Burns: On March 12, the Texas Board of Education controversially revised the social studies curriculum to include more "conservative" aspects of American history while excluding more "liberal" components."Since...
It's finally over.After close to a year of bickering and fighting, it's done. We've slogged through months and months of partisan gridlock and political grandstanding. We've trudged through a mountain...
Feb. 15 can mean different things for different people. Some find relief in the 364 remaining days until the next "Singles Awareness Day." Others suffer from the V-day hangover and realize their bank accounts...
Republican congressmen made a variety of claims throughout the excruciating health care debate Sunday in Congress — one largely marred with political tricks to delay. From emotional appeals to the...
Today is Election Day for LSU. Every student on campus has the chance to let his or her voice be heard on who will represent us, the student body, to the University administration and the state government....
Budget cuts need student attention, support
The budget cuts that have been made to higher education are going to change LSU with unforeseeable force. The LSU administration is doing everything it can to...
I was finally going to see them.They were out in force outside Dutchtown High School, a few miles outside Baton Rouge. They, the face of intolerant Christianity and voice of senseless radicalism, were...
Have you ever considered — in your academic life, with so many different sources of knowledge — whether what you are getting from these years of study is a real education or merely instruction?...
I was desperate for Facebook friends when I first joined the site in the spring of 2005. It was only open to college students at the time, and I was about to start college in a new state where I...
Iraqi citizens risked their lives to vote in the parliamentary elections held last week as violence erupted across the country. More than 62.5 percent of eligible voters cast their vote, according to Al...
Public schools no worse than private schoolsScott Burn's article "Beltway blowhards are real American idiots," about the public school system indicates he was educated in a private institution. To start,...
In "Green Zone," Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass team up again following their pairing in "The Bourne Ultimatum." A war thriller set in conquered Iraq, "Green Zone" is chiefly centered on a soldier's...
