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College Republicans president pushing for Rove appearance this Fall

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:15 -0400

By: Sophia Bairaktaris

Loyola's College Republicans want to host an on-campus speech by Fox News commentator Karl Rove in October, but school officials said the group would have to wait until after the Nov. 2 congressional midterm elections for Rove to come....

Missing Loyola student safe at home

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:28:48 -0400

By: Jessica Cilella

A 22-year old Loyola undergraduate who went missing Tuesday morning is safe at home....

Edgewater pet salon helps oil spill clean up efforts

Wed, 26 May 2010 13:37:13 -0400

By: Adeshina Emmanuel

The Bark Bark Club is partnering with a San Francisco-based environmental organization to help efforts to clean up the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast....

Program lets students earn bioethics doctorate online

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:59:38 -0400

By: Adeshina Emmanuel

The doctorate program’s distance-learning format benefits professionals with busy schedules....

Loyola president chooses a provost

Fri, 7 May 2010 20:05:29 -0400

By: Adeshina Emmanuel

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Loyola wins trees

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:49:57 -0400

By: Sarah Marbes

Loyola students won $2,500 worth of trees in a video contest....

LU overlooks STD Awareness Month

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:49:28 -0400

By: Bailey Dick

Despite the fact that Illinois has some of the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the nation, according to Illinois Department of Public Health, little has been done on Loyola’s campuses to observe April’s designation as STD Awa...

Student arrested in ER

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:31:53 -0400

By: Adeshina Emmanuel

A Loyola student was arrested earlier this month at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after emergency room staff found heroin and a syringe hidden in one of his shoes....

How students perceive crime

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:29:00 -0400

By: Adeshina Emmanuel and Sophia Bairaktaris

The Phoenix surveyed 100 students in a random sample on the Lake Shore campus to provide a snapshot of experiences and perceptions on crime and safety in Rogers Park, where more than 90 percent of crimes reported to Campus Safety this semester have occurr...

Man charged for exposing himself to LU student

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:28:18 -0400

By: Sophia Bairaktaris

A 36-year-old man is due in court early next month for allegedly exposing himself to a female Loyola student just off campus....

Offender arrested for stealing LU property

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:20:15 -0400

By: Victoria Guerrero

A 54-year-old man was arrested after allegedly posing as a fire extinguisher salesman in Rogers Park — using equipment stolen from Loyola, according to Campus Safety....

Four Loyola students earn Fulbright Scholarships

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:06:53 -0400

By: Anna Heling

Four Loyola students have been awarded Fulbright scholarships this year, tying the university’s current record for the most recipients in a year....

Loyola News

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:56:39 -0400

By: Lee Ann Maton

A School Year in Review

Future members of the Loyola community may well remember the 2009-2010 school year as the worst of times....

Legalizing medicinal marijuana in Illinois

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:41:30 -0400

By: Megan Perrin & John Dickow

One of the issues at the forefront of Illinois state legislature is legalizing medicinal marijuana, with medicinal marijuana proponents pushing to allow physicians to administer cannabis to patients with debilitating diseases....

LU students win $10,000 in film contest

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:33:52 -0400

By: Rayna Costanzo

When freshman film major Lucrezia Chianello received the news that she and freshmen Ethan Farnsworth, Sara Villecco and Vishal Patel won the Coca-Cola Aspiring Filmmaker’s Contest, she thought it was a scam....

Hope is greater

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:55:01 -0400

By: Rayna Costanzo

Relay for Life raises $14,000 more than last year

With more than 700 participants and 77 registered teams, Loyola’s annual Relay for Life fundraiser earned $14,000 more in donations this year compared to last year....

Volunteers bring magic to children in hospitals

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:46:15 -0400

By: Mari Grigaliunas

After building a reputation at Rush Children’s Hospital as a magician, Mike Walton performed for a 12-year-old boy. Whenever Walton presented the child with the opportunity to make a choice, such as picking a hand or card, the boy blinked his respon...

Money deters students from studying abroad

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:36:00 -0400

By: Anna Heling

Though many Loyola students want to study abroad, they are finding that money and the classes they need to take for their majors are making it difficult to do so. ...

USGA president stresses financial transparency

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:31 -0400

By: Adeshina Emmanuel

Loyola’s student government president, Tony Catalano, wants to increase the transparency of how the Division of Student Development uses revenue from a fee it charges full-time students every semester, and he wants students to have more power ...

LU Jesuits respond to Church scandal

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:11:48 -0400

By: Sean Connolly

The Catholic Church has received much criticism recently about the way alleged sex abuse cases were handled by top bishops....