At the request of the President F. King Alexander, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has established the LSU Employee Assistance Fund to help LSU employees who are affected by disasters and hardships such as the recent flood.
Justin DiCharia
A year ago, I would have told you higher education and TOPS scholarships should be fully funded at all costs — raise taxes, cut other programs, sweep other state agency monies, rob banks, launder money. Just do it.
LSUE Chancellor Kimberly Russell said the campus has a goal to increase enrollment by 10 percent in the fall semester.
“We were at 2,500 last fall and we are hoping for about 2,750 this fall,” she told Eunice Rotary Club members Wednesday.
Coverage of the Legislature for The Eunice News has been provided by the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU/Baton Rouge. The students are generally seniors and graduate students taking a field experience class directed by James E. Shelledy. Students with Senate President John Alario on Tuesday, from left, are Justin DiCharia, Samuel Carter Karlin and Jack Richards. (Manship Photo)
A team of students from the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU/Baton Rouge has been covering the Louisiana Legislature from Baton Rouge for the Eunice News
Listening to a description of Charleston, South Carolina, fire that killed nine firefighters are, seated from left, Eunice firefighters Capt. Brett Fontenot, Capt. Garrett DaVille, operator Chase Brown, Capt. Blake Smith and Capt. Jeremy Faulkner. Eunice firefighter Many Sandoval, operator, is standing in the background. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
For three days about 100 firefighters attended a leadership conference at LSUE last week learning about safety.
Some of the lessons are hard-earned.
