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Service Learning courses growing

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
January 29, 2009

Mere weeks after the University received the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a handful of enthusiastic professors and administrators met to discuss the expansion of service-learning courses.The...

Senate debates time spent debating

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
January 29, 2009

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,...

Football: Student season ticket prices frozen for next season - 5:53 p.m.

By Tyler Batiste
January 29, 2009

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...

Vet school annunal open house Feb.7 – 11:30 a.m.

By Matthew Barnidge
Contributing writer
January 29, 2009

The School of Veterinary Medicine will hold its 27th annual open house Saturday, Feb. 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Veterinary Medicine Building. The event is open to the public and admission is free....

Obama: $18 billion in Wall Street bonuses ‘shameful’

By By Ben Feller
The Associated Press
January 29, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama issued a withering critique Thursday of Wall Street corporate behavior, calling it "the height of irresponsibility" for employees to be paid more than $18...

MLK Performing Arts Night tonight – 11:20 a.m.

By Victoria Yu
Contributing writer
January 29, 2009

The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Night tonight at 6 p.m. at the School of Music's Recital Hall. University students and members...

Americans receiving jobless benefits hits record – 11:30 a.m.

By Associated Press
January 29, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has reached an all-time record, the government said Thursday, and more layoffs are spreading throughout the economy. The Labor...

Jindal to reappoint Bourque La. poet laureate – 1 p.m.

By Associated Press
January 28, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is about to get its poet laureate back. Unintentionally, Darrell Bourque was not reappointed to the post during last year's regular legislative session. But a spokesman...

Athletics’ travel, international recruiting budgets may see cuts

By Amy Brittain
Sports Contributor
January 28, 2009

The doorbell rings, and Skip Bertman stands on the stoop of a former LSU baseball player's home.The athlete doesn't need an explanation for Bertman's presence."If I go see an old player, he usually knows...

Spike Lee at Eighth Annual MLK Unity Celebration

By Victoria Yu
Contributing Writer
January 28, 2009

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...

Homeland security head seeks Katrina answers – 1:05 p.m.

By Associated Press
January 28, 2009

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...

University beginning interim report for accreditation process – 1:10 p.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
January 28, 2009

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...