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Student protests erupted after Loyola University fired assistant professor R. Scott Heath, who is also the African American Studies director.

When students learned that the university declined to renew professor R. Scott Heath’s contract, they came together to ask questions and advocate for his return, calling his firing unjust.

English junior Crow Carson was choosing their fall 2023 courses when they realized that no classes were being taught by African-American studies professor Scott Heath, the only Black professor in Loyola’s English department. Initially, Carson said they thought Heath made the decision to leave Loyola, but later found out from a letter that Heath sent...

The Loyola chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America, along with other organizations, protested Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ House Bill 999 outside of the Danna Center on March 28. House Bill 999 prohibits state college funding and backing for courses and activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as limits on gender, queer,...