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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...

University students have ties to devastated Haiti – 11:45 a.m.

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
January 15, 2010

Three days after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti, the Red Cross estimates the death toll to exceed 50,000 people, and the State Department has raised the number of confirmed deaths of Americans in...

University informs instructors further layoffs possible – 5:57 p.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
Senior Staff Writer
January 14, 2010

LSU campus instructors have been advised by their deans that "personnel reductions" may be unavoidable in the coming year because of impending budget cuts, Chancellor Michael Martin said in a University...

Earthquake Rocks Haiti, University community reacts – 3:20 p.m.

By Sarah Eddington
Staff Writer
January 13, 2010

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti Tuesday and was the worst to hit the country in the past two centuries. The death toll is not yet official, but according to the Associated Press it may be more...

Former Fortune 500 CFO warns students about ethics after his incarceration — 5:10 p.m.

By Grace Montgomery
Staff Writer
January 8, 2010

University alumnus Aaron Beam, who was convicted of business fraud in 2005, spoke to University students Friday about his success and failure as former CFO of HealthSouth Corporation.Beam, EJ Ourso College...

Roul’s catches fire, cause undetermined — 3:47 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
News Editor
December 16, 2009

Roul's Deli, a hamburger restaurant located at the Northgates, caught fire around 12 a.m. Wednesday morning. The cause of the fire centralized to the kitchen area is still undetermined, according...

University breaks ground on Remembrance Garden at ICC — 5:30 p.m.

By NIcholas Persac
Editor
December 13, 2009

More than 50 members of the University community gathered at the International Culture Center on the second anniversary of the Dec. 13 on-campus double homicide to remember the lives of the two Indian...

LSU System Board of Supervisors approves garage

By Adam Duvernay
News Editor
December 11, 2009

The LSU System Board of Supervisors approved the Parking Garage Bookstore schematic design during their meeting today, according to its Twitter account. The Board also approved a request to change certain...

House panel passes college football playoff bill – 11:15 a.m.

By Associated Press
December 9, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion, over the objections of some...