As new Chancellor Michael Martin met with reporters Monday for the first time since taking over as chancellor, excitement and confidence beamed over his face. "There is a lot of enthusiasm with this great university," Martin said Monday afternoon. "I can feel it already.
Chancellor Michael Martin is working to find a way for LSU to join the hundreds of universities and colleges that have signed onto the Presidents Climate Commitment.
An afternoon rainstorm forced the LSU football team to scrimmage inside Tuesday rather than as scheduled in Tiger Stadium. Tuesday's scrimmage was the team's final preseason scrimmage until the Aug. 30 season opener against Appalachian State.
The CBS College Sports Network/AVCA Division I Coaches' Poll came out Tuesday afternoon, and the LSU volleyball team was ranked No. 21 in the preseason rankings. LSU coach Fran Flory said earlier in the day that she expected her team to be "ranked pretty high."
Two University alumni have combined paint, social slogans and cotton knit to weave a career. Shirts that say "Make Wetlands, Not War," "Iraq Needs a Contraflow" and "More Huey P" are among the Baton Rouge T-shirt company's offerings. Purple Monkey Design co-founders Michael Shoemaker and Quintin Good started coating T-shirt screens in their bathtub and printing T-shirts in their bedrooms.
Acting Chancellor William Jenkins will step aside Aug. 1 and make way for the University's eighth chancellor, Michael Martin. Jenkins' career at the University spans two decades and includes four major administrative positions. |
The LSU Police Department finished a training session Friday for the Mountain Bicycle Unit. Sgt. Jeff Lemoine sat down with The Daily Reveille on Wednesday and talked about the benefits of having a bicycle patrol. |
Local women had the opportunity Saturday to audition for a position on The CW's "America's Next Top Model." The auditions were held at Splash, a club on Highland Road. Several University students auditioned. |
Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night is often referred to as a party with "90,000 of your closest friends." But some students opposed to the changes to student ticket policies said they now feel divorced from the rest of the LSU fanbase. "It really has kind of diminished the sense of community that we had felt," said Rusty Ware, full-time graduate student in kinesiology.
Religion has always advertised - regardless of the denomination. That's not a value statement, but one of fact. Some say it's brainwashing disguised as philosophy and others consider it existential salvation. The reason doesn't really matter - in order to acquire new members and continue their heavenly mission most religions must press the flesh and bring in new converts.
