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Professor: Well blowout’s effects to last, will impact University

By Nicholas Persac
Contributing Writer
October 2, 2010

BP's April 20 well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico will have numerous lasting effects on Louisiana's environment and economy, even impacting the University, according to a nationally recognized University...

Indian Mounds fenced off Saturday to prevent damage

By Celeste Ansley
Staff Writer
October 2, 2010

The University took its efforts to protect the Indian Mounds even further Saturday. The 6,000-year-old hills are a common place for children to play on game days, but they were surrounded by a fence and...

Kirt Bennett, LSU’s Second African American Student Government President in 1990-1991

Harambee’–a Welcome Celebration

LSU's annual Harambeé celebration featured a special remembrance on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 for former faculty members, Kirt Bennett and Staci Pepitone, who were influential to the LSU and Baton...

Fired ‘foreign language 14’ confront Chancellor Martin

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
September 30, 2010

Members of the "foreign language 14" grilled Chancellor Michael Martin on Thursday about the process leading to the elimination of four foreign languages.   The foreign language 14 is the self-dubbed...

Former UNO Chancellor Ryan reflects on his removal

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
September 29, 2010

Click Here to watch Tim Ryan talk about Lombardi and UNO Thirteen days after he was fired by the LSU System Board of Supervisors, former University of New Orleans Chancellor Tim Ryan doesn't talk about...

Mechanical engineering junior Marcus Toussaint dances Thursday night in the Student Union’s Cotillion Ballroom at the open auditions for “LSU’s Got Talent.”

Open auditions held for talent show

By Rachel Warren
Contributing Writer
September 29, 2010

Students displayed an array of talents Thursday at the open auditions held this week for a talent show called "LSU's Got Talent." Business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi is hosting the first annual event in...

University English professor Brenda Obsey talks of her childhood in New Orleans on Wednesday afternoon in her office in Allen Hall. Osbey has had her poems published.

University English professor brings New Orleans flavor to poetry class

By Grace Montgomery
Contributing Writer
September 29, 2010

Brenda Osbey's office is peaceful. Natural sunlight is the only illumination in the room, and photographs of friends and family accent a wall lined with books. These objects describe Osbey's deep connection...

LSUPD

Student assaults Tiger Band director

By Sarah Eddington September 29, 2010

Police say a student physically assaulted Tiger Band Director Roy King before Saturday's football game against West Virginia. The incident occurred at 6:20 p.m. as the band was marching from the band hall...

Campus crime at five-year high

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
September 29, 2010

Louisiana State University and Southern University have the highest college campus crime rates in Louisiana, according to FBI crime statistics for 2009 released this month.   LSU's crime rates for...

Lt. gov. race tops Saturday ballot

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
September 29, 2010

Voters will take to the polls Saturday to choose a lieutenant governor and vote on a number of other races and proposals. The most significant choice will be among the eight candidates for the office of...

 

New form of synthetic marijuana sold in stores despite ban

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
September 29, 2010

A new form of synthetic marijuana has made its way onto store shelves despite an August law that banned previous forms of the drug.   House Bill 173, authored by Rep. Ricky Templet, R-Gretna, made...

Mayor-president joins national commission

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
September 29, 2010

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden's efforts to improve the area's infrastructure have earned him national attention and a spot on a board that includes California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...