February 25, 2013
La. budget proposal released
The Advocate
State Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, complained that the Jindal administration’s approach to higher education funding is threatening LSU’s flagship status. He said staff is leaving and classes are crowded. ...
Jindal’s $24.7 billion budget relies heavily on privatization of LSU hosptials
New Orleans Times-Picayune
About $424 million in one-time money, or non-recurring funds used to pay for recurring expenses, is included in the budget. All of that money is directed toward the state's higher education institutions; ...
Jindal cuts $200 million from higher education
Daily Reveille
More than $200 million was cut from higher education for the 2014 fiscal year in the $24.7 billion preliminary executive budget Gov. Bobby Jindal presented Friday. ...
Jindal's $24.7 billion budget relies on privatizing hospitals, selling property
Alexandria Town Talk
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's $24.7 billion budget proposal for next year pours hundreds of millions in patchwork funding into public colleges and assumes hefty savings from the privatization of Louisiana State University hospitals ...
Griffin: Foundation must raise more money
Daily Reveille
As the president and CEO of the LSU Foundation and a member of the Transition Advisory Team, Lee Griffin dedicates his time to ensuring the continuation of LSU’s legacy. The Foundation is looking to double its fundraising and endowment ...
Our Views: Open up top search
The Advocate
We’re disappointed, but not surprised, that LSU officials are insisting upon keeping taxpayers in the dark about their search for a new university system president. ...
Opinion: LSU presidential candidates should be secret
Daily Reveille
If you don’t already hate him, you’d hate him. That’s why the LSU Presidential Search Committee should remain steadfast in its decision to not disclose any names of candidates for the newly created president of LSU position. ...
Mounds of coral could provide history of Gulf
The Advocate
“We found these funny looking mounds,” said Harry Roberts, Boyd professor of marine geology and geophysics/sedimentology at LSU. “We had never seen mounds like this on the continental slope.” ...
University engineering students win state competition
Daily Reveille
University Environmental Engineering seniors won first place last week for a senior project entered in the 2013 Louisiana Transportation Conference hosted by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. ...
LSU students compete at ADDY Awards Show
Daily Reveille
Hunter Territo, president of the Baton Rouge chapter of AAF, said there were more than 300 submissions from advertising professionals and students this year. ...
‘To Be Honest’ PR campaign takes on bullying
The Advocate
A handful of LSU public relations majors are spending February urging middle school-aged children to take a stand in the form of a pledge against bullying. ...
USA: Army Corps Galveston District Hosts LSU Students
Dredging Today
The LSU students, enrolled in the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, traveled to Galveston yesterday to visit one of the district's beneficial use sites known as the Corps Woods, ...
LSU to Welcome Award-Winning Filmmakers Glen Pitre and Benh Zeitlin on March 15
WAFB-TV
As part of its Distinguished Lecturer Series, the LSU Department of English will host “From Belizaire to Beasts: Louisiana Folklife and Filmmaking,” a conversation with Glen Pitre and Benh Zeitlin, ...
Filmmakers to visit LSU
Leesville Daily Leader
Their informal lecture is sponsored by the LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences, LSU Department of English, the Program for the Study of Film and Media Arts, LSU School of the Coast and Environment ...
LSU Alumnus Stephen Herbert Rings NASDAQ Closing Bell
WAFB-TV
LSU alumnus and USA Technologies Chairman and CEO Stephen Herbert recently rang the NASDAQ closing bell in Times Square in New York. ...
LSU Alumnus Lonnie J. Dore Appointed to College’s Advisory Board
WAFB-TV
Lonnie J. Dore, former vice president of sales and vice president of information technology with Kellogg’s, has been appointed to LSU University College’s Advisory Board. ...
LSU Summer Scholars aimed at minority students, accepting applications for 2013 class
New Orleans Times-Picayune
LSU's Summer Scholars, an eight-week summer program that prepares high achieving under-represented, minority students to make a successful transition from high school to college, is accepting applications for its 2013 class. ...
LSU reviews emergency routine
Daily Reveille
At the meeting, building coordinators were repeatedly acknowledged for protecting students and employees in emergency situations, and LSUPD addressed the importance of its role in violence prevention. ...
LSU Opera to perform 'Turn of the Screw'
WVLA-TV
LSU Opera opens its spring season with Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw March 21 through March 24 in the Claude L. Shaver Theatre at LSU. ...
Elixir of Love: Opera Louisiane taking on its first grand opera
The Advocate
In addition to being music director for the LSU Opera, Borowitz also was the Nevada Opera’s artistic director. He made his home in Baton Rouge but would fly to Reno several times a year to stage operas there. ...
New Tiger Trails bus to be funded by SG
Daily Reveille
Students living on Ben Hur Road and Brightside Drive will find a new designated driver in a recently announced fourth evening bus route on the weekends. ...
There's a zap for that
The Advocate
Yellow Jacket recently moved out of the Louisiana Business & Technology Center at LSU and into an office in downtown Baton Rouge. On March 1, Yellow Jacket’s website will go live, allowing customers worldwide to order the cases. ...