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President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney participate in the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Pool, Rick Wilking)

Students offer their views on election

By Megan Dunbar October 3, 2012

Interdisciplinary studies senior Adria Porsche summed up the first presidential debate Wednesday night in two words. “I’m exhausted.” President Barack Obama and Republican candidate...

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden speaks at a press conference Jan. 11, 2012, about a new banking program, Bank On.

‘Kipnotize’ becomes catch phrase in mayoral election

By Megan Dunbar October 3, 2012

Baton Rouge residents have been “Kipnotized” for the past eight years of Mayor-President Kip Holden’s reign over the capital, but citizens are split over whether it’s a positive...

Gerald Rafshoon and Ray Strother conversed at the presidential campaign analysis held in the Holiday Forum.

Political advertisers shed light on world of campaigning

By Megan Dunbar October 1, 2012

Former political consultant for presidential nominee Gary Hart’s campaign Ray Strother told students that advertising experts are guided by their own personal ethics at the Political Madmen forum...

Views differ on power of one vote

By Megan Dunbar October 1, 2012

In a presidential election, swing states can be the deciding factor for who ends up sitting in the Oval Office. Louisiana is not a swing state, but despite this, many students say they still value their...

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to campus in the Union Theater on Friday evening.

Johnson pushes tax reform, advocates third parties

By Joshua Bergeron September 30, 2012

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson made his pitch for president to a thinly filled Union Theater on Friday, asking the crowd to “waste their vote” on a third-party candidate. Johnson...

Panelists decide United States was never a beacon

By Megan Dunbar September 27, 2012

Panelists debated the United States’s position as a beacon on a hill and status as a world leader at a foreign policy forum Thursday evening in the University’s Holliday Forum. Political...

Jindal to join Freedom bus tour

By Megan Dunbar September 25, 2012

Gov. Bobby Jindal will join the Iowans for Freedom bus tour Wednesday in Mason City, Iowa to campaign against a judge who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. The bus tour opposes the retention of Justice...

Many students to refuse to vote

By Ben Wallace September 23, 2012

With the 2012 presidential election less than two months away, many students have already decided who to vote for — no one. Challenges with absentee voting, school priorities and political apathy...

Rajesh Narayanan speaks at the second LSU 2012 Political Forum on economy which was held on Thursday afternoon in the rotunda of the Business Education Complex.

Professors say tax debate is at the forefront of election

By Megan Dunbar September 20, 2012

Four economics professors agreed Thursday that action should have been taken earlier to save the country from economic crisis during an economic policy forum at the Business Education Complex. Associate...

Gallup polls jolted by Democratic, Republican national conventions

By Megan Dunbar September 19, 2012

Presidential candidates traditionally experience a jump in polling points after their National Conventions. True to form, President Barack Obama’s campaign gained an immediate three-point increase...

Student voters more interested in candidates’ personalities

By Joshua Bergeron September 19, 2012

Opinions of President Barack Obama have changed drastically since he took office. A Pew Research study profiled the change in opinion. In 2008, voters described Obama as inexperienced and young. Those...

Former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer speaks to Manship School students Tuesday afternoon in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building.

Roemer speaks at University, grim on November election

By Staff Writer September 12, 2012

Former presidential candidate and former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer predicted a November election that will bring no change to America to a full-capacity crowd in the Manship School of Mass Communication’s...