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Experts say cramming unhealthy in the long-run

By Ben Wallace
Special to the Daily Reveille
September 19, 2010

With a daunting 9 a.m. test looming and having only read or looked over notes, cramming becomes many student's last resort grade savior.   "You've got to get it all in your head 15 minutes before...

Grades, scores rise after tutoring

By Kate Mabry
Contributing Writer
September 19, 2010

About 100 College of Education students have reached out to West Baton Rouge public schools to bring struggling students up to pace and keep those without disabilities out of special education programs.   The...

Hubert H. Humphrey documentary to premier Sept. 27 in the Holliday Forum

By Celeste Ansley
Staff Writer
September 19, 2010

The Manship School of Mass Communication's Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs will host the premier of the PBS Documentary of Hubert H. Humphrey. The documentary will premier on Sept. 27 at 2:45...

Carolina Rodriguez, architecture sophomore, poses in a yoga stance on a piece of nylon webbing Monday. Rodriguez has been slacklining for three years, and the sport is gaining popularity in Baton Rouge.

Slacklining gaining popularity in Baton Rouge

By Sydni Dunn
Staff Writer
September 19, 2010

Completely calm, Carolina Rodriguez gracefully steps across a thin piece of trembling nylon webbing strung between two pines, her arms slowly swimming through the air to keep herself from falling to the...

Company claims to own ‘Who Dat’

By Rachel Warren
Contributing Writer
September 19, 2010

Just months after several stores fought the NFL for the use of the phrase "Who Dat" on merchandise, owners are once again receiving cease and desist orders. But this time, the letters aren't coming from...

New Taco Bell on Burbank should open Oct. 15

By Celeste Ansley
Staff Writer
September 19, 2010

After experiencing permit problems, B&G Food Enterprises hopes to have Taco Bell open on Burbank Drive in three weeks. When the company gained possession of the former Arby's, it planned to open the...

Potential faculty union gains support

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
September 19, 2010

Deep in the heart of a right-to-work state, University faculty are in the process of creating a union at the flagship university. Louisiana is one of 22 right-to-work states, securing the right of employees...

Beta Alpha Psi named KPMG Gold Chapter

By Kayla DuBos
Contributing Writer
September 19, 2010

The Universities Phi Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has been recognized as a KPMG Gold Chapter for the second year.   Gold Chapter is given to chapters of BAP that go beyond what is expected.   It...

North La. pizza chain to open BR location

By Frederick Holl
Staff Writer
September 19, 2010

A North Louisiana dining staple has finally made its way to Baton Rouge. Johnny's Pizza House, a 43-year-old Monroe pizza chain that started near the University of Louisiana-Monroe, is opening a location...

Tax increase proposal would fund CATS revamp

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
September 19, 2010

Baton Rouge voters will go to the polls Oct. 2 for a property tax increase that would almost double funding for the city's cash-strapped Capitol Area Transit System.   CATS administrators say the...

Blown-out BP well finally killed at bottom of Gulf of Mexico

By The Associated Press
September 18, 2010

The well is dead — finally. A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led...

Landline, TV use on decline in US

By Kittu Pannu
Entertainment Writer
September 18, 2010

Landline telephones and TV sets may soon become mementos of a better economic period, according to a recent survey's findings. The number of Americans who believe landlines and TV sets are necessities...