Loyola University New Orleans

There is magic in New Orleans. Not the magic found in a Disney movie, or the magic shown in parlour tricks common in cities such as Las Vegas or Los Angeles, but a magic much more real and substantial: the magic of possibility. This realization dawned on me in the most abnormal way as I was watching a Disney movie. A girl in New Orleans spends her whole life idolizing her father and working towards the dream they shared together- owning their own restaurant. When her father dies, that dream they shared is what she holds onto to keep him alive in her memory. She works two jobs, takes care of her mother and saves up all her tips and odd cash so that she can purchase an abandoned, run down building by the waterfront. When she finally saves enough…

For this forum I will select my city law enforcement agency which is the New Orleans Police Department or better known as the N.O.P.D.. The history of the N.O.P.D. Dates back all the way to the 1790 's and even though during that time the agency had a different name (Guard Deville or City Watch) it was created by the Spanish Colonial Governor Baron de Carondelet due to the high crime level, and to help the military fight against crime (Sinclair). The N.O.P.D. Started very small by 1817 it only…

Partners The Eden House and Trafficking Hope believes in establishing partnerships with various organizations in order to appease the needs (medical, legal aid, awareness and outreach) of their clients. The Eden House and Trafficking has established partnerships with University Medical Center (UMC), Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, and Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Loyola University, New Orleans Dream…

necessary, adversely affected my academic performance in my early college years as I focused on having ‘typical’ college experiences. My focus appropriated when I started my upper division classes as the coursework became more demanding and relevant to what I enjoyed studying. Psychology courses in child and youth development drove me to take an education course for fun, which ultimately led to adding the minor. It was in these classes that I was first introduced to the school psychologist,…

With a vast variety of flourishing tourist attractions, New Orleans was a lively city located in the state of Louisiana, and neighbors Mississippi. Although there had been widespread natural disasters in the past, nothing could compare to the unforgettable tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. This devastating topic was chosen to be written about because of my fascination of such natural disasters, and admiration for people. My aspirations to become involved in the field of psychology in the future…

to Virginia in the 7th grade, we resided in Louisiana for about 7 years. We would travel to New Orleans very often for various sporting events that my siblings and I would participate in or we would go to watch the New Orleans Saints or the New Orleans Pelicans play. New Orleans has so much to offer that for all ages. Many people may think that New Orleans is only for adults but there are some kid-friendly things to do. Other than the crime in New Orleans, is not terrible city. The crime…

of this experience. The first couple of times I read the poem, I believed it to be about lost love through hardship. After briefly researching the author and her collections of poetry, it became clear that Hurricane Katrina and the events that followed heavily influenced the poem. In her statement for the New American Poetry of Engagement, Ford states that “Living in New Orleans before and just after Hurricane Katrina made the American government and its failure to protect and aid its citizens…

BEFORE THE STORM: On August 23, meteorologists examined hurricane Katrina on a radar and realized that a major storm was nearing. Quickly after finding this out, they informed many people in the gulf states about what was coming there way. New Orleans knew that they were at great risk for the most damage. Even though, some of the city rests above sea level, the normal elevation is six feet below sea level. Plus, to add to the lists of downfalls, New Orleans is almost fully locked in by…

The selling of the land caused France to come into a great deal of money. France declared land theirs past the Mississippi river in the early 1800’s, then after the French and Indian war, Spain owned the land west of Mississippi. Napoleon realizing that he needed to sell the land in order to make money to fight against the British, he made a treaty with Spain, in which Spain got a New Orleans, an important city port, while France got the remaining Louisiana Purchase. Napoleon knew that it was…

Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War would prove to be a challenging endeavor for the United States having to literally re-create an entire portion of the nation. This couldn’t be any closer to the truth in the case of New Orleans, where political reform and overhaul of its past principles, was a change that would come slowly and with a lot of time. One incident during the Reconstruction period that helps underline how hard these changes would be to achieve was the kidnapping of…