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Photo: "CHANGE THE PLAN" - Show # 4519 - Sesame Street Production; Director: Ken Diego; television production photographed: Monday, October 28, 2013; 9:00 AM at Kaufman-Astoria Studios; Astoria, New York; Photograph: © 2013 Richard Termine. PHOTO CREDIT - Richard Termine

Opinion: “Sesame Street” makeover will teach children new, important life lessons

By Logan Anderson April 20, 2015

Elmo has moved into a brownstone on the corner of the road. Abby is starting an urban garden. In addition to his standard trash can, Oscar will be popping out of recycling bins and composting receptacles. After...

Tesla Motors

Opinion: Tesla’s high wages part of a hopeful trend in ethical business

By Alex Mendoza April 20, 2015

In a move sure to have Ayn Rand rolling in her grave, the new Tesla Motors factory in Reno, Nevada, will offer workers an average of $25 an hour ­— well above minimum wage. Tesla’s announcement...

Opinion: Knowledge of certified professionals makes financial assistance easy

By Jay Cranford April 20, 2015

As you leave college and enter the professional world, you will find out there are many different types of financial professionals. From financial planners to accountants, there is a job title for just...

Thousands of participants from across the world pass through the notorious gate with the letters “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Sets You Free) during the annual March of the Living at the start in the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp memorial to begin their silent walk to the Birkenau part of the camp, to honor more than 1 million people, mostly Jews, killed at the camp from 1940-45, in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Opinion: March of the Living promotes Holocaust remembrance

By Jen Blate April 19, 2015

April 16 is a very important day to me and many Jewish people across the globe, because it is Holocaust Remembrance Day. But not everyone takes the issue of the Holocaust as seriously as it should be. On...

Protestors march in support of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of an expanding national movement known as Fight for 15, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Miami. The event was part of a national protest day to coincide with the April 15 deadline for filing income taxes. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Opinion: America should install a maximum wage to curb income inequality

By Cody Sibley April 19, 2015

Fast-food workers in cities around America joined together in protest for a $15 per hour minimum wage, and while our minimum wage does need to be higher, America should also focus on imposing a maximum...

Cop Camera

Opinion: Body cameras for cops the first step to more justice

By Markus Hüfner April 16, 2015

As you may have read in Tuesday’s issue of The Daily Reveille, a bill that would make it mandatory for police officers in Louisiana to wear body cameras is being considered by the Louisiana legislature....

Opinion: Jindal’s legacy leaves out the mentally ill

By Justin DiCharia April 16, 2015

If you are shot by a gun but don’t have health insurance, a hospital will treat you. If you have a brain aneurism but don’t have health insurance, a hospital will treat you. If you have a serious...

Opinion: Higher education bills must address constitutional protections

Opinion: Higher education bills must address constitutional protections

By James Richards April 16, 2015

Students from across Louisiana took their concerns about the tremendous budget cuts to the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday with cheers such as “No cuts, no future,” and “Katrina didn’t...

Students from across the state protest higher education budget cuts on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 outside of the Capitol building.

Editorial: Lack of student participation shameful as legislative session heats up

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board April 15, 2015

If you and your friends don’t show up for the National L Club Spring Game in Tiger Stadium at 1 p.m. Saturday, nothing will happen.You won’t miss a spectacle for the ages — it’s...

Opinion: Apple's new emojis promote diversity

Opinion: Apple’s new emojis promote diversity

By Jen Blate April 15, 2015

What would life be like without our emojis? I know mine would be exceptionally boring, but has it ever occurred to you that our emojis may be normalizing our bias behavior?It didn’t cross my mind...

Opinion: American prison system fails to correct criminal behavior

Opinion: American prison system fails to correct criminal behavior

By Markus Hüfner April 15, 2015

How much should a human being be punished for doing something wrong? America certainly believes all criminals are freedom-hating traitors because if you commit a first-degree murder here in Louisiana,...

Memorial Tower is silhouetted against the skyline as the sun sets Monday behind Tiger Stadium.

Opinion: LSU students must fight to save faculty

By Justin DiCharia April 14, 2015

Ecstasy filled the air in Death Valley as LSU senior safety Ronald Martin intercepted a pass by Ole Miss senior quarterback Bo Wallace to cement the Tigers’ victory over against the No. 3 Rebels....