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Opinion

Alcoholic beverages in display on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 in Government St, Baton Rouge Albertsons.

Opinion: College students are to blame for their own poor money management

By Samuel Camacho October 8, 2021

Students’ financial behaviors are getting out of control. According to the Federal Reserve, college students in America have accumulated $1.73 trillion in student debt as of this year. Just to put...

Troy H. Middleton Library, now the LSU Library, sits Wednesday, June 17, 2020 on LSU's campus.

Letter to the Editor: Renaming campus buildings is a fleeting gesture, fails to evoke real change

By Ron Camarota October 7, 2021

History junior Ron Camarota responds to a Sept. 26 column titled "Opinion: The university is not serious about renaming buildings honoring racists."The demand for changing the names of buildings...

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Taliban fighters entered the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday, further tightening their grip on the country as panicked workers fled government offices and helicopters landed at the U.S. Embassy.

Opinion: Policymakers no more informed about the Middle East than social media users

By Canaan Charrier October 7, 2021

Nothing brings out the geopolitical analyst in a person quite like a news development in the Middle East. I'm sure you've all seen an Instagram story graphic or Twitter post with an opinion so bad...

David F. Boyd Hall houses the LSU Graduate School on Nov. 21, 2016, at 114 West David Boyd Hall.

Opinion: The state of graduate education at the university is dismal

By Charlie Stephens October 6, 2021

In Pres.  William Tate IV’s first report to the university on Aug. 6, he singled out graduate education as one of the core priorities of his tenure. “You can’t recruit...

An exterior photo of the Hope Medical Group for Women on Feb. 20, 2020, in Shreveport, La. The clinic is one of three in the state that provides abortions to women, and it is challenging a state law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The Supreme Court is hearing the case on March 4. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

Opinion: Anti-abortion politicians are dangerous; religiously biased

By Kathryn Craddock October 6, 2021

On March 11 of this year, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas introduced Senate Bill 8, the "Texas Heartbeat Act." The act was signed into law May 19 and went into effect on Sept. 1. As the strictest abortion law...

The Lion's Eye Center on 2020 Gravier St at LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans.

Opinion: Audit, lawsuits raise serious questions about LSU Health Sciences Center

By Claire Sullivan October 6, 2021

A recent audit reveals top officials at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans have engaged in retaliation, favoritism, nepotism and other ethically troubling behaviors. Multiple lawsuits have also...

Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer Dereck J. Rovaris, Sr. meets with attending faculty members on Sept. 21, 2016 during the Office of Diversity open house in Thomas Boyd Hall.

Opinion: Our university not as diverse as its statistics suggest

By Samuel Camacho October 6, 2021

LSU has been very proud of itself lately.  It chose its first Black president. Middleton Library was renamed because its namesake supported segregationist policies during his 1952-1961 presidential...

Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen at an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government ramps up to an expected six expulsion flights to Haiti and Mexico began busing some away from the border.

Opinion: More attention needs to be given to the humanitarian crisis on the border

By Elizabeth Crochet October 1, 2021

Between the spending bill to avert a government shutdown, the Afghanistan crisis, the ongoing COVID crisis and much more, it's easy to miss big stories. However, there is a difference between missing a...

Opinion: Our entertainment culture needs a new Dick Cavett

By Evan Leonhard September 29, 2021

I discovered "The Dick Cavett Show" this summer. The iconic late-night talk show from the '60s and '70s helmed by the titular, mild-mannered host was an unexpected breath of fresh air at a time in which...

A disgruntled reader takes to Twitter to express their frustrations with an Aug. 27, 2021 Reveille opinion article.

Opinion: Read the article before jumping to conclusions

By Anthony Bui September 28, 2021

In the online world, you can't get too far expressing your belief about something before someone else jumps in and tries to correct you. Some people believe that their opinions are more valuable than...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about his state's response to Hurricane Laura and to the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Gov. Edwards’ trip to D.C. for hurricane funding highly needed

By Kathryn Craddock September 28, 2021

Four major hurricanes have made landfall in Louisiana over the past 13 months, leaving a wake of significant damages in all 64 parishes and an estimated $2.5 billion needed for unmet housing...

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Opinion: Fan-celebrity relationships have gone too far

By Jayden Nguyen September 27, 2021

Where there are celebrities, there are fans. When news releases about a celebrity, fans seem to automatically assume they have personal knowledge of the celebrity as if they are a part of this person's...