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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...

Lawmaker proposes gasoline tax increase – 11:05 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 25, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state lawmaker from Alexandria is proposing a 4-cent boost in Louisiana's gas tax. Democratic Rep. Herbert Dixon faces a tough road, however. Gov. Bobby Jindal has said...

Senate runoff scheduled April 4

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 25, 2009

With less than 10 days before the run-off election, candidates for Louisiana State Senate District 16 are making a last push to claim the seat.The candidates, Lee Domingue and Dan Claitor, are running...

Labor secretary still negotiating on stimulus – 12:35 p.m.

By Associated Press
March 25, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's labor secretary, Tim Barfield, says he continues to negotiate with federal officials about ways the state could take $98 million in federal stimulus money to expand...

Indoor tanning raises concerns

By Jessica Gresko
The Associated Press
March 25, 2009

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Miss Florida Teen USA Kayla Collier was 15 when she first visited a tanning salon so the stage lights at a local pageant wouldn't make her fair skin look ghostly white.Later...

Piercer Jake Brooks puts dermal anchors in the face of a tattoo artist at Atomic Tattoo on March 15.

New body art trends emerge in BR

By Victoria Yu
Contributing Writer
March 25, 2009

Marcus Sylvas walked into his friend's apartment with the intention of burning the Phi Beta Sigma letters onto his flesh."You're going to get it burned on so it's definitely something you want to think...

Program advises summer work

By Alice Womble
Contributing Writer
March 25, 2009

Instead of relaxing during the summer months, students are encouraged to transform their summer into work experience by test driving a job in their field of interest.The experiential education division...