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Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters rally outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel to protest against Penny Pritzker, whom they accuse of benefiting from being a board member of both the Chicago Board of Education and Hyatt Hotels on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

View From Another School: Chicago teachers must emphasize important issues

By John Buysse Daily Illini September 16, 2012

UWIRE — Teachers from Chicago Public Schools hit the streets to strike Monday. It is the first time they have gone on strike in 25 years, and union leaders are butting heads with Chicago Mayor Rahm...

The Damn Hamm: Fuel efficiency standards to raise gasoline prices

By Taylor Hammons September 16, 2012

As per usual, government is using policies to control the market. The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation recently completed the fuel-efficiency standards. Don’t get...

In this Sept. 12, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. His eye fixed firmly on securing a second term, Obama had hoped that the rest of the world would wait until after the election if it had to grow restless and demand his attention. The eruptions in the streets of the Arab world, inflamed by an anti-Muslim video made in the U.S., mean Obama can put it off no longer. The protests are testing the president’s foreign policy skills and giving voters a pre-election view of how he handles a crisis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Manufacturing Discontent: Indefinite detention injunction a civil liberties victory

By David Scheuermann September 16, 2012

Rejoice, civil libertarians. Indefinite detentions have finally met their match in court. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest issued a permanent injunction Wednesday of the indefinite detention provisions...

Manufacturing Discontent: People should be better protected from surveillance

By Columnist September 13, 2012

The clocks have struck 13. Governments around the world are implementing surveillance programs designed to keep tabs on their populace in the name of combating crime and terrorism. The European Union...

Libyan military guards check one of the U.S. Consulate's burnt out buildings during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif, not shown, to the U.S. Consulate to express sympathy for the death of the American ambassador, Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the deadly attack on the Consulate last Tuesday, September 11, in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. The American ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob of protesters and gunmen overwhelmed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, setting fire to it. Ambassador Chris Stevens, 52, died as he and a group of embassy employees went to the consulate to try to evacuate staff as a crowd of hundreds attacked the consulate Tuesday evening, many of them firing machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The Arabic on the building reads, "God is Great, and there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger." (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Blue-Eyed Devil: Chaos surrounding U.S. ambassador’s death is a victory for extremists of every stripe

By Nicholas Pierce September 13, 2012

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was an American — and Libyan — hero. Stevens arrived on the shores of Benghazi at the height of the Libyan people’s revolt against Moamar...

LSU students have the potential to help out the South Baton Rouge community of 12,000 people, which has become dilapidated.

In-Looking Outsider: Cooperation between LSU and South Baton Rouge needed

By Tesalon Felicien September 12, 2012

As one exits LSU’s North Gate, the picturesque Italian-style architecture gradually gives way to another world. The once smooth Highland Road becomes a bit shaky, the glorious oak trees of campus...

But He Means Well: Should prayer ever be allowed in public schools?

But He Means Well: Should prayer ever be allowed in public schools?

By Gordon Brillon September 12, 2012

When I was growing up in the godless North, one nearby town’s high school made headlines when a student complained about a prayer that had been hung on a wall in the gym since the 1960s. The student,...

The Damn Hamm: Should prayer ever be allowed in public schools?

The Damn Hamm: Should prayer ever be allowed in public schools?

By Taylor Hammons September 12, 2012

Human beings are inherently suspicious. For example, when a girlfriend or boyfriend is seen talking to a member of the opposite sex, it is often assumed they have feelings for that so-called “friend”...

Blue-Eyed Devil: DNC platform won’t solve Israeli-Palestinian crisis

By Columnist September 11, 2012

During the 1991 Madrid Conference, Israeli and Arab leaders sat down with American diplomats and hammered out a comprehensive peace initiative that conclusively put an end to all violence in the Holy Land...

The Bodies of the Gods

Scum of the Girth: Overweight doesn’t necessarily mean unhealthy

By Chief Columnist September 11, 2012

There’s still hope for Khloe Kardashian. A new study out of the University of South Carolina suggests that being overweight does not necessarily denote being unhealthy on the inside. Researchers...

La Seule Femme: Binge drinking cultural, but harmful

La Seule Femme: Binge drinking cultural, but harmful

By Columnist September 11, 2012

While some students are happy when they drink, others drink when they’re happy — either way, it might not be a surprise that there is a correlation between happiness and drinking. A recent...

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Manufacturing Discontent: Parties’ Internet policies are flawed, yet encouraging

By Columnist September 10, 2012

The Internet is serious business, and our nation’s political parties have finally caught on. For the past year, Democrats and Republicans have thrown various Internet-related bills at the wall...