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The C-Section: Art and Design students work in unsafe studios

By Chris Grillot
Columnist
January 31, 2012

Dripping pipes. Exposed electrical wires. Chipping paint. Chemical fumes. Spider webs. Missing floor tiles and missing baseboards. Loose bricks. Dust, spiders and rats. Those are just some of the ways...

Clues you are an Alabama fan

By The Daily Reveille
January 30, 2012

Mass communication professor Jay Shelledy's feature writing class created this list of signs for spotting lovers of the Crimson Tide: You believe corndogs are a delicacy. You have more guns in your truck...

Manufacturing Discontent: State of the Union address validates Occupy movement

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
January 30, 2012

Since protesters began camping out in Zuccotti Park last September, the chief criticism of the Occupy movement has been that it has no goal. Yet, among the several ideologies that make up Occupy Wall Street...

Blue-Eyed Devil: Justice not for all

By Nicholas Pierce
Columnist
January 30, 2012

Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich led a group of marines through the town of Haditha, Iraq, on Nov. 19, 2005. Not far from the village, their convoy was rocked by an improvised explosive device, a roadside bomb,...

Pro-democracy protesters march through a lower income neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco, on Sunday denouncing the newly elected government and the king. Morocco is among the nations to soon receive free mobile access to Wikipedia.

The New Frontiersman: Africa, Middle East to receive free Wikipedia mobile access

By Clayton Crockett
Opinion Editor
January 27, 2012

While American political parties bicker over what action should be taken against the anarchic, warring or tyrannical nations in Africa and the Middle East, the American Wikimedia Foundation has provided...

Baccarat dealer Ramiro Nepomuceno shuffles cards Wednesday at the MGM Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Share the Wealth: Online gambling law re-interpretation helps economy

By Jay Meyers
Columnist
January 27, 2012

A new interpretation of a half century's worth of legislation gave the gambling industry a very big Christmas present. On Dec. 23, the U.S. Department of Justice updated its long-held ruling on the Interstate...

 

Never ‘Empty’ Thoughts: Anti-smoking crusades overbearing, unneccessary

By Marie-Therese Yokum
Columnist
January 26, 2012

Health class is usually taught accompanied by physical education during middle or high school, when you learn to wait for sex, drink responsibly and avoid smoking. For a community that understands the...

Manufacturing Discontent: NDAA reveals Obama’s not much different than Bush Jr.

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
January 25, 2012

If you hoped President Obama would quell the Orwellian tide that swept through the country during the Bush administration, you may be surprised to learn that the president has not only continued many of...

For Thinkers Only: The real Romney tax return scandal: It’ s all legal

By Matthew Westfall
Columnist
January 25, 2012

In this tough economic environment, former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has shown an inability to relate to voters on their financial struggles and fears. Experts have...

The C-Section: Keep right on the highway; even if it’s annoying, it’s the law

By Chris Grillot
January 24, 2012

How often do you forget to return to the right lane after passing someone on the interstate? Or how often do you default to the left lane? Many people may not know this, but in the state of Louisiana,...

 

Positively Carnal: Society focuses on negative aspects of sex

By Kristi Carnahan
January 24, 2012

As the saying goes, the news exists to report bad news. Sex is no exception. What we see when the topic of sex comes up isn't usually the most positive of news. Headlines flash the latest political sex...

Blue-eyed Devil: Religious intolerance rampant in Republican camp

By Nicholas Pierce
January 24, 2012

Rev. Norman Peale once shouted that, faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture was at stake. The year was 1960, and Rev. Peale was referring to John F. Kennedy. Kennedy's Catholicism was a major...