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SG gives money for American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference

By Danielle Kelley
Staff Writer
February 23, 2012

The Student Government Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to urge Facility Services to move smoking receptacles on campus from doorway entrances, where smoking is not allowed, to outside a 25-foot radius...

Utz chips on the rack in the Take 5 on campus.

Take 5, Outtakes to re-stock Frito-Lay chip supply

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
February 23, 2012

Students who have been craving the crunch of their favorite snacks at Take 5 and Outtakes will soon be satisfied. The stores stopped stocking Frito-Lay brand chips at the beginning of the semester and...

Overcrowding classrooms: Increase in University course enrollment poses threat to comfortable class sizes

By Lea Ciskowski February 22, 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....

Local restaurants bouncing back

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
February 22, 2012

Louisiana restaurants are cooking up growth in 2012. The restaurant industry is expected to grow and should boast record sales in 2012 after its profits have dipped as a result of national economic woes,...

WOW Cafe planned for Burbank Drive

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
February 22, 2012

If all goes according to plan, a new WOW Cafe and Wingery could open on Burbank Drive. Chris Shaheen, agent and broker with Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate, is working to secure a variance and...

Promise Hsu, a Beijing-based journalist, discusses liberty in regards to journalism

Chinese journalist lectures about liberty

By Ferris McDaniel
Contributing Writer
February 22, 2012

Beijing-based journalist Promise Hsu visited campus Wednesday to compare American liberty to Chinese liberty, particularly in regards to journalism. Ellis Sandoz, director of the Eric Voegelin Institute...

Geaux Band promises savings at Tigerland bars, Rotolo’s

By Danielle Kelley
Staff Writer
February 22, 2012

Students bar-hopping on Thursday nights this semester can do so without emptying their wallets on cover charges. The Geaux Band is a $10 wristband that allows entrance into Mike's Daiquiris and Grill,...

Economics Conference covers Hausman’s work

By Joshua Bergeron
Contributing Writer
February 22, 2012

While many people spent their break reveling in Mardi Gras festivities, a small group of researchers spent the weekend presenting their work at the 11th annual Advances in Econometrics Conference, hosted...

Legacy secures third printer for February issue

By Lauren Duhon
Staff Writer
February 22, 2012

Ricoh Printing, a Baton Rouge printing company, received a bid on Friday to print the February issue of the University's Legacy magazine. After being denied by Mele Printing and Interstate Printing &...

Boyd professor dies

By Andrea Gallo
News Editor
February 20, 2012

A professor who reached the University's highest honor for teaching and research, Arthur J. Riopelle, died at the age of 91 on Feb. 11 in Houston, according to a University news release.   Riopelle...

Spanish Town parade moved to 3:30 p.m. due to weather conditions

By Staff Reports
February 17, 2012

The start time of Saturday's Spanish Town parade will be moved to 3:30 p.m., instead of noon, according to a news release from the Mayor's Office. The change in time was prompted by the possibility of...

Second publisher refuses Legacy

By Lauren Duhon
Staff Writer
February 17, 2012

After the University's Legacy magazine was denied publishing by Interstate Printing & Graphics, the staff thought it found a solution to the problem — Covington-based Mele Printing. But the magazine...