After 12 years of perfecting the American accent, paying taxes, and attending public school, after 12 years of being taught American principles and ideals, after 12 years of developing an American mentality,...

History was made Tuesday night. Unless you've been living under a rock, you know Barack Obama was elected as the first African-American president in U.S. history.And if you have Facebook, you probably...

Give Obama a chanceDear dejected Facebooker/political activist,I understand your situation. And I respect that you are an American voter with a difference of opinion at this unprecedented time in this...

Many buildings in downtown Baton Rouge naturally catch a visitor's eye: the state capitol building, both governor's mansions and the Shaw Center for the Arts, which boasts a fantastic sushi restaurant...

Athletic Directory urges fans to be good sportsThis weekend is the kind of weekend all of us in college athletics relish.  It's a big game on a big stage … LSU against the No. 1 team in the...

It's finally finished.After nearly two years of cross-country campaigning and ad nauseum media coverage, America has finally selected its next leader: President-elect Barack Hussein Obama.Personally, the...

Schizophrenia not a joking matterAfter reading "Ghosts — brain's illusions" I felt it only necessary to respond with my (limited) knowledge to the author's questions.A person who supposedly communicates...

So I've lost three pairs of socks since the temperature dropped.Aww.Every night, as I fall asleep in my icy apartment, I keep heavy socks snug tight on my feet—a simple armament against the cold.Every...

The election is over — the confetti now scattered on the floor, balloons half-deflated and the party food stale — and Sen. Barack Obama is now our president-elect. So what's left?This was a...

The election is over — the confetti now scattered on the floor, balloons half-deflated and the party food stale — and Sen. Barack Obama is now our president-elect. So what's left?This was a...

Tuesday night, something ironic happened. And I'm not talking about the election of a black man.Around 10 p.m., when networks across the nation began rolling in their projections of Sen. Barack Obama's...

"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" joins a long list of films that marry the backstreet allure of soft pornography with the glamour of a Hollywood production.I cannot objectively define what pornography is or...