thought they were going to have a relaxing sum mer with the thought of school out of their mind. Delahoussaye, an English senior at Loyola, said that this was not theInsteadcase. of a nice summer without any worries about school, they re ceived an email in mid-June from the university’s financial aid department saying that they owed $27,000 for the Fall 2022 semester. When getting that email, Delahoussaye said that they weren’t worried and just thought that their financial aid hadn’t been applied yet. They waited a couple of weeks hoping to receive an email from finan cial aid saying that all of their aid was applied. Delahoussaye said they never got that email, and that is when panic set in for them.
The university started the program’s implementation in the fall 2021 semes ter, and had a plan to implement the most significant parts of the system within 18 months. Quesada called Proj ect LUCI an “ongoing” one.
She said that because of the lack of information given to her about the amount she owed, she needed to take out a last minute loan in order to pay her Fall 2022 semester balance.
Ashley Damon, a sophomore dou ble major in advertising and psychol ogy, said that when she first got her student balance, her scholarships and financial aid were not put in as well. Like Delahoussaye, Damon was not worried at first glance and just thought her aid and scholarships were looked over. After a few weeks, she emailed financial aid. After that email was sent, her balance wasn’t fixed, and it took them two more weeks to fix the issues of her aid not being properly put in the system, she said.
LORA implementedSelf-Service
A Loyola student, who asked to be anonymous for fear of backlash, said that a couple days before school start ed she went to LORA Self-Service to pay her tuition and saw that none of her scholarships were added to her billing. She called the financial aid of fice on Monday Aug. 15, she said.
Tuition for the Fall 2022 semester was due on Monday Aug. 15, which was the first day of freshman movein, according to Loyola’s website. Stu dents were said to be having these issues well after Aug. 15, having finan cial holds on their account during up perclassmen move-in, which accord ing to Loyola’s website was Aug. 18-20.
As the university moved to a new enterprise system, glitches left students in the lurch
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“I was in panic mode because at my previous university, I didn’t have to call financial aid or anything like (that). All my scholarships were auto matically put in,” she said.
The new-LORA, also known as LORA Self-Service or Project LUCI, is now fa miliar to students, as they registered for classes using this system at the end of last semester. The program itself is called Colleague, developed by the software company, Ellucian.
New Orleans un dertook a costly, tedious, and labor-in tensive project last year as it began to implement a new enterprise resource planning system and ultimately got rid of the university’s 40-year-old online re cords system, LORA.
Now, administrators of the program have goals for its expansion, and stu dents and administrators alike are look ing forward to ironing out the bumps which managers of the system are ex pecting to come with its initial imple mentation.UrielQuesada, vice provost for in stitutional research, accreditation and academic engagement, argued that the implementation of the new LORA had students in mind above all else.
They decided to make a phone call to financial aid. During the call, Delahoussaye said that the lady was condescending and did not help them fix the problem that was happening. There was no way of getting an answer through email and the phone call was discouraging, Delahoussaye was stuck and said they didn’t know what to do.
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And for faculty and staff, the program will be more manageable as well, ac cording to Straight.
Nate Straight, the university’s director of institutional data analytics and report ing, added that there will be advance ments coming to the program, including the possibility for students to hypothet ically switch their major and plan their course load according to the potential switch.Heexplained that this feature will re place uAchieve and be more advanced through investigating ‘what if’ options for students’ desires.
“I think that it makes Loyola a better place for everyone,” he said. “I think that it is something critical.”
“If you send them an email they will never get back to you because the way that they set up the system it’s so hard to get information,” Delahoussaye said.Delahoussaye is not the only stu dent having financial difficulties amid the switch from the old Loyola Online Records System to the new one, LORA Self-Service, which was implemented through Project LUCI.
Loraine Chotin, who serves as an executive assistant to the provost, said that they were aware of students hav ing these issues, but not aware that any students had to take out unex pected loans. She also said that there have been no added late fees to any students who had issues during movein week.Theold system, LORA, was created in 1979 and needed updates.
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worked to create real change for stu dents across the country, according to Perry.Francis has been an advocate for affirmative action, worked to expand Pell grants, and been a vocal advocate for many pieces of legislation that have helped create opportunities for millions of students across the country, Perry said.“Francis drew on his Jesuit values
By Destiny Sanders desander@my.loyno.eduLoyolaUniversity
The former Carrollton Hall has been renamed to Blanche and Norman C. Francis Family Hall to honor both Fran cis, now 91 years old, and his late wife Blanche Francis. This project was led by the Historic Naming Committee that was assembled by university advance ment last year, said Kedrick Perry, vice president for equity and inclusion at Loyola.“By renaming this building for the Francis family, we hope to show that everyone is welcome and valued here,” PerryResidentssaid. of the Francis Family Hall will also notice new aesthetic changes to the building, according to Jay Davis, as sociate director for residential life. These design changes came directly from the Francis family, Davis said, through the donation of family portraits and other artwork.“There-establishment of the formally named Carrollton Hall as The Francis Family Hall represents the acknowl edgement of Loyola’s past in its path for ward,” Davis said.
The graph shows difference in faculty salary at Loyola compared to the national average. Ava Acharya/ the Maroon
Not only has Francis done amazing things for Loyola and Xavier, he has also
Francis Family Hall, formerly known as Carrollton Hall is pictured near the university's residential quad. The dorm was renamed to honor the Loyola's first Black graduate, Norman C. Francis. Photo by Ashley Bobb Collins/ The Maroon
Perry added that it is important that Loyola’s heroes represent the diversity of the students and the campus communi ty. As Loyola’s first Black graduate, Fran cis paved the way for future students of color at the university, Perry said.
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Perry said he hopes that the renam ing of the residence hall will inspire cur rent and future students.
Francis also served as the president
By Jackie Galli @jackie_gallijegalli@my.loyno.eduTheaveragewage
As of the Fall 2022 convocation in early August, Loyola welcomed 31 new faculty members according to. Tanujah Singh, senior vice president of academ ic affairs. Student enrollment is growing too, she said, even as it shrinks across the country. The continued growth in enrollment comes as Loyola is just now addressing a lack of growth in wages.
Residence hall renamed, honors school's first Black graduate
The study’s results proved huge gaps in pay between Loyola and other insti tutions, Murret said, with Loyola’s wages coming in at the low end of the market.
“We are working to manage this as quickly and efficiently as possible with little disruption to students,” Chotin said.
Chotin added that they plan to incor porate these solutions into the office’s practices moving forward.
throughout his life, as a leader in educa tion, a community leader, and a father and grandfather,” Perry said.
for all full-time faculty and staff at Loyola is 25% lower than the national average in higher ed ucation, according to the 2020 to 2021 compensation survey by the American Association of University Professors.
Francis received Loyola’s Integri tas Vitae Award in 1986, Adjutor Ho minum Award in 1991, A.P. Tureaud Achievement Award from the Black Law Students Association in 2012, and the university's St. Ives Award, the highest honor given by the Loyola Law Alumni Association, in 2015, according to the
The first step towards solving the is
pressPerryrelease.added that the week of Oct. 13, there will be on-campus events to cele brate the renaming of the Blanche and Norman C. Francis Family Hall as well as the legacy of the Francis Family at Loyola.
New Orleans an nounced June 21 that it would rename Carrollton Hall to honor the university’s first Black graduate, Norman C. Francis.
While Murret said the university un derstood the compensation study might identify gaps that were too large to fix at once, she added that the recently re gained financial stability at Loyola has led to the first steps toward the univer sity reaching its goal of competitive and fair wages.
Chotin said Switching from an old system to a new system is never easy, but they are working hard to fix all the problems.Sheacknowledges the new system is flawed and reassures students that all issues that were brought to their at tention are fixed now. She also said that the Financial Aid Department works as quickly as possible to resolve all issues, and they will continue to do so.
of Xavier University of Louisiana from 1968-2015, according to the press re lease.Francis was the first Black and first non-clergy member president of the school, and he was the second Black person to ever serve as president of a Catholic university in the United States, the press release said.
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“I also hope our students will recog nize the value of representation and the sense of true belonging that comes with representation,” Perry said.
Loyola's faculty wages are behind the national average
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sue will be a one-time payment for all staff earning below the 25th percentile for their position, said Interim Universi ty President, the Rev. Justin Daffron, S.J. during a speech to the university this summer.Daffron said he hopes to make a more permanent fix to salaries in the up coming year. Murret said that as of right now, the university is going to be focus ing funds towards bonuses for the high er-paid employees whose wages were also behind. The specific details of the Loyola study, along with what exactly the bonuses looked like, will be kept con fidential by the university, Murret said.
The association’s results for the sur vey found the average salary at Loyola for all full-time faculty and staff to be $77,500. Full-time professors and asso ciate professors make about 25% less than the national average. Over the past several years, Loyola paused faculty re tirement contributions and salary raises in order to recover from financial hard ships.Now that the university is no longer losing money, the university embarked on a compensation study in December of 2021 to try and achieve their goal of more competitive and equitable wag es for Loyola’s employees, according to Loyola's Associate Director of Public Af fairs, Patricia Murret.
Norman C. Francis graduated from Loyola School of Law in 1955, according to a press release published in June 2022 by the“Francisuniversity.believes that education is the true path to diversity, equity and in clusion,” said added The Rev. Justin Daf fron, S.J., interim university president.
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not to evacuate their Uptown home be fore the “Nonestorm.ofus are New Orleans-natives, and we have only experienced weaker hurricanes during our time at Loyola, so we did not think there was a need to evacuate the city.”
Meanwhile, Mayor Cantrell and other city leaders have responded that they will not reconsider their opposition to the state’s abortion ban.
General and Loyola alumnus Jeff Landry has pres sured the State Bond Commission to withhold $39 million dollars in infra structure funding for the second month in aTherow.State Bond Commission - of which Landry is a member - is tasked with approving financing for projects across the State. This withholding is a response to the city leader’s declaration last July that they would not be enforcing Louisiana’s abortion ban.
Students remember hardship upon Hurricane Ida anniversary Caught in the Eye
Yvonne Kalpakis, Loyola criminology student shared her Ida story as well, say ing that she and her roommates decided
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After this first-hand experience, she believes she is more aware of the sever ity that New Orleans hurricanes hold, and that she now has an evacuation plan set with her friends and family if needed.
and Construction project. Currently, the Sewerage and Water board is using outdated equipment to power the city's drinking water, sewage and drainage tur bines.The project would help create a more dependable system that would not be as easily overwhelmed by future hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Landry had pressured the State Bond Commission to withhold funding from New Orleans when they convened for their monthly meeting in July and again later in August. The commission is set to vote on the $39 million dollar project again when they meet on September 15th.In a public statement issued last month, Landry justified his position claiming “the officials in New Orleans took an oath of office to support and en force the laws of our state, yet they have decided that some laws are not worthy
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Mayor of Lafitte Tim Kerner Jr., shared in an interview with WDSU that Ida was recorded as the strongest storm to have hit Lafitte and destroyed up to 55% of its homes. “A year later and we are the only devastated community that has been left out of any federal hurricane protection,” said Kerner Jr..
The $39 million dollars was allocated for a number of infrastructure projects around the city, including the Sewerage and Water Board’s Power Plant Planning
Last June, Louisiana signed into law one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans, making no exceptions for rape or incest. The ban took effect after the Su preme Court overturned the court case Roe V Wade, a landmark ruling that pro
By Patrick Hamilton @patthamiltonpthamilt@my.loyno.eduLouisiana’sAttorney
of enforcement.”MayorLaToya Cantrell said that she was not surprised by Landry’s “hostility towards reproductive freedom.” Cantrell said she found it troubling “that the At torney General would place critical in frastructure and state assets in harm’s way just to score political points for his run for Frasergovernor.”Wright, a junior majoring in music industries has expressed his con cern with the delays as he spends his first semester off campus. Wright said that “delaying updates to the city’s al ready embarrassing excuse for sewage and water infrastructure, while every other corner of nearby neighborhood intersections are literally sinking into the ground, is alone worth ample con cern to commuting students’ health and safety.” Wright also said that “justifying
Last May, during President Biden's trip to New Orleans, Sewerage and Wa ter Board Executive Director Ghassan Korban warned that “the whole system could fail” if they did not update the in frastructure immediately.
these delays through the enforcement of unethical views on women’s rights only magnifies the pathetic nature of Landry’s actions.”Landry has refused to back off from his position, telling the bond commis sion that “any other funding that will directly benefit the City of New Orleans should also be paused until such time as the council, mayor, chief of police, sher iff, and district attorney have met with and affirmed that they will comply with and enforce the laws of this state and co operate with any state officials who may be called upon to enforce them.”
By Jonathan Whitehead jmwhiteh@my.loyno.eduTheoneyearanniversary of Hurri cane Ida just passed, and an alarming percentage of Louisiana residents are still dealing with the hardships that came from this storm, even with the $2.6 billion of Army Corps of Engineers Funding that was provided to the state. Today, the New Orleans community anticipates the possible dangers that will come with the upcoming hurricane season, which typically falls between August and October. This past August,
New Orleans City Council members passed a resolution condemning the legislation. The resolution reiterates the council’s support for abortion access and requests that city funds not be used to enforce the states abortion ban.
however, there were no named tropical storms in the Atlantic for the third time since 1950, according to The-Times Pica yune. This rarity has left New Orleanians anxious for what strong storms may be brewing under the radar in the coming months.Olivia Cerminaro, marketing student and Jefferson Parish resident, shared that she and her family stayed for the hurricane. She said that, “usually the storms aren’t as bad as they say they are going to be. Being from New Orleans, we were used to the stronger hurricanes.” But half of her home was destroyed
hope that public transportation would be entering or leaving the ghost town.”
tected abortion as a constitutional right.
Luckily, there was minimal damage to her home during the storm. “We were stranded with limited food supplies and had no way to ventilate away the treach erous New Orleans August heat,” Kalpa kis added. “We struggled for days to look for flights, buses, or AmTracks to get us out of New Orleans, but there was no
in the storm by an oak tree that was in her front yard and the damage is still not fixed today. Cerminaro described the status of her home as, “not livable and is currently taped off with a tarp,” however, her family continues to reside in their home coinciding with the hur ricane damage. With the destruction of her home still in place, she said that she is very concerned about this hurricane season. She added, “my family will be evacuating for the storms to come.”
State blocks New Orleans' flood funds over abortion stance
There were pros and cons to each dining location. For example, although “reciprocal dining” may lead students to believe that Loyola meal swipes can be used at Tulane, the reality is that the Tu lane dining system only accepts Loyola Wolf Bucks. The cost of a meal at Tulane is $17, which is a steep price to pay, con sidering the price of meals that charge Wolf Bucks at Loyola, like Subway or su shi from the market.
er said.The organization is looking forward to expanding, and via cross-collabora tion and engagement with Loyola, the ater students will have the chance to work post-graduation with the group, whose primary goal is to provide sus tainable pay for those who work in the arts, according to Newcomer.
The upcoming show “Pantomime” fo cuses on issues concerning racial iden tity, post-colonialism and politics, which Newcomer and Forest both agree is still highly relevant to modern society.
“In theater, partnerships are a key piece to our ecosystem, and I’m very proud that our department can help companies around New Orleans,” said Salvatore Mannino, Loyola’s artistic di rector and extraordinary professor of theatreDespitearts. the major setbacks and slowed-down conversations about hosting the show due to the pandemic, Newcomer and Mannino have worked
By Macie Batson @maciembatsmmbatson@my.loyno.eduCrescentCity
The itinerant group selected Mar quette Theater in its hunt for options to partner with a more “traditional” theater venue that had the capability to sell a sizable number of tickets, according to Newcomer.Although no current students are par ticipating in Crescent City Stage's debut performance, Mannino has hopes for students to participate in future produc tions and have the opportunity to take master classes with the new company.
Founded on the principle that "with out the artist, there is no art," the Cres cent City Stage has since worked to build a diverse and accepting community in which each participant reflects unique perspectives, according to the organiza tion's“Crescentwebsite.City Stage was born out of the desire to create an organization that has a focus on diversity and sustaining wages for arts workers, and aims to cre ate a new business structure that gives hope for the future of theatre arts work ers right here in New Orleans,” Newcom
Who Has Better Vegetarian Options?
VERONICA OFFNER Assistant Life & Times Editor @veronica_e_oveoffner@my.loyno.eduMaroon
Ultimately, I found both positives and negatives in dining at both universities.
ferings, 19 were vegetarian or vegan. The options offered at Tulane were side dish es as opposed to the options at Loyola, so it was harder to build a substantial plate of food. But The Commons had a salad bar, as well as an avocado toast sta tion, which consisted of bread, avocado spread, and various vegetable toppings.
“I'm very honored to be a part of the first production of Crescent City Stage, and (to be) able to tell such a timeless story that is still culturally relevant even today,” Forest “Pantomime”said.was written more than four decades ago by Derek Walcott, a Nobel-prize-winning West Indian poet. The play explores the relationship be tween a White hotel owner and a Black servant. It shows their attempts to enter tain hotel guests through a satirical take on the Robinson Crusoe story.
ever a prominent way for theater to do what theater does best, which is raise a mirror up to the society and community in which it’s engaging,” Newcomer said.
Illustration by Sophia Maxim
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closely together for more than two years to bring their collaboration and ideas to fruition.“CCS has a home to present its first season, and we all plan for that to contin ue. They have been great to collaborate with, and we’re excited about the future of the relationship,” Mannino said.
Despite the steep cost, this price
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“Even though this play was written some 50 years ago, it is now more than
might be worth it to some vegetarian or vegan students. The higher availability of vegetarian and vegan meals at Tulane is a potential appeal that may make the price of entry worth it. But, the price is not the only deterrent to Tulane’s dining. Walking to Tulane for a meal can often times be inconvenient, especially when The Commons has a tendency to get crowded around meal times.
Through Loyola’s partnership with Crescent City Stage, the university’s the atre students will have new educational opportunities to network with theater professionals and explore the profes sional world of their field.
udices, Newcomer said he hopes that this show will inspire the community to engage in "healthy, useful, and healing discussions" about the racial injustice that exists in the U.S.
The new theater company and Loyola’s theater department are part nering together to put on Crescent City Stage’s first show, “Pantomime”, a twoman production, starring Michael A. Newcomer, executive director of Cres cent City Stage, and Michael C. Forest, an award winning New Orleans actor, showing Sept. 8 through Sept. 25.
Tickets for “Pantomime” are on sale now through Crescent City Stage’s web site.
Both Loyola and Tulane use the same distributor, Sodexo, so I assumed the options would be relatively the same.
is the main appeal of the Orleans Room for Loyola students. The Orleans Room takes meal swipes, which is a part of the meal plans that many first and sec ond-year students are required to have. Along with that, it is located in the heart of campus, making it easily accessible for students living on campus and stu dents who commute and are looking for a place to eat while they’re on campus for Overall,class. both dining options have their drawbacks and their advantages, and the decision to eat at either Tulane or Loyola is completely dependent on what each student individually values.
New Orleans first regional professional theater resides at Loyola
“It’s couched in a humorous, funny, absurd way, which mirrors the society in which we’re currently living, where we’re having this racial reckoning,” Newcomer said.Although the topic matter is challeng ing in that it discusses the nation's prej
The Orleans Room has the major con of not only lacking a large quantity of vegetarian and vegan meals but also lacking variety in general. Often, during meal times, the vegan and vegetarian options remain the same, day after day. But this is a problem that can be assist ed by the convenience of the food court, located near the Orleans Room, in the Danna Center. Convenience in general
I first went to the Orleans Room, lo cated in the Danna Center, to see their vegetarian selections. The OR offered a nice selection of options. Out of the 27 dishes offered, there were nine that were either vegetarian or vegan. In addition to a marked “plant-based” section, there were solid options offered at every sta tion. Although the majority of the vege tarian options were sides and (roasted vegetables, baked potatoes, rice), main dish/protein options were available. The Orleans Room also offered an extensive salad bar. The bar includes lots of fresh vegetables, but what I was most sur prised by was the vegetarian and vegan protein available. Towards the end of the line, I found tofu, beans, and chickpeas. The next day, I visited The Commons on Tulane’s campus. Out of their 35 of
Executive Director Michael A. Newcomer and Director of "Pantomime" Dr. John "Ray" Proctor practices for the company's first production Aug. 30, 2022. The theater company began their residency at Marquette Theater in the fall. Sofia Luciano/The Maroon
With about 10% of Americans identify ing as vegetarian, eating only plants is an increasingly common way of life. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 11 years old, and with the return of reciprocal dining between Tulane and Loyola, I checked out the availability of options for students like me.
Stage is the first professional regional theater to open in New Orleans, and their debut is hap pening right on Loyola’s campus at Mar quette Theater.
I usually start by putting on the col lared, “Loyola Dining” embellished shirt, exchanging my patterned hair accesso ries for a plain black hair clip and a hair net, taking out my bold earrings, care
Greek life is a combination of many fraternities and sororities, and it is an aspect of the college experience that a student can participate in. Fraternities are for men and sororities are for women and there are some groups that accept both men and women. Many students are either discouraged or misinformed about Greek life when they first come to a university or college. There have been many historical instances that have put Greek life in a negative light and have changed many people's perspectives on different fraternities and sororities. But there are many great groups out there that are shadowed by these perceptions. It is up to the student to choose which one they feel that they most connect to.
Beyond color, more often than not, our clothing can be emotional entities. Whether it’s the t-shirt you won at a basketball game when you were seven, a band tee that’s signed by your favorite artist, or the dress you wore when you got your first big job, the feelings asso ciated with articles of clothing can turn an okay day into a great day. I mean, imagine how you feel when someone com pliments you, and you get to gush about your sentimental apparel. Who doesn’t love that feeling?However, the cloth ing effect isn’t always positive because many of us have a complicated rela tionship with clothing. This could stem from issues with our bodies, the lack of size inclusivity and affordability, and the overall lack of representation in fashion.
No matter how you choose to clothe yourself to tackle the day, the things we put on our bodies have an inherent af fect on us – from pattern, material, cut, andColorcolor.psychology is a major factor in how our clothing affects us, how we feel, and how we make those around us feel. It’s the reason we wear black to funerals and why the color yellow often
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ClothingMAROON can affect your mood
If you’re a Loyola student and you’ve ever visited The Market or the campus Subway, I’ve probably rang you up or made you a sandwich or two, and I’ve probably done it with a smile on my face. But here’s what you don’t know: I absolute ly dread going to work. When I get out of class and have to change into my work uniform, it’s the worst part of my day. In fact, the act of getting ready for work feels worse than the job itself because I am forced to strip myself of my individuality. And that may not be a big deal for some, but for me, it’s not easy.
conducted in 2012 revealed that 57% of women said that they would wear a bag gy top when depressed versus a mere 2% who would opt for an oversized tee when feeling happy.
So I don’t take my freedom to express myself for granted, and I no longer care about the opinions people may have about my appearance. I dress myself and my body in a way that makes me feel comfortable and confident. It doesn’t matter if you’re wearing a baggy tee that hides your frame or a crop top that al lows your belly to be free, as long as what you are wearing makes you feel like the most authentic version of yourself. So, the next time you have to get dressed and can’t decide what to wear, choose something that’s going to make you feel good, both inside and out, because it is a privilege that can truly make a differ ence.
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I am part of an organization in the IGC, and it is a professional business fraternity. Now, this name almost always causes disinterest because there is the word "business" involved. But business is a part of almost everything one would try to pursue in life. Business fraternities also help out a lot with professionalism, resumes, and cover letters. They also help with networking, and this is some thing that almost everyone in life can use as a skill to succeed in their future endeavors.Greeklife is not what the reputation precedes them to be. Some fraternities and sororities are really great and focus on a number of things that you may be interested in such as service and profes sionalism. You just have to do your re search and join the best one for you. You will be exposed to a great environment and will be able to meet and connect with many different people.
emotes positive feelings. Our clothing communicates for us in the same way our body language does — nonverbally.
But I am so often reminded that the barricades of my body are only tempo rary. In a few short years, the job I held in college will be a thing of the past, but for some, this isn’t just a short-term college job. It’s their livelihood.
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I first joined a group in my freshman year. I was a lost freshman looking for things to join, and I found something that I was interested in, and now, I am a senior, and it is still a big part of my life, and I continue to enjoy my time in it.
“We should wear our clothes rather than let our clothes wear us.”
Consequently, in the same way our clothing affects us, the way we feel about ourselves, or in general, can affect how we choose to dress ourselves. A study
Many people always ask the question “Is Greek life worth it?” My answer would definitely be yes. If you are a college stu dent who has some time and money to contribute to a fraternity or sorority and are looking for a group of people that you can connect with, I would say do it. It is a fun experience and I can back that up with my experience so far.
Whether you take the time to style an outfit before bed, throw on whatever’s clean in your laundry hamper, or grab what jumps out at you in your wardrobe, we all have a unique way of dressing our selves.Personally, I like to plan my outfits ahead of time based on the next day’s ac tivities. Meeting with my editor on Tues day? I’ll be wearing a floral dress with sandals. Spaghetti in the Orleans Room on Thursday? You won’t catch me wear ing white. One class on Friday? You’ll see me in my pajamas.
I have been able to travel the country for different events that my organization holds, and I have been able to network and connect with people all over the country from different chapters at dif ferent universities. Joining Greek life ex poses you to a large community of peo ple you are able to connect with. There are many different councils of Greek life such as the National Panhellenic Coun cil, Independent Greek Council, and so much more. A college student has so many options depending on what uni versity they go to.
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This simple change in outfit shifts my entire mood for the day. While I still try to maintain an upbeat demeanor, it’s hard when it feels like your body is en trapped in a cage of black fabric.
fully placing my name tag on the front of my polyester shirt, and lacing up my all-black, non-slip Walmart tennis shoes.
But I like to think we should wear our clothes rather than let our clothes wear us. Clothing should be used as an outlet to express ourselves outwardly because it can impact how we feel about our selves inwardly.
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But Reyes is also equally focused on life off the court as well as on it. He said he values education and is eager to see his players graduate. “I see basketball as a platform that can bring people to gether, so I want to use it to have a bigger impact on making sure our student-ath letes are developed off the floor as well as on it,” he said. “We have a few guys on track to graduate this year, so I want to ensure we do everything possible to make sure that happens.”
since we’re coming off one of the best seasons in NAIA history, it’ll be a chal lenge to sustain that level of play, but I think we can do it,” he said.
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The cross country team kicked off the season at the UNO opener last Friday, with several personal record breakers
Volleyball coach Jesse Zabal had her 100th career win last Friday, Sept. 2.
Students play video games together at the Gaming Gauntlet, an all night video gaming event hosted by Loyola's e-sports team on August 26 and 27. Loyola's e-sports team provides students the opportunity to get acquainted with the industry.
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of its new e-sports team, the Loyola Wolf Pack challenges the societal standard that video games cannot be taken seriously.
Reyes was hired from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he was the program’s director of basketball operations. Reyes previously worked at Bethune Cookman College, Arkansas State University, and Tulane University.
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mined by popular culture, she said Although e-sports is gaining popular ity as an industry, misconceptions and criticism about video games and gamers are still rampant in society. However, as more public institutions such as univer sities begin to take e-sports seriously, space opens up for these misconcep tions to fall to the wayside.
“He’s a player’s coach –very experi enced at the highest level, unselfish, and a greatAftercommunicator.”anationalchampionship sea son with three first-team All-Southern States Athletic Conference players in the starting lineup, Reyes said he has high expectations for this upcoming year.
Galloway said that he wants to keep the momentum of last season alive this year.“A lot of teams struggle with that, and
their season on Nov. 3, when they face local rival Dillard University at Dillard. Their home opener is Nov. 12 versus Southern University of New Orleans.
“With our program specifically my goal is to build a community around it first and then build the competition on that,” Vera said. “Being able to have students come here, thrive in here, and meet each other, grow and make this a hub that makes everyone feel comfort able and feel safe while at the same time providing experiences and providing connections and networking opportuni ties to professionals within the industry.”
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“I liked him,” said senior guard Josh Tolbert of Reyes on the court. “When we got back to New Orleans and started workouts and practice, I got to know him better and began to like him even more as a coach and a person.”
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The basketball team, who first met Reyes on a Zoom call, is also excited for him to lead the team.
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Women's volleyball finished the Southern States Athletic Conference with a 1-1 record Saturday, Sept. 3.
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As an e-sports competitor himself, Vera said he hopes the team will help students realize the potential the indus try has to Accordingoffer.to Vera, e-sports offers a variety of avenues into the professional sphere. E-sports is not solely an industry for content creators but also for musi cians, artists, lawyers, healthcare profes sionals, and so on, Vera said, adding that the booming industry provides bound less opportunities for students looking for “Thecareers.e-sports industry is basically a major hub for essentially almost every single department, every single type of career to come in because you need ev eryone to help run the ecosystem,” Vera said. “The major misconception is that it is just video gaming, we just sit and play games and that’s all we do. There is more to it.”E-sports is indeed a lucrative indus try for emerging professionals with the top earning professional e-sports team, TSM, were valued at $540 million in 2022, a 32% increase from 2020 accord ing to E-sportsForbes.event coordinator and pub lic relations senior Sara Candia joined the team as a gateway into the advanta geous“I’mindustry.notabig video gamer, but I do want to be part of the industry, so having an e-sports program on our campus pro vides opportunities,” Candia said.
“On the court, our goals remain the same. We want to win the SSAC again and compete for another national title,” ReyesThissaid.season’s roster has 10 returning student-athletes from last year’s cham pionship team and 10 new transfers, according to Reyes. Reyes plans to im plement coaching and playing tactics he learned from his own mentors at Tulane and“ILSU.think Coach Reyes will be a game changer for us,” said sophomore guard Leonard Jackson III. “He’s always high energy, helps us bond, and really fits with what we’re trying to accomplish.”
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Daniel Reyes stands near his office last week. Reyes is the first Black head coach of the men's basketball team. Anna Hummel/The Maroon
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hired its new head coach, Donald Reyes, this fall, making him the first Black head coach to lead the team in program his tory.Reyes, a New Orleans native, who spent seven years at Tulane Universi ty, is a friend of the team’s former head coach, Stacy Hollowell and comes to the university a season after the team won its first National Association of Inter collegiate Athletics championship in 77 years.“It means everything to me. I’m ex tremely grateful and blessed. Opportu nities like this don’t come very often, but for it to happen here at home means that much more to me, while also showcas ing the diversity of the institution and the way it views itself in the world,” Reyes said, adding “I feel like Loyola is a reflec tion of who I am as a person.”
After hosting its first event Aug. 26 and 27, the team is ready to compete for the university and has high hopes for the upcoming season, according to the team's coach, Lumen Vera.
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genitals or the anus, but LeBrun said that the rash could be in other areas like
with someone, but close contact can also be touching someone or touching
Members of the Loyola community are protecting themselves with vaccina tions and by taking precautions in their dailyJournalismlives. junior Angel Martinez was eager to find a vaccine for the mon keypox virus as he is a part of the queer community.Martinez received his vaccine after looking for a week and a half before finding a vaccine clinic on West Bank. He said that the media’s perception that the virus was only affecting the gay community made him want to receive it even more.
One of the critical deadlines those managing the project had in place was to allow Fall 2022 students to register using the new system, according to Straight.
He was waitlisted for a class that he wanted to take at the beginning of the semester and said he was emailed to tell him he got in, but that the system was automatically dropping him from the program since he already had a class scheduled at that time.
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“I can literally do anything at all with the system here on my phone wherever I am,” Straight said, calling it a major ben efit of the new LORA.
For example, students can now manually input their names as well as pronouns in the system, addressing the grievances many transgender students shared in the past with the old LORA, according to Quesada.
Before the new enterprise resourcing planning system, the university’s data base kept things separate, Straight said.
For example, when professors make exceptions for certain students to be placed into certain classes, they no lon ger need to make a phone call to another department or ask IT to do it. They will soon be capable of managing that on theirQuesadaown. said that the Project LUCI efforts reflect the “spirit” of Loyola in working together to make it happen.
events,” Avegno said. Martinez said the media’s coverage of
Ivan Plokhikh, music industry studies junior, said that he had a problem with the new LORA because of its perceived effect on the waitlisting system for class es.
“I feel like with anything new there’s always going to be a curve, but I feel like they could have done it at a better time,” Broussard
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But Straight added that he doesn’t want or need the new LORA to be flashy or spectacular. He said that he and his team hope that the system becomes “something that fades into the back ground” as students use it.
Straight.Now, everything is on the same sys tem, Straight said, and the final switcho ver to this framework happened this summer.Additionally, Colleague is in the cloud, meaning that it doesn’t need lo cal servers to function. The old LORA needed local servers in order to run and would often glitch and kick users out of the interface due to connection issues.
are growing in the country, causing concerns for students as another virus amid the COVID-19 pandemic threatens their college experience. While the virus is rapidly spreading through males who have sex ual encounters with other men, people outside of that community are at risk of catching the virus from close physical contact with others.
Quesada said that the project has had multiple different teams from the begin ning of its implementation which ana lyze the project. 150 to 200 staff and fac ulty have been working on Project LUCI in about a dozen different work teams with about 15 people each, Straight said.
“We wouldn’t offer the same pro grams we offered in 1979, in the same way the systems that you interact (with) will need to keep pace with the changing
He added that the old LORA “was not enough to meet current needs and to serve staff, faculty and students the way that they should be served.”
And though the goal was accom plished, it was difficult to do, Quesada said. In order to make it happen, the sys tem needed a lot of work, he said. Each individual course needed to be submit ted, and everything had to be tested, according to Quesada. Additionally, he said that all of the implementation strug gles needed to be invisible for students as the users in order for them to have the “best possible experience.”
“We're just here enjoying life, being out, and I think it is a major concern,
Straight said that the university has spent millions of dollars on the imple mentation of the new LORA, though Quesada specified that the funding doesn’t come out of an operational bud get but rather out of a special one for projects such as this.
The university’s financial leadership wasn’t immediately available to answer questions regarding the exact cost of the project.
Quesada said that Colleague allows for students to go on to the waitlist in the same way as before in the old LORA. But if there is an issue with scheduling, a student is passed over and the seat goes to the next person. He did not answer whether or not this is a recently added feature due to the newly implemented system.Plokhikh argued that he would have gladly dropped the class he was initially enrolled in to get into the class he want ed to take. He added that the system’s possible effects on waitlisting wasn’t his only grievance. He said that he preferred the way the schedule was presented on the old “Now,LORA.itfeels a lot less organized,” he said.Lily Broussard, a history sophomore, said they were frustrated with the new
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times and reflect what today’s students actually do,” Straight said.
How are members of the communi ty adjusting?
LORA because of the delay in their scholarships being put into the new system. A trip to the financial aid office helped them aid the issue, but Broussard said that they remained frustrated with the program, calling it “difficult to navi gate.”“The old system, I could just click on exactly what I wanted,” they said. “But the new system, it’s like you have to go through three or four different menus just to be where you want to be.”
Broussard commented on registra tion with the new system and said that it is definitely preferable to the old LORA, though they argued that implementing registration at the end of last semester was awkward timing.
With Colleague, everyone also has an easier way to update contact informa tion, which he said is important in case of anStraightemergency.helped to spearhead this project as well, and said that the imple mentation of it was essential.
In the past, systems for human resourc es, financial aid and course registration, for example, were separate and “living in wildly different places,” according to
“Really, the hope is that it feels as nat ural as using any app on your phone or computer,” he said.
Broussardsaid.added that, despite their initial issues with the system, they are especially grateful that as a transgender person they are now able to input inden tifying information about themselves in the new system, which wasn’t as accessi ble in the old LORA.
“I appreciate that now they are add ing that in because it gives students the opportunity to be a lot more comfortable on campus and not constantly correct ing people,” they said.
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The new system also better allows for members of the Loyola community to gain access to information, as well as input more of their own information, Quesada said.
“Exceptional people have been in volved in this project, doing a lot,” he said.
Straight said that the old LORA was kept up and managed by the university’s IT department. While the department has had a separate software develop ment wing for years, Straight argued that fixing the university’s systems through continual coding and streamlining of software is not the goal of the IT depart ment, as they are needing to instead up keep technology on campus.
Quesada said that the main reason the university implemented a new plan ning system was to “adapt to the times.”
He seconded Quesada to say that implementing the new system is a part of keeping up with the times. He added that having an old enterprise system wasn’t attractive to students, especially prospective ones.
Straight said that his team kept stu dents in mind the entire way throughout this project and hopes that members of the community will reach out to them to hear what the team could be doing better.“We want to hear about the things that are impacting your ability to do something,” he said.
With Colleague, there are tools that will teach faculty, staff and students how to work the system, he said.
He added that though there is an ini tial learning curve with the system, there was little to no documentation in the past on how to operate the old LORA.
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And the fixes the IT department has done for years will now be completed by the vendor of the new LORA, the compa ny, Ellucian, Straight said.
Straight claimed that most of the bumps he and his teams suspect are to come from needing to implement in formation that was built up in the old system that the university had had since 1979.“There’s always ongoing configura tion and maintenance,” he said. “We’ve relied on processes that we’ve had in place for some cases 40 years. We’re ex pecting bumps.”
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Thein. unfortunate part about this situa tion is that there may be no one, techni cally, at fault. The new system may have just bugged out due to how fast it was implemented both at the end of last year and the beginning of this one. Which leaves another question: could Loyola have spent more time building us up to the system’s implementation?
Part of the complaints that have been tossed Loyola’s way regarding the new records system come from the school’s staff itself. According to some, there was barely anything in the way of training for the new system, and the one provided on Canvas was a lackluster excuse for it. Yes, the new system is substantially simpler than the previous one. That does not mean there is going to be no whip lash from the changeover. The average person does not have the technological know-how to be able to switch from one
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Whatever the case, it is right to rec ognize how good it is that change has finally happened. It is also right to recog nize how much unnecessary strife was caused by how slipshod the change was. Instead of being the sleek new thing that the new LORA is designed to look like, the past couple of weeks have felt more akin to Loyola trying to duct tape a rusty bumper back onto an equally rusty car. Thank you, Loyola, but please, do bet ter next time.
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The old LORA system was first launched in 1979 and much like other technologies from the 1970s like the floppy disk, it didn’t exactly age well. The antique code was a mess, making every thing overcomplicated, and it ran much slower than what you would reasonably expect from a system tasked with man aging a university.
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Not every sunset is perfect, though, and the new system is far from it. Be tween false charges being doled out and past financial aid information being lost, a lot has happened to stain the new sys tem’s ledger. But the system's flaws don't justify students and parents taking their frustrations out on company employees.
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If there is one thing to take away from all of this, it is that change must always occur. It can be painful or it can be rela tively easy. The fact of the matter is that it will happen, no matter what. The new LORA may have issues, but it still pro vides our community a means of better managing our school life. Let the sun set and take advantage of it.
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For starters, we turn back to parents and students calling about their frustra tions with the new system. Yes, yelling at someone who probably has very lit tle control over the system as a whole is a bad thing. But what caused them to reach this point? The most common answer someone would probably give is having charges on their financial ac counts that don’t make any sense. The most prolific of these false charges ap pear to be students living off campus being charged for a room they do not live
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But, at least, the new system is in place and it seems to be working now. Sure, there were a couple hiccups at the beginning and maybe giving both the developers and staff more time to deal with issues would have been better. We can’t win them all, you know? It’s not like Loyola had 40 years to fix it? Oh, wait. TheyWhatdid. took them so long? Perhaps, it has been some internal struggle going on since 1979, that caused a slowdown of development to happen. Maybe it was a lack of funding to actually acquire a new software, and it was simply cheap er to keep using the same one. Datatel, the original company that developed Colleague, only became Ellucian in 2012 after merging with a different company. Maybe business was impossible with them until after the merger?
For a company like Ellucian, with their Colleague system being utilized by more than 650 organizations both na tionally and internationally, they would need multiple departments to manage different specialized tasks in order to keep itself running efficiently. Because of that, it’s highly doubtful that the peo ple in the customer service department have anything to do with dealing with whatever is going on on the coding and software development side of things. They are people, too, and they deserve to be given that basic level of respect.
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Along with the new improvements to the way we are able to schedule classes, we are able to edit our user profiles to match our preferred names, genders, and pronouns. The old system made it difficult to change these things in order to reflect who we are, while the new sys tem allows all students’ identities to be movable time, which we applaud. The new records system has already proven its key draw of user-friendliness to be true in this regard.
Change is inevitable. Nothing can and will exist in its current state indefinitely. Just like how the sun sets on every day, an end must eventually come. When change does happen, there are bound to be growing pains as we move from one method of action to the next. That is just a reality of life, and the new LORA Self-Service system helps prove that.
The new LORA, on the other hand, has much cleaner code reflecting a 21st century university and operates at a much faster pace. Also, the method for adding and dropping classes has been simplified to a substantial degree. Now, editing your course list is just a button click away. That is just one way that the new LORA system is helping to give students more control of their sched ules and making the overall process less stressful.
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Late last year, Loyola implemented the new LORA system that allowed stu dents to update their classes, schedules, and other personal information more easily. Built off of the cloud-based soft ware Colleague developed by Ellucian, the new system allows students to ac cess their info on any device at any time. Not only that, but students are freely able to update their schedules until the cutoff date. On the old system, the ability to create and update your schedule was only available during certain windows of certain days. Of course, there have been hiccups along the way, and it would be disingenuous not to recognize that fact. However, it is also important to recog nize how far we’ve come.
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Despite all that can be said for necessary change, it doesn’t mean that all of the pains that have resulted from this sudden growth of LORA Self-Service was necessary, as well. It wouldn’t be fair to lump all of the blame on Loyola, seeing how they had an obligation to replace 40-year-old software. However, valid complaints need to be aired, so we are able to recognize what went wrong and how issues like the ones listed below are mitigated and avoided in the future.
Email us your letters — letter@ loyno.edu.Submissions may also be made online at www.loyolamaroon.com.
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