LSU fans are getting ready to tailgate at Tiger Stadium this Saturday. That’s because the Fighting Tigers will host South Carolina in an SEC match-up after it was determined the South Carolina floods were too severe to hold the game in Columbia. LSU Coach Les Miles says the uncertainity on where the game would be played has not been a distraction….
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Kick-off is at 2:30.

The newest campaign ad from Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards spotlights his anti-abortion position. In the commercial, Edwards’ wife Donna tells of how the couple decided to carry their first child to term after being advised by a doctor to abort the pregnancy. ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley says Edwards is sending a strong message…:
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The commercial indicates their daughter is now 20 years old and is getting married next spring.

In a blog post following the mass shooting at an Oregon community college, Governor Bobby Jindal says the gunman’s father is partly to blame for the deadly incident. Jindal says the killer’s father was never in his son’s life and failed to raise him. LSU Health Sciences Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Kristopher Kaliebe…
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The gunman’s father says he had not seen his son in the two years since he moved to Oregon with his mother.

The LSU faculty senate has censure president F King Alexander over the firing of a tenured professor, who was dismissed in June after allegations surfaced she used profanity and sexual content in the classroom. LSU Faculy Senate President Kevin Cope says the censure is a signal from the academic community that Alexander isn’t providing good leadership..
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Alexander says LSU supports tenure but action must be taken to prevent damaging and counterproductive classroom environments.