Facebook already controls our lives.And now it's controlling our deaths.Stephanie Bemister, the sister of recently deceased journalist William Bemister, sent Facebook a copy of Bemister's death certificate...

Say what you will about the past eight years. But one positive did emerge through the diplomatic carnage left by the Bush Administration.Boobs got bigger.Between 1992 and 2003, the number of breast augmentations...

Documents released by the LSU System late Tuesday indicate the total cuts to the System next fiscal year will total $131.2 million, with total cuts to the System's main campus totaling $45.4 million.The...

Every aspect of a prisoner's daily life is put under intense scrutiny and regulation. Everything from meals to showers is scheduled; everything is done when and how inmates are told to do it. This is an...

LSU Student Body,I would first like to thank Jasper Holland for giving me this opportunity to address several concerns. Since my freshman year when I joined Student Government, I have always been fiscally...

"We thought slavery ended in the 19th century. We couldn't be more wrong. Slavery still exists."Such is the slogan of the new group on campus, Tigers Against Trafficking, an organization dedicated to fighting...

The race for the next SG president is only hours old, yet we already have a clear idea of which tickets would cost our student body more money than they would be worth. Taking into account the current...

"Viewing present-day organisms as products of evolution provides the most productive framework for investigating and understanding their structure and function. As such, evolution is a unifying concept...

(U-WIRE)   — Anyone who's studied history, especially at a mostly liberal institution like Brown, knows that Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the Americas. Not only are many of his...

The LSU Police Department is making some fairly hefty changes to its department, giving officers shotguns and developing a SWAT-like team for campus emergencies.But some of this new equipment seems a little...

Politics is alluring.The intricate dance of what some call "the greatest game" attracts us. Sometimes it's the methods the politically acute use to gain power. Sometimes it's the issues politicians deal...

After Hurricane Katrina, the state began reassessing its storm preparedness, and a bipartisan effort to better prepare the state for hurricanes emerged.Former Gov. Kathleen Blanco was ridiculed for the...