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This Week in Pictures | 09/03/2011 - 09/09/2011

Former LSU great Shaquille O'Neal was on campus Thursday for the unveiling of a statue in his honor in front of the university's new basketball practice facility at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. O'Neal played at LSU from 1989-92 and was named National Player of the Year in 1992. Assisted by his mom, Lucille O'Neal, present LSU Coach Trent Johnson, and, his former college coach at LSU, Dale Brown, Shaquille O'Neal pulled the necessarily large white cloth that covered the 900-pound bronze statue that unveiled a young "Shaq" dunking the basketball. In December 2000, Shaquille O'Neal became the fourth LSU player to have his number retired. He received the honor after receiving his LSU diploma during the fall commencement ceremony.
The statue, which was paid for with private funds, stands nearly 20 feet tall and depicts Shaquille O'Neal pulling off one of his signature two-handed dunks. The statue was designed by Brian Hanlon, a New Jersey artist who is the official sculptor for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. After record high temperatures at the start of the fall semester, students were treated to cooler temperatures throughout the week. Fall was certainly in the air this week as LSU students were greeted with cooler temperatures.
LSU's David Boyd Hall was built in 1924 and named from one of LSU's founding fathers - David Boyd. David Boyd Hall currently houses the Graduate School and the Office of Research and Economic Development. In September 2009, the Music & Dramatic Arts Building celebrated its grand reopening, following a 4½-year, $22 million renovation that included not only restoration of classrooms and practice space, but performance venues such as the Claude L. Shaver Theatre and creation of a new Studio Theatre. The Journalism Building, the oldest building on LSU's campus, was moved to its current location brick-by-brick from the university's downtown campus near the state capital in 1934. It currently houses the Manship School of Mass Communication.

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