As an aspiring journalist who embraces conversation and debate, I encourage everyone to express themselves where they see fit. This liberty is written in the governing document of our country, and I would...
Every year, nearly 10 million tourists flock to southern Louisiana to celebrate Mardi Gras. When they leave after a weekend of partying, drinking and eating, an average of 1,000 tons of trash stays behind.
The...
This Mardi Gras season, there were two heartbreaking deaths in New Orleans. Both were the result of unsafe parade practices. My heart goes out to the families and loved ones left behind by Joe Sampson...
This may sound overdramatic, but I think we broke love. Conditioned by generations of fairy tales, movies, sappy poems, pop songs and romance novels, modernity seems to have concocted itself a notion of...
Nicholson Gateway is touted as one of the premier places to live on campus, and for good reason. It is the newest apartment complex on campus, has fully-functioning facilities and rooms come fully-furnished...
As college campuses around the U.S. continue to grow in size, mental health resources on these campuses remain the same. In the past, these resources helped with issues such as homesickness and fatigue,...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the highly mythologized “college experience.” To this day, it eludes me.
As I approach the end of my third year at LSU, I’ve found myself questioning...
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and other peaceful protesters have become synonymous with the civil rights movement. The image of Martin Luther King Jr. and his echoing calls of “I have a dream”...
January marked exactly one year since I got my dog, Ollie. As a sophomore in college living in an apartment by myself, I knew I needed a companion.
Many people have different opinions about college...
Earlier in the semester, my Post-Colonial African History professor asked students to raise their hands if this was the first class they had taken on black history. There was a sea of multicolored hands...
On Jan. 23, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressed the participants of the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, which met at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, in a moving speech.
“Germany’s...
With F. King Alexander leaving the University and Thomas Galligan serving as interim president, the LSU community is left wondering who will take over as the University’s net leader. But one thing...
