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West Nile virus cases spike in Baton Rouge

By Taylor Kimball
Contributing Writer
August 21, 2012

Randy Vaeth is encouraging students to fight the bite. Vaeth, East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement entomologist, said Louisiana has seen an increase in West Nile virus over the past few months. This...

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...

AgCenter to document rice, sugarcane pestilence

By Danielle Kelley
Contributing Writer
August 21, 2012

An invasive crop pest has devastated some Louisiana farmers' sugarcane and rice produce since 2008. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the LSU AgCenter $49,956 to monitor and document the spread...

I-10 closures cause traffic delays across city, campus

By Ben Wallace
Senior Contributing Writer
August 21, 2012

Update 1:25 p.m.: Classes and other campus events are still planned for tomorrow despite closures and delays that will last until tomorrow morning, according to a University broadcast email. State Police...

Environmental Engineering freshman Stephen Gowdy makes a salad for lunch at The 5 Dining Hall.

LSU Dining restructures meal plans

By Contributing Writer August 21, 2012

Get them while they’re hot — meals may disappear faster than a few swipes can take away. Students will no longer be allowed to use all of their meals at the end of the semester, but they...

LSU grad paralyzed after car collision

By Staff Writer August 21, 2012

University graduate Lauren Hoft was in a traffic incident Friday night that resulted in the left side of her body becoming paralyzed, and now her family is asking the University and the community for support. ...

Samples of Mediterranean food from Nur's Kitchen add color to the farmers market on Perkins Road Thursday.

Nonprofit promotes locally grown produce

By Entertainment Writer August 21, 2012

Steaming humidity often clings to the Red Stick Farmers Market on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but it’s not unbearable for the vendors who spend their days away from the market tending to farms...

LSU Dining restructures meal plans

By Caitlin McCord
Contributing Writer
August 20, 2012

Get them while they're hot - meals may disappear faster than a few swipes can take away. Students will no longer be allowed to use all of their meals at the end of the semester, but they will still be...