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...
Making friends in college is harder than ever.
Thinking back to my own freshman year experience reminds me of this all too often. I used to have the epitome of a college life—the constant carousing...
From the beginning of lockdowns last March to today, many parents have decided to take their children’s education into their own hands. In fact, the Census Bureau reports that the number of independent...
“Yale, Johns Hopkins and LSU,” were, according to Mark Bauerlein, cultural critic and professor of English at Emory University, the three major institutions from which the 20th century’s...
Howard University students, who haven’t been treated with the dignity and respect they rightfully deserve, are holding their president and administration to account.
Dating back to at least 1968...
