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Leisure classes offer stress-free learning

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
November 24, 2009

Students trying to escape grades and tests can turn to another alternative to fill the need to learn — LSU leisure classes. As leisure classes — which include craft and design, family matters,...

Average Thanksgiving dinner cost decreases

By By Lindsey Meaux
Contributing Writer
November 24, 2009

Though Black Friday is notorious for starting the Christmas spending season, another day may have consumers in Louisiana reaching for their wallets — Thanksgiving.While an American Farm Bureau Federation...

Business College ranks in ‘Top Business Schools’

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
November 23, 2009

The E.J. Ourso School of Business moved up one spot from last year to No. 48 out of 54 schools on Eduniversal Palmes 2009 rankings of internationally known U.S. institutes released Oct. 26 at its annual...

AgCenter to launch ‘online farmers market’

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
November 23, 2009

The LSU AgCenter is developing a new way for Louisiana farmers and fishermen to do business via the Internet with a Web site called the Louisiana MarketMaker.The site, expected to launch in the spring,...

Psychology professor Katie Cheery, left, and Kelli Broome, elementary education junior and research assistant, show ink cartridges in a donation box Monday.

Sigma Phi Omega collecting old cell phones in service drive

By Sarah Eddington
Contributing Writer
November 23, 2009

Jennifer Warnke was struck by a vehicle on Sept. 28 while she was walking down the street. She sustained a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for several weeks. Warnke — a 24-year-old Texas...

Student Health Center recieves 3,000 H1N1 vaccines – 10:45 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior staff writer
November 23, 2009

The Student Health Center received its shipment of 3,000 H1N1 vaccines late last week, according to Julie Hupperich, associate director of the Health Center. The injectable vaccinations will be distributed...

 

Faculty Club kicks off Thanksgiving with annual buffet

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
November 23, 2009

There are always turkey leftovers after Thanksgiving.But LSU Dining began its annual Thanksgiving Buffet on Monday for students who can't wait to get their turkey fix. The buffet will continue today and...

LSU AgCenter develops two new rice varieties

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
November 23, 2009

The LSU AgCenter is weeding out pesky distractions to rice crops by developing two new varieties of herbicide-resistant grain.The two new varieties, CL111 and CL261, are part of the AgCenter's "Clearfield"...

Some students wary of honor societies, organizations

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
November 23, 2009

Stacks of unopened envelopes and crowded e-mail inboxes might be a new indicator of high-achieving college students. Many University honor societies send mass messages to all qualifying students, leading...

Students explore gourmet lifestyle

By By Sarah Lawson
Contributing Writer
November 22, 2009

When Mike Sandoz isn't watching sports on TV, he watches another hero of his — Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef and food connoisseur.Sandoz, nutritional sciences junior, is part of a larger national...

KKK rally at Ole Miss fizzles in less than 10 minutes

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
November 22, 2009

OXFORD, Miss. — Wearing traditional red, black and white robes and carrying flags representing the infamous hate group, about 10 hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan protested on the Ole Miss campus...

Landrieu votes in favor of health care

By By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
November 22, 2009

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu has emerged as an influential moderate in the national debate over health care reform — a fact made evident Saturday evening as political observers closely watched Landrieu's...