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Booze Tube Episode 5: In Defense of Things

By Kaci Yoder October 5, 2012

Somewhere along the line of pop culture history, hating on the mainstream became the new mainstream. Yeah, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" brings in millions of viewers, but when was the last time...

Bound for Books: "Casual Vacancy"

Bound for Books: “Casual Vacancy”

By Shelby Holloway October 5, 2012

Let me start off by saying I only read “Casual Vacancy” because the author is J.K. Rowling. That being said, I did not enjoy reading this book at all, with the exception of the final 50 pages....

Victor Wooten sings into his microphone Wednesday night at the Howlin' Wolf music venue in New Orleans.

5-time Grammy winning bassist performed at Howlin’ Wolf New Orleans

By Austen Krantz October 4, 2012

The day four Wooten brothers placed a bass guitar in their youngest sibling’s tiny 2-year-old hands, they invoked the calling that would guide him to critical acclaim as a musician and allow him...

Mathemagician Bradley Fields performs in the Union Theater on Wednesday night. He uses magic tricks to teach his audience about mathematics.

Magician performs at Union Theater

October 4, 2012

Magic and math aren’t synonymous in most people’s minds, but Bradley Fields has made it his mission to change that. Fields is an internationally famous magician who performs a show called...

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros growing as artists, performers

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros growing as artists, performers

By Morgan Searles October 4, 2012

The success Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has achieved proves more can be merrier, but a live performance is the only way to fully grasp the symphony the 10-plus members orchestrate. Every note...

Conquering the Kitchen: Shrimp Alfredo

By Rachel Warren October 4, 2012

Can we just talk for a second about how much I love alfredo? Because it's a lot.   Like...a lot, a lot. Like, I may or may not have eaten a frozen chicken alfredo dinner for lunch, a blackened chicken...

Students in Dottie Vaughns business calculus class watch a clip of the movie "French Kiss" Tuesday afternoon in the Cox Auditorium to illustrate the limits of anxiety that the students might be facing before their first computer based test.

Professors spice up classes with entertainment media

By Kaci Yoder October 4, 2012

An hour-and-a-half-long business calculus lecture may not seem so bad when Brad Pitt teaches the lesson. The advent of the digital age has meant more than just Noteswap and Moodle for college education....

Fabulous fashion for a fuller figure

By Shamiyah Kelley October 4, 2012

Too often, clothing stores and fashion magazines overlook a significant portion of the population. Plus-size fashion has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. Many women say clothing stores...

“Tattoo Hunter” host Lars Krutak, right, travels the world finding tattooed people.

‘Tattoo Hunter’ to share cultural history of body art in Student Union

By Austen Krantz October 4, 2012

From arctic Alaska to Papua New Guinea, Lars Krutak keeps permanent memories of his travels to the corners of the globe in the form of indigenous tattoos.   The host of Discovery Channel’s...

The third annual Zombie Bash is a fundraiser for a local dance troupe, Of Moving Colors. The race ends with a flash mob dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

Zombie-themed race runs Friday

By Joshua Naquin October 4, 2012

A horde of zombies will run, walk and stumble its way through the streets of downtown Baton Rouge on Friday night, thirsty for the taste of victory. The third annual Zombie Bash, an undead-themed 5K...

LSU-type Twitter accounts appear

LSU-type Twitter accounts appear

By David Jones October 3, 2012

With its user-friendly platform and by-the-minute set-up, Twitter is one of the fastest ways to transmit and receive information while keeping up with the latest news, trends and, most importantly, the...

Victor Wooten

Grammy-winning bassist performs in New Orleans

By Austen Krantz October 3, 2012

The day four Wooten brothers placed a bass guitar in their youngest sibling’s tiny, 2-year-old hands, they invoked the calling that guided him to become a critically acclaimed musician. Victor...