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Baton Rouge sees most AIDS diagnoses in nation

By Matthew Jacobs
Editor-in-Chief
March 14, 2012

The Baton Rouge area saw the greatest number of AIDS diagnoses across the country through 2010, according to statistics released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's latest...

Student Government senators clash over attendance bill

By Danielle Kelley
Staff Writer
March 14, 2012

The Student Government Senate spent nearly an hour of Wednesday's four-hour meeting - the longest of the semester - discussing a resolution that would urge the Faculty Senate to reconsider its decision...

Provost search nearing decision

By Brian Sibille
Staff Writer
March 14, 2012

The four candidates for executive vice chancellor and provost have made their case for the job, and a decision could come by the end of March. A series of open forums, where each candidate gave his vision...

Former senator to speak at graduation

By Staff Reports
March 13, 2012

After serving as a United States senator, acting as a lobbyist and spending time in the Army, Bennett Johnston will return to his home state in May to deliver the Paul M. Hebert Law Center commencement...

University ranks on ‘most spirited’ list

By Claire Caillier
Contributing Writer
March 13, 2012

The sea of purple and gold that swarms campus on autumnal Saturdays is evidence of the University's school spirit, which landed it on Inside College's list of most spirited colleges. The University has...

Students can be graded on attendance next year

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
March 13, 2012

Teachers will soon be able to grade students on attendance.   Professors will soon be allowed to include class attendance in their grading criteria, after the University Faculty Senate voted this...

Groups sign international business memorandum

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
March 13, 2012

Louisiana Business & Technology Center and World Trade Center of New Orleans officials signed a memorandum last week declaring a common goal of developing bonds among Louisiana businesses and foreign...

Stephen Beck named School of Music director

By Staff Reports
March 13, 2012

Stephen David Beck, the University's Haymon professor of composition and computer music, will be the School of Music's director starting this July after Interim Director Willis Delony steps down.   "I...

Local artists to adorn Baton Rouge walls

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
March 13, 2012

Local artists will soon have a new venue to display their work - the walls of buildings in downtown Baton Rouge. The Downtown Development District introduced the BR Walls Project on Tuesday at its monthly...

Career Services to take residence in bookstore in summer 2013

By Lea Ciskowski
Contributing Writer
March 13, 2012

As the campus bookstore moves across Highland Road into a newer, bigger location, it will leave behind a vacant space in the Student Union. But it won't be empty for long. The vacancy will be filled by...

Professor Beck to take on director position

By Staff Reports
March 13, 2012

Stephen David Beck, the University's Haymon professor of composition and computer music, will be the School of Music's director starting this July after Interim Director Willis Delony steps down. "I am...

The 'half-time ballet corps' made its debut in Tiger Stadium in the 1950s.

Women’s History Month elicits storied history of University females

By Ferris McDaniel
Contributing Writer
March 13, 2012

From full-time homemakers to potential presidential candidates, women have made leaps and bounds for themselves in the last century. For one month of the year, the history of man's better half is celebrated. March...