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Suspicious person arrests increase from July to August

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
September 1, 2010

Students may notice an increase in the number of suspicious persons loitering near campus as the fall semester begins. Twelve cases of suspicious persons on campus were reported in August, which is the...

 

University to eliminate 4 foreign languages

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
August 31, 2010

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences will have to cut $700,000, 14 full-time instructors and one part-time instructor to accommodate next year's budget...

UNO police chief hurt, 2 held in budget cuts protest scuffle – 3:16 p.m.

By The Associated Press
August 31, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two people were arrested and the University of New Orleans campus police chief was injured Wednesday in a scuffle with members of a crowd that refused to leave the administration...

Marybeth Lima, new director for the Center of Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership, speaks Aug. 19 about the LSU Community Playground Project.

New CCELL director uses volunteer experience in service-learning

By Sydni Dunn
Staff Writer
August 31, 2010

Room 159 of the E.B. Doran building is not the average office — it's painted bright yellow, and the walls are covered with framed photographs, awards, art and even a ribbon-laced pair of hedge clippers.   The...

Kirby-Smith Hall to reopen in 2011

By Meredith Will
Contributing Writer
August 31, 2010

Click Here to see a video your of Kirby Smith Tune in to KLSU at 5 p.m. to hear a radio package of Kirby Smith renovations Kirby-Smith Hall is scheduled to reopen as a dormitory Aug. 1, 2011, after a year...

Anonymous hook-up hot spots still active on campus

By Parker Cramer
Contributing Writer
August 31, 2010

Despite efforts to rid the University of glory holes, the anonymous sex hot spots continue to pop up on campus.   Glory holes, which are carved in the partitions of bathroom stalls, are typically...

 

Students use model of Mississippi River for research

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

In a steel warehouse on River Road, Josef Hoffmann is controlling the flow of the Mississippi River. It's not the real thing, but it's probably the closest the civil engineering master's student can get...

University alumni create skimmer, company to help clean up oil

By Frederick Holl
Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

Like many Louisianans, Mark Gabriel and Erik Durr watched news coverage of the oil spill and wondered what they could do. And then they got up and did it. Gabriel, an industrial engineering graduate student,...

Latino population increase leads to reopening of Phi Iota Alpha

By Kayla DuBos
Contributing Writer
August 30, 2010

The Latino population on campus has been growing steadily since 1994, according to data from the Office of Budget and Planning. In 2009, 898 Latino students attended the University, an increase from the...

University students to beautify I-10 exit

By Matthew Albright
Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

University students in the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture will participate in a city beautification project funded by Mayor-President Kip Holden's Green Light Plan. Students will construct...

University to cut four language programs – 2:07 p.m.

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

The Department of Foreign Language and Literatures in the College of Arts and Sciences will have to cut $700,000 and 14 instructors to accommodate next year's budget cuts, according to department chair...

 

Parking lots still changing on campus

By Rachel Warren
Contributing Writer
August 30, 2010

When commuting students returned to school last week, they were faced with several changes to parking lots across campus.   Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation,...