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Faculty considers interim department chair

By Julian Tate
Contributing Writer
September 27, 2010

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department is in the process of looking for an interim chair after the passing of former chair Jorge Aravena on Sept. 17. Richard Koubek, dean of the College of...

Researchers use fruit flies, rats to study link between schizophrenia, hallucinogens

By Celeste Ansley
Staff Writer
September 27, 2010

For Charles Nichols, a typical day at work involves a hefty dose of hallucinogens, thousands of flies and frozen rat brains. Nichols and his father are tag-team researchers exploring the effects of mind-bending...

Former president Jimmy Carter hospitalized in Ohio

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2010

CLEVELAND (AP) — An airport spokeswoman says former President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized in Cleveland. Carter was a passenger on a commercial flight to Cleveland on Tuesday morning and became...

Animal science sophomore Megan Garrett and kinesiology sophomore Troy Brouillette relaxing in the cool weather Tuesday evening on the Parade Ground.

Fall arrives to delight of campus

By Nicholas Persac
Contributing Writer
September 27, 2010

Classes start the fall semester, and the Tigers' kickoff begins the football season, but the real sign of fall — cool, crisp weather — came to Baton Rouge on Sunday and is expected to stay...

Our View: Students should become active, attend budget forum today

By
September 27, 2010

Today Chancellor Michael Martin should stare down a hot barrel of public opinion so the legislators and politicians that hold your future will take notice — and it's students that need to put him...

President speaks to students on higher education

By Parker Cramer
Contributing Writer
September 27, 2010

President Barack Obama emphasized Monday his goal of ensuring student borrowers they will only have to repay 10 percent of their salary per payback installment. Obama spoke via conference call with The...

Chancellor to discuss budget today at forum

By Sydni Dunn
Staff Writer
September 27, 2010

Chancellor Michael Martin will answer a series of high-interest budget questions today in a Faculty Senate-Chancellor Forum at 3:30 p.m. in the Shaver Theatre of the Music and Dramatic Arts Building. The...

Army Corps grants Jindal’s request to delay Gulf sand berm deadline

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
September 27, 2010

The Jindal administration has received a deadline extension for its plans for the final fate of its controversial sand berm project. The administration asked the Louisiana Army Corps of Engineers, which...

New CxC program offered as alternative to Writing Center

By Sydni Dunn
Staff Writer
September 27, 2010

The University's Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC, program is now offering writing support as a result of funding cuts to the Writing Center. Though CxC specializes in written communication,...

1 arrest made in deadly Baton Rouge break-in

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2010

(AP) — Federal marshals have arrested a suspect in last week's deadly home invasion in Baton Rouge in which a woman was left dead and her 9-year-old daughter severely wounded. Police say 20-year-old...

An audience watches a screening of the film “Hubert H. Humphrey

Documentary honors alumnus’s career

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
September 27, 2010

In a hot, crowded convention hall in Philadelphia, Hubert Humphrey addressed a bitterly divided 1948 Democratic National Convention. He stepped forward to the glaring lights that washed over the podium,...

BP gives University professor $150,000 for research

By Nicholas Persac
Contributing Writer
September 26, 2010

BP awarded $150,000 to a University professor to study how the April 20 well blowout will affect businesses in Louisiana, according to a University news release. Kelley Pace, professor of finance in the...