In 1969, the United States Supreme Court extended the right of free expression to students who attend U.S. public schools in its Tinker v. Des Moines decision. The landmark decision began with a barely...

How ‘bout them Tigers, right? A dominating performance this past weekend, has left everyone foaming at the mouth for the Tigers' return to Death Valley this Saturday. While it may be too early to...

Editor's note: This column contains language some may find offensive. Oh reality TV, you've done it again. You've gotten everything right, and have once again displayed "reality" with the new series "Big...

 Twenty-year-old virgin? Don't worry. The pressures to have sex are just as prevalent as they were at age 15. In our culture it's widely accepted, and sometimes even encouraged, to engage in sexual...

Greeks in Athens are jeopardizing Europe's solidarity, and Greeks in Baton Rouge — well, they're jeopardizing something, too. Allegedly. In a recent e-mail to LSU's sorority presidents, a student...

Welcome to your 2011 Labor Day weekend. Many students will travel home or go on vacation to celebrate the holiday. Others will take a road trip to Texas to see the Tigers play. But many will stay in the...

I love paper. Let me correct myself: I love recycling paper. I particularly enjoy the sound of crinkling white page corners being tossed into a large colored bin. But besides that, paper is a horrid waste...

The head honchos at Big Tobacco recently filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., against — interestingly enough — the federal government. The plaintiffs, led by J.R. Reynolds...

Coaches are not babysitters and should not be held as such. The recent off-field actions of the LSU football team have posed the question of whether any backlash should fall on the coaching staff, most...

If you rode on the Tiger Trails buses recently, you may have noticed a new advertisement. Above the hand grips on some of the buses is an ad for a place called Hi-Life Wonderland, a new head shop in the...

One hundred and forty characters. If you really think about it, it isn't much. Honestly, there can't be that much you can say in such a short amount of text to warrant any type of punishment or discipline. Hell,...

"Please, tax me more," is not a phrase we hear very often in this country. In fact, you're probably more likely to hear someone say nice things about Hitler or call Gandhi a douche. Billionaire Warren...