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Cop Camera

Opinion: Body cameras for cops the first step to more justice

By Markus Hüfner April 16, 2015

As you may have read in Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Reveille, a bill that would make it mandatory for police officers in Louisiana to wear body cameras is being considered by the Louisiana legislature....

Opinion: Jindal’s legacy leaves out the mentally ill

By Justin DiCharia April 16, 2015

If you are shot by a gun but don’t have health insurance, a hospital will treat you. If you have a brain aneurism but don’t have health insurance, a hospital will treat you. If you have a serious...

Opinion: Higher education bills must address constitutional protections

Opinion: Higher education bills must address constitutional protections

By James Richards April 16, 2015

Students from across Louisiana took their concerns about the tremendous budget cuts to the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday with cheers such as “No cuts, no future,” and “Katrina didn’t...

Opinion: Apple's new emojis promote diversity

Opinion: Apple’s new emojis promote diversity

By Jen Blate April 15, 2015

What would life be like without our emojis? I know mine would be exceptionally boring, but has it ever occurred to you that our emojis may be normalizing our bias behavior?It didn’t cross my mind...

Opinion: American prison system fails to correct criminal behavior

Opinion: American prison system fails to correct criminal behavior

By Markus Hüfner April 15, 2015

How much should a human being be punished for doing something wrong? America certainly believes all criminals are freedom-hating traitors because if you commit a first-degree murder here in Louisiana,...

Memorial Tower is silhouetted against the skyline as the sun sets Monday behind Tiger Stadium.

Opinion: LSU students must fight to save faculty

By Justin DiCharia April 14, 2015

Ecstasy filled the air in Death Valley as LSU senior safety Ronald Martin intercepted a pass by Ole Miss senior quarterback Bo Wallace to cement the Tigers’ victory over against the No. 3 Rebels....

LSUPD

Opinion: LSUPD has responsibility to notify students of all on-campus crimes

By Clarke Perkins April 14, 2015

We shouldn’t have to depend on Twitter or another student to make us aware of crimes that happen on campus. LSUPD investigated an attempted armed robbery that took place in the early morning of April...

 

Opinion: Comprehensive sex education should be taught as early as kindergarten

By Logan Anderson April 14, 2015

At my high school, sexual education was incorporated into freshman biology. For one week, my teacher shifted her focus from evolution to anatomy: we were given workbook sheets with drawings of the sex...

Opinion: #This_Generation ignores issues of past generations

By Cody Sibley April 14, 2015

This generation has a serious problem: older generations blame everything on us. Designer Ajit Johnson made online posters highlighting the problems with the millennial generation. His posters allege what...

 

Opinion: Mobile banking hassle-free, should be taken advantage of

By Jay Cranford April 13, 2015

If there’s anything that defines our generation, it’s cellphones. I’m sure everyone has had the same experience as me, when all adults complain how much us kids need to get off our “damn...

Welfare

Opinion: Proposed Kansas law promotes stereotype of welfare queen

By Alex Mendoza April 13, 2015

My biggest pet peeve about people on welfare is they always seem to spend their money on Caribbean cruises rather than food for their families. If that statement sounds ludicrous to you, congratulations....

Opinion: LSU should accommodate needs of first-generation college students

By Justin DiCharia April 13, 2015

In the Broadway production of “In the Heights,” Nina Rosario sits on front steps of her family’s apartment and sings the painful song of first-generation college students who fell behind...