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Students shave heads to help fund children’s cancer research

By Peter Hubbs
Contributing Writer
March 28, 2009

Zack Saucier woke up Friday with a full head of hair but went to sleep that night shaven bald.The petroleum engineering freshman sat down, lost his locks and walked away happy because his new haircut helped...

Unity ’09, One Voice ’09 officially endorse Next Level

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
March 28, 2009

Student Government senator and presidential candidate Andy Palermo held a brief press conference Friday in the Atchafalaya Room of the Student Union, where he was joined and supported by the leaders of...

Professor holds Edge of the Earth event

By Kimberly Brown
Contributing Writer
March 28, 2009

Anticipation filled the Manship Theatre on Saturday night as the audience watched for the first time to see the ending of a 22-minute video about two children living on the planet alone.The Edge of the...

Eight die in N.C. nursing home shooting

By Kevin Maurer
The Associated Press
March 28, 2009

CARTHAGE, N.C. (AP) — A lone gunman burst into a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning and started "shooting everything," barging into the rooms of terrified patients, sparing some from his...

Professor elevated to Fellow status in National Council on Family Relations – 11:50 a.m.

By Kyle Bove
Chief Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

Social work and human ecology professor Pamela Monroe was recently honored at the National Council on Family Relations at the group's annual conference in Little Rock, Ark. in 2008. Monroe, NCFR member,...

Severe weather trashes parts of campus

The scene that greeted University students, faculty and staff Thursday morning was eerily familiar — debris covering the ground, tree limbs in the streets and scattered power outages. Thanks to Thursday...

LSU AgCenter sets wheat field day – 11:50 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

The LSU AgCenter's Iberia Research Station, between New Iberia and Jeanerette, will host a wheat field day April 6, according to an AgCenter news release. It will include a "demonstration plot" of 18 wheat...

Chelsea’s ordered to rezone or shut down

By Joy Lukachick
Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

The owner of Chelsea's Cafe must look into rezoning his restaurant or possibly face having his doors closed after the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control fined the restaurant.Chelsea's owner...

The Next Level to announce new supporters – 11:55 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

The Next Level ticket, one of two tickets in this semester's SG run-off election, will host a press conference today at 1 p.m. in the Atchafalya Room of the Student Union. Presidential and vice presidential...

Boehner to visit La. for forum, fundraiser – 11:15 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 26, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — John Boehner, the top-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, is coming to Louisiana. U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy's office says Boehner, the House minority leader, will take part...

Guidelines adopted for allocating budget cuts

By Kyle Bove
Chief Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

The Board of Regents met and adopted on Thursday the formula to be used for allocating budget cuts to higher education next year.  Under Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed state spending budget for the...

Administration looks to re-tool academic colleges – 3:15 p.m.

By Kyle Bove
Chief Staff Writer
March 26, 2009

The University administration is considering re-tooling academic college structures to foster collaboration and improve efficiency, LSU Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Astrid Merget said a broadcast...