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Study: Facebook users are whiney, narcissistic

By Gregory Schultz
October 1, 2008

Facebook users are whiney — maybe even borderline narcissist — and a new study backs this up.A recent study published in the "Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin" showcased what many...

Our View: Don’t like Student Government? Do something about it

By Editorial Board
October 1, 2008

We deserve the Student Government we demand. This board has often critcized SG's past actions and policies. But the work SG performs is necessary; without it, students' interests and desires would go unrepresented....

Brooks’ ‘Blazing Saddles’ has lost its humor over time

By Freke Ette
October 1, 2008

Watching films, understanding them or even enjoying them can only be assumed to be an individual experience. By that I mean the images that flash before a pair of eyes have no sense in themselves. They...

Freezie pops can prevent glory holes

By Alex Bond
September 30, 2008

Kevlar vests protect police from the strongest ammunition. Multi-million dollar missile defense systems protect us from a nuclear holocaust. Cars now have systems that prevent traffic accidents.And now...

Science doesn’t justify sexist advertising

By Skylar Gremillion
September 30, 2008

Women's rights and gender education have made great strides in the past 50 years — but liquor marketers haven't noticed.Thumbing through magazines in a grocery store, it's easy to see the disconnect....

LSU ID cards are the University’s mark of the beast

By Neal Hebert
September 30, 2008

Armageddon is upon us. I've seen the lake of fire in the Middleton Library men's room hidden behind its last, secret glory hole. I've heard the gallop of the four horsemen masked by the numerous rehearsals...

Letter to the editor

By
September 30, 2008

President John F. Kennedy once said, "A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living." LSU has a rich history of men and women...

Letter to the editor

By
September 29, 2008

I appreciate the coverage of my play, "Father Chief Justice," in Friday's edition, but there are two glaring errors, which I trust you will correct.Charles Evans Hughes was undoubtedly the greatest Chief...

Arabic linguist shortage impairs national defense

By Daniel Lumetta
September 29, 2008

A shortage of speakers with knowledge of critical languages has left top government agencies and the military scrambling to find candidates to fill employment voids in one of the most important areas of...

Our View: graduate appeals process unfair

By The Editorial Board
September 29, 2008

Graduate student Lisa Ladwig's University life has looked more like a scene from Franz Kafka's ‘The Trial' than the living, learning community most of us associate with the University for the last...

Poll results underestimate youth vote for Obama

By Nate Monroe
September 29, 2008

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain invented cell phones.OK, so maybe he didn't actually invent cell phones — even though he kind of, sort of, basically said he did — but a new...

More than one religion offers path to heaven, salvation

By Matthew Albright
September 29, 2008

"Go to hell."For most of us, it's just a common, mildly obscene insult or simple dismissal. But for countless people of faith around the globe, hell is a very real place. We all want to go to heaven, and...