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Waste compost piles up Tuesday at the W.A. Callegari Environmental Center. Fall Fest will implement a pilot composting program to help save money on trash waste.

Fall Fest implements pilot composting program

By Kristen M’lissa Rowlett
News Contributor
September 24, 2009

Less waste will be sent to a landfill at this year's Fall Fest as the University promotes sustainability with composting and recycling.Students from the Environmental Conservation Organization, the Environmental...

The 13th Gate opens today – 8:45 a.m.

By Lindsay Nunez
Entertainment Writer
September 24, 2009

The 13th Gate — Baton Rouge's biggest haunted house located on Saint Phillip Street — opens today at 6:30 p.m. Hauntworld magazine named The 13th Gate the No. 1 haunted house in the nation...

Hambrice death ruled an accident

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 24, 2009

The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Police Department closed an almost two-month investigation Tuesday into the death of the coordinator of Graduate Student Services for the University's music department.The death...

University retention rate below peers’

By Emily Holden
Contributing Writer
September 24, 2009

Danielle Champagne enrolled in the University in 2006, studied rigorously for years while working full-time, and last year, she withdrew. Champagne's story is not uncommon. About 34 percent of students...

No sign that bailout will expire at year’s end – 9:20 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department official in charge of overseeing the government's $700 billion bank bailout program says the nation's economic recovery has just begun and that "we still...

Jindal draws attention from Republicans for 2012 election

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 24, 2009

As the Republican Party struggles to discover a new identity while Democrats hold power, attention is already focused on the potential candidates for the 2012 presidential election.A Sept. 17 straw poll...

Live Oak Lounge ‘clear winner’

By Steven Powell
Contributing Writer
September 24, 2009

The Student Union held the grand opening ceremony of the first floor lounge Wednesday afternoon, announcing the anticipated final name for the new first-floor area."This is officially the Live Oak Lounge,"...

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection – 9:50 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

BANGKOK (AP) — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many...

USDA to fund conservation effort in 12 states – 10:30 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The troubled basin of the Mississippi River is set to receive a $320 million boost from the Agriculture Department. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was announcing Thursday that...

Bus trip to be held this weekend

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
September 24, 2009

Student Government is hosting its annual bus trip to the Mississippi State football game this weekend.About 260 students with 10 chaperones will leave by bus at 3:30 a.m. Saturday for the six-hour trip...

Tropical Storm Nora weakening in the Pacific – 9:10 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 24, 2009

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Nora is weakening and has slowed down as it spins far out in the Pacific. The storm's maximum sustained winds have decreased to 50 mph (85 kph) early Thursday. Additional...

YouTube may offer movies

By Catie Vogels
Entertainment Writer
September 24, 2009

Michael Bellocq grew up visiting the local video store with his father to rent movies. Now he is surrounded by them.Bellocq, history junior and a manager at Video USA on Lee Drive, rents movies so he won't...