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Tax day rally conveys strong political messages

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
April 15, 2010

Hundreds of Baton Rouge residents, young and old, flooded the steps of the Capitol Building on Thursday for the second Baton Rouge Tea Party tax day rally. The majority of those in attendance carried signs...

 

New tiger exhibit opens at BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo

By Mary Walker Baus
Contributing Writer
April 15, 2010

Mike the Tiger will have to share Baton Rouge with more kings and queens of the jungle.BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo is opening the "Realm of the Tiger" exhibit Saturday. The exhibit will feature three Malayan...

Watkins, Scheuermann reflect on the year’s successes, failures

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

Stuart Watkins and Martina Scheuermann feel they've done "More for LSU" as their tenure as Student Government president and vice president comes to a close. Watkins and Scheuermann and the "More for LSU"...

CAC to host Digital Media Festival

By Grace Montgomery
Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

Communication Across Curriculum will host its fourth annual Digital Media Festival from Tuesday to Saturday, April 24, in 151 Coates Hall.The festival will feature demonstrations each day ranging from...

BR to host Oat Worker Conference

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

More than 100 of the world's leading researchers in the oat industry are convening in Baton Rouge this weekend to open a dialogue with each other about their work.The American Oat Worker Conference will...

Contest held to promote fiBR

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

Baton Rouge has already submitted its application for Google Fiber, but the city is continuing the campaign by asking residents to show why they want Fiber in the Red Stick.The Geaux fiBR campaign is holding...

Volunteers needed for LSU Day

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

LSU Day, the University's one-day festival in celebration of its 150th anniversary, is little more than a week away, and organizers are looking for volunteers to staff the event.The celebration will be...

Clinton discusses higher ed., health care

By Ryan Buxton
April 14, 2010

Former President Clinton connected with college students Wednesday concerning issues such as the cost of college and the development of his program to involve youth in public service. Clinton held a conference...

Students use refund for bills, loans, leisure

By Ben Bourgeois
Entertainment Writer
April 14, 2010

Vedant Vasanji doesn't see April 15 as the dreaded tax day many Americans wish would never come — it's something he looks forward to.Vasanji, a business senior, said he expects his largest refund...

State must fill $319M hole by June

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Senior Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

The nagging fear of another budget cut before the end of the year is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Revenue Estimating Conference announced Wednesday a $319 million reduction in state revenue...

Students on standby for housing

By Joanna Zimmerman
Contributing Writer
April 14, 2010

The Department of Residential Life had to place students applying for housing on a standby list a month earlier than last year.ResLife began putting students on its standby housing list March 31. The department...

SG rejects second veto

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
April 14, 2010

The Student Government Senate voted to override SG President Stuart Watkins' veto on a concurrent resolution, which provides for keeping the integrity of the judicial process, said Basic Sciences Sen....