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The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

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Alpha Omega Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma partnered up to create the first-place booth and overall display.

Party minus alcohol

Jacob Summerville, Staff Reporter • November 8, 2018

Meme-themed booths filled the university parking garage yesterday evening. "Mocktails" started with a speaker at 5:30 p.m. in the Student Union Grand Ballroom before proceeding to the parking garage...

NAACP and SOAR promote safe sex

Zachary Araki, Staff Reporter • November 7, 2018

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the University Health Center and Student Outreach and Advocacy Representatives collaborated to educate students about HIV and AIDS with "Stroll...

Alyssa Kate Larose 2018 Miss Southeastern Louisiana University Junior Elementary Education and Special Education major Platform: Juvenile Diabetes - Educate and Find a Cure

Meet the contestants

Zachary Araki, A&E Editor • November 6, 2018

With 13 contestants, the 2019 Miss Southeastern Pageant promises to be larger than those in recent years. The pageant is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Vonnie Borden Theatre. 2018 Miss...

Alumnus Trenton Coyle received recognition for his piece “Highway Song” by the Manchac Review in 2016. Coyle co-founded the Southeastern Christian Association during his time at the university.

Faith and stress

Diamond Hollins, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2018

Among student organizations focused on professions, majors or skills, some organizations bring students together through religion. Students within these organizations find that their faith helps them cope...

Makayla McMichael, a freshman communication major, works at KSLU. Like other students at KSLU, McMichael gains experience in the professional field. Since 1974, the station has offered programming from sports to music from around the world.

Informing the public from the microphone

Prakriti Adhikari, Staff Reporter • November 6, 2018

The university radio station KSLU offers students and the surrounding community on-air programming like sports updates and music from around the world. Since its establishment in 1974, the radio program...

Jordan Mazurek, the national organizer and co-creator of the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, discusses prison abolition for the annual Social Justice Lecture Series.

Modern-day slavery located behind bars

Jacob Summerville, Staff Reporter • November 2, 2018

The 14th annual Social Justice Lecture Series welcomed Jordan Mazurek, the national organizer and co-creator of the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons, to speak about prison abolition. Mazurek's talk focused...

Student participate in the “Community Gardening Day” to clean up the garden with Reconnect, a sociology student organization.

Studying interaction

Maiah Woodring, Staff Reporter • October 31, 2018

Through sociology, students can learn about a range of topics concerning human interaction from comparative family patterns to race and ethnic relations.  Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Robert...

Leah Cross, a junior kinesiology major, hands out candy for "Fall Carnival." Organizations put together games for children during Halloween.

Carnival offers a safe Halloween

Zachary Araki, A&E Editor • October 31, 2018

The 14th annual "Fall Carnival" provided a safe place for children to enjoy Halloween. Due to the weather, the "Fall Carnival" moved into the Pennington Student Activity Center on Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m....

Social justice and prisons

Zachary Araki, A&E Editor • October 30, 2018

This year, the annual Social Justice Lecture Series focuses on incarceration and advocacy by bringing Sociologist Jordan Mazurek to campus. Mazurek will speak on Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. in the Pottle Music...

Jamil Spriggs, Joshua Madere and Donald “Lane” Macaluso are members of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Madere was recognized as the September Pike of the Month by the international office. Madere is a junior business administration major who joined Pike in Spring 2018.

Madere named International Pike of the Month

Annie Goodman, Editor-In-Chief • October 30, 2018

For the month of September, Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity announced Joshua Madere of the university chapter as the Pike of the Month. Madere, a junior business administration major, described...

Left to right, College Republican panelists Caleb Kerstens, Mollie Millet and Hayden Porter participate in political discussions held at “Blue Meets Red.”

Going into the polls

Jacob Summerville, Staff Reporter • October 29, 2018

Local and state elections are next week, and two students at the university have been active participants leading up to Nov. 6. Vice President of College Republicans Mollie Millet, a sophomore political...

Stashia Liegl, a freshman psychology major, dresses as an asylum patient in the“Haunted House” put on by Campus Activities Board.

Campus Haunted House

Diamond Hollins, Staff Reporter • October 29, 2018

The Campus Activities Board tackles phobias and fears to spook students with this year’s “Haunted House.” The “Haunted House” will take place on Oct. 29-31 from 7-10 p.m. with the line starting...

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