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North Carolina Schools Brace for Hanna
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 5, 2008
Louisiana State continues to clean up and restore power after Gustav.
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Robber at Louisiana State Steals Textbooks
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 18, 2008
But leaves student's phone and camera behind.
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Universities Adjust to Tomato Scare
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 11, 2008
Schools stop serving the fruit, and Texas goes all local.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- February 25, 2008
A small chemical spill in a University of Wisconsin engineering building elicited a "full response"; LSU held a rock-paper-scissors tournament to hype up the school's men's basketball game
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LSU Talks Sex in the Dark
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 31, 2008
Students gather in the dark to feel more at ease when discussing sexual health.
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Football Fans Declare Their Own National Holiday
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 7, 2008
Buckeye students hit the road for the big game.
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O Christmas/Holiday/City Park Tree
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 30, 2007
Students at West Virginia University and LSU are crazy about Christmas trees.
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Trick or Treat. Please Don't Arrest Me
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 26, 2007
Even the best costume won't protect you from stepped-up law enforcement at campuses nationwide this Halloween weekend.
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School Bands, 'You Suck,' and Differing Levels of Propriety
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 22, 2007
The American University athletic department has asked the school's pep band to stop playing the "Hey" song.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 5, 2007
Louisiana State's live tiger mascot makes debut; Cornell's compost collects large roadkill; PSU's Brock and Bridle Club protest vegetarians
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LSU's Gamecock Problem
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 25, 2007
The University of South Carolina's mascot name has had a ripple effect for Louisiana State University's band.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 14, 2007
A student at the University of Minnesota is starting a deaf club to help the deaf community overcome "communication challenges," the Minnesota Daily reports.
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A Fraternity, a Goat, and Some Introspection
By Christina Mueller and Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 22, 2007
Not satisfied with ordinary punishment, Louisiana State University is calling for its Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter to sing "Kumbaya" during an "introspection period"—designed as reprimand for housing a live goat last fall, reports the Daily Reveille. Members claimed it was a chapter mascot.
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Meeting with LSU-Baton Rouge
Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings
- June 19, 2007
On Tuesday, I met with Michael Ruffner, a spokesman for Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, which is ranked in the Third Tier of National Universities in the 2007 edition of the America's Best Colleges. Ruffner and I discussed his belief that that some public universities don't fare as well in the rankings because they are Land Grant Colleges or Sea Grant Colleges, which means that they have to be more open in their admission policies since that is their mission.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 14, 2007
* The fastest way to get state law enforcement to crash your party at Louisiana State: Get 10 kegs, a case of Jägermeister, and 53 miscellaneous bottles of alcohol. Also, don't forget to advertise the rager openly on Facebook, charge a $5 cover, and encourage guests to "drink all you want," according to the Daily Reveille.
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The Grrreat Debate: Time to Tame the Real Tiger?
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 12, 2007
Louisiana State University is mourning the kidney failure death of Mike V, the university's live tiger mascot. The search is on for a new one to live in the school's man-made jungle, complete with room service and free medical care, reports the Daily Reveille.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 12, 2007
* Michigan State is prepared for a tuberculosis outbreak, the State News reports. But can anyone really be prepared for an errant attorney exposing his cooties all around the world? We think not.
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