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Saints sign QB Harrington

By Staff Reports
September 18, 2008

The New Orleans Saints have signed journeyman quarterback Joey Harrington, The Times-Picayune is reporting.Harrington, who last played with Atlanta, made it into town Friday and is participating in the...

University to switch emergency text providers

By Leslie Presnall
Staff Writer
September 18, 2008

The University will change its emergency text messaging service provider Oct. 1.The current emergency alert system, ClearTXT, is no longer in the emergency communications business, said Sheri Thompson,...

Entergy sees up to $600M in damage from Gustav

By Brian Schwaner
The Associated Press
September 18, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Entergy Corp., parent of utility companies that serve a four-state area walloped by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, said Friday it expects damage from Gustav alone to be up to $600...

New plan to relieve Brightside-Nicholson traffic complete

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September 17, 2008

There are plans to reduce the traffic near campus on Nicholson Drive as part of the Green Light Plan, said Gary Graham, director of Parking, Traffic and Transportation. . The traffic on Nicholson Drive...

Administration rejects request to limit Saturday classes

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
September 17, 2008

University administrators rejected Student Government's request to limit Saturday classes to two, according to an e-mail from Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Astrid Merget, SG Speaker Ben Clark announced...

Ten Lady Tigers’ games to be televised

By Casey Gisclair
Sports Writer
September 17, 2008

After advancing to the Final Four for the fifth-straight time, the LSU women's basketball team will be on TV 10 times in the 2008-09 season, the Southeastern Conference announced today. The Lady Tigers'...

Devin Jamell Parker

Man indicted for December on-campus shootings

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September 17, 2008

One of three Baton Rouge men arrested in May in the December killing of two international University graduate students has been indicted on murder charges. Prosecutors asked the East Baton Rouge Parish...

Bus consultant to arrive Wednesday

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
September 17, 2008

Mitch Skyer, president and senior consultant of Solstice Transportation Consulting, will arrive on campus Wednesday to begin the evaluations of the bus system.Skyer said his first step will be meeting...

Evacuation traffic gets professors’ attention – 12:40 p.m.

By Louis Pelletteri III
September 16, 2008

Hope may be on the way for residents along the Gulf Coast who evacuate from hurricanes and have to put up with evacuation traffic.Brian Wolshon and Chester Wilmot, Civil and Environmental Engineering professors,...

Men’s basketball home opener rescheduled

By Rob Stewart
September 16, 2008

The LSU men's basketball team's season opener against Jackson State has been rescheduled from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 15, team spokesman Kent Lowe said Wednesday.The time for the basketball game was moved...

Law professor celebrates Constitution Day – 11:45 a.m.

By Staff Reports
September 16, 2008

Today is not just hump day, it's Constitution Day. And Paul Baier, Paul M. Hebert Law Center designated professor, is putting on a play he wrote to celebrate.Baier's play, "Father Chief Justice: Edward...