LSU

THURSDAY: LSU Reveille Editor Andrea Gallo, Conservative Commentator Sherif Girgis

Jim Engster — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:28:45 +0000

Andrea Gallo, editor of LSU's Reveille student newspaper, talks with Jim about the paper's lawsuit against the university for the secrecy in the recent search for a new chancellor-president.

Conservative commentator Sherif Girgis discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent hearing of arguments for and against same-sex marriage.

Bond Issues For Privatized LSU Hospitals No Longer Tax-Exempt

Kelly Connelly — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Plans to privatize most of LSU’s public hospitals are making repairs and construction to the facilities more expensive.

MONDAY: LSU's David Kurpius, Law Professor David Orentlicher, Chesley Heymsfield, Elissa Altman

Jim Engster — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:04:23 +0000

Jim talks with LSU's David Kurpius about the Tiger Bridge program, which could allow students at a Baton Rouge Community College to live on the LSU campus.

Law professor and author David Orentlicher, who promotes a bipartisan two president system in his book, "Two Presidents Are Better Than One:

Chesley Heymsfield, with the Louisiana International Film Festival, coming up in April.

Author & humorist Elissa Altman talks about her new book, "Poor Man's Feast"

Baton Rouge Patent Growth Lags Behind Cities Nationwide

Jarondakie Patrick — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:41:23 +0000

Patent production isn’t growing as quickly in Baton Rouge as in other metro areas, according to a new national study.

The Brookings Institution ranks Baton Rouge 141st out of over 350 metro areas for patent production. The capitol city averaged 71 new patents yearly between 2007 and 2011. But it is on the bottom of the list for patent growth.

High patent production typically coincides with low unemployment. And patent growth can indicate coming industry expansion.

Winning Coach of the Tigers Gets Raise

Kelly Connelly — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:55:06 +0000

LSU's governing board has approved a $549,000 annual pay raise for football coach Les Miles.

The change has bumped Miles' salary to $4.3 million a year and extended his contract through the 2019 season.

LSU Supervisors' 'Disregard' Garners National Attention

Kelly Connelly — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:04:11 +0000

A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education detailed a letter received by LSU’s Board of Supervisors. A national organization that monitors academic freedom at colleges and universities shook their finger at what they called the mistreatment of faculty at LSU.

Student Surveys Reveal More LSU Grads Staying In State

Ashley Westerman — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:48:51 +0000

At the start of the Louisiana Smart Growth Summit in November, keynote speaker Mitchell J. Silver – who works for the Department of City Planning in Raleigh, North Carolina – gave his audience some constructive criticism:

“Baton Rouge, you’re not keeping your young people. They're leaving," said Silver.

Local Partnerships Key To LSU Hospital Privatization

Ashley Westerman — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:24:58 +0000

As privatization moves forward, the LSU hospital system is focused on partnering with health care providers already operating in the communities where LSU facilities are.

LSU Cuts Ties with Truancy Intervention Program

Kelly Connelly — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:26:03 +0000

Louisiana State University will end its affiliation with the Truancy Assessment and Service Center because of mid-year budget cuts.

Last year after Cecile Guin, the head of TASC, convinced the Legislature to preserve funding for the program.

TASC intervenes in elementary school students’ lives when it’s reported that they’ve missed school.

Board of Regents Considers Raising Revenue

Kelly Connelly — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:14:29 +0000

The Board of Regents is thinking of ways to bring in new funds to make up for the past five years of budget cuts sustained by the Louisiana University System.

The Board of Regents met for the first time this year on Thursday morning. Newly appointed members Richard Lipsey, Joel Dupre, and Edward Markle were sworn in and got straight to business.

Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell addressed the Board with a presentation on the state of state higher education.

Chairman W. Clinton Rasberry requested the presentation.