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RESIDENTS EVACUATING the Palisades Fire

Cubs Stories From The Fires

February 16, 2025

"I lived in the alphabet streets in the Palisades, and when I first received the evacuation alert there was no thought in my mind that it would ever reach my house. Slowly throughout the night, as my eyes...

NEW SCHEDULE DISPLAYED on students' PowerSchool

New Wednesday Schedule, Terrific Or Terrible?

MARCO AMES '27, CONTRIBUTOR February 16, 2025

When students came back from Holiday Break on Jan. 6, they were greeted with a late Christmas present of their own: a schedule change removing the recess period on Wednesday and replacing it with an earlier...

DRAKE SOSNOWSKI '27 EXHIBITING empty compost bin on campus

Loyola’s Composting Conundrum

LIAM SKILLINGS '26, CONTRIBUTOR February 16, 2025

An unchecked epidemic is growing in America: a third of the food produced for consumers ends up going uneaten and turned to waste. Loyola hasn’t been spared from this disease, with thousands of pounds...

PERUVIAN EXCHANGE STUDENTS REP Loyola gear around Los Angeles.

Los Hermanos Peruanos

GABRIEL PRUNIER HERMAN '26, FEATURE EDITOR February 16, 2025

After ski week, a group of high school students from Colegio San Jose, a Jesuit school in Arequipa, Peru, visited Los Angeles to immerse themselves in the daily life of Loyola High School students. During...

ELI HERNANDEZ POSES in the security office in Hayden Circle

Monthly Staff And Faculty Highlight: Eli Hernandez

GIACOMO AMMAZZALORSO '26, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF February 16, 2025

With the second semester well underway, the Loyalist feels it is imperative to recognize and celebrate the hard-working faculty and staff who work tirelessly to make Loyola great. This month's highlight...

AN ANONYMOUS STUDENT EXPLOITS ChatGPT for answers

Chat-GPT AI-n’t It Anymore

ETHAN DUMPER '27, CONTRIBUTOR December 15, 2024

For two years now, ChatGPT has tempted students and haunted teachers. While making learning more accessible for students, many have used ChatGPT unethically to do their work for them. While ChatGPT isn’t...

RILEY LANTIN '25 ATTACKS a rival base

Clash Of Cubs

MARCO AMES '27, CONTRIBUTOR December 15, 2024

Mobile games have exploded in popularity amongst the Loyola student body. Free, quick to download, and easy to play, these games can be enjoyed for minutes or even hours, which surely has led to their...

Switching From Pen To Keyboard With New Website

IGNATIUS DOHERTY '26, WEBMASTER December 15, 2024

When I first came to Loyola, I already had plans to expand The Loyalist to a digital platform. I saw the potential for an online news site as an opportunity to immortalize articles, modernize a century-old...

FRANK LICHTMAN '25 DRINKS 'hard' water

The ‘Hard’ Truth About Loyola’s Water

December 15, 2024

Loyola’s water isn’t what students think it is. In the first week of December, I conducted an investigation around campus by sampling from numerous water fountains in order to determine one goal: the...

SCHAEFFER WINS Head of Charles

The Bald Head Of Charles Regatta

HUDSON PETERS '27, CONTRIBUTOR December 15, 2024

The multifaceted Matthew Schaeffer, who has been working at Loyola for over 16 years, represents the athletic, academic and music communities at Loyola. You may have seen him orchestrating the music choir...

Windowpanes New Fall Edition

WINDOWPANES EDITORIAL STAFF November 24, 2024

https://issuu.com/loyolawindowpanes/docs/windowpanes?fr=sY2M5Njc5Mjc1NzU Loyola has always had an abundance of creative people. For our students and the rest of the world alike, the arts offer...

JULIAN ANGELO '27 ENLIGHTENING fellow club members on his beats wizardry

Remixing The Loyola Soundscape

UPTON TA-BEADLE '27, CONTRIBUTOR November 24, 2024

The new Loyola Music Production Club, where Cubs come to bond over music, is the latest feat of Loyola’s artistic outreach. Leaders Iskandar Arias ‘27 and Julian Angelo ‘27 hope to bring their passion...

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