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New Orleans resident Dan Frisard shows off his tiger spirit at the Bayou Bash Football Recruiting Party on Feb. 6, 2013, at the Baton Rouge River Center.

Fans celebrate new Tigers, enjoy atmosphere

By Trey Labat February 6, 2013

Three things were synonymous with the 2013 Bayou Bash: food, beer and LSU football. Every year, a congregation of Tiger fans gets together at the Baton Rouge River Center to celebrate the class of new...

LSU sophomore forward Johnny O'Bryant (2) celebrate Wednesdsay, Feb. 6, 2013 with the Roar Corps after the LSU 57-56 victory over Vanderbilt in the PMAC.

Men’s Basketball: Tigers hold off Vanderbilt for win

By Marcus Rodrigue February 6, 2013

The LSU men’s basketball team capitalized on Vanderbilt’s poor first half of shooting to secure its third consecutive Southeastern Conference victory in a 57-56 win on Wednesday. The Commodores...

Loretta Shelton, dressmaker for the Krewe of Romany Mardi Gras Ball, stands in her closet full of dressmaking supplies on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013.

Local woman has decades-long Mardi Gras seamstress career

By Kaci Yoder February 6, 2013

For most people in Louisiana, Mardi Gras is one day a year when anything goes — no responsibilities, no limits and sometimes no shirts. For Loretta Shelton, Mardi Gras is a full-time job. “My...

Economics sophomore and Stone Rabbits lead vocalist and guitarist Ben Burbrink sings into the microphone Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 during a show at Shady's.

Baton Rouge band ‘Stone Rabbits’ mixes sounds

By Rebecca Docter February 4, 2013

Self-described as a “fusion band” with roots in blues, jazz, funk and rock, Stone Rabbits brings a modern flavor to Baton Rouge. “Modern in the sense of how Pink Floyd was modern in...

The International Cultural Center dedicated the Komma and Allam Remembrance Garden five years after the deaths of two international students from India.

Indian-American students’ deaths remembered five years later

By Ferris McDaniel January 31, 2013

On the cusp of two University students’ seemingly bright futures, tragedy struck. On Dec. 13, 2007, international Ph.D. students Chandrasekhar Reddy Komma and Kiran Kumar Allam were tailed by two...

Workers load crawfish traps into their boat Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. These crawfish ponds are located at LSU's Aquaculture Research Station.

Predictions for prosperous crawfish season

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz January 31, 2013

When most people eat crawfish, they’re used to seeing the bright red crustaceans sprinkled with spices and cooked to perfection. But some University students, alumni and faculty members see the...

LSU junior guard Andre Stringer (10) moves around Missouri senior forward Laurence Bowers (21) during the Tigers' 73-70 victory against Mizzou Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013 in the PMAC.

Men’s Basketball: Tigers best No. 17 Mizzou, 73-70

By Chandler Rome January 31, 2013

As each previous Southeastern Conference game came to pass, LSU seemed to follow a familiar script: start out in a hole, switch to a full-court press and claw back just close enough to sniff victory before...

LSU junior mass communication Winston Triolo, vocalist and guartist for the Shoobies, sings Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 along with the crowd at The House in Tigerland.

University students give the term “cover band” a new spin

By Rebecca Docter January 30, 2013

On a typical night at the bar, one might expect to hear a Bruce Springsteen cover or an old Michael Jackson song. But, when The Shoobies are playing, a remix of “Tighten Up” by The Black Keys...

A new art community is scheduled to be built in 2013 next to the Circa 1857 art shop. The complex is intended to help transform the Government Street area into a local art hub.

Art community planned next to Circa 1857 art shop

By Jonathan Olivier January 30, 2013

An artist complex adjacent to Baton Rouge art shop Circa 1857 is scheduled to be built this year to offer local artists an economical place to live and work. Danny McGlynn and local artist Dennis Hargroder...

Russ Andre, 29, (left) and psychology junior Boone Wilkinson (right) pose together Sunday Jan. 27, 2013 outside of the design building on campus.

‘Facial Expressions’: Facial hair trend growing in Louisiana

By Rebecca Docter January 28, 2013

With odes to facial hair sprouting everywhere from iPhone cases to holiday gag gifts, a new wave of beards and mustaches has taken the world by storm. But the world of competitive bearding is, to some,...

A quarter of a muffaletta is served Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 at the 926-Muff on Congress Blvd. The 926-Muff is open 7 days a week from 11am-7pm and delivers to LSU's campus.

Student opens muffaletta shop in Baton Rouge with father

By Jonathan Olivier January 27, 2013

In an effort to bring a traditional New Orleans-style muffaletta shop to Baton Rouge, a University undergraduate and her father opened 926-Muff on Congress Boulevard. Leigh Ann Town, communication disorders...

Members of the Krewe of Jupiter and Juno throw beads from their float Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 in front of the Baton Rouge River Center.

BR Mardi Gras begins with Krewe of Jupiter and Juno parade

By McKenzie Womack January 27, 2013

Baton Rouge’s Mardi Gras season kicked off Saturday with the Krewe of Jupiter and Juno parade downtown. A family-oriented parade, people hollered instead of screamed and nobody flashed for beads....