You can remove Confederate statues and still remember history
Veronica Wernicke, Opinion Editor
July 3, 2020
When someone does something great, remarkable, wins a battle or sports championship, among other qualifications, we build them a statue. And the U.S. sure does like statues and monuments -- whether we built them or were gifted them. However, despite the number of great statues and monuments the U...
Charlottesville and Confederate statues
Sean W. Cooper, Staff Writer
August 22, 2017
Let’s be real here. Conservative or not, it is not in your best interest to defend the actions of the white supremacists who rallied in Charlottesville last Friday and Saturday. Nor should you deny that these people are white supremacists. Anybody who gathers in the streets with guns and tiki...
Confederate statues: should they stay or should they go?
Sean W. Cooper, Staff Writer
June 28, 2017
On May 19th, the New Orleans Police Department gathered around a 16-foot, bronze statue of Robert E. Lee, standing on a 60-foot base, as they prepared for the monument to be taken down. This was the last Confederate statue to stand in New Orleans, after three others had been removed from the city within the pre...