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Forum attracts few students, little feedback provided to improve dining services

       Very few students were present at Loyola’s Student Dining Forum this past Wednesday in McGuire Hall West. Loyola Dining staff held the panel to receive feedback from students concerning the adequacy, efficiency and satisfaction of the dining services. Full story

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Holocaust escapee tells story with ‘tenacity and perseverance’

  Holocaust survivor Leo Bretholz came to speak to Loyola students on Tuesday, April 17, in the AWSC 4th Floor Programming Room. Bretholz was a passenger on train No. 42 from Drancy, France traveling to Auschwitz during World War II, although Bretholz never made it there. Full story

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Community News: Classics class extends their curriculum to include service to the community

  Service-learning stretches to the Classics department this semester with an option in a Latin 124 class. It is the first time a class in this department offers an opportunity like this.      Dr. Thomas McCreight is the professor of the class and has been talking to other departments for years about incorporating service-learning into his department. Full story

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Take Back the Night calls attention to prevalence of sexual assault in society today

       Last week, Loyola’s Take Back the Night Committee hosted the fourth annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week to spread awareness of a cause that is present, and sometimes unnoticed, among Loyola students. It was also a way to educate Loyola on the facts and myths of sexual assault, and to create a sense of love toward Loyola’s own who have been affected by sexual assault in various ways. Full story

Loyola joins in nation-wide retrospective of justice through Examen

       Justice is a common buzzword at Loyola, but what is the university doing to ensure that it is actually happening? This semester, Loyola is conducting a university-wide Institutional Examen to reflect on its justice mission and to see how members of the Loyola community view justice from their own perspectives. Full story

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  • Cards for Cares program connects social, entrepreneurial aspects of York Road Initiative

           Cards for Cares was started by a teacher at the Friends School, located up North Charles Street. Recently, a business plan for the program was composed by members of the Sellinger Scholars Program as their final project in their Sellinger Experience Class.

  • Invisible Children brings higher Kony awareness to Loyola

      We’ve all heard the name. On March 5, the name Kony went viral as the Invisible Children organization premiered their video, Kony 2012: Part 1. The launch of this video triggered an outpour of response, including both positive and negative criticism.

  • Fulbright grant gives Loyola senior the opportunity to teach abroad

                   Loyola student Emma Cogan received a Fulbright grant from the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs this March. She received an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) grant to teach English in Malaysia for 10 months starting in January 2013.

  • Student volunteers learn to challenge their expectations while working with athletes at Special Olym

           The Montgomery, Harford and Howard Counties of Maryland were represented at Loyola’s Fitness and Aquatic Center for the Special Olympics Maryland (SOMD) Loyola Aquatics Qualifier this past Saturday. The meet served as a chance to qualify for the State meet, which takes place at Towson University this upcoming June.

  • Attention called to Evergreen fundraising efforts

           Equipped with four tubs of free Rita’s Italian Ice and a board covered with the names of thankful Loyola students, the Student Philanthropy Council celebrated ForeverGreen Day by creating awareness about the philanthropic efforts of alumni at our university.

  • holocaust Holocaust escapee tells story with ‘tenacity and perseverance’

      Holocaust survivor Leo Bretholz came to speak to Loyola students on Tuesday, April 17, in the AWSC 4th Floor Programming Room. Bretholz was a passenger on train No. 42 from Drancy, France traveling to Auschwitz during World War II, although Bretholz never made it there.

  • Loyola joins in nation-wide retrospective of justice through Examen

           Justice is a common buzzword at Loyola, but what is the university doing to ensure that it is actually happening? This semester, Loyola is conducting a university-wide Institutional Examen to reflect on its justice mission and to see how members of the Loyola community view justice from their own perspectives.