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View From Another School: Facts, fables for fueling your libido with assorted food

AMHERST, Mass. (U-Wire) — Since the dawn of time, humankind has had two great obsessions: food and sex. In today's world, they saturate every aspect of media and culture. It is little wonder that,...

Nietzsche is Dead: Warren not a bigot, comments taken out of context

By Matthew Albright
Columnist
January 21, 2009

Yesterday's ceremonies made it official — Barack Obama is the president of the United States.The event will remain a bright note of hope for our nation, the beginning of a presidency — of an...

Nietzche Is Dead: Budget cuts to higher education unfair, unwise

By Matthew Albright
Columnist
January 21, 2009

LSU Students received another foreboding e-mail last Friday from the chancellor's office concerning the budget cuts. A quote from that e-mail:"While we have yet to receive specifics, it is clear that the...

Pepper spray and snowballs don’t mix

By Paul McCauley
Senior Staff Columnist
January 21, 2009

If I may play Captain Obvious for a moment, I'd like to note that we saw a significant amount of snow for the first time since I've been at N.C. State on Tuesday.And where there is snow, there are snowball...

Letters to the Editor

By
January 19, 2009

War-related column offends MSA memberIt is so unfortunate that The Reveille is allowing people to publish articles criticizing an independent country and talks about waging war against Pakistan. Do you...

Saved by the Belle: Fashion trends slow to trickle down to the South

By Drew Belle Zerby
Columnist
January 19, 2009

Tax cuts and gas prices aren't the only types of trends that trickle down.The infamous theory can also be applied to fashion.Southerners don't catch on to the latest styles as quickly as those Yankees...

Burns after Reading: Kige Ramsey offers real solutions, free of charge

By Scott Burns
Columnist
January 19, 2009

ESPN's monopoly on sports looks like it may be coming to an end, all thanks to the work of one dedicated man   — Kige RamseyDuring the past few years, because of the evolution of modern...

Freeman of Speech: Obama’s policies take back seat to ‘coolness factor’

By Eric Freeman Jr.
Columnist
January 19, 2009

Today is about "The Moment."Unless you've been in a coma — in which case, you're not reading this anyway — you know exactly how big today is.We witness history today.At 12:01 p.m. EST today,...

University’s legacy should not be converted into a scent

By
January 15, 2009

Masik Collegiate Fragrances, a company that has attempted to bottle the University as a perfume, overstepped its boundaries when attempting something as ridiculous as deciding what smell represents the...

America will awaken from Bush-inspired nightmare

By Eric Freeman
Columnist
January 15, 2009

Almost a decade ago, we stood at the crossroads of the 21st century. We were given the choice between the second-in-command to an adulterer and a man labeling himself a "compassionate conservative." Through...

Facebook activism raises awareness, not money

By Matthew Patterson
Columnist
January 15, 2009

Did you know Facebook can help end global warming, fight breast cancer and support Finnish war veterans with just a few mouse clicks? Amazingly, the "Causes" application claims it can happen.Since Facebook...

Congress aims to insert trillion-dollar tampon

By Scott Burns
Columnist
January 15, 2009

We are living in historic and unprecedented times, indeed.President-elect Barack Obama will be inaugurated Tuesday as the 44th President of the United States.The first item on his agenda: rebuild our economy...