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Resolution addresses Moodle participation controversy

By Xerxes Wilson
Staff Writer
October 5, 2009

Student Government Senate officials will consider a resolution addressing controversy about Moodle and student participation on Wednesday.Resolution No. 5 — authored by Senators Aaron Caffarel and...

$643M raised by Forever LSU

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
October 4, 2009

With a year and three months to go, the Forever LSU fundraising campaign is just more than $100 million away from reaching its goal of raising $750 million by the end of 2010.Beverly Major, director of...

Eight US troops killed in deadliest Afghan assault in more than a year

By The Associated Press
October 4, 2009

KABUL (AP) — Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and grenades stormed a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight U.S. soldiers and capturing more than 20 Afghan...

Biden, Supreme Court attend a Catholic Mass

By By The Associated Press
October 4, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Biden, six members of the Supreme Court and hundreds...

La. gets grant to fight asthma

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
October 4, 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...

Playboy microfilms in Middleton

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
October 4, 2009

The University has bunnies in Middleton Library, but they're not furry.Middleton has a small collection of Playboy Magazine microfilms in the basement which  includes magazines from Playboy's creation...

Report shows public transportation use has increased

By Lindsey Meaux
Contributing Writer
October 4, 2009

Louisiana still feels the effects of summer 2008's dramatic gas price increase in good ways and bad ways — and in ways that help set the state apart from the pack.Louisiana's transit ridership rates...

Tea party movement crosses political boundaries

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
October 4, 2009

They hold protests and badger politicians at town hall meetings — and they really like tea parties.Grassroots conservatives have mobilized their resources and organized hundreds of local protests...

Mentor program helps first-years

By Olga Kourilova
Contributing Writer
October 4, 2009

Statistically, 21 of this year's 210 enrolled first-year law students won't return in 2010, but a new program hopes to alleviate some of the stress faced by new students.The First-Year Advisory Program,...

University adds $215K supercomputer to Frey Center

By Lindsey Meaux
Contributing Writer
October 4, 2009

September marked the launch of Philip, the University's latest $215,000 addition to the supercomputing cluster located in the Frey Computing Services Center.The cluster, a joint effort between the Center...

Tropical Storm Olaf moving north in the Pacific – 10:16 a.m.

By The Associated Press
October 2, 2009

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Olaf is maintaining its strength as it moves north in the Pacific far off Mexico's coast. Olaf's maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 kph). The storm is expected...

UF officials remove zombie plan from site – 10:20 a.m.

By The Associated Press
October 2, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida's response plans for a zombie apocalypse are no longer available for public consumption. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said Friday the university removed...