With the new SpaceX spaceport on the way in Vermilion Parish, UL Lafayette is expanding its space-focused academic programs in aerospace and computing. Kace Kieschnick reports.
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Louisiana Democrats come away from Tuesday’s election without a U.S. Senate seat, but with a lot of optimism for what the future holds. Joe Gallinaro reports.
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With the upcoming arrival of the SpaceX spaceport in Vermilion Parish, UL Lafayette is expanding its space-focused academic programs in aerospace and computing. University President Dr. Ramesh Kolluru says it includes new degree programs starting next fall.
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The new concentration and minor will focus on computing and cybersecurity for space applications. Dr. Kolluru says while the new programs will be taught by existing faculty for the time being, adding additional faculty is in the long-term plan.
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Dr. Kolluru says these new degree programs will help the school achieve its goal of increasing enrollment to 27,500 by 2035.
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LSU hosts Alabama on Saturday. LSU linebacker Whit Weeks was listed as doubtful on Wednesday’s availability report, but Bama had five starters listed as questionable. Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer says those players are returning to the field for practice this week after missing previous games.
One of the question marks for Alabama is star wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams. He was the Tide’s top receiver before being sidelined the last two games, but DeBoer says his absence has helped other wideouts get more reps.
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Alabama’s run game has disappeared in its last two games, but with his team facing a Death Valley crowd, DeBoer says it will be important to establish the ground game on the road.
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Even though their candidate fell just short in the U.S. Senate race, the Louisiana Democratic Party is feeling a lot more optimistic today than it did just weeks ago. Louisiana House Democratic Caucus Chairman Kyle Green says the closeness of what was expected to be a Julia Letlow blowout is something that he and his fellow Democrats saw coming.
Democrats are now looking to ride that momentum into next year’s state legislature elections. While it’s unlikely that Democrats can win enough seats to gain control of the House or the Senate, Green says he’s confident that Democrats can break the Republican supermajority in either one of those two.
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As he conceded the Senate race Tuesday, Jamie Davis hinted that he may run for governor next year to unseat Jeff Landry. Green says while Davis has more than proved himself to be a very viable candidate, party leadership will offer voters a choice.
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