Xavier University’s Ochsner College of Medicine In New Orleans earned preliminary accreditation. It has been a ten-year mission to for the university, and the school will welcome its first class next summer. Dr. Leonardo Seoane (say-oh-AH-nee), the president and founding dean of the college, says while the initial class will be 50 students, he expects future classes to grow in size.
It will be great weekend for the 89th annual International Rice Festival in Crowley. Festivities are already underway, and Festival Coordinator Shanna Monk says the live music will be rocking the festival stages until midnight tonight and tomorrow night.
Cut 11 (13) “…on Saturday night.”
There is also a children’s parade this afternoon and a grand parade tomorrow and carnival rides open from 10 to 10 today and tomorrow and noon to six on Sunday.
ULM welcomes Louisiana Tech for the I-20 Showdown tomorrow night. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Warhawks Athletic Director S.J. Touhy told KNOE-TV in Monroe that the students have been great supporters so far this season, and the Warhawks are working to make Saturday’s game day extra special.
Number-22 LSU takes on 16th-ranked Mississippi State at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Bulldogs head coach Jeff Lebby was the Ole Miss offensive coordinator for two seasons under Lane Kiffin, and Kiffin says his offense can be lethal.
Cut 16 (16) “…pick you apart.”
Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor is questionable to play.