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Mardi Gras Expo teaches history behind festival

By Mallory Logan
Contributing Writer
February 5, 2010

It's Carnival time, and excitement is spreading to students around campus.The Student Activities Board hosted a Mardi Gras Expo in Free Speech Alley on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and educated students...

World’s largest auto maker recalls two million cars

By Jacob Most
Contributing Writer
February 5, 2010

University students and local Toyota dealers are scrambling to solve problems caused by the Japanese auto maker's recalls in January. Toyota Motor Co. said it was suspending the sale of eight models and...

Senate plans to get students involved in budget cuts

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
February 5, 2010

Student Government senators and executive staff members discussed ways students can help with budget cuts Wednesday. J. Hudson, SG director of external affairs, said the executive staff had a great collaborative...

First year students attend IMPACT program, learn college study skills

By Sabrina Trahan
Contributing Writer
February 5, 2010

The Center for Academic Success and the First Year Experience pride themselves on making adjustments easier for first year students. The CAS and the FYE hosted Wednesday the second session of the IMPACT...

Louisiana saw ‘significant’ rise in unemployment

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
February 5, 2010

Louisiana leads the nation in unemployment rate growth from November to December but still maintains one of the lowest rates in the country. Louisiana's unemployment rate rose from 6.7 percent in November...

Plans complete for engraved senior bricks around Parade Ground

By Catherine Threlkeld
Staff Writer
February 5, 2010

Former Student Government President Colorado Robertson's class gift tradition, which transformed the area behind Dodson Auditorium into a landscaped garden, is continuing in this year's "Parade of Graduates,"...

Wear Red Day raises heart disease awareness

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
February 5, 2010

People across the nation are suiting up in red today to raise awareness of the No. 1 killer in women — heart disease. The American Heart Association created National Wear Red Day in 2004 to educate...

 

Commission recommends consolidation of LSU Board

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Senior Staff Writer
February 5, 2010

The LSU System Board should be consolidated with the managing boards of all other four-year institutions in the state, the Post Secondary Education Review Commission recommended Thursday. The Commission...

‘Who Dat’ saying not exclusively owned

By Sabrina Trahan
Contributing Writer
February 5, 2010

The NFL conceded it does not own the phrase "Who Dat" or the fleur-de-lis symbol in a Monday phone conference with Louisiana Attorney General James "Buddy" Caldwell.Local T-shirt shop Storyville was one...

‘Who dat’ invades New Orleans

By The Associated Press
February 5, 2010

New Orleans Saints flags fluttering from its roof, the black SUV rolled past a bus stop on Tchoupitoulas Street early in the morning. "Who Dat!" came the cheer from the SUV's open windows. "I Dat!" cried...

University students, professors have different opinions about holding class Monday

By Adam Duvernay
News Editor
February 5, 2010

Hell may freeze over Sunday, but many Louisianaians will be making the trip to sunny Miami to watch the New Orleans Saints play in their first Super Bowl in franchise history.   Sunday's game will...

Alumnae to have spot aired in Super Bowl

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
February 5, 2010

This year, two former University students will be living every marketer's dream — to have one of their commercials aired during the Super Bowl.During the spring of 2009, Gulf Coast Bank & Trust...