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Opinion: America should re-evaluate family planning laws before criticizing Iran

Opinion: America should re-evaluate family planning laws before criticizing Iran

By Alex Mendoza March 16, 2015

A pair of proposed laws in Iran would reduce women to “baby-making machines.” Amnesty International has decried the laws, which are designed to limit women’s reproductive choices....

Opinion: Knowledge about credit pays off in the future

Opinion: Knowledge about credit pays off in the future

By Jay Cranford March 16, 2015

Credit is one of those things in life that’s easy to screw up while you’re young and hard to correct when you’re older. A few weeks ago, I wrote a column discussing how to use credit...

A group of panelists speak Saturday, Mar. 14, 2015, during the the 5th annual Louisiana Queer Conference held at the LSU Business Education Complex.

Opinion: Louisiana Queer Conference unites LGBT community

By Logan Anderson March 15, 2015

“Bold Not Broken: Queer Resilience in the South” served as the passionate theme for this year’s Louisiana Queer Conference. Instead of focusing on any one issue, such as marriage equality,...

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. There was a break in the case of a man who fired shots on several occupied vehicles and the headquarters of the NSA when he returned to the scene of the first shooting, police said Wednesday. The 35-year-old Prince George's County man was arrested Tuesday night near Arundel Mills mall, where shots were fired Feb. 24. A man driving away from a gas station near the mall was injured by glass shot out from his car, police said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Opinion: NSA spying alienates American allies

By Markus Hüfner March 15, 2015

To preserve the right of its users who visit the website on a monthly basis, Wikipedia announced Wednesday it was suing the National Security Agency. This announcement made me question why more people...

Opinion: Drug legislation harms music festival attendees

Opinion: Drug legislation harms music festival attendees

By James Richards March 12, 2015

If you’re anything like me, by 9 p.m. tonight you’ll be dancing your life away to the face-melting bass of RL Grime at the BUKU Music + Art Project in New Orleans. If you’re anything...

US actor Kevin Spacey holds a Golden Camera award as best international actor during the awarding ceremony in Hamburg, northern Germany, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Charisius, pool)

Opinion: Frank Underwood is the perfect anti-hero of American politics

By Justin DiCharia March 12, 2015

Francis “Frank” Underwood’s immoral, politically motivated sins pluck America’s heartstrings to the tune of lustful support for the fictitious character’s ascension to power....

An employee with the New York City Transit Authority looks at an articulated city bus that had blocked the road during a snowstorm, Thursday, March 5, 2015 in the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for heavy snow for New York City and Long Island Weather officials predict snow accumulations of between 4 and 7 inches. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Opinion: America would benefit from better public transportation services

By Markus Hüfner March 12, 2015

It amazes me that if I stay in the U.S. after graduation, I’ll be able to see where my place in society is by what kind of vehicle I am in. I would know I’m part of the lower class if I don’t...

Opinion: Despite high mortality rate, eating disorders still overlooked

By Jen Blate March 11, 2015

Has it ever occurred to you that the deadliest mental illness is the most ignored? Probably not. It may come as a surprise to you, but eating disorders have the highest death rate of all mental illnesses. According...

In this Jan. 3, 2015 photo provided by Feld Entertainment Inc., elephants perform at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said it will phase out its iconic elephant acts by 2018. (AP Photo/Feld Entertainment Inc., Gary Bogdon)

Opinion: Ringling Brothers retires elephants, but animal exploitation continues to run rampant

By Alex Mendoza March 11, 2015

Did you know, for years, Blue Bayou waterpark has kept a monkey in a tiny cage for your entertainment? He smokes cigarettes, if you have any. You won’t find much about him on the Internet, and no...

University of Oklahoma students rally outside the now closed University of Oklahoma's Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a rally in Norman, Okla., Tuesday. (Photo: Sue Ogrocki, AP)

Opinion: LSU Greek Life woefully uneducated on diversity

By Chandler Rome March 11, 2015

You shouldn’t have any sympathy for what happened to Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter. What its members did is abhorrent, fully deserving of the iron fist Oklahoma president David...

Opinion: Police training in US makes officers paranoid, fearful

Opinion: Police training in US makes officers paranoid, fearful

By Markus Hüfner March 10, 2015

About a week ago, a video showing five LAPD officers tasering and shooting a homeless man leaked. Once again, I looked to European news and couldn’t find anything similar. The day after the video...

Opinion: Students should take advantage of the Student Financial Management Center

By Jay Cranford March 10, 2015

In 2009, the Cale P. & Katherine Smith Student Financial Management Center opened at the University. Six years later, during my third year here, I heard about it for the first time. I assume most of...