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From the editor’s desk: Publishing salary database online is correct decision

By Kyle Whitfield
October 18, 2008

Take about 70 pages in a three-ring binder nestled in Middleton Library and add in a little more exposure. That's all it took to get people fired up.The newly published employee salary database on our...

Our View: Merchants, BRPD solve Carlotta puzzle

By The Editorial Board
October 18, 2008

Everyone at last year's annual Carlotta Street Halloween block party remembers the scene.Police — some on foot, some on horses, some in cars — tried clearing people out of the streets because...

Fun jumps? Really, Lafayette?

By Kyle Whitfield
October 18, 2008

It's usually wise for managers to keep their arguments in house.But I draw the line at picking on New Orleans.One of my best editors used this space exactly a week ago to question why New Orleanians say...

Letters to the editor, 10/20

By
October 18, 2008

Lumetta's article vague, unsupportedMr. Lumetta, your most recent opinion article lacks focus, to put it lightly.  It's nothing more than a blob of unsubstantiated and ambiguous statements.First,...

Where has our sense of right and wrong gone?

By Matt McEntire
October 18, 2008

Like most college students, I'm not rich. Unfortunately, I still enjoy things like food, electricity and a place to live. To satisfy these needs I have worked my way through college and graduate school....

Perdue more qualified than McCrory

By Jane Moon
Staff Columnist
October 17, 2008

I picked up Wednesday's paper, eagerly seeking the results from Technician's mock election. I saw results I expected, such as Sen. Barack Obama having a slight lead and that the people with the most name...

The excellence that is the ‘Sweet Smell of Success’

By Freke Ette
October 15, 2008

Most readers have come to the conclusion that film critics don't like films. Who can blame them? Critics tend to glance back at the films of the past with nostalgia; they regard the future with trepidation...

Textbook industry in danger, dated by Internet

By Mark Macmurdo
October 15, 2008

In an industry whose product's price has risen at twice the rate of inflation, the Internet's proven track record for change may bring the demise of textbook publishers.Certain sectors of our economy exist...

Our View: Pedestrians, drivers need to be aware of surroundings

By The Editorial Board
October 15, 2008

This campus isn't exactly the safest place for pedestrians. We all know that.Motorcycles whiz through Easy Street gates, cars constantly disobey the on-campus speed limit  — walking is rarely...

Journalism’s future is citizen-driven, should be feared

By Gregory Schultz
October 15, 2008

A grainy video taken from a cell phone camera with the sounds of gunshots erupting in the background was uploaded to CNN's iReport on April 16, 2007.It was the only video captured during the Virginia Tech...

Bat Girls to the rescue

By Daniel McBride
October 15, 2008

Like many other frustrated, attention-deficit youths, I used to dream about superheroes. Such figures captured my imagination, fed my insatiable hunger for cartoons and channeled my innate desire to kick...

Letter to the editor, 10/17

By
October 15, 2008

The new Gumbo is terribleSo I go pick up my "free" Gumbo the other day, somewhat unexcited and expecting to get something sub-par to the Gumbos of our parents' generation, as usual, and I got a random...