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Vote record key for ’10 election

By Nate Monroe
Contributing Writer
September 10, 2009

Two heavyweight contenders are now in the 2010 Senate race.Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Napoleonville, announced Aug. 27 he will challenge incumbent Republican Sen. David Vitter in 2010 — a challenge...

LSU professor will present at Madrid conference – 12:20 p.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 10, 2009

A paper by Carol Carter, E.J. Orso College of Business instructor and associate director of the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, was recently accepted for presentation in the International Conference...

Search on for escaped Angola inmate – 2:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 10, 2009

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State Penitentiary chase team is following a trail in the Tunica Hills Thursday for an inmate believed to have escaped from his assigned job of picking up litter on...

LSUHSC receives $220,000 grant from Patrick F. Taylor Foundation – 12:40 p.m.

The Patrick F. Taylor Foundation awarded a $220,000 grant to The Department of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine. The grant will fund two medical research programs for...

Coastal Sustainability Studio to study solution for the Gulf Coast – 12:50 p.m.

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
September 10, 2009

A group of scholars at the University are studying issues related to sustainability along the Gulf Coast in an effort called the Coastal Sustainability Studio, according to a University news release. Funded...

Stickers to promote clean chant

By Xerxes A. Wilson
Staff Writer
September 10, 2009

Tiger football returns to Death Valley this Saturday, bringing with it the ongoing controversy over the "Oh-Wee-Oh" chant.Student Government will distribute stickers reading "Oh-Wee-Oh Tigers" outside...

Jindal creates panel to publicize census – 12:20 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 10, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal has created a panel to publicize the importance of the 2010 census to Louisiana. The Louisiana Complete Count Committee will be overseen by Secretary of...

Ph.D. student to attend international conference – 12:30 p.m.

By Kyle Bove
Senior Staff Writer
September 10, 2009

A University Ph.D. student in the Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences was selected as part of a 40 student group to attend the International Conference on Information Systems 2009 Doctoral...

H1N1 flu safety measures intensify

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
September 10, 2009

The approach of the annual flu season coupled with the lingering H1N1 pandemic has mobilized efforts in East Baton Rouge Parish to prepare for what officials expect to be a frantic season.East Baton Rouge...

Two more swine flu deaths bring La.’s total to six – 12:30 p.m.

By Associated Press
September 10, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two more Louisiana residents have died as the result of swine flue, bringing the total of H1N1-related deaths in the state to six. The state Department of Health and Hospitals...

SG to host first Straight Talk of semester – 10:45 a.m.

By Xerxes Wilson
Staff Writer
September 9, 2009

Members of Student Government will host the first "Straight Talk" ofthe semester from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Free Speech Alley today. SG President Stuart Watkins, members of the executive staff and...

Tiger Band to be inducted into Hall of Fame – 11:15 a.m.

By The Associated Press
September 9, 2009

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana State University Tiger Band is set to be inducted this weekend into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame — the only college marching band to receive such an honor. The...