The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar
The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar
The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar
Miss Southeastern 2023, Kobi Isabella Painiting showing her official sash.

A royal farewell from Miss Southeastern 2023

Samantha Sims, Campus Life Editor • January 21, 2024

Miss Southeastern 2023, Kobi Isabella Painting, will pass on her crown to the 64th annual Miss Southeastern 2024 in the upcoming days.  Painting first competed on the Miss Southeastern stage in 2021...

Dance and expression: A review of Dance Performance Project's fall semester

Dance and expression: A review of Dance Performance Project’s fall semester

Tamea Madison, Staff Reporter • January 16, 2024

For the past 80 years, Southeastern’s Dance Performance Project has been an outlet for students who want to express themselves through dance. Dance Performance Project is the Department of Music and...

Melissa May, owner of Mel’s Cheesecake, and LeAnne Miller, owner of The Wooden Grove, pose for a photo under The Wooden Grove sign.

Mel’s Cheesecake and The Wooden Grove are family owned, Hammond proud

Victoria Collins, Staff Reporter • January 15, 2024

The Wooden Grove and Mel’s Cheesecake are two of Hammond, America’s newest small businesses. Born and raised in Hammond, sister-in-laws Melissa May and LeAnne Miller are operating their small businesses...

REVIEW | “Hunger Games” prequel was a ballad of confusion and mediocrity

REVIEW | “Hunger Games” prequel was a ballad of confusion and mediocrity

Abigail Fischer, Social Media Editor • January 15, 2024

On Nov. 17, 2023, “The Ballad of Song Birds and Snakes” premiered in theaters across the country. Fans of “The Hunger Games” trilogy flocked to their nearest theater to watch the prequel fly from...

Editor Ian Stewart taking a look at his own TikTok page while at home.

How TikTok affects the mindset of users

Ian Stewart, Opinions Editor • January 15, 2024

In the span of seven years, TikTok managed to attract 900.7 million users as of 2024 and is the fifth most popular social media platform. The app’s impact has led other platforms to incorporate TikTok’s...

Sophomore vocal performance major Chance Rodenkirch performs a solo in Moses Hogan’s “I’ll Make the Difference,” the closer to the choral department’s semesterly concert, entitled “A Vision of Hope.”

Equality is the melody throughout choir department’s “A Vision of Hope”

Kennith Woods, News Editor • December 11, 2023

On Friday, Nov. 17, SLU’s music department held its semesterly choir concert, titled “A Vision of Hope,” at the Columbia Theatre. The production featured Bella Voce and Concert Choir, its two student...

The newly crowned Miss Black and Gold Zsane Wicker doing a walk around the stage with her crown and bouquet at the pageant.

Alpha Phi Alpha’s black and gold pageant returns after eight-year hiatus

Dasyonne Brashear, Le Souvenir Editor-in-Chief • November 28, 2023

On Sunday, Nov. 19, the Kappa Nu chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. hosted the first Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant in eight years.  The pageant featured four contestants: Nadia Washington,...

Manestream Podcast | Roaring Readers S1E3: Watchmen

Ian Stewart, Editor • November 20, 2023

Opinions Editor Ian Stewart enters our book review podcast “Roaring Readers”, sharing the book "Watchmen" by Alan Moore.

Southeastern theatre's Lauren Price and Miguel Garcia get up close and personal as their characters Tilly and Frank during the production of "Melancholy Play."

“Melancholy Play” leaves audience anything but

Eva Saladino, Staff Reporter • November 15, 2023

Tonight, Southeastern’s theatre program will open its production of “Melancholy Play” at the Columbia Theatre’s Studio Theatre in downtown Hammond. The production will run from tonight until Saturday,...

Freshman English education major Daphne Hudson steels herself, using a Bop-It to defend herself during APO's 24-hour theatre festival.

APO hosts 24-hour theatre festival, “Round the Campfire Tales”

Tamea Madison, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2023

On Oct. 28, members of Alpha Psi Omega (APO) got together for their second annual 24-hour theatre festival, titled, “Round the Campfire Tales.” APO is a national honor theatre society at Southeastern...

William Hall is glad to represent not only University Donuts but also Southeastern University.

University Donuts serves up fresh food and great company

Sabrina Benoit, Staff Reporter • October 20, 2023

It’s not just about the food at University Diner and Donuts - it’s also about making everyone who walks through the door feel at home.  Harry Ridgel, the restaurant’s founder, opened it in 2010....

Aubrey Merritt, a junior double major in math and computer science; Brailey Babin, a sophomore health systems management major; Danielle Smith, a senior integrative biology major; and Breanna Statum, a senior biology major, all proudly stand behind over 90 hats made for cancer patients.

Getting to the knitty gritty of donating

Lindsay Miller, Staff Reporter • October 10, 2023

During the month of September, the Knitty Gritty fiber arts club worked to create and donate hats to the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Hammond.  The group’s goal was to make 50 hats by the end...

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