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Head to Head: Columnists disagree about abortion’s morality

By Macy Linton and Chris Freyder
columnists
January 23, 2011

The protest against the Life March at the State Capitol on Saturday has once again raised the issue of abortion. With this in mind, two of our columnists debate the legality and morality of the issue.     Macy:...

Walking on Thin Ice: Politics come in second during an environmental crisis

By Priyanka Bhatia
Columnist
January 23, 2011

It's been overly publicized, overly discussed and overly criticized but it hasn't been solved. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill had everybody talking about the catastrophe that hit the Gulf Coast for a...

Rocking the Cradle: Centrism makes issues in Middle East

By Clayton Crockett
Columnist
January 20, 2011

One hopes it's common knowledge that the voice of a government is not necessarily the voice of its people, especially when the society in question is not a relatively free one. With religionists ï¬ghting...

Walking The Line: Repelling the landfill – reasons for us to Recycle

By Priyanka Bhatia
columnist
January 20, 2011

Scenic and pristine, the ocean was once a beautiful place to watch the blue tidal waves ebb and flow, an escape like no other. But beauty isn't timeless, and the loss of the ocean's scenery is your fault.   We're...

Shocking Simple: Journalists are lazy reseachers, animals die all the time

By Andrew Shockey
Columnist
January 20, 2011

Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, between 3,000 and 5,000 red-winged blackbirds and European starlings were found dead near the town of Beebe, Ark. The story catapulted Beebe into the national...

A Better Pill to Swallow: Misuse of antibiotics undermines the fight against many diseases

By Chris Freyder
Columnist
January 20, 2011

We've all had that moment when we temporarily become our own doctor. You have a cold or a sore throat, so you grab the antibiotics stored in your medicine cabinet conveniently left over from your last...

Pop goes the Culture: Disgusted by modern discourse? Blame ‘Jersey Shore’

By Kelly Hotard
columnist
January 20, 2011

In my brief tenure as a pop culture columnist, I've garnered a pretty solid — and accurate — reputation for criticizing most of the entertainment trends I cover. I've always insisted nothing...

The Bottom Line: Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley reveals us-them mentality

By Devin Graham
Opinion Editor
January 20, 2011

Mark the date — on Jan. 18, 2010, an Alabama politician drew harsh criticism for saying that if someone has not accepted Jesus as his or her savior, he or she was not his brothers and sisters. The...

Southern Disclosure: UNO, SUNO make cute couple, should elope

By Macy Linton
Columnist
January 20, 2011

The proposed merger between Southern University at New Orleans and the University of New Orleans, announced Tuesday by Gov. Bobby Jindal could be mistaken as an attempt to distract people from recent budget...

Campus-Resident Alien: The wrong to bear arms – the right not to shoot back

By Marcelo Vieira
Columnist
January 19, 2011

One more year begins. Both for those who are believers and for the average skeptic, the winds of hope that a new year will change lives for the better were blown away by a gun in the hands of a disturbed...

The Bottom Line: Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana is praiseworthy, innovative

By Devin Graham
Opinion Editor
January 19, 2011

The Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana, or the LOL, is an amazing example of the kind of innovation stirring the business world. Markets and economies tend to go through cycles. Large, multi-national companies...