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The Moodle 2 technology was launched Monday for the summer semester.

Moodle 2 premieres this week

Students returning for summer classes may notice Moodle has had a facelift. Moodle 2 replaced the original Moodle at the beginning of the summer term to provide students and faculty with requested features...

Resolutions, state bills concern University

By Taylor Balkom
Staff Writer
June 4, 2012

With the closing of the 2012 legislative session, The Daily Reveille took a look at the happenings in the Capitol that concern University students. HB 1, a bill by Representative James R. Fannin, proposes...

Student Government discusses future of student dining

By Kristen Frank
Contributing Writer
June 4, 2012

Student Government addressed concerns about changes in student meal plans and other issues Monday night. The first order of business was to elect a committee chair, who will run meetings, run and present...

Baton Rouge plans for ‘near-normal’ hurricane season

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
June 4, 2012

While hurricane season officially began last Friday, it didn't stop two named storms from appearing in the Atlantic ahead of schedule. Tropical storms Alberto and Beryl emerged before the formal June 1...

Superfest boosts BR, LSU economies

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
June 4, 2012

Country music fans flocked to Tiger Stadium on Memorial Day weekend to be entertained by their favorite musicians for the third straight year, but the 75,000 attendees did more than revive Death Valley...

Car drives into LSU Lakes

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
June 3, 2012

BRPD officers attended to a car found in the LSU lakes near the I-10 East Dalrymple Drive exit Monday afternoon.    An officer on the scene said he believed the blue Honda Accord went into the...

Armed robbery near Pleasant Hall

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
May 29, 2012

Wednesday, 3 p.m. LSU Police responded to an on-campus robbery reported at 11 p.m. Tuesday night. LSU Police Department Spokesperson Cory Lalonde explained the victim was walking between Pleasant Hall...

State Senate, students work to prevent budget cuts

By Kristen Frank
Contributing Writer
May 29, 2012

Proposed budget cuts to the University won't get a chance to increase again if concerned students have any say in the matter. Earlier this week, students released a video about the prevention of budget...

 

Chancellor accepts position at Colorado State University

By Morgan Searles
Editor-in-Chief
May 24, 2012

University Chancellor Michael Martin has accepted the position as chancellor of the Colorado State University system. Martin said he is looking to begin his new position in early August of this year. The...

Bodies found at Thomas Road

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
May 24, 2012

Detectives for East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office found the bodies of two men at about 4:30 p.m. at 5366 Thomas Road. Detectives responding to reports of a shooting found Jaime Davenport, 33 and...

Manship Dean Jerry Ceppos awarded journalist Bob Schieffer a crystal plaque to thank him for being Friday's commencement speaker.

Bob Schieffer talks journalism, politics at graduation

By Andrea Gallo
News Editor
May 17, 2012

Purple lights twinkled down upon renowned veteran journalist Bob Schieffer Friday as he told a group of more than 100 Manship School of Mass Communication graduates that the element of fun makes journalism...

Proposed cuts could launch University into exigency

By Andrea Gallo
News Editor
May 15, 2012

Financial exigency can seriously tarnish the credibility of a university, and in the past, Faculty Senate President Kevin Cope has said it would take "draconian" budget cuts to push LSU to that breaking...