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Graduate student Reagan Mitchell performs a saxophone solo during the African American Cultural Center's Annual Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration on Tuesday night in the Atchafalaya Room in the Student Union.

African-American students celebrate Kwanzaa

By Alyson Gaharan November 27, 2012

Before they break for the holiday, students celebrated Kwanzaa on Tuesday, highlighting principles that have been honored in African culture for centuries.  The University’s African-American...

Sociology junior Claire Strickland (right) runs through a list of concerns she had for how the bomb threat was handled as Executive Assistant to the Chancellor and Head of the EOC, D'Ann Morris (left), listens and later addresses Strickland's concerns at an EOC discussion panel Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012 in the Atchafalaya Room in the Union.

EOC hosts review of hurricane, bomb threat

By Alyson Gaharan November 27, 2012

Months after Hurricane Isaac and the bomb threat, the LSU Emergency Operations Center took responsibility for its mistakes handling the incidents and elicited feedback from an audience of about 50 faculty,...

Eric Monday accepts job at Kentucky

Eric Monday accepts job at Kentucky

By Staff Reports November 27, 2012

Eric Monday, the University's CFO and vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative Services, will leave for a similar position at the University of Kentucky by late December or early January. Kentucky's...

Principal Scott Steckler, rear, observes fourth-grade teacher Lora Johnson on Oct. 23 as she works with her students at George Cox Elementary in Gretna, La. With a grading sheet in hand, Steckler is complying with the latest of Louisiana’s education reform efforts to play out in public schools. Half of the high-stakes evaluation is based on classroom observation. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune,Ted Jackson)

A bumpy road to grading Louisiana’s teachers

By Andrew Vanacore, The Times-Picayune November 26, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Teachers in Louisiana have all but lost the tenure rules that once protected their jobs. Beginning this year, all 50,000 of them will be evaluated and ranked each year, often with...

Especially now that the weather has finally cooled down, why wouldn't you want to admire the beautiful LSU lakes? This is perfect for the exercise addicts. A couple that runs together, stays together, right?  

White pelicans arrive on campus

By Danielle Kelley November 26, 2012

The flocks have migrated. More than 500 white pelicans arrived at the University Lakes last week as part of their annual migration from Canada to the Gulf Coast, said Philip Stouffer, professor at the...

Disease spreads among Louisiana deer population

By Danielle Kelley November 26, 2012

Students who went home for the holidays in certain parishes may have seen a decrease in deer available for hunting due to an outbreak of a new strain of hemorrhagic disease in some herds, according to...

Natallia Shynkevich is the University’s only current student from Belarus.

University’s sole Belarusian student reflects on experience

By Wilborn Nobles III November 26, 2012

Marketing graduate student Natallia Shynkevich never runs into old hometown friends or classmates when she walks around  the University’s campus. Shynkevich is the only student at the...

A Palestinian schoolgirl is seen through a hole in a blackboard days after an Israeli strike hit a school in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Israel launched its offensive on Nov. 14 in a bid to halt months of Palestinian rocket attacks. It says it inflicted heavy damage on Gaza militants, but the territory's armed groups fired hundreds of rockets into Israel before a cease-fire was declared Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel, militants begin talks on truce details

By Josef Federman, Associated Press November 26, 2012

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip began indirect talks Monday in Egypt aimed at forging a new era of relations between the bitter enemies following a cease-fire...

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 29, 2008, file photo, carts full of merchandise ordered online are rolled to the main packing area for shipping at the Overstock.com warehouse, in Salt Lake City. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving when people returned to their work computers, is the next in a line of days that stores are counting on to jumpstart the holiday shopping season. This year it is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the year for the third year in a row. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day

By MAE ANDERSON,AP Retail Writer November 26, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — Bye-bye Black Friday. So long Small Business Saturday. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed online sales spiked on...

Jeanne Tribou (far right) purchases rice from biological engineering senior Sharis Steib (middle left) at the Biological Engineering Student Organization's annual sweet potato and rice sale on Tuesday at the corner of Highland Road and South Stadium Drive.

Louisiana price of Thanksgiving up this year

By Chris Grillot November 21, 2012

Louisiana residents have a reason to be more thankful for their Thanksgiving meals this year. The 2012 cost of Thanksgiving will be slightly more expensive for Louisianians compared to last year. This...

Professor investigates therapeutic community for juvenile offenders

By Juliann Allen November 20, 2012

Social work professor Catherine Lemieux spent four years researching the logistics and effects of therapeutic communities in secure treatment facilities for juveniles. Lemieux said she followed 226 juvenile...

A Thanksgiving buffet is served this Monday through Wednesday at The Club at LSU Union Square.

The Club sees higher Paw Point usage, more reservations

By Caitlin McCord November 20, 2012

The Faculty Club restaurant began its transformation into The Club at LSU Union Square in August, and has since seen an increase in reservations and Paw Point sales.  The transformation included changes...