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Opinion: Wall Street suicides highlight toxic culture

By Jay Cranford October 12, 2015

Would you die for your work? Seeing people like Harry Houdini who died performing, or Marie Curie, whose revolutionary work on radioactivity would cause her death, is romantic portrayal of pursuing passion...

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2015 file photo, Justin Bieber arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, that a 2010 law enacted to curb reckless driving by the paparazzi does not violate the First Amendment and a case against a photographer charged with recklessly chasing Bieber on a Los Angeles freeway in 2012 should be reinstated. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Opinion: Celebrities have a right to privacy

By John Gavin Harp October 12, 2015

As his nude photographs went viral last Wednesday, Justin Bieber likely called his legal team and asked them, “Where are you now that I need you?” *bass drops* It was the leak seen ’round...

Raven Symone

Opinion: Don’t put up with Raven Symone’s ignorance

By Clarke Perkins October 12, 2015

Raven-Symoné, the woman many girls once looked up to, is now an attention-seeking ignoramus. She’s up there with Stacey Dash, who is ranked extremely high on the “black people that black...

Amanda Calvert, a former student at Umpqua Community College, helps to spell the initials of the school with candles during a vigil at Stewart Park in Roseburg, Ore., after a fatal shooting at the school Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Opinion: Oregon’s Shooting Shouldn’t Lead to Gun Control

By Kain Hingle October 11, 2015

You don’t protect the law-abiding citizens by taking away their protection. Earlier this week, a gunman shot and killed 10 and injured seven innocent people. This national tragedy inspired a wave...

Cecil Rhodes displays his empire

Opinion: Don’t honor Christopher Columbus, recognize imperialism’s faults

By Cody Sibley October 11, 2015

In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. “Indians! Indians!” Columbus cried. His heart was filled with joyful pride. Remember that cute poem you learned in elementary...

Who's the real man?

Opinion: The modern man’s transition into femininity isn’t all bad

By Kain Hingle October 8, 2015

According to The New York Times, men can now, occasionally, be the little spoon. About a week ago, the newspaper published an article providing insight on how to be a “modern man.” This article...

5th grade boys attend the Youth Empowerment Program on Oct. 7, 2015, to learn self concept and proper social behavior.

Opinion: Performance based testing fails to improve schools

By Justin DiCharia October 8, 2015

Schools closed, children forgotten in the back corners of decrepit classrooms and teachers disgraced in cheating scandals — these are the ironies of No Child Left Behind. Former-President George...

A woman wearing a Donald Trump presidential campaign hat applauds during a campaign stop for the Republican candidate, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Opinion: America is not exceptional, but it could be

By Mariah Manuel October 8, 2015

The United States of America was once a shining beacon of freedom, a defender of virtue and a pillar of strength. Despite the notion of American exceptionalism, the U.S. no longer sustains the comfort...

Medications like these may cost students more if LSU privatizes its pharmacy.

Opinion: Privatizing LSU’s pharmacy is a mistake

By Michael Beyer October 8, 2015

The future of LSU Student Health Center’s pharmacy is up for grabs. LSU is headed the same way as the state’s former public hospitals. In an effort to save money on students’ prescriptions,...

Governor Bobby Jindal opens the response Rally with a prayer on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

Opinion: The ACLU is protecting religious liberty from Christianity

By Cody Sibley October 6, 2015

In high school, my principal told me to give the closing prayer for the graduation ceremony. A teacher told my friend he was going to hell for being an atheist. One of the biology teachers assigned her...

In this Friday, June 5, 2015 photo, Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon speaks at the company's shareholder meeting in Fayetteville, Ark. On Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, Wal-Mart laid off 450 workers at its headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., as the world's largest retailer attempts to become more nimble to compete with the likes of Amazon.com. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Opinion: Wal-Mart is too powerful

By Clarke Perkins October 6, 2015

Despite the yellow smiley faces plastered all over Wal-Mart, the massive corporation is a hungry, growing monster causing problems for both employees and other businesses. It’s slowly taking over...

Broga

Opinion: Yoga is good enough, no need for Broga

By Eli Minor October 6, 2015

At almost any yoga studio in the United States, you can find rooms filled with yogis in unimaginable poses, but hardly any are men. Why aren’t there more men in yoga? A 2012 survey by Yoga Journal...