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Inmates landscape around campus as part of Green Labor program

By Kevin Thibodeaux
Contributing Writer
February 28, 2012

The University is giving convicted criminals a chance to experience life on the other side of the bars. For the past 16 years, the University has partnered with nearby correctional institutes like the...

Suspect identified following LSUPD broadcast e-mail

By Lauren Duhon
Staff Writer
February 28, 2012

A University student was arrested after being identified from a broadcast e-mail released by the LSU Police Department. On Feb. 27, 19-year-old general business student Nicholas Teachworth of 3904 James...

La. Tech, LSUS merger is possible

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
February 28, 2012

The Board of Regents recommended at its meeting Tuesday that LSU Shreveport and Louisiana Tech University merge after LSU System President John Lombardi questioned that suggestion last week. The recommendation...

A full class of students listens to a lecture Monday in a classroom in Lockett Hall.

Increase in University course enrollment poses threat to comfortable class sizes

By Lea Ciskowski
Contributing Writer
February 28, 2012

Amid the neat rows of fixed-seating desks that fill the basement of Lockett Hall are the homely additions that line the back of the classrooms' walls — wooden tablet-armchairs. As of Feb. 17, there...

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development candidate Billo promises to build LSU research

By Brian Sibille
Staff Writer
February 28, 2012

One of three candidates in the running to become the new Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, Richard Billo, affirmed at an open forum Monday that the University is on the right track...

Leaping through the years

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
February 28, 2012

For some University students, birthdays only come every four years. Mass communication sophomore Tyler Loga and kinesiology sophomore Emily Harb both turn 20 today — but it's only their fifth birthday. Leap...

‘Dramatic’ MCAT changes approved

By Brian Sibille
Staff Writer
February 28, 2012

Students taking the Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, will see major changes to the test format for the first time in 21 years after the American Association of Medical Colleges approved revisions...

Louisiana Board of Regents hosts conference for higher ed. board members

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
February 28, 2012

Board members of several school systems throughout the state don't get the opportunity to meet and work together often, but they were recently able to do just that. The Louisiana Board of Regents hosted...

Four provost finalists named

By Andrea Gallo
News Editor
February 27, 2012

Three deans from across the country and one from LSU's backyard are the finalists for the University's second-in-command position, executive vice chancellor and provost. The crop of all-male finalists...

Sex offender Internet law overturned

By Kate Mabry
Staff Writer
February 27, 2012

Federal Judge Brian Jackson of New Orleans overturned a Louisiana law that banned sex offenders who have been convicted of possessing child pornography from accessing social media websites. Jackson ruled...

Play tells story of White House butler

By Shannon Roberts
Contributing Writer
February 27, 2012

Donning his black hat and picking up his suitcase, Alonzo Fields walked to the bus stop, awaiting the bus that would take him away from his 21-year career as chief butler at the White House. Magnolia Mound...

Public approval for gay marriage rises

By Claire Caillier
Contributing Writer
February 27, 2012

Public support for gay marriage in America has been on the rise since 1996, according to the Pew Research Center. The Pew Center found 46 percent of Americans approved of gay marriage in 2011, while 45...