University finance professor Joseph Mason will testify today before a U.S. Senate committee to "relay the negative economic impact" of the federal government's offshore deepwater drilling moratorium.Mason...
Immaculately painted and scientifically precise watercolors of native Louisiana plants are covering the halls of Hill Memorial Library.The plant portraits are part of the library's latest exhibit, "A Beneficial...
Louisiana may revel in Mardi Gras festivities annually, and hunting and fishing may be two of the state's most prominent hobbies, but the "Sportsman's Paradise" has another common characteristic: laziness.Louisiana...
—Following weeks of speculation about his future, Hayward is to step down from the company's top job in October and will be offered a post at the company's TNK-BP joint venture in Russia, a person...
A website created in 2007 that allows Internet users to post government-related documents and information is meeting a cluster of controversy upon its boost in popularity.WikiLeaks is a nonprofit site...
— T-shirts with slogans like "Drill Baby Drill" and "No Moratorium" were common sights Wednesday as thousands of people rallied against the federal moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in...
Several University art students will soon be part of a project designed to provide relief for fishermen affected by the oil spill.The Great Oil Leak Poster Project invited artists, graphic designers and...
Immortalized in the Alma Mater and fixed in tailgaters' memories, the more than 12,000 live oak trees shading campus are some of the University's most recognizable features and are at risk because of impending...
Lost Kafka writings resurface, trapped in trial
JERUSALEM (AP) — It seems almost Kafkaesque: Ten safety deposit boxes of never-published writings by Franz Kafka, their exact contents unknown, are...
Legions of Louisianians dream of crawfish boils during football season, and now a University researcher may hold the key to making that a reality.LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialist Greg Lutz is researching...
More anti-copyright infringement laws went into effect this month to get universities involved in discouraging illegal downloads on campus.The regulations come from a provision of the Higher Education...
Six yellow school buses pulled in front of Lanier Elementary Charter School in north Baton Rouge on Saturday afternoon, and an outpour of grade-school students and their families exited the doors of the...
