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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, gesture while making statements to the media following meetings regarding Syria, at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said Saturday they have reached an agreement on a framework for Syria to destroy all of its chemical weapons, and would seek a U.N. Security Council resolution that could authorize sanctions, short of military action, if Syrian President Bashar Assad's government fails to comply. (AP Photo / Larry Downing)

Opinion: From Russia, with enmity: Putin’s plan to spite the West

By John Ryan McGehee September 17, 2013

It’s hard to take back anything you say. We’ve all done it; let a simple word or phrase just slip out, and then have a sudden, horrible realization of what you’ve done. Secretary of State...

In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walks to a Republican strategy session at the Capitol, in Washington. A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to delay a vote on a temporary spending bill required to prevent a government shutdown next month. The plan by top Republicans like Cantor is designed to keep government agencies running through Dec. 15. Cantor's office announced the delay. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Debt ceiling debate affects students’ bottom line

By Jay Meyers September 17, 2013

Ever since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in 2010, our political system has essentially functioned like the iconic 1993 American comedy “Groundhog Day.” In arguably...

Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protestors were evicted from the plaza early this morning. Police in riot gear began clearing anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday morning from the plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall where they have been camped out for about two weeks. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Opinion: Why Occupy Wall Street matters two years out

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini September 16, 2013

When Occupy Wall Street started on Sept. 17, 2011, it seemed like just another left-wing protest in New York against the bailouts, but it quickly ballooned into a movement which still has a social and...

Miss America

Opinion: Miss America needs to educate her unruly subjects

By Morgan Searles September 16, 2013

Good thing the newly crowned Miss America, Nina Davuluri, chose the pageant platform “celebrating diversity through cultural competency.” It’s an agenda that could benefit many, since...

A sign outside the DKE fraternity house on Saturday reads "Getting massacred is nothing new to Kent St." 

Opinion: Media fascination with DKE ‘scandal’ unwarranted

By Megan Dunbar September 16, 2013

The University’s chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon boasts an illustrious history of insulting the opposing football team via banner each weekend, and this time around, they chose to bring up the Kent...

Parking

Opinion: Closure of Hart Lot detrimental to commuters

By John Ryan McGehee September 16, 2013

It’s hard to wake up and go to class every day. It’s even harder when you live off campus and you can’t just roll out of bed and stumble into a classroom. The commuter student struggle...

Planned Parenthood

Head to Head: Planned Parenthood offers valuable, needed reproductive healthcare

By Mariel Gates September 12, 2013

People hear the phrase “Planned Parenthood” and by default their thoughts go to abortion. Some anti-abortion protesters will use Planned Parenthood as a scapegoat for the entire business of...

Ghetto Tracker has listed the Northgate of LSU as an unsafe neighborhood.

Opinion: Ghetto Tracker: an app or an insult?

By Justin Blanchard September 11, 2013

The neighborhood just north of campus is the ghetto. Well, at least according to the newly released app “Ghetto Tracker.” Don’t be offended though, because the name was recently changed...

In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, Christina Condori joins a crowd of fast-food workers and their supporters in protest, while picketing outside of a McDonald's restaurant in Memphis, Tenn. Thousands of fast-food workers and their supporters have been staging protests across the country to call attention to the struggles of living on or close to the federal minimum wage. The push raises the question of whether the economics of the fast-food industry allow room for a boost in pay for its workers.

Opinion: McDonald’s employes spark debate on raising inimum wage

By Jay Meyers September 11, 2013

The website launched this summer by McDonald’s to help its low-wage workers making an average of $8.25 an hour budget their personal finances raises an important economic question. Unfortunately,...

Racism

Opinion: We need to learn to recognize, address racism

By Jana King September 11, 2013

A black male is criminalized post-mortem. The U.N. calls out America’s racial bias. Why should you care? A 17-year-old boy was walking on a public sidewalk when a 28-year-old man ignored instructions...

Opinion: Wording matters because it can change meanings

Opinion: Wording matters because it can change meanings

By Alix Landriault September 10, 2013

Words are a measurement of how humans value or disvalue truth. They are used to explain, rectify, question, mislead, promise and persuade. They are the translation of our thoughts. They are too often underappreciated. Yesterday,...

Katherine Eagerton, Denham resident, holds signs up with her daughter on September 2, 2013 during the Better Birth Rally in front of The Red Shoes on Government Street.

Opinion: Hospital birth practices cause more harm than good

By Mariel Jones September 2, 2013

Yesterday was Baton Rouge’s second annual Rally To Improve Birth. The rally is put on by a worldwide organization called Improve Birth with the goal to inform women of their options surrounding their...