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Opinion: McDonald’s gendered toys promote sexist ideals

By SidneyRose Reynen April 29, 2014

Many LSU students have already scheduled their classes for the fall semester. Imagine, however, that the prerequisite for that class you’ve been dying to take is that you be the “correct”...

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, center left, speaks about the United States Supreme Court's decision, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, regarding the state's Affirmative Action law involving college admissions, during a news conference in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT.

Opinion: Affirmative action demeans those it is meant to help

By Justin Stafford April 29, 2014

Discrimination doesn’t end with a piece of legislation, and racism doesn’t die with a new policy. The problem’s roots did not begin there. They came from inside of man — in a human’s...

FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, graduates pose for photographs during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. The job market for new college graduates is brightening but remains weaker than before the Great Recession began. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Opinion: Students should appreciate early graduation

By Annette Sommers April 29, 2014

Sometimes we forget how much we pay to go to school here, mainly because the amount is so much it’s difficult for our brains to comprehend. It’s an unfortunate trait many people in America...

Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Occupy Oakland protestors were evicted from the plaza early this morning. Police in riot gear began clearing anti-Wall Street protesters on Tuesday morning from the plaza in front of Oakland's City Hall where they have been camped out for about two weeks. City officials had originally been supportive of the protesters, but the city later warned the protesters that they were breaking the law and could not stay in the encampment overnight. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Opinion: You have a right to know your constitutional rights

By Justin Stafford April 28, 2014

Many students will come face-to-face with Johnny Law at some point if they haven’t already, and an understanding of basic rights can come in handy when the blue lights start flashing. I’ve...

An outreach worker at Boom Health center, package condoms for distribution to sex trade workers, Friday April 25, 2014 in Bronx, N.Y. New York would become the first state to prohibit police and prosecutors from using the possession of condoms as evidence against suspected sex workers under a measure pending before lawmakers. Critics of the policy say it’s unfair and undermines efforts to promote condom use. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Opinion: Attitude about STIs dangerous for sexually active

By Jana King April 28, 2014

As you head to Tigerland next Saturday night to celebrate the end of finals week and the beginning of summer, sexually transmitted infections will likely be the last thing on your mind. Nineteen million...

The remote controlled DJI Phantom drone with an attached GoPro 3 camera used by Brian Tercero of Keller Williams Realty used to create a high definition video of a property is seen in Santa Fe, N.M. on April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, Clyde Mueller)

Opinion: Drones need more legislative regulation

By Eli Haddow April 28, 2014

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a ... what is it? It’s a drone, and if our captains of the Internet retail industry have their way, it could be flying over your backyard almost...

Empty desks line a classroom in Audubon Hall on Monday, October 14, 2013 at LSU.

Opnion: Bill would empower educators in their classrooms

By John Ryan McGehee April 27, 2014

Being mature young adults pursuing higher education, we’ve reached the point where acting out in a classroom makes you look less like James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” and more like...

Letter to the Editor: LED lighting cheaper, more efficient

Letter to the Editor: LED lighting cheaper, more efficient

By Cole Connelly April 27, 2014

If you’re reading this, odds are you’re a college student. Now, if you’re a college student, odds are you’re always looking for a way to save a couple bucks, am I right? I thought...

LSU President F. King Alexander speaks with the Manship School Create Lab about #FixLSU in Free Speech Alley Friday, April 25, 2014. Check out the complete slideshow.

Opinion: Students need to take action to see change on campus

By Annette Sommers April 27, 2014

Art students have protested, crime-concerned policemen have spoken and now the entire LSU community is coming together to demand a change. #fixLSU is a project with the potential to make LSU, well, fixed....

Opinion: Buddy Bench counters negative effects of bullying, depression

Opinion: Buddy Bench counters negative effects of bullying, depression

By Justin Stafford April 24, 2014

College students might have a thing or two to learn from an elementary school student who devised a simple, but brilliant, plan to tackle issues like loneliness and bullying that he saw in his schoolyard...

Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso opens the West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire public meeting, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in West, Texas. The deadly explosion in West a year ago was preventable and resulted from unsafe storage practices by West Fertilizer Co., and government oversight, U.S. Chemical Safety Board leaders said earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)

Opinion: Lack of regulation caused the West Texas disaster

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini April 24, 2014

This month is the anniversary of the BP oil spill and the West Texas disaster, yet since those two events, there has been little to no major reforms or regulation to deal with the problem of toxic waste,...

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Opinion: Cultural appreciation can be shown without appropriation

By SidneyRose Reynen April 24, 2014

The first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicked off yesterday, and there was no doubt a plethora of Native American headdresses were worn by non-Native Americans. Sunscreen, bottles...