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Faculty Senate votes to further review plus and minus grade resolution

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
January 19, 2012

The LSU Faculty Senate voted Thursday afternoon to table a resolution that would add pluses or minuses to students' letter grades.   The senate unanimously agreed to revisit the issue after a task...

UREC expansion plan in the works

By Joshua Bergeron
Contributing Writer
January 19, 2012

Where does this stand now? A three-phase expansion plan will be presented Feb. 9 to the Facility Design Development Committee   What is going to change? 1. Phase one: Add fields to the UREC Student...

Fletcher leads new politics academy

By Ferris McDaniel
Contributing Writer
January 19, 2012

Renowned Louisiana political consultant Roy Fletcher will lead the Manship School of Mass Communication's first Academy of Applied Politics beginning Jan. 25 and lasting until April 4. Fletcher, whose...

NOPD looks into apparent LSU fan abuse, issues wanted poster

By The Associated Press
January 19, 2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One day after saying they could investigate a video showing apparent abuse of an unconscious LSU fan only if the man filed a complaint, New Orleans police sent out a wanted poster. It...

Faculty Senate set to vote on +/- grades

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
January 19, 2012

Students could soon see an extra mark after their letter grades if the Faculty Senate approves a resolution to institute a plus-and-minus grading system at the University. The resolution, which the senate...

CATS board proposes tax to avert crisis

By Emily Herrington
Staff Writer
January 19, 2012

The Capital Area Transit System is in crisis, and board members say shuffling funds toward CATS is the only solution. In an effort to procure funds, the CATS Board of Commissioners approved a tax proposal...

RAs help students branch out

By Jacy Baggett
Contributing Writer
January 19, 2012

Resident assistants are expected to mentor and guide residents to take advantage of what LSU has to offer in a pilot program developed by the residence life coordinator in Broussard and Pentagon halls. Through...

Landscape architecture program receives recognition

By Ferris McDaniel
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2012

Six and a half decades after its start, the University program founded by an ambitious New Yorker has blossomed into one of the nation's premier landscape architecture schools. "DesignIntelligence," the...

LSU professor cracks the case of Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’

By Paul Braun
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2012

What started as the aggressive behavior of sea birds captured the attention of Alfred Hitchcock and inspired the cult-classic film "The Birds" has now been scientifically explained by University professor...

Makeover approved for Tiger Stadium

By Rachel Warren
Staff Writer
January 18, 2012

Take a good, long look at the west side of Tiger Stadium, because by the fall, it will be receiving a facelift.   The LSU System Board of Supervisors' renovation plans will replace the chain-link...

LSU ranks among best-value SEC schools, hopes to stay affordable

By Brian Sibille
Staff Writer
January 18, 2012

LSU has been ranked among the nation's best-value colleges yet again by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The annual list compares hundreds of four-year public institutions based on cost, financial-aid...

Wells promises “game plan” for financial crisis

By Danielle Kelley
Staff Writer
January 18, 2012

Student Government's first senate meeting of the semester wasn't filled with legislation or initiatives, but instead with words from SG president Cody Wells urging the senators to fight budget cuts.   "There...