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Opinion

LSU sports administration major sophomore Kenneth Remedies does his online Zoom class on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 in the Student Union on LSU's campus.

Opinion: University should be online first two weeks, not left up to professors

By Emily Davison January 19, 2022

Whether you’re excited, terrified or somewhere in between, school time is rolling around once again. This semester is gearing up to be the strangest—and possibly most exhausting—of our...

A statue of Shaquille O’Neal stands on Feb. 26, 2021 outside of the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Opinion: Coach Mulkey is right, university must honor women equally on campus

By Charlie Stephens January 19, 2022

“Why not?” LSU Women’s Basketball coach Kim Mulkey asked at a Jan. 5 press conference.  Why not honor legendary LSU Women’s Basketball players Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles...

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Opinion: Stop making so much noise in the library, I’m begging

By Emily Davison December 6, 2021

Ah, dead week. I don’t know about you, but the name is always super fitting. In other words, I feel like I'm dying. We’ve all heard that we shouldn’t wait until “the last minute”...

Baton Rouge Parish Prison

Opinion: University should compensate incarcerated people it exploited

By Claire Sullivan December 6, 2021

The university exploited the labor of incarcerated people for decades before quietly ending the practice in 2020. For all these years, incarcerated workers on campus received no pay. Now, to the extent...

A Nov. 21, 2021 Instagram post from @rickosheaband after performing at Kappa Alpha Theta's Rock the CASA event.

Opinion: Baton Rouge music scene is growing and promising

By Kathryn Craddock December 4, 2021

On Friday, Nov. 19, five local bands performed for Kappa Alpha Theta's "Rock the CASA" fundraiser at Mid-City Ballroom. The bands that performed—“Rick O' Shea,” “Speak Easy,”...

Memorial Tower stands tall on March 21, 2021 surrounded by flowers and other plants on LSU’s campus.

Opinion: Coming to LSU was the best decision of my life

By Samuel Camacho December 1, 2021

The weather. A failing grade on a test. Stress. The economy. People are always going to have something to complain about. The list goes on and on. If you’re an LSU student, you probably complain...

The Pentagon, which includes LeJeune, Beauregard, Taylor, and Jackson Halls, sits Wednesday, June 17, 2020 on LSU's campus.

Opinion: President Tate, restoring trust demands renaming buildings

By Charlie Stephens December 1, 2021

On Aug. 11, 2020, then LSU Interim President Tom Galligan announced that the university’s Board of Supervisors instructed him to create a building name evaluation committee, saying, “LSU is...

LSU Board of Supervisors Chair Rémy Starns speaks to the Faculty Senate on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, during the LSU Faculty Senate meeting in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Board of Supervisors does not inspire confidence in university’s priorities

By Claire Sullivan December 1, 2021

An oil company president, a handful of CEOs and business people, a chairwoman of a firearms distributor, a few lawyers—and not an educator among them. It’s not exactly the makeup you’d...

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Opinion: Students should take practical electives, learn investing

By Samuel Camacho December 1, 2021

There are innumerable courses in college that are, for lack of a better word, useless. Even prestigious universities, where you’d expect the utmost academic rigor, offer courses ranging from "Invented...

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Opinion: Shot for $100, other financial incentives for COVID vaccines beneficial

By Kathryn Craddock November 30, 2021

On Nov. 1, 2021, Louisiana’s Shot For $100 vaccination incentive was effective once again. In an initiative lasting until Nov. 30, the program awarded participants with a $100 Visa gift card after...

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Opinion: We should actually make Instagram casual again

By Emily Davison November 29, 2021

From Twitter to Instagram to everything in between, the constant content production pouring out from every corner of the Internet is enough to make anyone’s head spin. Don’t get me wrong—social...

Three student government campaigns faced off in the 2021 SG debate on March 22, 2021.

Opinion: Be vigilant in upcoming Student Government election season

By Charlie Stephens November 28, 2021

Winter is here, and with it comes the arduous beginnings of the spring Student Government campaigns. SG devotees are bound to spend the winter break preparing for a long-haul campaign season so that come...