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What’s Love Got To Do With It

Apr 18th, 2010 | By Jack Johnson | Category: Current Issue, Opinion Column

What does love have to do with us today – aspiring college students – whose canvases may have no plans for another’s paint? To what extent are our amorous pursuits a necessary distraction from the ordinary? And further, what then of our individual dreams and ambitions? Do they wither away in the face of [...]



The Truth Is Out There

Feb 26th, 2010 | By Jack Johnson | Category: Opinion Column

All my life I’ve had a strange fascination with unidentified flying objects and the possibility of aliens. I guess any interest in them could be considered strange. Steven Hawking, world-renowned physicist, discounts reports of UFOs saying, “We don’t appear to have been visited by aliens. Why would they only appear to cranks and weirdos?”
My intrigue [...]



A Piece of Our Mind: Twitter

Nov 8th, 2009 | By Brianna Piche | Category: Opinion Column

It’s a nightmare to the studious and a procrastinator’s dream. It’s a creeper’s invitation and a stalker’s symphony. It’s a best friend for the attention deficit, lonely and obnoxious. It’s the megaphone of celebrities and athletes, vegan activists and victims of midlife crises. It’s even a favorite of Mike the Tiger. It’s Twitter: cyberspace’s [...]



A Piece of Our Mind: Meal plans unfair to first-year students.

Sep 26th, 2009 | By Chelsea Brasted | Category: Opinion Column

The University is cashing in on your dining experience — and you can’t do anything to stop them. LSU Dining, the service that administers on-campus dining, provides all students who request one — and many who don’t — with a meal plan each semester. These plans range in price from $1,377 to $1,564 and are [...]