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Students pay more tuition, University cuts near $2 million

University students are paying more in tuition and fees this semester, helping to dwindle the University's budget cut to the $1.9 million that appears in Chancellor Michael Martin's recently released $441...

Tiger Trails bus line discontinues East Campus Apt. stop

By Laura Furr
Contributing Writer
August 20, 2011

The approximately 700 students living in the East Campus Apartments complex now have one fewer way to get from their doors to their desks. The Tiger Trails bus line will no longer stop at ECA after Student...

Kayakers finish 2,300-mile journey of entire Mississippi River

By Catherine Threlkeld
Copy Editor
August 20, 2011

A crowd stood on the banks of the Mississippi River on Saturday morning squinting into the horizon and searching for the glint of paddling oars. The group was waiting for three men — LSU graduate...

SG plans bus trip to Cowboy Classic

By Kate Mabry
Staff Writer
August 20, 2011

When tickets for the Cowboys Classic went on sale Aug. 11, all 230 spots on the Student Government-sponsored bus trip sold within an hour. Tickets for the bus trip, which will take University students...

Commission created to fix postsecondary ed.

At the inaugural meeting of the Governance Commission for Louisiana post-secondary education Friday, Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell asked the question the commission was formed to resolve...

Kirby-Smith Hall opened its doors Thursday, providing residence for 350 students. The hall has been closed since 2006 and reopened with new carpet and paint jobs.

Updated Kirby-Smith Hall opens

By Paul Braun
Contributing Writer
August 20, 2011

After a $1.7 million renovation, Kirby-Smith Hall is open for the first time since 2006, providing 350 students with residence on campus. The 45-year-old residence hall's first seven floors have been renovated...

Middleton Library obtains new computers

By Joshua Bergeron
Contributing Writer
August 20, 2011

A portion of the Student Tech Fee   — $175,800  — funded recent renovations of Middleton Library's computer lab 241, according to Faye Phillips, associate dean of libraries. Information...

New police committee works toward stronger presence in community

By Brian Sibille
Staff Writer
August 20, 2011

The LSU Police Department has created a Community Outreach Committee in hopes of making the department more approachable. The committee, implemented in June, will allow officers to be more involved in...

Parking permit mail-out delayed

By Brian Sibille
Staff Writer
August 20, 2011

Parking permits for students, faculty and staff will arrive later than expected this semester. New permits will be mailed early this week, said Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and...

River Center Branch Library awaiting vote

By Morgan Searles
Staff Writer
August 20, 2011

The Baton Rouge Metro Council will have to wait a little longer to vote on the architectural contract for a $19 million project to demolish and rebuild the downtown River Center Branch Library. The East...

Peer appeal board to review parking violations

By Kate Mabry
Staff Writer
August 20, 2011

Any student who receives a parking violation or tow and wishes to appeal his ticket will now be able to plead his case to peers rather than a parking official. The peer appeal board will consist of sixteen...