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University HPC launches supercomputing cluster – 11:50 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Staff Writer
September 28, 2009

The University's High Performance Computing introduced Philip, a supercomputing cluster, during the week of Sept. 13, according to a news release from the Center for Computation & Technology. The...

International research team cracks potato genome – 10:15 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 28, 2009

DETROIT (AP) — A global team of researchers has mapped the genetic code of the world's most popular vegetable — the potato. The draft of the potato genome released last week represents the...

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...

Louisiana traffic deaths take sharp drop in 2008 – 10:35 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 28, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana safety officials said Monday traffic deaths and injuries in Louisiana in 2008 took the sharpest decline in 15 years. In 2008, 913 people were killed in Louisiana...

“Monday on Mondays” held today – 11:50 a.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
Staff Writer
September 28, 2009

Monday on Mondays will go mobile today. Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Services Eric Monday will ride the Purple and Gold Tiger Trails routes from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. answering...

Casting call draws thousands to Cajundome – 10:10 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 28, 2009

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Thousands of Hollywood hopefuls flocked to the Cajundome for an open casting call for the Disney film "Secretariat." Armed with headshots and questionnaires, people young and...

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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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...