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Congress projects smaller deficit than White House’s $9 trillion – 2:30 p.m.

By Associated Press
August 25, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional budget analysts project a cumulative $7 trillion deficit from 2010-2019, a figure roughly $2 trillion less than the one projected by the White House budget office. The...

Baton Rouge to NOLA rail plan pulled – 11:10 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
August 25, 2009

Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped plans to request federal stimulus money to build a rail system between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, according to reports by The Times Picayune. Chester Wilmot, civil engineering...

Largest freshman class in history enters LSU Health Sciences Center – 11:30 a.m.

By Lindsey Meaux
August 25, 2009

The School of Medicine at the Health Sciences Center New Orleans' 2009 freshman class is the largest in history with 201 incoming freshmen. The Health Sciences Center has experienced an overall growth...

State Rep. proposes bill to block health care reform

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2009

Uncertainty surrounding proposed health care reforms has many of President Barack Obama's political opponents seeking ways to curtail the effects of government-run medicine.A proposed amendment to the...

Juxtaposed Notions: Dear White House: Facts are stubborn things

By Linnie Leavines
Columnist
August 24, 2009

In response to what the White House calls health care "disinformation," it has set up a page with the blaring headline "Facts are Stubborn Things" to encourage citizens to snitch on each other. Halfway...

State misses deadline for performance scores – 11:30 a.m.

By Associated Press
August 24, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The state education department missed an Aug. 1 deadline to release school performance scores for its lowest performing schools, and has yet to announce a new release date. The...

Renowned photographer to speak at School of Art and Design

By Lindsey Meaux
Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2009

Alec Soth, a photographer with work represented in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, will visit the University on Sept. 2 as part of the college's Distinguished...

‘Inhumane’ CIA terror tactics spur criminal probe

By The Associated Press
August 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration launched a criminal investigation Monday into harsh questioning of detainees during President George W. Bush's war on terrorism, revealing CIA interrogators'...

Chemistry professor selected for spaceflight suborbital research group – 12:35 p.m.

University chemistry professor John Pojman was selected to participate in the Commercial Spaceflight Federation's Suborbital Applications Researchers Group, according to a Unversity press release.SARG...

Vice chancellor for finance and administrative services to retire – 1:20 p.m.

By Mary Walker Baus
Staff Writer
August 24, 2009

Jerry Baudin, vice chancellor for finance and administration services, will retire from the University on Dec. 31, according to a University news release. "We commend and thank Dr. Baudin, who has given...

Darfur activists use ads to urge Obama to get tougher on policy

By The Associated Press
August 24, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Darfur activists upset about President Barack Obama's Sudan policy are launching a critical advertising campaign that urges him to step up pressure on Khartoum. The move comes as...

H1N1 cases still appearing at Student Health Center – 5:10 p.m.

By Adam Duvernay
Senior Staff Writer
August 24, 2009

Student Health Center officials say they are still seeing many students with flu symptoms and have diagnosed at least a dozen students with Type A influenza since the start of school. Julie Hupperich,...