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Voter reform is a necessity for the Unites States

By Garrett Marcel August 25, 2015

Voting is not a right. Voting is a privilege. Voter fraud and corruption is rampant if recent elections are any indication of broader trends. Several members of the voter registration group ACORN were...

Activists should reconsider what they are fighting

By Eli Minor August 25, 2015

Catchy chants, painted posters and distressed voices fill the streets when social inequality pays an unwelcome visit. Activists say, “We’ve had enough! No more will we stand for this!” While...

University graduate student, Joseph Coco, opens up about current campus housing policies for transgender and non-gender binary students and a recent neutral housing proposal.

Gender norms influence career choices

By Eli Minor August 24, 2015

Pick any time of day, scroll through TV and see how much gender normativity you find. No matter what time of day it is or what channel it’s on, gender roles are obvious. These roles are not real...

Mike Williams, adjutant for the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the state of Alabama, carries a confederate flag past the Confederate Memorial on the state Capitol grounds in Montgomery, Ala, after four flags were removed from the memorial on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

Confederate Flag is a Symbol of History and Heritage

By Caitlyn Atkinson August 24, 2015

Morgan Freeman, Jimmy Buffett and former Mississippi state Rep. John Grisham all signed a letter published Aug. 16 calling for Mississippi to remove the Confederate flag from its state flag. The question...

In this file photo dated Aug. 23, 2015, University House- Baton Rouge, formerly The Standard, was still heavily under construction.

The Standard has been set extremely low

By Clarke Perkins August 24, 2015

I am writing this column homeless, confused, angry and annoyed. The Standard at Baton Rouge is a luxury student apartment complex steps away from campus. Students were attracted to the close proximity...

Taylor Swift performs in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The Taylor Swift Effect and Feminism

By John Gavin Harp August 24, 2015

The MTV Video Music Awards became relevant to pop culture again. A Twitter dispute between Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj propelled the award show and feminism into stratospheric levels on social media on...

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks at a news conference announcing the New Orleans Hornets NBA basketball team will change its name from the Hornets to the Pelicans starting next season, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The good, the bad and the Southern

By Cody Sibley August 23, 2015

New Orleans is debating on saying goodbye to its racist past as Mayor Mitch Landrieu pushes to remove four Confederate statues throughout the city. The Historic District Landmarks Commission voted 11-1...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton announces her college affordability plan, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, at the High School in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Hillary: The Competent and Confident Campaigner Emerges

By Garrett Hines - The Daily Reveille August 23, 2015

Hillary Clinton has a new attitude, and the Democratic presidential candidate is not afraid to show it. At the recent Iowa Wing Ding dinner, she wowed skeptics at how much fire they saw her spew and at...

House Bill 132 requires an alcohol buyer’s accompanying designated driver to show a valid Louisiana driver’s licence before purchase.

Students should follow underage drinking laws

By Kain Hingle August 23, 2015

Hundreds of Greek men will storm Tigerland’s various bars tonight for boy’s bid day. Crowded with people ranging in age and social cliques each night, Tigerland serves as one of the most dangerous...

Plus-sized model Tess Holiday is one of many models who are causing the fashion industry to reevaluate its standards. 

Fashion industry needs to adjust standards to include plus-sized models

By Zoe Geauthreaux July 27, 2015

Today, the average size of the American woman is hard to agree upon, but it’s debated to be between sizes eight and 14. Yet, by fashion industry standards, the average woman also is considered plus...

A bouquet of flowers lies net crime scene tape in the parking lot outside The Grand 16 movie theater in Lafayette, La., Sunday, July 26, 2015, Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Lafayette, La. John Russell Houser stood up about 20 minutes into Thursday night's showing of "Trainwreck" and fired on the audience with a semi-automatic handgun. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gun control, crumbling health system failing the U.S.

By Justin DiCharia July 27, 2015

April 20, 1999: 13 murdered in Columbine, Colorado; April 16, 2007: 32 murdered at Virginia Tech; December 14, 2012: 26 murdered in Newtown, Connecticut; July 23, 2015: two murdered and nine wounded in...

Legalization of same-sex marriage defends morality

By Justin DiCharia June 29, 2015

The moral fabric of America is not under attack. It never existed. A nation founded upon the bodies of thousands of Native Americans, previously engulfed in numerous wars, hungry for world power, home...