50 Ways to Die at LSU
Look both ways before you cross the street. Buckle up. Safety first. These are the sayings we’ve heard all of our lives. Growing up we had our parents to hold our hands and keep us safe. Now that most of us have left the nest, those childhood lessons seem like a thing of the past [...]
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High Times
Films like “Animal House” portray college life as a perpetual party filled with sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Students making similar lifestyle choices as John “Bluto” Blutarsky play a balancing act between having fun and endangering their health, even if they abide by the law.
“Have you ever done salvia? It’s like a three minute [...]
Normal Ricky
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers already has a Ricky. He has served drinks for several years. Ricky’s a big, Italian bouncer, a bartender loved by all. So, when a strange customer by the same name became a regular, the employees at the pizzeria nicknamed him “Crazy Ricky.”
I guess the nickname makes sense: He only stays at [...]
Lifeline
If it bleeds, it leads. That’s all too true today as media outlets fill their publications with murders, accidents and other tragedies. Between the time of the event and the story’s publication, medical professionals transport the victims from the scene to the hospital, simultaneously working to keep them alive. University students Aaron Webb, Floyd DesOrmeaux [...]
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The Fabulous Life of a Neurosurgeon The music blares and lingers, throbbing within a haze of booze, sweat and testosterone. Intermittent yells from passers-by punctuate the thudding bass. Tailgaters wind through a maze of folding chairs, churning grass and garbage to a rich and sloppy blend beneath portable canopies. They orbit a makeshift mini-bar — the centerpiece of the tented realm [...]
Q&A
Q&A: Paul Mainieri Q: What’s the most embarrassing moment during your coaching career?
A: My first year at LSU and I was coaching third base. While I was waving a runner home, I tripped over my own feet and fell on my backside. The fans really enjoyed that.
Q: What MLB team would you like to coach for and why?
A: [...]
Opinion Column
A Piece of Our Mind: Twitter It’s a nightmare to the studious and a procrastinator’s dream. It’s a creeper’s invitation and a stalker’s symphony. It’s a best friend for the attention deficit, lonely and obnoxious. It’s the megaphone of celebrities and athletes, vegan activists and victims of midlife crises. It’s even a favorite of Mike the Tiger. It’s Twitter: cyberspace’s [...]
Professor Profiles
Big Boy Toys The University has its own Crime Scene Investigator. But instead of being a white male named Gil Grissom, he’s a 48-year-old Lebanese-American, Sociology professor who specializes in criminology. His name: Ed Shihadeh.
“I study why crime happens, why crime goes down, why crime goes up, who’s committing most of the crime, who isn’t committing the crime [...]
Behind the Scenes
The hills are alive with the sound of music The sound of more than 300 shining instruments replaces the noise caused by squeaking breaks, honking horns and the occasional diesel engine on Highland Road. Students, along with their instructor, fill the grass field on Aster Street. And today, on the eve of the Florida game, members of the LSU Tiger Marching Band stand and [...]
Photo Essay
Pitcher Perfect The LSU baseball team enters the 2010 season as the defending national champion. One reason: strong pitching. LSU ended the 2009 season with the ninth-ranked team ERA (4.01) in Division I College Baseball. With the departure of the team’s No. 1 pitcher, Louis Coleman, junior Anthony Ranaudo has to step up this upcoming season as [...]
