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Arts and Wellness

By Travis Cobb March 10, 2014

Last month, Walmart donated $25,000 to the Mental Health Association for Greater Baton Rouge. That money will feed clients with hot lunches. For one man, the lunches aren’t the best part of his day. No...

Crisis in Ukraine

Crisis in Ukraine

By Eric Toups March 10, 2014

The crisis in Ukraine continues as Russian troops occupy Crimea in Ukraine the and world leaders deadlock on how to handle the issue.  Protesting in Kiev against Ukraine’s pro-Russian government...

Breaux Symposium brings in the participation from the audience. Many students in the audience were taking notes and tweeting the event using #breaux14

Breaux Symposium Marks 50 Years After New York Times v. Sullivan

By Gabriela Chauvin March 7, 2014

LSU welcomes the 2014 50 years John Breaux Symposium. The focus on the event brought the question how well is the public being informed and what must be done to increase awareness and debate? Many students...

Engineers in the process of building racecar

Engineers in the process of building racecar

By Jacquelyn Masse February 26, 2014

A student-run organization called formula SAE is building a racecar for a worldwide competition in May. It will consist of racing, business presentations, and cost auditing events. Formula SAE president...

Kimberlé Crenshaw

Civil Rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw speaks at Commemorative Program

By Claire Perrodin February 25, 2014

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Civil Rights activist, author of The Critical Race theory and professor at UCLA was a guest speaker for the Commemorative Martin Luther King Jr. program. Crenshaw was welcomed...

Louisiana Open to Medical Marijuana legalization

Louisiana Open to Medical Marijuana legalization

By Eric Toups February 24, 2014

The question of whether or not to legalize medicinal marijuana has reemerged as Governor Jindal stated that he would be open to its legalization. Louisiana has already passed a law that allows doctors...

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Executive director of the African American Policy Forum and professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School, speaks to students Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 about race and "intersectionality", a concept she coined to capture the multidimensional dynamics of discrimination.

Civil and women’s rights activist comes to University

By Michael Tarver and Claire Perrodin February 23, 2014

With an air of camaraderie, community and collaboration, civil and women rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw argued in her speech Friday that society may not be in a post-racial state, as many Americans...

LSU Downs SLU 7-3 in Hammond on Wednesday night. 

Cody Glenn, LSU Use Bizarre 6th to Down SLU 7-3

By Patrick Clay February 20, 2014

For 8th-ranked LSU (4-0), Wednesday's contest may have just been another road game. But for the SLU Lions (2-2), their record-setting crowd was ready to roar. "It was a lot of fun out here," starting pitcher...

Cost of Textbooks may affect Student Grade

Cost of Textbooks may affect Student Grade

By Claire Perrodin February 18, 2014

Students may be suffering from bad grades because of no money for study aids. Studies show the increasing prices of textbooks are affecting students’ performance in some of their classes LSU Instructor...

“Shaq is Back” Shaquille O’ Neal visits Campus

If you were walking around campus today there is a good chance you spotted Shaq Daddy himself. Shaquille O' Neal has recently been on campus filming a documentary for ESPN with his old basketball...

Dietzel Runs as Advocate for the Youth

By Eric Toups February 17, 2014

Paul Dietzel II is a 28-year-old Baton Rouge native and entrepreneur who is running for US Congress. He is advertising himself as a voice for the younger generation. Dietzel is conservative Republican....

For small businesses, money could be scarce if the minimum wage increases $7.25 an hour.

Could You Be Affected By the Minimum Wage Act?

By Gabriela Chauvin February 17, 2014

In his two thousand fourteen State of the Union address, President Obama announced to raise the minimum wage to ten dollars and ten cents per hour. Small business owner Jim Bergan of Oak Forest Landscape...