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University departments start research on oil spill effects

With a small team of scientists, Kevin Boswell has begun making monthly rounds to collect water column samples in the Gulf of Mexico. Each trip, Boswell, a University department of oceanography and coastal...

Dior’s 1947 ‘New Look’ on exhibit at costume museum

By Annie Hundley
Contributing Writer
June 27, 2010

Students don't need to travel to Paris or New York to see world-class couture — Baton Rouge has its own piece of fashion history right here on campus.The LSU Textile and Costume Museum's latest exhibition,...

Crime Briefs – June 29, 2010

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June 27, 2010

LSU students' car burglarized, no arrests made LSUPD officers were dispatched June 15 at 1:55 a.m. to Edward Gay Apartments in response to a burglary call.Two married LSU students said their 1998 Honda...

Tropical Storm Alex intensifies, aims for Texas, Mexico

By Nicholas Persac
Staff Writer
June 27, 2010

Tropical Storm Alex, the season's first named storm, is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico and continuing a westward path toward the coasts of southern Texas and northern Mexico.The storm, which is...

Nation and World: 6-29-2010

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June 27, 2010

Judge gives man 60 years in Craigslist rape case CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a man to serve 60 years in prison for using Craigslist to arrange the rape of a Casper woman. District Judge...

Oil spill news briefs

By Associated Press
June 27, 2010

—BP says the rig drilling the relief well that's the best hope of stopping the Gulf oil spill has made it within about 20 feet horizontally of the blown-out well that's gushing crude. The rig is...

Linda Moorhouse

Band director prepares for transition to U. of Illinois

By Matthew Jacobs
Senior Staff Writer
June 27, 2010

When the members of the Golden Band from Tiger Land symbolically march down Victory Hill on game days in the fall, trumpets roaring and drums booming, a familiar face will not be marching with them. Linda...

Mission trips increase in popularity among students

By Cathryn Core
June 27, 2010

Desperate locations around the globe are calling for help, and University students are answering. Mission trips sponsored by numerous organizations have made it possible for students to put their time...

University bracing for $133M budget cut to LSU System

With last week's conclusion of the state legislative session, the grim budgetary future for Louisiana higher education leaves the LSU System with nothing to do but plan for the worst, according to System...

Funds raised for injured student

University students Kellie and Danielle Murphy are safely at home following a harrowing experience in South Africa that left their sister Nicole Murphy dead and their brother Brian Murphy in a medically...

Student volunteers find outlets for oil spill relief

Jenny Byrd keeps a tally in her black bound notebook. She knows what every mark represents. Each time Byrd, a wildlife ecology student at LSU, visits Louisiana shorelines, she brings her notebook and a...

La. seafood sold in markets, restaurants safe to eat

By Nicholas Persac
Staff Writer
June 27, 2010

The oil washing onto Louisiana's shores from the April 20th BP disaster has also surged a feeling of despair across the state, where a way of life and culture is threatened. But industry insiders and University...