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The Lion's Roar

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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

REVIEW |  Tyler, The Creator sets rap benchmark with “Chromakopia”

REVIEW | Tyler, The Creator sets rap benchmark with “Chromakopia”

Kennith Woods, Editor-in-Chief December 10, 2024

Tyler, The Creator has undergone a musical and personal renaissance over the last several years.  The California-based rapper and producer, once known for his brash, controversial spate of albums from...

OPINION | Victoria’s Secret Angels return with better, more diverse show

OPINION | Victoria’s Secret Angels return with better, more diverse show

Kate Oborina, Staff Reporter December 3, 2024

The scandalous lingerie brand, Victoria’s Secret, has returned to its famous angels fashion shows after a five-year break. The brand’s first fashion show since Oct. 15, 2019 demonstrated changes to...

OPINION | Sentiments in the wake of Trump's 2024 victory

OPINION | Sentiments in the wake of Trump’s 2024 victory

Lindsay Miller, Jacob White, and Christian Bankovic December 3, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election sparked a spectrum of perspectives among the public. This dispatch features contributions from three reporters at The Lion’s...

Sean Baker and the cast of his 2024 film "Anora" appear at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. From left: Yuriy Borisov, Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan.

REVIEW | Excellent “Anora” delivers aching theatre experience

Kennith Woods, Editor-in-Chief November 19, 2024

My days of casual film viewing are over. Now, I’m Southeastern’s newest, loathsome cinephile snob.   I’ve undergone the standard initiation: buying a MUBI subscription and watching low-budget...

REVIEW | Down the Witches’ Road: “Agatha All Along” is a magical twist to the Marvel universe

REVIEW | Down the Witches’ Road: “Agatha All Along” is a magical twist to the Marvel universe

Jacob White, Copy Editor November 12, 2024

“Agatha All Along” picks up where Marvel’s previous miniseries, “Wandavision,” left off, with Agatha Harkness recovering from Wanda’s hex. The new miniseries follows Agatha and her coven as...

OPINION | Child stars, victims of their success

Eva Saladino, A&E Editor November 5, 2024

On Thursday, Oct. 16, singer-songwriter Liam Payne died after falling from the third-floor balcony of his CasaSur Palermo hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was under the influence of drugs and...

REVIEW | Remi Wolf brings big ideas to her sophomore album

REVIEW | Remi Wolf brings big ideas to her sophomore album

Jacob White, Copy Editor October 20, 2024

Remi Wolf combines soul, pop and indie genres to create a unique style that, in my view, is incomparable to any other living musical artist today. Her new album, “Big Ideas,” encapsulates how well...

REVIEW | A joke without a punchline: The failure of Folie à Deux

REVIEW | A joke without a punchline: The failure of Folie à Deux

Romeo Agdamag, Staff Photographer October 19, 2024

On October 4, “Joker: Folie à Deux” premiered in movie theaters across the country, serving as the sequel to “Joker” (2019). It picks up where the first movie left off, with Arthur Fleck, played...

OPINION | The case for Kamala, flaws and all

OPINION | The case for Kamala, flaws and all

Kennith Woods, Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2024

The American two-party system has once again spat out a pair of unlikeable candidates, much to the displeasure of the American electorate.  On Nov. 5, voters such as myself will embrace the quadrennial...

Chappell Roan, one of the lead figures in pop music's resurgence, belts out her music at the Vogue Theatre. (Nov. 10, 2022)

OPINION | Pop girls are back and ready to reign

Simone Herlihy, Staff Reporter September 30, 2024

In recent years, women in pop have made a major resurgence. Yes, women in pop have been around for decades, rivaling their male counterparts. However, we are now seeing an unprecedented wave of popularity...

OPINION I America has a gun violence problem

OPINION I America has a gun violence problem

Troy Allen, Assistant Sports Editor September 24, 2024

Imagine waking up on a Wednesday morning, ready to send your children to school. The routine is familiar—packing their lunch, helping them get dressed and waving them goodbye as they eagerly hop on the...

OPINION | Finding your direction as a freshman

OPINION | Finding your direction as a freshman

Ian Stewart, Opinions Editor August 20, 2024

August 21 marks the first day of the 2024-2025 school year, along with being the first last day of school for me as an SLU student. This realization hit me as I saw the upcoming freshmen arrive for the...

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