While students finish up finals and return home for Christmas break, the U.S. Senate will be engaged in a heated debate over health care reform. In a debate that has raged across America for months, politicians...
Reasons to be involved with politics:1. You get to make a difference — The average person greatly overestimates how much of a difference his or her vote makes. Yes, every vote counts, but every vote...
I've sometimes had to make tough calls as opinion editor. Sometimes columnists want to say things that could put them, me and the paper at risk.Sometimes it's an entire column, based on a premise or solution...
When Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., cast her vote last week in favor of opening debate in the Senate on the Health Care bill, conservatives dubbed it the "Louisiana Purchase." Pundits such as Glenn Beck have...
The Daily Reveille is hiring students for the spring 2010 staff, and students from all colleges and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.The testing and application session is Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 6 to...
This Thanksgiving, the majority of LSU students returned home to celebrate the classic American holiday with family and friends. Over turkey and potatoes, we gave thanks for the people in our lives and...
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the football season of hope. It was the academic season of despair. It was the purple and golden age of athletic conquest and victory. It was...
The semester is winding down, students are pulling all-nighters wrapping up end-of-the-year projects and tests, and this week's Thanksgiving break will give students that little pit stop needed before...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth and final column in a series about good behavior on and around campus. To see Sara's previous columns, check out our Web site,...
Midnight opening tickets sold out weeks in advance. Matinee events quickly filled to capacity, giddy teenagers hugged pails of popcorn in one hand and their moms in the other. Everyone was out to see the...
I am wildly optimistic about the long-run future of humanity.Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charlemagne used to rule the world. They sat on their thrones for years as the undisputed masters of their...
I wouldn't want to live 100 years from now. It's tempting but shortsighted to only consider how cool it may be.Every morning we greet the world under a set of assumptions.We assume our car will start,...
