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Opinion: No one is above the law, not even former President Trump

By Matthew Pellittieri April 18, 2023

Following weeks of anticipation, former President Donald Trump was arraigned April 4 in New York on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.In their Statement of facts, prosecutors...

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Opinion: Anti-Justin segregation plagues the Tennessee House of Representatives

By Frank Kidd April 17, 2023

Editor's note: The following column is satire.Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, the two Democratic state representatives who were expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for leading gun-reform...

President Tate speaks on Thursday, April 7, 2022, during the LSU Memorial Tower Museum ceremony on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Yes President Tate, LSU has a lot of good, but that doesn’t excuse the problems

By Benjamin Haines April 14, 2023

Last month, LSU President William F. Tate IV hit the airwaves on the New Orleans radio show Neutral Ground to discuss with its host, Kaare Johnson, whether or not LSU was capable of competing nationally...

A testing room sits empty in Johnston Hall Tuesday, March 21, 2023, on Field House Dr. on LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Students with disabilities deserve a better testing facility than Johnston Hall

By Jemiah Clemons April 12, 2023

Those with the privilege of testing in Himes Hall may not consider it a luxury, but compared to the facility students with disabilities use, it’s an academic utopia. The Himes Hall testing center...

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Opinion: No one’s life is picture perfect despite what appears on their social media

By Lauren Madden April 11, 2023

Social media is a double-edged sword. It allows us to keep up with the lives of people we care about while simultaneously leading us to believe that our lives must be picture perfect.As of January 2023,...

The Loyola sign sits atop a small mound on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, La.

Editorial Board: The Reveille condemns Loyola University’s treatment of student reporter

By The Reveille Editorial Board April 10, 2023

An hour south from our newsroom, Loyola University is trying to punish a student journalist for doing her job. We at the Reveille are no strangers to administrative pushback to our coverage, and we’re...

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Opinion: Twitter Blue and legacy checkmarks revoked worsens Twitter’s misinformation, ethics

By Frank Kidd April 8, 2023

Twitter recently declared it would begin removing the blue check marks from users and businesses that haven't paid for its new, premium service, Twitter Blue. The change was supposed to take place on April...

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Opinion: You’re the only you in the world; don’t take yourself for granted

By Lauren Madden April 5, 2023

I spy with my little eye something… important to this world. The likelihood of its existence is very small, approximately 1 in 102,685,000, according to an article by Business Insider, and it...

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Opinion: Christian nationalism is alive and well in the Louisiana State Legislature

By Matthew Pellittieri April 5, 2023

The United States is a secular country. This should not be a controversial statement, but there are those who assert that the U.S. is a Christian country for Christian people. They’re called Christian...

The Reveille logo adorns the newsroom wall on Monday, January 9, 2023, on LSU's campus. 

Letter from the Editor: The Reveille needs your support to continue providing substantive coverage

By Josh Archote April 3, 2023

The Reveille’s ability and freedom to continue providing substantive coverage of the LSU community hinges on our readers’ support. That’s why I’m asking you to donate to our fundraiser...

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Opinion: ‘Lucky girl syndrome’ is a tone-deaf fad that ignores privilege

By Lindsay Bickham April 3, 2023

If you’ve used TikTok at all in the past few weeks, I’m sure you’ve seen a fad called “lucky girl syndrome” rise in popularity. Lucky girl syndrome is a type of misleading...

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Opinion: Tipping culture strains service workers and customers; it needs to be abandoned

By Jemiah Clemons April 2, 2023

Have you ever gone to a restaurant, ordered your food and then been stared down by the waiter for a tip? That looming guilt you feel is a capitalism cocktail-garnished with societal pressure.Tipping is...