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Bill Cassidy addresses veterans during a rally at the USS Kidd Veterans Museum Monday.

Cassidy, McCain and Vitter Headline Veterans Rally

By Quint Forgey October 13, 2014

Crowded under a P-40 Warhawk suspended just feet above the audience, a troop of Republican supporters and American veterans sat at attention Monday as Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and David Vitter, R-La.,...

Voters overlook debates and track election via social media

October 9, 2014

Many students, much like the country’s general population, do not watch political debates. Instead, young voters flock to social media for their political news. When Senate candidates Rep. Bill Cassidy,...

Signs encouraging citizens to sign a petition instituting the area of St. George as a city are arranged outside of Megan's Dress 2 the 9's Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

LSU System supports annexation of additional land into the City of Baton Rouge

By Deanna Narveson October 8, 2014

The LSU Board of Supervisors issued a signed petition Wednesday supporting the annexation of unincorporated land southwest of campus into Baton Rouge proper. The land now resides within borders of the...

Mary Landrieu holds a press conference at BRCC Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Landrieu rallies millennials around college affordability initiatives

September 30, 2014

Thirty-four days from what may be the biggest fight of her political career, four-term Sen. Mary Landrieu energized a crowd of young leaders Tuesday at Baton Rouge Community College. Landrieu spoke on...

Louisiana ranked 4th in nation for men murdering women

September 28, 2014

Blair Brown, founding president of Equality for HER and communication studies junior, witnessed domestic abuse between two University students last year. Her roommate’s boyfriend came into their...

University students express political needs

September 24, 2014

University students have common issues and policies they want their politicians to change, and some student political leaders are vocalizing what they want from politicians this election cycle. Millennials...

CSA students pose in Free Speech Plaza with voter registration cards. 

Common Sense Action holds voter registration challenge

September 22, 2014

Student organization Common Sense Action, in an attempt  to get more students registered and voting, is hosting a voter registration challenge to maximize millennial involvement in the upcoming midterm...

One in Four

White House rolls out “It’s on Us” campaign

September 22, 2014

The White House’s newly unveiled “It’s on Us” sexual assault awareness campaign is in the early stages of implementation at universities and colleges around the nation.  President...

A study from Stanford University shows voters may vote based on looks in non-partisan elections. 

Candidate attractiveness may influence voters

September 16, 2014

There are 13 candidates in Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District with specific issues of focus, but some voters might pay more attention to the looks of the candidates than their stances. Assistant...

Medical school proposed for Baton Rouge

September 15, 2014

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is proposing a four-year medical school and diabetes and obesity center in Baton Rouge, hiring consulting firm Perkins+Will Global to prepare a master plan with four...

La. Senate candidates to debate at LSU

September 10, 2014

Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-La., signed on for a debate among the three front runners in Louisiana’s U.S. senate race at the University on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at The Manship School of Mass Communication. Cassidy...

Libertarian Rufus Craig opens up about 6th District race

Libertarian Rufus Craig opens up about 6th District race

By Quint Forgey September 10, 2014

It was during his time as a student at the University that 6th District congressional candidate Rufus Craig decided to become a Libertarian. “I got in trouble for marijuana when I was 19, as...