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Opinion

Educational signs are displayed inside a PETA tent Tuesday afternoon near the student union.

600 words of Sommers: No. There are more humane alternatives

By Annette Sommers February 12, 2014

We all have a soft spot for our pets, and we shudder and shame those who are guilty of animal abuse. But for some reason, animal testing doesn’t phase the majority of humans. This may be because...

Activist Ann Northrop is joined by demonstrators from Queer Nation, and others who oppose the Russian government’s continued attacks on human rights, including the rights of LGBT Russians, as she pours fake blood on an Olympic flag, marking the start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games with a protest, outside the Consulate General of the Russian Federation, in New York, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Opinion: Social media activism in need of an attitude change

By Jana King February 11, 2014

The 2014 Winter Olympics have turned into a playground of Russian LGBT politics and passive-aggressive, so-called activism. During the opening ceremonies of this year’s Olympics, President Barack...

Heroin

Opinion: Heroin use a mental, medical issue, not a legal one

By SidneyRose Reynen February 11, 2014

There’s no doubt about it: Baton Rouge has a heroin problem. “It’s a concern to us because it has crossed over so many social and economic boundaries unlike in the past and we have seen...

Creation Museum head Ken Ham, right, speaks during a debate on evolution with TV's "Science Guy" Bill Nye, at the Creation Museum Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Petersburg, Ky. Ham believes the Earth was created 6,000 years ago by God and is told strictly through the Bible. Nye says he is worried the U.S. will not move forward if creationism is taught to children. (AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Matt Stone) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; NO ARCHIVE; MANDATORY CREDIT

Opinion: God vs. Evolution

By Justin Stafford February 11, 2014

The question of whether there is a God is one for the ages. It’s surely one for this age, no matter how modern the era or how scientific. On Feb. 4, “Science Guy” Bill Nye debated Ken...

An image of U.S. director Woody Allen is projected on a wall at an art exhibit titled "Queremos tanto a Woody," or "We so love Woody" by Argentine artist Hugo Echarri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The exhibit in honor of Allen was inaugurated just days after the artist faced renewed accusations that he molested Dylan Farrow, his then-7-year-old adopted daughter in 1992. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Opinion: Support of celebrities like Woody Allen may cause moral issues

By SidneyRose Reynen February 10, 2014

Even if you don’t know anything about Woody Allen, chances are you’ve seen or heard his name a few times in the past month. Allen is, by far, one of the most prolific writer-directors in Hollywood...

Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych, left, greets U.S. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Nuland and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, thinking their conversation about the Ukraine was secure and private, were caught disparaging the European Union in a phone call that was apparently bugged, and U.S. officials say they strongly suspect Russia of leaking the conversation. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool)

Opinion: Diplomats should engage filter in digital age

By John Ryan McGehee February 10, 2014

We live in a digital age; anything said, written or photographed can theoretically exist forever. Things like an offensive tweet, a letter of resignation riddled with vulgarity or nude pictures sent to...

An Egyptian man holds a poster of Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "we authorize you," as he chants slogans on a street leading to Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 2011 uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Demonstrators began gathering Saturday in Egypt's Tahrir Square to mark the third anniversary of the start of its 2011 revolution, following a spate of bombings claimed by militants. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Opinion: Egypt needs to prove democratic commitment

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini February 10, 2014

Three years ago today, Egypt shocked the world when a populist revolt forced Hosni Mubarak from power. The people of Egypt accomplished what many skeptics thought was impossible — a democratic revolution. The...

Tonya Couch, left, and Fred Couch, parents of teenager Ethan Couch, arrive at juvenile court for a hearing about their son's future Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. Judge Jean Boyd again decided to give no jail time for Ethan Couch, who was sentenced to 10 years' probation in a drunken-driving crash that killed four people, and ordered him to go to a rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents. The sentence stirred fierce debate, as has the testimony of a defense expert who says Couch's wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility. The expert termed the condition "affluenza." (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Opinion: Affluenza diagnosis causes unfair case ruling

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas February 9, 2014

In Baton Rouge, the temptation to drive drunk is a painful reality. Tigerland closes at 2 a.m. and the buses stop running at the same time, leaving a considerable number of drunk people, in their late...

Cyber friendship

Opinion: Friend Request Accepted: Online friendships, relationships not inherently creepy

By Jana King February 9, 2014

When I told my mother about my three year online friendship with a Scottish boy, I thought she was going to have a panic attack. We grew up as a generation that was told not to talk to strangers and we...

Donny Rose, a Forward Arts member, talks to a group about adultism Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union Hall on Airline Highway.

Opinion: State should have more events for progressives

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini February 9, 2014

Living in Baton Rouge as a leftist, sometimes one can feel like a fish out of water with all the apathy and conservatism in the state. But over the weekend, progressive activists and leaders held a convention-like...

LSU students experience the snow days that arrived in the Deep South. 

Opinion: Campus responds to Saturday classes with delight

By Annette Sommers February 6, 2014

An overwhelming sense of joy pervaded campus Wednesday as students relished in the news of the upcoming Saturday make-up classes. Students exclaimed how gracious they are for the make-up days and expressed...

A protester throws a tire onto a fire during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine, Friday Jan. 24, 2014. As riots spread from Ukraine's embattled capital to nearly half of the country, President Viktor Yanukovych promised Friday to reshuffle his government and make other concessions — but a top opposition leader said nothing short of his resignation would do. Hours after the president's comments, huge fireballs lit up the night sky in central Kiev and plumes of thick black smoke rose from burning tires at giant barricades erected by protesters. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Opinion: Ukrainian, Russian governments giving opposition legitimacy

By John Ryan McGehee February 6, 2014

People in positions of leadership and influence are expected to act decisively in times of crises. However, imagine if during the snow days, President F. King Alexander didn’t show up to work, only...