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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

OPINION | The villainization of Angel Reese

OPINION | The villainization of Angel Reese

Troy Allen, Staff Reporter April 9, 2023

College basketball star and Baltimore native Angel Reese led the LSU women’s basketball team to its first-ever NCAA Championship.  She led LSU past the Iowa Hawkeyes in a 102-85 victory. Reese dropped...

OPINION | Emotion, exhaustion, elation: My campus outage experience

OPINION | Emotion, exhaustion, elation: My campus outage experience

Kennith Woods, Staff Reporter April 8, 2023

At the end of February, a cybersecurity breach wiped out all network functionality on Southeastern’s campus, including the ability to access Moodle, LEONet and Webmail. Students and faculty scrambled...

OPINION | Beneath the surface of Avatar: The Way of Water

OPINION | Beneath the surface of Avatar: The Way of Water

Samantha Sims, Staff Reporter April 3, 2023

Warning: Spoilers for Avatar: The Way of Water After twelve years of waiting, “Avatar: The Way of Water” splashed into theaters in December 2022 and is now available on streaming platforms (sadly...

Letter to the Editor | University Presidential Candidate outlines 15 point plan

March 31, 2023

Dear Editor, On Friday, March 24th, I submitted my application for the open President position at Southeastern Louisiana University, my alma mater. Numerous colleagues, alumni, and community members...

OPINION: Why feminism still matters

OPINION: Why feminism still matters

Chloe Williams, Co Editor-in-Chief March 29, 2023

In honor of Women’s History Month coming to a close, I have been reflecting on my and other women’s experiences in today’s society. Of course, being a woman now is better than it was in the past....

OPINION: Dealing with the barriers of patriarchy

OPINION: Dealing with the barriers of patriarchy

Ian Stewart, Opinions Editor March 29, 2023

People commonly misunderstand the term patriarchy. When men in particular hear the word, many of us tend to get defensive, feeling it is a condemnation of men as a whole. In order to understand what...

OPINION | Censoring books limits imagination

OPINION | Censoring books limits imagination

Samantha Sims, Staff Reporter March 24, 2023

Book banning has become increasingly popular in communities, but can harm readers, writers and society.  Understandably, some books have topics that are not appropriate for certain readers. However,...

Head to head: Why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT of basketball

Head to head: Why Michael Jordan is still the GOAT of basketball

Dathan Sanders, Staff Reporter March 20, 2023

We all know one thing that will stir up any basketball fan: who's the Greatest of All Time (GOAT), Michael Jordan or LeBron James? This question has been the center of many barbershop debates and sports...

OPINION | Why “Velma” deserves a thumbs down

OPINION | Why “Velma” deserves a thumbs down

Chloe Williams, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 10, 2023

HBO Max’s “Velma” was a shoddy attempt at trying to make an adult, humor-centered Scooby Doo show with a combination of not-so-funny stereotype jokes, once again displaying how Mindy Kaling tends...

OPINION | Hogwarts Legacy: To play or not to play

OPINION | Hogwarts Legacy: To play or not to play

Kaitlyn Keppler, Staff Reporter March 6, 2023

When it comes to Hogwarts Legacy, Rowling was not involved in the creation of the game at all. In fact, game developers took multiple steps to try and prove they made this game with no influence from...

President Biden delivered his State of The Union speech on Feb. 7, 2023.

OPINION | State of the Union and the disappointing nature of US politics

Kennith Woods, Staff Reporter February 22, 2023

On Feb. 7, 2023, President Biden gave his second State of the Union (SOTU) address. The SOTU is an annual message from the president to Congress detailing the current socioeconomic conditions of the US...

OPINION | Five officers, one man and the effects on a community

OPINION | Five officers, one man and the effects on a community

Samantha Sims, Staff Reporter February 14, 2023

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, suffered a beating at the hands of five Memphis, Tenn. police officers on Jan. 7. Three days later, he died. The officers claimed to pull over Nichols for reckless...

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