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Opinion

Nothing like dumping money in the TOPS program

Opinion: TOPS funding needs restructuring, better aid for low-income students

By Canaan Charrier August 25, 2021

According to the Southern Educational Board, the average cost for a low-income student to attend one year at a Louisiana public university makes up nearly half of a their family’s income. Low-income...

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020 file photo, a volunteer receives a COVID-19 test vaccine injection developed at the University of Oxford in Britain, at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. Politicians and public health leaders have publicly committed to equitably sharing any coronavirus vaccine that works, but the top global initiative to make it happen may allow rich countries to reinforce their own stockpiles while making fewer doses available for poor ones. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, FIle)

Opinion: Public health, faculty concerns take backseat in university’s COVID plan

By Claire Sullivan August 23, 2021

COVID has never been worse in Louisiana. The state has shattered hospitalization and case number records again and again. Hospitals have been forced to cancel hundreds of elective surgeries. Waiting times...

LSU Vaccine

Opinion: Vaccine superiority online ineffective, only worsens vaccine hesitancy

By Anthony Bui August 22, 2021

The COVID-19 vaccine is one of the most sensitive topics at the moment. For the past year or so, the virus has plagued headlines across every global news network and social media platform, making it impossible...

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Opinion: Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is disorganized, embarrassing

By Elizabeth Crochet August 22, 2021

With the last days of summer behind me, there is a lot I could be doing to prepare for my classes. However, as I get my apartment ready and buy new school supplies, I cannot stop thinking about how different...

The bell tower clock stands tall Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 from the top of the Barnes & Noble at LSU parking garage on E Campus Drive.

Letter to the Editor: On vaccines, LSU is acting like insurance company, not university

By A. Ravi P. Rau August 1, 2021

In “LSU Administration responds to vaccine concerns at faculty forum” (Madelyn Cutrone, July 30), The Reveille quoted President Tate as saying some want vaccinations required, others do not:...

Troy H. Middleton Library—the first subject of building renaming efforts, now named LSU Library—on June 17, 2020, on LSU's campus.

Guest Opinion: Legacy of segregation era lives on today at LSU

By Joshua Jordan July 30, 2021

An archive of never-before-seen letters by the late Troy H. Middleton, LSU's segregationist president of the 1950s, has recently been revealed. A quick look into this archive by The Reveille exposes Middleton's...

LSU Vaccine

Letter to the Editor: LSU must show courage, mandate vaccines, set example for state

By A. Ravi P. Rau July 28, 2021

I have taught at LSU for 47 years and am fond of the students of several generations that I have seen before me. The most important health and safety issue for our current students for the Fall semester...

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder waits to hear results of votes in the Senate Chambers during a veto session in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Louisiana state senators have narrowly voted to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' rejection of a bill prohibiting transgender students from participating in school sports. The vote came Tuesday on the opening day of the first veto session under the state's nearly 50-year-old constitution. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Opinion: Wasteful veto session emblematic of legislature’s misaligned priorities

By Claire Sullivan July 23, 2021

Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder said Monday that he was “100% confident” he had the votes needed to overturn a veto of a bill that banned transgender athletes from participating in...

LeBron James (left) peers past the camera on the set of "Space Jam: A New Legacy," while Bugs Bunny (right) looks on in fear. Courtesy Warner Bros.

Opinion: Hollow nostalgia of ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy,’ has little value

By Domenic Purdy July 22, 2021

Nostalgia is powerful. Harnessed correctly, it can blind us to what we are truly experiencing. And major film studios are more than keen to our proclivity to remembering our favorite movie or tv show. Warner...

FILE - In this Thursday, June 6, 2019, file photo, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the Amazon re:MARS convention, in Las Vegas. Amazon said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, that Bezos is stepping down as CEO later in the year, a role he's had since he founded the company nearly 30 years ago. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Opinion: ‘Billionaire Space Race’ is ego-driven, helps no one but the 1%

By Domenic Purdy July 20, 2021

The Space Race of the 1960s saw the American and Soviet space programs repeatedly revolutionize technology in an attempt to prove their nation superior. Space travel was once about the public benefits...

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy speaks about the impact coronavirus will have on Louisiana schools on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 during the press conference with Vice President Mike Pence and local officials in Tiger Stadium.

Opinion: John Kennedy should not be re-elected to U.S. Senate

By Claire Sullivan July 18, 2021

In a recent campaign email, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) wrote that “his top priority is making sure he’s protecting your conservative values from the Socialist Left!” On June 1, Kennedy...

LSU freshman cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. (24) lines up for a snap during the Tigers' 42-28 victory over Florida on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

Guest Column: Don’t exploit college athletes, fully compensate them for revenue-generating labor

By Joshua Jordan July 14, 2021

According to LSU's Land Acknowledgement Statement, "LSU is a community of higher learning built upon the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous peoples." There's a massive thread...