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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

Student loan forgiveness on temporary hold, but you can still apply

Student loan forgiveness on temporary hold, but you can still apply

Kennith Woods, Staff Reporter October 25, 2022

On Friday, Oct. 21, the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals put a temporary block on President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan. According to the National Public Radio(NPR), the block was installed...

Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court by the Senate on April 7 and will serve as the first Black Woman in the Courts history.

Ketanji Brown Jackson and her fight to be the first

Trinity Brown, Staff Reporter April 25, 2022

On April 7, the Senate made history after confirming the first Black woman, Ketanji Brown Jackson, to serve as a Supreme Court justice. According to NBC News, Jackson was handpicked by President Joe...

A student gets a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine administered by a Southeastern nursing student on campus.

Head to Head: Vaccine mandates are authoritarian and un-American

Dylan Meche, Opinions Editor August 18, 2021

Within the past few months, several institutions around the country have indicated that they will implement vaccine mandates. It reads like something out of a dystopian novel or sounds like some conspiracy...

Gerard Borne

U.S. border crisis: Save the children

Gerard Borne, Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2021

Foil blankets, metal fences, horrid smells and overstuffed rooms–sounds like a fun getaway summer camp, right? Wrong, this is the current condition of immigration housing for children at the U.S.-Mexico...

Capitol storming is a symptom of a larger problem

Capitol storming is a symptom of a larger problem

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter January 20, 2021

There are really no words to describe what we saw take place on Jan. 6 at the U.S. capital. What started as a protest headlined by President Trump against alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election, devolved...

People gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza, react to the presidential race being called in Joe Bidens favor, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Washington. Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States.

Students react to Biden’s projected victory

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter November 12, 2020

After several delays in the ballot-counting process for many critical swing states, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election.  On Nov. 7, three days after election night,...

Election uncertainty is the most 2020 thing ever

Election uncertainty is the most 2020 thing ever

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter November 6, 2020

As if this year wasn’t already crazy enough, the presidential election has still yet to be called days after election night.  The nation is now collectively on edge as several critical swing states...

The Democratic and Republican National Conventions were both pushed back from the original dates due to COVID-19. Most of the speeches were delivered over a virtual format. This presidential election will be the first ever election with mail-in votes

Virtual Conventions mark official start of unprecedented 2020 Election Cycle

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter September 8, 2020

With the conclusion of both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the official nominations of Former Vice President Joe Biden and Incumbent President Donald Trump, the 2020 Presidential...

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