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Larry Weltikol, Palm Coast, FL native, speaks to a fellow chili cookoff participant Saturday, March 9, 2013.

Chili cook-off heats up

By Jonathan Olivier March 10, 2013

Pots of chili heated up with the competition this weekend during the seventh annual Louisiana Regional and State Chili Cook-Off. Cooks from Illinois, Connecticut, and states across the southern U.S....

Baton Rouge community gathers for “ideas worth spreading”

By Zachery Carline March 10, 2013

Ideas of creativity, innovation, bicycling and musical collaboration were shared at the Reilly Theatre on Saturday afternoon at the sold out TEDxLSU event. The event consisted of three 90-minute sessions...

Salary Database notes

March 10, 2013

Database and page layout created by: Bryan Stewart, External Media Managing Editor Jared Kendall, Web Data Editor Graphs created by: Tesalon Felicien, Web Editor Wilborn Nobles, Web Editor Stories...

More primary care physicians needed

By McKenzie Womack March 7, 2013

The University was home to more medical school applicants than almost any other school in the country last year, but that doesn’t mean people should expect to spend less time waiting on their doctors,...

Wanda Dearing, left, of Newton, Miss., hands out samples of her Fire in the Hole chili at the Louisiana Chili Cook-Off Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the 4-H Barn near the Parker Coliseum.

Chili cookoff set to be held this weekend

By Jonathan Olivier March 7, 2013

The seventh annual Louisiana Regional and State Chili Cookoff will commence Saturday morning, a competition comprised of the nation’s best chili cooks and chili enthusiasts competing for a chance...

Volunteer LSU will be helping to renovate the Lincoln Theater on Myrtle Walk, which is being turned into an African American museum. March 7, 2013

Volunteer LSU aids in renovations to Lincoln Theater

By Jonathan Olivier March 7, 2013

Students associated with Volunteer LSU will come together on March 15 to help clean Lincoln Theater, a building in the Old South Baton Rouge neighborhood listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

SAE House

Investigation reveals truth about fraternity’s removal

By Ferris McDaniel March 6, 2013

The mission statement of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity is “to promote the highest standards of friendship, scholarship and service for our members based upon the ideals set forth by our Founders...

Lupe Fiasco

Lupe Fiasco to headline at Groovin’ on the Grounds

By Judah Robinson March 6, 2013

This year’s Groovin’ on the Grounds will be headlined by rapper Lupe Fiasco. The annual free concert will also feature Grace Potter, YelaWolf and student band Levee Daze. The concert will be...

David Kurpius, associated vice chancellor for enrollment management at LSU, addresses the logistics concerning the new Tiger Bridge Program Wednesday, March 6, 2013 in the Dalton J. Woods auditorium. The program will allow BRCC students to live on the LSU campus while taking classes at the community college beginning next Fall.

LSU and BRCC collaborate through Tiger Bridge Program

By Jonathan Olivier March 6, 2013

Starting next fall, some Baton Rouge Community College students will have the opportunity to live on LSU campus as a part of the Tiger Bridge Program, according to BRCC and University officials. The...

Tucker Barry is a former president of Spectrum and a co-founder of several local LGBTQ organizations. Barry is a speaker for TEDxLSU. March 5, 2013. LSU Student Union

TEDxLSU to feature LGBT activist

By Erin Hebert March 6, 2013

Local LGBT activist and 2011 University graduate Tucker Barry has been chosen to speak about the power of amateurs and their ability to create change at Saturday’s TEDxLSU event at the Reilly Theatre...

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss the reintroduction of the Violence Against Women Act. Calling a truce in the partisan battles, Congress appears ready to send to President Barack Obama a bill that renews and expands the nation’s primary law on protecting women from domestic violence. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

VAWA passage could affect University protocol

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz March 6, 2013

The recent passage of the Violence Against Women Act might affect University protocol, according to Summer Steib, director of the University Women’s Center. After a 16-month struggle, the House...

LSU assistant professor Kenny Fasching-Varner released his second book "Working Through Whiteness" earlier this year.

University professor writes book on finding white racial identity

By Camille Stelly March 6, 2013

Assistant professor of elementary education and foundations Kenneth Varner is challenging American teachers to rethink their racial identities — but not the teachers most might expect. Varner’s...