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05/22/2025

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05/18/2025

As Commencement 2025 quickly approaches, some previous LMU graduates and former Loyolan staffers offer their thoughts and advice about graduation on the Bluff.

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05/16/2025

Just days away from graduation, I’ve revisited my college journal entries from move-in day to senior celebrations. The last four years of my life live somewhere between the lines of those seven journals, and I can finally see how every moment led me to where I needed to be.

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Just days away from graduation, I’ve revisited my college journal entries from move-in day to senior celebrations. The last four years of my life live somewhere between the lines of

05/16/2025

As I graduate college next week, I realize how much smarter I am than I was four years ago. That’s not in spite of some of my more embarrassing moments, but because of them. To try and fail means that you tried. Learning requires effort and care, and absolutely will not protect you from the failure and embarrassment that teaches you what not to do.

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I am way smarter than I was four years ago. That’s not in spite of some of my more embarrassing moments, but because of them.

05/15/2025

BLUFF: Ring! Ring! Is your refrigerator running? Here to pick up the phone and make you laugh with some of the most practical jokes in town, the Bluff says, “Prank you very much!”

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Bluff, here to prank whoever picks up the phone. Ring! Ring! Is your refrigerator running? Pranked!

05/15/2025

In an ode to LMU, senior reporter Olivia Palombo bids a final farewell to the people and the place that changed her life.

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05/14/2025

BREAKING: The University announced Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson as its undergraduate commencement speaker in an email to the LMU community sent on Wednesday, May 14. Brian Greene will speak at the graduate and Loyola Law School commencement ceremony.

Undergraduate commencement will take place on Saturday, May 17, while the graduate and Loyola Law School commencement will take place on Sunday, May 18. Both ceremonies will take place on Sunken Gardens.

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Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will speak at LMU’s undergraduate commencement this Saturday, May 17 on Sunken Gardens. Brian Greene will be the speaker for LMU’s graduate and Loyola Law School commencement.

05/14/2025

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05/14/2025

Since childhood, I have anchored my identity in planning techniques — from analyzing the menu pre-reservation, to following my daily to-do list, I am grounded by consistency. This orchestrated rhythm has driven my academic and professional life, making my adherence to the ""overarching plan"" the measuring stick for accomplishment and self-worth.

Except now, there is no plan. I am graduating a year earlier than I anticipated, with no concrete next steps. Up until now, I’ve had the privilege of consistent security. So what does life look like without the next accomplishment, the next thing to check off my list?

When I am experiencing these moments of overwhelming unease, I have found comfort in reflecting on the past three years. I would like to say I really took the reins of my college experience and made it my own, but there were so many unplanned moments that ended up defining my time as a student. Often, they were the most fulfilling.

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Up until my college graduation, I’ve had the privilege of consistent security. So what does life look like without the next accomplishment, the next thing to check off my list?

05/13/2025

BLUFF: As I prepare to study abroad in the fall, I realized I won’t be back on the Bluff until 2026. Therefore, it only felt right to own up to my wrongdoings committed on campus these past two years. And I thought to myself, what better place to ask for forgiveness than at the Sacred Heart Chapel?

As I prepare to study abroad in the fall, I realized I won’t be back on the Bluff until 2026. Therefore, it only felt right to own up to my

05/13/2025

I’m writing this letter to you all at midnight the night before it’s due. The organized chaos of the newsroom from a breaking piece that we published tonight — hence the midnight letter — is now gone. The office is concerningly quiet.

I didn’t think I would be graduating on this side of the desk in the editor-in-chief’s office. I joined the newsroom as the underdog, much like you all as you enter your first year on the Bluff. As an economics major and philosophy minor, the plan was never to stay at the Loyolan. But whether it was a calling, commitment or just pure love, I stayed.

Most people in the newsroom don’t know me without my “old-fashioned” planner. Yes, it’s twice the size of my computer. Yes, my day would combust without it. There would be no moving forward without my red-and-green-light lists for the day. So, as you all get your first planners for the first of your college years, take a look at my 29 do's and don'ts and start making your own list. One of the exhilarating things about coming in as the underdog is that it’s entirely up to you how you’ll move forward. Let’s do this.

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https://www.laloyolan.com/opinion/student_columnists/dear-class-of-2029-a-guide-to-your-freshman-year-at-lmu/article_42e5fd84-28bd-52b9-8ba7-08bd4260be5b.html

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