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With the help of her humanities professor, senior world languages major Whitney Bourdier transformed one of her class papers into a scholarly article published in a peer-reviewed journal.  Bourdier co-published “An Investigation of Student Enrollment Trends and De Facto Segregation in Louisiana K-12 Public Education” in the journal Research Issues in Contemporary Education along with French and Spanish instructor Dr. Jerry Parker.  The article was initially written as a paper for Parker�...

We are now in the midst of what is known as “dead week,” which despite its name, is the busiest week of the entire semester.  Not only are students studying for finals, but they are also most likely working on a multitude of final papers or assignments for their classes.  Almost every single semester of...

Southeastern has begun offering an unorthodox method of accepting test scores for incoming freshmen amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Incoming freshmen are allowed to submit ACT, SAT, PSAT, Pre-ACT, ACCUPLACER or ALEKS scores to fulfill their testing requirements for admission.   In a press release, the university cited limited opportunities for national standardized testing as the reason behind implementing this policy. Anthony Ranatza, director of the office of admissions, f...

If you have spent any time on social media over the past few weeks, then you are no doubt familiar with the controversy surrounding Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. On March 2, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six titles published by the beloved children’s author would be discontinued due to their depictions of Asian people. Almost immediately, accusations of racism were hurled at the children’s author and a campaign was launched to “cancel” him. An Op-Ed for NBC News t...

With an enrollment of over 14 thousands students, the university finds itself a prime target for cyber attacks. Students and faculty are often targets of phishing attacks in which hackers portray themselves as a trusted source in order to steal data from the user. Mark Hemel, network specialist for the Office of Technology, explained that phishing attacks occur more often than people might realize. “The university sends/receives more than a million emails in a given day and the rough numbe...

There are really no words to describe what we saw take place on Jan. 6 at the U.S. capital. What started as a protest headlined by President Trump against alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election, devolved into an assault on the Capitol building. Given the fact that Trump had still not conceded and several...