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Board hires Academic Affairs official

By Sydni Dunn
Staff Writer
September 8, 2010

Jeannine Kahn, former assistant vice chancellor in the Office of Academic Affairs, has been hired by the Board of Regents as the assistant commissioner for Academic Affairs.   Kahn left her University...

Armed suspect at Dalrymple Drive and May Street in custody

By Staff Reports
September 8, 2010

Click here for an exclusive slide show of the incident.   Lee Roy Williams Jr., an armed suspect found at Dalrymple Drive and May Street, has been taken into custody, according to officers on the...

Demonstrators scream at UNO campus police Wednesday for detaining a student. LSU students, unlike UNO’s, have mostly remained indifferent to budget cuts.

LSU students largely apathetic to UNO budget cuts fervor

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
September 8, 2010

In light of major budget cut reductions to the entire LSU System, University of New Orleans students held a protest last week that garnered about 200 attendees and national coverage.   Such outspoken...

Hookah water pipes no longer allowed in dorms

By Frederick Holl
Staff Writer
September 8, 2010

On-campus residents have cashed their shisha for the last time outside their residence halls.   Hookahs, popular legal water pipes, are no longer allowed in or outside University Residence Halls after...

Voodoo Experience daily schedule released

By Staff Reports
September 7, 2010

The official daily lineup for the 2010 Voodoo Experience has been released. The New Orleans music festival will be held Oct. 29 to 31. Friday's headliners include Muse, Weezer, Metric and Hot Chip. Ozzy...

BP report blames itself, others for oil spill

By The Associated Press
September 7, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In an internal report released Wednesday, BP blames itself, other companies' workers and a complex series of failures for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the drilling...

Faculty Senate calls for questions to ask during Chancellor Budget Forum

By Nicholas Persac
Contributing Writer
September 7, 2010

The Faculty Senate is collecting questions from the University community to discuss during a Forum with the Chancellor on Sept. 28. "A special community-wide panel composed of at least two faculty members,...

Student veterans adjust to life back in college

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
September 7, 2010

As President Barack Obama announced the milestone decision Aug. 31 to withdraw combat troops from Iraq, Austin Stukins watched the situation with a mixed opinion. Stukins, an interior design sophomore,...

Science dean seeks position as MSU provost

By Sydni Dunn
Staff Writer
September 7, 2010

College of Science Dean Kevin Carman is one of four candidates selected as finalists for the provost position at Montana State University, according to a report by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Bozeman,...

Students remember life of drowned graduate student

By Parker Cramer
Contributing Writer
September 7, 2010

It was a somber gathering Tuesday night at the International Cultural Center as students and community members remembered Joseph Smiles Gotham, a 24-year-old computer science graduate student who drowned...

Louisiana artist to be celebrated Sept. 18 at LSU Museum of Art

By Nicholas Persac
Contributing Writer
September 7, 2010

Saturday, Sept. 18 isn't just the Tiger's first homegame — it's also "Elemore Morgan Jr. Day." Gov. Bobby Jindal and the Louisiana Senate named Sept. 18 a day to honor Morgan's "significant contribution...

CMDA to host encore performance of “Hot Summer Nights and Cool Jazz” Sept. 14

By Nicholas Persac
Contributing Writer
September 7, 2010

With warm temperatures fading and brisk breezes starting to blow, the University community has one more chance to experience "Hot Summer Nights and Cool Jazz." The College of Music and Dramatic Arts will...