As the editorial page editor, I'm really getting tired of writing about budget cuts.Between staff edits and personal columns, I've had to delve into the bureaucracy and the intricacies of the budget —...
Opening in 1860, LSU has endured several closures and changes since its inception. Not even 160 years, 29 different presidents and 7 or more wars could erase the history or some of the traditions of this...
As the University celebrates its 150th birthday, people all over campus are looking back at the long, storied traditions that make this University unique.One of those traditions we're especially proud...
Amid the confusion and debate surrounding the recent SG elections, a highly controversial issue was relegated to the back burner — the Class Gift Project.Before the election season started, the SG...
I'm tired of Luke Wilson's smug face.I'm tired of hearing about how AT&T covers "97 percent of America" and how "AT&T's got ya covered."I'm tired of seeing Wilson on TV flipping out postcards,...
One of the main reasons I'm majoring in general studies instead of English is the foreign language requirement. I'd need 14-16 hours of a foreign language to graduate with an English degree and creative...
I headed to Alaska in the summer of 1993 to work on a commercial fishing boat. The realization struck me like a bolt of lightning — my heart was not in my studies. I was attending Pacific Lutheran...
We'd all like to think Louisiana is moving forward boldly into the 21st century. But it's clear we are big on talk and small on action when it comes to civil liberties and smart drug policies.Two bills...
Last week's complaint by the American Association of University Professors concerning the administration's removal of professor Dominique Homberger from class instruction has sparked a storm of controversy...
Most political arguments follow this syllogism: "Group X deserves high status. Group X would support policy Y. Therefore, we should do Y."For the right wing, X might be big-business, small-town America,...
I watched Zeitgeist recently — that Internet sensation proclaiming our helplessness as human sheeple. We're all controlled by an elite few using religion, fear of our own government and money...
Say it ain't so, Joe. I can see Russia from my house. Thanks but no thanks on that bridge ta' nowhere.If you don't know who said any of these things, you probably don't watch television. It's Sarah Palin,...
