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AHTD Director Scott Bennett speaks to the crowd gathered at the Arkansas/Louisiana state line for the ribbon cutting ceremony for I-49 between Texarkana and Shreveport.

OPINION: African-American neighborhoods are not expendable

By Michael Beyer January 25, 2016

African-American neighborhoods are as disposable today as they were in the ’50s to Louisiana transportation officials. In an effort to connect I-20 to I-49 in Shreveport, transportation officials...

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. shakes hands with students after speaking at a campaign event on the campus of Iowa State University, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

OPINION: Bernie’s in the lead…now what?

By David Schneider January 25, 2016

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is finally meeting and exceeding Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers in Iowa and New Hampshire. But if he wants to be America’s first democratic socialist president,...

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, Stacey Dash attends the "American Sniper" premiere in New York. Dash wrote on her website that BET lies to its viewers and promotes segregation. The dispute stemmed from Dash's "Fox & Friends" interview on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, when she was asked about the lack of black nominees for Academy Awards.The former "Clueless" star said that people need to make up their minds between segregation and integration, "and if we don't want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the (NAACP) Image Awards, where you're only rewarded if you're black." (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Opinion: Stacey Dash doesn’t understand segregation

By Garrett Hines January 24, 2016

Stacey Dash made comments last week causing many to cast her some major side-eye and consider revoking her “black card.” Last semester, I wrote a piece that angered LSU’s black community,...

FILE - This Jan. 21, 2016 file photo shows the Flint River near downtown Flint, Mich. City leaders are floating a shockingly high price to replace the city's water infrastructure damaged after the state’s disastrous decision in 2014 to use the Flint River as the city’s drinking water source without adding a chemical to control corrosion, which caused high levels of chloride from the river to react with iron in the pipes, causing lead to leach into water for a year and a half and contributing to a spike in child lead poisoning before city and state officials fully acknowledged the problem. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

OPINION: Media should pay attention to water crisis in Louisiana

By Michael Beyer January 24, 2016

The clean water crisis has focused on Flint, Michigan, but access to clean drinking water is both a national problem and a Louisiana one.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters in the audience on Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, during a grassroots organizing event in Baton Rouge.

Satire: Hillary Clinton ignores recent dip in polls

By John Gavin Harp January 21, 2016

Trouble is brewing for the Clinton machine as the Iowa caucus draws near. Recent polls indicate the former Queen of Democrats lost her grip on the party’s Iron Throne. On Thursday, Hillary Clinton...

Democratic presidential candidates from left, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee take the stage before the CNN Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Satire: Presidential races should be decided by brawl to the death

By Garrett Marcel January 21, 2016

The United States has evolved since our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, and our government should adapt to the times. Instead of using a barbaric electoral college to choose our presidents, we...

Opinion: Response to previous gun column

Opinion: Response to previous gun column

By Jay Cranford January 20, 2016

In Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Reveille, my colleague Charlie Bonacquisti argued for the  right to conceal carry on college campuses. I wholeheartedly disagree with her. Before you...

Courtesy of NASA

Opinion: Job opportunities present in Louisiana to combat climate change

By Garrett Hines January 20, 2016

Not long ago, fellow Louisianians were sweltering and dreaming of a mild Christmas. As record high temperatures broke across the state, social media posts abounded with proclamations decrying the heat...

Gov. Bobby Jindal answers questions about his unsuccessful campaign for the 2016 Republican nomination, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, in Baton Rouge, La. Jindal ended his presidential bid a day earlier, after lagging in polls and fundraising. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Opinion: Jindal leaves a surprise

By Justin DiCharia January 20, 2016

Promptly after inauguration, Gov. John Bel Edwards opened his front door to find a brown paper bag of s--- on fire. I’m not talking about the $750 million current fiscal year shortfall the Bobster...

Opinion: The New Orleans Confederate monuments need to come down now

By Clarke Perkins January 20, 2016

Some LSU students wave their purple and gold Confederate flags with pride and happiness, but it’s a pride that shouldn’t exist with the history of the South. On Dec. 17, I had the eye-opening...

Highland Coffee, located at 3350 Highland Road, is set to close on December 24.

Potential West Chimes Street redevelopment hurts students, community

By James Richards January 19, 2016

If the ownership debacle at The Standard at Baton Rouge apartment complex, now known as University House, taught LSU students anything, it’s to avoid developers who care more about dollar signs than...

03.26.15 Middleton Library

The plus/minus system is good for students

By Garrett Hines January 19, 2016

Bayou Bengals once again lounge in the Quad between classes, and yet no one has attempted to burn down our decrepit but beloved Club Mid. With all the rabble rousing during Student Government’s contentious...