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New SG Resolution reduces weight of Dead Week assignments

By Clayton Crockett
Staff Reporter
August 23, 2011

Student Government Resolution 11-04, passed by Faculty Senate during its March 2011 meeting, decrees that no graded course work assigned during Dead Week may total more than five percent of the course's...

Board of Regents drafts higher education master plan

By Josh Naquin
Staff Writer
August 23, 2011

The Louisiana Board of Regents adopted a new master plan for higher education Wednesday, outlining long-term goals for the state's universities. The new plan, which will replace a 10-year-old plan, must...

Earthquake rattles East Coast

By Staff and Wire Reports
August 23, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia to Martha's Vineyard. The...

Electric car chargers installed in Hart, CEBA parking lots

By Laura Furr
Contributing Writer
August 23, 2011

Electric cars now have a chance to juice up on campus. Two new electric vehicle, or EV, charging stations were donated to the University and installed July 6 in the parking lot across from Patrick F. Taylor...

Failure of Diplomacy: British proposed reactions to riots not invasion of rights

By Zachary Davis
Columnist
August 22, 2011

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor

Ukuleles gaining popularity with Baton Rouge musicians

By Jonathan Sciortino
Contributing Writer
August 22, 2011

When Fabiola Campoblanco moved from Venezuela to Baton Rouge in the fifth grade, she had to give up the cuatro, a small four-stringed instrument popular in South America. The civil engineering sophomore...

Middleton extends weekend hours

By Andrea Gallo
Staff Writer
August 22, 2011

Students can peruse books and pore over notes in the haven of Middleton Library during extended weekend hours beginning Saturday. Middleton Library will now be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays...

‘Booze it and lose it’ aims to reduce drunken driving

By Joshua Chappell, Senior Staff Writer
August 22, 2011

  The North Carolina Department of Transportation has ratcheted up police presence in an effort to get N.C. residents – including N.C. State students – to seriously reconsider driving...

Professors research benefits of Tai Chi on degenerative diseases

By Meredith Will
Contributing Writer
August 22, 2011

Anthony Carimi, 85, was accustomed to doing everything independently — until he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three years ago. Now his wife Ona has stepped in. And so has Tai Chi, a Chinese...

‘Thor’ to be shown tonight on campus

By Sydni Dunn
News Editor
August 22, 2011

The University's Student Activities Board will host an outdoor movie viewing of the summer blockbuster "Thor" tonight on the Parade Ground, according to Elaine Giles, SAB president and mass communication...