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OPINION: Celebrity culture detracts from artistry at Coachella

By John Gavin Harp April 18, 2016

In case you didn’t realize from the endless tabloid coverage, this past weekend was Coachella’s first weekend, and festival goers allegedly listened to music in between stalking celebrities. The...

OPINION: Financial literacy important for millennial's economic security

OPINION: Financial literacy important for millennial’s economic security

By Jay Cranford April 18, 2016

Are you a millennial? If so, statistically speaking, you suck at managing your money. A 2015 study on millennials by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and George Washington University’s Global Financial Literacy...

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2011 file photo shows letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moving boxes of mail into his truck to begin delivery at a post office in Seattle. Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It’s about as American as apple pie. But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the long-cherished delivery service could be virtually phased-out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Opinion: The U.S. should privatize the Postal Service

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 April 17, 2016

The federal government wasted more than $50 billion on the United States Postal Service since 2007 according to TaxFoundation.org. In return, the American taxpayers receive poor quality service. The USPS...

FILE -- In this photo Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, inmates walk through the exercise yard at California State Prison Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif. California's recidivism rate dropped in the years before Gov. Jerry Brown's 2011 realignment law took effect, according to a report released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Opinion: Prisoners work under slavery-like conditions

By Jack Richards @jayellrichy April 17, 2016

Thousands upon thousands of American workers receive a starvation wage every year. In Louisiana, that number is even higher since we have the largest prison population in the world per capita. Oh, did...

In this Jan 10, 2016 photo, locals walk past the Screen on the Green cinema in London. With a fabulous neon facade, it hosts movies and live events. It’s one of the oldest cinemas in the UK. The Clash, Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks played together there on the night Aug. 29, 1976. It was the end of the long, hot summer when punk was born. (Jonathan Elderfield via AP)

SATIRE: AMC plans to draw in Millennials with new theaters

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin April 14, 2016

This article is satire and meant purely for the reader’s enjoyment. AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron announced the chain’s plans to create new theaters geared toward millennial customers. The...

An official investigates the scene where two female Southern University students were killed at The Cottages Apartment Complex in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, April 10, 2016. Detectives didn't immediately identify any suspects or motives in the shooting, which occurred in a parking lot outside an apartment complex around 2 a.m., said Baton Rouge Police Sgt. Don Coppola Jr. (Patrick Dennis/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT

OPINION: Body cameras keep police and people safe

By Charlie Bonacquisti @Charlie_Bonac2 April 14, 2016

Recent incidents between police officers and the public have led to increased tensions, which is why the Baton Rouge Police Department needs body cameras for every officer on duty. In October 2015, the...

FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2009, file photo, New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith sits on the bench during the NFL football game in New Orleans. An attorney for the family of Smith said Wednesday, April 13, 2016, that the former Saints star did not brandish a gun or have it on him before he was shot to death last weekend. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

OPINION: Stricter gun control would have saved Will Smith, SU victims

By Clarke Perkins @ClarkePerkins April 13, 2016

When will everyone realize guns are not the answer? Saturday night, two Southern University students and former Saints player Will Smith were shot and killed in two separate incidents. If those shootings...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks with reporters about his budget cut proposal for the upcoming fiscal year after speaking to the House Appropriations Committee, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. Edwards is proposing to close a $750 million budget shortfall with cuts to the TOPS free college tuition program, safety net hospitals for the poor and public schools. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

OPINION: Higher TOPS ACT requirement promotes success, discourages mediocrity

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 April 13, 2016

Louisiana’s legislature is cutting TOPS funding to balance the budget. Turning TOPS into a loan program is the best solution to save money, but the current plan to raise the minimum ACT requirement...

LSU freshman defensive tackle Davon Godchaux (57) lunges toward ULM senior quarterback Pete Thomas (14) Saturday, Sep. 13, 2014 during the Tigers' 31-0 victory against the Warhawks in Tiger Stadium.

Making LSU sports a protected class hurts other universities

By Garrett Hines @garrettH_tdr April 12, 2016

If a proposed bill is enacted into law as written, we can kiss Louisiana post-secondary athletics as we know it goodbye. Rep. Steve Carter, R-Baton Rouge, introduced HB 971, which would require all non-LSU...

DeKalb County State's Attorney Richard Schmack looks back into the courtroom on Friday, April 1, 2016, in Sycamore, Ill., during a hearing in the murder case of Jack McCullough. McCullough was convicted in 2012 for the 1957 killing of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph, of Sycamore. McCullough's attorneys Gabriel Fuentes and Shaun Van Horn filed a motion Thursday requesting DeKalb County Judge William Brady, left, to vacate their client's murder conviction or release him on bond. Brady denied both motions. McCullough's lawyers filed the motion, citing a report from Schmack that concluded old files and some new evidence demonstrated McCullough couldn't possibly have killed Ridulph. (Danielle Guerra/Daily Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; CHICAGO TRIBUNE OUT

OPINION: Further inaction on public defender funding will cripple justice in Louisiana

By Jack Richards @JayEllRichy April 12, 2016

If you’re planning on running for legislative office next election cycle, here’s a ready-made attack for your totally-not-affiliated super-pac to lob at your opponent in a 30-second ad. It’ll...

What will you do if LSU implements new tailgating policies?"Laugh as a drunken mob of LSU "fans" riot in response." 

OPINION: Student body needs to prioritize what it protests

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer April 11, 2016

LSU, you need to sort out your priorities. This past week, many students lined the Student Union’s Capital Chamber to protest proposed new tailgating rules during a town hall, according to The Daily...

The Board of Regents hear motions from different subcommittees Aug. 21, 2013 in the Louisiana Purchase Room located in the Claiborne Building in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Opinion: Streamlining Louisiana’s bureaucracy is a step toward the people’s will

By Justin DiCharia @JDiCharia April 10, 2016

Louisiana has 485 government boards and commissions. It’s the Amazon rainforest of bureaucracy, and for a state so red that it took a prostitution scandal to put a Democrat in state office, an inconsistent...