Imagine never having contact with anyone besides your parent or guardian in your entire lifetime. For half of all intellectually handicapped people, this is a harsh reality. Caitlyn Louviere and the LSU chapter of Best Buddies are working to eliminate this reality.
Louviere serves as president of the University’s chapter of Best Buddies, an international program [...]
“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.
Charlie Pruitt, [...]
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 [...]
It’s 10 p.m. on a humid August night, and Nick Hufft isn’t nervous. His eyes move around like newly-released pinballs and his finger wags an unlit cigarette, but he’s not nervous – he’s ready. It’s 10 p.m. on a humid August night, and Nick Hufft isn’t nervous. His eyes move around like newly-released pinballs and [...]
