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Women’s Leadership Conference to be held Saturday – 11 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

The Women's center is scheduled to hold the 2009 Women's Leadership Conference at 10 a.m. on Saturday in the Student Union, according to a broadcast e-mail.The event's keynote speaker will be Niomi Krzystowczyk,...

Tiger TV to host Student Government Debate tonight – 11:40 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

The final debate for student government is scheduled to occur tonight at 7 p.m. in the Holliday Forum of the Journalism Building, according to an e-mail from Tiger TV's station manager.The debate is in...

More ’09 looks to improve campus sustainability

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

Editor's note: This story is the fifth in a five-part series profiling each of the presidential and vice presidential Student Government tickets. The stories will run in alphabetical order based on the...

Students help with sandbags

By The Associated Press
March 23, 2009

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — High school and college students were let out of class Monday to help with sandbagging as residents raced to hold off a threat of flooding from the rising Red River.City officials...

Louisiana legislators oppose AgCenter cuts – 11:50 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

Representative Jack Montoucet (D, La) of Duson spoke out against a possible $13.3 million in budget cuts for the LSU Agricultural Center at a Louisiana Farm Bureau dinner March 18.Montoucet said the farming...

Pennington director search panel to meet – 10:40 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 23, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The search for a new director for LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge begins this week.Claude Bouchard, the current executive director, said last week...

Economic recession changing the food market – 11:10 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

The United States is seeing the highest level of in-home cooking since 1992, according to a news release from the LSU AgCenter about a Louisiana Food Processors Conference."During the last recession, people...

Foundation urges governments to protect higher ed.

By Joy Lukachick
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

About 39 percent of American adults hold a two- or four-year degree, and a shortage of 16 million adults is predicted in the workforce by 2025 — problems the Lumina Foundation is addressing state-by-state....

New Orleans ranked highest in crime – 11:45 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
March 23, 2009

New Orleans is ranked as the city with the highes crime rate in the country, according to the new report issued by the CQ Press.The new edition of City Crime Rankings lists New Orleans with 19,034 incidences...

Funding for LSU, Our Lady of the Lake deal sought – 10:45 a.m.

By Associated Press
March 23, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU will go to the state Legislature next month for the $120 million in construction funding needed if a deal is struck for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center to...

Great Rover Road Run promotes exercise, animal health

By Matthew Barnidge
Contributing Writer
March 22, 2009

In a chorus of barks, a tangle of leashes and a stampede of two and four-legged racers, the Vet School continued its theme of community involvement and outreach with two races on campus Saturday morning....

ROTC holds annual dine-in

By Nichole Oden
Contributing Writer
March 22, 2009

For almost 150 years, LSU ROTC has turned students into dedicated soldiers. Since 1860, students have gone through rigorous physical and leadership training to create future military officers. The program...