The Manship School of Mass Communication is actively pursuing an academic exchange program with Turkish universities after four faculty members visited the country in late May. Ralph Izard, former interim...

A new set of standards is now in effect for all students who receive federal student aid. The University's Satisfactory Academic Progress policy became effective July 1, according to a broadcast e-mail. Under...

Jerry Ceppos, newly appointed dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication, said he plans on running the school "like a newsroom" — lively, fun and up-to-date on current news. Ceppos, who stepped...

Jones Nji, a former University student, won second place in a world-wide competition for student papers at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessel and Piping international conference...

With syllabi and freshmen running rampant on campus, University students find it easier to commemorate the beginning of the semester and unrelenting drudgery of new classes by partying it up every night...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bio-art project to create bulletproof skin has given a Utah State researcher even more hope his genetically engineered spider silk can be used to help surgeons heal large...

The City-Parish Planning Commission has been gathering feedback from locals on the draft of FUTUREBR, a plan to improve Baton Rouge and develop goals and objectives to achieve desired improvements. A draft...

The Princeton Review annually lists the Top 20 Party Schools in the U.S., and this year, LSU regained its party school status when it was ranked No. 13 after three years off the list.   The Princeton...

Don't let the good hair and Texas twang fool you — Rick Perry is not the kind of person America needs in the White House. Last week, the Texas governor threw his hat into the ring at an event in...

Dydia DeLyser is living proof that not all hoarding is unhealthy — she has an assortment of award-winning antique cars and motorcycles, and co-owns a 1969 Citabria plane, which she is licensed to...

International Libyan rebels enter Tripoli, arrest Gadhafi's sons TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Euphoric Libyan rebels moved into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and moved close to the center with little resistance...