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Opinion

Letter to the Editor: LSU student section should “keep up the good work”

By Jeannie Williamson February 1, 2016

I would like to respond to Mr. Abad’s February 1 letter concerning students at the LSU vs. Oklahoma basketball game. I was sitting on one of the benches by Mike’s habitat Saturday afternoon...

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OPINION: The weird success story of Rihanna’s ‘Anti’

By John Gavin Harp February 1, 2016

After what felt like an eternity, our beloved Rihanna — or as she’s known on Instagram, @badgalriri — finally made her triumphant return to us peasants. Last week, her eighth studio album,...

Baton Rouge councilman Ryan Heck asks a question Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 at a Metro City Council meeting in downtown Baton Rouge.

OPINION: Brighter days ahead for North Baton Rouge

By Garrett Hines February 1, 2016

A major step to alleviate the hardships, missed opportunities and untapped potential within North Baton Rouge could take place next week. If all goes as planned, the Baton Rouge Metro Council will establish...

Students and faculty sit in on a Student Tech Fee meeting on Tuesday, October 7th, 2014.

OPINION: LSU fees show lack of prioritizing

By Clarke Perkins February 1, 2016

With our state’s economic situation, the University needs to prioritize what we spend our student fees on. We all know that higher education comes at a steep price. However, we see education as a...

Letter to the Editor: Alleva, administration responsible for controlling gameday crowds

By Andrew Abad January 31, 2016

Dear Joe, We have a problem: the LSU Student Section is getting completely out of hand. While most people realize this fact, we are often left after big games wondering how it continues to be this way...

John Bel Edwards was inaugurated as the Louisiana governor Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, on the steps of the Louisiana State Capitol.

OPINION: I didn’t vote for this John Bel

By Michael Beyer January 31, 2016

I didn’t think I was voting for the status quo when I voted for Gov. John Bel Edwards. Turns out, I was wrong. When Edwards pledged to “put Louisiana first,” I thought he was saying he’d...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, file photo, Cornelio Bonilla pumps gas at Best Food Mart gas station in Gainesville Ga. Sinking oil prices have cratered the stock market, but a silver lining may soon appear. Cheaper gasoline and heating oil will give consumers worldwide more money to spend, or save and spend later, and possibly boost economic growth in the U.S., Europe and much of Asia. (AP Photo/Kevin Liles, File)

OPINION: Oil industry needs subsidies to compete

By Garrett Marcel January 31, 2016

While driving to campus every day, I notice the falling oil prices and think to myself how wonderful cheap gas is as a consumer. But as a petroleum engineering major, my thoughts quickly turn to “S---,...

FILE - This file photo combination made from Aug. 6, 2015, photos shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and Fox News Channel host and moderator Megyn Kelly during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland. Trump isn’t backing down from his threat to boycott Thursday night’s GOP debate. Trump, who has called Kelly a “lightweight” and biased, told reporters at an Iowa press conference Wednesday night that he would be holding a fundraising event in Iowa at the same time as the debate to benefit veterans and wounded soldiers instead. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

SATIRE: Donald Trump announces he will host a debate moderated by Sarah Palin

By John Gavin Harp January 28, 2016

This article is purely satire and meant only for the readers’ enjoyment. Presidential candidate and self-declared winner Donald Trump said he will host his own debate this weekend in Des Moines,...

LSU organization Black Out holds a solidarity demonstration in the Quad on Wednesday , April 29, 2015 against police brutality and in honor of Freddie Gray in Baltimore.

OPINION: LSU’s black organizations are essential

By Clarke Perkins January 28, 2016

Different groups on campus, no matter their sex, race or ethnicity, face battles others know nothing about. Each community confronts its own problems. It’s easy to put all of your resources toward...

In this May 5, 2015, file photo, a marijuana plant grows at a Minnesota Medical Solutions greenhouse in Otsego, Minn. A southeastern Illinois company says it has started growing medical marijuana and may be the first in the state to do so. Officials at Ataraxia in the Edwards County city of Albion, Ill., said Monday, July 13, 2015 that they received state authorization July 10, and have started cultivating the genetic strains that will be the basis of their products. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Opinion: Legalizing marijuana contradicts fight against drug addiction

By Charlie Bonacquisti January 27, 2016

As of June 2015, 23 states and D.C. legalized marijuana in some way, mostly medicinal. Despite marijuana’s negative effects, many politicians have taken on its legalization as part of their platform,...

“If they allowed them there might be more accidents, more impulsive thinking,” said Breelin Clark, psychology senior.

OPINION: Students should be allowed to keep stun guns and Tasers

By James Richards January 26, 2016

With terrorist fear-mongering from both Republican and Democratic politicians steadily rising, Americans don’t feel safe in their own homes. Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., recently...

File-This April 9, 2012, file photo shows Instagram being demonstrated on an iPhone in New York. Social media websites Facebook and Instagram have stopped working Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The problem is affecting users in Australia but also in other countries including the United States. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof, File)

OPINION: Millennials should give Baby Boomers a break

By Jay Cranford January 26, 2016

Lazy, entitled and self-absorbed. Ask anyone over the age of 40 to describe millennials, and this will be the choired response. We’ve all heard the anti-millennial rhetoric of how our generation...