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Senator Dan Claitor has his portrait taken at Claitor's Law Books & Publishing Div.

Opinion: 6th district congress candidates are more of the same

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas March 20, 2014

People are so fired up about Edwin Edwards joining the 6th district congressional seat race they are failing to see the real issue. None of the current candidates will give Baton Rouge – and the...

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, center, walks down the hallway pushing his son, Eli, as he is accompanied by wife Trina Scott Edwards, right, and Charlotte Guedry, left, before speaking at the Baton Rouge Press Club in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 17, 2014. Edwards announced that he would join the race to represent the state’s Baton Rouge-based 6th District of the U.S. House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Travis Spradling)

Opinion: Edwards’s candidacy tarnishes Louisiana politics

By Eli Haddow March 19, 2014

On Monday, 86-year-old Edwin Edwards hijaked Louisiana’s 6th District congressional race, turning it into a sideshow for the circus that will be this November’s midterm elections. He’s...

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a government meeting that focused on economic and social issues in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)

Opinion: U.S. must take more severe action against Russia

By John Ryan McGehee March 19, 2014

Students should know word usage is important. The right phrase can transform the mundane to the exciting, and the horrifying to the justifiable. Let’s say you want to break up with your significant...

Opinion: The Tipping Point

Opinion: The Tipping Point

By Annette Sommers March 19, 2014

A new IRS law eliminating automatic gratuity went into effect this year, and servers across the nation have dropped jaws and teary eyes. This is yet another low-blow from the government agencies to the...

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

Opinion: Three ways America has failed women in March 2014

By Jana King March 18, 2014

It’s not fun being the person to call out American politicians and the judicial system for their perpetuation of female oppression. But we live in a country where rape culture, female sexualization...

The SmokingWords campaign to make LSU campus tobacco-free is in part attributed to smokers and cigarette butt litter in the Quad.

Opinon: Emphasis needs to be placed on treatment for nicotine addiction

By Justin Stafford March 18, 2014

More and more public places are banning or restricting tobacco use, primarily smoking, on their premises, but nicotine is highly addictive and resources to help users kick the habit are too few. Kick Butts...

File- This March 13, 2014, file photo shows Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listening on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a Senate Transportation subcommittee hearing. In the aftermath of committee chairwoman Sen. Feinstein’s accusations that the CIA’s intimidating tactics and breaching of its constitutional authority for filing a criminal complaint against congressional aides, observers say the U.S. intelligence community and its congressional minders have committed serious missteps over the 13 years since the 9/11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Opinion: Defender or Pretender: Defender of the NSA goes after the CIA

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini March 18, 2014

It’s a dark and quiet night on the University’s campus, until all computers flip on and their hard drives are erased. All research files and information incriminating several companies have...

Student Government candidates discuss possible initiatives Monday, March 17, 2014 during the 2014 Student Government Debate held in the Holliday Forum.

Opinion: Student Government debate inconclusive, fails to address real campus issues

By Megan Dunbar March 17, 2014

Ill-fitting high heels and suit jackets coupled with a billion iPhone photo opportunities, cheerful white Greek faces and one Twitter hashtag used more for public relations than actual questions. Welcome...

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. Saturday marks the third and final day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Opinion: Michele Bachmann’s words advocate majority rights

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas March 17, 2014

Representative Michele Bachmann opened the door to a whole new chapter in the “equal rights” debate by speaking on a topic no one has yet considered discussing in the public eye for fear of...

Shawn Scott, center, who with his younger brother Akien is accused of the Mother's Day second-line shooting which injured 20 people, is taken from the 5th District Police Station to Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans on Thursday, May 16, 2013. The Times-Picayune.

Opinion: Mother’s Day shooting coverage shows media bias

By SidneyRose Reynen March 17, 2014

Choosing which stories to tell the American public must be a hard task for the media. There’s so much we should be aware of — Miley Cryus stuck her tongue out again! President Barack Obama...

Torrence Hatch, also known as Lil Boosie, (left) poses with Webster Gradney, Jr., also known as Webbie, (right) Monday, March 10, 2014 during the Boosie Speaks press conference at The W Hotel in New Orleans.

What should Lil Boosie do with 100 hours of service?

By The Daily Reveille Opinion Staff March 16, 2014

#freedboosie Jana King I vote that Boosie use his community service hours doing some construction work to benefit the LSU community that actively fought to #freeboosie. Repaving the roads near the north...

Miss Dacula Pageant representatives from Dacula, Ga., stand on the steps inside the Statehouse while posing for photos during a visit, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Opinion: Beauty Pageants encourage superficiality

By Annette Sommers March 16, 2014

Baton Rouge will host the Miss USA pageant in 2014. This news is sure to bring a whirlwind of excited squeals and wide-eyed spectators, but it is also an opportunity to recognize the impact beauty pageants...