BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Sen. David Vitter will travel to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp next week, after objecting to the detention center's closure. Vitter will visit the prison in Cuba with...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Rod Blagojevich was unanimously convicted at his impeachment trial and thrown out of office Thursday, ending a nearly two-month crisis that erupted with his arrest on...

When a bill is called to the floor of the Senate in the nation's capitol, senators are provided with an unlimited amount of time to debate. But, in the Student Union's Atchafalya Room on Wednesday nights,...

In a recurring trend, the Union construction has again been delayed, but it is not expected to affect the April 2011 completion date.The completion of Phase I has been moved from the post Mardi Gras break...

Student Government President Colorado Robertson said at his President's Cabinet meeting Thursday afternoon that the prices of student football tickets will remain the same next season.Student tickets were...

Award-winning movie director and producer Spike Lee spoke against black stereotypes at the eighth annual MLK Unity Celebration at Baton Rouge Community College on Tuesday night.The celebration, inspired...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is asking for a report on the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina. In a directive released Wednesday, Napolitano said there is an opportunity to take...

STUDENT STABS SISTERA University student was arrested on Jan. 21 around 4 p.m. for stabbing her roommate, according to Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman. Josefina S. Massanga, 22,...

Amid late night Taco Bell runs and Pizza Hut lunches in the Student Union, exercising should be a priority for University students. But whether it's a lack of time, space or just pure confusion, some students...

The University is turning a critical eye on itself this year as officials prepare a self-evaluation for the first required mid-way report for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the accrediting...

New requirements set forth by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools require universities throughout the South to submit interim reports five years following the accreditation process.According...

After suffering carbon monoxide poisoning from a natural gas space heater in an unventilated room on Jan. 17, University student Lyric Cox is still undergoing treatment. Any student interested in donating...