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Mardi Gras Nationals drag race this weekend – 12:20 p.m.

The International Hod Rod Association is kick starting the drag racing season with the Mardi Gras Nationals drag race this weekend, March 6 through 8, at the State Capitol Raceway.The Mardi Gras Nationals...

International media expert to speak in Holliday Forum today – 3 p.m.

By Staff Reports
March 5, 2009

International media expert Robert Picard will speak on the future of the news industry in the Holliday Forum today at 4:30 p.m., according to a University news release.Picard is the Harim Professor of...

Sesquicentennial Committee meeting today – 11:50 a.m.

By Ryan Buxton
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

The University Sesquicentennial Committee is meeting today at 2 p.m. in 212 Efferson Hall. The committee will discuss the early planning stages of celebrations for the University's 150th anniversary. Rusty...

Board names 67th Boyd professor at March meeting – 4:15 p.m.

By Leslie Presnall
Staff Writer
March 5, 2009

The LSU System's Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to approve the naming of the 67th Boyd professorship since the initiation of the award in 1953.The Board named Charles O'Conner, a chemistry professor...

Obama cabinet members check Gulf Coast recovery – 3:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
March 5, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two members of President Barack Obama's cabinet said Thursday they are disturbed by the extent of damage that remains 3½ years after Hurricane Katrina and pledged to speed...

Cabinet pledges faster relief

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Disturbed by what they saw on a bus ride through a city still bearing Hurricane Katrina's scars, two members of President Obama's cabinet pledged Thursday to speed the pace of...

Noted mathematician lectures

By Kimberly Brown
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

About 15 University students and professors crowded into a Lockett Hall classroom Thursday evening to watch and listen as Stephen Sawin, professor and notable mathematician at Fairfield University, lecture...

Calif. Supreme Court weighs same-sex marriage ban

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)   As thousands demonstrated outside, California Supreme Court justices weighed Thursday whether voters‘ decision to ban same-sex marriage was a denial of fundamental...

President Obama

Obama welcomes allies, skeptics to health summit

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pumped health care allies and skeptics alike for ways to overhaul the nation's costly and frustrating system Thursday and heard only applause and agreement...

Design college associate dean leaving for Delaware

By The Associated Press
March 5, 2009

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Delaware College of Art and Design has picked an associate dean from Louisiana State University as its next president.Stuart Baron will start this summer at the college...

Studies show virginity pledges do not work

By Natalie Roy
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

Virginity pledges advocating abstinence as the best form of protection have become a trend among young adults for personal or religious reasons. But recent studies may have abstinent teens thinking twice...

International cultural center repairs to begin in May

By Xerxes Wilson
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

More than six months after Hurricane Gustav, the International Cultural Center is finally on track to begin repairs in May.Though repairs have not been made six months after the storm, Maureen Hewitt,...