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#lalege: Keeping up with the Louisiana Legislature via Twitter

By Katie Gagliano February 16, 2017

Feb. 13 the Louisiana Legislature officially opened a special session dedicated to closing the state’s $304 million mid-year budget shortfall. Proposals to close the gap are already on the table,...

LSU chemistry Ph.D. candidate and international student Saeed Fosshat discusses his fears about President Trump’s current immigration executive order on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, on campus.

Students feel effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order

By Katie Gagliano February 16, 2017

“That’s our luck,” that we would come to this country and have the situation take a bad turn, Yalda said. Fate is making jokes. The Iranian Ph.D. candidate isn’t a stranger to difficult...

A student interacts with a virtual reality simulation of the future campus proposals in the Student Union on Feb. 15, 2017.

SG holds open master plan for student recommendations

By Hannah Venerella February 15, 2017

Students were encouraged to attend the Comprehensive and Strategic Master Plan Open Forum on Wednesday in the Student Union, where the NBBJ team presented a refined draft of the comprehensive and strategic...

SG begins Gold Standard Housing project following summer robbery

SG begins Gold Standard Housing project following summer robbery

By CJ Carver February 15, 2017

In response to recent high crime rates in off-campus housing ­— according to data from the Baton Rouge Police Department — and College of Agriculture president Brad Frazier being robbed...

Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, sits with attorney Jill Craft prior the Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion meeting.

Louisiana Senate denies Troy Brown’s evidence requests ahead of meeting on disciplinary action

By William Taylor Potter February 15, 2017

The Louisiana Senate’s Select Committee on Discipline and Expulsion denied several requests from Baton Rouge attorney Jill Craft, who is representing Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, as it deliberates,...

A squad car rests in the LSUPD station parking lot on Wednesday, January 11, 2016.

Crime Briefs: 19-year-old passenger arrested with stolen gun after traffic stop

By Trey Couvillion February 15, 2017

19-year-old passenger arrested with stolen gun after traffic stop LSUPD spokesperson Lt. Kevin Scott said a 19-year-old non-student was arrested for possessing a stolen handgun after a traffic stop early...

Japanese Camellia, Julia-France, grows in the Camellia Show on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, at the LSU Rural Life Museum.

Burden Museum and Gardens holds grand opening for camellia collection

By Katherine Roberts February 15, 2017

The Burden Museum and Gardens in partnership with the Baton Rouge Camellia Society held the grand opening of the Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection at the LSU Rural Life Museum on Sunday...

Space Law

Space Law Society established for LSU Law School students

By Chris Clarke February 15, 2017

Early last year, now a Paul M. Hebert Law Center first-year student and Space Law Society president, Zach Miller was pondering the topic for his senior honor’s thesis while playing the popular video...

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Amid statewide budget cuts, humanities and arts disciplines face threat of being defunded at national level

By Natalie Anderson February 14, 2017

While elected officials may dispute different ideas of solutions to combat Louisiana’s budget crisis, many citizens can agree that the state’s higher education system, particularly the University,...

Master Plan

LSU, master planning firm present draft of campus Master Plan

By Taylor Delpidio February 14, 2017

Last year, the University partnered with master planning firm NBBJ to develop a 10-year plan for the University. On Feb. 14, a draft of the Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan was presented...

Creators of The Crawfish App, LSU civil engineering graduate and third year law student Ryan King and his wife, LSU alumna Laney King, stand outside the LSU Business Education Complex on Thursday Feb. 13, 2017.

University student and graduate couple create The Crawfish App

By Natalie Anderson February 14, 2017

Eating crawfish is known for bringing Louisianians together, but finding a good deal on the delicacy isn’t always common knowledge. Ryan King, a University civil engineering graduate and current...

Sen. Troy Brown

Louisiana Senate votes down postponement motions, committee will hear cases for Troy Brown disciplinary action

The Louisiana Senate voted down a proposal to indefinitely postpone two resolutions relating to disciplinary actions against Sen. Troy Brown, D-Napoleonville, after he pled no contest to two...