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In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks at a public gathering on his tour to the northeastern city of Bojnourd, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. Iran's top leader said Wednesday that European countries are "foolish" to support sanctions against Tehran, telling them they are sacrificing themselves for the sake of the United States. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Foreign policy an important factor in presidential race

By David Scheuermann October 21, 2012

The economy isn’t the only important issue this election season, but you might be surprised to hear that. Polls and pundits around the country have deemed all other issues, especially foreign policy,...

Specialist Fabian Caceres works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Another dire prediction about global economic growth is sending stocks lower on Wall Street in early trading. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Stock market correction means it’s time to dump stocks

By Taylor Hammons October 18, 2012

When it comes to zombies, do what Woody Harrelson would do. When it comes to money, do what a billionaire would do. According to Robert Wiedemer, a glorified economist and author of The New York Times...

Each year, the LSU Student Health Center offers free flu shots at different campus locations to full-time students and students who paid the student health fee.

Students should take advantage of free flu shots

By Kate Mabry October 18, 2012

As the weather turns grim, class attendance seems to follow, but one major factor of the falling attendance is preventable: the flu. As a borderline germaphobe, I cringe when I notice unsanitary habits...

Surveillance

Supreme Court surveillance ruling undermines checks and balances

By David Scheuermann October 18, 2012

Your privacy isn’t important enough for the Supreme Court. Last week, the court declined — without comment — to hear a case six years in the making between civil liberties groups and...

Walmart

Walmart’s expansions are neither clear nor benevolent

By Jesse Tate October 17, 2012

Our friendly neighborhood Walmart is looking to expand and conquer next fiscal year. While this may sound like a typical business action, there is something fishy going on here. The company is obviously...

European Union is deserving of the Nobel Prize

By Tesalon Felicien October 17, 2012

And the award goes to… The European Union. Jaws hang. Applause is minimal. Though the European continent is in a state of economic and political turmoil, the Nobel Committee saw it necessary...

Satire is refreshing in political advertisements

Satire is refreshing in political advertisements

By Parker Cramer October 17, 2012

Political advertising has come full circle.  President Obama’s camp recently released an ad depicting the “Sesame Street” character Big Bird as the menace of all evils and the...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Both candidates performed admirably, but Obama’s improvement outshined his opponent

By Clayton Crockett October 16, 2012

On this week’s edition of the hit reality show, “Who Will Run the World’s Most Powerful Country,” the nation finally got what it was asking for: aggressive participants, face-to-face...

Jobs data conspiracy equivalent to McCarthyism

By Jay Meyers October 16, 2012

For those still suspicious of the gross delusion, deception and desperation that has so encapsulated our nation’s political rhetoric, the reaction to October’s surprisingly positive employment...

Romney, flip flop

Biased moderators are political home cooking

By Chris Ortte October 16, 2012

I enjoy home cooking as much the rest of us homesick bookworms, but I like my home cooking slow and drowned in gravy. I don’t particularly care for hand-basted referees, and I am even more wary of...

Baton Rouge Residents gathered on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in front of the Memorial Tower for "Take Back the Night." Residents created t-shirts for the "Clothesline Project" as a way to help bear witness to violence against women.

Additional security needed on and around campus

By Kate Mabry October 15, 2012

When former students recount their college years, most will recall their graduation ceremonies, inspirational professors and numerous typical college experiences. But for some students, college memories...

Nonreligion does not pose a threat to faith

By Nicholas Pierce October 15, 2012

Our culture is shifting beneath us like loose and sliding sand. The United States is going to be a different place 50 years from now. From immigration to the gap between the rich and poor, modern technology...