It's safe to say several University students have experienced the unique atmosphere Chelsea's Cafe offers.The music, the food, the people — Chelsea's has it all.But a recent dispute between the establishment...

Do you like cheeseburgers?If you do, you're killing the planet.A new study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine blames fat people for the increase in global warming, as increased energy...

Around campus, bumper-to-bumper traffic and continuous roadwork aren't just daily hassles — they're ceremonial ways of life.Louisiana spent more than $2.1 billion maintaining roads and highways in...

Last week, one of the University's nomadic evangelicals offered me a green mini-Bible. I was impressed by his generosity, but I wasn't interested.In a calm, dismissive voice I told him, "There is no God,"...

Talk to any shark-jumping feminist for long enough, and he or she will eventually mention women only make "77 cents on the dollar" of what men make.The figure comes from the 2004 Census Bureau.The median...

GRENADA, SPAIN — LSU is superior to Science Po, the French university where I have spent this semester, in many ways. But when it comes to appreciation for studying abroad, LSU simply cannot...

A bill was pre-filed earlier this month by Rep. Walt Leger, D-New Orleans, that would allow juvenile convicts who were tried as adults and sentenced to life in prison an opportunity to be eligible for...

Oh, you graduate in August. What are you doing after that?I swear, I hear those horrible words almost every day. And almost every day, I disappoint whomever is asking with a shrug and a joke because I...

It's not often that you find a group protesting their building's status as a landmark.When a structure is labeled a historic landmark, that structure generally becomes a source of pride for those that...

Reading about the State Legislature is almost always boring.Whether it's the arcane procedures and unbearable inanity of the politics or the number of issues the body addresses that just don't seem relevant...

In case the reality of a reduced budget for the University hasn't affected you yet, new legislation proposed by state Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City, may do the trick.One measure that will be up for...

For years, Catholic politicians have struggled to rectify their political views with their spiritual lives.But most ignore questions about what political aims Catholic clergy and theologians should have...