In light of a series of recent mass shootings, it’s time for legislators to create laws to help reduce the number of gun-related tragedies in the U.S.
Seven people died and 25 were wounded in the...
The University should provide a free childcare system on campus for students who have children.As I sat in my economics class in Dodson Hall, I heard a baby crying. It wasn’t a very loud cry, but...
Given the god-tier levels of ineptness U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos displays on any given day, it seems unthinkable that any government official could top her ignorance on education. Enter Republican...
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...
On August 31, several University freshmen were attacked with racially charged and xenophobic comments in the student section of the first football game of the year. What is usually an exciting event for...
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”...
With college tuition costs rising and state funding for higher education diminishing, more and more young Americans are finding themselves burdened by crippling student loan debt.
Plans for free college...
The 2019 fall semester has started, with one week officially down. Students at the University are bustling around campus trying to make it to their classes on time. However, among this crowd of enrolled...
The safety of pedestrians is at high-risk on and around the University, and it’s time that action is taken to end the accident epidemic.
More than 41 pedestrians were hit by vehicles on or close...
Despite its reputation as a party drug for rich teenagers and Burning Man attendees, MDMA may soon find its way to your therapist’s office, and for good reason.
MDMA, more popularly known as ecstasy...
College can be as expensive as it is exhaustive, and while it is usually expected for people straight out of high school to attend university, it’s not the only option for recent graduates.
I’m...
The Baton Rouge Zoo has long stood as a staple in many childhood experiences. However, looking back as adults, the zoo is now more recognizable as a perfect representation of everything wrong with animal...
