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U.S. Senate candidates meet at LSU for coastal restoration forum

By Lauren Heffker October 6, 2016

Five of the leading candidates for Sen. David Vitter’s opening in the U.S. Senate met onstage at the LSU Union Theatre to talk coastal restoration. The forum was hosted by the Coalition to Restore...

Joe Picou sits in the midst of Southern Craft’s brewing equipment. 

Red Stick Rye, Pompous Pelican among best beers by Southern Craft Brewing Company

By Hannah Womack, Manship News Service October 6, 2016

Red Stick Rye, Pompous Pelican and Swamp Sting are the three beers brewed weekly by the relatively new Southern Craft Brewing Company of Baton Rouge. Red Stick Rye is their winning beer, taking second...

LSU Director of Bands Damon Talley is directing a program to provide long-term replacements of band instruments at regional high and middle schools affected by the flooding in mid-August. 

LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts providing instruments to schools affected by flooding

By Meg Ryan Manship News Service October 6, 2016

The LSU College of Music & Dramatic Arts’ Department of Bands is providing long-term assistance in the form of musical instruments to regional public and private high and middle school band programs...

University Professor Tabetha Boyajain discusses the recently discovered "Tabby's Star" on October 3, 2016 in Nicholson Hall.

New LSU faculty member heading up mission to investigate star

By Lauren Heffker October 5, 2016

One of the University’s newest faculty members is spearheading a mission to solve the mystery surrounding KIC 8462852, a star exhibiting unusual light patterns. Assistant professor of physics and...

The entire panel during the Presidential Symposium on Oct. 4, 2016 in the Dalton J. Woods Auditorium of the Energy, Coast, and Environment Building.

Moment or Movement ends with speeches from Norman Francis, Don Lemon

By Kayla Hampton, Manship News Service October 5, 2016

At the conclusion of LSU's symposium on race and democracy Tuesday night, Norman Francis, Xavier University president emeritus and civil rights leader, called himself a living example of “coming...

LSU Veterinarian David Baker is joined by specialists and student workers as he speaks on Mike VI's prognosis during a press conference at the School of Veterinary Medicine.

LSU announces Mike VI’s has 1-2 months to live, will begin search for Mike VII

LSU attending veterinarian David Baker said Mike VI has 1-2 months to live during a press conference Wednesday.  A CT and physical exam on Oct. 3 revealed Mike VI's cancer has resumed growth and spread....

Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump delivers a speech on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, during a rally hosted in the Baton Rouge River Center.

LSU student body picks Trump in mock election

By William Taylor Potter October 4, 2016

Republican Donald Trump won the LSU student body mock election with 47.5 percent of the students voting, while Democrat Hillary Clinton received 32.7 percent. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson earned 13.6...

Pew Research Center Senior Fellow Paul Taylor signs copies of his book, “The Next America,” following his session in LSU’s “Moment or Movement” symposium.

Pew Research Center Fellow discusses racial make-up of coming generations

By William Taylor Potter October 4, 2016

Before an LSU audience Tuesday, Pew Research Center Senior Fellow Paul Taylor referred to a Beyonce song when discussing the increase in mixed-race children in the U.S. “You mix that Negro with that...

Miles removed from promotional video, changes cost $2,270

By Katie Gagliano October 4, 2016

The football field isn’t the only place where fans will be seeing less of Les Miles. Former head coach Miles was noticeably absent from the University’s national Here to Win commercial during...

Student selected as campus organizer for GirlTrek organization

Student selected as campus organizer for GirlTrek organization

By Natalie Anderson October 4, 2016

Following in the footsteps of a civil rights legacy, GirlTrek is a national health movement that motivates thousands of black women to be change makers in their lives and communities — through walking. According...

From left to right, panelists Thomas Miller of Southern University, Matthew Lee of LSU, Matthew Ware of Grambling State University and Mary Jarzabek of LSU-Shreveport engage in a discussion on historically black colleges and universities during a symposium on race relations at LSU Tuesday. 

Panelists discuss the ‘gap’ between LSU and smaller HBCUs in Louisiana

By William Taylor Potter October 4, 2016

Grambling State University associate physics professor Matthew Ware described the struggles of fundraising for small colleges and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The portrait he painted...