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Land donated for LSU clinic development

By The Associated Press November 11, 2012

Real estate developer and philanthropist Herbert Brown has donated more land for LSU’s North Baton Rouge clinic development. The 1.5-acre tract is next to the clinic and is bounded by McClelland...

The International Cultural Center holds a tailgate Saturday for international students.

International Cultural Center embraces football culture

By Alyson Gaharan November 11, 2012

As a group of University students threw around a football, grilled burgers and made score predictions at a tailgate on the Parade Ground on Saturday, many would never suspect some of them had only been...

Twelve LSU alumni are inducted Saturday morning into LSU’s military Hall of Honor on the Parade Ground.

Ceremony for military service celebrates alumni veterans

By Shannon Roberts November 11, 2012

The University honored military alumni and all service members Saturday in conjunction with Veterans Day. During a 9 a.m. ceremony on the Parade Ground, 12 alumni, both alive and deceased, were inducted...

Scheduling waits occur during times of high demand

By Olivia McClure November 11, 2012

For many University students, scheduling next semester’s classes means hitting ‘refresh’ again and again to access the schedule request feature on myLSU. University IT communications...

University Briefs: Nov. 12, 2012

By Staff Reports November 11, 2012

LSU Museum of Art to host antique toy exhibit through January The LSU Museum of Art will display “Trains, Planes and Automobiles,” an exhibit of vintage and antique toys, according to a University...

In this Sunday, Nov. 5, 2012 photo provided by Joe Russo, Ivan Neville performs with his band, Dumpstaphunk, at the Highline Ballroom in New York. The event was planned by the voter advocacy group HeadCount to encourage voter turnout, but when Superstorm Sandy hit, the concert turned into something more. Proceeds from that concert and four others are going to City Harvest, a New York-based organization serving hot meals to neighborhoods affected by Sandy. Neville will also perform at the “NOLA Pay It Forward” benefit concert for Sandy relief efforts at the Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans on Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Joe Russo)

Sandy’s wrath stirs painful Katrina memories

By Stacey Plaisance, The Associated Press November 11, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The chaos wrought by Superstorm Sandy, the homes tossed from foundations and landmarks buried beneath seawater, delivered a gut-wrenching dose of déjà vu for survivors...

Entrepreneurship Week offers chance to network with alumni

By Luke Jones November 11, 2012

For many students, the chance to speak with globally successful entrepreneurs is rare, especially when these businessmen and women were once in their shoes. Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week, or BREW,...

This July 13, 2011, photo made available on the International Security Assistance Force's Flickr website shows the former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with Paula Broadwell, co-author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus."As details emerge about Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer, Broadwell, including a second woman who allegedly received threatening emails from the author, members of Congress say they want to know exactly when the now ex-CIA director and retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner. (AP Photo/ISAF)

Congress wants answers on Petraeus, Broadwell affair

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer,...

Skye Byrd (left,) digital art junior and Coushatta tribe member, and Jaclyn Wagers, mass communication freshman and Oglala Lakota tribe member, are both members of the Native American Student Association. They are planning a powow for this week.

Native American students try to preserve tribe culture

By Wilborn Nobles III November 11, 2012

Three Baylor University students visited campus last Wednesday determined to experience one must-do activity  — rolling down the Indian Mounds. “We’re visiting LSU, and we’re...

Biochemistry senior Trayshawn Webb eats a cup of rice during the Oxfam Hunger Banquet at the Atchafalaya Room in the Union Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Webb was part of a group sitting on cardboard on the floorthat represented the lowest poverty group during the Hunger Banquet. There was also a middle class group sitting at folding tables and an upper class group sitting at round tables with table clothes. The meals were distributed according to the class the group represented.

Interactive event educates about hunger

By Alyson Gaharan November 8, 2012

The third annual Oxfam Hunger Banquet brought University students, faculty and Baton Rouge community members together Wednesday evening to learn about poverty through the interactive event, which simulated...

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Research looks at aging workers

By Juliann Allen November 8, 2012

Tracey Rizzuto, professor of human resource and leadership development, gathered information from research on aging people in the work environment and found a common misconception of older workers lacking...

LSU Salutes prepare for Veterans day on the parade grounds Thursday evening.

University to honor alumni veterans this weekend

By Shannon Roberts November 8, 2012

The University will celebrate the service of the nation’s veterans and University alumni this weekend in observance of Veteran’s Day. At 9 a.m. Saturday, an “annual assembly”...