While hurricane season often brings worries of the structural soundness of Gulf Coast buildings, a University professor is researching ways to increase resistance and reduce damage from wind-borne debris.Michele...

Kirby Goidel, professor and director of public policy research, and Mike Xenos, assistant professor of mass communication, will host a forum on hidden messages in presidential debates tonight at 7:30 in...

A man was arrested Friday morning on numerous charges after allegedly leading LSU Police Department officers on a short, on-campus car chase that started when the suspect broke through Easy Streets and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday night's presidential debate offers Republican John McCain one of his last best chances to stop Democrat Barack Obama's recent surge in the race and turn it in his favor. The...

Many students returned to their apartments after Hurricane Gustav to find their frozen pizzas thawed, containers of ice creamed melted and beer sitting at room temperature because of widespread power outages...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The city with a reputation for political corruption now has a watchdog. Permanently. Voters last weekend overwhelmingly approved changing the City Charter to require New Orleans...

Some college admissions offices across the country are becoming less reliant on standardized test scores, but student responses are mixed about changing the admission policies at LSU.A national commission...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dozens of Louisiana parishes have been designated as agricultural disaster areas by the federal government in the aftermath of hurricanes Gustav and Ike. That announcement Monday...

LSU defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois clarified his comment about Florida quarterback Tim Tebow in a news release from the athletic department. The following are Jean-Francois' comments:"We never go...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — The sale of a historic property in Alexandria — the now-shuttered, century-old Hotel Bentley — is expected to be completed next month. The hotel's owner, Bob Dean,...

Liz Raymond studies in Middleton Library four nights a week and has become accustomed to being asked to leave before she is finished with her school work. "Every night, I would stay here until close, and...

LSU senior pitcher Dani Hofer will not pitch until January, LSU coach Yvette Girouard said Tuesday.Hofer suffered a right wrist injury last season that caused her to miss almost a month of the 2008 season.She...