Whale of a Story
When Carlissa Wells entered LSU as a freshman, she didn't have a definite answer to that dreaded age-old question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Still I Rise
After receiving a standing ovation when the curtains lifted for "A Night with Maya Angelou," the living legend thrilled the packed house at the LSU Student Union Theater with stories of her life and her poetry.
First of All
Going from grits to crawfish, said former football player Lora Hinton, was the biggest adjustment when he moved to Baton Rouge from Virginia in 1971.
Role of Film
From watching films like "Platoon" with his father to acting in his classmate's own features, Stephen Peltier developed a fascination with screenwriting that has him on his way to creating stories with the best in the industry at UCLA Film School.
Brooke Knows Jack
What does an 84-year-old Greek-born composer have in common with a 37-year-old rock musician from Detroit?
Transforming Lives
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has announced that LSU juniors Catherine Fontenot of Basile, La., and Matthew Landrieu of New Orleans are among 62 students nationwide to receive the prestigious Truman Scholarship.
Beast It
"Beasts of the Southern Wild," a 2012 film directed by Benh Zeitlin and based on a play written by Lucy Alibar, is a film about loss, courage, climate changes and human perseverance in southern Louisiana.
In Effect
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