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LSU System to create programs with LSU

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
April 3, 2012

The LSU System work group on organization and collaboration announced Wednesday that it plans to create up to 24 new degree and certification programs at LSU-Shreveport, according to a LSU System news...

Unofficial SG website shared over Facebook

By Danielle Kelley
Staff Writer
April 3, 2012

An unofficial Your LSU support website arose Monday night and quickly spread via Facebook, but the Your LSU ticket members say they don't know anything about it. The Daily Reveille spoke to Your LSU's...

University used to have bar, butcher, bakery

Before today's staples of The 5 and The 459 Commons, the University had five previous cafeterias: Broussard Dining Hall, Hatcher Dining Unit, Highland Dining Unit, Laville Food Emporium and the Pentagon. Hatcher...

Past School of Music dean visits campus years later

By Ferris McDaniel
Contributing Writer
April 2, 2012

Since Lyle Merriman's tenure nearly three decades ago, the Fighting Tigers clenched two national football championships, the Student Union received a face-lift and three generations of Mikes wore the mascot's...

 

Mikes leave paw prints, legacy on University

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
April 2, 2012

Before the majestic 460-pound feline ruled campus, a papier-mâché tiger represented the flagship University. The University received its first live tiger in 1936, which was the result...

From Rags to Riches: How 1988 season turned LSU tennis around

When Jerry Simmons took over as men's tennis coach at LSU in 1983, he inherited a program that made only one NCAA tournament appearance in its 58-year history and ended only four seasons as a nationally...

Campus Crime Briefs – 4/4/12

By Staff Reports
April 2, 2012

Woman arrested for bad checks Chikita Williams, of 2080 Lobdell Drive, Baton Rouge, was arrested March 26 for issuing worthless checks at the LSU Bookstore. LSU Police Department spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde...

Alumni from ’60s, ’70s, ’90s describe nightlife around campus

By Kate Mabry
Staff Writer
April 2, 2012

Through the decades, University students have lived the college life in different ways, including football games, bar-hopping and house parties. While students' parents or grandparents may not have partied...

Our View: Oppressive Student Government campaign ban goes too far

College is often deemed practice for "the real world." Engineering students construct designs, English students compose short stories, chemistry students swirl solutions in beakers. We at The Daily Reveille...

Former rules restrict student conduct

By Paul Braun
Contributing Writer
April 2, 2012

Make your bed, clean your room and be home by 11 p.m. These seem like the rules of a strict parent. But until the 1970s, the University required students to follow each of those rules and more, with harsh...

Technology has driven changes in University

By Gordon Brillon
Contributing Writer
April 2, 2012

Most students have experienced professors not responding to an e-mail or Moodle locking them out of class registration. But students in the '60s had to wait in line to use a computer and enter a punch...

SmokingWords talks air quality

By Jacy Baggett
Contributing Writer
April 2, 2012

Spring cleaning isn't just a time to organize closets. The SmokingWords team considers spring a time to clean the environment of cigarettes and all their negative effects. The SmokingWords team hosted...