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Black and white photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan
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Color photo of an American flag and a Nasa mission patch presented to the University after they flew on the maiden voyage of the Columbia Space Shuttle. A letter from NASA that accompanied the flag and patch.
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Pamphlet mailed to freshman in 1988 called How to Survive Freshman Year. Includes cover and 4 internal pages that give a list of what freshman should bring with them according to upper classmen.
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Page form the media guide for the Athletics Department about the men's basketball team making it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Playoffs
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Newspaper article with photographs by Sean Reilly.
The "Kissin' Close-up Games" was a kissing contest held by the brothers of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and the sisters of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority, which raised over $2600 for the Eaaster Seals Society on Friday, Feb. 10, 1984. According to the article, this was "the largest to date in these nationwide competitions." Over 20 couples participated, and the event drew a crowd of over 400 people. Couples obtained pledges to raise money for the event. The "Campus Hotlips" title winners, Shannon McCole and Joe Britz portrayed Adam and Eve in the top right photo, with an apple for a prop.
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Blue flyer for Hillel meetings and events on campus from 1987
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Collage of two programs for events put on in the 1980s by the LUASA and The Black Cultural Center: The Black Cultural Fair 1987 (lavender) and the Soul Food Fest '86 (yellow)
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Yellow poster advertising a symposium on human rights held on Loyola's campus in the 1980s. In the illustration, several people kneel and hold various objects, including a cross and a flag reading "Freedom." Topics included South Africa, the Philippines, and Central America. The symposium was held on two days (Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1985) in the Crown Center Auditorium on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.
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A collage of photos taken during the filming of Flatliners on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus.
2 photos of the actors and film crew, including Keifer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, and William Baldwin, and 2 photos of campus buildings (Cudahy Library and the Jesuit Residence) altered for use in the film.
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Lanetta Burnett stands at a podium and speaks during the 1984 Loyola Law School Street Law Competition. About seven other participants sit at tables along the wall. As part of the Law School Street Law Project, Loyola law students taught high schoolers legal skills and held a mock court competition.
Item 1: Full Image
Item 2: Cropped version
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Actor William Baldwin (left) and writer Peter Filardi (right) converse with each other. Behind them is a long table at which several individuals are seated. Several other standing individuals can be seen milling around.
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This is the first page of an article entitled "Blood and Fire" published in PACE, a Mundelein student publication. Kathy D. Stephens wrote about the unique challenges she faced in her double minority status as an educated, Black woman and MuCuba's (Mundelein College United Black Association) important role in guiding her through those challenges. This page also features the side profile portrait of an individual looking away from the camera.
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Two people participate in a self-defense class held by Loyola's Women's Center.
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A student in a jacket and jeans operates the controls of an arcade video game as another student by their side looks on. There are also three other students playing arcade video games in the background.
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A collage of two photos taken on March 27, 1980 of the Loyola English Department's Third Annual Festival of Chicago Poets. The left photo depicts attendees talking to each other, while the right photo is of Dennis Brutus, a celebrated South African poet, as he speaks at a podium. Brutus was in exile from the apartheid government of South Africa, and was best-known for his efforts as co-founder of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC) to keep South Africa from being able to enter the 1968 Olympics due to their racist policies. Brutus was one of several well-known poets to attend the festival, along with an open mic session and the "Los Otros" youth poetry collective, which featured mostly Black and Hispanic youth poets from Chicago who wrote about experiences living in the city.
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This article by Ken Traisman discusses the Third Annual Festival of Chicago Poets to be held on Thursday, March 27, 1980 at the Loyola Lake Shore Campus by the English Department. The article gives the schedule of readings and receptions, along with several excerpts of poems and brief biographies of the readers. In addition to an open reading, attendees wolud hear from Galway Kinnell, Dennis Brutus, Haki Madhabuti (Don L. Lee) and Martha Friedberg, along with others unnamed.
The article mentions that Dennis Brutus was exiled from South Africa for his vehement criticism of racism. Madhabuti, who began writing in the 1960s, felt that black people should write poetry specifically about the black experience, drawing upon "street language," jazz, and black-created art. "The Chicago-based Los Otros Poetry Collective is an uninhibited predominantly young group. The poets are mostly blacks and Hispanics who often write about experiences in the city."
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A poster printed on pink paper depicts two hands touching index fingers, advertising a free public lecture following the murders of clergy in El Salvador. The text reads:
"get in touch
with
EL SALVADOR
EYEWITNESS from EL SALVADOR
Father Peter Hinde + Sister Betty Campbell who spent 4 months in El Salvador last year working closely with two of the American nuns who were murdered there will speak at LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HUSSEY LOUNGE - 10th fl. DAMEN HALL
4 PM - MONDAY - October 12th.
FREE Public Lecture - sponsored by LOSPES
[LOYOLA ORGANIZATION in SOLIDARITY with PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR]
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A poster printed on red paper advertises the April 11, 1985 "Loyola Day," when students "have decided that they will band together to show their mutual disgust with the policies of the South African government towards the blacks of that country. If you are interested please meet with us at 11:30 Thurs. by Santa Clara Lounge. The actual march will be at 444 N. Michigan Ave."
The illustration depicts a crowd of black and white protestors holding signs.
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A two-page spread of mostly photos commemorates the 1985 Loyola Ramblers Men's Basketball Team, including action shots, scenes of celebrating crowds, and one player sitting on the basketball hoop.
The text describes the team's season, including two record-setting games and their achievement of making it to the NCAA playoffs.
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This is a comic depicting the silhouette of a musician performing on a guitar onstage as a large audience listens.
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This article has details on the approaches the Loyola Student Heath Service took to provide students with resources to learn about and deal with the AIDS epidemic.
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This article covers the recent legal developments relating to gay rights and argues that the row of the government is not to legislate sexual behavior if it harms no one, but rather, to determine whether all Americans deserved protection under the constitution.
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This article details the city-wide celebrations in Chicago after the Chicago Bears' 1986 Superbowl victory. Some revellers fell ill or developed minor injuries after the celebrations due to the below-zero wind chill index or shouting too much.
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Five individuals, each wearing a shirt with a letter of the word "Bears", have their arms around each other as they celebrate the Superbowl victory of the Chicago Bears at Daley Center in Chicago.
The caption reads: "Fans 'bear' it all at the Daley Center on Monday."
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Four individuals wearing helmets hold up a large section of the wreckage of the space shuttle, Challenger. The American flag can be seen on a part of the wreckage.
