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Gina Macaluso, an employee of Covered California, the state's new health care exchange, provides health insurance at the newly opened call center in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. California residents can call one of the state's three health exchange call centers to get information about purchasing health care insurance under the new health care law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Opinion: The problem lies with people’s attitudes about the ACA

By Jana King October 2, 2013

I have three problems with America and the Affordable Care Act. 1. The politicians are behaving poorly. In 2004, an almost identical program was introduced in Massachusetts, only it wasn’t being...

Erin Anthony, a counselor at the University Center for Freshman Year, leads a group of students during a True Colors workshop Tuesday, October 1, 2013 in Allen Hall.

Opinion: Students need a new way to choose their majors

By Eli A. Haddow October 1, 2013

If you’re sitting in your gen ed chemistry class reading this column, you are probably in the very late stages of boredom. But you have to complete this course for your major, so you’re here. You...

Frank and Ursula Merkelbach stop at the barriers in front of the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Miss., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The National Park Service has been directed to close all memorials, and non-essential staff has been directed to go home. The couple are vacationing in the southern states and had hoped to visit the national park. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Opinion: The third option to win the government budget battle

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini October 1, 2013

The federal government has finally shut down due to a failure to compromise between the Democrats and the Republicans. With all this debate about government spending, federal debt and taxes, one may be...

LSU Tiger Trails bus can be tracked on the Transloc app. 

Opinion: Tiger Trails: The LSU service all students love to hate

By Jana King October 1, 2013

“All right, let’s have a nice day.” When I was in elementary school, these words were spoken to me each morning by my mother as I stepped out of the car in the carpool line. Now I hear...

A sign on the door to the USDA Service Center explains that they are closed due to the government shutdown and will not reopen until Congress restores funding, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/News-Gazette/John Dixon) MANDATORY CREDIT

Opinion: Government’s shutdown exemplifies its larger issues

By Megan Dunbar October 1, 2013

Welcome to the United States of America, where the rules are made up and the points don’t matter. Except, of course, that the rules are in the Constitution and the points are people’s jobs....

Opinion: Sex sells

By Morgan Searles September 30, 2013

Imagine walking through a historical district on a pleasant evening. You pause at a storefront to view a painting through the window or to admire the display of a young fashion designer. Two shops down,...

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Opinion: Grand Theft Auburn, reflecting on video game violence

By Mariel Gates September 30, 2013

Violence, obscenity and unexpected chaos are unfortunately large parts of the world we live in. Murder, rape, robberies, shootings and death are inescapable parts of the news we watch and read about. It’s...

In this Aug. 1, 2013 photo provided by General Motors, cars are assembled at the General Motors Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant in Spring Hill, Tenn. General Motors announced Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, that it is spending another $167 million at the factory so it can build two new midsize vehicles. (AP Photo/General Motors) (Credit: AP)

Opinion: U.S. factories can help fight unemployment

By Annette Sommers September 30, 2013

The city of Minneapolis is making headlines as it increases efforts to create domestic goods in America, which is a much-needed improvement in American production to combat unemployment rates. Airtex Design...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani walks through the hallway during the 68th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Opinion: America has chance for peace with Iran, if we want it

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini September 26, 2013

For the first time in eight years, an Iranian President other than Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has addressed the U.N. General Assembly with high hopes for peace and diplomacy with the United States. With a new...

Opinion: Think for yourself, don’t follow instructors blindly

By Christine Guttery September 26, 2013

I can’t begin to tell you how much news media frustrates me. From the 2012 presidential debates to the most current news on Syria, networks find it necessary to explain to me what I have just heard...

LSU System’s Attorney Jimmy Faircloth gets interviewed after a new hearing in The Times-Picayune and The Advocate vs. LSU lawsuit Monday Sept. 16, 2013, at the 19th Judicial District Courhouse, Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: University being bullied through irrelevant lawsuits

By Mariel Gates September 26, 2013

Since last spring, there has been this drama-filled lawsuit against the University to release its presidential search records to the public. Former Daily Reveille Editor in Chief Andrea Gallo was the first...

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Head to Head: Businesses should be judged on ethics, fiscal value

By Megan Dunbar September 25, 2013

A lack of transparency helps no one. We can see that with our own Board of Supervisors or every presidential administration’s hidden agenda. Secrets don’t stay that way for long. But there’s...