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All lanes of I-10 now open

By Ben Wallace
Senior Contributing Writer
August 22, 2012

UPDATE: 7:57 a.m. All lanes are now open on I-10 in both directions following a controlled detonation and burn of the remaining isobutane shortly before midnight last night, according to Louisiana State...

Executive vice chancellor and provost wants to continue growth

By Chris Grillot
Staff Writer
August 22, 2012

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part profile of the University's newest leaders. From engines to education, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Stuart Bell likes to build things.  The...

Interstate shutdown gridlocks city, campus

By Ben Wallace
Senior Contributing Writer
August 22, 2012

Cancelled classes, closed roadways and citywide bumper-to-bumper traffic. It wasn't a hurricane evacuation, but a cyclone of mayhem swept through the city Wednesday after law enforcement officials indefinitely...

Energy Law Center approved

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
August 22, 2012

The Board of Regents approved a measure creating an Energy Law Center at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Wednesday's meeting. The center gives students an opportunity to earn a Juris Doctorate or a Master...

The partially complete overhang of The Chimes restaurant is part of efforts by local business to improve asthetics of the Tiger Town neighborhood.

Tiger Town receives a face lift

August 21, 2012

Situated between the University and Old South Baton Rouge stands Tiger Town — an area with history dating back to the early 1920s. But fires, crime and poor management contributed to a slow decline...

Construction at Nicholson & Brightside

Expansion planned for Nicholson Drive

August 21, 2012

Imagine a Nicholson Drive four lanes wide from American Mart to Walk-On’s with bike lanes and widened sidewalks flanking the heavily trafficked stretch of road. Envision turning lanes in all four...

LSU drops off top 20 party school list

August 21, 2012

The 2013 edition of “The Best 377 Colleges” by The Princeton Review lists the nation’s top 20 party schools, and LSU is nowhere in sight. After students answered questions about aspects...

LSU drops off top 20 party school list

The 2013 edition of "The Best 377 Colleges" by The Princeton Review lists the nation's top 20 party schools, and LSU is nowhere in sight. After students answered questions about aspects of college like...

Expansion planned for Nicholson Drive

Imagine a Nicholson Drive four lanes wide from American Mart to Walk-On's with bike lanes and widened sidewalks flanking the heavily trafficked stretch of road. Envision turning lanes in all four directions...

William Jenkins currently serves as interim LSU system president and chancellor.

Jenkins, interim system president and chancellor, on why he’s back at LSU

By Chris Grillot
Staff Writer
August 21, 2012

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part profile of the University's newest leaders. From a farm in South Africa to the Louisiana swamps, Interim System President and Chancellor William "Bill" Jenkins...

Crime Briefs – August 22, 2012

By The Daily Reveille
August 21, 2012

Man arrested for drunk driving LSUPD arrested a man Aug. 9 with a blood-alcohol content nearly four times the legal limit. Michael S. Mayer, 50, of 475 Delgado Drive was arrested for careless operation,...

Tiger Town receives a face lift

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
August 21, 2012

Situated between the University and Old South Baton Rouge stands Tiger Town - an area with history dating back to the early 1920s. But fires, crime and poor management contributed to a slow decline in...