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‘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...

Commission will not limit TOPS

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Senior Staff Writer
January 18, 2010

Plans to cap the TOPS program and add a need-based aspect to the award were rejected by the Post Secondary Education Review Commission at its monthly meeting last week. The review commission - also known...

One University student remains in Haiti after earthquake

By Sarah Eddington
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2010

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, leaving much of the country in shambles. Hospitals, entire neighborhoods, schools and even the presidential palace were among the wreckage. For many...

From left, LSU Law BLSA President Jonathan Brown, LSU BLSA and Southern Region BLSA Programming director Miesha Beverly, Chancellor Jack Weiss of the Paul M. Hebert Law School Southern Region BLSA Vice Chair Mechelle Bumpers, and Regional Chair of the Southern Region BLSA Cachavious Q. English. Weiss holds an award presented to the Law Center on Jan. 14 for outstanding dedication and support of the BLSA.

Law Center hosts BLSA convention for first time

By Mandy Francois
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2010

The Black Law Students Association held its 39th annual Southern Regional Convention on Jan. 14 through 17 at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center and Sheraton Convention Center — the first time the University...

Students commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. through service and ceremony

By Sabrina Trahan
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2010

Many University students spent Monday remembering the dream of nonviolent, direct community action of one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement almost 42 years after he died. Martin...

BR records 75 murders in 2009

By Sarah Eddington
January 18, 2010

Seventy-five people were murdered in Baton Rouge last year, which is the highest number on record, according to the FBI and Baton Rouge Police Department statistics."That is still a preliminary and unofficial...

New Easy Streets plan could create one-way streets

By Ashton Martin
January 18, 2010

After the initial success of Easy Streets in reducing campus traffic and accidents, the University began planning the second phase of the program. Gary Graham, director of the Office of Parking, Traffic...

Cold temperatures damage crops, cities

By Hannah Adams
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2010

This month's unusual, enduring cold snap has many individuals across the South hoping for warmer weather as crops and cities continue to sustain damage. Homeowners began wrapping household pipes and making...

Semester begins one week later this spring

By Ryan Buxton
January 18, 2010

Students return for the spring semester a week later than they have the last two years, as the academic calendar was changed to begin the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day.The change was made to accommodate...

The Five opens today, accepts non-University patrons

By Sumit Kumar
Contributing Writer
January 18, 2010

LSU Dining opened its newest dining hall today, The Five Commons, in the northwest part of campus. The hall is named after the adjoining Pentagon residential complex. With a seating capacity of more than...

$12.6M shaved from fiscal budget

By Xerxes A. Wilson
January 18, 2010

In the wake of mid-year budget cuts, University instructors will gather in funeral attire aside the University's Sesquincentenial kick-off ceremony to protest budget cuts and further job terminations....

Sesquicentennial to be kicked off today

By Ryan Buxton
Senior Staff Writer
January 18, 2010

The University turns 150 years old in 2010, and the year-long birthday party kicks off today. 'LSU 150: The Year Ahead,' the launch event for the University's sesquicentennial, or 150th anniversary, will...