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Loyola theater professor Ann Mahoney spends her off time in Georgia cleaning up the undead By Sean Brennan shbrenna@loyno.edu

One Loyola Professor juggles acting, parenting and teaching, and shows her students the balancing act. In 1986, Ann Mahoney Kadar landed her first ever gig as an actress. At ten years old, she earned a spot in Loyola’s stage production of Fiddler on the Roof, a minor role that became the start of a lifelong career. Today, thirty years later, Kadar can still be found on campus, acting, chasing down new roles and helping her students do the same. Kadar is a mother of two, a pro-

fessional actress and a professor in Loyola’s theater department. When she’s not traveling for work or caring for her 3-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son, the New Orleans native is teaching students how to manage the reality of life in the acting business. “You’re juggling,” Kadar said. “That’s what actors have to do. There’s a lot to balance in life.” Last year alone, Kadar auditioned for 54 different roles, most of which came in the same cluster of weeks. This was on top of playing Olivia, a reoccurring character in AMC’s show The Walking Dead, a mom in the recent film Bad Moms and char-

acters in various other productions. This means that in any given week, Kadar can have less than two days to memorize multiple scripts in between playing taxi-mom to her kids, teaching her students and handling whatever else comes her way. Then, she has to convince a room full of casters to give her a job. It’s the routine of a working actress; full of auditions, callbacks and, often, waiting on nothing. Kadar takes these experiences into teaching, and informs her students about every one of her auditions, good and bad. “No one tells you if you don’t get the part,” Kadar said. “Out of those

54, I got three. You’re going to fail. It’s what you do over and over again. That’s why I keep them up to date on my auditions; the ones I get and the ones I don’t.” By showing students her failures, Kadar, who started teaching at Loyola in 2012, brings the less glamorous side of the performance industry to the classroom. Ronald Chavis, a 2016 Loyola theater graduate and employee in the Office of Student Involvement, met Kadar his freshmen year and he still attends her class to train and offer assistance. “It was important to me to have a professor who’s still working. It’s

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like, you are who I aspire to be,” Chavis said. “She shares her experiences, and they tell me that I’m doing something right.” Whether it’s performing in regional theater or traveling to Comic Con with the rest of the The Walking Dead cast, Kadar consistently supplies her students with professional lessons. With each, she emphasizes persistence, balance and toughness. It is something that Chavis, an aspiring actor, said he takes to heart. “You can learn to deal with it and be fine with it, or give up. People like Ann teach us not to give up,” Chavis said.

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Sustainability committee implements new recycling bins By Maya Pescatore mapescat@loyno.edu

Last week Loyola University welcomed a new feature to campus: updated recycling bins. Loyola community members have noticed the subtle changes to popular campus locations, marked by the addition of the brown disposal containers. The University Campus Sustainability Committee decided on the change about a year ago and jump-started the implementation through university funding and funds from Sodexo and the Center for Environmental Communication. According to Director for Environmental Communication Dr. Robert Thomas, 12 new bins were placed across campus Sept. 1, and another 8-10 will be installed at a later date. Loyola’s Jesuit traditions and values convey respect for sustainability and the environment. Therefore, recycling is not a new concept to the university. Prior to placement of the new bins, bright blue trashcan-like recycling bins held spots around

campus. Some of these bins can still be found in places such as the parking garages. So why would the university need new recycling containers? “We’re always trying to make the place look better for the student environment and the teaching environment,” said Thomas. “We realized that we needed something functional, educational.” Not only did the University Campus Sustainability Committee opt for a more uniform look for recycling bins, they also strategically placed them throughout campus. “We put them in prominent places, like right where you walk into Monroe,” Thomas said. “We’re not going to put them on every floor of every building because that would take so much time to empty … We want them full, but we want people—like in Bobet—to bring their recyclables down when they’re leaving and drop them in there when they are walking out.” Thomas said installing new bins had been under consideration for years, but the University Campus

Sustainability Committee decided to wait until the university completed various campus construction projects. “We really had talked about it for several years, and we knew that we were going to do it,” he said. “But Monroe was under construction and then the dorms were all scaffolded. And there were all kinds of stuff going on around campus.” Student responses to the change have been mixed. “It’s a very progressive change,” music senior Andres Cascante said. “I’d like to see this more around campus. I think it’s a step forward.” Some students, however, disagreed with the decision to purchase new recycling bins. “I think that the money spent on those could have probably been spent in more effective ways,” history sophomore Jordan Thibodeaux said. “We could have spent that money on more effective recycling programs.” Despite mixed reviews, the new recycling bins are ready for student and faculty use.

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Recycling bins sit on the front porch of the Danna Student Center and other heavily traversed campus locations. Recyclable items include paper, some plastics, cardboard and aluminum cans.

Diversity forum introduces new campus programs By Sabelo Jupiter spjupite@loyno.edu

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Calvin Tran, music therapy and biology pre-med sophomore, adds a message of support to the University Counseling Center and Health Advocates sponsored poster in the One Loyola room. Students were invited to add notes of love and encouragement to the poster this week to promote a supportive campus environment.

Loyola hosts suicide prevention week By JC Canicosa jccanico@loyno.edu

This week Loyola University’s counseling center teamed up with the new Student Involvement Health Advocates Program to host Worldwide Suicide Prevention Week events on campus to raise awareness for those with suicidal thoughts and promote a safer and more accepting campus environment. The events kicked off Tuesday as members of the Health Advocates Program handed out Lift Up Loyola badges in the Danna Student Center to encourage a supportive and uplifting community among students. Health Advocates also invited students to reach out to friends who may be struggling in person or by writing positive messages of love and support in the One

Loyola room. The movement spread to social media, as the counseling center and student Health Advocates encouraged the Loyola community to post or tweet uplifting messages and personal stories. English freshman Kaylie Saidin said she felt the supportive impact of the events. “I think some of these events, petitions and pledges are very moving to this cause,” Saidin said. “A lot of college students feel alone, and this week shows them that they don’t have to be.” The week culminated with Suicide Prevention Day Friday, as students were invited to leave a lit electronic tea candle in their windows to demonstrate a commitment to suicide prevention. Associate Director of the Univer-

sity Counseling Center Asia Wong stressed the importance of Loyola’s support of suicide prevention. “Suicide is such a massive cause of death to young adults in college,” Wong said. “How could we not show commitment to trying to prevent it?” The counseling center offers year round support to any student in need. Students have 24-hour access to an on-call counselor and are welcome to talk to a counselor at any time. “We are continuing our Lift Up Loyola initiative, so students know the resources they need are available on campus and making sure everyone on campus feels comfortable using these resources,” Wong added.

Loyola held a State of Diversity forum Tuesday hosted by Interim Chief Diversity Officer Liv Newman. School officials announced the formation of a Multicultural Leadership Council and the future appointment of a Chief of Diversity Officer. The Multicultural Leadership Council aims to integrate multicultural organizations at the university, and the Chief of Diversity Officer, who will be appointed by the start of next school year, will spearhead diversity discussion on campus. The leadership council has begun “Movie Mondays,” screening movies on campus that each include a specific diversity themed message. A primary goal of the diversity officer will be to determine why large dropout rates of certain minority racial groups exist. Courtney Williams, Associate Director of Student Involvement, spoke at the forum, relaying information about programs the university is implementing to increase diversity and inclusion. He said the programs include new diversity and inclusion training for all staff members, a revamped student leaders program with a diversity elements and a website update with new sections on diversity. Williams said he has also started a “Brave Spaces” dialogue series that kicks off this month. The series will include panels of Loyola and New Orleans community members who fight for the issues being discussed under each month’s diversity theme. This month’s focus will be #BlackLivesMatter, next month’s speakers will address how to manage community trauma and November’s panel will focus on gentrification.

The #BlackLivesMatter panel will take place on campus Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Williams hopes the programs he and other Loyola staff have implemented will grow and prompt real change over the next five years. Brad Petitfils, Senior Director of Student Success and Institutional Research and Effectiveness, discussed new disability programs being implemented at Loyola. He emphasized the importance of catering toward the needs of children with psychiatric disorders and said the faculty would take extra care to make sure those needs are met. Petitfils also spoke about Optical Character Recognition, a program designed to read information to children that may not be able to do so themselves. He plans on implementing this program at Loyola and urges teachers to post their documents to Blackboard in PDF format because that format is the only one Optical Character Recognition can read. Director of the Women’s Resource Center Patricia Boyett spoke about programs and events the Women’s Resource Center is planning for this year, including the beginning of a magazine, upcoming internships, Feminist Friday programs beginning this Friday and celebration of International Women’s Day. She emphasized the resource center’s care for all issues, including #BlackLivesMatter, and hopes the center will become the most diverse space on campus.

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Southern Decadence brings tourism boom By Caleb Beck cmbeck@loyno.edu @CalebBeckIRL

One of the largest gay pride celebrations in the world takes place in New Orleans’ French Quarter leading up to Labor Day weekend. What started as a jubilant going-away costume party for Treme resident Michael Evers in the summer of 1972 has exploded to be one of the world’s premiere gay pride events, with over 180,000 participants attending in 2015. Colloquially dubbed “Gay Mardi Gras” by its fervent attendees, Southern Decadence elevates the already rowdy French Quarter into an epicenter of dancing, indulgence and exuberant sensuality in a sixday party that culminates with a bustling parade through the French Quarter on the Sunday before Labor Day. The popularity of this event is evident both in its participation and the economic impact it yields, having brought in $215 million last year. Tourism to the city spikes considerably over Labor Day weekend solely due to Southern Decadence, with attendees booking hotel rooms in the French Quarter up to a year before the event. Maria White, communications coordinator at the New Orleans Conventions and Visitors Bureau, offered scope for the sheer size of the Labor Day weekend event. “Southern Decadence is the fifth largest annual celebration in the City of New Orleans, exceeded only by Mardi Gras, Essence Festival, Jazz Fest and French Quarter Festival,” White said. While the event has attracted huge crowds of revelers over its 45 years of annual celebrations, the debauchery has been met with significant opposition from conservative and evangelical groups since its inception. In 2003, there was a public rally to have Southern Decadence cancelled, with video footage documenting lewd acts performed in the streets. Following a 2011 “aggressive solicitation” ordinance introduced by District C City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer, it was made a crime “to loiter or congregate on Bourbon Street for the purpose of

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Calvin Tran, music therapy/pre-health sophomore and Samantha Menendez, psychology/pre-health junior team up for a better view during the Southern Decadence walking parade Sunday afternoon. The weekend rain didn’t stop huge crowds from celebrating.

disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise.” Violation of the law is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 fine. Since then, opponents of Decadence that congregate to denounce homosexuality have been repressed, with nine preachers being arrested during the 2012 celebration. But criticism of Decadence is not limited to religious groups–some within the New Orleans gay com-

munity itself criticize the scope of Southern Decadence as being too narrow. Jules Vetter, a Tulane music composition major, feels as though the celebration only champions a select fraction of the LGBT community. “I like Southern Decadence because I know I’ll have fun there. Beyond what’s planned at the bars and clubs around the French Quarter, there are all sorts of parties to attend, but I’m still critical of Decadence and Pride. They’re not in-

clusive spaces. Transgender people and women are frequently snubbed, as are gay men of color and those of us without washboard abs. Pride doesn’t tell you to be proud if you’re anything other than fit, white, cisgender and gay,” Vetter said. C.W. Cannon, professor of English and New Orleans studies at Loyola University New Orleans, maintains that Southern Decadence is emblematic of the fun-loving nature of the city, and is unique from Pride celebrations anywhere else in

the world. “It’s important to realize that while there is already a New Orleans Pride Festival within the city, Southern Decadence is much bigger annually, and separates itself from combatting issues and social activism in favor of pure celebration and embracing differences within the community,” Cannon said. The late-summer spectacle has almost tripled in size in the last four years, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Louisiana Senate race brings back candidates from the past By Nick Reimann nsreiman@loyno.edu @nicksreimann

With focus on who will become the next president, another important race will soon decide who will be Louisiana’s next senator. There are 24 candidates that have qualified to appear on the ballot this November as they attempt to win the seat being vacated by David Vitter, who decided not to seek re-election following his loss in the 2015 governor’s race to John Bel Edwards. The field of candidates appears particularly strong, including two current U.S. House representatives, a former U.S. House representative and the sitting Louisiana treasurer—and that’s just on the Republican side.

The Democratic vote will also likely be split, with public service commissioner and 2007 candidate for governor Foster Campbell facing opposition from Caroline Fayard, an attorney with connections to the Clintons who ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2010. Within this strong field, there’s no question which candidate is receiving the most attention: David Duke. Duke, who is running as a Republican, lost to Democrat Edwin Edwards in the 1991 governor’s election in a race that made national headlines due to Duke’s past role as imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and his previous membership in the American Nazi Party. Duke, an avid white nationalist and published anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist, has run for office nu-

merous times in Louisiana, most recently a U.S. House race that he lost in 1999. Duke’s sole victory came in a 1989 special election to replace an outgoing Louisiana state representative in a Metairie-area district. Duke won the seat and served nearly three years, but did not seek re-election, instead launching his race for governor. Duke cites Donald Trump as his reason for returning to the political arena. Duke believes that Trump represents many of the values that he has been running on for his entire life. Duke hopes that voters who come to the polls for Trump will cast their ballots for him, as well. With so many candidates vying for the open seat, the vote will be split many different ways, with Duke likely receiving a large chunk of that, according to Sean Cain, Loyola asso-

ciate professor of political science. In his previous runs for office in Louisiana, Duke never received below 11.5 percent of the vote. In such a crowded field, that may be reason to believe that Duke is a serious candidate to at least make the runoff, as Sean Cain explained. “If David Duke is tapping into the same set of voters, who are some, but not all of Trump’s voters, he could potentially get into the top two,” Cain said. Just as Duke plans to use Louisiana’s jungle primary system to his advantage, which allows the top two candidates to go to a runoff if no one receives 50 percent of the vote, Democrats are hoping that one of their candidates can make the top two. According to Cain, the jungle primary allows for Democrats, who are

generally unfavored in Louisiana, to have a better chance of winning. Cain attributes John Bel Edwards’ victory in the 2015 governor’s race in part due to the jungle primary system. Things may be more difficult for the Democrats this time. “With John Bel Edwards, the Democrats had done something behind the scenes to clear the field for him, and it’s not quite cleared for the Democrats in this race between Fayard and Campbell,” Cain said. “So I think if it were completely cleared and there was just one Democrat, then that Democrat would have an advantage over the split Republican field. But because there are two Democrats splitting what’s probably less than 50 percent of the vote, it’s possible that neither of them will make the runoff.”

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In her master class inside Nunemaker Hall, Irini Kyriakidou instructs vocal performance junior Emilie Tolley in performing operatic arias. At Loyola, Kyriakidou covered how to use clear vocals to achieve a precise sound.

International opera singers teach performance By Jamal Melancon jmmelanc@loyno.edu @Jam_M_Mel

Irini Kyriakidou, the classically trained Greek soprano and international opera star, engaged Loyola students and area residents with a master class that offered coaching and training tips on performance and musical presentation to opera singers. Kyriakidou and international opera star tenor Bryan Hymel A’01 were both expected to teach free master classes on Loyola’s campus before kicking off performances this year in Loyola’s Montage Fine and Performing Arts series on Sept. 9. Loyola Assistant Professor of Voice Dreux Montegut plans to accompany them on piano. Montegut said most of Kyriakidou’s training and experience comes from European opera houses, but she sang with the New Orleans Opera Association here during the 2014 production of “Carmen.” When asked in a phone inter-

LIFE AND TIMES briefs The Howlin’ Wolf hosts concert to benefit flood victims in Louisiana The Howlin’ Wolf is holding a benefit Saturday, Sept. 10 to raise funds for those affected by the floods in the state this year. The event will feature

view about her initial thoughts on teaching and performing at Loyola, Kyriakidou said she and Hymel were thrilled. “Bryan had spent many wonderful years at Loyola as a student,” Kyriakidou said. She said that there’s a music family in New Orleans, and that having a home in the city is a long way from her native country, Greece. “I never thought that I would leave and have my house somewhere so far like New Orleans,” Kyriakidou said. In her own learning experience, Kyriakidou recalled how she encountered both opportunities to attend master classes by talented singers and compete in international competitions during her studies at the Maria Callas Conservatory of Athens, Greece. The conservatory hosts the International Maria Callas Grand Prix music competitions, which Kyriakidou said features a diverse jury panel for opera. “It’s an international jury panel that is composed of directors, opera casting directors, singers and sometimes agents.”

During these voice competitions, Kyriakidou said some guests would come teach master classes at the conservatory like she taught at Loyola. Kyriakidou attended the master classes of singers Gundula Janowitz and Christa Ludwig. “She (Gundula Janowitz) would give master classes and one of the most amazing things that I got from her and Christa Ludwig was their own experience about interpretation, presentation and how you sort of present what you are saying.” Kyriakidou explained that master classes are not about improving one’s technique in the given time, but about learning what one can from people that are out in the field and are studying their profession, as well as working. “Sometimes we are so into what we think is good enough. You need a third ear or third eye,” she said. According to Montegut, junior Emilie Tolley and sophomores Emma Mountcastle, Haley Whitney and Mary Cloud were among the student vocal performance majors that participated in Kyriakidou’s master class.

“The students presented operatic arias for Ms. Kyriakidou to coach,” Montegut said. “It was an opportunity for our young singers to work with a singer of international experience to work on performing operatic arias.” Kyriakidou said that she thought all the student singers had “amazing sensitivity” to the music. She acknowledges herself as a romantic because her parting advice to those who want to succeed as opera singers is to keep going. “It’s so personal,” Kyriakidou said. “Singing is something with your own body, your own instrument. If you love it and you want to do it, then just go and do it.” An Evening with Irini Kyriakidou will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 9 in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in Loyola’s Music and Communications complex. Kyriakidou will perform in the city again with the New Orleans Opera Associaton on Oct. 7 and Oct. 9 in the production of “Don Giovanni.”

food trucks and over a dozen bands. Organizer Martha Alguera said that her hopes are to raise a substantial amount of money, no less than $10,000. Alguera is a music event producer, who knows artists as well as workers in the local New Orleans music industry. Saxophonist Khris Royal’s family and musician Jon “Papa” Gros’s father and sister, according to Alguera, “lost everything.” “The bands were basically cho-

sen after I sent out a mass email to band leaders and a Facebook post,” Alguera said. “I had most of their emails from personal and professional connections. I’ve done a couple other fundraisers with some of these bands. I’ve booked them to play other venues. [I] am personal friends with them.” WHIV 102.3 FM will be a promotional sponsor for the event, running public service announcements leading up to the event as well as

having DJs participate in the event. While food trucks will be donating a share of their profits to the charity effort, proceeds of the event will be going to Second Harvest Food Bank and families impacted by floods. “I know when devastation happens, New Orleans musicians can be counted on to pitch in,” Alguera said. The event will take place at The Howlin’ Wolf, located at 907 Saint Peter Street.

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3 drug violations confirmed at Cabra Hall Loyola University Police Department’s Police Captain Roger Pinac confirmed three drug violations occured at Cabra Hall on Loyola’s Broadway campus Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. This confirmation updates a prior report released Sept. 2 which stated the three violations occured in the 500 block of Broadway St. Aug. 26 with one violation each occuring at 5:51 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 6:16 p.m.

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Cont.: 2016 Louisiana senate race heats up SENATE, continued from page 4 However, Democrat Foster Campbell, who currently serves as a public service commissioner in northern Louisiana, feels that experts are underrating his chances. Campbell believes that he will get many crossover votes from Republicans since he doesn’t view himself as a Washington-insider politician. He cites the fact that when running on the same ticket as fellow Democrat Mary Landrieu, Campbell received 62 percent of the vote in his district, while Landrieu came in at 42 percent.

“There’s an old saying in north Louisiana: there ain’t no wrong way to do the right thing,” Campbell said. “That’s what I operate on. I’ve never been a 100 percent vote for anybody. I’m not going up there owned by anybody. Now you take all the Republicans, they’re going up there and they’re against everything Obama was for. I’m not going to be against everything anybody’s for. I’m not ashamed of being a Democrat—I’m very proud of being a Democrat.” Campbell also believes that his record of getting things done, instead of just coming up with ideas,

gives him an advantage. “You know, there’s another good saying that I’d like to ask all these people: Before you tell me what you’re doing, why don’t you tell me what you’ve done? I’m the only one in the race that has a record of doing anything. The rest have a record of talking,” Campbell said. Campbell will face competition with fellow Democrat Caroline Fayard, who Campbell says criticizes him for being too old—a claim he denies by stating that he is the same age as Hillary Clinton. The Democrats will also be on the same ballot as Republicans in the Louisiana

jungle primary. Among the major candidates are state treasurer John Kennedy, U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, U.S. Rep. John Fleming, former U.S. Rep. Jospeh Cao and 2014 Senate candidate Rob Maness, none of whom could be reached for comment. The primary will be held on the same date as the presidential election: Nov. 8. If no candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote, the top two will face each other in a runoff in December.

Cont.: Professor balances family, acting, and teaching MAHONEY, continued from page 1 These values—balance, toughness and persistence—are all directly attached to the Suzuki method of voice and movement, a unique acting technique that Kadar specializes in and is teaching this semester. The Suzuki method of acting is a highly stylized and physically intensive approach to stage movement and vocal training, developed by Tadashi Suzuki in Japan in the 1970s. The method involves moving the body in a completely controlled and purposeful fashion, keeping the core engaged while focusing on posture to generate the most power

for speaking. Like acting, it requires balance, flexibility and determination to stay standing. When earning her MFA in the late 1990s, Kadar trained under Eric Hill, a friend of the founder Suzuki, and one of the first people to be certified in teaching the technique. Starting with his instruction, she has spent the last 20 years perfecting the method and sees it as a necessity in acting. "I can always tell when actors have had some intensive movement training. They have real precision to what they do, and real depth and subtlety," Kadar said. In Monroe Hall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, blasting music, the stomping of Kadar's bam-

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boo stick on the floor and sweatdrenched students indicate that the Suzuki workshop is in session. Kadar leads by example, with her Suzuki exercises and her professional demeanor. She demonstrates the movements first, then pushes the students to meet her time-tested standards. "Everything in Suzuki is a difficult position, and in those positions we ask you to relax," Kadar said. "If you're falling over, you're doing something right. You're pushing yourself." Laura Hope, a fellow professor of theatre, has known Kadar since she started at Loyola, but began working closely with her after becoming chair of the department last January.

“She is a terrific colleague,” Hope said. “Not only an enormously talented performer and gifted instructor, but also a supportive, kind, and positive colleague. I’ve sat in on her classes, and I think we are incredibly luck to have her. Sitting in a one of Kadar’s Suzuki workshops is revealing. She creates an intense environment not often associated with acting, where her calls to “slow down, Go full circle! Good!” embody the demands of the industry. “I think it is fantastic for the students to get a glimpse of life for a working actor, and to be able to work with somebody who has current experience on the demands and requirements for actors in the

field of film and television,” Hope said. “I think too often students are unaware of how much hard work, discipline, and preparation is needed to be a successful working actor.” At the end of class, Kadar sits her students down, goes around oneby-one and has them locate the part of their body with the most tension. For her, being self-aware goes with success. “The roles that are yours, are yours. If you prepare, no one can take it from you. If a role isn’t yours, it is not yours,” Kadar said. Kadar’s can be seen next playing Elvis Presley’s mother on Million Dollar Quartet, a drama series premiering on the Country Music Channel in November.

RELIGION

September 9, 2016 THE MAROON

RELIGION BRIEFS Judge tosses Kansas Muslim inmate’s religious-rights lawsuit

ALLICIYIA GEORGE / The Maroon

Chi Alpha members take a break from cleaning up the Faith Worship Center in Baton Rouge, La. The group volunteered and removed everything from the church, pulled up carpet, took out all of the chairs and swept out mud and smaller items such as crayons and nails.

Chi Alpha helps flooded church in Baton Rouge By Chasity Pugh

cmpugh@loyno.edu @chasitypugh_

In the aftermath of the recent flooding in southern Louisiana, a Christian organization rooted at Loyola decided to lend a helping hand. When Pastor Rick Sullivan learned that his church, Faith Worship Center in Baton Rouge, was under 6 feet of water, he was devastated. “My father and I have been at the church for 33 years and we never had any water. So my initial reaction was a state of shock,” Sullivan said. Joshua Byrd A’16 now works for Chi Alpha. He said that when he ini-

tially found out about the flooding in Baton Rouge, he knew something horrible had happened. “To see so many people having lost everything was truly heartbreaking,” Byrd said. Desiree Robinson, music composition junior, was also in awe when she found out about the flooding. “All I could hope once I realized how serious it was, was that no one died,” Robinson said. Dedicated to faith, community and action, Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship reached out to Sullivan to see if he needed any help. “90 percent of the congregation lost their homes and cars so there was no one in the church I could

call for assistance. That’s when Chi Alpha coordinated their efforts to help,” Sullivan said. The group worked together to pull up carpet, sweep out mud and debris and threw out several things that could no longer be used. “When I went to Baton Rouge to volunteer and I saw all the devastation, I realized how unbelievable it actually really was,” Byrd said. Byrd and Robinson were two of ten Chi Alpha members who helped Sullivan to clean out his church. “Having grown up in church, this really hit home for me. I can’t imagine losing the place that I’ve worshipped at for so long,” Byrd said. With active chapters at Tulane,

Loyola, Xavier and UNO, Chi Alpha gathers not only for fun, but for friendship and most importantly, service. Both Byrd and Robinson joined Chi Alpha their freshman years at Loyola. They say that Chi Alpha has provided them with a community. “Once I got to meet Loyola’s Chi Alpha community, I realized that it was what God really wanted me to find while here,” Robinson said. Byrd said that the organization has provided him with a community in the most loving and intentional way. “Now that I’m working for Chi Alpha I get a chance to do the same thing for others,” Byrd said.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has thrown out a Muslim inmate’s lawsuit that accused a county jail and its administrators of violating the convicted killer’s religious rights. U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Waxse dismissed Eddie Gordon Sr.’s case involving the Shawnee County Jail after Gordon missed a court-imposed deadline to submit any evidence the alleged misconduct harmed him physically or intentionally interfered with his religion, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported Tuesday. Acting as his own attorney, Gordon alleged in his handwritten 2014 lawsuit that he wasn’t fed for 28 hours during the 30-day season of Ramadan when Muslims fast from dawn until after sunset. Gordon, 27, also said jail officials served him cold, unbearable meals so close to his prayer time that he couldn’t eat them before fasting. Waxse, in March of last year, gave Gordon 30 days to argue in writing why his lawsuit shouldn’t be dismissed. Gordon didn’t file his amended lawsuit until April of this year. “After comparing the original complaint with the amended complaint, the court finds no significant difference in their contents,” Martens wrote in his ruling last month. “Thus, even if the court excused Gordon’s untimeliness in responding to the order to show cause, because the proposed amendments do not cure the deficiencies the court previously discussed, amendment would be futile.” Gordon was sentenced in October 2011 to 23 years in prison for intentional second-degree murder related to a November 2010 shooting death in Topeka. Gordon, now imprisoned in Lansing, was being temporarily held in the Shawnee County Jail at the time he filed his lawsuit.

Holy Name of Jesus school celebrates 125th anniversary By Ellen McCusker emccusk@loyno.edu

While many see Holy Name of Jesus as a school next door to Loyola’s campus, Rosalie Tomeny says it fosters a sense of community. As Director of Development, Tomeny sat down with the dean of students, David Blamphin, and the principal of Holy Name, Jessica Dwyer, to discuss the school’s 125th anniversary. “I went to Holy Name from kindergarten to seventh grade and graduated the year of ’87. Throughout the years, my core group of friends are still together,” Blamphin said. This idea of Holy Name as a family beyond graduation from the school seems to have inspired this year’s anniversary events. They will kick off their annual fair, which will take place Nov. 11-13 with an alumni night. The theme of their spring fling, which is scheduled for April 22, is “Back to the Black Top,” where alumni will also be invited. “Instead of our typical themes…

it’s just celebrating our 125 years,” Dwyer explained. Alumni themed events, however, are not the only ways Holy Name plans to celebrate this milestone. Already this year, the seventh grade class presented a history of Holy Name before the school. Students and alumni alike are celebrating the anniversary in more personal ways by reflecting on this rich history as well as the influence their experience with the school has made on their lives. The three agree that the success of the school is owed, in part, to the Sisters of Mercy. “The Sisters of Mercy had such a strong influence on how Holy Name came to be what it is today in this city,” Dwyer said. Tomeny says that the Sisters of Mercy started working at Holy Name in 1909. While they didn’t found the school, they were asked by the Jesuits to take it over. In this way, Holy Name parallels Loyola in terms of its Jesuit ideals. While the school was primarily influenced by the Sisters of Mercy, Dwyer posits that the two are not

so different. “The two charisms are very similar in service to others and family oriented and being a strong community. Together they work really well.” These ideals continue to influence the familial aspect of Holy Name. The school administration includes the Gator Grant Committee, which works to aid those in the community whose families are affected by an illness, for example, by cooking meals and offering other services the family may need. Services like this one define the history of the school and contribute to its community. Blamphin now has an eight-year-old daughter who is in third grade at Holy Name as well as a two-year-old who will enter the new Pre-K 3 program next year. “I don’t know that everyone feels about their grade school the way Holy Name people do. It’s a special connection ... it’s just something about it that people relate to,” Tomeny said.

Courtesy of Rosalie Tomeny

Two Holy Name of Jesus students pose in a science class. The school celebrated its 125th anniversary this year.

SPORTS

September 9, 2016 The Maroon

Swim team joins new conference By Caroline Gonzalez cbgonzal@loyno.edu @Carolinegonzo34

With the addition of swimming, Loyola has added another competitive sport to its athletic program. While the rest of the athletic program competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference Brett Simpson, director of athletics, said the conference does not sponsor swimming. In early July, the Mid-South Conference approved Loyola as its 15th affiliate member and the seventh institution in the Mid-South to sponsor swimming. “This conference features some of the best competition in the NAIA. This conference also presents a great opportunity for Loyola student athletes, as the conference members share a commitment to supporting talented scholar athletes both on the field and in the classroom,” Simpson said. Loyola’s swim team has 15 total members. The women’s team has six members, and the men’s team includes nine members. Both men’s and women’s teams are made up entirely of freshmen swimmers. Paige Carter, Wolf Pack swimmer and general studies freshman, said she is excited to become a collegiate

student athlete. “The addition of this team created an opportunity for me to do the thing I love. I’m really looking forward to traveling to meets and experiencing college swimming with my team,” Carter said. The young team will be sharing the pool for the first time ever this year, but that hasn’t stopped Thomas Natal, head coach, from exuding the confidence that he has in his young swimmers. “I expect 75-80 percent of the team to qualify for the national meet, and many of our individual swimmers to be ranked in the top 20,” Natal said. Criminal justice sophomore Kayla Mack expressed her interest in the swimming program and recognizes it as an opportunity for Loyola students to get behind another athletic program. “It’s a new experience for everyone at Loyola. I think it’s going to be an exciting change and another team that students can follow and support,” Mack said. With an opportunity for Loyola to make some noise in the Mid-South Conference, the Wolf Pack swim team will begin its season Sept. 30 at Centenary College. Loyola will start competing in Mid-South Conference meets Feb. 2.

Volleyball team goes 1-3 in UST Labor Day Tournament Loyola started off the University of Labor Day Tournament with a (3-2) loss to Dillard and a (3-0) loss to Southwestern Christian. In the loss to Dillard University multiple Wolf Pack members set career highs. General studies freshman Malea Howie led the Loyola offense with a career-high 17 kills while psychology senior Katie Phillipi led Loyola with 19 digs and psychology sophomore Maddie Huekels recorded a career-high 28 assists. Loyola grabbed its first victory of the tournament after defeating the University of St. Thomas (3-1) during the second day of tournament action. Mass communication sophomore Tyler Beckham led Loyola with 10 kills while Huekels led the Wolf Pack in assists with 19. The Wolf Pack went on to lose the final match of the tournament in a (3-0) loss to Saint Gregory’s University. The Wolf Pack will travel to Mobile, Alabama, to take on the University of Mobile on Saturday, Sept. 10.

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The Loyola swimming team practices in the sports complex. The team will enter a new conference this year.

Golf teams ranked sixth in SSAC preseason polls By Brian Wollitz bawollit@loyno.edu @Brian_wollitz

Loyola’s golf teams are looking to improve their overall standings in conference play and break through the Southern States Athletic Conference finals to reach the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Golf National Championship. The conference released the first 2016-2017 preseason coaches poll, projecting Loyola’s men’s and women’s teams in sixth place. Loyola’s men’s team is adding four freshmen, and nine members are returning from last season, including Jose Perez, finance sophomore, and acounting sophomore Philip Nijoka. Perez and Nijoka finished in 15th and 18th place in last year’s championship. Cody Leis, biochemistry senior, stands out as the lone senior on the roster and will look to lead the team this season. The women’s team is adding two freshmen to the squad and is bringing back eight members. Three seniors will be returning to play their final season at Loyola, including: two-time All-Conference selection and international business major Julchen Narwark; 2016 All-Academic selection and biology major, Megan Keck; and 2016 Champion of Character recipient, All-Academic selection and biology major Alexis Hazard. The Wolf Pack will have a new head coach this season as John Lorio resigned from Loyola, but officials within the athletic department have confirmed that an interim head coach has been hired. The representatives declined to give any more information. The Wolf Pack men’s team enters the 2016-17 season with momen-

Sports briefs

Loyola hosts dodgeball tournament For the first time in the history of the Elite Dodgeball Association, the national tournament was held in New Orleans. 53 dodgeball teams from around the country came to Loyola’s campus to compete in Loyola’s First NBC Court. Loyola swimming coach Thomas Natal has been an avid dodgeball player in the New Orleans Dodgeball Association for the past four years. He believes that having the national tournament in New Orleans was essential to promoting the city as well as Loyola University. Tournament results have been posted at www.elite-dodgeball.com

College Football season kicks off

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A Loyola golfer finishes his swing at a tournament in Audubon Park during the fall semester of 2015. The golf team is currently preparing for their first tournaments of the season.

tum after shooting below 300 in a round for the first time in Loyola history at last year’s SSAC Championship. Leis said he is excited for the upcoming season and the makeup of the team. “I feel like our team has a really good diversity of talent this season, so if you look at our scores from last season, we improved our standings from 100s to now 70s, so I feel that we can do a big jump like that this season again,” Leis said. In 2014, for the first time in school history, the Wolf Pack women’s golf team reached the NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship. It has been two years since then, and the women’s team looks to stake their claim once again and repeat that same success.

Hazard said she expects big things from the team this season. “Every year my expectations are high coming into the season because I believe we have the potential and ability to go all the way to nationals. I would love to repeat what we did my freshman year as a senior and go to nationals one more time,” Hazard said. The men’s team, however, has struggled to get past the SSAC conference finals and break into the NAIA national championship, something that would be a first in the men’s team history. “If we make it past conference, I know that would be a great accomplishment for our team. I know that we have great talent to do so and it would be the first time that we would be able to go to nationals,”

Leis said. It is no easy task, but both teams understand the hard work that needs to be put in to accomplish their goals, and they feel they have the skill to do it. “Everyone on the team can play very well, but golf is a tricky sport. One week you can be playing the best golf of your life, and the next you can barely hit a ball. I would love to see us all play well at the same event,” Hazard said. The Wolf Pack men’s team tees off in their season opener on Sept. 24 at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, Louisiana. The Wolf Pack women’s season gets underway at the Lake Wales Country Club on Sept. 19 in Lake Wales, Florida.

College football’s most dominant conference suffered its worst opening week since 1992 as seven SEC teams lost last weekend. Notable SEC losses in Week 1 include #5 LSU losing to unranked Wisconsin 16-14 and South Alabama securing its first win against an SEC opponent in program history with a shocking 21-20 upset over Mississippi State. The American Conference’s only ranked team, #15 Houston, took down Big 12 powerhouse #3 Oklahoma in a game that cemented Houston’s legitimacy as a College Football Playoff contender. Also, Texas’s football program could be on the brink of returning to its past dominance as they stunned the college football community with an exciting 50-47 double overtime upset over 10th ranked Notre Dame. Week 2 of college football will be highlighted by a showdown between # 17 Tennessee and Virginia Tech at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.

EDITORIAL

September 9, 2016 THE MAROON

OUR EDITORIAL

WHOSE RIGHTS ARE THEY ANYWAY?

The majority opinion of our editorial board

HOWLS & GROWLS HOWL to Virginia Woolf GROWL to New Orleans traffic HOWL to the Pumpkin Spice Latte coming back GROWL to Donald Trump’s blatant sexism, racism and Islamphobia HOWL to Giant Pandas coming off the endangered species list

We have lost our civic knowledge as citizens and students

GROWL to the patriarchy HOWL to the iPhone VII

EDITORIAL BOARD Colleen Dulle

Editor-in-Chief

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Managing Editor for Print

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Managing Editor for Electronic Properties

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Design Chief

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Photo Editor

India Yarborough

News Editor

Jamal Melancon

Life & Times Editor

Danielle Horton

The Works Editor

Starlight Williams Nick Reimann

Wolf Editor Worldview Editor

Ryan Micklin

Sports Editor

Chasity Pugh

Religion Editor

Emily Edwards

Opinion and Editorial Editor

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Copy Editor

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Copy Editor

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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.

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Civic knowledge is under erosion. Most citizens can name and argue for or against the Second Amendment. We know that somewhere in the First Amendment lies our freedom of speech. What becomes more elusive are our civil rights. Embedded in the Bill of Rights are our protections against an increasingly aggressive and militarized police force. Police brutality and police aggression are pressing social justice and political issues. The racialized violence inflicted upon black Americans at the hands of law enforcement is reprehensible and has provoked an incredibly important dialogue about race relations in modern America. We have been discussing the violation of our civil rights, but often without a clear and defined understanding of what our basic civil rights are when we come into contact with law enforcement. To best protect our civil rights we need to have a thorough understanding of what we are entitled to as American citizens. In our educational system, civic knowledge never finds a home between history and ethics. As students, our understanding of civic knowledge passes frequently through this historical lens, but we are not taught how to effectively apply these rights to our own lives as citizens. Those who best understand the law are lawyers, but such a foundational awareness of our rights should not be limited to those with an advanced legal education. Every citizen should know that if you are pulled over you do not have to con-

sent to a search of your car. Every citizen should know that if law enforcement comes to your house, you do not have to answer any questions or let them into your home without a warrant. By knowing our civil rights we can hold law enforcement and our government to the highest of standards. We need to make civic knowledge a greater part of our political consciousness as well as integrate this knowledge into our schools and college classrooms. To protect ourselves and to realize our identity as American citizens, we need to know our uniquely American rights. It is not merely knowing our rights or keeping a copy of the Constitution in our pockets that will prevent the police brutality and an erosion of civil rights, we need to educate ourselves and demand accountably from government institutions. Civic knowledge is both a powerful practical and ideological tool. The Bill of Rights not only represents the spirit of American democracy, but it represents very tangible gains in freedom we have made as a country throughout our history. We can use civic knowledge to fight for change, demanding that officers engage in lawful searches of our vehicles, but also to demand that the power remains with the people. As a generation of students we are uniquely poised to have the resources to educate ourselves about our rights, but we also have an obligation as American citizens to rise at this contemporary moment and take back what we have lost.

OPINION

September 9, 2016 The Maroon

In My Opinion

Students sharing their opinions on topics

Internships are key to success Sam c. sergi Music industry senior scsergi@loyno.edu

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Britta Erikson practices for a music therapy session plan. Music therapy internships requires an intense amount of preparation and outside work but call upon skills that professional music therapists use in their practices.

Failure is part of your career journey Britta erikson Music therapy senior beerikso@loyno.edu

At the age of thirteen I stumbled across a pamphlet about music therapy at my local community music school. From that day forward, I knew I wanted to study music therapy. What initially attracted me to Loyola was their wide array of practicums and the hands on experiences they could offer students. Through Loyola’s program, I have been able

to work with numerous populations and in a number of diverse healthcare settings. Not only have these experiences helped shape my professional path, but they have challenged me to discover what my true passions are within the field. Prior to my practicum experiences, I had many preconceived notions about certain populations. Being placed into a variety of healthcare settings has allowed me to find comfort and growth in unexpected places. One of the most important factors of my practicum experience is the willingness to fail. The ability to feel comfortable enough to make mistakes is one of the driving forces that have continuously allowed

me to improve and grow as a music therapy student. Practicums have helped me recognize how much goes into working in the field of music therapy. I am constantly learning how to take constructive criticism and apply it to my work as a student. Whether I was doing research, planning sessions or practicing instruments, I was always working to apply my skills at the practicum site. To help acknowledge the amount of time I put into preparing for my practicums, the music therapy department has students record their outside hours. Every semester I am astounded by the amount of outside hours I rack up, but it helps give me a better idea of what to expect in the

future. As a music therapy student, the final and often most challenging step is a comprehensive internship. In some sense similar to a residency, music therapy students travel to programs across the country and work intensively under the guidance of a supervisor. Internships often serve as a pivotal experience for hands on growth. While I am nervous approaching graduation in December and moving to Seattle, Washington in January to begin my internship, I believe that my experiences at Loyola and the music therapy department’s practicums have granted me the tools with which to lead, learn and look at my growth critically.

Field experience lets you try on a career Sarah king Psychology senior smking@loyno.edu

In high school, I enjoyed singing and playing guitar for elderly patients in nursing homes because I felt that, out of anyone, they needed it the most. My volunteer experience led me to becoming a music therapy major at Loyola, where I have par-

ticipated in field work and service learning for multiple semesters. By playing music at various sites, I was exposed to diverse environments within the care-giving field, and thus felt quite comfortable in a hospital setting. After interacting with the nursing staff on a regular basis, I found that nursing really appealed to me. Working in a music therapy capacity, I kept returning to the role and function of the nursing staff. While I love music and it remains a huge part of my life, I felt as though working in a nursing capacity was more challenging, more dynamic and had a more central

component of care-giving which first attracted me to the health-care profession. As a whole, I can safely say that my field and volunteer experience has not only shaped who I am as an individual, but has guided my career path and given me the opportunity to experience a day in the life of a music therapist, a nurse, a non-profit manager, activity coordinator, etc. If I had never had the opportunity to do field work when working as a music therapist, I could have continued with my major and ended up in a career path that wasn’t exactly the right fit for me.

Service learning and field work can be a great time to practice for your future career, but it can also be the impetus to change that career path. I believe that experiential learning through opportunities like these gives students the first-hand involvement in their field to fuel their drive toward a successful future in an area that is most suitable for them. Today, I am a psychology major preparing to enter a graduate level nursing program with the confidence that I know I am on the right path.

Throughout my life I’ve always been passionately involved with music, so when I entered Loyola as a freshman it was a given that my major would be music industry studies. Studying the business of music, I have been able to pursue my passion while also gaining work experience within the industry. Internships are a huge part of the major. The internship course walks students through the whole internship process, everything from searching for an opening to applying for the right position to reflecting on what you’ve learned after the fact. This class is very helpful for getting your feet off the ground and finding your first internship, which can be an overwhelming experience. After you take the course that teaches you the basics of searching for companies and applying for positions, the entire experience becomes easier and more natural; you feel less like an intern and more like someone on the job. Through the Music Industry program, I’ve gotten to participate in running major music festivals; I’ve interned at New Orleans Jazz Fest, BUKU and Voodoo Fest, some of the biggest music events in New Orleans and in the country. These experiences helped me see what it really takes to work on the festival circuit, and along the way I met tons of awesome people who have helped me learn and grow as a professional. Getting hands on experience working at these festivals helped me learn the vernacular of the industry and gave me the confidence to continue as a professional going forward. I’ve found that one of the most important aspects of being a successful intern is having an open minded attitude when you’re on the project; you need to be flexible and willing to do whatever it takes to pull off the event. It is also important to know your role as an intern in the music industry. I’ve seen many interns prioritize their own personal goals over the goals of the team, or over-extend their authority only to see event supervisors awkwardly put them in their place. This type of misstep or awkward encounter, which wouldn’t mean so much in the classroom, can easily haunt you throughout your career when you’re working with professionals who have high professional standards. Overall, your internship experience is what the music industry program at Loyola is all about. Everything we learn in class is unpracticed. Until you apply your skills in the industry for real, you will not be qualified or prepared enough to try and pursue a career in the music industry. The music industry program at Loyola has ensured that when I leave school, not only will I have the taught skills to work as a professional, but I will have the experience as well.

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September 9, 2016

“We Live to Eat” Restaurant Week highlights New Orleans hotspots By Caleb Beck cmbeck@loyno.edu @CalebBeckIRL

From Sept. 14-Sept. 20, over 30 restaurants are offering special fixed price menus to celebrate New Orleans cuisine. Summer season is significantly slower for restaurants in the Crescent City, but with the turn of September, local eateries will band together for the annual Restaurant Week celebration to enthuse customers with special deals. The Louisiana Restaurant Association’s Greater New Orleans Chapter will be sponsoring the fifth annual Restaurant Week, with over 30 restaurants in the New Orleans metropolitan area participating to promote special fixed price menus to let customers sample quality food at 25% off the stand-alone price. John Michael Rowland, general manager of Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar uptown, explained that the week is a celebration that reinvigorates kitchens and waitstaffs, allowing restaurants to put their stamp on signature food specials. “We’re excited for Restaurant Week because it’s a time where the local restaurants can pull together as a community and offer quality, full-course meals at value prices to

customers that might not eat out all the time,” Rowland said. Stan Meadows, director of operations at Trenasse in the Central Business District, said that this promotion provides an excellent opportunity for chefs to experiment with their offerings to give a well-rounded taste of their creations at a reduced price. “We are honored to be a part of Restaurant Week; it allows our head chef Silvie and her culinary team a platform to craft traditional Louisiana food with a twist of Trenasse,” Meadows said. Dominique Ellis, who heads public relations for Kenton’s uptown, maintained that the courses offered in their Restaurant Week menu are priced to encourage casual restaurant diners not to shy away from a filling, decadent meal. “Kenton’s chefs set up the Restaurant Week menu to transition well from appetizer to entrée to dessert. It’s intended to be a generous portion of food at a great price and welcome anybody to the restaurant.” Restaurant Week will run from Sept. 14-Sept. 20 all across the city, featuring the eateries listed as well as Pacal’s Manale, Domenica, Commander’s Palace, Shaya and many more.

Courtesy of Greg Curry

Trenasse’s Chef Silvie puts the finishing touches on her Restaurant Week entree. Trenasse offers their Restaurant Week menu for $39 (top). Blackberry Tart and Vanilla Ice Cream rounds out Trenasse’s dessert for Restaurant Week. There is an option of either the Tart or a Warm Apple Strudel (middle left). A large party enjoys their Restaurant Week entrees (middle right). Trenasse’s soup trio, includes a blue crab bisque, the soup of the day, and a fowl gumbo (bottom left). Trenasse’s Redfish Meuniere for Restaurant Week features spring vegetables and a wine reduction sauce (bottom right). Trenasse has participated in Restaurant Week for two years.