Category: Opinion

Writer argues releasing Trump's tax records won't sway independent voters.

In the first presidential debate, President Donald Trump showed his true colors — and they aren’t red, white and blue.

NBC Universal launched Peacock, its streaming service, July 15. The service brings together new and existing NBC shows, Universal Studios movies and also original TV series and movies exclusive to the platform.

As a gas station employee, I’m considered an essential worker. As such, I'm exposed to thousands of germs a day.

Some state leaders have been diligently combatting COVID-19 — others, like in Texas, have not.

James Nelson, LU associate professor of political science, said he didn’t know what to expect from the Texas primaries.

In 2018, Beto O’Rourke entered the Texas Democratic spotlight when he ran against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate.

Everyone remembers their first car.

Life—a simulation as we know it, living inside the grid in a computerized world. In the game, but — really inside the game

I had a class where every time the professor brought up Christianity, the corresponding slide would have a picture of the Westboro Baptist Church holding up signs with terrible anti-veteran and anti-homosexual slurs on them.

Lamar seems to pride itself on inclusivity, but all too often I feel excluded as a nonbinary individual on campus.

Valentine’s Day is a celebration that people associate with love, chocolates, flowers, spending time with one’s romantic partner and the assorted nauseating candy.

Cooking was not a skill I learned early on in life.

Last year, I wrote an article about one of my favorite PokéTubers, TheKingNappy, being outed by the Pokémon community for grooming his friends and forcing them into relationships with him.

Another award show has passed, and Beyoncé finally won a much-deserved award for her live musical film “Homecoming,” which covers her 2018 Coachella Performance from its inception to the end of the performance.

The 91st Academy Awards nominations were announced and Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of the classic book “Little Women” received six nominations — Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Costume Design, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay Writing.

After six semesters of attending Lamar, there is one thing that never fails to happen each term — I get a call or an email from the financial aid office telling me that there is some issue with my account, FAFSA or refund.

On Nov. 23, I presented two talks at the sixth-annual Humanities, Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education & Business (HASBSEB) Conference for the first time. In both my historical research and advanced expository writing class, I created a research paper. The English paper is called 'Accepting Death: The Uses of Grief Writing to Heal Unresolved Pain,” andthe history research is called “Satanism in Louisiana and the Initiation of the 'Mark of Cain' Bill.”

UP editorial cartoon depicts Donald Trump Tweets on a Ukrainian cellphone

The 2019 ballot has nine important propositions, five of which require action to uphold Texas values.

On the dark side, an obsession with healthy, or “clean” eating can be a sign of “orthorexia,” a term created by Dr. Steven Bratman to explain patients who were being too strict, often asking him what foods they should remove from their diets. He said the term helped patients move from extremism to moderation.

“Call of Duty Modern Warfare” will launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, Oct. 25. The game is developed by Infinity Ward, a subsidiary of Activision. They are known for the “Modern Warfare” series that was on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC with some occasionally arriving on Nintendo Systems.

“Wrinkles” is an indie-documentary film that never could’ve pulled in the audiences that “IT” and “Joker” did due to a smaller budget, limited theater showings and little clout.

Editorial cartoon contributed by LU graphic arts major Patricia Correa

Most people may have a bucket list of things they want to do before they die. I have a bucket list solely dedicated to foods I want to try.

Nintendo's latest mobile release, "Mario Kart Tour," has great visuals and challenges but aggressive monetization spoils the fun.

On Sept. 18, around 9 p.m., I was shaken awake by my dad. Not yet awake, I heard him saying, “Get up, there’s water coming into the house.” I couldn’t tell if it was a joke.

This is part 2 of a two part series The Apple 2019 conference, held Sept. 10 in Cupertino, Calif., featured more than just iPhones as the company announced updates on its new gaming and TV subscription services.

This is a two part series about Apple's latest press conference Before watching the Apple 2019 conference, Sept. 10, I had my expectations in check. Most of the rumors turned out to be true, but I was still underwhelmed about what Apple has to offer.

On April 26 one of the most anticipated films of the year hits the box office, “Avengers: Endgame.” But before anyone sees this epic series conclusion, I think that people should prepare by watching all the films leading up to this monumental event in cinema history.

Almost four years ago, I remember flipping through many college brochures, reading several emails, and talking to numerous advisors as I got ready to make the biggest decision of my young life. I was a going to be a first generation college student and the prospects were scary.

Anyone who knows me knows that I love a lot of things outside the newsroom, one of them being Pokémon, or anything to do with it, as it is one of my hobbies.

Being a communications major, people expect me to like talking to people. It should be easy to get up in front of a room full of strangers and do a presentation because, hey, that’s your chosen field.

It doesn’t feel that long ago that Donald Trump was elected as the 45th President of the United States and the political climate of the country shifted. It has been a long and controversial few years for the president, and with many Americans demanding immediate change, 2020 could be the year that change comes to fruition.

Texas vaccination laws harm at-risk communities.

When I was younger, I had a dream of becoming a professional wrestler. I don’t mean one of those wrestlers who compete in college and for National Championships. I had a dream of being one of those guys you see on television with a company like WWE

On Jan. 28, Anthony Davis informed the New Orleans’ Pelicans that he would not sign his Designated Veteran Extension – known as a supermax contract – and his agent informed the franchise that Davis wanted to be traded to a team that consistently wins and regularly enters the championship picture.

Although the 2019 National Hockey League All Star game featured some of the best hockey players in the world, the stars of the weekend were the women who were the first to display their skill on the ice in what has been too long deemed a “man’s sport.”

While I’m not a sports person, there are quite a few things that revolve around the topic of sports that I find fascinating — like whether football negatively impacts the long-term mental and physical health of its players or why we engross ourselves in daily sports watching.

I don’t drink. I don’t smoke and I rarely ever party.

Breathing in, I know I’m breathing in. Breathing out, I know I’m breathing out.” If you’ve had public speaking with communications instructor Ruth Stanley, then you’ve probably done this exercise multiple times.

For the longest time, I debated investing in an Apple Watch because I wasn’t sure if it would benefit me in any way other than health and fitness.

If you’ve been on the internet for at least a day, chances are you’ve heard of someone being “canceled.” Canceling someone entails no longer supporting that person or their craft and can also result in people losing their jobs.

It’s the biggest game of the year. A game that people look forward to. Millions of people from all over the world watch. A game to determine the National Football League champions. There was a problem though. It was the lowest scoring Super Bowl in the history of the game, which led to the Twitterverse calling it the dreaded B-word — boring.

The summer I graduated high school I became pregnant with my son, Gabriel. In the nine months that followed, I had time to think about what kind of mother I wanted to be. This was my second decision as an adult, following the decision to raise him on my own. Since he would be raised in two different households ...

I had the good fortune of finding a talented brow technician, and I never want her to leave my life. A brow technician is a beauty professional that can tweeze, wax, thread, tint, or any combination of these eyebrow treatments. For the sake of this story and her privacy, I will refer to her as “Christy.”

Be a journalist, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. I’ve wanted to become a reporter since I was old enough to read a newspaper — I started reading in preschool.

When people see marching bands, they see them at football games performing at halftime. Most people see the band as a performance group only. What they don’t see is the many hours of practice and preparation that goes into putting on a show.

With Christmas right around the corner and Thanksgiving now behind us, families are starting to put up their Christmas lights and decorations.

I’m in my senior year of college, and I just realized what I want to do with my life. Go figure.

People all over the world dream of studying abroad for at least one semester. Being able to learn more about other cultures, improving or developing language skills, or just experiencing a whole new life in a different surrounding is attractive for many students.