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Student Government and Facility Services make plans to build tables commemorating are putting tables in the grove that is a memorial to fallen WWI soldiers.

Memorial Oak Grove to receive new picnic tables outside Student Union

January 15, 2015

Eight new picnic tables may appear in the Memorial Oak Grove this spring. The grove, located south of the Student Union, was dedicated in 1926 to 30 fallen soldiers, including one oak devoted to the unknown...

Junior finance major Daniel Huemann poses on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, for a picture taken by Tigercard office worker and student Jennifer Preau in front of the new passport station.

Student union offers passports

January 15, 2015

Student Union regulars might have noticed something different Thursday in the Tiger Card Office — something LSU President F. King Alexander has been planning for quite some time. The Tiger Card Office...

Students studyn Tuesday, March 25, 2014, on computers on the second floor of Middleton Library. After finals this semester, the second floor computer lab will be shut down.

Middleton computer lab reopens

January 15, 2015

Students looking to use a desktop computer on campus now have 85 more to choose from on the second floor of the Middleton Library. The computer lab in room 241 has re-opened and is stocked with PCs and...

Results of tobacco policy unclear

January 15, 2015

The University’s tobacco-free policy has been in place for a full semester, but its effectiveness is still up for debate. Mass communication professor and tobacco policy committee leader Judith Sylvester...

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center

Board of Supervisors member supports Jindal’s prayer rally

By Carrie Grace Henderson January 14, 2015

While criticism continues to surface over Gov. Bobby Jindal’s prayer rally to be held on the University’s campus, one Board of Supervisors member remains supportive. Rolfe McCollister was appointed...

LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander joins leaders from the state's higher education systems to discuss funding for higher education in Baton Rouge Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at The E. J. Ourso College of Business

LSU could face unforeseen budget cuts next fiscal year

By William Taylor Potter January 13, 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal warned Louisiana’s public colleges and universities that their funding for the next fiscal year could be cut by $200 to $300 million, University officials said. Louisiana higher...

Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the breaking ground ceremony for the renovations for Patrick F Talyor on November 17, 2014.

Campus community plans to protest Jindal’s prayer rally

January 13, 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s Jan. 24 prayer rally, “The Response,” will face protests from several on-campus and local organizations. Protesters are citing issues with the rally’s sponsoring...

Louisiana Board of Regents chair W. Clinton “Bubba” Rasberry, Jr. leads the discussion Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 at a meeting in the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Campus sexual assault legislation moves forward

By Carrie Grace Henderson January 13, 2015

Campus climate surveys and law enforcement training are two priority points for a sexual assault working group aimed to improve how college campuses handle sexual assault. Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-La., said...

The French House was built in 1935 and houses LSU's Honors College.

Honors College receives $12 million endowment

January 13, 2015

While students were taking their fall semester finals, the LSU Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College received a Christmas gift of record-breaking proportions. University alumnus Roger Houston Ogden donated...

Louisiana Board of Regents Chairman W. Clinton Rasberry discusses a motion on Feb. 25, 2013, at a meeting in the Pennington Biomedical Research Conference Center.

Louisiana Board of Regents approves University nutrition center

January 12, 2015

The Louisiana Board of Regents installed three members to officer positions and seven members to the Executive Committee Monday, before swearing in four newly-appointed board members.During the monthly...

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the 2014 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Faculty Senate speaks out against Jindal’s prayer rally

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez December 20, 2014

Plans for Gov. Bobby Jindal’s upcoming prayer rally are drawing criticism from the LSU Faculty Senate. When students and faculty come back from winter break Jindal will host “The Response,”...

Students sit on a shaded bench between classes Monday, August 25, 2014 in the Quad.

Study shows TOPS free college tuition aid goes mostly to white students

By Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press December 11, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Awards from Louisiana's free college tuition program known as TOPS have gone disproportionately to white students over the past decade, and on average to students from wealthier...