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Budget cut proposals to be discussed at July meeting

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
July 13, 2010

The LSU System Board of Supervisors will hear proposals on how institutions will reduce their budgets to prepare for a potential $133 million cut to the System's budget at the Board's July meeting tomorrow.System...

University anticipates 23 percent budget reduction

By Cathrine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
July 13, 2010

Grim budget cuts are expected to continue next year as the University anticipates a 23 percent cut — equivalent to $46 million. The LSU System Board of Supervisors requested the University prepare...

Incoming freshman killed in car crash – 1:13 p.m.

By Nicholas Persac
Staff Writer
July 12, 2010

An 18-year-old incoming freshman who was in Baton Rouge for orientation died Monday night after being broadsided in a car by a pickup truck on South Acadian Thruway. Elizabeth Thompson, of Fairhope, Ala.,...

University phone app slated for August release

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
July 11, 2010

University news, videos and interactive campus information — beginning in the fall, there will be an app for that.The official University mobile app for smart phones will be available for free by...

‘Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ to film in Baton Rouge

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
July 11, 2010

Baton Rouge's film industry will gain some fresh blood this fall as the next installment of the "Twilight" saga comes to shoot in the capital city.Summit Entertainment has announced it will be filming...

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ celebrates 50th anniversary

By Nicholas Persac
Staff Writer
July 11, 2010

The  fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Ala., has captured the imaginations of high school students across the globe during the last 50 years as the setting of the iconic Southern novel that instilled...

Lsu.edu email accounts blocked

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
July 11, 2010

Everyone with an "@lsu.edu" email address was unable to send messages for a 24-hour period this weekend because of account hackings causing email carriers to block the addresses.The incident, which happened...

QB Chris Garrett departs LSU – 2:00 p.m.

LSU redshirt freshman quarterback Chris Garrett will leave the LSU football program, according to an LSU news release. Garrett, the third-string quarterback on LSU's roster, will transfer from the Tigers...

Vitter, Melancon sign up for Senate election

By The Associated Press
July 7, 2010

(AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter and his Democratic challenger, Charlie Melancon, painted each other as partisan political puppets as they signed up for the Senate race Wednesday on the first...

Nation and World: 7-8-2010

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July 7, 2010

Church: Cuba offers to free 52 political prisoners HAVANA (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday that Cuba has agreed to free 52 political prisoners and allow them to leave the country in...

Manship professor named interim Education dean – 12:15 p.m.

By Nicholas Persac
Staff Writer
July 7, 2010

 The University named Manship School of Mass Communication professor emeritus Laura Lindsay interim dean of the College of Education Wednesday. Lindsey will hold the post for the next year while...

University to change W policy in fall

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
July 7, 2010

Student Government has been tackling many changes in academics this summer, including revising the W grade policy.Students receive a W when they drop a course after the established drop date.The new policy...