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Local 2010 races still wide open

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
November 5, 2009

Just one year after Barack Obama was elected to the presidency, voters headed to the polls Tuesday night for a mix of gubernatorial, Congressional and various local off-year elections.The stakes in some...

Jindal pledges $30 million to business complex

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
November 5, 2009

The state will commit $30 million in capital outlay funds to construct a new complex for the E.J. Ourso College of Business, Gov. Bobby Jindal said on Wednesday.  The decision follows Jindal's announcement...

Campus Crime Briefs- Nov. 4

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November 4, 2009

STUDENT ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGESA 21-year-old University student was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 28, on eight counts of illegal manufacture or distribution of Schedule I drugs, among other charges.LSU Police...

Nov. 3 elections are not a preview for La. Senate race, expert says – 12:00 p.m.

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2009

Just one year after President Barack Obama was elected to presidency,voters headed to the polls again Tuesday night for a mix ofgubernatorial, Congressional and various local off-year elections. The stakes...

Controversial justice of peace resigns following refusal to marry couple

By Melinda Deslatte
The Associated Press
November 4, 2009

(AP) — A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday.Keith Bardwell, who is white, quit the post with a one-sentence...

Rape victim confronts Vitter

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
November 4, 2009

Jennie Waldrop, animal, dairy and poultry sciences senior, was raped on Nov. 21, 2005. With the help of her attorney, a rape crisis adviser and friends, her attacker is now behind bars in Angola Prison,...

LSU alumna Jasmine Stovall recites a poem at the Sigma Gamma Rho poetry slam Tuesday in the Magnolia Room in the Union.

Sigma Gamma Rho hosts contest for student poets

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2009

Poets covered life lessons from love and hate to religion and personal struggles for a crowd of about 70 students at the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. open mic and poetry slam Tuesday night. The Gamma...

SG announces election results – 10:15 p.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
November 4, 2009

A referendum allowing the Student Government Vice President to be eligible to receive a salary passed the student body in the fall elections held Tuesday. SG Commissioner of Elections Alexis Sarver presented...

FEMA urges panel to reject Katrina claim – 11:20 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 4, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — FEMA has urged a federal arbitration panel to reject claims that the state is owed $492 million for hurricane damages to LSU's Charity Hospital in New Orleans. It's the latest...

SG to announce election results tonight – 12:00 p.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
Staff Writer
November 4, 2009

Student Government will announce the results of its fall election atthe weekly SG Senate meeting tonight. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Senate Chambers on the thirdfloor of the LSU Student...

Scheduling spring break causes conflict

By Sarah Eddington
Contributing Writer
November 4, 2009

The placement of spring break in the University's academic calendar induced conflict at Tuesday's Faculty Senate meeting. Previously, spring break typically occurred the week of Good Friday, according...

6 deaths last week bring La swine flu toll to 30 – 11:15 a.m.

By The Associated Press
November 3, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state Department of Health and Hospitals says Louisiana's swine flu death toll is now at 30, with six deaths related to the virus in the past week. Four — two boys...