Considering the term’s origin stems from slang for anti-abolitionists in the 1860s, it’s ironic that the term “snowflake” has come to mean someone who is too sensitive, wrapped...
Last week, I saw the new Tyler Perry movie which had a large focus on the dirty laundry that goes on in so many families. No family is perfect, and every single one goes through its own struggles. At the...
Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech contains sentiments that will be eternally relevant. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a...
One of life’s biggest miseries is missing out on someone you love. It’s a slap to the face when this person lists everything he or she is looking for in a lover but fails to see this person...
Few university students actually pay for their Netflix account. If someone you know, whether a parent or significant other, is willing to share his or her account information, then you’re not going...
In October 2018, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan Markle announced their pregnancy, with the baby due sometime in Spring 2019. Since then, the public has zoomed in on the couple with a...
Being African American in a predominately white institution like LSU, I have noticed how separated students are from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. I have also noticed how easily people migrate...
As a means for increasing the potential for nuanced and informed conversation, social media can be the key for society’s continued advancement. There’s this amazing potential that platforms...
The Ku Klux Klan is still alive in America. Given the history the Klan has, it’s scary to realize America has not put this group in the ground. I should not have to say the KKK and confederate symbols...
Degree inflation, or academic inflation, is a phenomenon where “a degree becomes a requirement for more jobs while, at the same time, becoming an insufficient entry requirement to others." This...
I went to Catholic school my entire life until college. My ancestor built the first Catholic church in my hometown of Grand Coteau. I received four out of the seven Holy Sacraments. My mom teaches at a...
“Honestly looking in the mirror is a necessary bitch.” That’s what one AA member said at a meeting I attended this past summer. But, we don’t have to be full-blown alcoholics...
