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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

The history behind New Orleans’ month-long party

The history behind New Orleans’ month-long party

Lindsay Miller, Staff Reporter February 11, 2024

Mardi Gras is a beloved holiday here in Louisiana that is known to bring in crowds from far and wide for a month-long celebration. However, many don’t know the origins of the tradition.  Mardi Gras,...

Recent graduate Kaine Bergeron standing in front of his now open sneaker resell shop in downtown Hammond.

From sneaker dreams to storefront reality

Haley Dupre, Photography Editor August 15, 2023

Only months after graduating from Southeastern, small business owner Kaine Bergeron has achieved his dream of opening a storefront location in downtown Hammond.  The Lion’s Roar covered Bergeron’s...

In this Dec. 9, 2018, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) shakes hands with Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) after an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla. Winston signed a one-year contract with the Saints in 2021.

Drew Brees calls it a career after 20 seasons in the NFL

Gerard Borne, Editor-in-Chief March 17, 2021

Over the weekend, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees officially retired from the National Football League. Speculation arose that Brees would be returning after the Saints fell to the Buccaneers...

Ameal Cameron performs at a venue. Cameron is an alumnus, singer, songwriter and guitarist.

University alumnus grows into a local musician

Samantha Gambino, Staff Reporter November 23, 2019

Ameal Cameron, an alumnus and musician, is chasing his dream and having fun doing it. Cameron has been performing live music at various locations around Hammond, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. He mentioned...

In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, free introductory copies of the Baton Rouge Advocates new New Orleans edition, right, are seen next to copies of the New Orleans Times-Picayune at Lakeside News in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La. The owners of Louisianas The Advocate newspaper have purchased The Times-Picayune in New Orleans from Advance Local Media. The Advocate announced the purchase on its website Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Shakeup shows resiliency of newspapers in New Orleans

May 7, 2019

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a media shake-up that will leave New Orleans with one major newspaper, instead of two, for the first time in nearly seven years. Yet, in a way, this week’s announcement that...

Alumnus and author Bryan Camp created a work of fiction based on New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In “The City of Lost Fortunes,” fictional characters examine their roles of power and trickery through different outlets.

Revealing the magic in devastation with literature

Larshell Green, Editor-In-Chief July 23, 2018

During the weekend prior to Hurricane Katrina, alumnus Bryan Camp began working on an assignment for a university writing course. It later developed into a work of fiction that Camp determined would take...

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