With nearly a month elapsed since the College of Arts and Sciences announced its dean's impending departure, an e-mail broadcast to the Arts and Sciences faculty and staff announced a temporary replacement...

Marijuana arrests on campus are rising like smoke. The LSU Police Department has made 38 drug arrests this semester, and a majority involved marijuana. LSUPD spokesman Maj. Lawrence Rabalais said the number...

Student response clickers are an easy way for professors to get information from or give in-class quizzes to their students. But because professors seem to have difficulty agreeing on a specific brand,...

The trial began this morning in New Orleans for the case commonly known as the MRGO lawsuit. The five residents and one business from New Orleans East, the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish, filed...

LSU has just enough bikinis, sex and brains to land the University at No. 8 on Playboy Magazine's Top Party Schools 2009 list, released Friday. The magazine collected information from its staff writers...

As a woman in her early 20s walked up the steps into The Chimes on Highland Road, she didn't look happy. Talking on her cell phone, she seemed to be in the midst of an upsetting argument. While most passers-by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called Thursday for the country to move swiftly to a system of high-speed rail travel, saying it will relieve congestion, help clean the air and save on energy. Appearing...

The rhythmic drumming of a Capoeira group, a dance and song native to Brazil, energized the atmosphere of the "We Can Progress Together!" event held Thursday by the newly formed Latin American Student...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A mystery is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least nine universities have received gifts totaling more than $45 million, and the...

Each chancellor of the LSU System's 11 institutions proposed a campus-by-campus budget reduction plan at today's Board of Supervisors meeting. Chancellor Michael Martin said he plans to protect the academic...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Shreveport lawmaker is wrapping up his second annual walk to the state Capitol. Rep. Patrick Williams was expected to complete his 226-mile trek to Baton Rouge Thursday. Williams,...

Last season, the LSU gymnastics team advanced to the Super Six meet for the first time in school history.Today the Tigers will attempt to become the first LSU team to make back-to-back appearances.LSU...