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SATIRE – On Friday, Oct. 30, as the University Program Council was counting the final ballots to determine 2020’s homecoming court, Crazy Jake of Crazy Jake’s Used Car Lot posted a tweet that shook the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to its core:
EDITORIAL — On Oct. 15 at 3 p.m., I encountered a man who insisted on using me as material to pleasure himself, and the incident report given to The Vermilion explained almost none of what had happened to me.
The Democratic Party as it stands today is simply a shell of its former self; it stands in the shadow of great policy and presidents who radically changed the system they operated under for (the most part) the better. What distinguishes the party of the past from the party of today? Identity…
A majority of the LGBT community released a collective sigh of relief as the election was finally called with Joe Biden as the winner. Although celebrations have mostly revolved around Trump’s loss rather than Biden’s victory, there are some victories this election season that deserve to be …
Social workers in Texas have to abide by the Texas Administrative Code, which is a code of conduct that establishes when it is and isn’t okay for a social worker to refuse service to someone. On Oct. 12, a unanimous vote changed that code of conduct and began to allow Texas social workers to…
SATIRE-It was a Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of friends, family and faculty fawned as a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student greeted them from his private helicopter 300 feet in the air.
Early voting in Louisiana started last week as it did for many other states in the union. Over 50 million people have already voted with more doing so every day. This is unprecedented and shows the unique times we find ourselves in as well as the amazing amount of voter enthusiasm Americans …
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette should not give us the day off on election day to go vote.
You can not tell me that a team that has not played yet is ranked higher in the national rankings than a team that is 3-1.
Being racist is one of the many things on the long list of reasons why Donald Trump is a bad president and a worse person, and the 2020 presidential debate only proved it even further.
When it comes to criticizing the Trump Administration on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic there is no storage of material to work with, but there is one area that Congress and the president both share the blame: monetary relief. In a country that possesses unimaginable wealth, why was i…
SATIRE–The University of Louisiana at Lafayette sent out a mass email outlining its plans for an impending demon invasion, following a recent growth in on-campus sacrificial activity.
Every year around Easter, my elementary school classmates would stop asking their parents for horses and start asking for rabbits. It makes sense; young children see rabbits all around them as part of Easter displays and decorations and decide they need one. As far as I know, none of those c…
My family has two dogs: Bentley, a miniature salt and pepper schnauzer, and Braxton, an all-white shih tzu/maltese mix. Bentley is not a smart dog in the slightest sense, which I find endearing, while Braxton can be pretty keen and sometimes too smart for his own good. Bentley is very active…
Dogs have almost always been a part of my life. My family never went too long in between dogs, and I now have two of them. Nyla, who is about 10 years old, is a miniature Italian greyhound. I got her when I was in seventh grade as an emotional support animal to help with my anxiety. She isn’…
Sunday, Oct. 4 was World Animal Day. It was founded by Heinrich Zimmermann on March 24, 1925, but later moved to Oct. 4 in 1929. Zimmermann chose the date as it is “the day of Christian Saint Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and ecology.”
On Sept. 4, Youtuber Jacksepticeye (Seán McLoughlin) posted a video of himself donating hundreds of dollars to small Twitch streamers. On Sept. 8, I watched that video and had a change of opinion.
It is my belief that Republicans in 2016 should have taken up the nomination of Merrick Garland, held hearings and taken a vote up or down on whether to confirm him. They had a majority; they could have easily voted no on his confirmation and that would have been the end of the story at elec…
Healthcare is the most important aspect of a person’s life. Without access to quality, affordable healthcare, preventable, and sometimes minor, health issues balloon into deadlier illnesses or chronic health complications. But despite massive efforts to reduce uninsured rates in recent years…
To write any sort of commentary on “Cuties,” the controversial French film written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré, I knew I had to watch it. Based on the heated reception and questionable promotional poster, I assumed the sexual content of the film would detract from any message it tried …
Ragin' Beat: A Vermilion Podcast
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