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Photo Illustration by Javier Fernandez-- As The Daily Reveille faces cuts to publication, LSU students should see the paper as a teaching tool and an important campus tradition. 

Editorial: LSU students must speak up on publication future of The Daily Reveille

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board August 23, 2015

Media always hate to cover media. We wish we could use this space to inform you. We want to fill you in on which quarterback will take the lead this season, prep you on higher education’s budget...

The Daily Reveille Editorial: Student learning must lead the debate on Reveille print frequency

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board July 31, 2015

LSU Student Media advisers have large-scale changes in mind for The Daily Reveille, but before moves are made, the students — the paper’s lifeblood — need to be heard. Earlier this week...

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Editorial: Students should begin publicly discussing race relations

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board June 24, 2015

Let’s have a conversation about having conversations. With the state of America being as tense as it, especially in the wake of the Charleston shootings, many people have decided to stay quiet about...

Students from across the state protest higher education budget cuts on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 outside of the Capitol building.

Editorial: Lack of student participation shameful as legislative session heats up

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board April 15, 2015

If you and your friends don’t show up for the National L Club Spring Game in Tiger Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday, nothing will happen.You won’t miss a spectacle for the ages — it’s...

Governor Bobby Jindal speaks to LSU Engineering students after he discussed expanding LSU’s engineering college February 3, 2014 in Patrick F. Taylor Hall.

Students, leaders must rally against critical budget cuts

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board February 25, 2015

The LSU System as we know it is about to change forever. The SI session for your history class may be no more, the tutor who helps you make sense of your calculus homework may no longer be available to...

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2014 file photo, police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Since the shooting, many residents have been afraid to leave their homes at night as protesters clash with police in sometimes violent confrontations. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Opinion: St. Louis grand jury’s decision will not put an end to Ferguson protests

By Jana King November 25, 2014

I spent most of yesterday anticipating bad news. Everything that was coming out of Missouri foreshadowed disappointment for the people demanding a trial for Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who...

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Opinion: Eminem’s violent, aggressive raps are unacceptable

By SidneyRose Reynen November 23, 2014

By a certain age, it’s no longer acceptable to do certain things. For example, when you were 10, your teacher told you to stop picking your nose because “You’re a big boy now!”...

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2013 file photo, various cuts of beef and pork are displayed for sale in the meat department at a discount market in Arlington, Va. The U.S. is running out of options to keep package labels on fresh cuts of meat that identify where animals were born, raised and slaughtered. The World Trade Organization has ruled that those labels discriminate against Canada and Mexico. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Opinion: Animal cruelty in food industry should be highlighted and stopped

By Jose Bastidas November 23, 2014

I’ll never be a vegetarian, but after watching a video, I almost considered it. As omnivores in the 21st century, we don’t have to think about where our food comes from. We drive to Winn-Dixie...

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., encourages supporters in New Orleans to vote in Dec. 6 runoff elections after the U.S. Senate jungle primaries.

Opinion: Landrieu and Edwards face tough December runoffs

By Gordon Brillon November 5, 2014

Mary Landrieu and Edwin Edwards must be catching their breath. After the results of last night’s election, the two Democratic candidates find themselves in an uphill battle to win December’s...

Editorial: Students' right to vote carries duty

Editorial: Students’ right to vote carries duty

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board November 3, 2014

As students, we are conditioned to shut out the world around us — as a defense mechanism from people shouting in Free Speech Plaza as much as the dire news stories bombard us from across the world. It’s...

Editorial: Responsibility to help rape victims falls on entire LSU community

Editorial: Responsibility to help rape victims falls on entire LSU community

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board October 21, 2014

For now, you can’t put a name to her story. You don’t know if she was a student. And no one is quite sure of the events that transpired Oct. 7 on West Lakeshore Drive, just north of the Lod...

Editorial: Administration ignoring problem of unreported assaults

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board September 16, 2014

You’ve heard the statistics. One out of four women in U.S. colleges and universities will be sexually assaulted. Or one out of five, depending on who you ask. You may have even heard that since before...