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Opinion

Fans wave at the Homecoming Parade Saturday, October 25, 2014.

Opinion: Home gamedays interfere with other obligations

By Shirin Chowdhury November 9, 2014

Picture this: Two girls drunkenly screaming at each other about something completely non-football related; a couple guys shattering bottles on the ground in anger because they lost a game of beer pong;...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, celebrates with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., left, and his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, at an election night party in Louisville, Ky.,Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. McConnell won a sixth term in Washington, with his eyes on the larger prize of GOP control of the Senate. The Kentucky Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent fighting off a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Republicans face identity crisis after midterms

By Gordon Brillon November 9, 2014

For a while now, Democrats have had it easy. Since 2008, they haven’t had the responsibility of defining their own identity as a party because they’ve had President Obama to do that. His agenda...

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Opinion: Taking birth control isn’t just for preventing pregnancy

November 6, 2014

I got my first period on my first day of seventh grade. It was on that day my 12-year-old self decided to hate uteruses. If hearing about “girl stuff” makes you uncomfortable, stop reading...

Opinion: Oppression abroad used to avoid gendered violence in the U.S.

By Jana King November 6, 2014

When I pulled up CNN’s website on my computer last week, I noticed two things. First, a headline in big, bold letters describing the sale, rape and enslavement of females by the Islamic State. The...

Bill Cassidy runs off with Mary Landrieu for congress in the poll results Tuesday, November 4, 2014 and hopes for a victory December 6, 2014.

Opinion: Pollsters, pundits appallingly off-target in recent election

By John Ryan McGehee November 6, 2014

Election night has come and gone, and the Republican Party stands as the victor with its shiny new Senate majority. Democrats didn’t just get beaten; in the words of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., it...

Opinion: Physician-assisted suicide should be regulated but more accessible

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas November 5, 2014

Our lives are made up of a series of choices. What should I have for dinner? Who should I ask to GRUB? Should I go to class today? We ask ourselves questions like this on a regular basis because we get...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, celebrates with his supporters at an election night party in Louisville, Ky.,Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. McConnell won a sixth term in Washington, with his eyes on the larger prize of GOP control of the Senate. The Kentucky Senate race, with McConnell, a 30-year incumbent, fighting off a spirited challenge from Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, has been among the most combative and closely watched contests that could determine the balance of power in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: GOP plagued by inefficiency and lack of legislative action

By SidneyRose Reynen November 5, 2014

After all the fuss, Election Day is officially over. Hopefully all of you exercised your right to vote, even if it was just to say you exercised at all this year. As predicted, the GOP dominated the midterm...

Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., encourages supporters in New Orleans to vote in Dec. 6 runoff elections after the U.S. Senate jungle primaries.

Opinion: Landrieu and Edwards face tough December runoffs

By Gordon Brillon November 5, 2014

Mary Landrieu and Edwin Edwards must be catching their breath. After the results of last night’s election, the two Democratic candidates find themselves in an uphill battle to win December’s...

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 file photo, actress Viola Davis poses at The Rape Foundation's Annual Brunch at Greenacres in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 49-year-old actress stars as a defense attorney and law professor on the new ABC show “How to Get Away With Murder,” which premiered Thursday, Sept. 25, to 14 million viewers. Davis discussed her new show Sunday at a benefit for the Rape Treatment Center, which she became acquainted with through research for a role. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, file)

Opinion: Natural hair can show women’s beauty, individuality

By Taylor Simien November 4, 2014

A little more than three years ago, I embarked on my return to natural. For those of you who have no clue what that means, I stopped putting relaxers in my hair to chemically straighten my curl pattern....

Capital City Records, located at 4641 Perkins Road, opens it's doors Friday, November 7, 2014.

Opinion: Vinyl format carries sentiment, history

By Justin Stafford November 3, 2014

Some things are timeless. For instance, the “What’s that on your shirt?” prank your uncle might have played on you as a child and those old vinyl records of his that he’d play every...

Opinion: Out-of-state fees stifle students’ options

By Shirin Chowdhury November 3, 2014

As a student, I’m well aware that money plays a huge role in my education. I’ve got a nice pile of loans waiting for me when I graduate, but sometimes it’s easier to just pretend they...

Editorial: Students' right to vote carries duty

Editorial: Students’ right to vote carries duty

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board November 3, 2014

As students, we are conditioned to shut out the world around us — as a defense mechanism from people shouting in Free Speech Plaza as much as the dire news stories bombard us from across the world. It’s...