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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, April 4, 2013. Zuckerberg says the company is not building a phone or an operating system. Rather, Facebook is introducing a new experience for Android phones. The idea behind the new Home service is to bring content right to you, rather than require people to check apps on the device. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Facebook Home depends on users

By Taylor Balkom April 10, 2013

The Facebook phone is almost here, and luckily, it isn’t the one we were looking for. Instead of the long-rumored dedicated handheld, Facebook Home is a custom launcher/home screen for your Android...

Andrew Pharis, President of the LSU chapter of the American Institution of Architecture Students, shows off the mustache inspired invitations to this year's Beaux Arts Ball April 10, 2013 in Atkinson Hall.

Architecture school to throw traditional end-of-semester party

By Kaci Yoder April 10, 2013

Combine a semester of stress, the promise of summer, a theme and about 300 architecture students, and you’ve got Beaux Arts Ball. A tradition of the University’s School of Architecture, each...

Blues musician Don Haney is returning to Baton Rouge to play and record an album with his band Don Haney & The Prime Rib Special on May 3 at the Texas Club.

Blues musician Don Haney will make return to Baton Rouge

By Taylor Schoen April 10, 2013

Thirteen years ago, Don Haney, a University alumnus, was at the peak of his musical career. Haney was a three-time nominee for guitar player of the year by Los Angeles Music Awards, he charted the top...

(Left to right.) Music junior Scott Graves, Interdisciplinary Studies junior John Trufant, Mass Communications junior Andrew Vorniak, and Civil Engineering junior Dom Dejuilio are members of the Levee Daze Band. They will be playing during Grooving on the Grounds on LSU's campus.

Baton Rouge band Levee Daze to open at Groovin’

By Daniel Catalanello April 10, 2013

When Baton Rouge-based band Levee Daze signed up for Battle of the Bands last semester, the members didn’t realize they would end up playing on the same stage as Lupe Fiasco because of it. The band...

Trae Patton/NBC/Associated Press Andrew Rannells as Bryan, left, and Justin Bartha as David in a scene from “The New Normal,” premiering Sept. 11, on NBC.

LGBT television characters lack quality representation

By Marie Chaney April 8, 2013

At the launch of the 2012-13 television season, GLAAD estimated that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender scripted characters comprised 4.4 percent of all scripted series regular characters on the five...

‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ comedians come to campus

‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ comedians come to campus

By Rob Kitchen April 8, 2013

“Welcome to ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway,’ the show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter.” Those were the words that started almost every episode of...

Torrenting and You!

By Austen Krantz April 7, 2013

With so many young, tech savvy students, University populations prove themselves as hot spots for pirated content. But illegally downloading files has changed: content has diversified, methods have improved...

When he's not teaching, you can find Professor Crousillac in his office where he even has a Pearl Jam poster hidden behind his door.

iBio with Crousillac

By Samantha Bares April 7, 2013

Biology professor Scott Crousillac’s favorite trick to pull on his students is passing as one of them before class. He said he sits in the audience, greets students and asks what professor is teaching...

Crawfish farmer Glen Leblanc harvests pounds of crawfish in Sorrento, La., as a way to make extra money for his family.

From Mud to Mouth

By Joey Groner April 7, 2013

In Louisiana, the months between March and June are just as exciting to some as Christmas. Springtime means crawfish season is at its peak. To most people, crawfish only exist on a platter or in a boiling...

Thurman Thomas working on a guitar solo with Torrence Thomas.

Ask the Thomas Bros.

By Bria Turner April 7, 2013

Torrence and Thurman, 23-year-old LSU-Southern dual enrollment mass communication seniors, found local fame after playing music as a cover band in Baton Rouge. After packing venues like the Roux House...

That Comic Book Guy: Time Warp Anthology

That Comic Book Guy: Time Warp Anthology

By Rob Kitchen March 28, 2013

Every now and then, a company will release an anthology one shot that anyone can pick up and enjoy. This week DC’s Vertigo imprint releases “Time Warp,” an anthology featuring sci-fi...

The Strokes' "Comedown Machine" marks the band's rebirth

The Strokes’ “Comedown Machine” marks the band’s rebirth

By Daniel Catalanello March 28, 2013

The fab five have done it again — and just when most thought they were down for the count. On “Comedown Machine”, The Strokes effortlessly breathe new life into their sound and pull off...