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Muddy grounds don’t stop the party at Jazz Fest – 4/24

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April 24, 2010

NEW ORLEANS -- Not even the gloomy skies and marsh-like grounds are stopping the party at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this weekend.Despite the Fair Grounds being turned into a swamp by the...

In this Wednesday April 21, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon burns 52-miles southeast of Venice, La. Helicopters, ships and an airplane searched waters off Louisiana's coast Wednesday for missing workers after an explosion and fire that left an offshore drilling platform tilting in the Gulf of Mexico.

Crews work with robot sub to try to stop oil leak in the gulf

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April 24, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Crews were using a robot submarine Sunday to try to stop an oil leak nearly a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, but officials said it would take at least another day...

BR celebrates International Astronomy Day

By Sumit Kumar
Contributing Writer
April 24, 2010

More than 1,000 Baton Rouge residents and students searched the skies Saturday and marveled at the wonders of the cosmos as Baton Rouge celebrated the 37th annual International Astronomy Day. The Highland...

Free retreat taking applications

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 24, 2010

Campus Life is accepting applications until Friday for its third annual Geaux Lead retreat. The program, to be held May 23 to 26, is a "four-day immersive off-campus retreat," meant to build leadership...

Senate elects Aaron Caffarel as new speaker pro tempore

Student Government Senate continued its preparations for next year by electing a new speaker pro tempore — Arts and Sciences Sen. Aaron Caffarel — Friday during a special Senate session.The...

University combats credit fraud

By Rachel Warren
Contributing Writer
April 24, 2010

The University has made great strides in recent years to protect students, but they're still vulnerable to identity theft and credit card fraud. Jeanette Tucker, human ecology professor, specializes in...

Parade honors military service

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 22, 2010

The University has changed during the past 150 years, but the deep-rooted role of the military hasn't. The University's military traditions were in the spotlight March 18 as the LSU Corps of Cadets marched...

Library exhibit recounts University’s history

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 22, 2010

The past 150 years of University history are on display at Hill Memorial Library."Campus Chronicle: 150 Years of LSU," opened in the library February 22, and it contains documents and images from Hill's...

LSU evolved from military and agricultural roots

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 22, 2010

As Louisiana's flagship university, LSU strives for academic excellence and breakthrough research. But the path to today's prominence spans 150 years and generations of dedicated Tigers.As the University...

LSU Day postponed until the fall

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 22, 2010

LSU Day, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed until the fall semester because of inclement weather forecasts."We are expected to get lightning, possibly hail, tornado watches and maybe flash flooding,"...

2010 marks anniversary of the Long assassination

By Mary Walker Baus
Contributing Writer
April 22, 2010

Many famous men laid the bricks that built the University during the past 150 years, but 75 years ago, one man turned the face of the University toward modernity. This year marks the University's 150th...

Nominations being accepted for sesquicentennial service award

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 22, 2010

Chancellor's Sesquicentennial Service Award nominations are being accepted.The award, part of the University's sesquicentennial celebrations, will honor individuals or organizations with an honorable history...