During the fall of my senior year I took a feature writing class taught by Professor James Shelledy. We focused on writing blog posts, columns and features. My blog entitled, The Tiger's Stripe, is a firsthand account at the black experience at LSU.

No, you're not my nigga.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, I sit in geography and do everything but pay attention. I check social media and homework for other classes. On Sept. 10, I checked GroupMe to find one of my groups discussing two opinion columns in that day’s Daily Reveille...

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Watermelondrea Jones, Ph.D

Last week, I completed my graduation checkout. This week, I’ll be taking midterms. In two weeks, I will schedule my last four classes as an undergraduate student.

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Don't Cash Crop Our Culture

Last week, the LSU Black Student Union held its first Real Talk event of the semester. The topic was cultural appropriation. The BSU executive board decided on the topic because it felt not many people understand what it is...

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Don't Cash Crop Your Dashiki?

Weeks prior to speaking with Black Student Union President Destinee Merida about BSU’s Real Talk event, I came across an article on Facebook about how African Americans appropriate African culture by mixing and matching traditional and religious garments and wearing them out of context...

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