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Guest column from Dillard president Walter Kimbrough: TOPS more an engine of inequality than opportunity, should have income-level cap

By Walter Kimbrough, The Advocate December 16, 2014

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.

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Opinion: How to survive finals week

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas December 7, 2014

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...

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Opinion: LSU students took on activist roles this semester

By Jana King December 7, 2014

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...

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Opinion: Finals week brings joy and happiness to campus once more

By SidneyRose Reynen December 4, 2014

’Twas the Friday before finals week, when all through campus, every creature was studying and posting #finalsweek selfies to Instagram. I don’t need to speak of the numerous joys that finals...

Opinion: Grand jury decisions highlight flaws in justice system

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas December 4, 2014

How to get away with murder? Be a cop. Less than two weeks after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, concluded there wasn’t enough evidence to indict on Darren Wilson for Michael Brown’s death,...

Protest organizer Derrick Robinson flashes a peace sign as he leads a group inside Chesterfield Mall Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Chesterfield, Mo. The crowd disrupted holiday shopping at several locations on Friday amid a protest triggered by a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Peaceful protests are effective option

By Justin Stafford December 3, 2014

It’s said that history has a way of repeating itself. That’s partly true. Sometimes it’s for the better and other times it’s for the worse. Often it is because the issue at hand...

This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Goldshifteh Farahani, left, as Nefertari, and Joel Edgerton as Rhamses, in a scene from the film, "Exodus: Gods and Kings." The movie opens in U.S. theaters on Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Kerry Brown)

‘Whitewashed’ characters fail to maintain integrity of films

By SidneyRose Reynen December 3, 2014

December and January are the best parts of the year for film buffs. Producers save their Oscar-bait movies and larger-than-life blockbusters for the very end of the year. If you’re not excited like...

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2007 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside of the United Nations headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

U.N. should focus on greater problems than Ferguson

By John Ryan McGehee December 2, 2014

Americans historically don’t like being told what to do or how to do it, especially by foreign entities. It’s that aversion to nagging from abroad that got us where we are today. Sorry, Britain. It’s...

Parents should consider the right of their children

By Jana King December 2, 2014

From showing off embarrassing baby pictures to slight emotional scarring, the people who were in charge of us before we knew not to chase a ball into traffic affected our lives. Parents make a lot of choices...

Facade of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 28 February 2006.

Letter to the Editor: Issues concerning diversity must be discussed openly

December 2, 2014

Editor's Note: This letter was written in response to The Daily Reveille's Nov. 7 article "Previous stories erroneously portray Law Center" and The Civilian's November 2014 articles,...

In this Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 photo provided by Johnny Nguyen, Portland police Sgt. Bret Barnum, left, and Devonte Hart, 12, hug at a rally in Portland, Ore., where people had gathered in support of the protests in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Johnny Huu Nguyen)

Cops 101: American youth should educate themselves on rights to avoid bad experiences with police

By Jana King December 1, 2014

There are a lot of things we should know by now that we have not been taught in school. Reproductive health and how credit scores work are things we are left to figure out on our own — with the help...

Fifth Harmony dolls add needed diversity to Barbie product line

Fifth Harmony dolls add needed diversity to Barbie product line

By Aggi Ashagre December 1, 2014

Mattel released 5 new minority Barbie dolls in November—did you notice? Thanks to what’s called a “brand before band” marketing partnership with Mattel, pop group Fifth Harmony...