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UREC expansion to bring leisure pool, indoor running trail

By Gabrielle Braud January 31, 2013

The University Student Recreation Complex is about to undergo a makeover that will result in a lazy river in the shape of the LSU logo, the longest indoor running trail in any collegiate recreational facility...

Workers load crawfish traps into their boat Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. These crawfish ponds are located at LSU's Aquaculture Research Station.

Predictions for prosperous crawfish season

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz January 31, 2013

When most people eat crawfish, they’re used to seeing the bright red crustaceans sprinkled with spices and cooked to perfection. But some University students, alumni and faculty members see the...

Potters Anonymous to host Yule Ball on Saturday

By Shannon Roberts January 31, 2013

The University’s Potters Anonymous Club will host the first annual Yule Ball from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom. The Yule Ball is based off the fourth Harry Potter...

Bus system under evaluation Feb. 5-7

By Gabrielle Braud January 31, 2013

The Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation is conducting an evaluation of the University’s bus system Feb. 5 to 7. The goal of the evaluation is to determine what kind of service students...

Father says dead son wasn’t real

By The Associated Press January 31, 2013

THIBODAUX (AP) — A man accused of beheading his disabled 7-year-old son and leaving the head in his yard appears to believe that the boy was a robot or a ventriloquist’s dummy, two defense...

A parking ticket sits on a bike outside Lockett Hall.

Spike in cyclist ticketing a response to pedestrian accidents

By Nicolas Cotten January 31, 2013

A recent spike in biking tickets on campus is attributed to an increase in pedestrian accidents, according to reports from the LSU Police Department. In 2012, LSUPD reported 613 traffic crashes, 27 of...

A new art community is scheduled to be built in 2013 next to the Circa 1857 art shop. The complex is intended to help transform the Government Street area into a local art hub.

Art community planned next to Circa 1857 art shop

By Jonathan Olivier January 30, 2013

An artist complex adjacent to Baton Rouge art shop Circa 1857 is scheduled to be built this year to offer local artists an economical place to live and work. Danny McGlynn and local artist Dennis Hargroder...

Prosanta Chakrabarty, curator of fishes at LSU's Museum of Natural Science, speaks on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 at Chelsea's Cafe during the Science Cafe event.

University holds first monthly Science Cafe at Chelsea’s

By Judah Robinson January 30, 2013

The University held its first Science Café at Chelsea’s Café on Tuesday night, a monthly event that will highlight a wide variety of scientific research done at the University in a casual...

Poverty Point nominated as World Heritage Site

By Erin Hebert January 30, 2013

Louisiana’s Poverty Point National Monument is in the running to be listed alongside the likes of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt as a World Heritage Site, largely thanks to the work of Louisiana archaeologist...

Informal student club promotes concealed carry

By Nicolas Cotten January 30, 2013

On most Thursday nights in the Student Union, a group of students gathers in front of Einstein Bros Bagels and talks about bringing guns to school. This is the Students for Concealed Carry club, and...

Katrina’s scars fade as Super Bowl looms

By The Associated Press January 30, 2013

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005...

College of Music & Dramatic Arts Dean Laurence Kaptain poses with his cimbalom Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013 in his practice space in the Music and Dramatic Arts building.

LSU dean Laurence Kaptain renowned for cimbalom playing

By Luke Jones January 29, 2013

He leans over a box, using two rubber mallets to tap on a score of steel strings few would recognize. He says Yo-Yo Ma is fun to work with. He is one-half Hungarian, but he speaks fluent Spanish. ...