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What do you think about the new rescheduling rule in the Testing Center?

October 12, 2015

Many people are upset about the new Testing Center rule. Once an exam is scheduled and the testing time frame begins, students are not allowed to reschedule for a different day. What do you think? Give...

Tonya Johnson dons traditional clothes to show support for the fight against domestic violence during Take Back The Night on Oct. 11, 2015, in front of the Memorial Tower.

‘Take Back the Night’ rallies against sexual, domestic violence

By Caitlyn Burkes October 11, 2015

In April 2014, 42-year-old Tonya Johnson’s former classmate lost both her son’s life and her own life to her husband after years of domestic abuse. Johnson, decked out in her Wild Tchoupitoulas Indian...

Washing machine prices inside the dorm rooms are set to $1.25 a load making it $5.00 just to clean and dry two loads of laundry on Tuesday Oct. 06, 2015, in Laville Hall on LSU campus.

ResLife laundry facility costs cover operation charges

By Joshua Jackson October 6, 2015

Ten quarters — or $2.50 — is the cost to wash and dry one load of laundry in an LSU residential hall laundry room. Depending on how often a student washes his or her clothes, the routine task...

Students attend Fall Fest on Friday, Oct. 02, 2015 in LSU Parade Grounds.

Fall Fest 2015 features student performances, sponsored activities

By Sarah Kent October 4, 2015

Fall Fest 2015 attracted large crowds of students, alumni, parents and faculty Friday to take a break from the busy semester to enjoy a spin in a human hamster ball or sample a few refreshments. This year’s...

LSU Dining Halls accomodate out of state students on Thursday, Oct. 1, by serving their favorite meals from their home state.

LSU Dining brings favorite home-cooked meals to campus kitchen

By Kaci Cazenave October 1, 2015

Homesick students didn’t have to travel far to eat their favorite home-cooked fish tacos or bratwurst Thursday. LSU Dining’s executive chef Jon Jackson prepared them on campus in The 459 Commons...

LSU sophomore costal enviornmental science major Gourav Divan, who was one of the people involved in starting the dance team, talks about the TigeRaas Dance Team on Tuesday Sept. 29, 2015, in the LSU Student Union.

Garba-raas dancing combines ancient traditions with modern themes

By Trent Parker September 30, 2015

A group of LSU students are forming a team to perform Indian dances known as “garba-raas,” whose roots lie in traditional Hindu festivals but now include dance contests with a modern twist. There...

Fall 2015 marks LSU flagship campus’ fourth-largest freshman class ever

By Caitlin Burkes September 29, 2015

Departments opened their doors and residential life opened its halls this semester to LSU’s largest enrollment since 2004. LSU President F. King Alexander said student enrollment across all campuses...

Foreign language-learning still found useful, professors say

By Joshua Jackson September 28, 2015

Learning a new language may not be easy, but it has multiple long-term benefits, including increased job opportunities and easier international travel. Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and...

Law Center

Law Center committee to implement diversity recommendations

By Carrie Grace Henderson September 28, 2015

Changes are in store for the Paul M. Hebert Law Center as its Diversity and Professionalism Committee begins implementing recommendations from its Diversity Task Force report. The faculty committee, formed...

Colby Hilliard admires his new haircut courtesy of owner Jamel Bowser on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, at Dorm Room Kutz on Nicholson Drive.

Local barbershop Dorm Room Kutz serves LSU students, athletes

By Kevin Miner September 27, 2015

Everything about the Dorm Room Kutz barbershop bleeds purple and gold — from owner Jamel Bowser’s customized LSU chair to the LSU athletes’ signatures on the wall. Bowser is referred...

11/20/2014 Veterans Center

Tech Qualled start-up corporation helps veterans train for sales jobs

By Staff Reports September 24, 2015

For job-seeking veterans at campuses across the country, the transition from soldier to civilian is becoming easier because of corporations such as Tech Qualled in Fort Worth, Texas. Established in April,...

Heather Hamilton stands outside the still-closed Grand 16 where John Russell Houser opened fire July 23 during a movie she was watching. 

LSU students remember, re-live Lafayette shooting

By Randee Iles, Manship News Service September 23, 2015

When John Russell Houser opened fire July 23 about 20 minutes into a showing of “Trainwreck” at The Grand 16 movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, construction management senior Lucas Knepper...