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Inside job suspected in killing

By The Associated Press
September 13, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a...

Construction begins on Brightside Lane – 1:30 p.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2009

Construction on Brightside Lane began Sept. 8, 2009, according to the Green Light Plan Web site. The construction is scheduled to last for nine months, and it is part of the greater Green Light Plan...

Car wreck leaves four students injured, Easy Street booth damaged – 7 p.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 13, 2009

A car accident on S. Stadium Drive near the South Stadium parking lot injured four students and damaged the nearby Easy Street booth. The wreck occurred around 4:30 p.m. when a black Nissan XTerra pulled...

Ashley Braquet, community member (left), and Meghan Alvendia, biological sciences sophomore (right), help clean up the Hill Farm Community Garden on Monday.

Students grow own vegetables

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
September 13, 2009

Laura Dicks loves cooking with organic produce, but she's sick of paying high costs at grocery stores. "It tastes better, but I can't really afford it," Dicks said. This semester the history senior, along...

Rep. Wilson: Pres. Obama won’t get a second apology

By The Associated Press
September 12, 2009

WASHINGTON — One apology is enough, a digging-in-his heels Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday, challenging Democratic leaders who want him to say on the House floor that he's sorry for yelling "You lie!"...

Two students bring diversity to fraternity life

By Kristen M'lissa Rowlett
Contributing Writer
September 12, 2009

People love to see black and white but hate to see grey, according to Darek Jackson.Jackson, political science senior, speaks from experience as the only white member of the University's chapter of Iota...

Psychology junior Annie Gullickson (left) and criminal justice junior Kelly Wilson (right) discuss their experience as exchange students.

NSE a cheaper alternative to studying abroad

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
September 12, 2009

Louisiana is known for its heat and humidity, but rarely do those features attract visitors.But basking in the heat and avoiding the snow are some of the reasons Kelly Wilson and Annie Gullickson chose...

Students make use of money-saving resources

By Sarah Lawson
Contributing Writer
September 12, 2009

To see a video of how students are saving money, click here.Some use coupons, some sell their clothes and some show up at friends' houses in time for dinner.However they do it, students are finding ways...

‘Name That Space’ campaign ends

By Brianna Paciorka
Contributing Writer
September 12, 2009

More than 3,300 students took the opportunity to help "name that space" by voting Sept. 8 to 11 on a new name for the temporarily named Live Oak Lounge in the Student Union.The space's current name —...

White House: Iran talks should focus on nuclear program

By The Associated Press
September 12, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The White House said Saturday that international talks with Iran should focus on the country's nuclear program, a topic Tehran had ruled off limits until its foreign minister opened...

Gabe Harrell, digital services associate with LSU Libraries’ Special Collections division, uses an overhead digital scanner to capture the image of a full-sized newsprint page. The project is a result of a two-year grant from the National Endowment for Humanities.

Library of Congress project to digitize historic newspapers

By Ryan Buxton
Staff Writer
September 12, 2009

Louisiana newspaper pages from as early as 1860 will appear in a place their original journalists never knew would exist — the Internet.LSU Libraries is teaming with the Library of Congress on a...

Furlough prop. sparks debate

By Sarah Eddington
Contributing Writer
September 10, 2009

A resolution proposing an elective furlough plan sparred debate at the Faculty Senate meeting Thursday night, causing senate members to table the discussion until November. The state government asked the...