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Chris Broussard

University mourns student’s death

By Gordon Brillon August 29, 2013

The University community was shocked and saddened at the news of 22-year-old sociology senior Chris Broussard’s death after police confirmed they found his body in his overturned truck near St. Gabriel...

LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander speaks before the Board of Regents on Aug. 21, 2013 in the Louisiana Purchase Room located in the Claiborne Building in Downtown Baton Rouge.

Operation Recall targets graduates to stay in Louisiana

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz August 29, 2013

While a new program to track University graduates might seem like something from the NSA, guess again. Operation Recall is, instead, a $20,000 Louisiana Board of Regents initiative that aims to bring graduates...

An LSU-themed blanket drapes over a bench on campus.

LSU blanket initiative helps homeless

August 29, 2013

Tiger fans can now show their school spirit and support the area’s homeless at the same time. When purchasing an LSU-themed blanket from With a Purpose, the new company will provide another blanket...

Chris Broussard's 2004 Nissan king-cab pickup truck is towed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 near Geismar, Louisiana. 

Search ends in tragedy for missing University student

By Zachery Carline August 28, 2013

Chris Broussard began his night out like any other. After joining his Theta Chi fraternity brothers at Rotolo’s and ending the night at Bogie’s Bar, the 22-year-old sociology senior sent his...

Patrick F. Taylor Hall Renderings

Chevron pledges $2M to College of Engineering for expansions, renovations

By Jonathan Olivier August 28, 2013

The University’s College of Engineering is one step closer to reaching a $50 million donation goal to renovate Patrick F. Taylor Hall and begin an engineering building project, thanks to a $2 million...

Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden announced the addition of Red Stick Revelry, a New Year's Eve celebration, on August 28, 2013, at a news conference in Town Square. The event will include a countdown to midnight with the descent of a red stick sculpture along with live entertainment.

Red Stick Revelry announced as new holiday event

August 28, 2013

Baton Rouge will celebrate the 2014 New Year with a Times Square-style event called Red Stick Revelry, Mayor-President Kip Holden announced Wednesday at a news conference. “Baton Rouge is the perfect...

A combine plows through fields in Jefferson Davis Parish. (Photo Courtesy of Bruce Schultz)

Southwestern Louisiana rice crop affected by disease

By Olivia McClure August 28, 2013

Louisiana’s signature cuisine wouldn’t be the same without rice — but the state’s rice crop may be threatened by sheath blight, a disease that causes lesion-like spots to form on...

Construction workers continue to work on the south side of Tiger Stadium on Aug. 27, 2013 as part of the Tiger Stadium South Endzone Expansion Project.

Tiger Stadium makeover to continue throughout football season

By Gabrielle Braud August 28, 2013

Nothing is going to stop tiger fans from pouring into Tiger Stadium on Sept. 7, not even the massive construction project underway in the stadium’s south endzone. Construction will have some effect...

Biology boot camp expands nationwide

By Jonathan Olivier August 28, 2013

When University College of Science biologists William and Sheri Wischusen designed the college’s boot camp in 2005 to give freshmen a leg up their first year, they didn’t realize how far the...

Members of LSU's Tigrisomas birding team scout for wildlife in June 2013 in Peru.

Eyes on the Prize: University students win bird-watching competition in Peru

By Jonathan Olivier August 28, 2013

While many University students were enjoying time by the pool under the summer sun in June, one group of four raced through the back roads of the Amazon rain forest in Peru to win a birding competition...

Chris Broussard's 2004 Nissan king-cab pickup truck is hooked up to a tow truck Wednesday, August 28, 2013 near Geismar, Louisiana. 

Update: Missing University student found dead in overturned truck

By Staff Reports August 28, 2013

UPDATE 8/28/2013 9:29 PM: Both police and the family of missing University student Chris Broussard confirmed he was the deceased driver of the overturned truck. St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau...

A man is carried away in handcuffs Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 after his car flipped into University Lake near the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house.

Car flips into the University Lake near West Lakeshore Drive

By Chandler Rome August 27, 2013

A pursuit that began in West Baton Rouge Parish ended in the University Lake on Tuesday afternoon as a white Nissan Sentra skidded off the road and flipped into the lake on West Lakeshore Drive in front...