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Your ad here? NY brothers promote toilet paper rolls printed with ads

By The Associated Press
August 18, 2012

RYE BROOK, N.Y. (AP) - Two brothers from a New York City suburb have an advertising concept that's on a roll-a roll of toilet paper. Bryan and Jordan Silverman are creators of toilet tissue printed with...

For Romney: no coffee or alcohol, but coffee ice cream is all right

By The Associated Press
August 18, 2012

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) - Mitt Romney joins other observant Mormons in shunning alcohol and coffee. He apparently draws the line at ice cream. The Republican presidential candidate ordered coffee ice cream...

Funding shortfalls, tuition hikes still burden students, faculty

By Chris Grillot
Staff Writer
August 18, 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 cuts to...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looks up from the window of Ecuadorian Embassy Sunday in central London after making a statement to the media.

Wikileaks founder Assange urges U.S. to end website ‘witch hunt’

By The Associated Press
August 18, 2012

LONDON (AP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged President Barack Obama to end a so-called "witch hunt" against his secret-spilling website, appearing in public Sunday for the first time since he took...

Miles remains quiet four days after Mathieu dismissal

By Mike Gegenheimer
Sports Contributor
August 13, 2012

The typically charismatic and talkative LSU Football Coach Les Miles has been quiet in wake of junior cornerback Tyrann Mathieu's surprise dismissal Friday. Miles shied away from controversial topics during...

Jindal is not VP candidate after months of speculation

By Megan Dunbar
Staff Writer
August 10, 2012

Despite months of speculation that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal would be picked as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, Romney named Representative Paul Ryan, R-WI, as his choice...

Mic’d Up: Losing Mathieu not a death sentence for LSU

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
August 9, 2012

  An eerie silence surrounded the LSU football team as it approached the 2012 season opener. A No. 1 ranking in the USA Today preseason poll, no senior quarterback making infamous bar appearances...

BR, campus react to Mathieu’s mishap

By Chris Abshire
Sports Writer
August 9, 2012

Just before another afternoon rain drenched campus Friday, LSU football fans learned the Tigers will have to weather another August storm. With the dismissal of star cornerback Tyrann Mathieu and his "Honey...

LSU moving on without Heisman finalist Mathieu

By Alex Cassara
Sports Writer
August 9, 2012

With a viral video nickname, blonde mohawk and penchant for causing on-field chaos, LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting, garnered All-American honors at both cornerback...

College Democrats discuss La. healthcare

By Taylor Balkom
Staff Writer
July 31, 2012

Governor Bobby Jindal's refusal to expand Medicaid and ignorance surrounding Preisdent Obama's Affordable Care Act was the focus of a Grassroots Baton Rouge Democrats and College Democrats of LSU meeting...

Board finds temporary fix for cuts to hospitals

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
July 26, 2012

W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center and Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center will see the largest cuts in the LSU health care system according to a plan submitted to Board of Supervisors on Friday. The plan...

Alumni see leader in NPR reporter

By Taylor Balkom
Staff Writer
July 25, 2012

Cokie Roberts, NPR and ABC journalist, has the "ideal traits" to lead the University, according to a group of alumni. The group's Facebook description says Roberts has a "reputation for being fair and...