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Opinion: Student interest in escort positions hints at tuition problems, not moral issues

By Jana King January 27, 2014

In the wake of David Vitter announcing his bid for Louisiana Governor and LSU’s annual tuition increases, I predict one positive outcome — a program in which Louisiana politicians provide financial...

Dennis Rodman waves to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, after singing Happy Birthday to Kim before an exhibition basketball game with U.S. and North Korean players at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

Opinion: Rodman has social responsibility in North Korea

By Annette Sommers January 23, 2014

Imagine if Zach Mettenberger started taking trips to play football for Barack Obama at the White House. They become friends and Mettenberger even sings “Happy Birthday” to the president. All...

Purdue University students, faculty, family and friends gather at the steps of Hovde Hall for a vigil for a teaching assistant who was fatally shot on campus at Purdue University, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, in West Lafayette, Ind. The victim was identified as Andrew Boldt, 21, a senior in electrical engineering from Wisconsin who lived on campus, according to Purdue. Another student, Cody Cousins, was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder, athourities said. (AP Photo/The Journal & Courier, Michael Heinz) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES

Opinion: Seeking mental health help can prevent campus tragedies

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas January 23, 2014

A gunman shot and killed 21-year-old Purdue University senior Andrew Boldt on Tuesday, in the university’s electrical engineering building. The best way to prevent catastrophes like these is for...

Opinion: The obligation to try new things can be overwhelming to tourists

Opinion: The obligation to try new things can be overwhelming to tourists

By Samantha Bares January 23, 2014

My stomach was the first to go. Winter break has finally come to a close, and it has been a stressful week and a half since I returned to campus. So it seems far-fetched that a little more than a week...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. De Blasio told a packed audience Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the "price of inequality has deepened." The mayor says economic inequality is closing doors for hard-working people in the city and around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mr. Fini: Is income inequality a serious threat to the global economy?

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini January 22, 2014

The World Economic Forum released a Global Risk assessment on Dec. 30, 2013, that labeled income inequality as a major risk for youths. Five years after the global financial crisis, the global elite have...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. De Blasio told a packed audience Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the "price of inequality has deepened." The mayor says economic inequality is closing doors for hard-working people in the city and around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Atlas Has Shrugged: Is income equality a serious threat to the global economy?

By Andrew Stolzle January 22, 2014

As a member of the next generation of American workers, I stand with you in saying: we are in big trouble. Over the past few years, the job market has become increasingly more unstable; graduates are frequently...

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Opinion: Weight loss resolutions are part of diet culture, harmful to health

By Jana King January 22, 2014

We’re 23 days into the new year, and for some of us, our new diets. Granted, many of you may have already crumpled up your list of New Year’s resolutions and headed for Dairy Queen, putting...

Textbooks are displayed Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 in the LSU Bookstore.

Opinion: Textbook racket steals student money

By Eli Haddow January 21, 2014

Here’s a message to the sick and injured across the country complaining about the skyrocketing cost of health care in the United States, or simply to those who are still swimming in the ocean of...

Different strains of marijuana are displayed during the grand opening of the Seattle location of the Northwest Cannabis Market, for sales of medical marijuana products, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The market hosts nine permanent vendors for seven-day-a-week sales, as well as daily vendors of a variety dried medicines, edible products and starts. Voters in Washington state last fall passed Initiative 502, which legalizes the recreational possession of up to an ounce of marijuana and calls for the creation of state-licensed pot growers, processors and retail stores. Recreational marijuana sales are expected to begin late this year, and in the meantime, the stateís medical marijuana industry continues to operate. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Opinion: Marijuana legalization inevitable, next step

By Justin Stafford January 21, 2014

One room in the state Capitol was buzzing Tuesday and could’ve led to an old-fashioned stoning, and maybe it did for some. The Louisiana House Criminal Justice Committee held a public meeting to...

Keith Edwards holds a sign at the Gun Rights Across America rally Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 in front of the Louisiana state capitol building.

Shut Up, Meg: Yes. Discussion of rights, not abundance of guns, is the answer

By Megan Dunbar January 20, 2014

This weekend, a handful of protestors gathered on the State Capitol steps to oppose stricter gun laws in Louisiana and the U.S. As if that’s what Baton Rouge should focus on right now, while homelessness,...

Student Government continues talks of potentially banning all tobacco on campus. In a poll, approximately 60% of students voted not in favor of the ban.

Opinion: Proposed tobacco ban unnecessary, unfair

By SidneyRose Reynen and Jared Kendall January 20, 2014

Tomorrow, the University’s Student Government will meet to decide whether everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure should be allowed on campus. No, I’m not talking about binge-watching Netflix...

Keith Edwards holds a sign at the Gun Rights Across America rally Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 in front of the Louisiana state capitol building.

Brace Yourself: No. Gun rights should be unrestricted

By John Ryan McGehee January 20, 2014

There are never as many high-profile protests in Baton Rouge as there are in other major U.S. cities. Even during the height of the Occupy movement, the Baton Rouge attempt was never more than the butt...