Parasites are everywhere. Yes, even here in the good ole U.S. Do you know the difference between a parasitic infection and a bacterial infection? Besides the fact that parasites may make you feel more...
Music. The word itself should bring to your mind a brief sample of that intangible feeling that pervades you when you listen to it.We love music of all kinds. And we know it's a powerful human phenomenon...
Remember the scene in Jurassic Park where the archaelogists witness real, live dinosaurs emerging from their eggs? Sam Neil's character watches the creatures start to move their tiny, scaly necks and wiggle...
What do Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi have in common?They make up five of the six people who have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Congressional...
With the state's budget in crisis, the University has taken the brunt of cuts being made across Louisiana. Teachers, students and activists are trying to reform the way the state gives out money so higher...
For many, the decision to abstain from certain vices in observance of Lent is akin to making a New Year's resolution. And we all know how those turn out.
In Louisiana, many Christians commonly spend the...
Column on weath inequality badly researched, cited
In my experience writing for the Daily Reveille, I found the worlds of academic and popular press writing to be vastly different.
If a columnist wants...
With two months of 2010 already in the books, spring is just around the corner. The beginning of spring gets exciting, as it brings in warmer weather, Spring Break and March Madness.
However, it also means...
One of the delights of browsing Hulu, if there's too much time on one's hand, is the possibility of unearthing certain treasures — be it TV shows like the underappreciated "Remington Steele" or films...
I'm going to be honest with you – I don't normally watch awards shows. I find them dull, and I have little desire to watch famous people in fancy clothes have a self-congratulatory ceremony for hours...
Concerts and movies have a tendency to let people down when expectations get too high.
But Jay Z did not disappoint fans in New Orleans on Thursday when expectations were high for a top-notch show from...
