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Opinion: Tiger Trails subsidizes Tigerland, should go to other bars

Opinion: Tiger Trails subsidizes Tigerland, should go to other bars

By Michael Beyer October 15, 2015

Gay students pay for a night bus system that discriminates against them and provides limited safe options for local nightlife. Students pay fees for Tiger Trails to take them to bars designed to serve...

Opinion: Millennials aren’t as racially progressive as they think

By Jay Cranford October 15, 2015

When I was 12 years old, I spent the night at my grandma’s house watching the “Scrubs” episode about Turk’s risqué dreams of Elliot. In one of those steamy scenes, already...

LSU sophomore running back Leonard Fournette (7) scores a touchdown during the Tigers’ 45-24 victory against the University of South Carolina on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015 in Tiger Stadium.

Opinion: Leonard Fournette’s celebrity status is good for football, better for University

October 14, 2015

As he lands the cover of Sports Illustrated, LSU running back Leonard Fournette is beginning to relate less with the average LSU student and more with Taylor Swift. Fournette’s meteoric rise to fame...

Jindal's Presidential Fiesta

OPINION: John Bel Edwards is the right choice for governor

October 14, 2015

More than 225,000 disadvantaged Louisianians do not have access to federally-funded health insurance. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s abuse of power and outright refusal to buck the conservative base in favor...

Welfare

OPINION: Drug testing welfare recipients is shameful

October 14, 2015

Two Louisiana gubernatorial candidates want to throw your money into a dumpster fire. When our state has a budget deficit, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, R-La., and U. S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., want to waste...

In this Oct. 9, 2015 photo, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. In the past week, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has suggested the Holocaust wouldn't have happened if Jews in Europe were better armed, said gun control is a bigger tragedy than a bullet-riddled body and that the best way to confront a mass shooter is to rush the gunman. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Opinion: Ben Carson doesn’t understand modern American families

By Mariah Manuel October 13, 2015

We all know the romanticized image of the All-American family: two parents with two kids, a dog and a minivan behind a white picket fence, mom cooking dinner when dad returns home from a day at the office,...

Fight Night

Opinion: Hillary shines at first debate

By Cody Sibley October 13, 2015

The first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 season was a passive-aggressive spit-fire show and a stark contrast to the Republican circus with Donald Trump for a ring-leader. The most iconic moment...

What do you think about the new rescheduling rule in the Testing Center?

October 12, 2015

Many people are upset about the new Testing Center rule. Once an exam is scheduled and the testing time frame begins, students are not allowed to reschedule for a different day. What do you think? Give...

Opinion: Wall Street suicides highlight toxic culture

By Jay Cranford October 12, 2015

Would you die for your work? Seeing people like Harry Houdini who died performing, or Marie Curie, whose revolutionary work on radioactivity would cause her death, is romantic portrayal of pursuing passion...

Raven Symone

Opinion: Don’t put up with Raven Symone’s ignorance

By Clarke Perkins October 12, 2015

Raven-Symoné, the woman many girls once looked up to, is now an attention-seeking ignoramus. She’s up there with Stacey Dash, who is ranked extremely high on the “black people that black...

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2015 file photo, Justin Bieber arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, that a 2010 law enacted to curb reckless driving by the paparazzi does not violate the First Amendment and a case against a photographer charged with recklessly chasing Bieber on a Los Angeles freeway in 2012 should be reinstated. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Opinion: Celebrities have a right to privacy

By John Gavin Harp October 12, 2015

As his nude photographs went viral last Wednesday, Justin Bieber likely called his legal team and asked them, “Where are you now that I need you?” *bass drops* It was the leak seen ’round...

Amanda Calvert, a former student at Umpqua Community College, helps to spell the initials of the school with candles during a vigil at Stewart Park in Roseburg, Ore., after a fatal shooting at the school Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Opinion: Oregon’s Shooting Shouldn’t Lead to Gun Control

By Kain Hingle October 11, 2015

You don’t protect the law-abiding citizens by taking away their protection. Earlier this week, a gunman shot and killed 10 and injured seven innocent people. This national tragedy inspired a wave...