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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...

A Difficult Choice ad is displayed Wednesday, April 23, 2014 near Perkins Rd and South Acadian.

Opinion: Reproductive rights debate detrimental to health care

By Jana King April 23, 2014

As you were headed out for spring break last week, you may have noticed a new billboard on South Acadian Thruway. With just the phrase “Pregnant?” and a phone number, it’s not clear what...

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Opinion: New iPhone app allows users to talk trash anonymously

By Eli Haddow April 23, 2014

Wisdom is found within the collared shirt. That’s the word on the street at least. And by street, I mean Yik Yak, the anonymous micro blog that is taking LSU — and particularly LSU Greek Life...

This may surprise some, but there is a world outside the south United States.

Opinion: Leaving home state is beneficial for growth

By Annette Sommers April 23, 2014

When I came to LSU as a freshman, I only knew one other person. I wasn’t worried because I was under the impression that college would be filled with an eclectic population of students from all over...

Opinion: History proves that abstinence-only sex education isn’t effective

Opinion: History proves that abstinence-only sex education isn’t effective

By Jana King April 22, 2014

Sex is a right, not a privilege. And it’s one that Louisiana lawmakers are trying to take away from you. Louisiana legislation has been on fire recently with attacks on human sexuality coming from...

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Opinion: Online commentary is important, even when hateful

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas April 22, 2014

Imagine you read a pro-abortion rights column on The Daily Reveille website. Being anti-abortion, you are outraged by the columnist’s words. You are determined to respond to this one-sided writer’s...

Jennifer Scalzo, left, and her husband Anthony Scalzo stand by the Virgin River during a rally in support of Cliven Bundy near Bunkerville, Nev. Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

Opinion: No, because if laws are not enforced then they are not laws at all

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini April 21, 2014

In society, laws are only as meaningful as much as they are enforced. For the past 20 years, the federal government has had a dispute with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy over his use of public lands without...

Supporters prepare to rally for Cliven Bundy at the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville Nev. Monday, April 7, 2014. The Bureau of Land Management has begun to round up what they call "trespass cattle" that rancher Cliven Bundy has been grazing in the Gold Butte area 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)

Opinion: Yes, the government used excessive force

By John Ryan McGehee April 21, 2014

In law, there is a general acceptance of the concept of retributive, or proportional, justice. For instance, if you are caught speeding down Nicholson while trying to make it to a 9:30 a.m. exam on time,...