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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,...

Campus Crime Briefs

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March 5, 2009

HIGH NUMBER OF VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN LARGE PARKING LOTS LSUPolice Department officials noticed an increase in vehicle burglaries on campus after the semester break, according to LSUPD detective David Heroman....

College of Art and Design associate dean leaving University – 2 p.m.

By 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...

University student rediscovers rare hummingbird – 12 p.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
March 5, 2009

David Anderson, University Ph.D. candidate, has rediscovered the Honduran Emerald hummingbird which had previously not been sighted in at least 70 years, according to a University news release."We were...

University professor appointed to LCC Board – 12:30 p.m.

By Staff Reports
March 5, 2009

Jim Richardson, director of LSU's Public Administration Institute and economics professor, was appointed to the Louisiana Coalition for Capital Board of Advisors, according to a University news release. The...

Homecoming to include service

By Alice Womble
Contributing Writer
March 5, 2009

Though continuing the 100-year tradition of student planned and coordinated homecoming week, activities for 2009 have been upgraded to include a service component.The Student Homecoming Committee,...