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Letters To The Editor

Rubble litters a street between smoldering buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

Letter to the Editor: Do not let the India-Pakistan conflict distract you from Gaza

By Zachary Chaney May 5, 2025

As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan, the world’s attention is shifting once again. News cycles will be dominated by images of border skirmishes and threats of war. But while another human...

LSU's Memorial Tower displays the time on Monday, March 20, 2023, on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Letter to the Editor: Academic freedom is under attack, and LSU isn’t fighting it

By Ashlyn Barclay April 28, 2025

President Tate and every other SEC university president continue to fail their students and faculty by disregarding the assault on academic freedom. On April 22, 2025, hundreds of universities signed...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry addresses members of the House and Senate on opening day of a legislative session, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024.

Letter to the Editor: In Louisiana’s 2025 session, GOP state legislators follow national party’s lead

By Matthew Pellittieri April 23, 2025

This year’s state legislative session started on April 14. Legislators prefiled hundreds of bills—some of them good, many of them terrible, and plenty of them just plain ineffective. Louisiana Republicans...

President Donald Trump speaks at the America First Policy Institute agenda summit on July 26, 2022.

Letter to the Editor: U.S. citizens must reject Trump’s agenda

By A. Ravi P. Rau April 22, 2025

Congress and the President are politically elected branches of the government. The judiciary, the free Press and universities play equally important roles in the health of a nation. Indiscriminate assaults...

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry speaks during a press conference Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La.

Letter to the Editor: Gov. Landry has always stood up for Louisiana and its people

By Ethan Vogin March 4, 2025

This publication is no stranger to criticism of the leaders of this state and our great nation. In my inaugural op-ed, I wrote about the great strides President Trump has made in his first month in office....

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, July 28, 2023.

Letter to the Editor: Donald Trump is doing everything I voted for

By Ethan Vogin February 27, 2025

Yes, I voted for President Trump, and no, I do not regret my vote. President Trump’s 2020 campaign slogan of, “Promises Made Promises Kept” was created 5 years too early. In about a month, the President...

Letter to the Editor: Why LSU Mental Health Services should prioritize proven treatments for students

Letter to the Editor: Why LSU Mental Health Services should prioritize proven treatments for students

By Ashlyn Runk February 26, 2025

I am writing to express my concerns about ongoing practices at the LSU Mental Health Service (MHS), particularly regarding the allocation of resources and the misalignment between available scientific...

Letter to the Editor: Landry’s attacks on the law center expose its students’ deficiencies

Letter to the Editor: Landry’s attacks on the law center expose its students’ deficiencies

By Kristen Graham-Winkles February 19, 2025

I’m a 1st year law student at LSU. Not your typical- I started here in East Laville in 2006 as a biology major. Two (what I consider successful) careers, 4 kids, one life-altering personal trauma, and...

Opinion: A letter to white women from a white woman

Opinion: A letter to white women from a white woman

By Brooke McCoy February 3, 2025

Dear White Women, Does your outrage only extend to where your comfort ends? Recently, I’ve noticed an increase in social media posts made specifically by cis-het white women on Facebook, Instagram,...

Sonya Barlow, right, CEO of Like Minded Females Network, speaks to Rebekah Ingram, her intern, at White Mulberries, a coffee shop in London, Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021.

Letter to the Editor: Navigating Internships and the Role of Industry Experience

By Cecilia Shahrdar December 6, 2024

Hello, LSU Tigers! Many of us know the importance of hands-on experience, and internships are one of the best ways to dive into a potential career. Internships allow you to learn directly from industry...

LSU President William F. Tate IV listens to Todd Manuel speak Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at a Faculty Senate meeting within the Woods Auditorium on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Letter to the Editor | President Tate’s salary bonus incentives prove LSU is an athletics first institution

By A. Ravi P. Rau September 25, 2024

Here we go again, further proof and branding of LSU as an athletic, not academic, institution. The Board of Supervisors will give a high six-figure bonus to President Tate atop his already million-dollar...

apple vs spotify

Letter to the Editor: Streaming is killing songwriters

By Brandon LaGrone July 8, 2024

A songwriter walks into a bar and starts chatting with the bartender. The bartender asks, "How's the music business treating you?" The songwriter replies, "Well, let's just say I'm still waiting for my...