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Lagniappe Day 2026: food, fun and more

As the school year comes to a close, and the weather warms, celebrations are in order. As the school year comes to a close, and the weather warms, celebrations are in order. To end off the spring semester, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette hosted its yearly Lagniappe Day on Ap…

The 2026 NFL draft: Who will the Saints take at eight?

It is one of the best parts of the NFL calendar, the draft. It is one of the best parts of the NFL calendar, the draft. This year’s draft in Pittsburgh will start on Thursday, April 23 with the first round. The New Orleans Saints are in a prime position thi…

Student Publications, So Long and Goodbye

A student joining a student organization in their senior year is something that is unheard of. A student joining a student organization in their senior year is something that is unheard of. That is what I thought, until I did just that when I joined Student Publications during my last year o…

The Vermilion Volume 122 Issue 20 Comic

The Vermilion Volume 122 Issue 20 Comic Graphic by Lauren Gerald

And that’s the ball game: Goodbye Student Publications

When I first arrived on campus in the fall of 2022, I fully believed that school and band would take up all the time I had. When I first arrived on campus in the fall of 2022, I fully believed that school and band would take up all the time I had. I soon came to find out that I had way too much free time, especially whe…

Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.

I have genuinely lost all sense of time, so I can’t believe I’m at the end of my newspaper journey. I have genuinely lost all sense of time, so I can’t believe I’m at the end of my newspaper journey. I started at The Vermilion in the spring of my freshman year. I always knew I wanted to be more i…

Why you should read sports manga: A basic introduction to the genre

The world has been taken over by anime since COVID-19 shut the world down in 2020. The world has been taken over by anime since COVID-19 shut the world down in 2020. I was one of those people who started watching anime during quarantine because there was nothing else I felt like …

Chimes serves up indulgent comfort food and Cajun classics

Located at 1400 Camellia Blvd. sits Chimes, a restaurant serving up hearty southern food. Located at 1400 Camellia Blvd. sits Chimes, a restaurant serving up hearty southern food. Their Lafayette location opened in 2023, the most recent of its four total locations including two in Baton…

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced the Home Team Act: “Sports in America should be about more than just making billionaire owners even richer…”

American sports has a major problem relating to teams moving away, leaving the communities that they had become intertwined with. American sports has a major problem relating to teams moving away, leaving the communities that they had become intertwined with. There are certain examples in the past, like the Colts moving from …

E-scooter popularity on campus brings higher accident risks

Many students on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s campus have felt the familiar breeze of an e-scooter zooming past them on the sidewalk. Many students on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s campus have felt the familiar breeze of an e-scooter zooming past them on the sidewalk. Some unfortunate students have even been hit by o…