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LSU finance junior John Woodard, Unite LSU's presidential candidate, answers a question for the Univerisity Court justices Saturday, March 16, 2013 for the Unite LSU vs Elections Board case in the Vieux Carre Room in the Student Union.

Our View: Students should vote despite election’s dangerous precedent

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board March 21, 2013

For those who haven’t kept up with the soap opera that is Student Government elections, here’s a quick rundown of what’s happened. T Graham S. Howell lost the presidential election...

Opinion: ‘SG…please don’t make this dramatic’

By The Daily Reveille editors March 20, 2013

“Guys, please, please, please don’t make this dramatic.” Student Government President Taylor Cox asked this of his colleagues only moments after he announced the solution to the past...

Taylor Parks (left, center) and John Woodard (right, center) listen as UCourt deliberates during the appeal Sunday, March 17, 2013.

Our View: SG election sees happy ending with a grave message

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board March 17, 2013

After a more than 1,000-vote victory, two University Court hearings and a quick lesson in basic economics, it’s official: Unite LSU candidates John Woodard and Taylor Parks, along with the 56 other...

Visit lsureveille.com/salary for an awesome, interactive experience

By Andrea Gallo March 12, 2013

After keeping it under wraps for several weeks, we’re finally unveiling what we’ve been working on since the start of the semester — our revamped, interactive, interesting and informative...

Our View: Presidential names should be open to the public, we hope university won’t reject public records request

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board March 6, 2013

A public records request is gold to a journalist. On Wednesday, we used that gold four different times as we requested records detailing finalists for the LSU System President and Chancellor position from...

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, right, accompanied by fellow governors, speaks with members of the media outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, following a meeting between National Governors Association (NGA) and President Barack Obama. From left are, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, O'Malley, and National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Opinion: In Jindal budget, ‘no change’ is bad news

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board February 27, 2013

No need to worry, they’ve said. Funding for higher education institutions will flow in Louisiana’s newly proposed executive budget just as it did before. If this is the narrative pushed by...

University students work in the Design Building. They have been charged thousands of dollars in extra fees over the past few years, but the University recently revealed that they will be refunded.

Our View: University made the right call by refunding art students

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board February 19, 2013

After the amount of deception our art students have allegedly endured by paying unlawfully collected fees, we’re glad to see the University has taken a step to right itself and bring justice to students. ...

Opinion: LSU School of Art renovations overdue

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board February 5, 2013

The old engineering shops of the Studio Arts Building hardly inspire the beautiful works that come out of them. The building’s poor ventilation, loose bricks and grimy surfaces surely do little for...

Opinion: SG should post person-by-person voting records online

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board February 4, 2013

In a recent attempt to make updating its website easier and supposedly more understandable for students, Student Government recently passed legislation to post only voting percentages as opposed to person-by-person...

LSU foundation should disclose contract for president search

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board January 28, 2013

The Board of Supervisors’ decision to let the LSU Foundation pay for the search for our next system president and chancellor makes us awfully suspicious that the Board does not want the public to...

Opinion: Reveille will continue unbiased SG election coverage

By Andrea Gallo January 22, 2013

When Student Government election season rolls around every year, everyone affiliated with The Daily Reveille newsroom is told to follow the same protocol: no campaigning, no taking push cards and no showing...

Interim chancellor William Jenkins expresses the importance of maintaining the flagship university Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 during the LSU Town Hall meeting hosted by Student Government in the LSU Student Union.

Our View: We’re ashamed of LSU’s leadership

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board January 17, 2013

The brass of the LSU System must think the students at this University are stupid. They’ve ignored us, spun us and redirected us every time we’ve pointed out the fact that not one student...