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Letter to the editor: Sad day for LSU, Naquin, Gruver; Time to look at hazing from every angle

By Victoria McFadden November 21, 2019

Today is a very sad day at LSU. It is a sad day for Matthew Naquin and his family, and it is a day to remember the loss of Max Gruver. Some are celebrating the five-year maximum prison sentence of Naquin...

The Student Health Center rests at its location on LSU's campus on Monday, April 2, 2018.

Letter to the Editor: Don’t get caught up in stress of holiday season, take care of yourself

By Stephen Gray November 21, 2019

The energy on campus is palpable. LSU defeated Alabama in football for the first time since 2011. Thanksgiving and Christmas are around the corner. Before we know it, we will be tipping back our eggnog...

abortion pro choice

Letter to the editor: Let’s work together to ensure abortion is utilized as seldom as possible

By Frederick Bell October 24, 2019

To begin, I’m a cisgender male who will never have the full responsibility of abortion on my shoulders, but I do have the full responsibility to fight and use my voice when necessary. Now, more than...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks at the lectern as the Press Club of Baton Rouge hosts a forum for the three gubernatorial candidates Monday Sept. 23, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, faced his two Republican challengers, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, , right at table background, who has represented Louisiana's fifth congressional district since 2015, and businessman Eddie Rispone, of Baton Rouge, left at table background. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

Letter to the editor: Louisiana needs a governor who will advocate for students

By Sean Ji October 2, 2019

Dear Editor, As a Louisiana native and a graduate of LSU, I am extremely concerned with the $233.3 million cut to the TOPS program that Gov. John Bel Edwards proposed. Not only was he planning to cut TOPS...

LSU athletic director Scott Woodward is introduced to the crowd during the Tigers' 5-3 victory over Lamar on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Alex Box Stadium.

Letter to the editor: Woodward decision to end transfer-fund policy is best for LSU

By Scott Burns September 18, 2019

Dear Editor, In its Sept. 4 editorial, the Reveille editorial board argued that athletic director Scott Woodward’s decision to end the $7 million annual transfer-fund policy displayed “LSU’s...

Free Speech Alley is located directly in front of the LSU Student Union on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019.

Letter to the editor: “Education should not be a commodity to be meted out by the fortunate”

By Golden G. Richard III September 18, 2019

Dear Editor, The opinion piece on free college tuition by Draven Coleman raises important points about the K-12 educational arena, and there's no question that there's room for improvement in this area....

LSU President F. King Alexander gives a speech during LSU's 2018-19 Student Government inauguration on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, near Memorial Tower.

LSU President F. King Alexander: “We can all play a vital role in eradicating hatred, bigotry and prejudice”

By LSU President F. King Alexander September 11, 2019

When our football team hosted Georgia Southern two weeks ago, a student allegedly directed an offensive racial slur at a group of peers while they were seated in the student section. I am saddened and...

Tureaud Hall

Letter to the Editor: The unsent letter: After six decades, revisiting the unfair treatment of AP Turead

By Clare Coss, Class of 1957 September 8, 2019

March 8, 2019 Dear Editor, This letter is decades overdue. I first wrote it in the fall of 1953 but was scared to send it in. My freshman year, pledged to Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, seen as a “Yankee”...

The Student Health Center rests at its location on LSU's campus on Monday, April 2, 2018.

Letter to the Editor: People should get tested for STIs, educate themselves before contracting them

By Jordon Smith April 26, 2019

In recent years, many states across the country have decreased their STD rates. As a country, we have continued to decrease the incidence rates of gonorrhea and syphilis. Although we have advanced dramatically...

LSU's campus is riddled with many warnings of towing enforcement during school hours around campus on Sept. 12, 2017.

Letter to the Editor: Towing vehicles unnecessary when students pay for permits, numerous fees

By Tammia Marcano April 25, 2019

It is quite frustrating as a University student that cars are being towed on a campus for which a parking permit is mandated.  For the year 2018-19, freshmen students are required to live on campus,...

Barnes & Nobles bookstore on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2016.

Letter to the Editor: ‘Open Education Resources’ key to reshaping textbook market

By Charlie Spring April 19, 2019

In response to the previously submitted "Letter to the Editor" regarding underutilized textbook resources, there is no question that the outrageous price of textbooks imposes an undue burden on students....

Actor duo William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman recently came under fire for their role in the admissions scandal. Huffman is one of 50 people charged in the sweeping college admissions scandal, in which wealthy parents allegedly cut fat checks to have their children falsely certified as athletic recruits at fancy colleges and universities, or to facilitate cheating on the SAT and ACT exams.

Letter to the Editor: Journalists should stop promoting generalizations about white people

By Arthur Richter March 26, 2019

As I read the article by Olivia James in the March 20 edition of The Reveille, I was very disappointed that she chose to lump all white people as privileged and all black and brown people as disadvantaged....