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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...

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Opinion: Being selfish isn’t always a bad thing, it’s a part of self-preservation

By Lindsay Bickham March 31, 2023

To feel selfishness is one of the most natural feelings a human being can have.But despite it being such a natural instinct, it’s often suppressed. Everyone has a natural tendency to act selfishly...

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Opinion: If Trump was arrested, he would’ve become a reality TV prison gang leader

By Frank Kidd March 29, 2023

Editor’s note: The following column is satire.Donald Trump’s claim that he would be arrested last Tuesday never came to fruition, but it did create speculation on what it would look like if...

Candace Owens speaks to the room on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in the Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

Head to Head: Candace Owens’ visit demonstrates respectful engagement of opposing views

By Isabella Albertini March 27, 2023

Over the past few years, the mainstream media has over-polarized our perception of liberals and conservatives, discouraging dialogue and making it seem impossible to understand each other. But Candace...

Candace Owens reaches out on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in the Student Union in Baton Rouge, La.

Head to Head: Candace Owens is a performance artist; conservatives deserve better

By Benjamin Haines March 27, 2023

Last Tuesday night, LSU’s Student Union Theater felt much like Tiger Stadium. There were standing ovations, t-shirt throws, screaming, manic fans, semi-obscene chants and people wearing their team’s...

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Opinion: From awful parking to weed’s odor, there’s so much to love about LSU

By Isabella Albertini March 24, 2023

Editor's note: The following column is satire.Several things are part of our shared experience as LSU students, and it truly wouldn’t be the same without them.From the unimaginable quantity of campus...

Day 3 of the Scholarship First bus tour included a Resiliency Tour in Lake Charles to view storm-affected areas with elected officials, local leaders, and LSU experts.

Opinion: President Tate’s ‘scholarship first’ agenda fundamentally ignores LSU humanities

By Benjamin Haines March 24, 2023

A little over a year ago, LSU President William F. Tate IV announced a landmark campaign to reassert LSU as a prestigious state university through a “Scholarship First Agenda.” It promises...

Performers sing on stage at Fred's Bar in Tigerland on September 18, 2022.

Opinion: It’s OK if the best years of your life aren’t during college

By Lauren Madden March 21, 2023

The best years of our lives – that’s what we’re told college is supposed to be.The movies romanticize this misconception. Stories from our elders solidify it. Our four, or more, years...

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Opinion: Here’s a plan guaranteed to make future Oscars less boring than this year’s

By Frank Kidd March 20, 2023

Editor's note: The following column is satire.This year’s Academy Awards came and went with less attention than its former, which famously featured Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. The Academy struck...

Commuters wearing face masks walk along a street during the evening rush hour in the central business district in Beijing, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Opinion: ‘Follow the Science’ mentality was wrong about COVID-19 policymaking

By Benjamin Haines March 18, 2023

To discuss politics or current events is to engage with buzzwords, each of which signal a set of socially embedded meanings and subsequent emotions. Take “critical race theory,” for example;...

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Opinion: Women need to think as victors over oppression, not victims defined by it

By Isabella Albertini March 16, 2023

There seems to be a prevalent victimhood mentality surrounding womanhood in America today despite everything women have historically overcome.We are told women are at a disadvantage or a minority struggling...