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Dozens of fast food workers and their supporters protest workplace conditions in front of a McDonald's restaurant, Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in New York. Labor organizers say McDonald's workers in 19 cities have filed complaints over burns from grease, a lack of protective equipment and other workplace hazards. It's the latest move in a campaign to win pay of $15 an hour and unionization for fast-food workers by publicly pressuring McDonald's. The company says franchisees are committed to providing safe working conditions, but it will review the allegations detailed in complaints filed with U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Opinion: Food industry should adhere to better safety and health standards

By Jen Blate March 26, 2015

We’ve all been to McDonald’s and enjoyed a Big Mac and fries, and we all know what a Big Mac tastes like. That’s because McDonald’s is the leading worldwide food service retailer...

Opinion: Alumni need to step up, endowments may save university

By Justin DiCharia March 26, 2015

While the LSU football team consistently ranks in the top 50 percent of SEC football programs, the University’s endowment programs don’t come near the top 50 percent of SEC endowment funding. The...

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Opinion: Opponents of climate change reform have no ground to stand on

By James Richards March 25, 2015

On Monday, the resident pariah and Grandpa Munster look-alike of the Senate Ted Cruz announced he’s running for president in 2016. Cruz built a reputation out of being irritating and supporting terrible...

Opinion: American Apparel distances itself from controversial history in all the wrong ways

Opinion: American Apparel distances itself from controversial history in all the wrong ways

By Alex Mendoza March 25, 2015

Executives at controversial fashion brand American Apparel have decided to clean up the company’s image. In the process, they’ve decided that nipples and body hair on adult women are on par...

U.S singer Solange Knowles leaves Carven's ready-to-wear fall-winter 2015/2016 fashion collection presented during Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, Thursday, March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Opinion: Society should accept black women’s natural hair

By Clarke Perkins March 24, 2015

Hair is simply threadlike strands that grow from your head, and whether it is straight, curly, kinky, wavy or dreadlocked, you shouldn’t be judged or discriminated against because of it. It has always...

Opinion: Implanting microchips in children is a step too far

By Jen Blate March 24, 2015

How would you feel if you found out that you were microchipped by your parents? The initial thought is extremely disturbing. Microchipping your pet involves implanting a small chip with your contact information...

In this March 17, 2015, photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. holds-up a synopsis of the House Republican budget proposal as he announces the plan on Capitol Hill in Washington. The new House and Senate Republican boast that they both balance the federal budget within 10 years, without raising taxes. Their own numbers, however, say millions of American families and businesses would have to pay more in taxes to make the math work. To the tune of about $900 billion more over the next decade. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Opinion: GOP budget proposal would cut benefits and higher education funds

By Cody Sibley March 24, 2015

The House Republicans unveiled their budget proposal, and it unsurprisingly guts nearly every form of assistance for American families. The GOP wants to freeze the maximum Pell Grant at $5,775 per student...

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Letter to the Editor: Gov. Jindal’s budget cuts harm the state’s higher ed. schools

March 23, 2015

Louisiana’s colleges and universities are being abused by Bobby Jindal’s irresponsible budget priorities almost as much as the students who attend them. While the governor’s fiscal house...

Letter to the Editor: A response to “Handle With Care”

By Gerard “Jerry” Villere March 23, 2015

Mr. James Richards arguments sound reasonable. But they are specious. As a simple analogy consider the person who will not fly because of their fear of dying in a plane who therefore drives a motorcycle...

President Barack Obama gestures at his town hall-style meeting at Memorial Hall, Wednesday June 30, 2010 in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg) Original Filename: Obama_Racine_WIRAC103.jpg

Opinion: Americans should demand for more government transparency

By James Richards March 23, 2015

Thousands of college students are soaking up the sunshine this week for spring break. They’re probably already on their third case of Natural Light and on the way to a sunburn a redneck would be...

Opinion: Knowing how to prevent identity theft is a must for college students

By Jay Cranford March 23, 2015

Identity theft is when someone steals your social security number, bank account information, birth certificate or passport number. College students in particular are more vulnerable to this type of crime....

Letter to the Editor: Inviting speakers to campus not an endorsement of their views

Letter to the Editor: Inviting speakers to campus not an endorsement of their views

By James R. Stoner, Jr. March 22, 2015

To the Editor: I suppose it falls within editorial prerogative to frame The Reveille’s coverage of Heather Mac Donald’s visit to campus to speak about the issue of race and policing under the...