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Reveille

The Student News Site of Louisiana State University

Reveille

Letters To The Editor

Letter to the Editor: I have a mental illness. There, I said it.

It has taken quite some time to utter that statement without hanging my head in shame. While I was always on the nervous side, the severity and frequency of my anxious feelings became overwhelming during...

Letter to the Editor: Educate, don’t indoctrinate

I love listening to the crazies rant in both political parties. Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said the Affordable Care Act was derived from “Adolf Hitler’s playbook,” while MSNBC’s...

Opinion: Law school column neither fair nor accurate

The headline on John Polivka’s Feb. 21 column, “LSU Law School crumbling from pedestal,” was neither supported by the text of the column nor otherwise fair or accurate. Although it is...

Opinion: Banter between organizations must be stopped

By Kolby Lirette February 6, 2013

Can’t we all just get along? I don’t really understand what it is about Louisiana culture that prevents us from doing so… perhaps it’s something in the water? From a student’s...

Letter to the Editor: Reveille wrong in criticism of University leadership

By Herb Vincent, Associate Vice Chancellor January 22, 2013

In the column “We’re ashamed of LSU’s leadership,” it is disappointing the Reveille chose to levy unsubstantiated accusations at the LSU administration rather than engage in a fact-based...

Misrepresentation of AASHE’s STARS Program

November 26, 2012

Dear Editor, We at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) are always thrilled when AASHE is featured in an article that is focused on our mission of empowering...

Letter to the Editor: PETA column ‘poorly researched’

In response to Taylor Hammons’ atrocious November 11 article, “PETA Organization Filled with Hypocrisy, Terror,” this poorly researched column looks as though it was pulled straight from...

Mallory Estopinal, School of Art and Design college council president, speaks to the Student Government Senate Wednesdsay, Nov. 7, 2012 in the Student Union Capital Chamber.

Letter to the Editor: Student Government lobbies for students

All three branches of Student Government work together to accomplish goals and initiatives, not for us but for the student body. Each branch plays a different role within our organization. Executive staff...

Members of the LSU ROTC march past the flag pole during the LSU Salutes ceremony in the Fall of 2009.

Guest Column: Former marine and current LSU student reflects on service, honoring the military on Veterans Day

By Ryan Sisson November 9, 2012

I’ve found that I avoid looking at pictures from my time in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don’t watch movies or TV shows about those wars, either. It’s not because of scarring memories, but...

U.S. troops should be removed from Middle East

By Timothy Monroe Bledsoe October 29, 2012

I am writing to express my anger and frustration about the brave U.S. troops that continue to be forced into harm’s way for absolutely no good reason. I am 53 years old and I clearly remember the...

Letter to the Editor

October 24, 2012

The following letter was sent to Herb Vincent, associate vice chancellor for University Relations and senior associate athletics director, along with The Daily Reveille for publication. Dear Mr. Vincent: ...

An observation on the Baton Rouge Blue Laws

In 2007, the citizens of East Baton Rouge Parish voted 61 percent to 39 percent to pull back the Baton Rouge Blue Laws. The vote allowed for liquor and wine to be served and beer to be served an additional...