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Cartoon: Trump's Women

Opinion: Trump must work to close gender wage gap

By Myia Hambrick January 26, 2017

It’s not a secret that there is a gender wage gap in America. In fact, there is a wage gap in every country. The World Economic Forum reports that the country closest to wage equality is Iceland,...

Betsy DeVos's nomination is controversial because of her actions to privatize schools without governmental oversight. 

Opinion: Betsy DeVos will further perpetuate decline of education system

By Ryan Thaxton January 26, 2017

Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos had her Senate confirmation hearing last Tuesday for yet another hot Trump administration nominee that had Democrats and Republicans sharply divided. Apart from...

Investigative journalist Ethan Brown describes the story of eight serial murders that occurred between 2005 and 2009 in his book "Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?"

Opinion: Series of murders in Louisiana highlight lack of justice, police corruption

By Ryan Thaxton January 26, 2017

"Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?" was published in Sept. 2016 by investigative journalist Ethan Brown about his research into a series of murders surrounding Jennings,...

Cartoon: parade ground festivals

Opinion: Parade Ground could be used as creative space for students

By Harriet Adams January 25, 2017

Every day I walk by the Parade Ground and only see a few students lying down on the grass or playing a sport in one small corner of the open space. Something that has always bothered me is that the area...

Opinion: Cyber industry emerging as new career for young adults

By Casey Pimentel January 25, 2017

As users scroll through their social media feeds, they observe hundreds of ads, promotions and viral videos every day. I’m sure everyone has seen a cyber celebrity they follow post about how much...

The efficiency of e-commerce is attractive to many consumers around the world. 

Opinion: Online shopping replacing traditional retailers as faster, more efficient method

By Casey Pimentel January 25, 2017

Traditional retail stores all over the country are following each other in a Conga line straight out of the business with a look of defeat in their eyes. Big name retailers are announcing store closures...

The fashion industry's explicit preference for skinny models and extreme beauty standards isolates plus-size women.

Opinion: Fashion industry alienates plus-size demographic

By Lynne Bunch January 25, 2017

When a woman is skinny, the fashion world is her oyster. Clothes are designed for her body and she can find a variety of styles at any store. Even if she lacks socioeconomic privilege, she has access to...

Cartoon: eyebrows

Opinion: Eyebrow standards makes women feel ostracized, ridiculed

By Lynne Bunch January 25, 2017

Women’s eyebrow trends in America have changed throughout the decades, from pencil-thin brows in the ’20s to the thick brows of today. Despite the many different styles over the years, it seems...

A new software developed in the United Kingdom will be able to analyze blood tests and allow patients to know when their hearts will fail.

Opinion: New heart technology should not replace role of doctors in medicine

By Myia Hambrick January 25, 2017

A team from the United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council has developed a software that analyzes blood tests and scans of beating hearts to help doctors know when their patients hearts will fail. The...

Cartoon: Nationalism

Opinion: Nationalist interests simply seek to put Americans first

By Christopher Godail January 25, 2017

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008. Just four months after graduating high school, I peered through the rear windshield of my recruiter’s car at my childhood home. I knew definitively I wouldn’t see it,...

A recent suicide epidemic in Hong Kong has led legislators to seek to abolish their nationwide standardized testing system. 

Opinion: Asian educational system too intense, overly stressful on students

By Kevin Yau January 25, 2017

Before my family and I moved to Prairieville, a Louisiana town, I was a product of Hong Kong’s educational system. The media portrays its educational system, as well as systems in other Asian countries,...

The Advanced LIGO Project scientists, through their discovery, have opened the door to a new field of scientific inquiry called gravitational wave astronomy.

Opinion: Confirmation of gravitational waves proves need to fund scientific research

By Alaina DiLaura January 25, 2017

In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves based on his general theory of relativity. In 2015, scientists with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Scientific...