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People carry signs during a Women's March in Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 20, 2018. On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, people participating in rallies and marches in the U.S. and around the world Saturday denounced his views on immigration, abortion, LGBT rights, women's rights and more. (Rodger Mallison/Star-Telegram via AP)

Opinion: New age feminism is separatist and counterproductive

By Amyri Jones October 7, 2024

No, I’m not a pick-me. Yes, I’m a feminist, but I prefer the word womanist. I’ve come to the realization that new-age feminism is not for me. It appears that this branch of feminism has...

A worker organizes items inside the Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, N.J., on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. On Wednesday, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for February.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Opinion: This isn’t ’13 Going on 30.’ Dress like a kid

By Jemiah Clemons October 4, 2024

Gone are the days of begging your mom to go to the mall and shop at Justice, Children’s Place or American Girl Doll. Today’s youth prefer to shop at Lululemon, Aerie, Free People, etc. From...

Cars line up on S. Quad Drive to leave campus on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: You don’t have to be involved on campus to enjoy college

By Blair Bernard October 2, 2024

College is a very challenging part in our young and impressionable lives. It doesn’t matter if you're the president of your fraternity or sorority, or if you maintain 12 hours of classes and go straight...

A tattoo artist works on a client during TattooLaPalooza in Miami, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015. The tattoo show is not only a tattoo convention but an art convention. Various artists of all mediums attended the show.

Opinion: Tattoos don’t have to be meaningful

By Garrett McEntee October 1, 2024

Everyone has heard it before, the condescending, “You really need to think on that… Tattoos are permanent” spiel. I’m here to say that the person who said that to you is wrong. The...

A faithful prays during a mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in front of the St. Mary's cathedral in Erfurt, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day official visit to his homeland Germany.

Opinion: Coquette Christians are still Christian

By Amyri Jones September 30, 2024

After reading an article that Dr. Lauren Griffin, one of my favorite religious studies professors at LSU, wrote about coquette Catholic girls and the changing definition of religion, I was inspired and...

The Reveille logo adorns the newsroom wall on Monday, January 9, 2023, on LSU's campus. 

Editorial Board: LSU is clearly at capacity. Enrollment needs to slow down.

By Staff Editorial September 30, 2024

Another year, another record-breaking freshman class size.LSU has again upped the number of freshman enrolled this year. With that upping, aggregating freshman students of higher academic achievement...

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Opinion: Should Greek life be abolished, an exhaustive thought experiment

By Mohammad Tantawi September 27, 2024

You might assume my claims reek of hate, but this is a case worth making: the abolishment of Greek life. This discussion was set ablaze for me by the recent incident by the Delta Tau Delta chapter involving...

In this Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 photo, Numis International Inc. owner Jacob Notowitz examines a gold ring at his store in Millbrae, Calif. All of the reasons for buying gold over recent years have disappeared, helping to drive prices for the metal to a four-year low.

Opinion: Divorce presents emotional challenges, even for adult children

By Garrett McEntee September 26, 2024

Divorce is very common nowadays, as it ends approximately 43% of marriages today. Whether amicable or not, marriages end for various reasons, but ultimately, children have no real say in the matter. The...

This April 21, 2014, photo shows a caramelized onion and feta grilled pizza in Concord, N.H.

Opinion: The Top 10 Best Pizza Places in Baton Rouge

By Andrew Sarhan September 25, 2024

If you didn’t already know, pizza is one of the classic college student food groups, in fact it can be said that it is the foundation of our food pyramid. However, any average student will be worried...

LSU President William F. Tate IV listens to Todd Manuel speak Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at a Faculty Senate meeting within the Woods Auditorium on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Letter to the Editor | President Tate’s salary bonus incentives prove LSU is an athletics first institution

By A. Ravi P. Rau September 25, 2024

Here we go again, further proof and branding of LSU as an athletic, not academic, institution. The Board of Supervisors will give a high six-figure bonus to President Tate atop his already million-dollar...

This Oct. 21, 2009 photo shows an adorned poem placed on a tombstone by Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America at a graveyard in Cundys Harbor, Maine. Skold, an amateur poet, says he just finished a three-month road trip in which he visited the graves of 150 poets in 23 states, hoping to call attention to some of the dead poets' work.

Opinion: Who needs STEM when you have the humanities?

By Amyri Jones September 24, 2024

Don’t be startled by the headline. I am keenly aware of the importance of STEM, and I strongly support both STEM disciplines and the humanities. However, I believe literature, philosophy, history...

FILE - In this file photo taken July 11, 2013, a Clarksville Schools faculty member, top right, carries an air-powered practice handgun to a classroom as firearms instructors, left, watch and students, lying on the floor, portray victims during a training exercise in Clarksville, Ark. Arkansas' attorney general on Thursday, Aug. 1 said in an opinion issued by his office that the Arkansas board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies doesn't have the authority to license school districts to employ teachers and staff as armed guards.

Opinion: You can’t fight fire with fire; gun violence in schools

By Garrett McEntee September 23, 2024

Tragedy struck Apalachee High School on Sept. 4. Colt Gray, 14, a student of Apalachee High used an AR-15 rifle to kill two students, two teachers and wound nine others; this included eight students and...