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A lot of people commute to Loyola. Some do this via the El or CTA buses. Others drive. I did all of these. Riding a bus to school is very dangerous if you're a dude, especially if you've just woken up.

The friction from the road is somehow intensified as it comes up through the tires and into your seat causing a condition I call "extended morning exhaustion." It sucks when you're riding the bus half asleep, recalling some dream you just had and then you find it's your stop. I switched to the el for this reason.

Taking the el to Loyola is not bad at all. Loyola has its own El stop equipped with a Dunkin Donuts (score!) and a limited menu Mcdonalds.

The el will take you to Loyola from all over the city. The only problem I ever had was when my train ran over someone and was delayed two hours. I felt lucky to have such an airtight excuse for missing classes, but it's too bad someone needed to die for that to happen. If I ever perish in a freak accident, I just hope it excuses a few people from their school or work.

If you live someplace inaccessible by bus or El, you may want to drive to school. There is actually a lot of street parking if you drive around the side streets. I spent a couple of semesters commuting this way, never had to pay for parking once and never got any tickets. If you don't mind paying for it, there's also a parking garage on campus.

If you're in your car driving around Rogers Park, when you're looking for parking for example, tune into WLUW 88.7. Loyola has an incredible college radio station that plays a great variety of underground music.

WLUW is really one of the gems of the school. In fact, I live in California and when I tell people in the music community that I went to Loyola-Chicago, they sometimes ask if I was involved in WLUW. I wasn't, although they played one of my songs a couple times, which was really nice. If you go to Loyola and are into interesting music, I recommend you get involved in college radio. I didn't and look at me. I'm a wreck.

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