By BR Staff, Greater Baton Rouge Business Report
• December 17, 2014
LSU football attendance saw an 11% increase this season. The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report is reporting the average attendance was 101,723.
The increase at LSU goes against the grain of the current...
By Canton Winter, USA Today College
• December 17, 2014
Winter break is finally upon us and many students have already returned home to spend the holidays with their families. While Christmas traditions have evolved over the years to include carols, trees,...
While the LSU football team may have fell short of its lofty expectations this season, players are looking forward to completing their season on a high note against Notre Dame in the Music City Bowl on...
Governor Bobby Jindal will host a prayer rally at the LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center next month.
The event, called "The Response: a call to prayer for a nation in crisis," will be held on January 24....
Our favorite scientist teamed up with Mashable to explain one of the most prominent scientific theories by using emoji. Yes, in just under two minutes, Bill Nye sits in his natural habitat and breaks down...
By Rebecca Koenig, Chronicle of Higher Education
• December 16, 2014
Upset with the anonymous negativity on Yik Yak social media, several Colgate University faculty members have started a campaign of positive posts. Read the full story by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
By Walter Kimbrough, The Advocate
• December 16, 2014
Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough argues that TOPS should be given to needy students, with a cap on awards to students from high-income families. Read his guest column on The Advocate.com.
By Bill Pennington, New York Times
Andy Behrens, Yahoo! Sports
• December 16, 2014
Two former LSU football stars are distinguishing themselves in the NFL this season and this week they put an exclamation point on the year. Odell Beckham, a wide receiver for the New York Giants who...
By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
• December 16, 2014
LONDON (AP) — Filming is underway on James Bond thriller "SPECTRE," despite the leak of a draft script in a huge hack of material from Sony Pictures.
Daniel Craig and co-star Rory Kinnear took to...
In the midst of rumors about the Michigan coaching vacancy, LSU coach Les Miles wanted the focus to be on his current team when he spoke to reporters Monday night after his team completed its first practice...
A man wanted by the LSU Police Department for multiple thefts in Middleton Library last month was arrested on December 10.
Travis S. Davis, 35, was charged with two counts of theft (one felony and one...
By Steve Sanoski, Business Report
• December 15, 2014
The LSU Board of Supervisors met on Friday and decided to add $2 million to a new program that provides grants to university faculty members. According to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, the board...
