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Louisianimal: Opinion staff looking for a few good men, women

By Daniel Lumetta
Opinion Editor
April 20, 2009

The Daily Reveille will be testing and accepting applications for the summer and fall semesters in the Journalism Building's Holliday Forum on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.Though applications will be accepted...

Burns After Reading: ‘South Park’ breaks social barriers, gay fish’s ego

By Scott Burns
Columnist
April 20, 2009

Breaking social barriers is nothing new for Comedy Central's hit sitcom South Park. But on April 8, the show might just have accomplished the impossible in less than 22 minutes: humbling rapper Kanye West.In...

Common Cents: Debating stem cell, partial birth extremes leads nowhere

By Daniel Morgan
Columnist
April 20, 2009

On March 9, President Obama signed an executive order lifting former President George W. Bush's ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. There is a great deal to be said about the ethics...

Nietzsche is Dead: Sorry, students, marijuana should still be illegal

By Matthew Albright
Columnist
April 18, 2009

Marijuana is bad.On this most auspicious of days, the calls for legalizing marijuana reach their wheezing, coughing climax.And year after year, these calls go unanswered for good reason.As much as we want...

Our View: America’s drug policy needs to be reformed, repackaged

By Editorial Board
April 18, 2009

Many of the most credible media outlets — from CNN's Ted Turner to CBS's Walter Cronkite, from the conservative Wall Street Journal to the liberal New York Times — have labeled America's War...

Murda, He Wrote: Reporters, politicians distort marijuana discourse

By Mark Macmurdo
April 18, 2009

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France — April 20th is a special day — a day when strangers will exchange a wink or a nod, casually addressing an issue that is taboo for the other 364 days of the year.But...

Freeman of Speech: Prohibition didn’t work once, isn’t working now

By Eric Freeman Jr.
April 18, 2009

Raise your hand if you remember Chicago in the early 1930s, at the height of alcohol Prohibition.The early ‘30s saw mafia warfare at its highest, featuring all-time highs in black market profiteering...

The Peanut Gallery: Should college-age couples wait to get married?

By
April 15, 2009

This week's question focuses more on personal advice.  Should college-age couples get married, or should they wait for graduation?  We asked Reveille opinion columnists what they thought.Matthew...

(Bi)Partisan View: The wait is over – thanks to new ‘potty parity’ laws

By Isabel Blum
Columnist
April 15, 2009

Females experience discrimination on several fronts. They make an average of 75 cents for every dollar men make and are heavily underrepresented in government. But there is one kind of discrimination many...

Letters to the Editor

By
April 15, 2009

Reorganization plan unrightfully rushedI would like to thank Kyle Bove of The Daily Reveille for his coverage of the farcically titled "Vistas of Reorganization" meeting held April 14 to discuss proposed...

Saved by the Belle: Bars need condom machines available to customers

By Drew Belle Zerby
Columnist
April 14, 2009

Vending machines in bars are in dire need of an upgrade.Instead of providing patrons with tax-high cancer sticks or pre-historic feminine hygiene products, bars should offer customers something more useful...

Letter to the Editor: 04.16.09

By
April 14, 2009

A university is a place for exploring ideas and examining them. They operate on long time scales making them conservative about traditions. Therein also lies their stability. The great universities of...