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Opinion

A caterpillar climbs up the face of a brick wall Tuesday, April 22, 2014 outside of the design building.

SATIRE: the University should eradicate caterpillars

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 April 21, 2016

This column is satire and meant solely for the reader's enjoyment. The swarms of repulsive and exasperating caterpillars must be stopped at all costs. There is only one solution, and it is the final solution...

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign stop in April 2016. (Christopher Dolan/The Times & Tribune via AP) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

SATIRE: Bernie Sanders shakes up campaign following defeat in New York

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin April 21, 2016

This article is satire and meant purely for the reader’s enjoyment. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced plans to accept sleazy money from Super PACs at a press conference on Thursday. This...

Tiger Cards for Voting

OPINION: Student ID bill good for university’s future

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer April 20, 2016

The state legislature finally is doing something good for students. Yesterday morning, a bill to expand students’ access to voting passed unanimously out of committee. Under this bill, university...

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, following a Republican policy luncheon. From left are, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., McConnell, and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

OPINION: 2016 U.S. Senate race could determine state’s economic and environmental well-being

By Cody Sibley @CodySibley April 19, 2016

The presidential election might be the hot-button issue this year, but we shouldn’t forget about the all-important congressional races in 2016. Louisiana will choose its next senator in November....

LSU Comprehensive and Strategic Master Plan Urban Planner, Alex Krieger, make the final presentation on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in the Woods Auditorium.

OPINION: LSU is not financially ready for a Master Plan

By Clarke Perkins @ClarkePerkins April 19, 2016

As students, we all want to see our campus prosper through innovation, and the University’s Master Plan allows that to happen. However, is now the right time to begin implementing such a plan? In...

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OPINION: Candy the cigarette and soda addicted chimpanzee deserves new home

By Garrett Hines @GarrettH_TDR April 19, 2016

Candy the Chimpanzee in her current condition is not up to any monkey business. In fact, she can’t be. Since Candy is a chimpanzee, she doesn’t have a tail like monkeys do. Also unlike monkeys,...

FILE - In this June 14, 2011, file photo, bottles of prescription drugs: Lipitor, TriCor, Plavix, Singulair, Lexapro and Avapro are displayed at Medco Health Solutions Inc., in Willingboro, N.J. U.S. spending on prescription drugs rose 8.5 percent last year, slightly less than in 2014, driven mainly by growing use of ultra-expensive new drugs and price hikes on other medicines. A report from data firm IMS Health estimates patients, insurers, government programs and other payers spent a combined $309.5 billion last year on prescription medicines. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

OPINION: Antimicrobial resistance detrimental to society, should become government priority

By Cody Sibley @CodySibley April 18, 2016

While everyone was out this weekend doing unspeakable things in Tigerland, 12 countries in the Asia Pacific region pledged to do something about antimicrobial resistance, an important topic we need to...

Sunset Coachella

OPINION: Celebrity culture detracts from artistry at Coachella

By John Gavin Harp April 18, 2016

In case you didn’t realize from the endless tabloid coverage, this past weekend was Coachella’s first weekend, and festival goers allegedly listened to music in between stalking celebrities. The...

OPINION: Financial literacy important for millennial's economic security

OPINION: Financial literacy important for millennial’s economic security

By Jay Cranford April 18, 2016

Are you a millennial? If so, statistically speaking, you suck at managing your money. A 2015 study on millennials by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and George Washington University’s Global Financial Literacy...

FILE - This Dec. 5, 2011 file photo shows letter carrier Diosdado Gabnat moving boxes of mail into his truck to begin delivery at a post office in Seattle. Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It’s about as American as apple pie. But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the long-cherished delivery service could be virtually phased-out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Opinion: The U.S. should privatize the Postal Service

By Garrett Marcel @Gret419 April 17, 2016

The federal government wasted more than $50 billion on the United States Postal Service since 2007 according to TaxFoundation.org. In return, the American taxpayers receive poor quality service. The USPS...

FILE -- In this photo Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, inmates walk through the exercise yard at California State Prison Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif. California's recidivism rate dropped in the years before Gov. Jerry Brown's 2011 realignment law took effect, according to a report released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Opinion: Prisoners work under slavery-like conditions

By Jack Richards @jayellrichy April 17, 2016

Thousands upon thousands of American workers receive a starvation wage every year. In Louisiana, that number is even higher since we have the largest prison population in the world per capita. Oh, did...

In this Jan 10, 2016 photo, locals walk past the Screen on the Green cinema in London. With a fabulous neon facade, it hosts movies and live events. It’s one of the oldest cinemas in the UK. The Clash, Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks played together there on the night Aug. 29, 1976. It was the end of the long, hot summer when punk was born. (Jonathan Elderfield via AP)

SATIRE: AMC plans to draw in Millennials with new theaters

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin April 14, 2016

This article is satire and meant purely for the reader’s enjoyment. AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron announced the chain’s plans to create new theaters geared toward millennial customers. The...