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Opinion

CVS announced Wednesday that it would cease selling cigarettes and other forms of tobacco by October 2014, with President and CEO Larry J. Merlo saying "the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose."

Opinion: CVS cigarette ban based on budget, not health

By Megan Dunbar February 5, 2014

CVS/Caremark announced Wednesday it won’t sell cigarettes starting in October because of unhealthy implications. Which is great, since you’ll soon hear about lobbyists in D.C. arguing for stricter...

Michael Goodwin, Senior Partner for HTC, displays an HTC First cell phone wit the new Facebook interface at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, April 4, 2013. The company says it is not building a phone or an operating system. Rather, Facebook is introducing a new experience for Android phones. The idea behind the new Home service is to bring content right to you, rather than require people to check apps on the device. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Opinion: Social media contributing to breakdown of societal hierarchy

By Eli Haddow February 5, 2014

Last week, chances are most LSU students heard that classes were canceled from some form of hierarchy. Be it the campus-wide text system, President F. King Alexander or another news source. This example...

Dogs

Life: It’s a Dog’s Life

By Samantha Bares February 5, 2014

Nothing pricks my ears up like talk of dogs.  I grew up surrounded by animals, but mostly of the canine variety. To me, they are the perfect animals. They, as my criticism professor said — and...

Florida Gun Law

Blue Collar Scholar: States should expand where people can carry guns

By Justin Stafford February 4, 2014

“No guns” is not the answer, and neither is “more guns.” Expanding the realm of where one can legally carry is. Would you feel safe knowing someone in your class has a pistol under...

A crowd gathers at a press conference and rally in front of Manhattan federal court to vocalize their objection to the stop and frisk policy by the police Department Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in New York. The Center for Constitutional Rights has brought a lawsuit on behalf of four black plaintiffs who claim they were stopped by police because of their race. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Our Lady of Angst: ‘Stop-and-frisk’ policies are racially discriminating

By SidneyRose Reynen February 4, 2014

Have you ever heard people sarcastically remark about being arrested for walking while black? Well, it happens. Newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that he is on his way...

Sex

SENSITIVE CONTENT Off With Her Head: Fear and ignorance keeps students from having safe anal sex

By Jana King February 4, 2014

A few weeks ago, a Kansas school district received complaints after its sex education curriculum included a poster that asked the question “How do people express their sexual feelings?” The...

National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander, left, and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., a member of the House Intelligence and Homeland Security Committees, stand after President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government's control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing such records. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Opinion: Illegality of NSA PRISM a step in the right direction

By Joshua Hajiakbarifini February 3, 2014

Last week, while Justin Bieber’s DUI distracted most of us, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board finally concluded that the NSA’s PRISM program is illegal. In case you don’t...

FILE - This Jan. 9, 2014 file photo shows a mockup of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile used for training by missile maintenance crews at F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Thursday the number of nuclear force officers implicated in a proficiency test cheating scandal has grown to 92 out of a force of 500. (AP Photo/Robert Burns, File)

Opinion: Air Force officers exhibit unbecoming behavior

By John Ryan McGehee February 3, 2014

The United States has a three-pronged strategy to nuclear deterrence. The largest component is a fleet of Minuteman III missiles based in the Midwest. The other two thirds are submarine-launched Trident...

Beyonce performs "Drunk in Love" at the 56th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Opinion: Women deserve respect regardless of personal choices

By Jana King February 3, 2014

How can you call yourself a feminist when you grow out your hair, shave your legs and wear makeup? Easy — demand respect, regardless of gender. Since learning about feminism in high school, I have...

IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AVAAZ - Members of global advocacy group Avaaz stand next to a digital counter showing the number of petition signatures calling for net neutrality outside the Federal Communication Commission in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Avaaz joined other US advocacy groups to deliver more than a million signatures for a free and democratic internet to the FCC. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Avaaz)

Opinion: Net neutrality important for success of the Internet

By Annette Sommers February 2, 2014

Don’t freak out, but we are about to talk a little technical. Network neutrality: What the hell is that? It is something good, that’s what. Net neutrality is the basic premise for everything...

Transportation Security Administration officers prepare to screen a passenger's bag at the Secaucus Junction Station, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Secaucus, N.J. The TSA and New Jersey Transit Police began searching bags at the Station Friday in preparation for Sunday's Super Bowl at the Meadowlands. All passengers will be screened by TSA officers before they will be allowed to board trains to Met Life Stadium on Sunday.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Opinion: Extra Super Bowl security a waste of resources

By Andrew Stolzle February 2, 2014

While most of us enjoyed the Super Bowl alongside family, friends and queso, those in attendance did so in the company of SWAT teams, K-9 units, and snipers. No, there wasn’t a royal wedding halftime...

A screenshot of the Google autocomplete map shown on Business Insider.

Opinion: Google autocomplete shows users equate state to racism

“Why is Louisiana so racist?” is the most common question Internet users ask Google, according to the Twitter account @Amazing_Maps. While states like Massachusetts and Texas got random or...