Today, Loyola ranks among the top 100 universities in the nation, and is in the midst of over $800 million in capital construction projects. In 2015, the university established Arrupe College, a uniquely structured work-study program designed to give low income students access to a Loyola education.
What is a Steeplejack? A steeplejack is a crafts person whose job involves scaling difficult to access or very high structures like steeples or industrial chimneys for their construction, maintenance, or safe demolition.
A time-lapse panorama of a rock climber abseiling off a climb. An abseil (/ËÃ¦bseÉªl/ or /ËÉËpzaÉªl/; from German abseilen, meaning to rope down), also called a rappel after its French name, is a controlled descent of a vertical drop, such as a rock face, using a rope. Climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection.