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Kurds stand in line and flash victory signs during a solidarity rally with the Syrian city of Kobani in the village of Caykara, Turkey, on the Turkey-Syria border, just across from Kobani, Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014. Kurds rally daily in villages in Turkey on the border with Syria in solidarity with the embattled Syrian city of Kobani, which has been under a brutal siege by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Opinion: U.S. needs coherent plan in battling Islamic State

By John Ryan McGehee November 11, 2014

It’s unclear how the U.S. will approach fighting the Islamic extremists in Iraq. After a month of airstrikes, there doesn’t seem to be any indication of a decline in hostilities against the...

President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leaders in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Obama, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Opinion: Obama must shift to the center to appease Republican majorities

By John Ryan McGehee November 10, 2014

If the midterm elections taught us anything, it’s the country is clearly dissatisfied with the direction that President Barack Obama’s agenda — or lack thereof — is taking us. The...

A framed Montana Standard newspaper article on Robert O'Neill of Butte, Mont., signed by O'Neill, is seen on the wall of the Metals Sports Bar in Butte on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. O'Neill, a Butte native and ex-Navy SEAL, told The Washington Post that he fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden, a story he first recounted in February to Esquire magazine, which identified him only as "the shooter." One current and one former SEAL confirmed to The Associated Press that O'Neill was long known to have fired the fatal shots at the al-Qaida leader. The article is signed, "Never Quit." (AP Photo/Lisa Baumann)

Opinion: Bin Laden shooter’s statement undermines collective effort

November 10, 2014

Superheroes wear masks to keep their identity secret so they live a normal life outside of the spandex, but that’s not the only reason. This hidden identity is also because a true hero doesn’t...

Opinion: Tara High students shouldn’t be sheltered from offensive graffiti

By Jana King November 10, 2014

Last week at Tara High School in Baton Rouge, school officials came to work and were surprised to find that someone had spray-painted racist graffiti on buildings near the school’s baseball field....

Fans wave at the Homecoming Parade Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Opinion: Home gamedays interfere with other obligations

By Shirin Chowdhury November 9, 2014

Picture this: Two girls drunkenly screaming at each other about something completely non-football related; a couple guys shattering bottles on the ground in anger because they lost a game of beer pong;...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, celebrates with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, and his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, at an election night party in Louisville, Ky.,Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. McConnell won a sixth term in Washington, with his eyes on the larger prize of GOP control of the Senate. The Kentucky Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent fighting off a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Republicans face identity crisis after midterms

By Gordon Brillon November 9, 2014

For a while now, Democrats have had it easy. Since 2008, they haven’t had the responsibility of defining their own identity as a party because they’ve had President Obama to do that. His agenda...

Opinion: Physician-assisted suicide should be regulated but more accessible

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas November 5, 2014

Our lives are made up of a series of choices. What should I have for dinner? Who should I ask to GRUB? Should I go to class today? We ask ourselves questions like this on a regular basis because we get...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, celebrates with his supporters at an election night party in Louisville, Ky.,Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. McConnell won a sixth term in Washington, with his eyes on the larger prize of GOP control of the Senate. The Kentucky Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent, fighting off a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: GOP plagued by inefficiency and lack of legislative action

By SidneyRose Reynen November 5, 2014

After all the fuss, Election Day is officially over. Hopefully all of you exercised your right to vote, even if it was just to say you exercised at all this year. As predicted, the GOP dominated the midterm...

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 file photo, actress Viola Davis poses at The Rape Foundation's Annual Brunch at Greenacres in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 49-year-old actress stars as a defense attorney and law professor on the new ABC show “How to Get Away With Murder,” which premiered Thursday, Sept. 25, to 14 million viewers. Davis discussed her new show Sunday at a benefit for the Rape Treatment Center, which she became acquainted with through research for a role. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, file)

Opinion: Natural hair can show women’s beauty, individuality

By Taylor Simien November 4, 2014

A little more than three years ago, I embarked on my return to natural. For those of you who have no clue what that means, I stopped putting relaxers in my hair to chemically straighten my curl pattern....

Capital City Records, located at 4641 Perkins Road, opens it's doors Friday, November 7, 2014.

Opinion: Vinyl format carries sentiment, history

By Justin Stafford November 3, 2014

Some things are timeless. For instance, the “What’s that on your shirt?” prank your uncle might have played on you as a child and those old vinyl records of his that he’d play every...

Opinion: Out-of-state fees stifle students’ options

By Shirin Chowdhury November 3, 2014

As a student, I’m well aware that money plays a huge role in my education. I’ve got a nice pile of loans waiting for me when I graduate, but sometimes it’s easier to just pretend they...

This image from video by KABC TV Los Angeles shows wreckage of what is believed to be SpaceShipTwo in Southern California's Mojave Desert on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. A Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket exploded after taking off on a test flight, a witness said Friday. (AP Photo/KABC TV)

Opinion: Virgin Galactic crash shouldn’t deter space exploration

By Gordon Brillon November 2, 2014

It wasn’t until late in the day Saturday that I heard about the explosion of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo. During a test launch Friday, the craft, which was meant to be a prototype for Virgin’s...