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==''The Tech Talk''==

==''The Tech Talk''==

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Former Louisiana Tech President [[F. Jay Taylor]] hired Hilburn to "liberate the [college] newspaper," ''The Tech Talk,'' which had previously been a noncontroversial journal of mostly honor rolls and academic listings and failed to address student issues, such as the [[Vietnam War]], the [[civil rights]] movement, and the sexual revolution.<ref name=hilburndeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140116/NEWS01/301160027/Well-known-journalist-professor-Hilburn-dead-75?nclick_check=1|title=Well-known journalist, professor, Hilburn dead at 75|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name=latech/>​

Former Louisiana Tech President [[F. Jay Taylor]] hired Hilburn to "liberate the [college] newspaper," ''The Tech Talk,'' which had previously been a noncontroversial journal of mostly honor rolls and academic listings and failed to address student issues, such as the [[Vietnam War]], the [[civil rights]] movement, and the sexual revolution.<ref name=hilburndeath>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20140116/NEWS01/301160027/Well-known-journalist-professor-Hilburn-dead-75?nclick_check=1|title=Well-known journalist, professor, Hilburn dead at 75|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=January 16, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref><ref name=latech/>​

Hilburn named [[Stanley Tiner]], whose career ended as the  editor of ''The Sun Herald'' in Gulfport and Biloxi, [[Mississippi]]. Tiner recalled in an interview with the ''The Monroe News-Star'' that as the editor of ''The Tech Talk'': "We started printing hard news ... And we wanted the editorial page to be powerful. We rebuked the notion that the voice of the paper should be trivial."<ref name=latech/>​

Hilburn named [[Stanley Tiner]], whose career ended as the  editor of ''The Sun Herald'' in Gulfport and Biloxi, [[Mississippi]]. Tiner recalled in an interview with the ''The Monroe News-Star'' that as the editor of ''The Tech Talk'': "We started printing hard news ... And we wanted the editorial page to be powerful. We rebuked the notion that the voice of the paper should be trivial."<ref name=latech/>​

In addition to his duties with the news bureau, Hilburn served on the Louisiana Tech Administrative Planning Council. From his work on the Tech Athletic Council, he remained a steadfast follower of the university sports teams.<ref name=hilburnhonors/>​

In addition to his duties with the news bureau, Hilburn served on the Louisiana Tech Administrative Planning Council. From his work on the Tech Athletic Council, he remained a steadfast follower of the university sports teams.<ref name=hilburnhonors/>​

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==Politics==

==Politics==

A Democrat, Hilburn was an admirer of former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], who was forced from office in 2000 after multiple indictments but conviction only on one count for lying in an informal interview to an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Early in 2005, Hilburn reviewed Brown's book ''Justice Denied'' in which the former commissioner, who also served as a state senator and as the Louisiana Secretary of State, defends his conduct in office and denies having given false statements to the FBI. In his column Hilburn recalled the 1978 primary election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat (now held by the  

A Democrat, Hilburn was an admirer of former Louisiana Insurance Commissioner [[James H. "Jim" Brown]], who was forced from office in 2000 after multiple indictments but conviction only on one count for lying in an informal interview to an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Early in 2005, Hilburn reviewed Brown's book ''Justice Denied'' in which the former commissioner, who also served as a state senator and as the Louisiana Secretary of State, defends his conduct in office and denies having given false statements to the FBI. In his column Hilburn recalled the 1978 primary election for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat (now held by the