08:30 Newscast, October 2nd, 2017

There are two months left in the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane season, but State Climatologist Barry Keim says we’re not out of the woods just yet. He adds Louisiana averages about two named storms in the month of October, because…:
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There are been 14 named storms so far this season.

Five games into his first season as head coach, Ed Orgeron is on the hot seat after stunning loss to the Troy Trojans. Jeff Palermo has more…:
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Starting with the freshman class in the fall of 2018, first year LSU students are required to live on campus. Assistant Vice President for Residential Life Steve Waller says they’ve been working towards this goal for a few years because research shows students who live in a dorm their first year of college perform better in school…:
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To register for housing or request an exemption visit the on-campus housing portion of the mylsu website.

An LSU political science professor finds that proactive policing may be counter-productive as a deterrent to major crime. Christopher Sullivan says one theory is that when you arrest individuals for low-level crimes it leads to greater mental and financial stress, therefore raising the likelihood a more serious crime may occur…:
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