In Lily Allen’s latest song, “Hard Out Here,” she highlights the double standard of female and male promiscuity, but then negates her message with the lyric, “Don’t need to...
Baton Rouge is for most of us a stopover point between grade school and graduation, a springboard to the rest of our lives, a place where we learn what’s possible.
For others, it’s a dead end.
To...
A great shock went through the money world Monday when, in a first-ever congressional hearing on virtual currencies, federal officials from the Department of Justice and U.S. Treasury, among others, signaled...
As I walk through the Quad on any given day, I notice the vast number of students with their eyes glued to their cellphone screens.
We’ve all walked down a narrow sidewalk behind an oblivious,...
Not many things get me more worked up than a medically selfish person. You know, those people who refuse to donate blood because they’re afraid of needles. Or the ones who won’t sign up to...
One hundred and fifty years ago today, America’s 16th President, Abraham Lincoln gave a historic address to the Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg. His speech embodied the spirit of the times...
For the past few weeks, all I have heard discussed at length with any semblance of passion is our embarrassing defeat at the hands of Lucif — ahem, Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide. Students...
AMSTERDAM — As I watched Sinterklaas parade through Amsterdam on Sunday with his band of helpers, I found it difficult as an outsider not to assess the celebration as a joyful, memorable and racist...
Louisiana, in all its pro-life glory, is blurring the lines separating feticide from homicide. We are at a point where our laws enable the justice system to pick and choose which situations are worse than...
What makes someone a true American?
You might say it’s the people someone associates with, the books they read or how driven they are to succeed. Perhaps you think they simply need to be human —...
Coming to college has given me new insights and changed a vast majority of my opinions, including my personal stance on relationships — specifically long-distance relationships.
When I graduated...
Christmas time is indeed the most wonderful time of the year, in my opinion. For months now I’ve been wondering with Faith Hill, “Where are you, Christmas? Why can’t I find you?”
But...
