1990s: Changing Culture
Association of Computing Machinery students, 1998
The introduction of a new mascot, LU Wolf, and Loyola University Chicago’s merger with its neighbor, Mundelein College, ushered in new changes to Loyola’s school culture. Institutional milestones such as the Civitas Child Law Center and the Loyola Cancer Center allowed Loyola to engage with its community in new ways. Through events such as the National AIDS Memorial Quilt display, Alcohol Awareness Week, the first debate on abortion, and a new mosque on campus, students shared their different cultures and engaged in larger worldwide conversations on race, religion, sexuality and reproductive rights. Amid rising racial tensions locally and abroad, students continued to organize and participate in local and national activist movements, organizing local rallies against US intervention in the Middle East and marching in national protests such as the Million Man March and the Latino March. While urging for change, Loyola University Chicago also took time to celebrate the richness of its existing cultural community with new traditions such as Ignatian Heritage Week and commemorations of the anniversaries of the Black World Studies Program and WLUW, Loyola’s radio station.
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