What’s On Your Ballot
It’s news to no one that 2024 is an election year. It’s everywhere you look: the TV attack ads, the social media campaign trend contests, and the arguments at dinner tables across the country. But what you may not know is that November 5th is Election Day for more than just the presidential candidates.
Hurricane Francine’s Damage
Hurricane Francine was originally projected to hit most of Louisiana head on as a Cat 2, only to shift more towards Mississippi. Despite that shift, she still made landfall hitting Terrebonne Parish on Wednesday, September 11 with wind speeds of around 100 mph. As she made her way inland, she died down to a tropical storm.
LSU’s Delta Tau Delta Under Fire for Hate Speech
Earlier in September, the Louisiana State University body was faced with a question of how to deal with an act of prejudice that has riveted and divided the campus community. The Delta-Tau Delta Fraternity at LSU has demonstrated an act of Anti-Palestinian hate after the hanging of a banner that read, “What do Nicholls + Palestine have in common? Getting BOMBED.” While this hate speech is unacceptable under Greek-life and administrative rules, it is something that, like many college campuses, has been dusted under the rug by the administration and has only been brought up by other students according to The Reveille, LSU’s student magazine . . .
Article SB 294: Student Protests Under Attack
The Louisiana state senate made news back in June for passing SB 294, a bill that “Confirms the protections of free speech and First Amendment protected activities on college and university campuses.”
While this act, proposed by Denham Spring’s Sen. Valerie Hodges (R), parades as a victory for Louisianian’s First Amendment rights, certain clauses within the bill limit the ways in which Louisiana students can protest on college campuses.