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Vice Chancellor of Student Life, Eric Monday, answers mass com junior Robbie Petro, political communications sophomore Mallory Logan, and political science senior Blake Bougious questions about the new bus system during his Mondays with Monday meetings witht he students.

Monday on Mondays discuss campus transit

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
September 28, 2009

Students were confronted by a barrage of free T-shirts, bumper stickers and Tiger Trails trail mix as Monday on Mondays went mobile yesterday.Eric Monday, associate vice chancellor for Finance and Administrative...

LSU’s emergency text messages tested

By By Lindsey Meaux
Contributing Writer
September 28, 2009

Cell phones vibrated, chimed and rang across the University around 9 a.m. Tuesday as Information Technology Services sent a trial emergency text message. The text — "This is a test of the LSU Emergency...

Matthew Shepherd, LSU Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics president and studio art senior, discusses plans with the group Monday for Blasphemy Day International.

Group plans for Blasphemy Day

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
September 27, 2009

Free Speech Alley has housed its share of religious groups through the years, but this Wednesday, it will hold a spot for a student organization promoting the freedom to criticize religion. The organization...

Obama to make in-person pitch for 2016 Olympics – 10:20 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will travel to Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, projecting the highest-ever White House profile in lobbying for the international...

College commission begins two-day meeting – 10:05 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A commission charged with finding ways to overhaul Louisiana's public college systems and reducing its costs is back in Baton Rouge for a two-day meeting. The commission is...

Philippine storm toll rises to 140 dead – 10: 30 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines appealed for international help Monday after a tropical storm killed 140 people in the country's north and warned a new storm could strike this week, with...

Wal-Mart best symbolizes America, a new poll finds – 10:10 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Half the respondents of a new poll say taxing the richest Americans by at least 50 percent is a great idea, while more than a third consider Twitter a fad that will likely fade. Those...

90 years later, opera’s back on Bourbon Street – 10 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 27, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bourbon Street — where Dixieland jazz competes with karaoke bars, rock 'n' roll cover bands and strip club jukeboxes — is also one of the first places in America where...

DHH receives asthma grant – 9:45 a.m.

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
September 27, 2009

Better treatment is imminent for Louisiana asthmatics, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals a $1.75 million grant for fighting asthma. The...

SG addresses Moodle controversy – 12 p.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
Staff Writer
September 27, 2009

The Student Government Senate Academics Committee will debate instructors factoring students' Moodle access frequency in their class participation grade. Teachers can determine how much a student accesses...

La. has surplus of four-year degrees

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
September 27, 2009

The Louisiana Postsecondary Education Review Commission met Monday to discuss the future of community and technical colleges in Louisiana. Members heard from national and local leaders about the state's...

 

LSU’s contributions to public good helps put University on list of best colleges

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
September 27, 2009

The University is known for filling Baton Rouge with the electricity of LSU football. But when Tiger Stadium empties, another important facet of the University still pervades the community — its...