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Shockingly Simple: Military going green, conservatives should follow

By Andrew Shockey
columnist
October 16, 2010

  The New York Times reported Oct. 4 about the Military's latest efforts to adopt renewable energy sources on the battlefield. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus wants half the energy used by the Navy...

Failure of Diplomacy: Voting should be mandatory, non-voters should be fined

By Zachary Davis
columnist
October 16, 2010

This November marks yet another midterm election, and if history proves anything, only a minute number of people will turn out to practice their democratic rights. As a country that not only relies on...

Letter to the Editor: Student speaks about in-vitro’s benefits

By
October 16, 2010

I'd heard the Daily Reveille was going down hill, but I'd dismissed the accusations until the Reveille printed an article that said I should never have been born. Sure it was an opinion article, but even...

Letter to the Editor: BRCC student disappointed by recent criticisms

By
October 14, 2010

What are you doing, Daily Reveille? At one point in time I admired your paper. I went so far as to suggest to the BRCC Today that we try to emulate you. I considered the Reveille a beacon of collegiate...

The C-Section: LSU must look to UNO to learn how to fight budget cuts

By Chris Grillot
Columnist
October 14, 2010

University of New Orleans students held a protest Oct. 6 against imminent budget cuts. Students signed petitions, e-mailed legislators, acquired legislators' phone numbers to make calls and handed out...

Eat Less, Learn More: What University students should learn from Koi incident

By Matt Lousteau
Columnist
October 13, 2010

A University student was arrested around midnight Saturday for DWI and failure to maintain control of her vehicle, according to Cpl. L'Jean McKneely, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman. McKneely's...

Our View: Jindal administration ignores higher education

By Staff Edit
October 13, 2010

LSU students: Your governor is ignoring you. Gov. Bobby Jindal may say he values your input, but the actions of Jindal and his press team prove those words are hollow. We could be wrong, of course —...

Sportsman’s Paradise Lost: Jindal earns ‘A’ for effort while Louisiana’s economy fails

By Cody Worsham
Columnist
October 13, 2010

As midterms descend upon the University like a crow to the carrion, students are beginning to show serious signs of stress. The tension is palpable everywhere on campus. Strange classmates previously unseen...

Shockingly Simple: In vitro wins Nobel, but that doesn’t make it right

By Andrew Shockey
Columnist
October 13, 2010

Robert G. Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct. 4 for the development of human in vitro fertilization, also known as IVF. Edwards overcame immense technical challenges and...

Letter to the Editor: 10/13/10

By
October 11, 2010

First, I applaud those who participated in the jazz funeral on Thursday. This spark will ignite the fire needed to burn the ideas that are stifling our future. However, our job is not over; we must regroup,...

The Bottom Line: Every second counts – and has cash value to boot

By Devin Graham
Columnist
October 11, 2010

Once, while sitting and drinking a sweet frappuccino with a friend, I had an interesting thought: How much money do I make per second? It was interesting and a little fun, and it led me to check into the...

Cancel the Apocalypse: Higher education failing by design, critical thinking undermined

By Andrew Robertson
Opinion Editor
October 11, 2010

"There's a war on for your mind!" cries the conspiracy theory-esque news website, Infowars.com. And while I doubt the accuracy of its headlines predicting an imminent police state or that the U.S. government...