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Researcher: Termites threaten New Orleans levees – 4:10 p.m.

By Associated Press
October 16, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Subterranean termites that have infested New Orleans since World War II may be a much bigger threat to this city's levees and floodwalls than many experts suppose, a new entomological...

 

Michelle’s Law helps students suffering from serious illness

By Kyle Bove
Staff Writer
October 15, 2008

A New Hampshire Insurance Department employee told AnnMarie Morse if she didn't like the restrictions insurance companies had on college students, she would have to change the law.And Morse did just that....

Faculty member joins the Department of Commerce

By Aimee Effler
Contributing Writer
October 15, 2008

A University faculty member recently joined a prestigious committee with the United States Department of Commerce, addressing national security matters in research technology.After former Chancellor Sean...

 

LSU has highest bar exam passage rate in state

By Joy Lukachick
Contributing Writer
October 15, 2008

The University's Paul M. Hebert Law Center once again received the highest passage rate on the latest Louisiana State Bar Exam.In all, 165 University law students took the exam July 2008 with a passage...

TrueCrypt available to students

By By Leslie Persnall
Staff Writer
October 15, 2008

Encryption is the process of rendering plain text unreadable by anyone but the file creator. TrueCrypt can be used to make sensitive data files private such as Microsoft Excel spread sheets. File names,...

Victim has no recollection of Wednesday’s accident

By J.J. Alcantara
Chief Staff Writer
October 15, 2008

Ginger Clements said she does not remember much about Wednesday morning's accident.Clements, a business administration graduate student, was struck by a vehicle while on a crosswalk and was wrongly identified...

University student struck by car on Nicholson Extension

By J.J. Alcantara
Cheif Staff Writer
October 15, 2008

Editor's note: The LSU Police Department misidentified the pedestrian's name in an interview with The Daily Reveille late Wednesday night. The online edition of this story has been corrected. A female...

SG to fund T-shirt for “Take Back the Night” event

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
October 15, 2008

The Student Government Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday evening to fund "Take Back the Night," an event hosted by the University's Women's Center to raise awareness of women's issues and gender...

Football: 1988 SEC title team to be honored at Tulane football game

By
October 15, 2008

BATON ROUGE – The 1988 LSU football team, champions of the Southeastern Conference, will be honored at halftime of the LSU vs. Tulane football game on November 1 in recognition of the 20th anniversary...

Diversity rates increase this fall

By Sarah Lawson
Contributing Writer
October 15, 2008

Undergraduate diversity rates this fall are the highest the University has seen since fall 2002, according to 14th class day numbers.Of the 23,400 undergraduates, 20.2 percent are Asian, African-American,...

Code of Conduct strict about drinking in Res halls

By By Ben Bourgeois
Staff Writer
October 15, 2008

Ashley Vitrano is a 22-year-old senior living on campus and can legally drink in her room in the East Campus Apartments.But when her 20-year-old roommate comes in the front door, she could potentially...