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Opinion

AOC on Among Us

Opinion: AOC’s Twitch stream represents the future of politics

By Domenic Purdy October 26, 2020

In an election year unlike any this country has faced before, the face political activism has been completely transformed by the ongoing pandemic. Leading the charge in reinventing how officials engage...

I voted buttons

Opinion: Amendment 5 would legitimize corporate welfare, hurt taxpayers

By Claire Sullivan October 26, 2020

With such a turbulent presidential race, it is easy to forget the importance of down-ballot candidates and measures, despite the lasting impact they have on our communities and our lives.  This is...

Snapchat

Opinion: Snapchat does more harm than good

By Gabrielle Martinez October 26, 2020

Within the past 9 years, Snapchat has risen to become one of the most popular social media apps, now hosting roughly 238 million active users a day. Just because this platform is based on “communication,”...

Desks sit in a classroom in the Huey P. Long Field House on February 5, 2020.

Quick Takes: Are the University’s Saturday make-up classes justified?

By Opinion Staff October 25, 2020

"So...these make-up days. Are they justified? Sure. Are they necessary, though? I would say no. My current professors are doing the same thing my professors did with the make-up days from the National...

A tiger card photo stand sits vacant in the Tiger Card Office on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 on the first floor of the Student Union.

Opinion: Students need to know what next semester will look like

By Elizabeth Crochet October 24, 2020

It's crazy to think we are already more than halfway through this semester. It has definitely been a strange one; each one of us has had to adapt in one way or another, yet with fall coming to an end,...

Trump COVID Hoax

Opinion: Trump still setting a bad example for Americans amid pandemic

By Tamia Southall October 21, 2020

Earlier this month, President Trump announced he and his wife Melania had tested positive for the coronavirus. The president revealed the diagnosis shortly after one of his aides, Hope Hicks, tested...

Fresh produce from Whole Foods.

Opinion: Veganism still an upper-class privilege, not an option for many

By Cécile Girard October 21, 2020

They’re rich, cultish, and they flock towards Hollywood. They’re not Scientologists—they're just rich vegans.From Ellen DeGeneres to Cory Booker, it seems like everyone who's someone...

One of the four LSU COVID-19 Testing Centers sits outside on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 across from the Laville Residence Halls on South Campus Drive.

Opinion: The University should mandate COVID-19 testing

By Claire Sullivan October 20, 2020

On Oct. 14, Student Government President Stone Cox along with over 50 other student leaders signed a statement urging the University to require COVID-19 testing for students on campus, coinciding...

Man using his Mobile Phone in the street, bokeh

Opinion: ‘Irreversible’ dependence on technology will hurt us in the long run

By Evan Leonhard October 19, 2020

Modern developments in technology have enacted an unprecedented and irreversible shift in the way we live.  The uncertain, and often unforeseeable, consequences of digitization seem to have become...

Billie Eilish

Opinion: Billie Eilish’s body is normal, not newsworthy

By Gabrielle Martinez October 18, 2020

Editor's note: The video included in this article contains some profanity. The figure of an woman’s body should never be the topic of national news. Yet this week Twitter users and media outlets...

Opinion: Keeping a schedule is important this semester

Opinion: Keeping a schedule is important this semester

By Elizabeth Crochet October 18, 2020

I was bummed when I first realized all of my fall classes would be online, but I did my best to try and find the positive in the situation. One good thing about Zoom classes, I thought, was that I would...

 

Opinion: Racial inequality, segregation still affects US housing market

By Olivia James October 15, 2020

Systemic racism involves all of the institutions, structures, histories and cultures upheld within a society interacting to keep a certain ethnic group down. Whether or not systemic racism actually exists...