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Law Center faced with declining admission

By Nicolas Cotten February 20, 2013

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center’s admissions are down 30 percent from this time last year, part of a national trend attributed to the poor economy, according to LSU Law Assistant Director of Admissions...

Graduate student Carlos Prada (left) and Dr. Michael Hellberg (right) stand in Dr. Hellberg's office on the third floor of the Life Sciences building Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. Dr. Hellberg has discovered how new coral species form in the ocean with the help of Prada's thesis and field work.

Study highlights ‘sea fan’ coral

By Shannon Roberts February 20, 2013

Associate professor Michael Hellberg and biological sciences graduate student Carlos Prada were recently published in a scientific journal for their studies over the last few years of the “sea fan”...

The minimum size limit of bass is considered being dropped. The previous limit, which was 14 inches, has been in place for 20 years.

Basin bass regulations face dramatic changes

By Jonathan Olivier February 20, 2013

Anglers utilizing the Atchafalaya Basin area may have the opportunity to fill their freezers with bass this summer, pending a proposal to change the 14-inch minimum size limit that has been in place for...

Transition Advisory Team defines mission, tenets

By Alyson Gaharan February 20, 2013

The University’s Transition Advisory Team defined a mission and tenets that will guide the system through reorganization in a meeting Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of research in the University’s...

Dr. Maya Angelou performs Tuesday, Feb. 19 in the Student Union Theater. Angelou is a writer, poet and African-American activist. She has written five autobiographical novels and many volumes of poetry.

Maya Angelou lectures to full house at Student Union Theater

By Ferris McDaniel February 19, 2013

An array of different faces of various races gathered in a buzzing LSU Student Union Theater on Tuesday night for an unforgettable evening with Maya Angelou during Black History Month. A lively bunch...

Transition Advisory Team defines mission, tenets

By Alyson Gaharan February 19, 2013

The University’s Transition Advisory Team defined a mission and tenets that will guide the system through reorganization in a meeting Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of research in the University’s...

School of Art will refund unauthorized student fees

By Clayton Crockett February 19, 2013

The School of Art will refund $62,590 of fees illegally collected from its students over the previous three years, according to a news release sent by the lawyer for former faculty member Margaret Herster,...

New river modeling facility will allow greater research opportunities

New river modeling facility will allow greater research opportunities

By Gabrielle Braud February 19, 2013

Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, together with the University, will construct a new scale model of the lower Mississippi River that will be four times larger in scale and...

White House website releases information to compare college affordability

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz February 19, 2013

Despite other universities claiming The National College Scorecard for American universities is inaccurate, it proves to be accurate for LSU yet “superficial,” according to LSU officials. ...

President of the Louisiana Chapter of Entrepeneaurs' Organization Aaron Dirks speaks on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 for the Breakfast to Business series at the Business Education Complex.

Breakfast to Business speech offers unconventional advice

By Jonathan Olivier February 19, 2013

Training to become a world-class entrepreneur will enable one to “maximize opportunity while being happier, healthier, wealthier and wiser,” said Aaron Dirks, president of the Louisiana chapter...

Dr. Paul Sylvester, University of Louisiana-Monroe College of Pharmacy director of research and graduate studies, discussed the formula of funding for higher education on Feb. 18, 2013, in the Student Union Capital Chamber. Sylvester urged members of the Faculty Senate to take action against legislators to stop budget cuts to higher education in Louisiana.

Students encouraged to volunteer through Geaux Big

By McKenzie Womack February 18, 2013

Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting imparted calls for campus and community involvement from the University’s faculty. Student Director of Geaux Big Baton Rouge Elaine Giles asked faculty members...

Maya Angelou recites poetry and tells stories of her personal experiences to the crowd gathered in Randolph College's Smith Hall Theatre in Lynchburg, Va., on Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/The News & Advance, Sam O'Keefe)

Maya Angelou to speak at sold-out lecture tonight

By Ferris McDaniel February 18, 2013

The elegantly poetic words of Maya Angelou will come to life tonight in the Student Union Theater as the renaissance woman lectures to a sold-out audience. The civil rights author and poet — whose...