One thing my dad told me when I transferred to the University in spring 2010 was "Chris, since football season's done, you'll be bored in Baton Rouge. I bet you'll be home every weekend." I didn't understand...

Burns' column stupid; 'Godzilla' a Japanese problem On Wednesday, columnist Scott Burns made an incomprehensibly stupid and insensitive remark regarding "Godzilla."   He wrote: "For sure, China has...

This is bad — real bad.   The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures told The Daily Reveille on Tuesday that four language programs — Russian, Portuguese, Japanese and Swahili...

Have you ever picked up an 8 out of 10 at 2 a.m. only to wake up with a 2 out of 10 at 8 a.m.? If so, you should be comforted by the knowledge you are suffering from a scientifically documented phenomenon...

If there's one thing I'm not fond of about being a college football fan at LSU, it's the amount of whining that goes on about everything that deals with Les Miles' football team.   Now that comes...

Facebook is getting out of control.   The social networking giant is already taking over people's free time, easily becoming the country's biggest procrastination tool.   Terrifyingly enough,...

U.S. military forces, minus 50,000 "non-combat" troops, will have completely withdrawn from Iraq today. The battle's over, for now. But where's the victory party located? Is it in Times Square again? Will...

Here's a shocker: "Reality TV" is the biggest oxymoron in existence. Here's another: The above genre, especially when geared toward younger audiences, is not an accurate representation of life or a how-to...

As I mentioned last week, I had the unique opportunity this summer to study abroad as a part of the University's Business in China program. It's impossible for Americans to truly grasp the People's Republic...

Whether we like it or not, budget cuts are coming, and your college could be in jeopardy.   Based on recent projections from the state's Board of Regents, about $74 million from this year's budget...

It's good to be back. A great deal of my summer was unavoidably spent dreading the task of collecting column ideas. In between an exhausting adventure of participating in four music festivals throughout...

If you have been paying attention to the news, there's a chance you have heard of the floods going on in Pakistan. Torrential downpours from the start of monsoon season have caused the water levels to...