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Elementary Valentine’s Day Cartoon

Opinion: Valentine’s Day was more inclusive, fun in elementary school

By Lura Stabiler February 13, 2022

There are a lot of things I miss about elementary school. I miss the school plays, show-and-tell, science fairs, nap time and recess. I miss the days of everyone getting an invite to the birthday party...

valentines stock

Quick Takes: Is Valentine’s Day a beautiful celebration of love or a corporate scheme?

By Opinion Staff February 12, 2022

"Valentine's Day is a creature of capitalist consumption created to sell chocolate, and the holiday almost feels like a hollow representation of love and empathy. The messaging surrounding the celebration...

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

Opinion: Similar political views important for relationships, reflective of values

By Charlie Stephens February 12, 2022

Politics and love can sometimes have a complicated relationship. Whenever you agree with your partner politically, things are great. When you disagree, not so much—at least, most of the time. According...

The Civil Service board during its Sept. 19, 2019, meeting. Robert Moruzzi, center, of the Baton Rouge Police Department reads the agenda for the meeting.

Opinion: LSU must use institutional power to encourage police reform

By Drake Brignac February 11, 2022

Cpl. Robert Moruzzi, chair and Baton Rouge Police Department representative of the Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board, resigned Jan. 24, ending his term 18 months early. The university...

The Mississippi River flows Sunday, Jan. 16, 2021, at a viewpoint from on River Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Northern elitism is destructive, regional division serves only politicians

By Claire Sullivan February 9, 2022

Living in the South as a Northerner has taught me about the two regions and the strange divide between them.  First, I never called myself a “Northerner” before I came to Louisiana. In...

Memorial Tower peaks above the building on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at LSU's campus on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Rising cost of tuition is theft, worsens American class divide

By Kacey Buercklin February 8, 2022

The rising cost of tuition is theft, stealing an education from students and unrealized potential from our society. LSU’s cost of tuition has increased over 109% since 2008, leaving many students...

SHC cartoon

Opinion: Student Health Center must improve accessibility, especially for uninsured students

By Kacey Buercklin February 8, 2022

The LSU Student Health Center offers students an extensive range of services: vaccinations, STD testing, diagnostic imaging, psychiatric care, gynecology services, and more. However, these necessary services...

Faculty Senate Encourages Misinformation cartoon

Opinion: LSU Faculty Senate should promote truth, not COVID-19 misinformation

By Charlie Stephens February 5, 2022

In a long-awaited email to students on Aug. 24, 2021, LSU President William F. Tate IV announced that the FDA's approval of the Pfizer vaccine for anyone 16 and over paved "the way for LSU to require...

Joe Rogan cartoon

Opinion: Spotify should take more serious action against Joe Rogan to save its music catalog

By Frank Kidd February 4, 2022

There’s a war on misinformation, and music is caught in the crossfire. Artists Joni Mitchell and Neil Young have pulled their music from Spotify due to the company’s lack of action against...

Chief Murphy Paul and a Caught Criminal cartoon

Opinion: Steps to reduce Baton Rouge’s crime rate are positive, could have come sooner

By Lura Stabiler l @lstabiler3 February 3, 2022

Recently, I made the unfortunate choice to turn on my Twitter notifications, meaning my phone is constantly flooded with headlines from around the city. I say unfortunate because every other headline involves...

M&M Cartoon

Opinion: Desexualization of brand mascots ‘a flat-out assault on American life’

By Drake Brignac February 3, 2022

The never-ending attacks of the woke mob have reached a new low. Not even our favorite brand mascots are safe. In a Jan. 21 segment, Tucker Carlson—America’s favorite Swanson-stepchild-turned-populist...

The inadequacy of Black History Month

Opinion: Practice minding your business this Black History Month

By Gideon Fortune February 2, 2022

This column is the closest you should get to Black business this month. Black History Month is a time of year where we focus predominantly on the past triumphs of Black people: W.E.B. Dubois’ teachings,...