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Sportsman’s Paradise Lost: Jindal’s book indicates his ignorance of Louisiana concerns

By Cody Worsham
Columnist
October 28, 2010

For literary nerds like me, November is a big month. Exactly 100 years after the death of the giant of American literature, the University of California Press is publishing the first volume of "The Autobiography...

Letter to the editor: LSU fans were embarassing in Auburn, Ala., this past Saturday

By
October 27, 2010

To whom it may concern,   I am a senior at LSU and have been to every away game (and home game) and have sat on the first row for every away game.   Being the dedicated Tiger fan that I am, I...

Cancel the Apocalypse:

By Andrew Robertson
Opinion editor
October 26, 2010

In the past few months, three notable firings have exposed mass media ethics for what they truly are: A closed circle bearing the name of "political correctness" with stern consequences for deviation. Or,...

Burns After Reading: Don’t ‘hide your kids or hide your wife:’ The future looks promising

By Scott Burns
Columnist
October 26, 2010

I've been called many things in my time at The Daily Reveille. Critics have labeled me a radical, a doomsayer, a "nega-tiger," a liberal, a conservative and a "pussy on a pedestal" — not to mention...

Letter to the Editor: O’Donnell’s history shows problems, irresponsibility

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October 26, 2010

While I'm sure you're receiving boatloads of hatemail from neoconservatives regarding your "View From Another School" for Friday, Oct. 15, I'm writing to express my disbelief at the profound ignorance...

The Bottom Line: Monkeys easily grasp economic principles

By Devin Graham
Columnist
October 26, 2010

I recently found an article on CNN about long-tail macaques and their life in the jungle. Not about their food preferences or use of primitive, simple tools but their use of complex economic concepts....

Campus-resident alien: Chilean miners ordeal distracted us from our own lives

By Marcelo Vieira
Columnist
October 25, 2010

The intensive live broadcast of the Chilean miners rescue a couple weeks ago gave us a clear notion of the broken boundaries between reality and fiction in today's media. Between the lies of what TV stations...

Pop goes the culture: Vatican newspaper mistakenly glorifies Homer Simpson

By Kelly Hotard
Columnist
October 25, 2010

What drew you to read this column? Was it the outrageous headline? If so, you're not alone — an attention-grabbing title was probably what the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, also counted...

Letter to the Editor: 10/29/10

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October 25, 2010

Cato report on governors not newsworthy As my midterms drew to a close I thought I would sit back and relax with The Daily Reveille, skim the articles and descend upon and destroy the easiest crossword...

Press X to not die: University Internet not worth current asking price

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
October 25, 2010

$750,000 can buy a lot of things. While buying a private island with slip-and-slides as the only mode of transportation takes top priority on my list, I must say using the money to pay for Internet doesn't...

Letter to the editor: Voting is a reserved right, not a privilege

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October 24, 2010

As a student of this University, I find it utterly ridiculous that a column like "Failure of Diplomacy" could be chosen to represent the voice of our student body. Mr. Davis, who is not even from the United...

The C-Section: ‘The 99’ covers religious agenda with haunted house

By Chris Grillot
Columnist
October 24, 2010

When people hand out coupons in the Quad for "The 99," students are bound to take interest. And when these coupons only say to go to "whatisthe99.com," the vagueness is bound to lure them in. It seems...