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World Cup a good sign of South Africa’s progress

Africa — place of modernity, culture, vibrancy and humanity.  Really? In Africa? It may be surprising to some, but the forgotten continent is not just a place of exoticism, wildlife, war, poverty...

Press X to Not Die: 3-D’s home invasion is expensive, unnecessary

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
June 10, 2010

I'm starting to sound like a broken record. Technology is a funny thing. Sometimes it's revolutionary and changes the way people's lives operate. Sometimes it changes so much the average consumer can't...

Fanning the Flames: LSU’s leisure courses are a sound investment

By Trevor Fanning
Columnist
June 10, 2010

A big wave of relief sweeps over the student body after finals week. I come to a standstill on my recreational abuse of speed, cease and desist reading about wave-particle duality for days on end and lapse...

L’il Bits: Sex cells – egg donation is not worth the hassle

By Brittany Davis
Columnist
June 10, 2010

What would you do to pay for a trip to Las Vegas? Some people might get a job; others might empty their savings accounts. And then there are some people who would go to the extreme of selling their most...

Cox Communications: Online TV a better choice for the college budget

By Cory Cox
Columnist
June 10, 2010

Many students will try to beat the torturing Louisiana heat by relaxing in front of the the old boob tube this summer. Several top cable channels will be unveiling their original programming during the...

Cox Communications: Bonnaroo: an evolution of the Woodstock vision

By Cory Cox
Columnist
June 8, 2010

A manifestation of the radical thinking and free times of the late 1960s, the summer music festival has become a modern American pastime. Every summer thousands of music fans descend upon stadiums, cow...

Fanning the Flames: BP disaster’s comparisons to Katrina don’t quite fit

By Trevor Fanning
Columnist
June 8, 2010

Even while you read this typeface, great plumes of crude oil are still spewing up from a broken riser pipe at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, at the site of a ruined rig 50 miles offshore. BP is the...

L’il Bits: Menchie’s froyo is the best despite poor location

By Brittany Davis
Columnist
June 8, 2010

It's summer and the temperature in Baton Rouge has already peaked in the mid 90's. I can feel my hair frizzing and my skin getting sticky from the afternoon rain. What's the best cure for the summer heat?...

Press X to Not Die: School’s decision to use iPads as textbooks is lunacy

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
June 8, 2010

Oh, iPad – how silly and ridiculous you are. "A magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price." The only thing I find "revolutionary" about iPad is iCan put the iLetter "i" in front of...

Football, basketball attract strong classes for season

By Mark Clements
Sports Contributor
May 9, 2010

The Chinese calendar calls 2010 the "Year of the Tiger." In terms of recruiting, 2010 has certainly been a successful year for the Tigers.LSU reeled in 27 signees for the 2010 recruiting class, earning...

Nietzsche is Dead: The future is nothing to fear – fear only fear itself

By Matthew Albright
Opinion Editor
May 9, 2010

It's the end of the semester, and, for seniors, the headlong rush of finals is tinted in a yellowed hue of nostalgia.Their college careers are coming to a close. For many, it's the end to a whole lifetime...

Cancel the Apocalypse: Readers: Keep that hate mail coming – we need it

By Andrew Robertson
Columnist
May 9, 2010

Fellow students, distinguished faculty and devoted Daily Reveille readers, I have been bestowed with the great responsibility of being the opinion editor for next semester. And while the task will indeed...