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Metairie’s Finest: Technology Auto-Tunes relationships, warbles real world

By Travis Andrews
January 11, 2009

We're lost.My friend in the passenger seat pulls out a GPS system on his phone. Suddenly we're a dot on his screen on an animated road. So we fix our course and turn around.For all practical purposes,...

From the editor’s desk: Digital Projects fuel The Daily Reveille’s growth

By Kyle Whitfield
January 11, 2009

About a week ago, three Student Media workers met with members of College Media Network, The Daily Reveille's Web publishing partner for lsureveille.com.We left the quick, two-day stay in New York City...

Our View: No matter what – budget cuts cannot affect academia

By
January 11, 2009

Terms like budget cuts and recession are scary words no one wants to hear about, much less discuss.But as the spring semester begins, these idioms are something University faculty and staff can't escape.The...

Gray Matters: State offers filmmakers unique opportunities

By Matthew Albright
January 11, 2009

Louisiana's rich cultural heritage is a melting pot of food, music, and diverse history — and, for the more cynical, corruption.But in recent years, the state government has been trying to develop...

Thin Pink Line: Gay rights protests need to affect nation, not state

By Matthew Patterson
January 11, 2009

On Nov. 4, California voters passed Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, which had been legalized months earlier by the state supreme court. More than a week later...

Louisianimal: Jesus told me he was pro-choice, pro-freedom

By Daniel Lumetta
January 11, 2009

Over the holidays, I had a revelation from Jesus.Jesus was a tall, blonde-haired and blue-eyed cowboy. Wrapped in an American flag. He sang along to "God bless the USA" on his iPod.After a lengthy chat...

Partisan Punchline: Looking back on the progress of a successful semester

By Daniel Lumetta
December 7, 2008

This year was full of ups and downs for Tigers all over campus.LSU athletics received mixed ratings this year but was successful overall.After a 41-14 dismantling of the Ohio State Buckeyes in the BCS...

Nietzsche is Dead: God Himself speaking out about Proposition 8

By Matthew Albright
December 7, 2008

In the wake of the passing of Proposition 8 — the controversial revision to the Constitution barring homosexual marriages — California courts have been flooded with legal cases affirming or...

Freke Friday: How I learned to stop worrying and love Mike VI

By Freke Ette
December 7, 2008

When an editor informed me I would be writing an article entitled "How it feels to graduate," I wondered how I could escape indulging in the usual clichés.  So while it might be difficult for...

Learn the economic gift of common sense

By Paul McCauley
Viewpoint Editor
December 6, 2008

In the aftermath of World War I, a bitter Rudyard Kipling penned a poem entitled "The Gods of the Copybook Headings."Copybooks were the old-school way of teaching penmanship: students would copy some proverb...

Take care before jumping for Gmail joy

By Jay Goel
Staff Columnist
December 6, 2008

We take Webmail for granted. Most of us have free Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts. It is easy, then, for students to be flippant about e-mail service. We want fast e-mail service. We expect it to be secure....

Freke Friday: ‘E.T.’ is a family favorite drenched in sentimentality

By Freke Ette
December 4, 2008

After considering the responses I have had while watching several films this year, I have begun to wonder if the inner child is untethered from the grown man.Could someone who detested "Ferris Bueller's...