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Opinion

A COVID-19 testing sign sits Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020 in front of a COVID-19 testing pod next to the Pentagon Community on Dalrymple Drive at LSU.

Opinion: With COVID-19 death toll still rising, apathy is the new pandemic

By Marie Plunkett September 29, 2020

The U.S. broke the 200,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths on Sept. 22. The global toll has already surpassed one million. There's a good chance you didn't even flinch when you read that.  It isn’t...

I voted buttons

Quick Takes: How concerned are you for the outcome of the upcoming presidential election?

By Opinion Staff September 29, 2020

"I’m extremely concerned for the outcome of this election. There’s a lot at stake for me personally, being a young black female college student. And there’s a lot at stake for the country...

The American Way Cartoon

Opinion: True patriots should be critical, not compliant

By Domenic Purdy September 28, 2020

In a year characterized by a global pandemic ravaging the American populace and mass protests continuing against racial violence, it's hard to be optimistic about our country’s future, especially...

Separating Art from the Artist

Opinion: We should always separate the art from the artist

By Evan Leonhard September 28, 2020

So many of us have grappled with the complex, often frustrating dilemma of trying to reconcile our love for a piece of art with our discontent for the artist that created it. From Caravaggio’s violent...

TRUMP ELECTION RESULTS

Opinion: Trump setting the stage for ‘massive electoral upheaval’ this November

By Gabrielle Martinez September 28, 2020

To think of a sitting president publicly stating his intentions to refuse the results of an election is terrifying. For it to actually be happening in the United States of America makes me question if...

A multi-story building is left damaged on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, after Hurricane Laura swept through Lake Charles, LA.

Opinion: Progress in Lake Charles reflects residents’ strength, hopeful spirit

By Elizabeth Crochet September 27, 2020

There is a lot going on in the world right now, so it's easy to forget that a month ago a Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Cameron Parish. It seems the media was on the ground the day the storm hit...

Protesters hold up their signs on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 during protest in front of the Louisiana Governor's Mansion.

Opinion: Breonna Taylor did not receive justice

By Cécile Girard September 27, 2020

In the early morning hours of March 13, three officers from the Louisville Police Department broke into 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor's home under the suspicion Taylor's ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover,...

RULES FOR ONLINE CLASSES

Opinion: Rules for virtual classrooms largely unnecessary, ‘irrelevant’

By Tamia Southall September 23, 2020

As coronavirus cases increased over the summer, many school districts decided to continue the fall semester online despite parents’ hopes of shipping their kids back to school.Since then, social...

Defund the Police

Opinion: Defunding the police is a common sense stance

By Kevin Doucette September 22, 2020

In the past few months, you’ve likely heard the term “defund the police.” But what does it mean, exactly? Simply put, it’s a political stance intended to not only reducpolice violence...

This photo comes from the second national wave of Operation Cross Check, an effort by ICE to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants with criminal records. Over 2,900 people were arrested and 18 weapons were confiscated.

Opinion: ICE ‘dehumanizes asylum seekers,’ needs to be abolished

By Cécile Girard September 21, 2020

The federal agency known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just somehow accomplished the impossible: it got worse.  Last week, Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at an ICE facility in...

Stop partying

Opinion: Stop partying, the pandemic isn’t over

By Domenic Purdy September 21, 2020

This pandemic is not over. As of Sept. 23, the University has reported over 853 total cases of coronavirus on campus. If the number of active cases is clearly on the rise with no sign of slowing down,...

Coach O talks to a fan while coming down Victory Hill on Saturday, October 5, 2019.

Quick Takes: When it comes to the administration, is there such thing as being ‘too transparent?’

By Opinion Staff September 21, 2020

Head football coach Ed Orgeron announced during a press conference on Sept. 15 that "most" of his players have already caught the coronavirus. LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward later characterized the...