Welcome back, everyone! More importantly, welcome to my weekly column, where I'll correspond from various European countries while I spend the semester abroad at Oxford Brookes University in England.
Today...
By Amanda McElfresh, Staff Writer
A bill proposed by U.S. Rep. David Vitter, R-Metairie, would bring more money to the state for testing of backlogged rape kits.
Vitter introduced the bill in the House...
The month of September is rapidly approaching, and you all know what that means - Football season is in full swing (once again, Football will be capitalized in each reference to stress importance).
The...
Many students start off the semester with different goals. For some, it may be to become more involved in student organizations, to find new jobs, or to work out. However, others may use this new beginning...
While worrying about getting to class on time and finding a good parking space, students found one more thing to stress out about Monday morning - road construction.
"The traffic was horrible. I was 20...
Hard work does not mean a lot to LSU volleyball coach Fran Flory. It is the result that matters.
"You have to get the job done," she said. "It doesn't matter how hard you work, it matters that you succeed."
Flory,...
Ray Castle has had a dream to go to the Pan-American Games, and a month ago that dream came true.
Castle, an assistant professor in kineseology, attended the mid-August contest in Santo Domingo in the...
Skyler Green needed a change. He wasn't comfortable with the No. 81 on his jersey last season, so he donned the No. 5 this year.
"It felt too heavy," Green said. "I needed something lighter."
The 5-foot-9,...
Since Facilities Manager Andrena Keesee started working at Middleton Library four years ago, she has wanted to accomplish her No. 1 goal - remodel the lobby, originally designed in 1955.
In an electronic...
Fire dancers, middle-aged hula hoopers and fireworks in August aren't exactly characteristic of our capital city. But this past weekend, the 3rd Annual Ivanhoe Street Fine Music Festival ensured Baton...
LSU is dropping in the recently released Top 20 Party Schools ranking, and administrators are happy with the decline.
The 2004 Top 20 Party Schools ranking was released Aug. 19. For the seventh time in...
The long, lazy summer is over. It is time to get back into shape.
But you do not play for the LSU football team. Nor were you recruited to play basketball under John Brady or Sue Gunter.
So you think your...
