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Opinion

A playground sits underneath I-10 on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Old South Baton Rouge.

OPINION: Budget shortfall leaves children unprotected from abuse

By Michael Beyer @michbeyer February 24, 2016

Child abuse survivors could be left in the cold if the legislature doesn’t patch the state’s budget crisis. Budget cuts don’t just threaten TOPS and children with disabilities. The Department...

An ash covered celebrant drinks from a chalice during Communion at a Ash Wednesday service at The Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

OPINON: Lenten season means spiritual, mental and physical growth

By Garrett Hines February 23, 2016

Lent is two weeks old and I hope everyone is still on the wagon. I haven’t had a french fry ... yet. This was the first Lent I was able to take part in during a New Orleans Mardi Gras, and what a...

College students wait by the steps of the House of Representatives for Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and GOP leaders to arrive for a news conference on federal student loan rates which doubled on July 1, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

OPINION: Anxious about repaying student loans? Here’s a checklist

By Jay Cranford February 23, 2016

If you have anxiety about paying for student loans after graduation, follow this list. It applies specifically to federal student loans, which comprise more than 90 percent of student loans — but...

Pop star Kesha leaves Supreme court in New York, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Kesha is fighting to wrest her career away from a hitmaker she says drugged, sexually abused and psychologically tormented her _ and still has exclusive rights to make records with her. Producer Dr. Luke says the singer is slinging falsehoods and ruining his reputation to try to weasel out of her recording contract and strike a new deal. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

OPINION: Kesha’s court decision shows shortcomings of justice system

By Lauren Heffker- The Daily Reveille February 22, 2016

If survivors of sexual violence learn by example, then after Kesha’s court verdict, it is apparent that seeking justice for one’s perpetrator will result in nothing but shame and humiliation. Kesha...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Be an active participant in the budget situation

By LSU student government senior staff February 22, 2016

Yes, continue advocating for the short-term budget fixes—shout “Save Our School!” Yes, continue asking your representatives to fund TOPS next year. Yes, demand that LSU open its doors...

Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during a Town Hall at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

OPINION: John Kasich’s compassionate conservatism appeals to a broad base

By Garrett Hines @GarrettH_TDR February 22, 2016

I am a moderate Democrat who sees the positive and negative impacts both Republican and Democratic arguments hold. In the past, I have espoused my support for Hillary Clinton, and my support for her on...

Brother Jed Smock preaches on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 in the Free Speach Alley

OPINION: Keep your free speech in the Alley

By David Schneider @NolaDavidS February 22, 2016

Campus preachers need to keep their evangelizing in Free Speech Plaza. As college students, we have a lot on our plates. Midterms are coming up. TOPS is being drawn and quartered in the Legislature. The...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during the opening of a special legislative session in the state House chamber in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Gov. John Bel Edwards pledges to fight for higher education

By John Bel Edwards February 22, 2016

Students in Louisiana deserve better than what they’ve gotten from their state government over the last eight years.  I’ll be the first to tell you that.  The previous administration...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stops at a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after paying their respects at Scalia's casket in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s absence at Scalia’s funeral bad for political climate

February 21, 2016

Vice President Joe Biden is the man you send to pick up your kids from kindergarten, not fill in for you at a Supreme Court justice’s funeral. Granted, I am a Joe Biden fan. However, my point is...

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush accompanied by his wife Columba, speaks at his South Carolina Republican presidential primary rally in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Jeb Bush’s exit proves money can’t buy elections

By James Richards February 21, 2016

If there was ever a “frat bro” candidate, former Florida Gov. and now former presidential candidate Jeb “Jeb!” Bush had the title locked down. He boasted about his fantasy football...

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 Pope Francis meets journalists aboard the plane during the flight from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to Rome, Italy. The pope has suggested that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception but not abort their fetus, saying there's a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

SATIRE: Pope Francis calls Donald Trump the Antichrist

By John Gavin Harp @SirJohnGavin February 18, 2016

This article is purely satire and meant for the readers’ enjoyment. Pope Francis declared war against American politics on Wednesday and suggested Donald Trump was the Antichrist. “Any man...

FILE - In an Aug. 10, 2015 file photo, protester and social media activist DeRay McKesson records outside the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse Monday, in St. Louis. Mckesson has joined the crowded 2016 Baltimore mayoral race. Maryland's State Board of Elections shows that he filed Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2016, to run in the Democratic primary along with 12 other candidates. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

OPINION: People should get politically involved to create change

By Clarke Perkins @ClarkePerkins February 18, 2016

Don’t wait for change to happen. Create it yourself. Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson joined 24 other candidates in the race to become Baltimore’s mayor, and black rights activists across...