Loyola Magazine

From Fr. Frank Nash: Restoring the true meaning of Christmas

From Fr. Frank Nash: Restoring the true meaning of Christmas

Posted on Thursday, December 12th, 2013 at 11:27 am under Opinion

I am angry. Perhaps not the best way to start an Advent and Christmas letter. I am angry because on Oct. 15 the first Christmas shopping ads began appearing on television. I am even more angry that stores decided to open up on Thanksgiving Day. Our time to spend with family giving thanks is threatened by consumerism.

A Jesuit walked onto a college campus…

A Jesuit walked onto a college campus…

Posted on Sunday, December 8th, 2013 at 1:55 pm under Around Campus

“People who are in touch with God are joyful,” Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. told a crowded McGuire Hall on Dec. 7. “We need to get away from this idea that Jesus is always morose and dour and depressed.”

Professor, active in anti-apartheid movement, reflects on Mandela’s life

Professor, active in anti-apartheid movement, reflects on Mandela’s life

Posted on Friday, December 6th, 2013 at 8:34 pm under Around Campus

In 1993, Loyola University Maryland history professor Elizabeth Schmidt, Ph.D., met Nelson Mandela during his second U.S. tour after he was released from prison in 1990.

How to survive the holidays with extended family: gift giving

How to survive the holidays with extended family: gift giving

Posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 at 10:05 pm under Academics

Loyola Clinical Centers experts offer advice on how to fill your sleigh without straining family relations.

How to survive the holidays with extended family: grieving a loss

How to survive the holidays with extended family: grieving a loss

Posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 at 9:57 pm under Academics

La Keita Carter, Psy.D., a licensed psychologist, and Danielle LaSure-Bryant, Ed.D., a licensed clinical professional counselor, both from the Loyola Clinical Centers, offer advice on how to approach the holidays when a family is grieving.

How to survive the holidays with extended family: for college students

How to survive the holidays with extended family: for college students

Posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 at 4:03 pm under Academics

How will you survive being back under your parents’ roof during the holidays? And how will your parents survive you? Loyola Clinical Centers experts offer some advice.

How to survive the holidays with extended family: opting out

How to survive the holidays with extended family: opting out

Posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 at 3:44 pm under Academics

If facing the family gatherings is just too much this year, two Loyola Clinical Centers experts suggest that you may have some options.

How to survive the holidays with extended family: the conversations

How to survive the holidays with extended family: the conversations

Posted on Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 at 3:28 pm under Academics

We've all been there—trapped in a miserable conversation. And somehow it’s harder at the holidays when you’re talking to a relative you see once or twice a year.

How to survive the holidays with extended family: the gathering

How to survive the holidays with extended family: the gathering

Posted on Monday, November 25th, 2013 at 11:30 pm under Academics

That image in your mind of what your family gathering will look like…it’s a Hallmark commercial. And those warm and fuzzy moments will last about as long as it takes you to flip the channel.

The Loyola Connection

The Loyola Connection

Posted on Monday, November 18th, 2013 at 2:01 pm under Alumni

In February 2001, Megan Lynch O’Boyle, ’89, learned that her infant daughter, Shannon, had a rare genetic syndrome called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome.

11 ways to make Halloween less spooky for your child

11 ways to make Halloween less spooky for your child

Posted on Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 at 9:03 am under Academics

As Halloween approaches, La Keita Carter, Psy.D., director of the behavioral health and assessment services for the Loyola Clinical Centers, offers advice to parents on how to help the holiday cause more fun than fright.

Four-Star Event

Four-Star Event

Posted on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 at 8:52 pm under Around Campus

During his visit to Loyola University Maryland’s Reitz Arena on Oct. 22, Gen. Powell filled the second Hanway Lecture in Global Studies with humor and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.

Be Not Afraid

Be Not Afraid

Posted on Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 at 10:03 pm under Alumni

It was just an ultrasound. Tim and Sandy O’Connor Buck, ’87, were expecting their third child, and they had been sitting in the waiting room for hours. Finally she encouraged him to go back to work.

Greyhound Making Headlines

Greyhound Making Headlines

Posted on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 at 2:31 pm under Alumni

When Bob Cusack, ’92, was studying journalism at Loyola, a Baltimore Sun reporter came in to speak to one of his classes. The reporter told the students, “Only one of you, at most, will become a journalist.” Cusack thought to himself, “I want to be that one.”

Leading the Kings’ Court

Leading the Kings’ Court

Posted on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 at 8:27 am under Alumni

Two weeks before the start of the 2013-14 NBA exhibition season, new Sacramento Kings head coach Mike Malone, ’94, sits in his team office pondering a life that almost wasn’t.