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February 8, 2012 CityCampusOpinionSportsEntertainmentLocal Verse

 

Hunting Ghosts

Brent Soileau is a P.I. Not the kind that will follow your wife around for a week with a camera and a notepad. Soileau is the other P.I. – Paranormal Investigator. Last year,...

Un Petit Peu

INTERNATIONAL Fightin’ words The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, released a statement this past Friday, February 3, stating that Iran is ready to aid anyone...

Brendan Batt, Glacier Climber

Brendan Batt is the type of guy who goes surfing during a hurricane, and has seven solo skydives under his belt. He also has climbed three of the world’s seven tallest...1

Truffle Shuffle

I’ve got chocolate on the brain. Blame it on the store shelves stuffed with pink and red, that bold holiday reminder in my day planner, or the mere fact that eating...

Education Isn’t Spelled C-A-N-T

Education is the foundation for the future. This was the sentiment reverberating in the Crown Plaza Hotel’s large conference room as 800 schoolteachers, legislators, and...

February 1, 2012 CityCampusOpinionSportsEntertainmentLocal Verse

 

Crossing the White Line

Mayor-president Melvin “Kip” Holden was quick to assure both the media and other cyclists in the community that the tragic accident – one cyclist killed, the other in the...14

Un Petit Peu

INTERNATIONAL Genocide hearing in guatemala Efrain Rios Montt, a former Guatemalan military leader, will soon be tried for genocide and crimes against humanity. Montt had...

Baton Rouge Dream Girl

Brittany Lauren Farmer, 21, was selected right here in Baton Rouge to compete on the Hooters Dream Girl television show premiering on Fox Sports’ Speed. The show was filmed...

Game Changer

It is no secret to Baton Rouge: starting your own business is risky and only comes with hard work. With the right support system in place, the typical trials can be overcome....2

Stopping the World

The Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs, a unique, 14 year-old nonprofit that coordinates, collaborates, and celebrates international programs for the city, just ran out of...

Bearing Gaines

Dinaw Mengestu has already received considerable critical acclaim during his brief tenure as “A Novelist.” So far, he’s won a number of awards and honors, from the...

January 25, 2012 CityCampusOpinionSportsEntertainmentLocal Verse

 

End (Almost) In Sight

In August of 2010, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien flew down to Baton Rouge to cover a story regarding accusations that a number of teachers in the East Baton Rouge Parish school...10

Un Petit Peu

INTERNATIONAL Lover for money The U.K.’s The Guardian recently reported on a strange phenomenon in China – young people hiring “fake partners” to circumvent parental...

Portrait of an Artist, as a Businessman

Scott Eric Olivier is ready to blow the lid off of one of the biggest secrets ever held in the world. Successful businessmen and women are artists. Yes, artists – and...1

B______ R______

The arts and entertainment nonprofit Culture Candy has teamed with the advertisement company Lamar in a new community ad campaign written by Baton Rougeans themselves. “What...

Ghost Bike

Tragedy struck last weekend when a drunk driver killed one cyclist and injured another. Nathaniel Crowson, 30, and Daniel Morris, 31 were riding their bicycles east on Perkins...