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Opinion

Rep. Raymond Crews, R-Bossier City. Courtesy of Louisiana House. 

Opinion: Raymond Crews and his Republican colleagues are holding the state back

By Charlie Stephens June 4, 2022

Rep. Raymond Crews identifies as a conservative Christian. Or as I call him, a conservative extremist.  He doesn’t waste a moment trying to prove it by any means necessary. How might you ask? By...

Men cover a roof with tarps, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, a week after Hurricane Ida swept through the area. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Opinion: Louisiana braces for another active hurricane season. Residents shouldn’t go it alone

By Claire Sullivan June 1, 2022

June 1 marks the start of hurricane season, and with it, a renewal of anxieties for Louisiana residents yet to fully recover from the past two years of natural disasters. As some residents still sleep...

In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, Christina Condori joins a crowd of fast-food workers and their supporters in protest, while picketing outside of a McDonald's restaurant in Memphis, Tenn. Thousands of fast-food workers and their supporters have been staging protests across the country to call attention to the struggles of living on or close to the federal minimum wage. The push raises the question of whether the economics of the fast-food industry allow room for a boost in pay for its workers.

Opinion: Lawmakers defy interests of constituents, deny Louisianans a pay raise

By Claire Sullivan May 31, 2022

With the Legislature adjourning in less than a week, another year has passed with no pay raise for almost 200,000 Louisiana minimum wage workers. Republican lawmakers in the House Labor Committee killed...

Chuck. E. Cheese

Opinion: Chuck E. Cheese trauma is necessary for cognitive development

By Maddie Scott May 28, 2022

It’s summer. I’m 10 years old, and I hop out of my mom’s new 2012 Honda Odyssey and onto the sweltering asphalt of the Chuck. E Cheese parking lot. In my sweaty palm, I clutch a coupon...

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. President Donald Trump will order China’s ByteDance to sell its hit video app TikTok because of national-security concerns, according to reports published Friday, July 31, 2020. “We are looking at TikTok," Trump told reporters Friday at the White House. "We may be banning TikTok.” (AP Photo/File)

Letter from the Editor: The Reveille is now on TikTok

By Piper Hutchinson May 28, 2022

Through over a century of wars, hurricanes and pandemics, The Reveille has brought the LSU community the news it needs. Over the course of our history, The Reveille has transformed time and time again...

Signs encouraging citizens to sign a petition instituting the area of St. George as a city are arranged outside of Megan's Dress 2 the 9's Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

Opinion: St. George will hurt Baton Rouge; should be invalidated

By Charlie Stephens May 26, 2022

In October of 2019, voters in the southeastern portion of East Baton Rouge Parish—which includes Baton Rouge—voted to create a separate city named St. George after a petition drive put the...

LSU Reveille newsstand sits Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in front of the Journalism Building on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, LA.

Letter from the Editor: Introducing The Reveille’s investigative team

By Piper Hutchinson May 23, 2022

The leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade shocked the nation. It also prompted intense debate among journalists here in Louisiana. When The Advocate wrote “Chief...

FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo parade-goers carrying rainbow flags walk down a street during the LBGTQ Pride march in New York, to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. Democrats flooded Twitter and email inboxes this week with praise for the watershed Supreme Court decision shielding gay, lesbian and transgender people from job discrimination. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Opinion: Louisiana lawmakers punch down on LGBTQ community, ignore real issues

By Claire Sullivan May 21, 2022

Louisiana is a step closer to banning openly gay teachers than so-called conversion therapy. As lawmakers battle out bills at the Capitol, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is on display while intolerance spikes in...

Multiple mattress pads, furniture items and a mini fridge can be seen atop the "waste" of the South Hall's dumpster on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Opinion: Mass waste generated by freshmen moving out of dorms is avoidable and disappointing

By John Buzbee May 21, 2022

There’s an overwhelming amount of waste generated by the migration of freshman living in dorms to living elsewhere. Tragically, much of the waste could be avoided. Temporary dumpsters were filled...

Editor-in-chief Lara Nicholson smiles while standing next to fellow editor graduates Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at LSU in Baton Rouge, La. 

Letter from the Editor: After four long years and a pandemic, the Class of 2022 finally graduates

By Lara Nicholson May 20, 2022

I walked onto LSU’s campus scared, lost and confused four years ago as I navigated through crowds of students in the hot August heat, just like any other LSU student. And now, after 120 hours of...

A couple holds each other's hands on the way to class on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 on the University's campus.

Opinion: Dating in college has its benefits—with the right person

By Kate Beske May 12, 2022

There is a big stigma around dating in college. I've always heard that college is a time to have fun and be free, but you can do those things while in the right relationship. Though many incoming freshmen...

An LSU 2022 cap sits Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at LSU in Baton Rouge, La. 

Opinion: I’m not ready to leave college. Underclassmen, enjoy it while it lasts

By Lura Stabiler May 12, 2022

No one tells you how difficult leaving college is. The pressure is all on getting a job, maybe some kind of graduate school and moving on to the next chapter. But no one ever mentions how sad it is to...