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Erin Drye (right), Baton Rouge Magnet High senior, picks up trash around the LSU Lakes with Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful Saturday morning.

Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful cleans up LSU Lakes

By Jacy Baggett September 16, 2012

Keep Baton Rouge Beautiful hosted its annual International Coastal Cleanup, locally known as Beach Sweep, on Saturday near the University Lake and downtown near the Louisiana Art and Science Museum. Gwen...

Application looks to improve campus safety

By Joshua Bergeron September 16, 2012

As students settle into their daily routines on campus, their cyber godmother is working to keep them safe. Secret Chaperone, a web and smartphone application, is a confidential alert system that can...

University graduate recovering from accident

By Chris Grillot September 16, 2012

Though still unable to walk, University graduate Lauren Hoft is making strides in her recovery from an automobile accident that left part of her body immobile. “She’s very optimistic about...

Analytics program debuts, teaches skills to interpret data

By Danielle Kelley September 16, 2012

Twenty LSU graduate students are on their way to earning a degree only offered at about five universities nationwide, according to Kenneth Koonce, dean of the College of Agriculture. The Master of Science...

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EA game-testing center to relocate to main campus

By Ben Wallace September 13, 2012

The University will soon provide a résumé-boosting opportunity to its main campus where students can pound Mountain Dew, crunch on Doritos and toggle joysticks — all while raking in a little...

Manship grad lands Lucasfilm toy career

By Joshua Bergeron September 13, 2012

In a galaxy not so far away, University alumnus Chris Spitale works with Star Wars toys for a living. Spitale graduated in 1996 with a degree in advertising, but he said he was unsure of his career path...

Forum addresses media effect

By Megan Dunbar September 13, 2012

A long line formed at a voter registration booth Thursday evening following a forum about media coverage of politics hosted by the Manship School of Mass Communication. Students checked absentee voting...

Rainbow Rush draws LGBTQ crowd

By Alyson Gaharan September 13, 2012

Booths and music transformed the Cotillion Ballroom in the Student Union Thursday night from an event hall to a haven for students interested in learning about LGBTQ resources. Dozens of students gathered...

LSU students enjoy the anime series Accela World in Coates Hall on Wednesday afternoon as part of Japanese American Culture Society meeting.

Club sees cultural value in anime

By Olivia McClure September 13, 2012

For the past decade, the University’s Japanese Animation and Culture Society, JACS, has brought together students interested in anime. Anime, the Japanese pronunciation of “animation,”...

Petroleum engineer senior Citra Inaray, right, speaks with a representative from WorleyParsons on Wednesday at the career expo held in the PMAC.

Career Expo beneficial to international students

By Alyson Gaharan September 13, 2012

Petroleum engineering and geology senior Citra Inaray wants a job after graduation, but for international students like her, the process of searching for a job is full of challenges American students don’t...

Members of the Louisiana National Guard clean up fallen limbs along St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans,Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Isaac's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 45 mph and the National Hurricane Center said it was expected to become a tropical depression by Thursday night. The storm's center was on track to cross Arkansas on Friday and southern Missouri on Friday night, spreading rain as it goes. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Student National Guard members serve during Isaac

By Shannon Roberts September 13, 2012

The University got back into the swing of things fairly quickly after Hurricane Isaac, but students like Taylor Constance are still trying to catch up after missing more than a week of class. Constance,...

LSU drops six spots nationally

By Chris Grillot September 13, 2012

In a twist of fate, LSU stayed connected to Colorado State University — the University that former Chancellor Michael Martin left LSU for in August  — by dropping from 128th place in last...