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Students set fire to a replica of the planet Earth during a worldwide protest demanding action on climate change, in Milan, northern Italy, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. The protests are inspired by Thunberg, who spoke to world leaders at a United Nations summit this week. (Nicola Marfisi/ANSA via AP)

Letter to the Editor: COVID-19 and climate change: The convergence of our demise

By Jonathan Moss January 22, 2021

It’s been over 13 months since the American National Center for Medical Intelligence first became aware of COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China. With the number of daily reported cases remaining high and...

Ione, Pike, and Steele Burden Hall on Aug. 20, 2015, in LSU's East Campus Apartment complex.

Opinion: On-campus housing isn’t worth it, at least for now

By Emily Davison January 21, 2021

The benefits of on-campus housing have been relentlessly shoved down every student’s throat by University Res Life, and I’ll admit that I fell for it too. Campus apartments are advertised as...

President Donald Trump is seen speaking on a television monitor in an empty press briefing room at the White House in Washington, from a video statement released by President Donald Trump on Twitter as it is broadcast by FOX News, after the U.S. House impeached him, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. At left is a replay of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signing the article of impeachment, as broadcast by CNN. 

Letter to the Editor: Distrust of mainstream media organizations caused by focus on ratings, political divisions

By Alex Rome January 20, 2021

I am writing a response to "Letter to the Editor: U.S. Capitol riot revealed distrust of media, importance of journalism." In the article, it felt as if Professor Len Apcar was having a grand revelation,...

Student loan delinquency rates increase to 11.3 percent in 2014. 

Opinion: Scholarships more important than student loans, but harder to obtain

By Tamia Southall January 19, 2021

Colleges and universities love to try and lure new students to apply by advertising false hopes of acquiring financial aid.  However, this aid is not as easy to obtain as is often portrayed....

Stem vs Humanities

Opinion: STEM and humanities are more alike than you might think

By Cécile Girard January 19, 2021

For college freshmen, choosing a major is more than simply choosing a career path. One's college experience, choice of friends, extracurricular interests and, most crucially, personality seem to both define...

Man using his Mobile Phone in the street, bokeh

Opinion: Big tech censorship should scare every American

By Elizabeth Crochet January 19, 2021

From a young age, I can always remember begging my parents for the new, hot social media app. First I wanted Facebook, then Instagram, then eventually Snapchat and most recently Twitter. It would take...

Opinion: For some women, OnlyFans is the only option

Opinion: For some women, OnlyFans is the only option

By Claire Sullivan January 19, 2021

In December 2020, The New York Post published an article doxxing a New York City paramedic for working on OnlyFans, a website where content creators publish explicit images of themselves for subscribers...

zoom class

Opinion: Alright, I’ll say it — online classes aren’t that bad

By Evan Leonhard January 19, 2021

Unbelievably, it has been nearly a year since the global shutdown brought us all indoors and radically changed the ways we live and work. For students, this change involved learning to navigate the strange...

Kristen begins prepping fresh vegetables and some fruits for her next dish on Monday Sept. 21, 2015 at her parents house on highland.

Opinion: Losing the ‘quarantine 15’: what works and what doesn’t

By Marie Plunkett January 19, 2021

Did you gain weight during quarantine? Would you like to lose the weight you gained during quarantine? Are you a bored college student looking to pick up some healthy habits or even just spice up your...

Demonstrators break TV equipment outside the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. 

Letter to the Editor: U.S. Capitol riot revealed distrust of media, importance of journalism

By Len Apcar January 17, 2021

LSU Mass Communication Professor Len Apcar gave the following remarks to his students at the Manship School of Mass Communication on Jan. 11, the first day of classes, nearly one week after rioters stormed...

Republicans Response to Congress Cartoon

Opinion: Calls for “unity” won’t allow Republicans to escape culpability in riots

By Domenic Purdy January 17, 2021

Unity. This single word has become the de facto slogan of the Republican Party following the treasonous acts committed by hundreds at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. But let’s not mince words: what these...

A marcher holds up her sign on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 during Cease Fire BR March Against Violence on Plank Road in Baton Rouge, LA.

Opinion: Black children matter, too

By Olivia James January 14, 2021

“Children are the future.” We hear and repeat the phrase all the time, and it’s an ideal I hold to my core. But when it comes to the ways in which many Black children are treated in their...