Daily Reveille

Movie made in Louisiana nominated for Oscar

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‘Morris Lessmore’ up for best animated short

Mr. Morris Lessmore's flying books are soaring from Shreveport to Hollywood. 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,' prod...

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Men's Basketball: LSU snaps three-game losing skid

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The LSU men's basketball team showed off a well-rounded performance to pull off a 71-65 defeat of Arkansas (16-7, 4-4 Southeastern Conference) and end a three-game losing streak Saturday. The Tigers (13-9, 3-5 SEC) had four scorers in double figure...

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Women’s lacrosse starts season 1-1

15 hours 48 min ago

Team hits the road again this weekend

The LSU women's lacrosse club travelled to Norman, Okla., on Saturday to compete in two matches, leaving the state with a 1-1 record to start...

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Unknown man pops the question at Reggie’s Bar

15 hours 48 min ago

By: Rachel Warren

'She said yes!' That's what the crowd cheered at Reggie's Bar on Friday night after one brave man proposed to his girlfriend on stage. Mason Triay, biology sophomore and vocalist for The Free Drinks, the band playing at the bar that night, said he ...

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The Philibuster: At Amazon.com, buy a textbook, get cocaine for free

15 hours 48 min ago


A Kansas-area college student's Amazon.com textbook order arrived Jan. 23 with some unexpected supplementary materials. Bookmarking the pages of ;

BRCC students get engaged in LSU’s Shaver Theatre after a production of 'Pride and Prejudice'

15 hours 48 min ago


When Dallas Teague, studio arts student at Baton Rouge Community College, walked through the doors of the Shaver Theatre on Friday for Swine Palace's production of 'Pride and Prejudice,' she could...

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Blue-Eyed Devil: West’s understanding of Arab Spring shallow, narcissistic

15 hours 48 min ago

By: Nicholas Pierce

Three days after finals last semester, I boarded an airplane at George Bush International bound for the Kingdom of Morocco. As we crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, I leaned across the old man next to me and caught my first glimpse of the Moroccan co...

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Share The Wealth: The multi-million dollar spot

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Are Super Bowl ads worth the cash?

From a scantily clad woman lying in bed covered with Doritos to Betty White eating a Snickers bar to improve her performance in a game of football, the Super Bowl has long been the biggest day of the year for advertising. And at $3.5 million per sp...

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Computer science, electrical and computer engineering merger approved

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The LSU Board of Supervisors approved requests Friday to merge the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is currently in the College of Engine...

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Expanded bus route one step closer to resolution

15 hours 48 min ago

By: Marylee Williams

The Office of Parking, Traffic and Transportation finalized four possible additions to the Night Bus B Trail on Friday in an effort to serve more students. One of the changes will be implemented in the next few weeks. The change was first prompted ...

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NFL: Giants claim fourth Super Bowl title

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

Patriots fall to New York, 21-17

INDIANAPOLIS and - Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super Bowl title. It was a rematch of t...

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Women's Tennis: LSU falls to A&M in home opener

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: Spencer HutchinsonLady Tigers to host No. 69 Rice on Tues.

The LSU women's tennis team failed to claw its way back from an early deficit Sunday in a 5-2 loss to Texas A and 'M in the Lady Tigers' first home match of the season. 'Our effort was really good, but [Texas A and 'M] just played really well,' said LSU wo...

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Women's Basketball: LSU upsets No. 5 Kentucky, ends six-game skid

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00


Two different streaks came to a conclusion Sunday in the PMAC, as the Lady Tigers won their first Southeastern Conference game in their last six attempts and ended No. 5 Kentucky's 10-game SEC winning streak with a 61-51 victory. The Lady Tigers ...

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Statewide organizations meet for Equality La. Summit

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: Marylee Williams

Members of Spectrum, the University's LGBT organization, and other organizations from across the state traveled to Lafayette on Saturday for the Equality Louisiana Summit and learned about lobbying f...

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FEP workshop celebrates French influence on Louisiana

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00


The University's French Education Project celebrated its 25th anniversary this weekend with a workshop called 'From Territory to State: Louisiana Statehood 1812' for French, Spanish and social studies teachers from around the state. ;

Kaplan man accused of 12 counts of arson at nine buildings

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: The Associated Press

KAPLAN, La. (AP) and - State Fire Marshal H. Butch Browning says a 55-year-old Kaplan man is accused of setting a dozen fires, including one that destroyed the vacant Kaplan Rice Mill. Browning and Kaplan Police Chief Boyd Adams say in a news release ...

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Mosquito spraying starts in La. because of warm and wet weather

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: The Associated Press

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) and - With mosquitoes cropping up around the Lafayette area because of recent warm and wet weather, spraying to control the pests is beginning. Glenn Stokes of Mosquito Control Contractors Inc. said the company is sending crews to ...

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Minnesota student suspended for performing Michael Jackson dance

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: The Associated Press

WINONA, Minn. (AP) and - A Catholic school in Minnesota has suspended a 9-year-old boy for performing a crotch-grabbing Michael Jackson dance move during a fundraiser. Mindy Boberg told the Winona Daily News the principal at St. Stanislaus in Winona i...

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Roosevelt University in Chicago offers class on Occupy movement

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) and - A Chicago college is offering a class on the Occupy movement. Thirty-two undergraduate students are enrolled at Roosevelt University's 'Occupy Everywhere' class. It's a three-credit political science course that looks at the movemen...

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U.S., Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash in Australia

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 00:00

By: The Associated Press

SYDNEY (AP) and - Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer Nationa...

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