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Students, faculty weigh in on affirmative action court case

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz October 28, 2013

Allowing a quota of minority groups into schools has been a part of university culture since the 1960s, but a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on affirmative action could change the racial rules...

Owner and Operator Will Edwards stands Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 with their new food truck "The Rolling Pin".

Kolache Kitchen takes to the streets with food truck

By Alexis Rebennack October 27, 2013

Baton Rouge’s own Kolache Kitchen is rolling up its sleeves and rolling out a whole new addition to the restaurant: a food truck. The Rolling Pin, The Kolache Kitchen’s new food truck, parked...

Fraternity to provide designated drivers

By Deanna Narveson October 27, 2013

The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will be on call from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. tonight, with each brother ready to drive any members of the Greek community home if they’ve had too much to drink. The night...

College Board reports national tuition increases are slowing

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz October 27, 2013

While national trends show that the cost of tuition at public universities isn’t increasing as rapidly as it has in past years, LSU is seeing some of the greatest leaps in tuition increases for college...

Facility Services made a replica of the former scoreboard in Tiger Stadium.

Old Tiger Stadium scoreboard honored

By Gabrielle Braud October 27, 2013

For the first time in decades, Tiger Stadium only has one scoreboard. Although construction plans for the south end zone expansion include the installation of a new HD scoreboard with a larger display,...

Newly crowned LSU Homecoming queen Emma Arseneaux and king Alex Cagnola pose with Mike the Tiger Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, during the Tigers' 48-16 win against Furman in Tiger Stadium.

Homecoming: King, queen named Saturday

By Elizabeth Thomas October 27, 2013

Tiger Stadium was filled Saturday night as students waited patiently for the announcement of the 2013 homecoming king and queen. Alex Cagnola, biological engineering senior, and Emma Arceneaux, biological...

Amy Renee Heidemann and Nicholas Louis "Nick" Noonan, of Karmin, perform Thursday, Oct. 24 2013, at the LSU Homecoming Concert held at the parade grounds

Karmin plays at LSU Homecoming Concert

By Rebecca Docter October 24, 2013

The name “Karmin” is a “portmanteau,” or combination of words, created from the Latin word “Carmen,” meaning “songs” and the word “karma.” It’s...

The Board of Regents hear motions from different subcommittees Aug. 21, 2013 in the Louisiana Purchase Room located in the Claiborne Building in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Remedial student pilot study expanded

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez October 24, 2013

The Louisiana Board of Regents extended its study of remedial students accepted into higher education institutions at its October meeting on Wednesday. The Developmental Education Co-Requisite Delivery...

photo courtesy of Renee Pierce

Bernstein stresses basic ideas

By Jonathan Olivier October 24, 2013

Journalism means something different today. In an age of partiality and pre-conceived notions, the news media need return to the “basic notions” that made American journalism great, Pulitzer...

Renee Myer was the first African-American Homecoming Queen at LSU. She was crowned in 1991.

Homecoming History: Myer made Tiger, civil rights history as LSU’s first black homecoming queen

By Michael Tarver October 24, 2013

As Renee Boutte Myer accepted her homecoming crown, she smiled and waved to a silent audience who stared back at her with dropped jaws. Myer stepped into civil rights history in a pair of high heels when...

LSU System’s Attorney Jimmy Faircloth gets interviewed after a new hearing in The Times-Picayune and The Advocate vs. LSU lawsuit Monday Sept. 16, 2013, at the 19th Judicial District Courhouse, Baton Rouge, La.

University to submit brief for appeal

By Gordon Brillon October 24, 2013

The University must submit its brief for appeal of the contempt of court ruling and the approximately $65,000 fine that comes with it by November 15th, University attorney Jimmy Faircloth said. The brief...

Teams join together to help with sustainability

By Jonathan Olivier October 24, 2013

Louisiana’s Mississippi River Delta will be gaining international attention this year. Teams of engineers, scientists and other researchers from the private sector and around the world will be joining...