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LSU kinesiology senior Adam Roethele talks to a crowd Friday, April 3, 2014 in the LSU Royal-Cotillion Ballroom.

Opinion: LSU’s 6 Most Influential People in 2014

By Jana King May 4, 2014

Time Magazine released its annual list of the 100 most influential people last week, and the reactions have been mixed. While some are ecstatic to have individuals such as “Orange is the New Black”...

Nearby restaurants are some of the minimum wage-paying businesses where students work because of their close proximity to LSU's campus.

Opinion: Minimum wage jobs add to hefty workload for students without much reward

By Jana King May 1, 2014

As we begin our last- weekend-of-the-semester-scramble to turn procrastinated projects into academic artwork, summer is on the horizon. Before long, we’ll be trading Blue Books for Netflix and...

People in helmets (left and right), dressed as Russian factories workers, hold a man wearing Barack Obama's mask with mock NATO's bomb in chains, as they take part in a Communists demonstration in downtown Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May, 1, 2014. Thousands of Communists, members of Russia's main political parties and opposition activists staged competing marches in Moscow and other cities Thursday marking the traditional May Day holiday. Poster at the background reads : Peace, Labour, May. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)

Opinion: U.S. must directly engage Russia

By John Ryan McGehee May 1, 2014

On Thursday, as students across the U.S. reposted the “It’s gonna be May” meme ad nauseum, Russia staged its first May Day parade since the time of the Soviet Union. It’s like they...

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Opinion: McDonald’s gendered toys promote sexist ideals

By SidneyRose Reynen April 29, 2014

Many LSU students have already scheduled their classes for the fall semester. Imagine, however, that the prerequisite for that class you’ve been dying to take is that you be the “correct”...

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, center left, speaks about the United States Supreme Court's decision, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, regarding the state's Affirmative Action law involving college admissions, during a news conference in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT.

Opinion: Affirmative action demeans those it is meant to help

By Justin Stafford April 29, 2014

Discrimination doesn’t end with a piece of legislation, and racism doesn’t die with a new policy. The problem’s roots did not begin there. They came from inside of man — in a human’s...

LSU President F. King Alexander speaks with the Manship School Create Lab about #FixLSU in Free Speech Alley Friday, April 25, 2014. Check out the complete slideshow.

Opinion: Students need to take action to see change on campus

By Annette Sommers April 27, 2014

Art students have protested, crime-concerned policemen have spoken and now the entire LSU community is coming together to demand a change. #fixLSU is a project with the potential to make LSU, well, fixed....

Opinion: Buddy Bench counters negative effects of bullying, depression

Opinion: Buddy Bench counters negative effects of bullying, depression

By Justin Stafford April 24, 2014

College students might have a thing or two to learn from an elementary school student who devised a simple, but brilliant, plan to tackle issues like loneliness and bullying that he saw in his schoolyard...

Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso opens the West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire public meeting, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in West, Texas. The deadly explosion in West a year ago was preventable and resulted from unsafe storage practices by West Fertilizer Co., and government oversight, U.S. Chemical Safety Board leaders said earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)

Opinion: Lack of regulation caused the West Texas disaster

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini April 24, 2014

This month is the anniversary of the BP oil spill and the West Texas disaster, yet since those two events, there has been little to no major reforms or regulation to deal with the problem of toxic waste,...

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Opinion: Cultural appreciation can be shown without appropriation

By SidneyRose Reynen April 24, 2014

The first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off yesterday, and there was no doubt a plethora of Native American headdresses were worn by non-Native Americans. Sunscreen, bottles...

A Difficult Choice ad is displayed Wednesday, April 23, 2014 near Perkins Rd and South Acadian.

Opinion: Reproductive rights debate detrimental to health care

By Jana King April 23, 2014

As you were headed out for spring break last week, you may have noticed a new billboard on South Acadian Thruway. With just the phrase “Pregnant?” and a phone number, it’s not clear what...

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Opinion: New iPhone app allows users to talk trash anonymously

By Eli Haddow April 23, 2014

Wisdom is found within the collared shirt. That’s the word on the street at least. And by street, I mean Yik Yak, the anonymous micro blog that is taking LSU — and particularly LSU Greek Life...

This may surprise some, but there is a world outside the south United States.

Opinion: Leaving home state is beneficial for growth

By Annette Sommers April 23, 2014

When I came to LSU as a freshman, I only knew one other person. I wasn’t worried because I was under the impression that college would be filled with an eclectic population of students from all over...