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In Fallujah, ISIS militants celebrated the group’s June declaration of an Islamic state. ISIS is the successor to the group Al Qaeda in Iraq.

OPINION: Obama failing to stop religious genocide

By Garrett Marcel August 26, 2015

President Barack Obama is not doing enough to save religious minorities under the influence of the Islamic State. There are millions of refugees from Syria and Iraq and while their situation is tragic,...

Women discuss the type of women who smoke weed and how it affects them.

OPINION: U.S. losing drug war

By Mariah Manuel- The Daily Reveille August 26, 2015

In November, one of the most politically important states will vote on whether to legalize marijuana. If the measure is passed, Ohio will become the largest state in the country to completely legalize...

A Mother's Cry, a traveling presentation event made by Arthur "Silky Slim" Reed in order to prevent gun violence within the Black community, gave an exclusive interview before the event with Sybrian Futon, mother of Trayvon Martin, on Jan. 30, 2015, at the BREC Independence Park Theatre.

OPINION: Black Community Should Focus On Greater Issues

By Clarke Perkins- The Daily Reveille August 26, 2015

African-Americans have never been equal in America. We can march, protest, boycott, yell, riot and do anything else, but nothing will change if African-Americans don’t stop looking at each other...

Bill Cosby imatates his wife fixing her makeup on the way to the hospital to give birth during his two hour comedy performance at the Baton Rouge River Center on Sunday, Oct. 4.

OPINION: House Huxtable Should Stand

By Garrett Hines- The Daily Reveille August 26, 2015

Rape is wrong. Rape will always be wrong. And Nothing Bill Cosby says or does can change that. However, everything he built should not come crumbling down with him. The fact that some people believe it...

Josh Duggar checks himself into rehab for porn addiction.

OPINION: Josh Duggar battles inner-demons

By John Gavin Harp August 26, 2015

Josh Duggar has 99 problems, and keeping his trouser-snake in his pants is the worst of them all. On Wednesday, the oldest brother of the TLC show “19 Kids and Counting,” Josh Duggar checked...

Hillary Clinton is not relatable and should stop trying to be

By Cody Sibley August 25, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s unfavorability ratings reached the highest point in eight years this summer, according to a Gallup poll. As of July 24, 46 percent of those surveyed saw her as unfavorable. Her...

FILE - In a Monday, May 14, 2012 file photo, "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump arrives for the NBC network upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall,in New York. The series, which on Monday starts shooting this new season for a March 2013 premiere, announced its slate of 14 contenders Friday morning, Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Donald Trump is the Kim Kardashian of politics

By Mariah Manuel August 25, 2015

Donald Trump has a presence. Whether you find him intriguing, disgusting, ignorant or hilarious, he is impossible to ignore at this point in the presidential race. He dominates the conversation and the...

Voter reform is a necessity for the Unites States

By Garrett Marcel August 25, 2015

Voting is not a right. Voting is a privilege. Voter fraud and corruption is rampant if recent elections are any indication of broader trends. Several members of the voter registration group ACORN were...

Activists should reconsider what they are fighting

By Eli Minor August 25, 2015

Catchy chants, painted posters and distressed voices fill the streets when social inequality pays an unwelcome visit. Activists say, “We’ve had enough! No more will we stand for this!” While...

University graduate student, Joseph Coco, opens up about current campus housing policies for transgender and non-gender binary students and a recent neutral housing proposal.

Gender norms influence career choices

By Eli Minor August 24, 2015

Pick any time of day, scroll through TV and see how much gender normativity you find. No matter what time of day it is or what channel it’s on, gender roles are obvious. These roles are not real...

Mike Williams, adjutant for the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the state of Alabama, carries a confederate flag past the Confederate Memorial on the state Capitol grounds in Montgomery, Ala, after four flags were removed from the memorial on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

Confederate Flag is a Symbol of History and Heritage

By Caitlyn Atkinson August 24, 2015

Morgan Freeman, Jimmy Buffett and former Mississippi state Rep. John Grisham all signed a letter published Aug. 16 calling for Mississippi to remove the Confederate flag from its state flag. The question...

In this file photo dated Aug. 23, 2015, University House- Baton Rouge, formerly The Standard, was still heavily under construction.

The Standard has been set extremely low

By Clarke Perkins August 24, 2015

I am writing this column homeless, confused, angry and annoyed. The Standard at Baton Rouge is a luxury student apartment complex steps away from campus. Students were attracted to the close proximity...