The tech world was shaken up last week with the announcement of Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple, Inc. Former COO Tim Cook replaced Jobs as the new company CEO with big shoes to fill. With the debut...

On the back of one of the most turbulent weeks traversed by University athletics in recent memory, LSU football coach Les Miles received new performance bonuses while his overlord and athletic director...

In 1988, a woman was kidnapped from the parking lot of a Fort Lauderdale restaurant and raped twice. The man was later acquitted of the kidnapping and raped by a jury, who asserted the woman solicited...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...