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LSU athletes give children gifts

By Lindsey Meaux
Contributing Writer
December 2, 2009

With the Bo Campbell Auditorium transformed into a Christmas wonderland with decorated trees and a stage full of presents, representatives from more than 20 athletic organizations came together to distribute...

Easy Streets II projected to promote cycling, bike safety

The next phase of Easy Streets, known as the Walker Plan, could make the University safer for bikers and pedestrians as early as next semester.Easy Streets I concentrated on reducing automobile traffic...

 

30 diabetic students have been treated at SHC this past year

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
December 2, 2009

While some students are busy checking Facebook profiles during class, chemical engineering sophomore Claire Ganey checks something much more important — her blood sugar. Ganey discovered she had...

Finalist for vice chancellor for student life and enrollment services visited the University

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
December 2, 2009

The third finalist for vice chancellor for student life and enrollment services visted the University's campus on Nov. 29 through today. Theresa Powell, vice presidnet for student affairs at Temple University,...

Campus Crime Briefs

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December 2, 2009

WOMAN WHO STABBED SELF ARRESTED NOV. 25A 47-year-old woman who claimed she was stabbed by a man on campus Nov. 14 and later confessed to fabricating the story about the incident was arrested Nov. 25 for...

Streamlining panel backs voucher proposal – 11 a.m.

By The Associated Press
December 2, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state streamlining commission is recommending that Louisiana embark on a statewide voucher program that would give out tax breaks for sending children from failing public...

Sugar prices and demand increase; profit remains same

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
December 2, 2009

Sugar prices have increased for the first time in almost three decades. Prices were stable or declining for more than 20 years, and the last time prices increased this much was in 1976, said Donal Day,...

Adults pursue degrees after decades away from school

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
December 2, 2009

LaDawn Jones said she's waited 22 years to be readmitted into the University."LSU's been a scary but rewarding experience," the 47-year-old mother of two said. This semester is the first time in the last...

State Dems stand by stimulus package

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
December 2, 2009

Louisiana Democrats were quick to blast out a news release Tuesday morning touting the positive results of a Congressional Budget Office analysis on the stimulus package.The American Recovery and Reinvestment...

Architecture students part of winning community development team – 12:40 p.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
December 2, 2009

Third-year architecture graduate student Marcelle Boudreaux and fourth-year architecture undergraduate student Jonathan LeJune were part of the team of students who won the National Community Development...

Friends of Hilltop donates collective $1 million to Forever LSU Capaign – 1:00 p.m.

By Emily Slack
Entertainment Writer
December 2, 2009

Chancellor Michael Martin recognized the Friends of Hilltop Tuesday for collectively contributing $1,066,494 in cash and pledges to the Forever LSU Campaign. The Friends of Hilltop nonprofit corporation,...

University alumnus named to Top 40 Under 40 – 12:35 p.m.

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
December 2, 2009

University alumnus Christopher Lavan, who earned his master's degreein public administration from LSU's Public Administration Institute in2008, has been recognized by the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce...