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Opinion: Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling is ruining our country

By Grant Wilkinson November 11, 2019

In a landmark victory for corrupt politicians and the benefactors of the flaws in capitalism, the Supreme Court came to a decision on Jan. 21, 2010, in the case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission....

FILE - In this June 20, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington. The Supreme Court is adding an abortion case to its busy election-year docket. The justices have agreed to take up a Louisiana law that could leave the state with just one clinic. The justices won’t hear arguments until the winter. A decision is likely to come by the end of June. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Citizens United deserves its First Amendment right

By Brett Landry November 11, 2019

In the narrowly-decided landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled U.S. corporations have First Amendment rights equal to those of the individual. While such...

WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards (copy)

Opinion: Cancel Culture is dangerous and ineffective

By Cory Koch November 10, 2019

Cancel Culture is dangerous to the ideals of growth and forgiveness. Cancel culture, call-out culture and outrage culture are all names for the same concept. This concept can be defined as the public shaming...

LSU drag: A true example of Tiger pride

Opinion: LSU drag show beneficial to LGBTQ community

By Jasmine Edmonson November 10, 2019

The University’s drag show broke attendance records this semester, and I couldn’t be more happy for Baton Rouge’s LGBTQ community. “Divas’ Live 4: A Drag Show”...

An LSU student holds a Juul in the Quad on Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2019.

Opinion: Legal drinking and smoking age should be at 18

By Cécile Girard November 6, 2019

Over the last five years, 18 state legislatures across the U.S. voted to raise their legal smoking age from 18 to 21. In May 2019, Louisiana nearly followed suit, but lawmakers rejected a bill to raise...

Civil engineering graduate student Binod Nepal died on Sept. 27 after suffering critical injuries from a Sept. 23 collision on Burbank.

Opinion: LSU needs more scholarship opportunities for international students

By Jasmine Edmonson November 6, 2019

The University needs a scholarship program specifically for international students and should raise the stipend these students receive.  Unfortunately, the death of civil engineering graduate student...

No amount of shopping can lead to true "self-care"

Self care should go deeper than a face mask

By Shelby Bordes November 6, 2019

In a recent episode of “How To Get Away With Murder”, I saw two main characters wanting to get away from the drama in their lives and do some “self-care.” The next scene shows them...

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

Opinion: LSU did not deserve to win seventh Diversity Award

By Jasmine Edmonson November 5, 2019

The University received its seventh diversity award by a publication that has been honoring this flagship school with a prestigious award it doesn’t deserve since 2012. INSIGHT Into Diversity is...

LSU Tiger Stadium lights up the field on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, at Louisiana State University.

Opinion: LSU downloadable student ticket system slow and ineffective

By Cory Koch November 2, 2019

Tiger Stadium’s new student entry system is ineffective and must be changed or abandoned. The University recently changed the procedure for football tickets and game entry from swiping an LSU ID...

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Opinion: Life skills class at LSU would benefit all students

By Cecile Girard October 31, 2019

By the end of a typical first year at the University, most freshmen have learned some important things about living alone: their favorite bar in Tigerland, the most efficient way to cross campus, where...

Toxic masculinity does not refer to truly masculine men

Opinion: Toxic masculinity does not refer to truly masculine men

By Brett Landry October 31, 2019

The virtues of classical masculinity have been ruined by the new term “toxic masculinity,” a term used by social justice groups for their inaccurate ideas of masculinity in order to lay the...

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Opinion: Your Halloween costume should not be someone else’s cultural identity

By Gabrielle Martinez October 30, 2019

A Native American, a Geisha and a Mexican all walk into a bar. What is the joke? They’re all actually white.With today being Halloween, it is once again that time of the year where Twitter users...