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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters as she arrives to speak to supporters at her election night watch party for the South Carolina Democratic primary in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

OPINION: Hillary Clinton’s electability issues should frighten Democrats

By Cody Sibley @CodySibley February 28, 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ dismal defeat Saturday night at South Carolina’s Democratic primary left the Clinton camp optimistic for Super Tuesday and the rest of the primary season. Former Secretary...

TRUMP CARTOON

OPINION: Top three presidential candidates are all bad for America

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 February 28, 2016

The 2016 presidential race is no longer about choosing the right person to fix the country. Instead, we have to choose the lesser evil. Between the top three candidates — Sen. Bernie Sanders, former...

Black Lives Matter

HEAD-TO-HEAD: #BlackLivesMatter movement should apologize for attacking veteran

By Charlie Bonacquisti February 25, 2016

As disagreements about race and unequal treatment of minorities run rampant in the United States, we see an increase in violent acts against innocent people because of color.  According to the Marine...

Black Lives Matter

HEAD-TO-HEAD: Violence not representative of #BlackLivesMatter

By Clarke Perkins @ClarkePerkins February 25, 2016

Not all Muslims are part of the Muslim Reform Movement, not all gay people are part of the LGBT Movement and not all black people are part of the Black Lives Matter movement.  Last week, a group of...

The University's campus remains largely empty following class cancellations and severe weather warnings on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2016.

SATIRE: LSU community devastated by storm’s lack of destruction

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin February 25, 2016

Baton Rouge residents and the LSU community are outraged after Tuesday’s storm failed to bring forth the Rapture. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center issued an uncommon “moderate...

An Alligator opens its mouth Aug. 22, 2013 at LSU's Alligator Research Station.

SATIRE: Alligator Man fixes police brutality in New Orleans

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 February 25, 2016

Only one thing can fix police brutality in Louisiana: Alligator Man, a state-funded superhero. Where would we let him keep watch? New Orleans of course! Police brutality and corruption are especially rampant...

A playground sits underneath I-10 on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Old South Baton Rouge.

OPINION: Budget shortfall leaves children unprotected from abuse

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer February 24, 2016

Child abuse survivors could be left in the cold if the legislature doesn’t patch the state’s budget crisis. Budget cuts don’t just threaten TOPS and children with disabilities. The Department...

Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during a Town Hall at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

OPINION: John Kasich’s compassionate conservatism appeals to a broad base

By Garrett Hines @GarrettH_TDR February 22, 2016

I am a moderate Democrat who sees the positive and negative impacts both Republican and Democratic arguments hold. In the past, I have espoused my support for Hillary Clinton, and my support for her on...

Brother Jed Smock preaches on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 in the Free Speach Alley

OPINION: Keep your free speech in the Alley

By David Schneider @NolaDavidS February 22, 2016

Campus preachers need to keep their evangelizing in Free Speech Plaza. As college students, we have a lot on our plates. Midterms are coming up. TOPS is being drawn and quartered in the Legislature. The...

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 Pope Francis meets journalists aboard the plane during the flight from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Rome, Italy. The pope has suggested that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception but not abort their fetus, saying there's a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

SATIRE: Pope Francis calls Donald Trump the Antichrist

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin February 18, 2016

This article is purely satire and meant for the readers’ enjoyment. Pope Francis declared war against American politics on Wednesday and suggested Donald Trump was the Antichrist. “Any man...

FILE - In an Aug. 10, 2015 file photo, protester and social media activist DeRay McKesson records outside the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse Monday, in St. Louis. Mckesson has joined the crowded 2016 Baltimore mayoral race. Maryland's State Board of Elections shows that he filed Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2016, to run in the Democratic primary along with 12 other candidates. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

OPINION: People should get politically involved to create change

By Clarke Perkins @ClarkePerkins February 18, 2016

Don’t wait for change to happen. Create it yourself. Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson joined 24 other candidates in the race to become Baltimore’s mayor, and black rights activists across...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during the opening of a special legislative session in the state House chamber in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)

OPINION: John Bel Edwards should call a constitutional convention to fix the state’s budget

By James Ricahrds @jayellrichy February 17, 2016

The state is so broke, we might as well call it Kanye West. State government is so broke it took out a second mortgage on the Capitol. Louisiana is SO BROKE … I think you get the point. If you’ve...