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Construction on the $2 million Tiger Gift Center progresses smoothly. The project is expected to be complete by Dec. 1.

Tiger Gift Center construction running smoothly

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
September 10, 2008

LSU fanatics who are crazy for purple and gold apparel will now have a new place to go wild by the end of the semester, despite Hurricane Gustav's best attempts to halt production.  Though it was...

Union prepares for another storm

By Adam Duvernay
Contributing Writer
September 10, 2008

With hurricane season passing the halfway point, Student Union officials met Tuesday morning to discuss preparations and plans in the event of another storm.Though officials were pleased with how Hurricane...

Gustav downs historic Baton Rouge landmark

By Louis Pelletteri III
Contributing Writer
September 10, 2008

A historic Baton Rouge landmark is gone, courtesy of Hurricane Gustav's fierce and mighty winds.The Category 1-force winds uprooted the estimated 250-year-old Thomas Boyd oak tree in the formal gardens...

SG to host ‘Day of Appreciation’

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
September 10, 2008

Student Government approved a bill Wednesday night to host a "Day of Appreciation" to honor University students, faculty and staff who volunteered their services during Hurricane Gustav. SG plans to allocate...

University aims to enroll 31,000

By Sarah Lawson
Contributing Writer
September 10, 2008

The University is taking steps to enlarge its student body while keeping it academically sound — a combination of the past two chancellors' efforts — according to Jim McCoy, vice provost of...

Tigervision available free in Baton Rouge – 4:02 p.m.

By Staff Reports
September 10, 2008

The pay-per-view telecast of LSU's game Saturday against North Texas will be available for free to Cox Communications customers in the Baton Rouge area, according to an LSU news release.The game will be...

Curfew will be lifted Thursday morning

By Staff Reports
September 9, 2008

Mayor-President Kip Holden announced at a press conference earlier today that the East Baton Rouge Parish curfew will be lifted as of 6 a.m. Thursday.The curfew had been in effect because of safety concerns...

Bus reduction upsets students

By Katie Kennedy
Staff Writer
September 9, 2008

For accounting junior Caitlin Denison, riding the bus to campus this year means waking up an hour and a half earlier than she did last year. "I've gotten out to the bus stop more than 30 minutes before...

Hurricane Gustav delays launch of new program

By Cassie Hutchinson
Contributing Writer
September 9, 2008

The launch of the Campus Life Engagement and Recognition Leaders Certification Program will be delayed because of Hurricane Gustav's disruption to the schedule, David Gunn, assistant director of Campus...

Ike unlikely to make landfall in Louisiana

By Lindsey Meaux
September 9, 2008

Louisiana is taking a collective sigh of relief as Hurricane Ike moves into the Gulf of Mexico and heads for Texas.Ike is projected to make landfall in Texas early Saturday morning as a Category 3 storm...

Saints’ Colston out 4-6 weeks

By Brett Martel
The Associated Press
September 9, 2008

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Marques Colston, the New Orleans Saints' top receiver during the past two seasons, had surgery on his left thumb and will miss 4 to 6 weeks.Colston said he had a torn ligament...

Mulcahy’s 2006 case still open

By Leslie Presnall
Staff Writer
September 9, 2008

Political science professor Kevin Mulcahy, who was arrested Friday for unauthorized entering of an inhabited dwelling, may still face prosecution charges from a misdemeanor incident two years ago.Mulcahy...