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Press X to not die: Playstation Network finally restored, gets hacked again

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
June 5, 2011

Sony, poor Sony.   It's been a rough past few months for the technological giant, and the company just can't seem to catch a break.   For those who haven't been following along (or are in need...

Scum of the girth: Declaring war on drugs is inadequate solution to complex problem

By Parker Cramer
Columnist
June 5, 2011

Last week, the BBC reported the Global Commission on Drug Policy had issued a report stating the global war on drugs had "failed." The Commissions' report called for the legalization of certain drugs and...

Weigh the cost of college

By Josh Lucas, Staff Columnist
May 29, 2011

Zuckerberg, Gates and Jobs are all billionaires who built their empires without a college degree. Now Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal, is actually paying people not to go to college.  Thiel is offering...

Pop goes the culture: Harry Potter culture defines a decade

By Kelly Hotard
Columnist
May 7, 2011

Ten years ago, I was an awkward fifth-grader with embarrassingly round glasses, feeling like an outcast in Mississippi. At age 11, I encountered a magical place where I fit in — Tiger Stadium. Around...

Seemann Says: Next decade will bring gains in civil rights

By Chris Seemann
Columnist
May 7, 2011

With the death of Osama bin Laden bringing an unofficial end to the "aughts" decade one week ago, it would be easy to overlook the importance of one social movement in the United States during that time...

Walking on thin ice: Take responsibility for climate change

By Priyanka Bhatia
Columnist
May 7, 2011

Decades ago, environmentalists were frequently seen simply as tree-huggers or vegan hippies — fringe outcasts worshipping Mother Earth. But with this new decade, it seems like everyone is starting...

Rocking the Cradle: Arab Spring culminates in discontent

By Clayton Crockett
Columnist
May 7, 2011

The 2011 Arab Spring revolutions have been most significant political shifts of the decade, if not our generation. For years we have awaited such bold action while our leaders shook hands with dictators...

Press X to not die: Nintendo to unveil new console at E3

By Andrew Arinder
Columnist
May 7, 2011

When it comes to technology, 10 years is a lifetime. The same timeline also applies to video games. In the past decade, we've gone through almost two generations of video-game consoles. Spanning from 2000...

Southern Discourse: Hurricanes have shaped Louisiana

By Macy Linton
Columnist
May 7, 2011

In the first decade of the new millennium, nothing shaped Louisiana quite as drastically as Hurricane Katrina. The government's failure to respond to Katrina emphasized the inadequacies of those responsible...

Failure of Diplomacy: War on terror’s impact unknown

By Zachary Davis
Columnist
May 7, 2011

Undoubtedly, when we look back on the 10 years between 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden's ultimate demise, some things will stick out in the world of politics. Of all the events, though, one in particular seems...

Shockingly Simple: Don’t get info from oil companies

By Andrew Schockey
Columnist
May 7, 2011

Few scientific issues in the past 10 years have affected and polarized us as intensely as climate change. A growing scientific consensus points to human production of greenhouse gases as the cause, but...

A better pill to swallow: Human Genome Project will change everthing

By Chris Freyder
Columnist
May 7, 2011

Declared finished by 2003, the completion of the Human Genome Project was heralded as one of the greatest victories achieved by the scientific community in the past decade. Faced with the unprecedented...