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

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
September 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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...

Construction begins on Brightside

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
September 14, 2009

Recently commenced construction on Brightside Lane, marking the halfway point of the Green Light Plan, will add a turning lane along with walkways and bike paths on either side of the street. Work began...

Angola inmate captured – 11 a.m.

By Associated Press
September 14, 2009

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — An Angola chase team has captured escaped inmate Henry Smith. West Feliciana Parish Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said a chase team member spotted Smith Monday morning crossing a parish...

Flu numbers may be misleading – 10:30 a.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 14, 2009

Though the Student Health Center is still seeing a steady stream of students with classic non-seasonal flu symptoms, clinic officials have stopped testing as many cases as they had in the past.Between...

Patrick Swayze has died – 7 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 14, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — A publicist for Patrick Swayze says the "Dirty Dancing" actor has died. Check back for more updates.    ----Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]    

University chair of chemistry receives $3.6 million grant

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences recently awarded University professor and Patrick F. Taylor chair of chemistry Barry Dellinger a $3.6 million grant to support research on hazardous...

Yale lab killing was not at random, police say – 1:40 p.m.

By The Associated Press
September 14, 2009

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The Yale graduate student presumed to have been killed in her lab building and stuffed into a wall there was probably not the victim of a random act, police said Monday as...

Future of W policy uncertain

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
September 14, 2009

The status of the new W policy is unclear to Student Government members and University Provost Astrid Merget. Merget told SG members Monday she did not know the exact position of the new W policy, said...

LSU professor receives $3.6 million grant – 1:30 p.m.

Chemistry professor Barry Dellinger received a $3.6 million grant to study hazardous waste disposal, courtesy of the federal stimulus package.The grant, which Dellinger considers his life-long project,...