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State Legislature backs higher ed
REBECCA ALVAREZ Associate Managing Editor The fight to revitalize the quality of higher education in Louisiana seems to have picked up steam as legislation to increase tuition moves…
Legislation proposes ban to smoking on campus
REBECCA ALVAREZ Associate Managing Editor The Louisiana Senate unanimously approved a bill that would impose a statewide ban on smoking on university and community college campuses as part…
GOP asks “why?” and “where do we go from here”
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of self-examination, blame-setting…
Poll projections prove accurate with re-election
RANEY JOHNSON Staff Reporter History professor David Anderson predicted in a public lecture last week that President Barack Obama would win Tuesday’s election based on projections by the…
OBAMA VICTORIOUS
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A triumphant President Barack Obama heralded his re-election with a call to action early Wednesday, telling Americans that their citizenship doesn’t end with…
Student voters have options
ALLISON EAST Staff Reporter Forgotten microwaves, T-shirts and photos probably merit a phone call back home upon a student’s return to Ruston, but another item often left behind…
Student voting made easy
AMRIT AWAL Staff Reporter With the Nov. 6 presidential election just around the corner, Jacob Hable is excited to cast his vote for the next president because it…
Student voters approve SGA fee
HANNAH SCHILLING Staff Reporter Only 7 percent of the student body participated in SGA elections April 18 and 19. During these elections, the enhancement fee, renewing the…
Zimmerman charged with second-degree murder of 17-year-old Martin
MARTIN ZIMMERMAN PATRICK BOYD Entertainment Editor ALWAYNE GREEN Staff Reporter In the previous issue of The Tech Talk, a personal column about Trayvon Martin titled “Putting the hood…
Primary lacks voters
HANNAH SCHILLING Staff Reporter Louisiana Republican voters headed to the polls Saturday to decide who would get 20 of the state’s 46 delegates. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick…
