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Loyola University • New Orleans • Volume 96 • Issue 22 • May 4, 2018

THE MAROON FOR A GREATER LOYOLA

New residence hall merges history with the future

By Rose Wagner rmwagner@my.loyno.edu @rmwager

The Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. speaks to faculty and staff at the spring convocation in Nunemaker Hall, Jan. 13, 2018. After Wildes completes his tenure as president of Loyola, he will serve as a professor at Saint Joseph's University. NICK BOULET/Courtesy.

Wildes reflects on his presidency

By Rose Wagner rmwager@my.loyno.edu,

From Hurricane Katrina to dealing with fire drills in Carrollton Hall, the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., has dealt with many obstacles during his 14 years as Loyola's president and is ready to bring his knowledge and experiences to another university.

After his tenure as the 16th president of Loyola ends this summer, Wildes will become a university professor at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, according to an email sent by Mark Reed, president of Saint Joseph’s University. Wildes said that he was flattered by the job offer and is excited to return to the university, where he earned his undergraduate degree and formerly served as a trustee.

“It’s where I first met the Jesuits so it does play an important part in my life,” Wildes said.

With his professional life coming full circle, Wildes reflected on his career at Loyola and cited Hurricane Katrina as the defining moment of his presidency.

"Though you can always look

back and say ‘I wish I had done things differently or that way’ I would say one of the best things ever was leading through Katrina," Wildes said.

On top of keeping the university afloat after Hurricane Katrina, Wildes served as the first chairman of the New Orleans Ethics Review Board. The group was responsible for hiring the Inspector General that was created in response to the natural disaster. He said that taking part in the recovery process and seeing the recruitment of businesses like DSM Technologies to New Orleans has been rewarding.

“The aftermath of Katrina opened a lot of opportunities for civic involvement and I am very proud of the things I’ve been able to do as a leader of the university and as a citizen," Wildes said. "It’s not like you fix it and you move on. It took years."

He added that emphasizing the unique nature of Loyola's mission has been a major focus during his presidency and is something that can be easily forgotten.

"Our mission is that we’re Jesuit

but it’s also a distinctive type of education in not only what we educate, but how we educate people," Wildes said. "It seems obvious, but the obvious is what’s quickly and easily lost by most people."

But, Loyola’s mission isn’t the only thing Wildes feels makes Loyola unique. He said he has been able to establish close relationships with the community as a resident of Carrollton Hall.

“I live in Carrollton and it’s allowed me occasionally to have groups of students, and people over for dinner, and so far no one’s gotten sick from my cooking,” Wildes said.

However, Wildes said he is excited to live with Jesuits at Saint Joseph’s University and not college students.

“I do not like it on nights we have fire alarms in the middle of the night,” Wildes said.

He also shared a memory of living in Carrollton Hall that has stuck with him for years. Two students once threw a ball and accidentally hit the sprinklers, drenching the entire residence hall. When the students graduated, they signed the ball, which now sits on a shelf in Wildes’ office.

After all of the obstacles that Wildes has dealt with, he said he is ready to pass on the role to another president.

“The average tenure of a private university president in this country is under seven years, I’ve been at this for 14 years. I’m old,” Wildes said.

To the non-Jesuit who will take his place as president, Wildes offered some advice.

“The first thing you do is spend time listening. You can read all you want on paper but you really need to spend time listening both to the faculty and the staff and the students,” Wildes said.

Paul Pastorek, interim chief operating officer, said he is grateful for Wildes' leadership.

"I am very happy for him that he has his new position but I am very sad to see him go," Pastorek said.

Although he is moving back to his home on the east coast, Wildes said he will miss New Orleans and Loyola.

“It’s a great city. It’s been a real honor in so many ways,” Wildes said.

Loyola community removes kids from daycare after tuition rise

By JC Canicosa jccanico@my.loyno.edu

Multiple faculty, staff and community members have pulled their children out of the Whelan's Children Center after an increase in tuition effective Aug. 1, 2018.

Whelan Children's Center is a year-round childcare program for the children of faculty, staff, students and alumni of Loyola. The daycare is geared toward children of an age range of four months to five years old and is located in Mercy Hall 101.

The Whelan Center sent out letters to parents on April 11 about implementing a new fee structure that will increase the monthly tuition for each room.

According to the letter, the infant (four months up until the child's first birthday) cost will increase from $945 to $1,065 a month. The toddlers (children from one to three years old) cost will increase from $885 to $1,000 monthly. The threeyear olds & above cost will increase from $830 to $940. This is a tuition increase of approximately 11 percent for each age group.

Robyn Oubre, director of the Whelan's Children Center, said that she understands the challenges that raising tuition rates poses on families, but the costs of sustaining a high quality center has increased substantially over the past several years and continues to increase yearly.

"There are many fiscal challenges that the Whelan Children's Center faces. Rising costs of supplies and food is a primary factor," said Oubre.

Dr. Jaita Talukdar, associate professor and co-chair of the Women's

Studies program, is a Loyola professor who is frustrated with the recent increase in cost.

"While I understand that the recent increase in cost is a result of the financial situation we have found ourselves in, it still comes across as one more sacrifice added to the list of sacrifices and adjustments that faculty and staff have to make." said Talukdar.

Elizabeth Rainey, director of retention and student success, has a two-year old and a four-year old enrolled in the Whelan Children's Cen-

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New Orleans is world renowned for its culture and history. It practically oozes out the walls and flows through the streets. Loyola students now have the chance to be surrounded by history. They have the opportunity to live within the 90year old Dominican building, currently being renovated for the Wolf Pack community.

Students can apply to live in Founders Hall, a 90-year-old building that offers single rooms and will soon become Loyola's newest residence hall.

The building was acquired in 2017 by the university from the Dominican Sisters of Peace who built it in 1927 as a dormitory and community center for St. Mary's Dominican Academy, according to nola.com, and is currently being renovated into a modern dormitory.

The Broadway campus residence hall will open in the fall of 2018 after interior renovations are completed and has the capacity to hold 42 students in suites. Each suite contains two single bedrooms and a shared bathroom with a community space, a shared kitchen and a study area also available in the facility, according to an email sent by the Office of Residential Life.

The residence hall is open to incoming sophomores, juniors and seniors who will have access to Cabra Hall's private gym as well as shuttle service to and from the main campus, according to the residential life website.

Alexander Lucas, vocal performance junior, is excited about a new residence hall and is considering moving to Founders Hall next year but has reservations about the hall's Broadway location.

"The new living space looks very nice, comfortable, and fairly spacious, especially since they are single rooms. My only concern with moving to the new dorm is that it is not as conveniently located as the on-campus dorms," Lucas said.

Lucas also said that Founders Hall is a good step forward by the university because more on-campus housing is needed to house incoming students.

The announcement of the new residential hall comes in the wake of an April 18 student town hall with Paul Pastorek, interim chief operating officer, in which students voiced concerns about the availability of on-campus housing.

Housing concerns also have arisen as a result of increased enrollment. Between the fall of 2016 and the fall of 2017, Loyola saw a 30 percent increase in its first-year class and is looking to increase enrollment for the fall of 2018 as well, according to a blog post by Maria Calzada, interim provost.

"As the demand for housing grows, we are looking for sustainable solutions to accommodate needs.

Founders Hall will help us expand the variety of student spaces we offer to resident students," Amy Boyle, director of residential life, said.

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Some students struggling to afford food

By Sidney Holmes smholmes@my.loyno.edu

The cost of food is proving too much for almost half of Loyola students to afford, according to data from the Campus Climate Assessment.

The results of the assessment, which showed that over 47 percent of student respondents had financial hardships affording food, were followed by several listening sessions led by Chief Diversity Officer Sybol Anderson. One topic that came up in every session, which included students, faculty and staff, was food insecurity among Loyola students.

“The fact that anybody on our campus is dealing with food insecurity is already just shocking enough, but the numbers of students that reported was really of deep concern to faculty, staff and students alike,” Anderson said.

She added that the university narrowed down priorities to take action on moving forward after the Campus Climate Assessment results, and food insecurity was number one.

Students have already begun to take steps toward helping relieve hunger concerns.

The Loyola Music Therapy Student Association and the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity teamed up to make a food pantry.

Kelly Cuppet, president of the Loyola Music Therapy Student Association, said that the two groups came up with the idea after talking to professors about the results of the campus climate listening sessions.

“We have two service-oriented organizations, and we have the resources and the space to do something about it,” Cuppet said.

The pantry, which opened on Monday, April 30, is set up in the College of Music and Fine Arts box office in the front of the Communications/Music Complex.

Within a day, students and faculty were able to fill the pantry with canned goods, snacks and toiletries.

Cuppet said that donations can

By Vanessa Alvarado vnalvara@my.loyno.edu

Non-parishables lines the shelves of the new food pantry created by the Loyola Music Therapy Student Association and the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. The pantry opened on Monday, April 30, 2018. SINDEY HOLMES/The Maroon.

be brought directly to the pantry Monday through Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. or to the College of Music and Fine Arts office at any other time.

She also said that she hopes students who are in need of food realize that it isn’t something to be ashamed of.

“I think that skipping meals—in general—just a lot of people accept it as like part of the college experience, and that’s not how it has to be,” she said.

The pantry also contains a survey that students can use to request foods that are not in the pantry.

Cuppet said that not only does the pantry supply food, but they have also made a list of tools that students can use to learn how to cook food.

Anderson said that the food pan-

try is a good start, and the Office of Student Affairs has begun looking for a longer term and more permanent solution to the issue of food insecurity by partnering with other parts of campus like the food studies program and Sodexo.

Food studies professor Danny Mintz started his own survey in order to dig deeper into the issue of food insecurity on campus.

“Our hope is that through the survey we will be able to understand in a lot more detail whether and to what extent students are experiencing food insecurity, when they tend to experience it, and in a broad sense, what their subjective experience of the food environment and food access on campus is,” Mintz said.

He added that he hopes that the survey results lead to the imple-

mentation of more “effective, efficient and targeted” programs to address the issue of food insecurity.

“I hope it also gives the campus community a clearer sense of what we’re talking about when we talk about student hunger,” he said.

The survey ends at the end of May and is available for students through Wolfmail. The results are projected to be announced in the fall 2018 semester.

Anderson said that the realization of hunger on Loyola’s campus is disheartening, but she hopes that it will create change at the university.

“It’s a little distressing to discover that so many people on our campus are struggling and that students, in particular, are dealing with hunger issues, but you know we’re immensely grateful to be made aware of it,” she said.

Cont’. Daycare tuition rises and threatens enrollment DAYCARE, continued from page 1 ter and has been extremely satisfied with the childcare services of the center. However, according to Rainey, this most recent price increase seems a little dramatic, but also understandable considering how high quality the center is.

“To me, it’s just getting away from their mission. And I feel sad because I do know people who are pulling their children out.” said Rainey.

“Quite honestly, the only reason I can keep my children in there is because I have a partner who makes more money than I do.”

Amy Boyle, director of residential life, is another Loyola community member who is pulling both of her children from the center after the tuition increase.

“I don’t want to leave, but we had to make a difficult decision in light of our family’s financial wellbeing,” said Boyle.

Justin Nystrom, associate professor and director of the Center for the

Best Buddies to create community friendships

A playground outside outside Mercy Hall sits empty May 2, 2018. The rising cost of tuition at the daycare center has led multiple faculty, staff and community members to remove their children from the center’s care. CRISTIAN ORELLANA/The Maroon.

Study of New Orleans, believes that Oubre has done an excellent job in providing the mandated teacher qualifications, staff to student ratios and food standards to retain the Whelan Center’s four-star rating, but delivering this excellent care is

expensive.

The broader issue for these faculty, staff and community members lies in New Orleans being a more unaffordable city, according to Nystrom, especially when academic pay for both staff and faculty is com-

paratively low when compared to other education levels of personnel in the private sector.

“Imagine, for instance, making $60,000 a year, but after all of your deductions for benefits, your take home pay can be less than $35,000.

If your mortgage or rent is $1,500, you have $17,000 left for the rest of your bills. If daycare is $1000 a month, you had better be able to do everything else in your life for $5,000 or go into debt to do so.” said Nystrom.

New Orleans was ranked 17th among cities with the most expensive rent and calculated the New Orleans-Metairie area as the most expensive area to rent a home in Louisiana, according to an article on Nola.com.

“But what about that single mom? What if you have two or maybe three kids? You quickly realize how untenable it all is. New Orleans is a place where you can make okay money and still feel poor. As a city, we will not truly prosper until that changes,” said Nystrom.

Making friends in college can sometimes be a difficult task, but a new organization on campus may be able to that process easier.

The new organization, Best Buddies College, is a denomination of the non-profit organization Best Buddies International that pairs each volunteer with a buddy who has an intellectual or developmental disability in order to foster friendship and mentorship, according to the organization’s website.

College chapters of the organization collaborate with nearby group homes, “providing them with a chance to be involved with the community since these adults are generally abandoned by family and have difficulties getting careers,” according to Loyola’s Best Buddies OrgSync page.

Abigail Perez, biology junior and president of Loyola’s Best Buddies chapter, was inspired to create a Loyola chapter because of her prior experience working with the international organization.

She first got involved with Best Buddies International in high school and is excited to open a student-run chapter in the university setting.

A chapter of Best Buddies previously existed at Tulane but was closed because the organization thought Loyola’s culture would be a better fit, according to Perez.

She said the inclusive and social justice oriented nature of Loyola will make the organization feel at home.

“Everyone’s super inviting about things like this and are always making an effort towards inclusion and making equality for different people,” Perez said.

Perez said that the inclusion of people of all ability levels is important, especially at a Jesuit institution like Loyola.

“The whole Ignatian thing is being a person for others. I think the community of people with disabilities is easy to forget about and it’s very easy to have these stereotypes and stigmas against them. But at the end of the day, we’re trying to create a vision where the people aren’t identified by their disability but the disabilities are just a part of them, it’s not them completely.” Perez said.

Perez said that many people with disabilities do not get opportunities to interact with people outside of their own communities which is why she is excited about the Best Buddies program.

Many adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities find themselves to be socially isolated, according to Best Buddies International’s website.

“They’re just people like anybody else and they just want to have a good time and build these friendships,” Perez said.

Best Buddies pushes participants outside of their comfort zones and allows them to form relationships they would never have before, according to Perez.

“Yes, you might be uncomfortable, but you’ll really learn things about yourself and learn things that will inspire you about other people,” Perez said.

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Seniors: embrace solitude, not isolation CALEB BECK Mass Communication Senior cmbeck@loyno.edu

Get a little lonely in pursuit of your goals, but don’t be a hermit.

A few months (or several lifetimes ago), I wrote about graduating seniors wading through the difficulties of shaky job markets and general education hang-ups, all while undergoing the listless malaise senioritis entails. These were thoughts from a dark place, the feeling of a looming capitalist obelisk blotting out the sunny idealism liberal education outlined... or something.

Thankfully, I now feel employable and capable on the other side. I am healthy, positive, and reasonably haggard. The existential crises are a dull roar of what they used to be, and if I don’t run out of steam I’ll graduate within the week, hopefully clean-shaven and better rested.

Here’s a final spring thesis compounding my breakthrough: you’ve got to be willing to fall off the map for a little while, without isolating yourself entirely.

I admit that I love solitude, and the space it creates to tether whirring thoughts and tackle unseen hurdles. I like the adage “if you’re lonely every time you’re alone you might be in poor company,” because I think solitude is an important respite from a noisy world, where you can exist comfortably for a spell and resurface with fresh insight. Upon graduating, we might travel to new cities with few connections, and

that’s a solitary, exciting and intimidating enterprise. It’s useful to understand how you operate alone, to some degree.

Still, I’m careful to advocate solitude too freely, because it can turn to isolation so quickly, solitude’s soul-sucking mutant cousin. My abridged thesis: don’t sacrifice your self-care and human relationships for your solitude. You will burn out and lose sight of your purpose. Your thoughts will not make sense to you or your friends. Clear space in your life by all means, but be very aware of how deep you’re diving into that pool.

Solitude is proactive and works by liberating yourself from noisy patterns, where isolation is in itself a desperate pattern. Solitude is taking a walk through Audubon around sunset with your headphones in, or biking alone to get the bi-weekly poboy takeout (highly recommended).

Isolation is locking yourself in a freezing office for the fifth night on end, eating zero calorie sweetener packets and coffee grounds to stay awake. Remarkably, it can take a few semesters to learn which is which.

Isolation will not make you more productive, passion will. Going “offthe-grid” is an idyllic escape plan for us trying to exist in this chaotic political hellscape, until you realize trying to force work into the lonely space you’ve carved for yourself can be about as effective as throwing a rock into the soil in hope of a bountiful harvest.

Pivot! Use your solitude to understand and subvert isolation. I’ve found a lot of joy recently in listening to authors, speakers and comedians that remind us how devilish our minds can be. Duncan Trussell, Alan Watts and Bill Hicks are my favorites. They are all keenly aware

Students in college tend to work late nights in the library, studying and drinking coffee in solitude. Our resident senior Caleb Beck advises not to become too absorbed by our own solitude and to instead use alone time in moderation and understanding. JACOB MEYER/The Maroon.

of how difficult it is to exist in your head.

Laugh frequently and don’t be sorry. Don’t apologize profusely when you have to lay low for a few weeks to better yourself. Within reason, your friends will understand that you’ve been working hard, and will empathize with their own struggles. Some of your friends won’t understand, and that’s fine too.

You need to be whole before being anyone’s emotional ward, and that doesn’t make you selfish.

I’m laughably tired of the binary introvert/extrovert quizzes which

sort energy expenditure between “I like reading a book on my porch alone” and “I like invading a nightclub with forty-five of my closest friends.” I feel you can exist anywhere between these camps comfortably, for as long as you can candidly tell yourself it’s healthy. Is that contradictory? As Walt Whitman said, “I am large, I contain multitudes.”

Understanding how you operate might be a side-effect of higher education rather than it’s focus, but as I look out on a beautiful spring Sunday, I’m glad I came to it one

Indigenous women discuss their cultures at SASA panel

By Emma Gilheany eagilhea@my.loyno.edu

Loyola students had a chance to be enlightened with stories from different cultures in the comfort of the St. Charles room.

Perspectives of Indigenous Women was a panel held on April 30 in the St. Charles Room of the Danna Center. The event included five Native American women who discussed a variety of the problems and hardships of indigenous communities and women of Southeast Louisiana.

The panel included Houma Tribe archivist Jessica Parfait, environmentalist and activist Cherri Foytlin, secretary to the chief of the United Houma Nation Bette Billiot, tribal councilwoman Lora Ann Chaisson, and activist Anne White Hat. The panelists discussed a variety of issues including land loss, environmental issues and domestic violence.

Perspectives of Indigenous Women was held by Students Against Sexual Assault and the Women’s Resource Center, and it was funded by the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The event was organized by sociology senior Sequoya La Joy, who serves as the president of Students Against Sexual Assault.

“Indigenous women . . . are so often left out, glossed over, erased, and ignored,” la Joy said. “This event

is literally and figuratively designed to give a voice to those indigenous women and provide a platform for them to talk about the issues facing their communities and all of Louisiana.”

One of the first issues discussed by the panelists was the effect of the oil and gas industry in Native American communities.

“This industry has been destroying our people and our lands,” said White Hat. Land loss, as well as federal recognition, was discussed by the panelists. Billiot, Parfait and Chaisson are all a part of the United Houma Nation tribe in Louisiana and they discussed their struggles receiving federal recognition as a tribe. The tribe is state-recognized but not federally recognized, Parfait said.

Because of this, the tribe is limited in many aspects, such as not having many scholarship opportunities for their students, according to Parfait.

The women were passionate about environmental issues such as coastal erosion. White Hat stressed that we cannot continue to be dependent on the oil and gas industry.

“We have to turn that battle and that struggle into protecting Mother Earth,” White Hat said. “We have to change our mindsets.”

Later in the panel, domestic violence within Native American communities was discussed. According

way or another, with mistakes and triumphs abound. I found out for myself that what I wrote about fatalism a few months ago was much more an internal storm than an institutional one.

My parting advice as I make myself scarce from these grounds is to live by the individual strategies that keep you kind and productive and occasionally solitary, without becoming a complete stranger to yourself and the people that believe you have a lot to offer. I really can’t recommend the po-boy takeout enough, either.

Samantha Conway retires from gymnastics

By Andrew Lang awlang@my.loyno.edu @langand87

Women from the Houma and Lakota nations share their knowledge of how their communities have been treated by the U.S. Government both historically and currently at the Perspectives of Indigenous Women panel. The panel was held by Students Against Sexual Assault and the Women’s Resource Center and funded by the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. JAKE MEYER/The Maroon.

to sociology junior and Students Against Sexual Assault president Gabby Rodriguez, indigenous women have some of the highest rates of sexual assault. Native Americans also have the highest rate of domestic violence in the U.S., according to Chaisson.

“It’s a prevalent problem, and it’s one that’s very difficult to deal with,” said Parfait. Parfait runs the Stop Domestic Violence program for the Houma tribe. When asked whether she was hopeful about issues of domestic violence within Native Amer-

ican communities being addressed through the #MeToo movement, Parfait said, “I’m hopeful, but to be honest, I’m not optimistic solely because I have seen these types of movements just ignore black and brown people before.”

Rodriguez further stressed the significance of being inclusive.

“It’s important to us that we are intersectional and including women across the United States, as well as giving them the voice and the opportunity to talk about it,” Rodriguez said.

Political science freshman Sam Conway is leaving the sport she has been involved in since she was two years old. Conway says her family is what got her started.

“My sister was a gymnast, and my mom needed a place for me to get all of my energy out,” Conway said.

Conway said she will miss the connections with coaches and teammates most.

“I’ve been coached by the same individuals since I was a toddler,” Conway said. “I’ve lived my whole life in the same place with the same people. My coaches and teammates have shaped me into the person I am today, and I consider them family.”

Conway spent three years on the acrobatic gymnastics junior 13-19 national team competing in the women’s pairs.

“I’m completely satisfied with my career as a gymnast, and I have no regrets,” Conway said.

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Paige Carter dives into Loyola swimming

By Catie Sanders casande2@my.loyno.edu @sanders_catie

Walter Ramsey, enviromental studies freshman, and Sasha Solano-McDaniel, sociology freshman, hold their medals after a successful season. Both athletes have excelled in their freshman year with Solano-McDaniel winning Freshman of the Year in cross-country and Ramsey breaking multiple school records. JULES SANTOS/The Maroon.

Two freshman tearing up the trail

By Jill Oddo jmoddo@my.loyno.edu @jill_oddo

From California to Georgia, this dynamic duo has been tearing up the cross country and track and field competition. Sasha Solano-McDaniel and Walter Ramsey’s cross-country season was a hit, both staying on the leaderboard, and they have continued their momentum on the outdoor track, despite only being freshmen.

Sociology freshman Solano-McDaniel and environmental studies freshman Ramsey, have broken multiple school records and set several personal records in their respected events. Solano-McDaniel broke Stephanie LeGleu’s record from 2001 in the 5k course this year.

“When I’m running, my mind is at rest and my body feels strong,” Solano-McDaniel said. “There’s al-

ways the running high afterwards, which just makes you feel alive and ready to conquer the day.”

Both Solano and Ramsey are new distance runners for Loyola’s track team.

“I run because it proves to me that I can work towards goals,” Ramsey said. “What you put into running is what you get out of it.”

Livia Mahaffie, assistant coach, works with the two. She is in her second season coaching men and women’s cross country and track and field teams.

“I see so much potential in Walt and Sasha. Already they have accomplished so much in just their first year at Loyola. I see Walt and Sasha becoming more competitive on a national level, setting a new competitive standard for our program and future student-athletes,” Mahaffie said.

The cross-country environment

is supportive. Competitors are encouraging everyone to do their best no matter their age or athletic ability, according to both Solano and Ramsey.

“The transition from high school has been noticeable, but I have enjoyed the adjustments,” Ramsey said.

Mahaffie notices the effort Solano and Ramsey bring to the sport.

“They are both highly motivated student-athletes,” Mahaffie said. “I provide direction and they run with it literally and figuratively. They give 100 percent effort in all that they do and are role models to their teammates.”

Furthermore, Solano and Ramsey qualified for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Cross Country National Championship. While at the Nationals, Solano finished in third. She was also the Southern States Athletic Conference

Freshman of the Year.

Solano had to adapt to be a student athlete in college.

“The hardest thing to adjust to with running in college has been keeping up with the training schedule,” Solano said. “Balancing everything is a challenge, I have to make sure I’m sleeping enough, eating right and taking care of my body.”

With Solano and Ramsey being the only freshmen, Mahaffie knows they will continue to grow as students and athletes that will continue to break records.

According to Solano, her longterm goal is for the team to continue to grow, and eventually qualify for nationals as a team.

“They are setting a solid foundation for the future direction of this program,” Mahaffie said. “By the time they both graduate from Loyola, they will have created a legacy.”

Joseph Kulcher steps off the mound, into the future

By Cody Downey cadowney@my.loyno.edu @codywrites Graduation is moving closer and closer each day for college seniors.

For marketing senior Joseph Kulcher, this means the ninth inning of his baseball career.

Kulcher is on his final days at both Loyola’s campus and the baseball diamond at Segnette Field.

He began his Loyola career in 2015 coming from Grace King High School in Metairie. Since joining the Wolf Pack as a freshman, Kulcher has played for Loyola’s baseball team starting off as an infielder and moving up to become the Wolf Pack’s lead man on the pitcher’s mound.

Through his time at Loyola, Kulcher has learned many things about being a student-athlete, one of the most important being balancing class work and baseball.

“Being a student comes first. We are here to get a great education, a degree, and then a job,” he said.

“Baseball was a privilege.”

He has gained a wealth of experience throughout his year in a maroon and gold uniform, one of which was the eye-opening reali-

Joseph Kulcher, marketing senior, reflects on his last moments in a maroon and gold uniform. Kulcher leaves Loyola after four years spent on the team and a career in marketing in his future after college. JULES LYDON/The Maroon.

zation of how stiff the competition could be.

“The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics doesn’t get enough credit for the competition it has,” Kulcher said. “Any team could beat another on any given day.”

As Kulcher’s time playing baseball for Loyola comes to an end, he plans to stay in close proximity to peanuts and Cracker Jacks.

Kulcher currently has an intern-

ship with the New Orleans Baby Cakes, a AAA-affiliated team to the Miami Marlins. “My plan is to make the necessary connections through the Baby Cakes,” he said. “I have already made a ton that can get me to where I want to be.”

As a native of Atlanta, his dream is to market for his favorite baseball team, The Atlanta Braves. However, Kulcher is open to do marketing for any kind of group.

Despite all that awaits him after graduation, Kulcher will still miss Loyola and playing baseball. For Kulcher, his graduation will be both an emotional and life-changing ride.

“I’ve been playing baseball since I was three or four years old so it’s hard to say goodbye to something that’s been a huge part of my life,” Kulcher said.

Imagine waking up to swimming drills then walking to your biology lab or philosophy lecture only to spend your afternoon back in a pool.

Balancing between swim practice and school work can seem daunting and sometimes impossible.

For Paige Carter, the early practices, from riding the bus to workouts, the homework and classes are all worth it to compete as a Loyola swimmer.

Carter, mass communications sophomore, has been swimming since she was 10 years old. The fall of 2018 will mark her third year swimming for the Wolf Pack.

Carter said she learned to manage schoolwork and her sport by having a set routine.

Her days begin with practice at 6 a.m., and on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday there is a second midday practice at 12:45 p.m. When she is not in a pool, Carter’s day is like any

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Zoie Miller named top Jesuit basketball player

By Andrew Lang & RoSha’e Gibson awlamg@my.loyno.edu rlgibson@my.loyno.edu

Mass communication senior Zoie Miller added to her award collection by being named one of the inaugural National Jesuit Basketball Players of the Year.

The award was selected by the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight, a program developed by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Miller was one of two recipients along with Clayton Custer from Loyola University Chicago part of the team that made the Final Four in the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament.

“It’s definitely an honor,” Miller said. “I worked hard this year and it’s just great to show that my hard work has paid off. Especially, it being my senior year, this is a great way to go out.”

Miller received a number of honors this season after averaging 19.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Miller had previously won Player of the Year for the Southern States Athletic Conference as well as being named FirstTeam All-Conference. Miller was also named conference player of the week three times this year.

“This sets apart from the rest because it’s a national award that includes all the Jesuit schools across the country,” Miller said. “It was special to me because I was picked with one of the players from Loyola Chicago and I know they went to the Final Four and that meant a lot to me.”

“I’m thinking about it, but I think, after college, I’m just going to start my career in mass communication or marketing,” Miller said. “I’m thinking about going into marketing when I return home to Dallas.”

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Conway retires from gymnastics CONWAY, cont’d from page 4 “I truly feel that all of the hardships, the work, the sweat, the tears, and everything in between was completely worth it.”

Conway is a three-time national champion with her current partner.

The pair also came in first in the Rzeszow International Acro Cup in 2016. However, her career was not without setbacks.

“Because acrobatic gymnastics is a partner sport, one of the most challenging aspects is working with someone who is not as committed,” Conway said.

Conway said her partner at the time quit two weeks before national championships.

“When you work towards a goal with your partner for years, it’s a hard pill to swallow when someone you trust leaves the partnership unexpectedly,” Conway said.

Conway said she trains about 25 hours a week.

She said she is still coaching at her gym, Crescent City Gymnastics, and plans to stay involved in gymnastics despite no longer being an active competitor.

“Gymnastics has been a part of my life for so long, I couldn’t completely walk away,” Conway said. “I plan to continue coaching and maybe applying to become a judge at competitions.”

Conway’s gymnastics career played a part of her choosing to attend Loyola.

“Both of my sisters went to Loyola, and I wanted to stay close to home to continue gymnastics. Go-

ing to Loyola just felt like a natural transition for me,” Conway said.

Conway credited the athletic challenge was a big part of why she stayed in the sport.

“I continued doing gymnastics for so long because I love that it pushes me to be the best athlete that I can be,” Conway said. “My coaches are constantly pushing me to be better and challenging me to reach my full potential inside and outside of the gym.”

Conway said during the practice for the Acro World Age Group Competition in Antwerp, Belgium she would practice six days a week, including two days when she would double practice. The practices were three-hour sessions.

“Missing weeks of school at a time for competition was difficult, but it’s just a part of the sport, and I always found a way to make it work,” Conway said. “This year was a little more difficult because it was a worldsyear, but my teachers have been super understanding and have really worked with my hectic schedule.

Conway already has plans on what to do with the extra time she will gain from retiring from active competition. In addition to coaching at the gym, Conway said she has an internship at a law firm in North Carolina lined up for the summer.

“The extra free time will also give me time to travel and take trips with my friends and family over the summer,” Conway said.

Paige Carter, mass communication sophomore, represents the Wolf Pack in swimming. The Florida native is part of the team that captured sixth place at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship. CATIE SANDERS/ The Maroon.

Cont’d: Swimmer reaches new depths Swim, cont’d from page 6 other any other student’s. She gets ready for school, eats breakfast and goes to class. She plans out in agenda of her daily tasks, although her book is more filled than the typical student.

As a swimmer, being organized is what keeps you ahead in your sport.

Having a schedule planned out teaches how to stay focused on the main goal, according to Carter.

At practice, the team exercises in two groups based on the length of the races they swim at competitions and at every practice head coach Thomas Natal never failed to inspire everyone on the team according to Carter.

Natal was a driving force to keep

Carter and her teammates on track, whether in the pool or in school.

“Overall, it was TJ (Natal). He just really motivated me,” Carter said.

“He’s always there for me, at the meets, too. He’s given me so many motivational speeches.”

It was this motivation that kept Carter and her fellow swimmers motivated toward a bigger goal: Nationals.

Carter said that her coach kept the athletes united and motivated as the two-year-old program captured sixth place at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship.

“We’re a team now. We’re there for each other,” Carter said.

Carter also saw the team increase from her first year. Loyola’s women’s

swim team doubled in size, increasing from four members to nine. She said that having more people on the team also motivates her to be a better swimmer.

“I couldn’t have done it without coach TJ and my teammates,” Carter said. “Behind the blocks, I was looking at the other side of the pool, and the whole team was there getting ready to cheer. It really just set the nerves off.”

Carter said that all of the hard work is worth it, and despite the early mornings, the practices at noon and playing catchup with her assignments, there was never a practice she did not want to go to.

“This was the best year of my entire swim career,” Carter said.

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WORLDVIEW New Orleans takes steps to increase safety 8

By Sidney Holmes smholmes@my.loyno.edu @sidneymajee For history senior Katlyn Hash, sometimes her commutes to school and work are anything but a walk in the park.

The daily walks from her house to Loyola on Broadway Street or to her job on Loyola Avenue are filled with dangerous traffic.

“I feel the least safe on Loyola Avenue only because I have nearly been hit twice when I was already halfway across the street by people on their phones or not caring,” Hash said. “If traffic is heavy then I don’t feel as safe that the cars will not hit me.”

According to statistics from the Governors Highway Safety Association, Hash is not the only one with that fear. Over 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2017, making it the second year in a row of high levels of deaths.

Tom Haysley, senior planner of the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, said that they want that number to go down in 2018.

Haysley said there has been an “impressive” increase in the number of pedestrians and bicyclists over the past few years in New Orleans, and while the city has increased the number of bike and pedestrian facilities, like bike lanes and crosswalk lights, that is not their only solution.

“We can’t just build our way out of crashes,” he said.

To aide in their attempt to increase safety, Haysley said that the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission also started a campaign to promote safety on the road.

The campaign was funded by a grant from the Federal Highway Administration and local funding from the Regional Planning Commission, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the

New Orleans experienced a meteoric 57 percent rise in fentanyl-related deaths in 2017, and that has led Loyola officials to reach out to students with warnings and offers of support.

According to a report published by the city’s coroner last week, opiates were discovered in 166 drug-related deaths in 2017. Within this group of opiate-related deaths, fentanyl was found in 87 of the deaths, compared to 48 out of 166 in 2016 and just 13 out of 92 in 2015.

Asia Wong, associate director of the university counseling center, explained that “Fentanyl use is of primary concern because of the high fatality rate, and the fact that it is often cut into other drugs.”

“We want students to know that help is there for them. Students struggling with drug use and abuse should feel comfortable reaching out for help, and know that they will be treated with kindness and compassion,” she said.

The significant increase in drug-related deaths seen in the city over the past two years shows that New Orleans continues to battle

Brothers receive alumni award By: Cody Downey cadowney@my.loyno.edu @codywrites

A Freret Street crosswalk sign stands near Loyola on May 2, 2018. New Orleans plans to increase pedestrian safety by starting a campaign which includes billboards and advocacy groups. CHRISTIAN ORELLANA/The Maroon

city of New Orleans.

The campaign involves billboards and ads with messages about road safety. The commission has also been working with local government to reach different people.

They are working with advocacy group Bike Easy to get safety equipment to schools and people in need.

“We’re really hoping to get it out to people who can’t afford equipment on their own,” Haysley said.

According to Haysley, the commission is conducting a survey to get more information about commuters around Orleans Parish.

“We’re looking for information to help us do things better in the future,” he said.

Haysley said that the results from the survey will help the commission

decide where to put more funds, whether it be education programs, facility improvements, or more law enforcement involvement.

He said that the safety starts with people being aware of their surroundings.

“The main thing, whether you’re walking, biking or driving, is to pay attention and to be aware of what’s going on around you,” he said.

Harris agrees that paying attention while commuting is especially important around Loyola and Tulane.

“Sometimes around the colleges, there can be a huge issue of people not looking where they are going, so be mindful of that,” she said.

Harris said she doesn’t look at her phone while crossing the streets,

and other pedestrians and bicycles should do the same to keep themselves safe.

Haysley said that everyone’s number one focus should be responsibility.

“The main thing that we’re trying to get across here with this program is that we all have a shared responsibility to behave safely on our own parts, but also to look out for others on the road,” he said.

Haysley said everyone should obey basic traffic laws: pedestrians should always walk in crosswalks, drivers should pass safely within three feet of a bike and always stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, and bicyclists should obey traffic signals the same way cars do.

University officials reach out to students with drug issues By: Mairéad Siobhán mscahill@my.loyno.edu @mairead_siobhan

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a drug crisis that experts say is not specific to the city.

“The public health crisis of drug-related deaths continues to evolve in New Orleans,” Dr Jeffrey Rouse, Orleans Parish Coroner said.

“Medically, expanding access to all levels of addiction treatment is the solution, before persons end up in the coroner’s office.”

Dr George Capowich, a retired Loyola University professor of criminology and sociology, said he was not surprised by this.

“There is no reason to think that New Orleans is immune from the problems of opioid addiction that is a national problem,” Capowich said.

Although opioid use was responsible for over two-thirds of the drug-related deaths in 2017, Rouse believes that statistic could have been even higher had it not been for opioid antidotes.

“Without the early use of naloxone in the field by first responders and citizens alike, I suspect the opiate death toll would have been higher, for the opiate market keeps shifting towards highly lethal, synthetic opiates such as fentanyl,” Rouse said.

Capowich highlighted the benefits of Naloxone and similar drugs in fighting the opioid epidemic.

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of opioid pills. Bills seeking to tax opioids have been introduced in many states since 2017. PATRICK SISO/AP.

“All first responders should have it and so should families/friends of addicts and maybe even the addicts themselves,” Capowich said.

While some current students may be unaware of the threat opioids can pose, the wider Loyola community has been affected by the issue in the past.

In February 2016, first-year Loyola student Kyra Koman, 19, died of an overdose involving multiple substances. In April of the same year, sophomore Juliano Mastroianni, 20, died of heroin intoxication.

Dr. Joelle Underwood, professor of chemistry at Loyola, believes drug use is an issue at Loyola but says she has had success with students who seek help through the Loyola

Student Health Center, off-campus professionals, who specialize in mental health and addiction, and peer support groups.

Underwood gave students who may be struggling a piece of advice.

“Reaching out for help is the first step. Having an advocate to help you negotiate the process of finding the appropriate resources is a good idea too for some students,” she added.

Wong reiterated Underwood’s point and urged students to not be scared of taking the first step forward to help themselves.

“Know that you are not alone and that resources are available for you,” Wong said.

For four Loyola alumni brothers, finance has become the family business.

Fernando Rivera, A’04, Osmin Rivera, A’05, Jorge Rivera, A’07, and Ricardo Rivera, A’11, will be awarded the Young Alumni of the Year Award at the College of Business’ 34th annual alumni luncheon. The four brothers are being awarded because “they continue to give back and inspire a new generation of students and young alumni,” according to University President Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. in a press release.

Originally from Honduras, the Rivera brothers followed one another in pursuing an academic career at Loyola. Throughout their time in college, they grew and developed skills that would help them in their life after graduation.

“Loyola gave us the professional discipline and spiritual education that led us to a fulfilling and balanced life both professionally and personally,” Jorge said. “All the guidance given to us by our Loyola professors and clergy have always been present in our day-to-day lives.”

Fernando specifically credits their success to Loyola business professor Dr. Ron Christner, who passed away on Nov. 20, 2016.

“It was through him that I landed my first internship at a large investment bank in New York,” Fernando said. “I think it’s fair to say that his guidance is one of the driving reasons why all four Rivera brothers currently work in finance in New York.”

Each of the Rivera brothers has gone on to have high positions in their fields. Both Fernando and Osmin work for Goldman Sachs & Co as managing directors. Jorge works as an executive director for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Ricardo works for Morgan Stanley as vice president.

The brothers said they are excited to receive this award as it reinforces their sense of family instilled by their parents.

“All four of us migrated to the United States for college at Loyola University, all four of us moved to New York to work in finance and it’s nice to have all four of us now share this award,” Fernando said.

Osmin believes this award is special because it shows the progress they have all made over the course of the years.

“It is an opportunity to stop and reflect on our journey, both through our years at Loyola, as well as the city of New Orleans in one of the most important global financial centers, New York City,” Osmin said.

The alumni luncheon will take place on May 4 at the J.W. Marriott Hotel. Along with the brothers, Alvin A. Baumer Jr., A’75, president and CEO of Baumer Foods Inc., will be presented with the Alden “Doc” Laborde Award for Ethical Entrepreneurship. The event will also have a keynote speech by Warner L. Thomas, president and CEO of Ochsner Health System.

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OUR EDITORIAL

The majority opinion of our editorial board

Top Ten Most Relevant Articles of the Year HOWLS & GROWLS HOWL to dead day

to breaking the story first. We’re sad to see our fantastic staff leave. But we’re excited to see what the new staff can do. The crew may have changed, but this ship isn’t sinking

anytime soon. So without further ado, we present to you our top ten articles of the school year.

We watched Interim Provost David Borofsky unexpectedly sail away from us this year with a surprising early exit from his duties as Interim Provost.

HOWL to Rainbow Road GROWL to broken Wiimotes

Women’s basketball team bows out of the NAIA Championship

HOWL to the World Wide Web

We followed the Women’s Basketball team complete their record tying 25 win season this year after playing in the second round of the national championship.

GROWL to Internal Server Errors HOWL to the new crew Have a howl or growl? Tweet us at @loyola_maroon to be featured each Friday!

JC does sports: Boxing JC’s award winning column had him try out the different sports that Loyola had to offer. Our personal favorite had him squaring off with Loyola’s toughest in the ring.

New Orleans to DC for Womens March

EDITORIAL BOARD

The Maroon followed the women’s march downtown which saw over 5,000 people, including Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell, march for women’s rights.

Editor-in-Chief

Madison McLoughlin Managing Editor for Print Anderson Leal

optimistic for the future than ever.

So here’s to next year. Here’s to getting deadlines in on time. Here’s to leaving press night in time for wine Wednesday at Bruno’s. Here’s

Borofsky resigns as interim provost and chief operating officer

GROWL to the coffee jitters

Andres Fuentes

We saw a lot of news come through campus this year. We’ve seen a lot of people come and go and said a lot of goodbyes. Our year has come to a close, but we’re more

Managing Editor for Digital

Jill Oddo

Maroon Minute

Climate survey results released We reported the results of the Campus Climate Survey, revealing the shocking insight that nearly two thirds of the faculty and staff at Loyola have considered jumping off of the “sinking ship” and leaving the school.

Executive Producer Osama Ayyad

Design Chief

Sidney Ovrom

Photo Editor

Rose Wagner

News Editor

Catie Sanders Kaylie Saidin Sam Lucio Andrew Lang

Life & Times Editor Wolf Editor Worldview Editor Sports Editor

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Vanessa Alvarado

Opinion Editor

Cody Downey Riley Katz India Yarbourough

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Florida high school shooting sparks concerns about campus violence We covered the Parkland school shooting and the ensuing concerns over gun violence that were sparked in the wake of the tragedy.

Loyola put students on administrative withdrawal We reported on the administrations controversial decision to put students on academic withdrawal for not paying their dues in time.

Copy Editor Senior Staff Writer

Cristian Orellana

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Social Media Coordinator

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Two-year Phi Psi suspension upheld after appeal We saw Loyola’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi begin their two year suspension in response to reports of hazing happening within the fraternity.

Opinion: You and Trump supporters want the same thing Our senior staff writer wrote an opinion piece on coming together and uniting for the good of the nation, and how we all want the same thing

Opinion: Let’s talk about our squirrels Loyola’s furry friends got their very own spotlight when we highlighted the surprising dangers that the campus life can have on the critters.

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Sidney’s three tips for Loyola students

Sidney Holmes, mass communication senior, sitting at her Editor-in-Chief desk for the last time. Sidney gives us her own advice on how to keep motivated in school and in life, even citing Oprah Winfrey as a tip. VANESSA ALVARADO/The Maroon.

SIDNEY HOLMES Mass communication senior smholmes@ my.loyno.edu

Looking back on my whole time at Loyola, I have one very important piece of advice for all of my young friends: take 15 or more credits every semester, because your second semester senior year self will thank you for it.

This semester was the hardest semester of my college career. I took 20 hours of classes, I worked over 20 hours a week, and I was editor-in-chief of The Maroon, which is like a full time job. Every day I would ask myself, “Self, what are you doing? How are you going to make it through this semester?” And every day I would tell myself, “I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m going to make it through this semester.”

Now that I have “made it,” I’m going to tell you how I did it with a couple of tips that helped me.

Number one: focus on the light at the end of the tunnel. For me, my light was graduation. I knew that no matter what, I had to graduate. In

order to graduate, I had to pass all my classes, and in order to pass all of my classes, I had to do the work.

Don’t forget about what you’re striving for.

Number two: make time to do something you enjoy. This may sound really cheesy, but I really enjoyed being editor-in-chief of The Maroon. I’ve been at The Maroon since my first week of college. I can’t imagine my college experience without it. Every day I was happy to come to The Maroon office to work on every week’s issue, and every Friday it was rewarding to see all of our hard work on the stands. No matter how anybody else on campus feels about The Maroon, I still love it,

and it kept me happy. Most people can’t dedicate hours a week to doing something they enjoy, but even a little time helps. You have to take a break from stress every once in a while.

And number three: keep positive energy around you. My positive energy came from my inspirations in life. One of my biggest inspirations is the beautiful and amazing Oprah Winfrey, so I made her my wallpaper on my computer. Writing that down makes it sound so weird, but seeing Oprah’s smiling face every day made me think, “hey, you can do this.

Oprah is here cheering for you.” (I don’t know if I made that more or less weird.) I also kept a few self help

books by some of my other inspirations on my desk, and by “a few” I mean like four. There’s no such thing as too much self help. I didn’t even always have time to read them, but I always thought, “If they can do it, so can I.” No matter what you’re going through, anything that keeps you motivated helps. These are just some things that helped me. I guess my real piece of advice for everyone is to find out what keeps you motivated.

Now that I’m done with college, I can’t wait to head into the “real world” and face some more challenges, because the best thing about challenges is overcoming them.

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Central America has always been in political turmoil for as long as I can remember, and the fact that I After a few months of migration, can say that saddens me. The fact the caravan of Latin American im- that most people see Latin Amermigrants reached the southern bor- ica as a continent full of crime and der of the United States on seeking nothing else, despite the strength asylum, and I hope that all of them and diversity of its people, is very disappointing. get in.

I went to Honduras to visit my Originally numbering in the thousands, the caravan has shrunk mother’s side of my family for two dramatically since it started to 150 weeks in December, after not seeing to 300 people. Most of them were them in person for over ten years.

I went into that country in the deported in Mexico before reaching middle of a political crisis, and I the United States.

Most are from Honduras, fleeing could barely understand living with from the political violence that was my family I also hardly knew. Livincited after the contested election ing in Honduras even for only two of Juan Orlando Hernandez of the weeks, I think I experienced Hondu-

ras in all of its faults and strengths.

People in the United States may not like hearing this, but these people live extremely similar to us here in the United States. My family does sweatshop labor trying to work to get their kids to go to college. It is not glamorous in the slightest, but they do it in hopes of a better future.

My family works so hard, and had to make many sacrifices to send my grandparents over to the United States. I do not blame anyone for wanting to leave the country. The people in these countries want better lives, and they come to the United States because the United States always says that it is the best country in the world.

If the United States really was the best country in the world, it would find a way to let these people in, regardless of any so-called illegality in their immigration. These people are so similar to us, and we need to treat them as people.

A Honduran sits with his painting on which he included text that reads in Spanish: “No war. No violence. No discrimination.”, at the El Chaparral U.S.-Mexico border crossing, in Tijuana, Mexico, May 2, 2018, where the caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States have set up camp. HANS-MAXIMO MUSIELIK/AP Photo.

Letter: A statement from Loyola University in New Orleans Loyola University New Orleans is built upon a Catholic and Jesuit foundation of education that is committed to respectful civil discourse and argument. We respect others on campus, whether students, faculty, or staff, who have differing opinions. Loyola, like any university, operates in an environment where all opinions can be expressed in a respectful manner without harassment and intimidation.

Recently, there have been several exchanges regarding the issue of the sanctity of life and questions regarding how student organizations are established at Loyola. This serves to clarify the university’s process and position on this matter.

The formation of any student group is accomplished through application to the Office of Student Involvement and then by review and approval from the Student Govern-

ment Association (SGA). However, the SGA can only approve organizations that support the Catholic, Jesuit mission of our institution.

While we do respect the rights of students to practice self-expression and we do provide opportunity for them to have safe spaces and voice diverging opinions, Loyola unequivocally upholds the teachings of the Catholic church regarding the sanctity of life from conception to natu-

ral death.

In keeping with our Catholic and Jesuit mission, Loyola will not recognize a pro-choice campus organization or allow any such group to receive financial support from the university.

In a published statement, “Protecting the Least Among Us: A Statement of the Society of Jesus in the United States on Abortion,” the Society of Jesus aims to provide spiri-

tual leadership and ethical guidance on these delicate and controversial topics. Click here to learn more.

We are a university that practices kindness, compassion, and solidarity with others and strives to create an environment where everyone not only feels welcome but also inspired and included. Above all, we support the teachings of the Catholic church in its respect for all life.

-Loyola University New Orleans

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