The Wayback Machine - http://web.archive.org/web/20120513220640/http://www.lsureveille.com/
Top College News Subscribe to the Newsletter

Top Stories

Top Story

Michael Martin

Chancellor named sole finalist for Colorado State University position

Chancellor Michael Martin has officially been named a finalist for the chancellor role at Colorado State University, after the Board of Governors in Colorado met this morning to discuss the position. Martin was the only finalist named. In a broadcast email sent to the LSU student body, Martin said that he has not made a decision about accepting the job and that he still hasn't been made a formal offer. Full story

Top Story

Pitch Perfect

Baton Rouge film industry sees steady growth

The film industry in Baton Rouge may still be in its infancy, but that didn’t stop the capital city, as well as the University’s campus, from drawing huge names to film movies over the past year. In November, the University played host to stars Anna Kendrick and Elizabeth Banks, who were here to film the upcoming movie “Pitch Perfect. Full story

Top Story

football cropped

Football puts 2011 behind, looks forward to pass-heavy 2012 season

After a disappointing end to the 2011 football season, a promising spring has LSU looking forward to the fall. A black cloud hung over the program before the season even started following the incident at Shady’s Bar. A number of players were involved in an altercation Aug. Full story

jefferson arrest cropped

Seven players suspended overall in 2011 season

The 2011 football season almost became as much about who didn’t take the field for the Tigers as who actually suited up. While senior quarterback Jordan Jefferson’s suspension grabbed the majority of national headlines, seven different players were suspended for at least one game during the season. Full story

Bobby Jindal

Talks of Romney/Jindal presidential ticket continue

While many are still attempting to guess who Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney will select as his vice presidential running mate, many in the political arena have begun to speculate if Gov. Bobby Jindal will throw his hat into the ring. Full story

iphone

Year saw a CEO die, products canceled

This school year, the tech world saw its fair share of highs and lows. First, Hewlett-Packard discontinued its flagship tablet, the HP Touchpad, and all other webOS devices in August after slow sales. The Touchpad had only been on the market a little more than a month. Full story


Sports More»

bedard

Mic'd Up: My 5 moments that wowed LSU sports fans this year

Another year in LSU sports is coming to a close. It’s been a year of ups and downs, but there are definitely some performances that should be set apart from the rest. These are my best LSU sports moments from this year. Football: Morris Claiborne and Tyrann Mathieu win national awards LSU should officially change its name to DBU. Full story

Entertainment More»

film

Baton Rouge film industry sees steady growth

The film industry in Baton Rouge may still be in its infancy, but that didn’t stop the capital city, as well as the University’s campus, from drawing huge names to film movies over the past year. In November, the University played host to stars Anna Kendrick and Elizabeth Banks, who were here to film the upcoming movie “Pitch Perfect. Full story

Opinion More»

Left Page Barack Obama.jpg

For Thinkers Only: The rise and fall of anti-Romneys

For some, this year will be defined by grades, accolades, parties or the disgraceful clobbering the Tigers football team took in the 2012 national championship. On a national scale, the year was filled with an overflow of campaign rhetoric and political promises surely to be broken as we head into one of the most anticipated and important presidential elections in recent history. Full story

Nation & World

Jerry Sandusky

Penn State University trustee: 400 interviewed in Sandusky inquiry

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Former FBI director Louis Freeh and his team have conducted more than 400 interviews in the internal investigation spurred by child sexual abuse charges against former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, a university trustee said Friday. Full story