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Obama talks economy, visits ‘Letterman’ on Monday – 9:30 a.m.

By Associated Press
September 20, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama starts the week in New York, where he'll continue his health-care media blitz with another TV appearance. He'll tape an interview on the "Late Show" with...

Social work minor planned

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
September 20, 2009

The University's School of Social Work has plans to begin offering a minor program starting fall 2010.Social Work Dean Christian Molidor said the school decided to offer a minor to get closer to its goal...

USDA to fund LBTC program another year, signed contract with University – 1 p.m.

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
September 20, 2009

The United States Department of Agriculture signed a contract with the University to fund the Louisiana Business and Technology Center's Mobile Classroom for an additional year, according to a University...

Venezuela celebrates historic crowning

By The Associated Press
September 19, 2009

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The newly crowned Miss Universe returned to her native Venezuela on Saturday to celebrate her historic selection, saying the nation would go for its third consecutive win...

‘Hot job’ openings more available to higher ed. grads

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
September 19, 2009

One in six of the 230 "hot jobs" for future graduates will be available to those with associate degrees or higher, according to a recent study by The New Democratic Leadership Council published Sept. 2....

MDA building officially opens

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
September 19, 2009

To see a slideshow of the building, click here.Carly Zimmerman said she couldn't believe she was finally standing in the newly renovated Claude L. Shaver Theatre. She wasn't alone — hundreds of students...

The Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART) and other contributors gather at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a new animal emergency response unit at the LSU Vet School’s Equine Lameness Pavillion.

La. develops its first animal response unit

By Sarah Eddington
Contributing Writer
September 19, 2009

After losing an estimated 8,500 animals — not including those drowned and never recovered —  during Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana needed a plan for its pets. Louisiana developed its first...

University Baptist minister remembered by friends

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 19, 2009

He was a minister and a musician, a father and a husband. He taught his daughters to dance on the tops of his feet and ate raw cookie dough from the refrigerator late at night.But on campus, he will be...

Louisiana to lose Congressional seat

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
September 19, 2009

Illegal immigrants have become a hot topic in the national health debate since Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst during President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress last Wednesday. But illegal...

LSU community survey shows approval of wayfinding signs

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
September 19, 2009

About 80 percent of University students, faculty and staff recently polled said the vibrant directional signs being tested across campus are appropriate for LSU, according to an online survey released...

304 fewer freshman enrolled in 2009

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
September 19, 2009

The economy is causing more than just cuts in the budget. The 2009 Enrollment Report released Friday by the Office of Budget and Planning showed a 1 percent decrease in total enrollment from 28,194 students...

Ex-aide: John Edwards fathered mistress’ child

By The Associated Press
September 19, 2009

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A man who once claimed to have fathered the child of John Edwards' mistress says in a book proposal the former presidential candidate is the real father and that he and Edwards...