LSU professors have higher salaries than the national university average, but pay lags behind when compared with peer schools. Insidehighered.com recently published an annual report boasting a 4 percent increase in the average salaries of professors nationwide, but many agree that 4 percent is not enough for LSU.
Student Government President Cassie Alsfeld vetoed the Student Senate resolution endorsing Louisiana legislation which would allow guns on campus. The Senate passed the resolution Thursday evening in a tie vote broken by Senate Speaker and SG President-elect Colorado Robertson.
Amid anti-China protests around relayers carrying the Olympic torch, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association is rallying for student of the 2008 summer games in Beijing. "Although you cannot really put aside political issues, the most important spirit of the Olympics is the sports, excellence and coming together," CSSA President and computer science graduate student Di Lin said while talking to students in Free Speech Alley on Friday.
The University Student Recreational Complex hosted its second annual UREC Adventure Race on Saturday morning in which 44 LSU students and Baton Rouge residents completed physical and mental challenges all over the University's campus and the surrounding areas in order to finish.
The LSU Media Board met Friday to decide editors-in-chief for The Legacy Magazine and The Daily Reveille. Rachel Evenson will be the editor in chief of The Legacy Magazine starting in the fall. Tyler Batiste will be the summer editor-in-chief of The Daily Reveille.
Using a urinal in a public restroom with an open view to others - whether legitimately in the lavatory or possibly there as a spectator - may soon be one less problem making men's bladders blush. Concurrent House Resolution 4, sponsored by Rep. Mickey Guillory, D-Eunice, urges the Department of Health and Hospitals to amend the plumbing section of the state sanitary code to "require privacy partitions between urinals in male restrooms.
University e-mail accounts were bombarded with a possible phishing scam Wednesday. The e-mail claimed to be from Hancock Bank and requested recipients complete a survey for a chance to win a $500 prize to be deposited in the user's account. The message was sent by online@hancockbankq.
The Texas Tech University president and the University of Florida provost are among the first six candidates to apply for LSU's chancellor position. LSU System officials released the initial list of candidates Wednesday. The list was provided by Bill Funk, head of the private, Dallas-based search firm R.
Final exams traditionally have students studying long hours to cram for their final exams. But some students are now using a quick-fix for brain retention. One in five respondents of adult professionals said they have used drugs to enhance brain power, according to a January survey in Nature journal.
Some of the most distinguished figures at the University focused attention toward the future of the institution and the state. James Wharton, former University chancellor, tapped into the importance of TOPS for the University and whole state. "There's no question about the value of TOPS," Wharton said.
A burglary at West Campus Apartments was reported Thursday around 1:15 p.m., said Capt. Russell Rogé of the LSU Police Department. Rogé said the front door of the apartment was unlocked at the time of the burglary. The trespasser forced the bedroom doors open after gaining access to the living room.
The American Cancer Society estimates about 23,360 Louisiana residents will receive a cancer diagnosis in 2008. This is about 25 percent of fans in Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night. The University will host its third annual Relay for Life tonight from 6 p.
--> More than 500 universities all over the country have signed the Presidents Climate Commitment. Missing from this growing list of universities - large and small, public and private - is LSU. University officials were expected to sign the commitment at the beginning of the year but have yet to follow through.
University e-mail accounts were bombarded by a phishing scam Wednesday. An e-mail claiming to be from Hancock Bank requested that recipients complete a survey for a chance to win a $500 prize. Andrew Jones, business freshman, fell victim to the scam. Jones said he completed the entire survey Wednesday and provided his full name, address, Social Security number, credit card number, credit card security code and PIN.
The student cyclist who collided with a University Transit van around 9 p.m. on Wednesday was released from the hospital early Thursday morning after being treated for minor injuries. George Franklin, chemical engineering sophomore, said he was given four stitches above his left eye and was treated for a bruised shoulder, broken wrist, and a burn on his left hip from the van's tailpipe.
