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Opinion

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...

Police Response

Opinion: Police response in DC an egregious display of racism, abuse of power

By Emily Davison January 13, 2021

Watching the chaotic events at the U.S. Capitol unfold on Jan. 6, 2021, it felt as though the nation reached a standstill when Pro-Trump rioters invaded the building at the very heart of our democracy...

A custodial worker cleans a table Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 after each use at The 5 dining hall.

Opinion: Capitalism strikes again, puts holiday workers at risk

By Tamia Southall January 12, 2021

You've probably read hundreds of articles criticizing capitalism, but this one comes straight from an exhausted and underpaid retail worker.  Even during a pandemic, corporate greed wins, putting...

Chivalry Debate

Opinion: Chivalry may not be dead after all

By Evan Leonhard January 12, 2021

My generation — Gen Z — has famously been discussed not as the ones who killed chivalry, but as the ones who were born after it died, and who grew up free of its many rules and rituals. While...

New Year Comic

Opinion: When making New Year’s resolutions, first look to the past

By Cécile Girard January 11, 2021

As 2021 begins no less chaotic than 2020 ended, many have been looking hopefully to the future as they make their New Year’s resolutions. Is this the year they finally make the leap in their career?...

LSU students are signing a petition asking the university to extend the deadline to pay their fee bill, which is currently set at Dec. 8

Opinion: Know where your tuition is going in order to make the most of it

By Elizabeth Crochet January 11, 2021

A few months ago, I received the email all students and their parents long for — the annual fee bill notification. Usually, when I get this email I simply put it aside until it has to be done, and...

Calendar

Quick Takes: What are you looking forward to in 2021?

By Opinion Staff January 11, 2021

 "I am looking forward to my second semester at the University and The Reveille! I am hopeful that vaccines will allow life to become a little more normal and grant us more time with loved ones."   Claire...

LSU Graduation

Opinion: Senioritis will hit harder than ever for 2021 graduates

By Marie Plunkett January 11, 2021

We’ve all heard senioritis horror stories, witnessed upperclassmen mentally checking out months before walking across the graduation stage and waited patiently for our own chance to play the senioritis...

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

Opinion: Sen. John Kennedy should resign for his role in inciting D.C. riots

By Claire Sullivan January 11, 2021

On Jan. 2,  U.S. Sen. John Kennedy signed a statement alongside 10 other Republican colleagues declaring his intention to vote against the certification of the electoral votes for the 2020 presidential...

LSU students walk during "March On LSU" demonstration on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 at the Parade Ground on LSU's campus. 

Opinion: Out with the ‘Old Skule,’ in with the new

By Cory Koch December 4, 2020

It’s time to turn the page from the Ole War Skule to an entirely new one. Students who transferred from the old campus to the current campus in 1926 called themselves "Cadets of the Ole War Skule"...

streaming wars

Opinion: Pre-pandemic media a necessary, but fruitless, escape

By Cécile Girard December 2, 2020

As we approach our ninth month of COVID-19 — measuring from the time the University shut down in March; the actual first cases are over a year old now — I have lost all interest in hearing...

LSU students walk during "March On LSU" demonstration on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 at the Parade Ground on LSU's campus. 

Opinion: The University needs to be at the forefront of anti-racism in Louisiana

By Tamia Southall December 2, 2020

In June, the University faced harsh criticism on social media over its response to an incoming freshman’s viral video using racial slurs.  The video of incoming freshman Drew Dollar went viral...