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|caption =Louisiana State University Seal
[[File:Cashmorefront.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Watford Football Club Programme - 30 Nov 1929]]
|name = Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
|established =[[1859]]
|type =[[Public university|Public]], [[Co-ed]]
|endowment =[[United States dollar|$]]593 million ([[2006]])<ref>[http://www.nacubo.org/documents/research/2006NES_Listing.pdf 2006 National Association of College and University Business Officers Endowment Study (PDF)]</ref>
|staff =1,308
|chancellor =[[Sean O'Keefe]]
|president =[[John V. Lombardi]]
|students =33,587
|undergrad =28,423
|postgrad =5,164
|city =[[Baton Rouge]]
|state =[[Louisiana]]
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|campus =[[urban area|Urban]] 2,000+ acres (8.1 km²)
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|mascot =[[Mike the Tiger|Mike VI]], a [[Bengal/Siberian mixed tiger]]
|nickname =Fighting Tigers
|colors =Purple & Gold {{color box|purple}}{{color box|Yellow}}
|website =[http://www.lsu.edu/ www.lsu.edu]
|logo =[[Image:LSUGeauxPurp.gif]]
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'''Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College''', generally known as '''Louisiana State University''' or '''LSU''', is a [[state university|public]], [[coeducation]]al [[university]] located in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]] and the main campus of the [[Louisiana State University System]]. LSU includes nine senior colleges and three schools, in addition to specialized centers, divisions, institutes, and offices. Enrollment, which temporarily increased approximately 5% to host students from [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] displaced by [[Hurricane Katrina]], stands at more than 32,000 students, and there are 1,300 full-time faculty members.
 
'''Denis William Cashmore''' (21 May 1907 – 13 October 1982) was a footballer for [[Watford Football Club]], like his father George Cashmore before him. He played for the club from 1928 until 1932.
LSU is one of only thirteen American universities designated as a [[Land-grant university|land-grant]], [[Sea Grant Colleges|sea-grant]] and [[Space grant colleges|space-grant]] research center.{{Fact|date=September 2007}} In order to reverse decades of underfunding, the university recently launched the [http://www.foreverlsu.org Forever LSU] campaign, the most ambitious fundraising drive in its history.
 
==History==
[[Image:LSU Tower.jpg|left|250px|thumbnail|[[Memorial Tower]] is a [[campanile]] in the heart of LSU's campus.]]
Grants made by the United States government in 1806, 1811, and 1827 gave rise to Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It was founded as a military academy and is still today steeped in military tradition as seen in the school's nickname, "The Ole War Skule". In 1853, the Louisiana General Assembly established the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near [[Pineville, Louisiana]]. The institution opened [[January 2]], [[1860]], with Col. [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] as superintendent. A year later, Sherman resigned his position over conflicts with the state. The school then closed [[June 30]], [[1861]] because of the [[American Civil War]]. It reopened on April 1 but was again closed on [[April 23]], [[1863]], due to the invasion of the Red River Valley by the federal army. The losses sustained by the institution during the war were heavy. Following the war, General Sherman donated two cannons to the institution. These cannons had been captured from Confederate forces and had been used to start the war when fired at [[Fort Sumter]], SC. They are still currently on display in front of LSU's Military Science building.<ref>http://appl003.lsu.edu/artsci/milscience.nsf/$Content/Unit+History?OpenDocument</ref>
 
Additionally, The seminary reopened [[October 2]], [[1865]], only to be burned [[October 15]], [[1869]]. On [[November 1]], [[1869]], the institution resumed its exercises in Baton Rouge, where it has since remained. In 1870, the name of the institution was changed to Louisiana State University.
 
Then, Louisiana State College was established by an act of the legislature, approved [[April 7]], [[1874]], to carry out the United States Morrill Act of 1862, granting lands for this purpose. It temporarily opened in New Orleans, [[June 1]], [[1874]], where it remained until it merged with Louisiana State University in 1877.
 
On [[April 30]], [[1926]], formal dedication of the present LSU campus took place, following the school's history in the quarters of the Institute for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind. In 1886, the federal garrison grounds (now the site of the state capitol) were formally declared the domicile of the University. Land for the present campus was purchased in 1918, construction started in 1922, and the move began in 1925; it was not, however, until 1932 that the move was finally completed. After some years of enrollment fluctuation, student numbers began a steady increase, new programs were added, curricula and faculty expanded, and a true state university emerged.
 
Recently, the LSU System has existed without major difficulties, but LSU was hit by scandal in 1939. James Monroe Smith, appointed by Louisiana Governor [[Huey P. Long]] as president of LSU, was charged with embezzling a half-million dollars. In the ensuing investigation, at least twenty state officials were indicted, and two committed suicide as the scandal enveloped Governor [[Richard W. Leche]], who received a 10-year federal prison sentence as a result of a kickback scheme.<ref>Mary Hebert [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/williams/newsletters/ohnewsletter7.html Remembering the Scandals] Louisiana State University [[1995]]</ref> [[Paul M. Hebert]], Dean of LSU's [[Paul M. Hebert Law Center|law school]] at the time, then assumed interim presidency of in Smith's place.
[[Image:LSU Panorama.jpg|thumb|right|400px|LSU Panorama (1909)]]
Beginning in 1964, LSU admitted its first undergraduate African-American students. This admission policy was instituted on June 8, 1964.
 
Also, in 1978, LSU was named a sea-grant college, the 13th university in the nation to be so designated and the highest classification attainable in the program.
 
In 1992, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the [[LSU Honors College]].
 
The seventh chancellor of LSU, former [[NASA]] administrator [[Sean O'Keefe]], assumed his position in 2005. Administrators were accused of hiring O'Keefe without proper consideration from faculty, students, and other concerned parties. Additionally and to the chagrin of some professors, he was awarded [[tenure]].<ref>Steve Clark [http://www.businessreport.com/newsDetail.cfm?aid=6374 Over The Hump] The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report 2005</ref>
 
In 2007, long-time LSU System president William Jenkins announced his retirement, and John Lombardi, previously the president of the University of Massachusetts, was named his replacement.
 
==Colleges & Schools==
[[Image:Old law building.JPG|thumb|right|375 px|The Old Law Building, home to the Paul M. Hebert Law Center]]
* [http://www.coa.lsu.edu/ Agriculture]
* [http://www.design.lsu.edu/ Art & Design]
* [http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/ Arts & Sciences]
* [http://science.lsu.edu/ Basic Sciences]
* [http://www.bus.lsu.edu/ E.J. Ourso College of Business]
* [http://www.sce.lsu.edu/ School of the Coast and Environment]
* [http://www.doce.lsu.edu/ Continuing Education]
* [http://www.lsu.edu/collegeofeducation Education]
* [http://www.eng.lsu.edu/ Engineering]
* [http://gradlsu.gs.lsu.edu/ Graduate School]
* [http://www.honors.lsu.edu/ Honors College]
* Paul M. Hebert [http://www.law.lsu.edu/ LSU Law Center]
* [http://slis.lsu.edu/ Library & Information Science]
* Manship School of [http://www.manship.lsu.edu/ Mass Communication]
* [http://www.cmda.lsu.edu/ Music & Dramatic Arts]
* [http://www.socialwork.lsu.edu/ School of Social Work]
* [http://www.lsu.edu/ucollege University College]
* [http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/ Veterinary Medicine]
* [[Louisiana State University School of Medicine]]
 
==Campus==
[[Image:LSU Oak.jpg|left|300px|thumbnail|LSU is famous for its "stately oaks" as mentioned in the lyrics of the LSU alma mater. They are one of the many reasons it was declared by Thomas Gaines in his ''The Campus as a Work of Art'' as one of the most beautiful campuses in America.]]
 
The LSU main campus occupies a 650-acre (2.6 km²) plateau on the banks of the [[Mississippi River]]; overall, LSU is located on 2,000 acres (8.1 km²) of land just south of downtown Baton Rouge. The campus boasts more than 250 principal buildings. Many of the buildings are built in the style of [[Renaissance|Italian Renaissance]] architect [[Andrea Palladio]], and are marked by red pantiled roofs, overhanging eaves, rolling arches, and honey-colored stucco, and most were built between 1925 and 1940. [[Thomas Gaines]]' ''The Campus as a Work of Art'' praises LSU's [[landscaping]] as "a botanical joy" in its listing among the 20 best campuses in [[United States|America]]. The [[live oak]] trees on campus have been valued at $36 million. Through the LSU Foundation's "Endow an Oak" program, individuals or groups are able to endow live oaks across campus.
 
Other campuses in the LSU system include the LSU Agricultural Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU [[Paul M. Hebert Law Center]], [[University of New Orleans]], [[Louisiana State University in Shreveport|LSU Shreveport]], LSU at Eunice, LSU Alexandria, and the LSU Health Sciences Centers: LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSU School of Dentistry[, which is a part of LSUHSC NO is one of the few dental schools in the United States to have its own separate campus), Health Care Services Division (Public Hospital System), and LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. In addition, LSU owns and operates the J. Bennett Johnston Sr. [[Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices]] (CAMD), which is a 1.5 GeV [[synchrotron]] radiation facility <ref>[http://www.camd.lsu.edu/ CAMD Website]</ref>.
 
==Libraries==
LSU's main library collection, numbering almost three million volumes, is housed in Troy H. Middleton Library on the main quadrangle of the University. It is both a general use library and a U.S. Regional Depository Library, housing publications from the federal government, United Nations, and U.S. Patent Office. The [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/ LSU Libraries] is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), the [[Southeastern Library Network]] (SOLINET) and [http://appl003.lsu.edu/ocsweb/louishome.nsf/index LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network], a state-wide consortium of academic and special libraries.
 
The Libraries' [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/ Special Collections division] is housed in Hill Memorial Library. Special Collections comprises more than 200,000 volumes of published works, 10 million manuscript items, 200,000 historic photographs, 16,000 reels of newspaper microfilm, hundreds of oral histories, and other diverse materials for research. It includes the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, a Rare Book Collection, the University Archives, the E.A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection, the U.S. Civil War Center, and the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History.
 
==Publications==
* ''[[The Daily Reveille]]'', the university's student-run newspaper, is published Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters. In 2003 the Reveille received the Pacemaker award, the highest award in collegiate journalism, from the Associated College Press.
* The [http://www.lsu.edu/thesouthernreview/ Southern Review] is a venerable quarterly journal that Robert Penn Warren first published in 1935. It publishes fiction, poetry, and essays, with an emphasis on southern culture and history.
* The [http://www.lsulegacymag.com/ Legacy] is a student-run magazine that publishes a variety of feature-length stories. In both 2001 and 2005 it was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists.
* The [http://www.research.lsu.edu/newsletter/newsletterindex.html LSU RESEARCH] magazine informs readers about university research programs.
* "Apollo's Lyre" is a poetry and fiction magazine published each semester by the Honors College.
* The [http://www.lsugumbo.com/ Gumbo] is the university's yearbook, given free to returning students.
* The [http://www.lsu.edu/lsutoday/ LSU Today] magazine keeps faculty and staff updated with university news.
* [http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/ LSU Press] is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly, general interest, and regional books. It publishes approximately 80 titles per year. [[John Kennedy Toole]]'s ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' is among its best-known publications.
 
==Flagship Agenda==
In 2003 Chancellor [[Mark Emmert]] spearheaded the creation of the [http://appl003.lsu.edu/acadaff/flagship.nsf/index National Flagship Agenda], a plan to reverse the low morale, lack of competitiveness, and lack of available resources that had plagued LSU during the early 1990s. Its focus is to have LSU better serve Louisiana and the world by increasing student quality and research productivity, thereby vaulting LSU into placement as one of the finest public universities in the country. Because the improvements put a higher financial strain on students, the agenda has had some controversy. However, many people involved with the university agree that the agenda's implementation has been successful. [[Sean O' Keefe]], who in 2005 left his post as head of NASA to become LSU's new chancellor, pledged to continue the agenda until its conclusion in 2010, which will coincide with LSU's 150th anniversary.
 
;Flagship Agenda Action Plan:
# Increase research productivity by hiring a significant number of new, high-quality faculty and improving technology infrastructure.
# Increase number and quality of graduate students and programs through targeted investments and program review.
# Increase quality of undergraduate students and programs by raising admissions standards, improving recruitment, and reviewing courses of study.
# Increase quality of campus life by increasing diversity, inclusiveness, and facilities investments.
# Increase funding to support the previous actions through more state and private support.
 
==Athletics==
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[[Image:Pregame-lsu.jpg|right|thumb|330 px|The [[LSU Tiger Marching Band]] performs in Tiger Stadium]]
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LSU is a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the [[Southeastern Conference]]<ref>http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=9998</ref>. It fields teams in 20 varsity sports (9 men's, 11 women's). Its official team nickname is the Tigers; and Lady Tigers for women's teams that have a male counterpart (the term "Bayou Bengals" is also heard at times, but not officially recognized), and its school colors are purple and gold. LSU's mascot refers to its [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] heritage, drawing from the fame of two Louisiana brigades whose fierce fighting earned them the nickname "the Louisiana Tigers." Based on winning percentage, the University's athletics program is consistently one of the best in the nation.
 
[[LSU Tigers football]] began in 1893, with national championship wins in 1958, 2003, and 2008. They won the 2008 football championship 38-24.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I-A_national_football_championship#By_year</ref>
 
In 2006, the Tigers defeated Notre Dame in the Sugarbowl, 41-14. They also beat [[Arkansas Razorbacks|Arkansas]], [[Tennessee Volunteers|Tennessee]], [[Mississippi State Bulldogs|Mississippi State]], [[Ole Miss Rebels|Ole Miss]], [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Alabama]], [[Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns|ULL]], [[Tulane Green Wave|Tulane]], [[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Fresno State]], and [[Arizona Wildcats|Arizona]]. Their two losses were to the national champion Florida Gators, and to Auburn. LSU ended the season with the 10th ranked offense and 3rd ranked defense. Their quarterback, [[JaMarcus Russell]], had the third best passer rating. He decided to skip his senior year to go to the NFL. He was the number one overall pick in the 2007 NFL draft. Free safety LaRon Landry, WR Dwayne Bowe, and WR Craig Davis also went in the first round.
 
LSU Athletics is represented by its mascot, a Bengal tiger named [[Mike the Tiger]]. The tiger was named after Mike Chambers, LSU's athletic trainer in 1936, when Mike I was bought for $750 from the Little Rock (Ark.) Zoo. Mike I was introduced on [[October 21]], [[1936]]. Mike V reigned from [[1990]]-[[2007]], It was announced in March 2007 that Mike V had entered into the first stage of retirement. He remained housed in his on-campus habitat until his death due to kidney failure on [[May 18]], [[2007]] at age 17. The latest in the line is two years old, weighs 300 pounds and was acquired from an Indiana big-cat sanctuary. Previously known as Roscoe, "Mike VI" is a Bengal-Siberian mix and was officially named Mike on September 8th, 2007. He was introduced to fans at the home game against Florida on October 6th 2007.
 
LSU's arenas include [[Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge)|Tiger Stadium]] (football, also known as "Death Valley"), [[Pete Maravich Assembly Center]] (basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics, also known as the PMAC), Carl Maddox Fieldhouse (indoor track), Bernie Moore Stadium (outdoor track), Tiger Park (softball), and [[Alex Box Stadium]] (baseball).
 
LSU's Tiger Stadium is considered to be one of the most action packed venues in all of college football. Nicknamed "Death Valley" for its excruciating levels of sound, the stadium is legendary for the crowd noise generated by fans. It is the sixth largest college football stadium in the nation and third largest stadium in the SEC, holding 92,400 fans. The Tiger Stadium atmosphere is generally considered one of the loudest and most electrifying college football experiences in the country. During a nationally televised game against Auburn in 2003, ESPN recorded a noise level of 117 decibels at certain points in the game. In 2007 when the No. 1 ranked Tigers played the No. 9 ranked Florida Gators, the noise level registered at 122 decibels when the Tigers made a come-from-behind win in the final minutes of the game.
 
A similar sound level resulted in the legendary "Earthquake Game" against Auburn in 1988. LSU won 7-6 when quarterback Tommy Hodson completed a game-winning touchdown pass to running back Eddie Fuller in the waning seconds of the game. The crowd's roar registered on a seismograph, shaking the ground as much as a small earthquake. No other stadium has ever produced such a reading.
Rivals include the traditional intrastate rival [[Tulane Green Wave]], SEC West rivals [[Ole Miss Rebels]], [[Auburn Tigers]], [[Alabama Crimson Tide]], [[Arkansas Razorbacks]] and the SEC East rival [[Florida Gators]].
 
==Notable alumni==
{{main|List of Louisiana State University alumni}}
With strong academic and successful athletics programs, LSU has seen many of its former students go on to local and national prominence.
 
Several LSU athletes have gone on to recognition for their prominence in their respective sports. [[Pete Maravich]] played basketball for LSU and was three-time consensus first team [[All-America]]n and 1970 National 'Player of the Year'.[[Shaquille O'Neal]] also played basketball for LSU and received many honors, including being named twice as a first team Men's Basketball [[All-America]]n and twice as the [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] [[Player of the year award|Player Of The Year]]. [[Billy Cannon]] played Halfback for LSU and is the only LSU player to win the [[Heisman Trophy]] (in 1959).
 
Others have gone on to national and international prominence in politics and academics. One such notable alumnus is [[James Carville]],<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/carville.james.html |title=CNN Programs - Anchors & Reporters |accessdate=2007-08-29 }}</ref>who was the senior political adviser to [[Bill Clinton]].
 
==Louisiana State University Laboratory School==
{{main|Louisiana State University Laboratory School}}
The university operates the [[Louisiana State University Laboratory School]], a [[Kindergarten]] through 12 public school.
 
==See also==
*[[Louisiana State University System]]
 
==References==
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==External linksSources==
* Watford Association Football Club Official Journal - Watford v. Fulham, 30 November 1929.
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*[http://www.lsu.edu/ LSU.edu] - official site
*[http://www.lsusports.net/ LSU Sports.net] - Athletics - official site
*[http://www.sg.lsu.edu/ LSU Student Government]
*[http://www.lsu.edu/studentmedia/ LSU Student Media]
*[http://www.lsureveille.com/ ''The Daily Reveille''] - daily campus newspaper
*[http://www.klsu.fm/ KLSU - FM 91.1] - LSU radio station
*[http://www.research.lsu.edu/cilp.shtml Index of Research Centers, Institutes, Labs, and Programs]
 
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