Issue 4 / Volume 77
Welcome to Campus
CRIME AROUND THE CITY
LOYOLA VS TULANE FASHION
CAMPUS HAUNTED HISTORY
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CRIME AROUND CAMPUS
Graphic by Tyler Wann
This heat map depicts the locations around the city to the block where emergency services were contacted from for the year 2018, based on information from NOPD. The emergencies depicted to have been filtered to include violent crimes, property crimes and theft, among others. For more information on the map and what you can do to stay safe, visit The Maroon’s website.
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Top 5 Dorms on Campus By Kaylie Saidin
Greetings plebeians. It is I, the definitive ranker of everything on the planet. Today, we’re ranking the top 5 dorms at Loyola University New Orleans. Out of the thousands, if not five, possible dormitories to choose from when I hand-crafted this elite list, only a select few made the cut. 5. Okay, so there was an exorcism here. That gets Buddig a point for being interesting, albeit that this is the only interesting thing. Also, you get a bathroom shared between 4 people instead of 40. But frankly, the lack of windows and natural light, the concrete block beds and the shared long desk instead of personal ones put this dorm in last place. Buddig has more peace and quiet than its fellow freshman dorm, but is that really worth the possibility of being haunted?
4. Is this a real place? Maroon, please dispatch a team of investigative journalists.
3. Cabra is the wild card dorm. It houses less students than the others, and it’s got mixes of singles and doubles in each suite. It doesn’t have certain signature Loyola staples — classroom tile floor, strange smelling used furniture — which might be for the best. Broadway campus is far from most buildings and lacks the bustling nature of the res quad. But for those of you who want to live off campus, this is a nice hybrid between on and off. Also, convenience store across the street equals bonus points.
2. Easily the best dorm for upperclassmen given its proximity to the rest of campus life and its quality of rooms. Although there’s no couch in the living rooms, — just four strangely placed armchairs that look like a therapy session — the carpeting and personal bathroom go a long way. Extra points for the bathroom layout with the toilet stall. Extra points for the three-drawer dresser. Minus a couple points for the lack of closets and the presumption that a small wardrobe makes up for it.
1. This magical building is so legendary that I cannot sum up my emotions on it in blank verse. Here is a poem. O, sing in me, muse, and tell me the story Of that disastrous paradise they call Biever Hall The fountain of youth, enticing us with forever glory Dooming young freshman to answer its call From shower shoes to halls caked in vomit, We reveled in the bacchanalian festives Some of us burned out bright like a comet, Others made it by vomiting what they’d ingested. And lo! The brick walls that were somehow so thin Held our most glorious revelry and starry ends From dorm room parties to pranks, we reveled in sin And lived side by side with all our friends. For our freshman antics, we must applaud Yet with age and wisdom, youth must fall. But into distant echos, we shall shout across the quad Biever lives on within us all!
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Loyola vs. Tulane: Battle of Fashion Trends By Tess Rowland It’s a timeless New Orleans question, what’s the better school Tulane or Loyola? Starbucks or PJ’s? Bruff or The Orleans Room? From Battle of Freret to now the Battle of Fashion, here is a little preview of what is in most closets of Loyola versus Tulane students.
AirPods vs. Ariana Grande Cat-Eared Headphones: If you grace the walk across Freret Street, you’ll notice Tulane students on their commute to class, most of whom are listening to music. Most Tulane students use AirPods, an Apple product priced at $159. As opposed to the standard headphones that come with your iPhone that are free, the AirPods are labeled as “bougie” and “in vogue” and are a hot commodity, especially after recently coming back on the market from their blowout sale. Loyola students on the other hand are more likely to show their hipster spirit and rock the cat-eared headphones which have great-sound quality, make a statement and lastly aren’t easy to lose like AirPods are.
Yeezys vs Converse Comme de Garçons: Kanye released these stylish and comfortable shoes in collaboration with Adidas in late 2015. Since then, seven designs have been released, and the shoes are highly coveted as they sell out in hours. The shoes at original price are around $200 but through resale online can reach up to $1000. Many Loyola students wear Converse, and our equivalent to the Yeezy sneaker would be the Comme de Garçons PLAY collection pricing in at $135 dollars. They feature the classic Converse colors, available in black or white, with the Comme de Garçons logo. They are perfect to wear casually to class with a pair of jeans or can be dressed to go out. Lululemon Leggings vs. Fishnets and Ripped Mom Jeans: Also upon your walk to Tulane you will notice most females rocking their lululemon leggings, racking in at almost $100 a pair and known for their high-quality and elite elastic material. These leggings are commonly paired with a Tulane sweatshirt, priced from anywhere $40 to $60 from the Tulane Bookstore. UGG slippers complete the look, known for their comfort and soft Australian wool, pricing in at $120. While Loyola toys with grunge and edgy look, usually pairing leggings with levi-ripped mom jeans and a crop-top. North Face Backpack vs. a Trendy Tote: Most Tulane students rock The North Face backpacks ranging anywhere from $65 to $100. Although they are not the most fashionable, they are for sure practical with many pockets and cushion to lighten your heavy load of books, notebooks and your laptop. Most Loyola girls rock a trendy tote bag to class, which is functional and fashionable. The small campus size of Loyola definitely is a factor in the choice of a tote bag as your walk to class with your possibly heavy bag is much shorter than that of Tulane’s large campus.
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Ultimately, Tulane students are more likely to invest in quality, comfort and brand when shopping for clothes and putting together their outfits, while Loyola students go for the vintage, off-beat and original look. Whatever your style may be, Loyola and Tulane are on the pulse for the latest trends in fashion.
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Hauntings around Campus By Emma Ruby
Photo illustration and front cover by Michael Bauer.
Rearranged belongings, banging in the walls, rustling in pantries and voices late at night. For most Loyola students, these are simply some of the minor annoyances that come with having roommates. But for others, they are indications of a more unsettling, supernatural presence on campus. It’s no secret that the university has had a long and winding history of creepy lore that has been passed down from skeptical seniors to frightened freshman for years. The most well known of these stories is perhaps the tale of the exorcism that took place in Buddig Hall in 1968. The events began with an Ouija board, a 1985 archived addition of the Maroon reported. The four residents of the 812-813 suite, Brenda, Marie, Janet and Dorothea, frequently spoke with a spirit named “Hazel,” using the board, the article said. “One day, while they were playing with the board in a male residents room in Biever Hall, Hazel again came to them,” the article reported. “Neil, one of the rooms occupants, just laughed at them. Hazel then gave the group a message. She spelled out ‘Cut stomach, kill Neil’ on the board.” The next day, Neil was rushed to the hospital after collapsing from stomach pains. The article reported he had suffered from acute appendicitis, and this was only the beginning of the horrors the Buddig suite would begin to experience. As the women continued to use the Ouija board, they made contact with a spirit called “Satan,” they told the Maroon. It was when belongings on their shelves began rearranging themselves and posters flew off walls that then Associate Director of Campus Ministry, the Rev. Harold Cohen, S.J., performed an exorcism in the room. The girls never reported having issues with supernatural events again, the article said. One of Buddig 813’s current residents, history freshman Ana Perez also says she has never experienced anything remotely creepy in the room. “When I first moved in I was really nervous because I read all about the exorcism that took place in there,” Perez said. “I knew it was my room, but the fact that nothing weird has ever happened has made it really easy to ignore that an exorcism happened in my room. I forget about it most of the time.” Popular and Commercial Music senior Marissa “MC” Cazalas also lived in Buddig 813 as a freshman, and like Perez she never experienced anything even vaguely abnormal, much less supernat-
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ural. Things changed, however, when she moved onto the fourth floor of Cabra Hall as a junior. The first odd occurrence was a roommates makeup randomly being destroyed, Cazalas said. Other than that, however, the only other weird circumstance of the apartment was that one of the shared double rooms was empty following one roommate moving in with a boyfriend and the other dropping out of school entirely. Because it was empty, the girls decided to lock it up, and in doing so Cazalas accidentally locked away a plastic purple chair that she would not see again for several months. When she did, however, it would be the beginning of several frightening events. “My roommate said she felt a presence in the chair,” Cazalas said. “She said she felt like there was someone in the chair while she was sleeping.” The next day when the girls came home from classes they found the chair smashed. “It was like someone had taken a bat to it,” Cazalas said. “It wasn’t like someone had sat in it and popped it, it was intentional. And I asked my roommates if any of them had done it, but they said no. They had no reason to smash the chair.” Following the chair incident, Cazalas reported flickering lights while trying to sleep. A friend who believes herself to be “clairvoyant” even told Cazalas that she saw a physical spirit in the apartment. Cazalas isn’t the only Cabra fourth floor resident to report strange happenings, either. Claire Bordelon, psychology sophomore, currently lives on the fourth floor of Cabra Hall, and in a strange coincidence, she also has an empty double bedroom in her apartment, just like Cazalas. Bordelon’s supernatural experience culminated in one long, creepy night. She was unable to fall asleep because she felt someone watching her, so she laid awake until the sun rose. When she finally did fall asleep, she had ominous dreams the likes of which she had “never had before” in her life. The next morning, Bordelon felt uneasy and went to tell her roommates about the troublesome night before. “Two of them just said ‘shut up, you’re kidding,’” Bordelon said. “They said they hadn’t been able to fall asleep either. My roommate Alison said she kept looking to the middle of the room because she felt someone was watching her.” All three of the girls had felt the same unsettling feeling, and all three had nightmares when they fi-
nally did drift off. Following that night, Bordelon slept with the door open for three nights because she continued to feel an odd presence in the room. “The energy in the apartment is just really weird,” Bordelon said. “It’s always felt like that, like just weird. It’s like the same energy you get when you walk into Founders. Creepy.” Bordelon’s list of experiences would pique the interest of any ghost hunter. She has had experiences of walking into her bathroom to find all of her cabinets and drawers opened, and hearing odd voices in the night. Mirrors have been moved overnight, food has “flown off the pantry shelves,” and rustling in the empty shelves have tormented Bordelon with “weird energy.” probably should include a said or according to in this paragraph so we aren’t presenting these experiences as faccts And of course, Biever Hall is no exception to the ghost stories that swirl among students. The voices of laughing children are often regarded as a sweet sign of innocence and happiness, but they weren’t exactly what psychology sophomore Yenisel Santiago wanted to hear coming from the inside of the bathroom at 4 a.m. in Biever Hall last year. Last year, Santiago woke up in the middle of the night and heard two young girls laughing inside the bathroom. Again some attribution would work after this first sentenceIt stopped as soon as she opened the door, and after checking all of the toilet and shower stalls to ensure an empty bathroom, Santiago was left thoroughly shaken up. “When I went to leave, I felt a cold feeling just rush through me,” Santiago said. “I ran back to my room and I just started crying. I didn’t even really know why I was crying, but I couldn’t stop.” Santiago’s roommate comforted her, and when she finally was able to express what she had experienced, her roommate said she had heard the same thing only a few nights before. From there on out, she experienced rustling papers when the air was turned off, and the same generally unsettling feelings that were described by Bordelon and Cazalas. The events only stopped when Santiago finally asked whatever presence was it was in her room to go away. While exorcism remains an option for dealing with lost possessions or rearranged furniture, we recommend asking your roommate before getting a professional involved.
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