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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

OPINION  | Brittney Griner: The “unworthy” American, apparently

OPINION | Brittney Griner: The “unworthy” American, apparently

Kennith Woods, Staff Reporter January 6, 2023

On Dec. 8, 2022, women’s basketball star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian penal colony and returned to the United States.  After 10 months in foreign captivity, Russia agreed to a prisoner...

LAGOP Rally, December 9, 2016, Dow Hangar, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tammy Anthony Baker, Photographer

OPINION | Louisiana: Give John Kennedy the boot

Kennith Woods, Staff Reporter November 7, 2022

Louisiana U.S. Senator John Kennedy recently released an advertisement in support of his re-election campaign that caused plenty of controversy upon its release.  The ad targeted rising violent...

Gerard Borne

U.S. border crisis: Save the children

Gerard Borne, Editor-in-Chief April 1, 2021

Foil blankets, metal fences, horrid smells and overstuffed rooms–sounds like a fun getaway summer camp, right? Wrong, this is the current condition of immigration housing for children at the U.S.-Mexico...

Andrew Cuomo, New York Governor.

Did Cuomo hide COVID-19 deaths among elders?

Trinity Brown, Staff Reporter March 2, 2021

Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was put on the hot seat for what some are calling the killing of hundreds of citizens in nursing homes throughout the pandemic. Cuomo issued a policy last March...

Capitol storming is a symptom of a larger problem

Capitol storming is a symptom of a larger problem

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter January 20, 2021

There are really no words to describe what we saw take place on Jan. 6 at the U.S. capital. What started as a protest headlined by President Trump against alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election, devolved...

People gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza, react to the presidential race being called in Joe Bidens favor, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Washington. Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States.

Students react to Biden’s projected victory

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter November 12, 2020

After several delays in the ballot-counting process for many critical swing states, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election.  On Nov. 7, three days after election night,...

Election uncertainty is the most 2020 thing ever

Election uncertainty is the most 2020 thing ever

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter November 6, 2020

As if this year wasn’t already crazy enough, the presidential election has still yet to be called days after election night.  The nation is now collectively on edge as several critical swing states...

The Democratic and Republican National Conventions were both pushed back from the original dates due to COVID-19. Most of the speeches were delivered over a virtual format. This presidential election will be the first ever election with mail-in votes

Virtual Conventions mark official start of unprecedented 2020 Election Cycle

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter September 8, 2020

With the conclusion of both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the official nominations of Former Vice President Joe Biden and Incumbent President Donald Trump, the 2020 Presidential...

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