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Opinion

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Quick Takes: How would you spend your $1,400 stimulus check?

By Opinion Staff February 8, 2021

"Honestly, basic necessities. Rent, groceries and the rest into savings. Since the start of the pandemic, I haven’t been able to work as many hours, so the stimulus check will help cover the paychecks...

Romance isn’t dead

Opinion: No, romance isn’t dead; in fact, it’s faring better than ever

By Claire Sullivan February 8, 2021

I’ll be honest: some parts of modern dating are exhausting. Swiping right or left on dating app users you’ve never met feels uncomfortable and vaguely mean. Asking half a dozen strangers how...

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Opinion: Forget chocolate and roses: get your valentine something unique

By Cécile Girard February 8, 2021

It’s that time of year again. Every partnered-up procrastinator is realizing Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and they have yet to get a gift for their loved one. Although you could...

Opinion: Mardi Gras spirit in New Orleans is something we could all use

By Elizabeth Crochet February 7, 2021

For most people around the world, Mardi Gras is just a regular Tuesday, but in New Orleans it is so much more.  Any other year, people from all over the world flock to the streets of New Orleans to...

Opinion: Superhero movies, ‘cinema’ and my undying love for ‘Sky High’

By Domenic Purdy February 7, 2021

In a 2019 interview with Empire magazine, famed “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Goodfellas” director and star of “Shark Tale” Martin Scorsese said that the superhero...

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Opinion: Republican legislators should log off of Twitter, get to work

By Sal Beeby February 4, 2021

A year after the pandemic began, there are 100,000 new COVID-19 cases and 3,000 COVID-19 related deaths each day.A study from last September found that 60% of pandemic-related business closures have...

Pets on campus

Opinion: Res Life should ease up restrictions on pet ownership

By Emily Davison February 4, 2021

It might only be the fourth week of the semester, but I have to admit: I’m already burnt out. The constant stream of deadlines has once again proven to be a bit overwhelming, and I’m stressed,...

Opinion: Meme culture a lot more complicated than you probably think

Opinion: Meme culture a lot more complicated than you probably think

By Evan Leonhard February 2, 2021

In his landmark 1976 book “The Selfish Gene,” evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins sought to offer a scientific account for progress and change in human culture. According to Dawkins, just...

Opinion: University should move to include AAAS 2000 in core curriculum

Opinion: University should move to include AAAS 2000 in core curriculum

By Tamia Southall February 2, 2021

On Jan. 25, the Faculty Senate voted on a resolution to make African and African American studies (AAAS 2000) a general education requirement in the undergraduate curriculum. The resolution was withdrawn...

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Opinion: University must do right by workers, establish $15 minimum wage

By Claire Sullivan February 2, 2021

Last week, the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 was introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill proposes a gradual increase of the federal minimum wage over four years from $7.25 to $15 an hour, a policy...

The Reveille's Valentine's Day Contest

The Reveille’s Valentine’s Day Contest

By Reveille Staff Report February 1, 2021

Have you ever wanted to be in an edition of the Reveille? Do you have a partner for Valentine's Day? Well here is where you can knock out two things off of your bucket list! In celebration of Valentine's...

Opinion: University needs to find a way for Tiger Girls to compete at nationals

Opinion: University needs to find a way for Tiger Girls to compete at nationals

By Elizabeth Crochet February 1, 2021

While scrolling through social media earlier this week, I kept seeing this video that opens with a woman in an LSU sweatshirt. I passed it up again and again, but after enough people reposted it,...