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The Grumbling Hive: Paying children to attend school may pay off

By Nathan Shull
Columnist
September 22, 2009

What would it take to get you to attend class? Would you get out of bed for $500 a week?Principal Mark Commanducci believes, for his students at Children's Charter Middle School, this reward works.Commanducci...

 

Nietzsche is Dead: Professors should capitalize on paperless resources

By Matthew Albright
Columnist
September 22, 2009

Paper isn't obsolete — yet. If that comment seems self-serving in a newspaper, it probably is. That said, the advent of the information age is gradually narrowing the uses for paper. Nowhere is this...

Our View: For-profit loan lenders are about to meet their maker

By
September 22, 2009

It's finally time for banks to get their hands out of private education. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last Thursday, marking an important...

Burns After Reading: Emanual’s public service proposal for students

By Scott Burns
Columnist
September 22, 2009

Most politicians' legacies take billions of dollars and decades of public service to define.But attaining notoriety was never really much of a problem for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.Within...

The Devil’s Advocate: Protectionism breeds poverty, division, nuclear war

By By Daniel Morgan
Columnist
September 22, 2009

On Sept. 11, 2009 — unable to cope with a rapidly changing domestic economy — the United States of America declared war on the People's Republic of China.Before you pack your loved ones into...

Press X not to die: Apple is hit and miss with new iPod generation

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
September 22, 2009

I wonder what Christmas is like for Steve Jobs.As chairman and CEO for the most haughty, yet trendy company in technology – I'd imagine it'd be a splendid, superb time of year. Well, Christmas came...

Age of Delightenment: RPG addicts can find hope in new rehab center

By Sara Boyd
Columnist
September 22, 2009

My roommate and I skipped a week or two of class freshman year because we were playing The Sims. We sat in little papasan chairs with computers in our laps for hours upon hours, furiously building houses...

Letter to the Editor: 09/24/09

By
September 22, 2009

Leavines uniformed about Vector MarketingEditor's note: Daniel Lumetta is a former daily Reveille opinion columnist and opinion editorLast Monday, columnist Linnie Leavines offered an uninformed portrait...

Our View: Recycling program should be stadium-wide

By Editorial Board
September 22, 2009

When the Florida Gators come to Baton Rouge on Oct. 10, they will likely bring the season's largest crowd to Tiger StadiumLSUPD estimates the Southeastern Conference showdown to bring 150,000 people to...

Juxtaposed Notions: Televangelist Osteen highlights divide in religion

By Linnie Leavines
Columnist
September 20, 2009

Some people can't stand the hellfire-and-brimstone types in Free Speech Alley. That's understandable. But personally, I find a little dose of hellfire now and again is almost refreshing compared to the...

9/22/09: Letters to the Editor

By
September 20, 2009

Let me into the game I paid for!Unfortunately, in the midst of tailgating before the LSU-ULL game, my Tigercard and credit cards were stolen. I handled the situation by filing a report with LSUPD....

Analog Avenger: Eight phrases or lies students overuse, under-mean

By Jack Johnson
Columnist
September 20, 2009

Have you lied today? Marvin hasn't – yet. That's because it's 6:00 a.m. on a Friday and he's still asleep. Just one more day of classes, then he kicks off the weekend at the bar.Too bad Marvin overslept...