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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

Ethics should be required in school curriculums

Ethics should be required in school curriculums

Safiya White, Staff Reporter November 3, 2020

When considering if ethics should be required in school curriculums, I suggest we ask ourselves the following questions: What type of future do we want for our society, and how do we actively manifest...

Letter to the Editor: Oct. 27 Issue

Letter to the Editor: Oct. 27 Issue

Jacqueline Doucet November 1, 2020

To The Editor: When I enter the voting booth on Nov. 3, the first amendment on the ballot will ask, “Do you support an amendment declaring that, to protect human life, a right to abortion and the funding...

Head-to-head: I don’t need a break - Let’s get done with this semester early

Head-to-head: I don’t need a break – Let’s get done with this semester early

Safiya White, Staff Reporter October 31, 2020

2020 will go down in history as the year that completely changed our ideas of what “normal” looks like. From masked strangers to ghost towns, to racial and political tensions and environmental disasters,...

Head-to-head: My brain is fried and I need a break - sincerely, an overworked college kid

Head-to-head: My brain is fried and I need a break – sincerely, an overworked college kid

Gabrielle Wood, Staff Reporter October 31, 2020

Not only has this semester wreaked havoc on our daily lives, but, to add more fuel to the fire, the university canceled any moment of rest for its students. While everyone enjoyed their time off for...

How to have a COVID-friendly Halloween

How to have a COVID-friendly Halloween

Symiah Dorsey, Staff Reporter October 30, 2020

Halloween has never been my favorite holiday — not by any means. I will never understand the enjoyment behind being scared or why costumes are so expensive, but nonetheless, I find myself disappointed...

Amazon doesn’t need more money: support local businesses

Amazon doesn’t need more money: support local businesses

Dylan Meche, Staff Reporter October 24, 2020

On Oct. 13-14, Amazon hosted its annual Prime Day, which promised several enticing discounts on popular products. Amazon has hosted the event since 2015, but it takes on a whole different meaning in...

Make tuition cheaper for virtual learning

Make tuition cheaper for virtual learning

Maggie Tregre, Staff Reporter October 20, 2020

I know that this semester - scratch that, this whole year - has been hard for everyone, both students and faculty included. I look back at where we were at the end of March when we first left campus,...

To those who are extremely involved (or uninvolved) with politics

To those who are extremely involved (or uninvolved) with politics

Elana Guillory, Staff Reporter October 17, 2020

There are three types of people on the political awareness spectrum: those who think they know nothing, those who think they know everything and those who decide to steer clear of politics because of how...

It is time to start taking men’s mental health seriously

It is time to start taking men’s mental health seriously

Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter October 17, 2020

In an era where mental health problems are at an all-time high, it feels like men’s mental health is somehow still swept under the rug and not talked about like it should be. Men’s mental health...

How to stay distracted in online classes this semester

How to stay distracted in online classes this semester

Elana Guillory, Staff Reporter October 10, 2020

Online classes have definitely presented a challenge in maintaining focus on social media and other important aspects of my life. Usually when I attend class, I am in a classroom in which my teacher...

Gerard Borne

Can we get a new moderator? Please…

Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter October 7, 2020

On Sept. 29, everyone tuned in to watch the first presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle. Many watched in hopes of seeing one candidate slip up or do something wrong, or many like myself watched...

Do college students understand consent?

Do college students understand consent?

Maggie Tregre, Staff Reporter October 4, 2020

The unfortunate reality of today’s world is that almost everyone has, or knows someone who has, experienced some form of sexual misconduct firsthand. According to a survey from the Association of American...

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