This past weekend “Parasite,” the comedy thriller directed by Bong Joon-ho, made history by becoming the first film in a foreign language to win Best Motion Picture, and first South Korean film to win an Oscar. Nominated for six awards, it won four including Best Original Screenplay and Best…
After the disaster that was the Iowa caucuses, maybe the U.S. needs to evaluate how we conduct elections.
The freedom of student press is essential to holding our University accountable for its actions and the actions of its community members.
We are living in an America that is more divided than ever before. While the president and Republicans called their Democratic opponent in the 2016 election “crooked,” on the other side, liberals such as Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.”
The University exemplified its Ignatian values while the country was watching.
Perhaps students at the University of Florida (UF) thought their tuition money was safeguarded before it was uncovered that the university spent $50,000 of mandatory student fees to host Donald Trump, Jr. and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, on their campus this past October. This, predic…
Every time it happens we wonder, “why do innocent people keep dying?” Maybe instead, we need to be reminding each other that gun violence has to end, and actually take proactive steps to prevent more members of our communities from being murdered.
We at the Loyolan have made our fair share of mistakes. Everyone has. It’s part of being human. We will not apologize, however, for journalism that is accurate, relevant and responsible — even if it makes people uncomfortable.
Forrmer President Barack Obama, a figurehead of the Democratic party in the U.S. under the Trump administration, recently challenged the concept of being woke at a Chicago event for his foundation, according to The BBC.
The Loyolan would like to wish our University community a happy Halloween! As we celebrate Halloween this week, we must also consider the real horrors we are currently facing in California.
“I’’m here today because I believe we must continue to stand for free expression,” said Mark Zuckerberg at a large event at Georgetown University last week. The event, according to a post by the Facebook co-founder, was an “unfiltered take on how I think about these questions [of free expres…
Our leaders over at ASLMU are attempting something that has not successfully been done before: providing the LMU community with free period products in on-campus restrooms.
As the school year gets tougher with midterms, jobs and more midterms, we need to make sure that we are taking care of ourselves and looking out for those around us. Schedules are packed, schoolwork is intense and having social life seems impossible. It can be easy to forget about your physi…
School newspapers serve as an incredible place for college students to gain practical experience in journalism and all that comes with it. Working on a relatively small scale with short deadlines and relevant stories provides us with skills that we can take with us later in life. For some st…
In his 1697 poem “The Mourning Bride,” William Congreve wrote, “heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.” Sixteen-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg is an angry young woman reminding us all that we, too, should be angry about the state …
“Make Liberals Cry Again,” reads one popular (unofficial) bumper sticker of Trump’s 2020 campaign. “I’m anti-Trump because I’m anti-stupid” reads another bumper sticker, this time for the left.
The case of a Harvard international student, Ismail B. Ajjawi, being detained, interrogated and denied entry into the United States stunned many last week. As a university where 10.3% of the student population is international, this is an issue we cannot afford to ignore.
James Martin, S.J. said, “99 percent of the ethical life is being kind to people.” By giving the class of 2023 this class motto, LMU offers its new students the first lesson of their collegiate years: compassion.