Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman’s devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, 1847 “Would you like to dance?” [...]
All my life I’ve had a strange fascination with unidentified flying objects and the possibility of aliens. I guess any interest in them could be considered strange. Steven Hawking, world-renowned physicist, discounts reports of UFOs saying, “We don’t appear to have been visited by aliens. Why would they only appear to cranks and weirdos?” My [...]
Carl Maddox served as athletic director for LSU from 1968 until 1978. He even helped lead the Tigers to the 1958 national football championship as assistant coach, according to Mississippi State University obituaries. Dr. Charles E. Coates, a chemistry professor, was LSU’s first football coach. Coates lost the only game he ever coached (34-0 to [...]
Whats with the Brad Pitt for mayor movement? What happened to “Who Dat?” What does Storyville mean? Josh Harvey, LSU graduate and co-founder of the popular custom T-shirt boutique, Storyville Apparel, gives Legacy the answers. Storyville has locations in New Orleans, Austin, Texas and on 236 W. Chimes Street in Baton Rouge. Find out more [...]
KAYE CARROLL House Director Delta Gamma Sorority Years as House Director: 4 Lives in house: Year round Women living in the house: 52 Nicknames: “Momma Kaye” and “Mom.” Duties: Taking care of the plumbing, roof leaks, and keeping the residents “well-fed.” Hobbies: Making floral arrangements and “stalking” her girls on Facebook. Dislikes: Lack of privacy [...]
Titans have been clashing since the time of the ancient Greeks. Now, in the 21st century, the titans of technology continue to battle for control. The two biggest juggernauts? Apple’s iPhone and Motorola’s Droid. The iPhone has dominated sales with very little competition for the past few years. However, with Motorola’s slogan “Droid Does,” many [...]
The Red Stick Roller Derby Girls were founded in July 2007 by Mary Koehler and Brandy Rojas. The Derby Girls are made up of Baton Rouge residents, LSU students and alums. These ladies went helmet-to-helmet against the Mississippi Roller Girls on January 23 in the Baton Rouge River Center. After two 30-minute halves the hometown [...]
“As a kid, I saw a veteran as [an old] bum,” said James Wyant, a clean-cut microbiology sophomore with glasses. “Now, I am one.” Wyant, 26, received his discharge letter from the U.S. Navy last August. Wyant, like other men and women on campus, made the decision to postpone higher education to serve his country. [...]
A man’s voice swirls with Momma’s sweet contralto while an 11-year-old girl sobs in the bedroom. Momma unlocks the door, the light casting a flickering triangle on her needle-pocked forearm and the money in her fist. When the man shuts the door, the little girl’s hope dissolves to terror. While her child is raped, the [...]
It’s a typical summer Friday in South Louisiana — the kind of day where you can bottle the air and drink it through a straw — and in an open barn off a derelict highway in Covington, I was just bitten by an alligator. This alligator — along with 1,500 others — resides on Insta-Gator [...]
