Skip to Main Content
The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

Opinion

Students and community members gathered at the Memorial Tower Monday, July 11, for a Unity Prayer following the weekend's Alton Sterling protests.

Opinion: Terrible 2016 shouldn’t ruin hope for 2017

By Cody Sibley December 1, 2016

We’re finally one month away from the end of 2016 and only one week away from the end of the semester. Thank God. I don’t think I’m alone in saying 2016 was an actual dumpster fire with...

Holistic Life Foundation meditation

Opinion: Meditation could be effective discipline alternative in schools

By Jay Cranford November 30, 2016

We have a discipline problem in our public schools. A 2016 U.S. Department of Education report found 2.8 million K-12 students received one or more out-of-school suspensions. On the surface, this seems...

LSU student Kaitlyn Calais stops by the SAB's Painting on the Geaux session to take a break and make some art on Nov. 15, 2016 at Free Speech Circle just in front of the LSU Student Union.

Opinion: Art should be made more available because it can be therapeutic

By Myia Hambrick November 30, 2016

I remember a time when art was my favorite class of the day, but the availability of art in public schools has drastically decreased. Although it is important to provide education in the STEM fields, art...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled Central Park West in New York on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, demanding "system change not climate change." 

Opinion: Louisianians need to recognize, address climate change as threat to New Orleans

By Clarke Perkins November 30, 2016

Are you aware that New Orleans is projected to be submerged by 2100? There have been some thoughts on prevention tactics, but with a future president who fails to educate himself on the cruel facts of...

Fidel Castro embraces cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on June  26, 1961.

Letter to the Editor: Fidel Castro column disrespectful, uninformed

By Javier Fernández November 30, 2016

I believe that one’s opinion is important. It is the simplest of way of expressing our thoughts, and even though some opinions may be more controversial than others, it is amusing to see how disrespectful,...

Fidel Castro embraces cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on June  26, 1961.

Opinion: Castro’s reformist legacy criticized unfairly by Western world

By Anjana Nair November 29, 2016

The day has finally come that the CIA has been waiting for since the Bay of Pigs invasion – Fidel Castro is dead. Some know him as the evil dictator who oppressed the Cuban people for 47 years, and...

Hillary Clinton takes a break from conjuring spells in the woods to enjoy a scalding black cup of coffee.

Satire: Dejected, pagan Hillary Clinton takes to woods for soul-searching

By John Gavin Harp November 29, 2016

Nearly three weeks after suffering a surprising loss in the Presidential Election, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has retreated to the woods surrounding her estate in Chappaqua, New York. Sources close...

Letter to the Editor: Reveille disregards conservative students, opinions

By Christopher Godail November 29, 2016

Apocalypse now. It’s here — or so The Daily Reveille and the majority of its columnists would lead you to believe. I’ve read the school’s daily paper since I became a student last...

Governor Mike Pence speaks at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

Opinion: P.E.N.C.E. bill could protect LGBTQ from harm of conversion therapy

By Jordan Marcell November 28, 2016

Current vice president-elect Mike Pence is a known advocate of the institutional practice of conversion therapy. Patrick Burke, on the other hand, a legislator in Buffalo, New York, is by no means a proponent...

A shooting took place at Ohio State University Nov. 28.

Opinion: Violent attacks on college campuses disrespect purpose of higher education

By Ryan Thaxton November 28, 2016

Monday morning, news broke of a shooter on Ohio State University’s campus. Eventually it was confirmed that the attacker used only his car and a butcher knife to attack students, creating a scene...

masculinity

Opinion: Masculine ideals difficult to achieve, harmful to men’s lives

By Kevin Yau November 22, 2016

Everyone around us — our peers, teachers, parents and the media — teach us gender roles and expectations every day, and we usually take them for granted. From how we dress to what we think,...

Head to Head: Ugly origin of Thanksgiving justifies early Christmas celebration

By Brianna Rhymes November 22, 2016

The first day of fall is always one of the most exciting days of the year because its coming means “Hallothanksmas” is finally upon us. But if I’m being honest, it may as well be “Hallomas.” Aside...