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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...

Family of 22-year-old Deeric Bailey killed by police wants FBI probe

By The Associated Press
August 20, 2012

(AP) ­- Jimmerlynn Glover told The Times  that police have yet to provide the family with details of what led to the death of her 22-year-old nephew, Deeric Bailey. Glover said two witnesses...

LSU grad paralyzed after car collision

By Chris Grillot
Staff Writer
August 20, 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....

Moodle 2 email notifications among completed Student Government initiatives

Students can expect several changes on campus this year, as 17 of 26 of Student Government President Taylor Cox's initiatives have been completed or are currently in progress. Cox said students frequently...

Nonprofit promotes locally grown produce

By Austin Krantz
Entertainment Writer
August 20, 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 across...

Board approves renovation projects, reviews GRAD Act

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
August 19, 2012

While students were away for the summer, the Board of Regents made several decisions affecting higher education. Despite large cuts to health care across the state, the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport...

DJ Midas Touch spins records Friday during the Umoja Unity Celebration in the LSU Student Union.

Umoja reaches out to minorities

By Wilborn Nobles III August 19, 2012

Fulfilling its Swahili namesake, students came together Friday at Umoja: Chillin’ & Grillin’ in the Student Union’s Live Oak Lounge to enjoy music, watch Black Greek stepshows and...

Moodle update presents change

By Contributing Writer August 19, 2012

A new Moodle website will greet students and instructors when they return to school this week. Learning Management Systems Administrator Buddy Ethridge said the new Moodle was beta tested in 35 courses...

French Quarter Café replaced Quiznos in the Student Union's Tiger Lair in fall 2012.

French Quarter Café takes place of Quiznos in Union

By Contributing Writer August 19, 2012

The French Quarter is now closer to the University than ever. French Quarter Café replaced the Quiznos in the Student Union earlier this month. The University specifically designed the restaurant,...

Funding shortfalls, tuition hikes still burden students, faculty

By Staff Writer August 19, 2012

As yet another budget cut from the state split open the University’s budget this year, top administrators pulled increased tuition money and a donation from LSU Athletics to prevent layoffs and...

A loggerhead turtle hatchling is rinsed off before being released in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday by a member of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies.

BP oil disaster clean-up to resume on Mississippi islands

By The Associated Press
August 18, 2012

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - With nesting season ending on the barrier islands, the BP oil disaster cleanup will ramp up starting on Monday. BP spokesman Ray Melick tells the Sun Herald the work hadn't been completely...

A French Quarter Café employee hands a completed po-boy to a customer Friday upstairs in the Student Union.

French Quarter Café takes place of Quiznos in Union

By Caitlin McCord
Contributing Writer
August 18, 2012

The French Quarter is now closer to the University than ever. French Quarter Café replaced the Quiznos in the Student Union earlier this month. The University specifically designed the restaurant,...