I recently picked up a copy of The Daily Reveille and saw an article titled, "Students invited to nominate grad. speakers until Oct. 15." This caught my eye, especially when I noticed some of the names of the speakers that were suggested.

Included were Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper, Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, and the list goes on... Nowhere did I see any conservatives on the list, and this was very disheartening.

Editors Note: This article was written by a current student at Louisiana State University (LSU).

Last night, there was much celebration in America and across the world upon the news of mass murderer and terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden's death.

No one at Louisiana State University would expect their beautiful campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, would suddenly join the front lines of this battle against extremism and hate.

Early in the morning, around 5:45AM, several extremists snuck onto the LSU Parade Ground, where thousands of U.S. military officers have recieved their training and millions of LSU students have enjoyed peaceful study time and relaxation.  They made their way to the LSU War Memorial, dedicated to LSU students who have given the ultimate sacrifice to our nation spanning from World War Two all the way to September 11, 2001 and the War on Terror.  Across the street is the LSU Memorial Clock Tower, always keeping watch over these hallowed grounds as a tribute to LSU students who gave their lives for us in the first world war.

Unfortunately, a great injustice was perpetrated in front of these sacred memorials and honored grounds.  The LSU clock tower should never have had to bear witness to the American flag, Louisiana State flag, and LSU flag being torn from the aircraft-grade cord and smashed into the ground.  Even worse, the American flag was set on fire via model rocket engines and two matches.  The LSU flag was stolen, and the Louisiana State flag was left to sit in a disregarded pile on the ground.

It probably is no coincidence that this event occurred just hours after President Obama gave a speech confirming that U.S. forces killed the main perpetrator of the September 11th, 2001 attacks. 

This past Friday, the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (LSU) did activism to educate their campus about the size and danger of the national debt.

According to a story in the LSU campus newspaper, The Daily Reveille, last week, the LSU Theater Department put on a series of plays called Outworks aimed at promoting the acceptance of homosexual behavior. This year was the sixth annual production.

According to a YouTube video, Outworks plays feature "same-sex kissing" and "very intimate situations between couples of the same sex."

According to the department's website, the plays were "Supported by the LSU Performing Arts Fee," a mandatory student fee. According to the website of the College of Music & Dramatic Arts, this fee...

"... was approved by the student body, in 1997. The subsidy helps underwrite the costs associated with bringing world-class performances to the LSU campus and community. This series features chamber music, cutting-edge theatre, solo artists, and dance companies. Frequently, these guest artists also present master classes and clinics while on campus. These latter events are lagniappe and are usually made available to students and the general community free of charge. We are grateful to the students for having the foresight and commitment to fund high-quality cultural events for the campus."

The above description says nothing about theater productions that push a social or political agenda. 

It seems clear that the Theater Department at LSU is using mandatory student fees in a manner that is not viewpoint neutral. It is using these fees to promote an agenda that opposes traditional American values regarding sex, love, and marriage.

This post was inspired by CampusReform.org's guide to the nation's top 100 colleges which examines political climate, and offers items of interest to conservative students, parents, and alumni. Click here to see the full list of college profiles.

A student in Professor Schaefer's astronomy class in speaking out in defense of CampusReform.org and the video capturing Schaefer's outrageous statements and treatment of students who opposed government regulation in the name of stopping global warming. The student has requested to remain anonymous.

The following are a few key quotes from the audio interview:

"He said that both the extremes are crazy, but he didn't really question the extreme left much at all. He spent a lot of time cross-examining my group leader, group 1, the far-right group.

Last week, CampusReform.org's videos (see one, two, and three) of LSU professor Bradley Schaefer mocking, belittling, and attacking students outraged people across the country. The university's defense of the professor and his behavior in the media and online should equally outrage people this week.

LSU's response is simple. In a statement on Facebook, it concedes that the professor insulted and intimidated students, but calls the behavior "energetic" and "provocative." Then it claims such behavior is acceptable because the professor insulted liberal and conservative students. (The National Association of Scholars skewered these arguments nicely.)

Now LSU and Professor Schaefer have the audacity to play victim. Yesterday on Twitter, LSU's PR department accused CampusReform.org of "playing tricks" and being "misinformed." When questioned by CampusReform.org and the National Association of Scholars, LSU's response was a stonewall: post more video; we won't talk until you do.

LSU's administration understands its last hope is to muddy a perfectly clear situation. Louisianans are rightly outrighted as are thousands more across the country. So LSU will try to confuse, stonewall, blockade, and attack CampusReform.org Don't let them.

Hold them accountable on Facebook and Twitter instead. Let's ask these questions of LSU on Twitter and Facebook -- these questions the university desperately does not want to answer.

1. Do you support a professor telling students "blood will be on your hands" if they don't support his political policy?
2. Do you support a professor telling a student his policy is "stupid," "wrong," and like an ostrich hiding in the sand?
3. Do you support a professor rolling his eyes and mocking a student who dares disagree with him politically in front of the class?
4. Do you support a professor who shouts down a student who disagrees with him politically so much that other students intervene?
5. Do you support a professor warning students their future children will likely die because of their political opinions?

One brave student in Professor Schaefer's astronomy class is complaining to the LSU administration about Schaefer's conduct in a class that was caught on video by CampusReform.org. But he is afraid to go public with his complaints because he fears retaliation from Schaefer and administrators.

Campus Reform has been in touch with this student but has agreed to keep his name anonymous according to his wishes.

This is the third of a three-post series that shows what happens when a professor brings his politics into the classroom. An LSU astronomy professor mocks and ridicules right-leaning students for their opinions about global warming.

Astronomy professor Dr. Bradley Schaefer of Louisiana State University seated his class according to their opinions on the proper policy response to global warming (see seating chart below).

This is the third of a three-post series that shows what happens when a professor brings his politics into the classroom. An LSU astronomy professor mocks and ridicules right-leaning students for their opinions about global warming.

Astronomy professor Dr. Bradley Schaefer of Louisiana State University delivered a lecture on global warming to his class. The lecture made it clear: there's no debate here.

In the lecture, Dr. Schaefer explained that global warming would lead to famine, political instability, and -- potentially -- nuclear war. He also compared September 11 to global warming, not once but twice. The most notable was this comment:

"Now remember, how many people got killed on 9/11? What was it? One thousand? Two thousand? Something like that. Three thousand, whatever. It's dwarfed by this. Why aren't people reacting?"