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Environmental groups applaud brown pelican delisting – 9:15 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 12, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Environmental groups are applauding the federal government's decision to remove the brown pelican from the endangered species list. Now, they say the bird's habitat on the Gulf...

USS New York leaves its namesake city – 9 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 12, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — The ship has sailed. The USS New York has left its namesake city after finishing up its inaugural visit. The Navy ship was built in Louisiana with steel from the rubble of the World...

Univ. hires new Cain professor

The University welcomed Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, the second Gordon A. and Mary Cain chair professor in chemical engineering, according to a Nov. 10 University news release.Nandakumar previously served...

Bluesman’s home to be restored

By The Associated Press
November 12, 2009

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mystery surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson's life and death feeds the lingering fascination with his work. There's the myth he sold his soul to the devil to create his...

LSU Rural Life Museum to celebrate Christmas – 1:40 p.m.

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
November 12, 2009

Christmas will come early this year at the LSU Rural Life Museum's annual Christmas celebration.   Costumed re-enactors and artisans will perform various activities like candle making, soap making,...

University welcomes second Cain Chair professor in chemical engineering – 11:45 a.m.

LSU welcomes Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, the second Gordon A. and Mary Cain Chair Professor in Chemical Engineering, according to a University news release.Previously, Nandakumar served two years as the GASCO...

LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor hands out T-shirts on a Tiger Trails bus Wednesday afternoon to encourage students to come to games.

Chancellor visits with students on bus

By Brianna Paciorka
Contributing Writer
November 12, 2009

Students riding on the Tiger Trails buses Tuesday morning received T-shirts, trail mix and laughs when LSU women's basketball coach Van Chancellor hopped on board to encourage students to ride the buses...

Brown pelicans off endangered list

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
November 12, 2009

After almost 40 years of struggling for survival, the earliest symbol of Louisiana was recently removed from the federal list of endangered species.The population of brown pelicans, Louisiana's state bird,...

Martin supports merit-based TOPS

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
November 12, 2009

As the University keeps one eye on current budgetary uncertainty, the other is on the future, Chancellor Michael Martin said at a Faculty Senate-sponsored Chancellor Forum on Wednesday.Martin answered...

Yale professor to speak in Hill Memorial Library – 11:50 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior staff writer
November 12, 2009

Yale Professor Bryan Garsten will deliver a lecture on campus on Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. entitled "Who Speaks for the People? A Problem of Democratic Leadership."The lecture will be held in the Hill Memorial...

More than 50 participants at Block and Bridle annual rodeo

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
November 12, 2009

The intriguing smell of horse manure and chewing tobacco emanated inside the John M. Parker Coliseum on Thursday as the Block and Bridle student organization's annual rodeo bucked off to a good start.More...

Internet will prove problematic for future candidates

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
November 12, 2009

Student Government President Stuart Watkins said he tries to hold himself accountable and cautious of his actions during the Internet media age."Young individuals need to watch what they do," he said....