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Board of Supervisors to meet Friday – 9:55 a.m.

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
October 7, 2009

The LSU System Board of Supervisors will discuss pay raises forseveral athletic coaches and enrollment data for fall 2009 at itsOctober meeting Friday. Proposed contract changes for men's basketball head...

SG administration fulfills 10 pushcard initiatives midway through its term

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
October 7, 2009

Nearing the midway point in his administration, Student Government President Stuart Watkins has completed 10 of the 34 items on the pushcard, while conceding five of the 34 items may not be feasible during...

Press X not to die: New PSPgo will founder, digital distribution will win

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
October 7, 2009

I'll just come right out and say it — the PSPgo is stupid.Last week, Sony released the latest version of its Playstation Portable line, the PSPgo. Now as much as I want to make this entire column...

Michelle Zerba, English professor, left, speaks with A’dair Flynt, nutritional sciences sophomore, about international opportunities Wednesday at the Study Abroad Fair.

Fair educates students about overseas opportunities

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
October 7, 2009

Students looked into possible educational trips around the country and the world Wednesday.Nearly 940 students attended the Study Abroad Fair, an amount comparable to previous years, said Jill Clemmons,...

University officials to participate in Celebrity Waiter Luau – 10:55 a.m.

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
October 6, 2009

Several members of the University community will serve as celebrity waiters at the third annual Baton Rouge Oasis Celebrity Waiter Luau on Thursday at the Sheraton Baton Rouge Convention Center Hotel. The...

University’s first black undergraduate student returning to give speech – 10:50 a.m.

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
October 6, 2009

A.P. Tureaud Jr., the first African-American undergraduate student to attend the University in 1953, will be the featured speaker for the annual Harambeé: A Coming Together Program. Harambeé,...

SG Senate meeting tonight – 11:20 a.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
Staff Writer
October 6, 2009

The Student Government Senate will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Senate Chambers in the Student Union. New business tonight includes resolutions involving the Moodle participation grading controversy,...

Chinese company planning to build BR plant – 10:45 a.m.

By Associated Press
October 6, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Chinese company plans to build a plant in Baton Rouge to manufacture a radiation treatment device. Huiheng Medical Inc. would employ up to 300 people at salaries of up to...

Swine flu vaccine arrives in La. today

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
October 6, 2009

Health care providers will be provided with the single-most effective weapon to fight the spread of H1N1 virus today after months of rampant attacks on the state's population.The Louisiana Department of...

Floating house could ride New Orleans’ floods – 12 p.m.

By Associated Press
October 6, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right...

EBR officials expect millions from methane project – 11 a.m.

By Associated Press
October 6, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — East Baton Rouge Parish officials say they expect to earn up to $33 million during the next 20 years with a new methane collection project at the North Baton Rouge Landfill. Construction...

University student honored for green efforts – 10:40 a.m.

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
October 6, 2009

A fifth-year architecture student recently received a prestigious Young Leaders Award by the U.S. Green Building Council for developing and implementing a game day recycling program in Tiger Stadium. The...