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,...

I did something both Saturday and Monday night that terrified me — yes, I was stubborn enough to do this twice. I know you're asking yourself: "What ever could scare you so much, Chris?" Brace yourself,...

I see you're in a toxic relationship. Thank you for sharing. Public display of affection is one thing, but public display of your personal issues is an entirely different story. When people post their...

We're back to school again, kicking off the fall semester. There are plenty of the same repetitive things to start looking forward to — classes, studying, football games, tailgating and binge drinking. This...

In news shocking the tech world (and especially yours truly), Apple CEO and turtleneck aficionado Steve Jobs officially resigned as head of the electronic conglomerate. "I have always said if there ever...

Recycled school supplies are exploding in popularity on our Nike-shorted, sorority-infested campus, but — surprise, surprise — it isn't all it's cut out to be. Even though recycling should...

It is a sure sign of growing up when students abandon the summer break's sweet sunshine to toil in the dimly-lit offices of the professional world. Another mile marker on the way to adulthood is getting...

Two weeks ago The Times-Picayune reported on a visit by the crew of the Atlantis space shuttle to Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The astronauts came to thank the employees who built the external...

Collateral damage. In war, even today's age of smart and more precise weapons, it is something that simply cannot be avoided. To guarantee no civilian deaths in any war is simply impossible — even...

For the past two and a half years, President Obama defined himself as the president who blames everyone else. His monstrous list of people to blame has included virtually everyone but himself. Obama's...