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Polls have strict rules on what to wear

By Aimee Effler
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2008

Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's merchandise outsold Sen. John McCain's on multiple Web Sites, but voters will not be able to show their gear at the polls today. Laws about what voters can wear...

Bruce Parker, curriculum theory graduate student and Safe Space Campaign coordinator, speaks to students at the semester’s first training session Monday in the African American Cultural Center.

Safe Space holds semester’s first training session

By Margy Looney
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2008

The University's need for awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities and a previous lack of faculty commitment prompted changes in the Office of Multicultural Affairs' Safe...

Medicaid cost to rise in Louisiana – 10:15 a.m.

By Associated Press
November 4, 2008

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state's health chief says Louisiana's $7 billion-plus Medicaid health insurance program for the poor will need another $450 million next state budget year just to keep...

Workforce improvements prevalent topic at meeting

By Erica Warren
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2008

Workforce development was a recurring theme during Monday's Faculty Senate meeting.Tim Barfield, executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, gave a slideshow presentation to the Faculty Senate...

Voters’ ethnicity can influence their votes

By Mary Gonzalez
News Writer
November 4, 2008

Some people vote based on one issue, while others vote based on the full picture of a candidate. But regardless of the candidates' views and plans, professors, research and surveys agree ethnicity influences...

Students: Classes limit voting on Election Day

By Ellen Zielinski
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2008

Ryan Keller said he won't be able to drive home to New Orleans to vote today because of his classes."I have to go to all of them," said Keller, business junior. "If I skipped, I'd fall behind because [my...

Illegal downloading low at University

By Ben Bourgeois
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2008

University student Jimmy Raff said nearly every media file on his computer has been downloaded illegally.Raff, mass communication freshman and LeJeune Hall resident, said he does not think much of illegal...

Fall elections begin at 7 a.m.

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
November 4, 2008

As students head to the polls to cast presidential election ballots, another election is taking place on the University's campus. Student Government will hold its fall elections today. Voting begins at...

‘Bama, Saban downplay top ranking, other factors – 11:05 a.m.

By Associated Press
November 4, 2008

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A No. 1 ranking. A grudge match. A title shot. To Alabama coach Nick Saban, those aren't things to celebrate. They're "external factors," potential distractions that can waylay...

Campus alcohol violations down from last year

By By Michael Lambert
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2008

Despite reduced alcohol violations from a year ago, University officials worry students continue to drink over the limit. "Each person has his/her own reasons for consuming alcohol," said Wellness Education...

Mobile phone users now send more text messages than phone calls – 12:20 p.m.

By Leslie Presnall
Staff Writer
November 3, 2008

The typical U.S. mobile subscriber now sends and receives more text messages than they do telephone calls.The average number of text messages a subscriber sends or receives surpassed the number of telephone...

Third Faculty Senate meeting of semester held today – 12:15 p.m.

By Erica Warren
Contributing Writer
November 3, 2008

The third Faculty Senate meeting of the semester will take place today at 3 p.m. in the Atchafalaya Room of the Student Union.The first speaker is Tim Barfield, Executive Director of the Louisiana Workforce...