In my many walks across campus, I’ve had the pleasure—and, occasionally, the displeasure—of entering most of the university’s buildings. Sometimes I do it just for fun, to explore...
In the state’s most recent election, less than 14% of eligible voters altered the state constitution by passing an amendment that makes it easier for the legislature to lower income and corporate...
My first time voting was on Nov. 6, 2018.
The election determined Louisiana representatives to the U.S. House; Garret Graves ended up winning our congressional district by a majority of...
Sanitation workers in New Orleans went on strike November 5 in protest of low wages, poor conditions and unfair treatment.
Union leadership said the company was unresponsive to their concerns, and workers...
In our “one nation under God,” policymaking history has long been inspired by conviction of a moral high ground. Yet, as sweeping decisions surrounding LGBT+ rights, recreational drug use and...
I've noticed something very unusual in the past semester. So many students are trying to get involved on campus, but with little success.
As co-president of a club on campus, this frightens me. I often...
“We can’t afford to be more ‘pro oil and gas’ than the oil and gas companies,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said at the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow earlier this...
From school shootings to violent riots, it feels like fatal tragedies make up the majority of our country’s news.
Yet another of these terrifying—and completely preventable—incidents...
The University of South Carolina formed its building renaming committee on Oct. 18, 2019, almost an entire year before LSU announced the formation of its committee on the same subject in August of 2020.
USC...
You are probably familiar with the phrase “left on read” and all the associated memes about someone reading your message and not replying to it.
Being "left on read" is synonymous with rejection...
The Baton Rouge Community Fridge seeks to tackle local food insecurity through mutual-aid food pantries, where people give what they can and take what they need.
There are currently two locations for the...
COVID has destroyed our education system.
Academic standards are lower. Cheating is at an all-time high. And, according to the United States Census Bureau, COVID has added “layers of economic...
