Disability services canceled  disability awareness week  because of a short staff and budget cuts. Wendy Devall, Disability Services assistant director, said this week would have been the 15th...

T. Gilmour Reeve, chair of the kinesiology department in the College of Education since 2008, has been unanimously elected to serve on the Board of the American Kinesiology Association according to a University...

President Barack Obama has begun consulting his advisers about lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military.The current "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, law Section 654 Title 10, states a member...

Come the end of March and early April, thousands of students will log on to their PAWS account for scheduling only to find a hold preventing courses from being added.Paul Ivey, University College associate...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A candidate for Baton Rouge City Court judge has died. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office says Beverly Robinson-Downs died Monday of an apparent heart attack. The...

 University students have shared laughs, memories and alcoholism through playing beer pong, but after recent reports, some students feared they shared herpes through this game, too.A false rumor spread...

By drinking one alcoholic drink per day, women could be increasing their risks of cancer, according to a seven-year study conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford. The million-woman study showed...

NEW YORK (AP) — One of every 50 American children experiences homelessness, according to a new report that says most states have inadequate plans to address the worsening and often-overlooked problem.The...

A.J. Meek, a LSU School of Art professor emeritus of photography for nearly 29 years, was selected as the Garry Carruthers Distinguished Chair in the Honors program for the 2009-2010 Academic year at University...

PHILADELPHIA  (AP) — Employees of a Philadelphia pet store expecting to get a shipment of tropical fish and salt water by air cargo ended up getting a human body instead.Mark Arabia owns the...

BATON ROUGE (AP) — A Democratic state senator asked lawmakers Tuesday to override Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal's refusal to accept nearly $100 million in federal stimulus money to expand unemployment...