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Longtime LSU System official dies – 1:00 p.m.

By Lindsey Meauzx
Staff Writer
January 12, 2009

Teresa A. Summers, retired LSU System Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and professor, died Saturday after a 38-year battle with cancer according to a LSU System news release.The human ecology...

University officials analyzing academic calendar

By Adam Duvernay
Staff Writer
January 11, 2009

After a semester of lost holidays and Saturday classes, students are returning for the spring after a shortened winter break. While spring classes have generally begun after the Martin Luther King, Jr....

Students aim for betterment in new year

By Mary Walker Baus
January 11, 2009

As Americans toss out the old and bring in the new, millions of people set goals to achieve during the new year. This common tradition of New Year's resolutions is shared at the University among administrators...

Spreadsheet: Professors’ salary comparisons

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January 11, 2009

Shown is a consolidated list of how fall 2007 LSU faculty salaries compare to average salaries at peer institutions.This is a list showing the average salary of faculty broken down by department compared...

LSU system dealt $29 million in cuts

By Kyle Bove
January 11, 2009

To view the salary database, click here. A month after students received an ominous broadcast e-mail warning about mid-year budget cuts, the University's financial situation has proved to be a mixed bag...

2009 Inaugural Ceremony

Photojournalists Matt Moore and Dreier Carr covered the inaugural ceremony in Downtown Raleigh Saturday morning.  The inauguration honored the governor of North Carolina, lieutenant governor, secretary...

Obama completes national security team – 1/9

By Associated Press
January 9, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to protect the United States while adhering to its core human values, President-elect Barack Obama formally unveiled his intelligence team Friday, praising their integrity,...

La. congressmen Cao, Cassidy learn committee seats – 1/9

By Associated Press
January 9, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two of Louisiana's new congressmen have learned their committee assignments on Capitol Hill. U.S. Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao (gow), a New Orleans Republican, announced today that...

State gets $1M in medical fraud deal – 1/9

By Associated Press
January 9, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana will receive $1.05 million as part of a $375 million national medical fraud settlement with pharmaceutical manufacturer Cephalon Inc. The suit accused Cephalon of...

Entergy says it sold power to Miss. from Louisiana – 1/9

By Associated Press
January 9, 2009

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Entergy Corp. has acknowledged in a letter that it sold power to Mississippi under a fuel contract that once led to $72 million in refunds to Louisiana customers. The letter...

Congress officially declares Obama next president – 1/8

By Associated Press
January 8, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the electoral...

Jindal: new dropout prevention program to begin – 1/8

By Associated Press
January 8, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal announced a new dropout prevention pilot program that will begin in the spring, aiming to get skills training to teenagers to keep them in school. Jindal...