Present-day south Louisiana looks different than what its greying natives remember, but it's not just Cajun Americanization or desegregation that has changed its look.
Over the course of the...
If a young woman in Baton Rouge finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, she may be up a creek without a paddle. By the time the second line – the one indicating pregnancy – appears across...
In 1982, late LSU professor and famed ornithologist Ted Parker, along with his Princeton colleague Scott Robinson, set the record for identifying 331 species of birds in 24 hours. The pair remain...
“We’re a restaurant first and a venue second,” Chelsea’s Cafe Owner Dave Remetter says. Then why does Yelp list Chelsea’s as the highest rated music venue in Baton Rouge?
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The duo that comprises Faubourg, Wesley and Jacob Johnson, can be perfectly summed up by the music they create.
Named for an area of New Orleans near Marigny, Faubourg’s hit song “All...
There's a darker side to the "drinking town with a college problem."
Early on a Wednesday evening, Bob Petit Blvd lights up with gaudy fluorescent signs over similar one-story buildings. Cars dot...
In Louisiana, fall happens a little later than most places. Now that the weather is finally getting cooler, let LEGACY help you transition into fall with shearling, plaids and that signature gameday look.
Gameday...
The first time I ever attended a tailgate at LSU was like a religious experience.
It opened up a whole new world to me. The excitement in the atmosphere was palpable; the music, the signs, the food and...
As the world moves forward in hyper sexualized discourse, our grand ole’ South still remains tight lipped and conservative. So why does an Englishwoman come to the deep American South to study...
At the beginning of each new semester, single students glance around classrooms scanning for attractive seatmates or potential project collaborators. Some of these contacts wilt after one night stands;...
The term “basic bitch” originated within the black community as an extension of the term “ratchet.” The original basic bitch was a stereotypical lower class African American woman...
Q When you first moved to Regina, how different was it from New Orleans?
A Well, moving to Canada was kind of like moving from one extreme to another. The people and the culture are very different,...
