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All content by Ben Wallace
"Newspaper reporter" ranked as the worst job to have in 2013, according to CareerCast.com.

Opinion: My unique road to the most rewarding career path

By Ben Wallace
April 28, 2013
This April 3, 2013 photo provided by the Greeley Police shows the text message University of Northern Colorado student Alexander Heit was typing to an unidentified person when police say he lost control of his car and ran off the road. He was taken to North Colorado Medical Center where he later died. Now his parents are hoping to convince others not to text and drive. The name of the message's recipient was redacted by the Greeley Police to protect the recipient's identity. (AP Photo/Greeley Police)

Opinion: Proposed bill won’t eliminate all driving distractions

By Ben Wallace
April 21, 2013
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal speaks to the press on current push for state tax reform on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Adam Lau)

Opinion: Making a case for higher education

By Ben Wallace
April 15, 2013
Traffic cameras watch the intersection at Nicholson and Burbank Tuesday, April 9, 2013.

Opinion: Correlation between driver safety and red light cameras impossible to prove

By Ben Wallace
April 9, 2013
LSU System President Designate F. King Alexander answers questions March 21, 2013.

Opinion: LSU needs a strong leader who will fight to fix budget

By Ben Wallace
March 25, 2013
Gov. Bobby Jindal gives an overview of some of his tax reform proposals Thursday March 14, 2013 in Baton Rouge, La, during a meeting of the joint committee on ways and means. (AP Photo/The Baton Rouge Advocate, Arthur D. Lauck)

Opinion: Overpriced goods could get more expensive with new tax plan

By Ben Wallace
March 18, 2013

Opinion: tiger Bridge program might not work, but LSU wins

By Ben Wallace
March 11, 2013
A flipped Nissan XTerra rests at West Parker Boulevard and Burbank Drive on Feb. 6, 2013.

Opinion: New traffic signal solves one problem, worsens another

By Ben Wallace
March 5, 2013
LSU Interim Chancellor William Jenkins answers Tuesday, Feb. 2013 a question from the Student Experience Subcommittee at Lod Cook Alumni Center.

Opinion: University tier ranking in jeopardy of decline

By Ben Wallace
February 26, 2013

Opinion: The TOPS dilemma: redefining the ‘best and brightest’

By Ben Wallace
February 18, 2013
GoDaddy.com - Perfect Match

Opinion: Ranking the 2013 Super Bowl commercials

By Ben Wallace
February 3, 2013

Jindal’s disappearing act and why LSU receives all the budget cuts

By Ben Wallace
January 29, 2013
Opinion: Jindal often disappears from Louisiana, returning only to vanquish budgets

Opinion: Jindal often disappears from Louisiana, returning only to vanquish budgets

By Ben Wallace
January 29, 2013
Victoria's Secret

Opinion: Victoria isn’t the only one keeping a secret

By Ben Wallace
January 27, 2013
Opinion: Syllabus week is a big waste of everything

Opinion: Syllabus week is a big waste of everything

By Ben Wallace
January 17, 2013
Construction continues on the south endzone of Tiger Stadium. The renovations are expected to be completed by the beginning of 2013's football season.

Tiger Stadium makeover not done

By Ben Wallace
December 2, 2012

Gymnastics, tennis facility plans on horizon

By Ben Wallace
November 30, 2012
Vice Chancellor and CFO Eric Monday jokes around at his final Student Tech Fee Committee Meeting on November 28, 2012. Monday is leaving for the University of Kentucky before the Spring 2013 semester.

Admins: Eric Monday will be missed

By Ben Wallace
November 29, 2012

Big East re-alignment is an exercise in lunacy

By Ben Wallace
November 28, 2012

Campus composting possible but costly

By Ben Wallace
November 19, 2012
Campus-wide energy use and efficiency increase

Campus-wide energy use and efficiency increase

By Ben Wallace
November 18, 2012
LSU Cycling Club member Joey Bacala shares the street with a passing vehicle during Tuesday afternoon on Highland Road.

Bike lanes to be added as part of Easy Streets II

By Ben Wallace
November 13, 2012
Career Services to fill old bookstore

Career Services to fill old bookstore

By Ben Wallace
November 11, 2012
The parking garage is still under construction Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.

Parking garage opening further postponed

By Ben Wallace
November 7, 2012
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his wife Ann, speaks to an overflow crowd at a Virginia campaign rally at The Patriot Center, George Mason University, in Fairfax, Va., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Both candidates call education a priority as tuitions rise

By Ben Wallace
November 6, 2012
The grass at LSU Golf Course soaks in on a Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 the sun's soft sunlight on breezy afternoon.

New grass more durable, requires less to maintain

By Ben Wallace
October 31, 2012

Campus Transit to be renamed

By Ben Wallace
October 31, 2012
Entomology associate professor Linda Hooper-Bui researches the effects of Hurricane Isaac on ant populations in Louisiana.

Ants essentially ‘gone’ near some wetlands

By Ben Wallace
October 29, 2012

Campus sustainability improved

By Ben Wallace
October 23, 2012
Plastic cups and styrofoam plates had to be used in The 5 dining hall Monday because of a broken dishwasher. The plastic cups were much smaller than the standard ones.

Broken dishwasher results in plastic forks, tiny cups

By Ben Wallace
October 15, 2012
Gameday trash litters the Parade Ground Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012 after LSU played South Carolina at Tiger Stadium.

Inmates crucial to cost-effective cleanup

By Ben Wallace
October 15, 2012

Century-old Louisiana newspapers now available on digital database

By Ben Wallace
October 9, 2012
Campus turns greener with $10K grant

Campus turns greener with $10K grant

By Ben Wallace
October 9, 2012
Cars fill the C Zone lot adjacent to Lockett Hall Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.

Faculty, staff to receive more night parking

By Ben Wallace
October 8, 2012
A Nissan Leaf charges Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in the Nicholson Extension commuter lot.

More electric cars permitted on campus

By Ben Wallace
October 8, 2012
Dr. George Stanley Ph.D of LSU's Department of Chemistry shows current graduate research inside a fume hood located in the new Choppin Hall Annex building.

Bigger labs, better equipment for Choppin Annex

By Ben Wallace
October 3, 2012

University goes for third SEC recycling title

By Ben Wallace
October 3, 2012
The installed street poles on the corner of Burbank Dr. and W. Parker Blvd on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012.

Turning lane, signal to be added to Burbank

By Ben Wallace
September 26, 2012
The new Dunkin' Donuts on Sherwood Forrest in Baton Rouge on Tuesday. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012.

Eleven Dunkin’ Donuts locations to open in Baton Rouge by 2018

By Ben Wallace
September 25, 2012
The new purple and gold lights brighten Tiger Stadium's facade Monday night. Sept. 24, 2012.

Tiger Stadium lights display hundreds of color schemes

By Ben Wallace
September 24, 2012

Many students to refuse to vote

By Ben Wallace
September 23, 2012

Anticancer activity found in Petri dishes

By Ben Wallace
September 19, 2012
A glance at the distance some people travel daily to make it to LSU's campus.

Many students, professors commute long distances

By Ben Wallace
September 18, 2012
Digital Media Center

EA game-testing center to relocate to main campus

By Ben Wallace
September 13, 2012
Completed construction projects on Tiger Stadium make Death Valley shine Monday, September 10, 2012.

Further renovations include increased seating in stadium

By Ben Wallace
September 13, 2012