Phylicia Rashad’s Claire Huxtable acts as the voice of reason on “The Cosby Show.” Calm, level-headed and wise, Rashad plays the perfect foil to Bill Cosby’s goofy, wisecracking...
The attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo is the latest of several islamic extremist terrorists attacks in the past few years. The list of recent tragedies includes the kidnapping of 300 Nigerian...
People from all across the globe mourned the terrorist attack in Paris, yet Sen. David Vitter (R, Louisiana), still found a way to politicize a tragedy that, for the most part, united us.
At first glance,...
Charlie Hebdo’s portrayals of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, tested Western European Muslims who reject physical representations of Muhammad. The editors at Charlie Hebdo were aware that their offensive...
Many innocent lives lost again because a group of hot heads can’t have their way. Although French President Francois Hollande might not be too popular in his country, he has stepped up and responded...
Last week’s attack at Charlie Hebdo’s Paris headquarters was a barbaric attempt by Islamic extremists to censor the freedom of speech enjoyed by much of the Western world. France’s response...
Robert Mann, Manship Chair in Journalism at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication, urges Louisiana college leaders to speak out in 2015.
In an opinion piece for NOLA.com Mann calls on presidents,...
LSU president and chancellor F. King Alexander recently wrote an opinion piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education applauding the U.S. Department of Education’s Postsecondary Institution Ratings...
Winter break is finally upon us and many students have already returned home to spend the holidays with their families. While Christmas traditions have evolved over the years to include carols, trees,...
Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough argues that TOPS should be given to needy students, with a cap on awards to students from high-income families. Read his guest column on The Advocate.com.
Six days.
That short period of time is all that stands between us and the precious hiatus we call
winter break.
But in these six days, we also experience the terror that is finals week, and as students...
I learned a lot from the students of LSU this semester.
The events that took place less than 700 miles north of LSU in Ferguson, Missouri, had students talking about racism from the first day we...
