By Is the swag enough? LEGACY looks into paying student athletes.
• February 17, 2014
Thousands of fans flock to the fields and courts of LSU Athletics every year, generating millions of dollars that form a sizeable portion of the University’s revenue. But the collegiate players who...
John Anny’s parents have no idea he spent a semester working as a model. A nude art model, that is.
“My Mom probably would have been okay with it,” he said, laughing, “but I have...
Eight-year-old Shanderrick Williams woke up at 2 a.m. in a Baton Rouge drug house to begin his drowsy search for the bathroom, only to find a buck-eyed being with crazed hair looking in the bathroom mirror....
When asked to describe their sound, the musicians that comprise the local band SpeakEasy began to toss out words.
After sitting back and thinking for a second, trombonist Nick Garrison leaned forward and...
Noise rock duo Sleigh Bells nearly cracked the walls of the Varsity in April 2011 with explosive guitar blasts and ground-rattling beats. The pair has since released “Reign of Terror” —...
By Sydney Blanchard, Staff Writer
• September 24, 2012
It’s football season.
There’s a restlessness throughout the student body as all look forward to knocking back a few cold ones, thieving Cane’s chicken tenders from strangers’...
By Sydney Blanchard, Staff Writer
• September 23, 2012
Alex Tupper awakes in the early morning to a banging at his door. He hears a voice yell, “Alex, get up ... we need your help!”
Tupper rushes frantically to the not-yet-open medical...
By Sydney Blanchard, Staff Writer
• September 23, 2012
It’s football season, and we know what that means: knocking back a few cold ones and thieving Raising Cane’s chicken tenders from strangers’ tailgates while cheering the Tigers on to...
By Elizabeth Clausen, Staff Writer
• September 23, 2012
Estimate the percentage of female full professors nationwide. You probably guessed about 40 or 50 percent — and if you did, you’re wrong.
Make no mistake about it — academia is still...
By Clayton Crockett, Staff writer
• September 23, 2012
Professor Steven Barker is a curious, if strange, man. And he does little to hide it, if he does so at all.
With 28 years of work at the University behind him, this particular afternoon sees Barker smiling...
By Austen Krantz, Staff Writer
• September 23, 2012
In 2009, Peter Gillis and Kyle Stracke each took the first of many journeys to witness something that would play a pivotal role in their lives — live music.
Musical tastes aside, neither student...
By Clayton Crockett, Staff Writer
• September 23, 2012
In search of a fresh perspective to a timeworn dilemma, an acquaintance approaches and asks for relationship advice. You know only this person’s name and nothing of his or her personal life.
This...
