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A Word from Student Media: LEGACY magazine announces changes for print, online

By Sydni Dunn
LEGACY Editor
September 3, 2012

"Hi, I'm a reporter from LSU's student magazine, LEGACY." "What is it?" This is all too familiar for the editorial staff of LEGACY, the University's quarterly, general interest student magazine. Though...

Gustav, Katrina better prepared BR for Isaac

By Tesalon Felicien
Columnist
September 3, 2012

In life, it is usually better to be proactive than reactive when dealing with problems. This is especially true when dealing with the reality of an impending hurricane. There was no better way to celebrate...

But He Means Well: Should ‘Mark Owen’ be punished for book on bin Laden raid?

By Gordon Brillon
Columnist
September 3, 2012

Over the past 10 years, our government has used national security concerns to justify a series of transgressions of civil liberties. Wiretaps, warrantless searches and even torture have all been justified...

Scum of the Girth: Fall Break needed for students’ sanity

By Parker Cramer
Chief Columnist
September 3, 2012

Hurricanes are not holidays. Holidays consist of planned vacations, hotels and maybe a flight. People plan to leave home during holidays. Hurricanes, on the contrary, force people out of their homes -...

The New Frontiersman: Should ‘Mark Owen’ be punished for book on bin Laden raid?

By Clayton Crockett
Opinion Editor
September 3, 2012

As reads the motto of the United States Navy SEALs, the only easy day was yesterday - especially if your name is not Mark Owen. Matt Bissonnette's name is not Mark Owen. Yet yesterday was the release date...

LEGACY magazine announces changes for print, online

By Sydni Dunn
LEGACY Editor
September 3, 2012

"Hi, I'm a reporter from LSU's student magazine, LEGACY." "What is it?" This is all too familiar for the editorial staff of LEGACY, the University's quarterly, general interest student magazine. Though...

 

Manufacturing Discontent: Libertarians, liberals should vote Gary Johnson

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
September 3, 2012

It can't be easy being a libertarian in the Republican Party. Despite the Republicans' record with aggressive foreign policy, apathy toward civil liberties and fiscally irresponsible economic policies,...

In-Looking Outsider: Gustav, Katrina better prepared BR for Isaac

By Tesalon Felicien
Columnist
September 3, 2012

In life, it is usually better to be proactive than reactive when dealing with problems. This is especially true when dealing with the reality of an impending hurricane. There was no better way to celebrate...

Libertarians, liberals should vote Gary Johnson

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
September 2, 2012

It can't be easy being a libertarian in the Republican Party. Despite the Republicans' record with aggressive foreign policy, apathy toward civil liberties and fiscally irresponsible economic policies,...

William Hague, left, U.K. Foreign Minister, and Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., listens during a meeting on Syria in the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Turkey's foreign minister urged the Security Council on Thursday to set up a safe zone in Syria to protect thousands of civilians fleeing the civil war. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Why Do We Fall?: Mediation in Syria calls for close consideration

By Columnist August 31, 2012

The great American essayist H.L. Mencken said there existed to every problem a solution — neat, plausible or wrong. Within this spectrum of possible outcomes is where the United States now finds...

Why Do We Fall?: Mediation in Syria calls for close consideration

By Arun Gunasekaran
Columnist
August 30, 2012

The great American essayist H.L. Mencken said there existed to every problem a solution - neat, plausible or wrong. Within this spectrum of possible outcomes is where the United States now finds itself...

The Damn Hamm: Air Force general sets example for secularism

By Columnist August 26, 2012

As a Christian, it offends me to hear American soldiers are discriminated against because of their beliefs – or rather, non-beliefs. These days, instead of wasting money on lifeless punching bags,...