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Sam Neill encounters raptors again as Dr. Alan Grant in 'Jurassic Park III,' thanks to the wonders of movie magic — not genetic engineering. Jurassic Park IV is rumored to film in Baton Rouge later this year.

Opinion: “Jurassic Park IV” will redeem Louisiana’s status

By Gordon Brillon March 17, 2013

The Jindal administration has worked hard to improve Louisiana’s presence in the national entertainment scene in the past few years. It’s been a major success for a government which routinely...

Opinion: Reduction of SG Scantron program is all your fault

By John Parker Ford March 14, 2013

I was heavily involved in LSU Student Government for almost three years during my time here.  SG has caught a lot of flak since last week’s announcement that it would be drastically decreasing...

FILE - In this Monday, March 4, 2013 file photo, Gov. Mike Beebe speaks to reporters in a hallway at the Arkansas state capitol in Little Rock, Ark. after vetoing legislation that would have banned abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. By adopting the nation's toughest abortion law in the face of certain legal challenge, Arkansas legislators have exposed sharp tactical divisions within the national anti-abortion movement. The Arkansas ban - which would make exceptions in cases of rape, incest and certain medical contingencies - is scheduled to go into effect 90 days after the current legislative session adjourns. Beebe had vetoed the measure, but was overridden on Wednesday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Opinion: State abortion restriction unconstitutional, won’t hold up

By Parker Cramer March 14, 2013

Don’t get pregnant in Arkansas — unless you plan on keeping it. The Arkansas legislature recently passed a law that bans abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The bill, originally vetoed...

Opinion: Law schools taking initiative worldwide, about time

By John Polivka March 14, 2013

Well, you live and you learn.  Three weeks ago, I took the stance in an opinion column that the national decline in law school applications held a direct correlation with the institution as a whole.  ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leaves a news conference after answering questions on the looming automatic spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Reid also responded to House Speaker John Boehner who used salty language earlier in the day to prod the Senate to act on legislation to replace the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Sequester only divides Republicans and Democrats, hurting constituents

By Mike Gegenheimer March 13, 2013

The sequester is nothing but a game of political mudslinging that leaves the American people facedown in the pit of oozing black sludge. Whether the $85.4 billion of across-the-board cuts — $1.2...

Opinion: Paul’s 13-hour filibuster should shame liberals

By David Scheuermann March 13, 2013

Democrats during the Bush administration championed themselves as defenders of freedom and civil liberties. The Patriot Act was widely vilified by liberals at the time; the National Security Agency’s...

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., holds up a copy of the 2014 Budget Resolution as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Opinion: Ryan Budget strips poor, middle class of vital programs

By Jay Meyers March 13, 2013

Here is House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget proposal in one sentence: Implement the same ideas that he and Mitt Romney campaigned on for the presidency in 2012. It contains the same misguided...

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, TSA officer Robert Howard signals an airline passenger forward at a security check-point at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration’s new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives and sports equipment like souvenir baseball bats and golf clubs onto planes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Opinion: Allowing knives a poor policy move by TSA

By Landon Mills March 12, 2013

When Samuel L. Jackson starred in “Snakes on a Plane” in 2006, I bet he and the other passengers wished the Transportation Security Administration allowed knives. If the movie would have...

Trina Grimes Scott and former Gov. Edwin Edwards met when she was his pen pal while he was in prison.

Opinion: Former Gov. Edwin Edwards’ reality show remises the governor’s glory days

By Chris Ortte March 12, 2013

A&E looks to add to its Louisiana reality TV repertoire with legendary Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards and his big-haired wife.  Initially reported to air in February, then moved to this evening,...

Opinion: tiger Bridge program might not work, but LSU wins

By Ben Wallace March 11, 2013

For students that can’t get in to LSU — don’t panic — all hope is not lost. The University recently partnered with Baton Rouge Community College to set up an accelerated admissions...

A woman wipes photos of late President Hugo Chavez at a makeshift altar set in his honor at the main square of Sabaneta, western Venezuela on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Chavez, who died of cancer on March 5, 2013 was born in Sabaneta. His former home has been turned into the local headquarters of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Opinion: World a better place after Chavez’s death

By John Parker Ford March 11, 2013

When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died last week, most people in the U.S. weren’t upset. That’s because Chavez was a man who was concerned with staying in power at any cost, which he...

Tiffany Michel, Communication Studies sophomore, hands out fliers for Open Mic Night in Free Speech Alley.

Opinion: Free Speech Alley no longer showcases valuable activism

By Megan Dunbar March 11, 2013

I avoid the famed Free Speech Plaza in front of the Student Union at all costs, especially during Student Government election season. If there’s no way around it, you can bet I’m on my phone...