble into at ungodly hours of the night for cigarettes has clearly never been hungry enough to walk 15 minutes at 2 a.m. for one pack of ramen because it was the only place open. I challenge anyone who speaks ill of the Boot Store to try telling me that it’s not an important resource for college students. And, by the way, here’s a shout out to those Boot Store employees working into the long night. They deserve every tip.
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