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‘Art Guys’ combine art and performance

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
October 31, 2008

After holding a two-man parade through seven blocks of New York City, creating a grid entirely of "American cheese product" and dragging a suitcase behind a truck for miles, there isn't much The Art Guys...

UREC proposes fee increase

By By J.J. Alcantara
Chief Staff Writer
October 31, 2008

University Recreation is expecting a million dollar deficit in the next two years and has proposed to increase student fees to the Student Required Fee Committee.The committee decided last year to increase...

Program gives valuable info to potential voters

By Jack LeBlanc
Contributing Writer
October 31, 2008

Dozens of students packed the small brick-walled African American Cultural Center Thursday night for the program "Who's Your Pick?" The debate became so intense that moderator Chris Johnson, biological...

9-year-old shocked by political sign

By By The Associated Press
October 31, 2008

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Shawn Turschak of Chapel Hill was tired of someone stealing McCain-Palin campaign signs from his yard. Turschak, with a degree in electrical engineering, hooked up a sign...

Laura Bush to visit Gulf Coast – 1:10

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October 30, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — First Lady Laura Bush is visiting the Gulf Coast to meet with volunteers in New Orleans and rally support for Mississippi Republicans on Tuesday's ballot. Bush is scheduled to...

SG funds to sponsor student ideas

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
October 30, 2008

Student Government is working toward putting student fees back in the hands of the students. A new Resolution authored by Drew Prestridge, SG speaker pro tempore, Sen. Greg Upton, College of Business,...

Voters advised not to place total trust in nationwide polls

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
October 30, 2008

Voters are bombarded with presidential polling numbers during election season. But many of the polls show different results, and voters have trouble deciding which polls — if any — are accurate.Different...

Swimming: Lady Tigers drop meet at Arkansas – 7:49 p.m.

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October 30, 2008

The Lady Tigers swam a close meet in Fayetteville, Ark., on Thursday before falling to the Razorbacks, 151-149.    LSU senior Katherine Noland took first in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle....

International students involved in presiential election – 12:50 p.m.

By Margy Looney
October 30, 2008

International students can't check off the name of the new president on Election Day, but their ineligibility to vote has not stopped them from forming their own opinion about the future of the U.S.The...

Man shot in Place du Plantier apartment parking lot Tuesday

By J.J. Alcantara
Chief Staff Writer
October 30, 2008

A 20-year-old man was shot Tuesday evening in the parking lot of the Place du Plantier apartment complex on Lee Drive.Cpl. L'Jean McKneely, Baton Rouge Police Department spokesman, said the victim was...

Consultant returns to University with sample bus

By Ellen Zielinski
Contributing Writer
October 30, 2008

Patrick Duhon got a surprise Wednesday afternoon.Instead of regular CATS transportation, Duhon, undeclared freshman, was picked up by a 60-foot, articulated bus."I was definitely confused," he said.The...

Early voters turn out in record numbers

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
October 30, 2008

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is Friday, and Louisiana voters have already cast a record-breaking number of votes. With the final days before the 2008 general election quickly approaching,...