Few experiences are so terrifying and surreal — yet so absolutely ordinary — as riding a bicycle down Highland Road to campus. Perhaps I never got desensitized to the idea of cars zipping by,...

Sunday, October 2. The sun rose high in the noon sky above Washington Square in New Orleans as a crowd started to gather. A diverse group, with men and women ranging from their early 20s to their 60s and...

On April 6, 2009, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the central Italian city of L'Aquila, killing 308 people and destroying the homes of more than 28,000 residents. Victims of other natural disasters share...

It's amusing to me how much people are obsessed with Facebook. It's also amusing to me how much people whine about Facebook. Whether it's chatting with friends, watching the news or even reading my Facebook...

This week, as many as one quarter of LSU undergraduates will use prescription drugs like Adderall, Ritalin and Vyvanse to enhance their cognitive performance, according to a 2008 study. Use — or...

Since the repeal of alcohol prohibition in 1933, many counties and parishes in America have struggled with deciding whether they want to be "wet" or "dry." Oftentimes, it seems the "dry" counties of today...

As you may be aware, this week marks our nation's annual celebration of banned books and our unmitigated freedom to access (as expressed by the American Library Association) "unorthodox or unpopular" materials. It's...

This past week, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah granted women in his country the right to vote. Whoop-dee-doo. We act like this is news. This is nothing. Women's suffrage is not a novel concept. Most people,...

In the Gospel of John there is an instance when Jesus Christ visits a temple in preparation for Passover. When he enters, much to his dismay, he finds that religious devotion has taken a back seat to commercialism. Livestock...

The world will end soon — or so it seemed on Sept. 21 when, among the clamoring of protestors, New York debuted its Park51, a cultural center which features educational, recreational and religious...

Within the iconography of America, there are ghosts that will forever continue to haunt us. But these are ghosts that we keep with us, as they are constant reminders of our grisly past — guides to...

It's hard hailing from one of the most backward states in the country. Growing up in God's country under the omnipresent protection of a holy ghost, the only sexual education that didn't stem from my own...