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Opinion

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine vials sit in a Denver pharmacy on Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Opinion: LSU placates on COVID-19 vaccine yet again

By Claire Sullivan August 12, 2022

Breaking with other Louisiana public universities, LSU dropped its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for the fall semester. It’s a peculiar move, especially considering that the mandate...

Abortion-rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, July 4, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Opinion: University Administration’s silence on backsliding reproductive healthcare is deafening

By Charlie Stephens August 7, 2022

Following the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the university and its leadership has remained mum despite over half its student body being stripped of a fundamental right. That silence should be deafening for...

A student walks past the Student Health Center on Thursday, June 2, 2022.

Reveille’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Some tips for navigating campus

By Claire Sullivan August 7, 2022

We all remember what it was like to be a freshman with a million questions. The Reveille is hosting a freshman advice column series as the fall 2022 semester ramps up. You ask, and we'll answer. All you...

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder waits to hear results of votes in the Senate Chambers during a veto session in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Louisiana state senators have narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports. The vote came Tuesday on the opening day of the first veto session under the state's nearly 50-year-old constitution. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Opinion: Speaker Schexnayder may have saved tenure this time, but attacks on academic freedom won’t stop

By Charlie Stephens August 5, 2022

During this year’s legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers approved a task force to study tenure in state universities following a trend of similar legislation in other traditionally right-leaning...

An automatic door sits open on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, at the LSU Student Union on South Campus Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Letter from the Editor: What I learned as a disabled editor

By Piper Hutchinson August 1, 2022

Disabled journalists belong in the newsroom. I’m one of them. When I got my first job as a student journalist, I was scared. I was scared my disability would get in the way. I was scared that my...

A student studies in LSU Library on Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Reveille’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Four tips for getting through college classes

By Claire Sullivan July 31, 2022

We all remember what is was like to be a freshman with a million questions. The Reveille is kicking off its freshmen advice column series as the fall 2022 semester ramps up. You ask, and we'll answer....

John Kennedy

Opinion: Republican Legislators should focus on solutions, leave aside culture wars

By Charlie Stephens July 28, 2022

Louisiana has long been known for its political characters for better or worse. Throughout the state’s history, those figures were almost exclusively Democrats, but the tide has changed...

Abortion-rights activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, July 4, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Opinion: The Supreme Court is a radical Republican tool

By Charlie Stephens July 25, 2022

The politicization of the Supreme Court is nothing new given its slow but steady drift from neutral arbitrator to a Republican emergency kill switch for any law that doesn’t align with the party...

People line up their cars Jan. 30, 2022, in the parking lot for Street King BR's Caffeine and Octane car meet on Nicholson Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: It’s time to ditch car-centered city planning

By Claire Sullivan July 24, 2022

Anyone who’s walked down Highland Road won’t be too surprised to learn that Baton Rouge was named the fourth deadliest city for pedestrians in 2018. Crossing the street...

A Baton Rouge police officer watches the crowd of about 1,000 protesters march peacefully to the State Capitol on Sunday, May 31, 2020 during the protest of the death of George Floyd in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Opinion: Louisiana State Police needs to address deep-rooted problems

By Charlie Stephens July 17, 2022

Louisiana State Police have held a consistent presence in local news recently due in part to the widespread and wide-ranging problems at the state’s flagship law enforcement agency. In the days preceding...

college friends laughing together

Freshmen Advice: Making friends as an out-of-state freshman

By Claire Sullivan July 17, 2022

We all remember what is was like to be a freshman with a million questions. The Reveille is kicking off its freshmen advice column series as the fall 2022 semester ramps up. You ask, and we'll answer....

A beautiful PowerPoint title slide created inside of a PJ's Coffee by the wonderful and beautiful Maddie Scott.

Opinion: These are the top five best PowerPoint transitions and the trauma I associate with them

By Maddie Scott July 12, 2022

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat, write down an article idea and fall back asleep. The other night, I jotted down “rate PowerPoint transitions.” I have no memory...